AUSTIN BALLET: 25 Years of Stephen Mills
Ballet Austin is celebrating the 25th year of Artistic Director Stephen Mills — for his vision and artistic contributions to Austin’s creative identity. To begin, they staged a trio of…
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF: Austin Opera
Back on January 26, Austin was on ice. An Austin Opera performance this weekend at the Long Centre reminded us that ICE has been around a long time. Imagine a…
Alchemy Theatre Announces Cast and Creative Team for The Robber Bridegroom
The Alchemy Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for its upcoming production of The Robber Bridegroom. The production will run May 29 through June 14 at The Whisenhunt…
Set Your Stout Hearts to Confront Adversity!
Anyone who knows of Rome will be familiar with Lucilius, Horace, Persius and Juvenal. These great poets wrote satires that have influenced writers for 2,000 years. In this book, John…
Houston Ballet has its first Chief Marketing Officer
Houston Ballet is pleased to announce Adama Sall as the organization’s first-ever Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). In this newly created role, Adama will lead Houston Ballet’s marketing and brand strategy…
Is Shakespeare’s Bloodbath Our Own?
Shakespeare’s first tragedy, initially performed in 1594, is a real bloodbath. Thus, it is fitting that there is a literal bloodbath on the set in this production of Titus Andronicus…
SISTINE CHAPEL EXPERIENCE in Austin
Spanning a huge space in the old Sears store at Barton Creek Square is something extraordinary: a close-up look at the painted images in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel. The ceiling…
The Choice of Odysseus or Penelope?
Image: Monteverdi This important contribution to Homeric studies is entitled The Choice of Odysseus. Due to reasons I will explain below, I added Penelope to the title in my headline.…
Poetry is the Handmaiden of Philosophy
One of the world’s great books is The Decameron, written by Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375). He is one of the iconic ‘Three Crowns’ of Italian literature. His life largely overlapped with…
The English Were Mathematically Obsessed
Image: John Collins (1625-1683) While some Continental advances in mathematics are covered, this book is largely about the practice of mathematics in Great Britain. By the late 18th and early…