The Book Teaches Me Something: Ondaatje
Most famous for his book The English Patient, which in its movie form won the Best Picture Oscar in 1997, Michael Ondaatje spoke about the creation of his books at…
From Russia With Love
The Austin Symphony performed an all-Russian concert as the closer of their 2017-18 season. First up was a piece known in the trade as a “real knuckle-buster,” the fiendishly difficult…
Passionate About Christmas Trees
The outside temperature is 100. That means Christmas is just around the corner! Well, that might be stretching the point, but for Thomas Harman and his company Balsam Brands, half…
The Wages of War: All My Sons
An Arthur Miller Classic from 1947, currently being staged by Austin City Theatre, is a timeless look at the wages of war. “I resent living next door to The Holy…
Peter Pan Ballet: Old School Style
Ever since he sprung from the imagination of J.M. Barrie in 1902, Peter Pan has seen himself on stage and in the movies. Austin audiences are being treated to the…
Presidents and the Power of Literature
At a One Day University event in Austin, Dr. Joseph Luzzi of Bard College brought his expertise as a professor of literature to bear on the subject of the presidents…
Gravity Waves Now Part of Pop Culture: Kip Thorne
Last year he won the Nobel Prize in Physics for one of the greatest discoveries in human history. Even though it took more than a century between the time Einstein…
The Impossible Presidency
If you have been enthralled, or horrified, by the ongoing movie called The Presidency, you might take some solace in a new book by University of Texas history professor Jeremi…
AS YOU LIKE IT in a World Premiere Adaptation
Audiences have delighted in As You Like It ever since it was first performed more than 400 years ago. Adapting a Shakespeare play by placing it in a more modern…
Austin Auto Show: From Iconic to IONIQ
With cars ranging from the $14,000 Spark to the iconic Corvette, represented here by the $119,000 ZR1, Chevrolet covers the price spectrum at the 2018 Austin Auto Show, currently being…