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…
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…