Bernstein’s Love Piece
A serenade inspired by the Greek philosopher Plato put Leonard Bernstein in the spotlight at the Austin Symphony Orchestra this weekend. While it may have been the marquee event of…
Ballet Without Boundaries
Austinites were treated to a world premiere performance of the ballet Exit Wounds by Ballet Austin’s artistic director Stephen Mills. An audience member personally familiar with his work since the…
Cello and Piano Recital in Ft. Lauderdale
For the second time in three years, a composition by Dame Ethel Smyth was performed by the first-rate Chamber Music group Chameleon in Ft. Lauderdale. Her Sonata for Cello and…
Wildflower Center Gears Up for Plant Sale
The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is already bustling with visitors, as the blue bonnets are reaching their annual peak now. The Center expects thousands more on the biannual weekend…
Unique Organ in Concert Spotlight
Not since Virgil Fox has a concert organist so captured the public imagination as Cameron Carpenter. His latest album, All You Need is Bach, reached no. 1 on the Billboard…
Frank Stella: 60 Years of Art
Few modern artists can boast of a 60-year career in art. An exhibit that has taken over almost the entire display space at the NSU Art Museum Ft. Lauderdale is…
For the Love of Art
For Austin art gallery owner Lisa Russell, her job transcends the demanding tasks of managing a gallery. “I feel like I’ve created a museum,” she said in an interview for…
Persianism in Antiquity
This large book seeks to explore the whole concept of what Persia is, and what it meant, both in antiquity and more recent times. At the time the book was…
Computer Chess: The Movie
“This was a very mysterious movie – it just sort of descended from the clouds.” That is director Andrew Bujalski describing his own 2013 film Computer Chess, which was given…
Califano: Our Damaged Democracy
“There are no free crumbs in politics,” declared Joseph Califano Jr. at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin. Califano, an adviser on domestic policy to President Lyndon Johnson, was here…