Surveying our ecletic arts scene, from the galleries to the stage.
Dec. 12, 2012 at 5:50pm | Permalink
The Star-Telegram arts writers spotlight what's rocking their world this week: Read more
Dec. 11, 2012 at 1:38pm | Permalink
DALLAS -- It's tough to pull off Grand Guignol-type, Victorian-era horror in a musical. Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd handles it deftly, but in Frank Wildhorn's Jekyll & Hyde, it comes off as unintentionally campy, or at least it does in t... Read more
Dec. 06, 2012 at 1:16pm | Permalink
Stretched, folded and spinning striations of delicious color bands are the signature of Fort Worth artist John Holt Smith. His latest collection of paintings and works on paper originated from photographs of things as micro as flowers and as macro as galaxies photographed by the Hubble Space Tele... Read more
Dec. 06, 2012 at 1:15pm | Permalink
The dense forest scenes by Fort Worth-based artist David Conn are on exhibit at Artspace111 in "Return: Paintings and Prints." These exquisitely detailed linocuts and paintings are, from a distance, photo-perfect, yet up close they are a writhing field of abstract shapes. The exhibit will be on v... Read more
Dec. 05, 2012 at 10:50pm | Permalink
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DALLAS — It's tough to pull off Grand Guignol-type, Victorian-era horror in a musical. Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd handles it deftly, but in Frank Wildhorn's Jekyll & Hyde, it comes off as unintentionally campy, or at least it does in the tour th... Read more
Dec. 05, 2012 at 6:25pm | Permalink
The Star-Telegram arts writers spotlight what's rocking their world this week. Read more
Nov. 28, 2012 at 5:23pm | Permalink
The Star-Telegram arts writers spotlight what's rocking their world this week. Read more
Nov. 21, 2012 at 3:40pm | Permalink
Light manipulations by Timothy Harding and Kris Pierce are on display in an exhibition titled "Falloff" at a Tarrant County College gallery. These artists manipulate light so that the illuminated pieces and the areas just beyond the influence of light form a cohesive space. Read more
Nov. 21, 2012 at 10:11am | Permalink
The Star-Telegram arts writers spotlight what's rocking their world this week. Read more
Nov. 14, 2012 at 8:29pm | Permalink
The Star-Telegram arts writers spotlight what's rocking their world this week. Read more
Nov. 07, 2012 at 5:41pm | Permalink
The Star-Telegram arts writers spotlight what's rocking their world this week. Read more
Nov. 01, 2012 at 11:23pm | Permalink
FORT WORTH -- The Kimbell Art Museum on Thursday announced its alliance with the Google Art Project. Read more
Nov. 01, 2012 at 2:52pm | Permalink
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FORT WORTH -- The Kimbell Art Museum on Thursday announced its alliance with the Google Art Project. Read more
Oct. 31, 2012 at 8:22pm | Permalink
The Star-Telegram arts writers spotlight what's rocking their world this week. Read more
Oct. 25, 2012 at 12:40pm | Permalink
It's time for another round of Bob "Daddy-O" Wade's color-enhanced photos of Texas past at William Campbell Contemporary Art. Wade's latest endeavor, "Cowgirls & Critters," with a plethora of snakes, horned toads and indomitable femmes, opens with a reception 6-8 p.m. Friday at William Campbell, ... Read more
Sep. 26, 2012 at 5:18pm | Permalink
Sometimes it starts with a cocktail party; maybe friendship follows and then perhaps passion. Commitment is the next step, that deep dedication that seizes time and loosens purse strings. Read more
Sep. 20, 2012 at 12:59pm | Permalink
I settled into my seat in the Montgomery Arts Theater in Dallas last June, not sure what to expect. I was among several hundred other Bruce Wood fans who had come to witness the second season of his new dance troupe, and we were salivating at what was in store. Read more
Sep. 12, 2012 at 6:42pm | Permalink
The Star-Telegram arts writers spotlight what's rocking their world this week. Read more
Sep. 08, 2012 at 12:24am | Permalink
The Fort Worth Symphony had just finished its traditional playing of The Star-Spangled Banner when the Bass Hall crowd and the musicians began to settle in for what was going to be a concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Van Cliburn Competition. Read more
Sep. 06, 2012 at 4:55pm | Permalink
Gallery Night is Saturday. As usual, the offerings are too numerous to be seen in the hours after dark, so beginning this afternoon, the Fort Worth Art Dealers Association will be throwing open the doors for the twice-a-year frenzy of gallery-hopping. Read more
Sep. 05, 2012 at 5:03pm | Permalink
The Star-Telegram arts writers spotlight what's rocking their world this week. Read more
Aug. 29, 2012 at 5:57pm | Permalink
The Star-Telegram arts writers spotlight what's rocking their world this week. Read more
Aug. 08, 2012 at 8:09pm | Permalink
ARLINGTON -- Theatre Arlington will have plenty of help when it blows out the candles on its next birthday cake. Read more
Jul. 19, 2012 at 12:30pm | Permalink
The shadowy recesses of night, where the knowable becomes the mysterious, is the subject of brand 10 art space's exhibit "Midnight Garden." Dense woodlands by Jim Blake, night skylines by Janaki Lennie, endangered cityscapes by Soledad Salame, the demarcation between rural and urban by Luther Smi... Read more
Jul. 11, 2012 at 5:41pm | Permalink
North Texas may not have the hills of Hollywood, but that doesn't mean the actors who grace the stages here aren't just as talented. Read more
Jul. 06, 2012 at 11:32pm | Permalink
FORT WORTH -- The Amon Carter Museum has long cultivated a wide and deep variety of programs for school-age children and schoolteachers, and it has recently discovered that seniors want the same exposure to American art. Read more
Jul. 05, 2012 at 11:59am | Permalink
A group show for summer, capital idea. No, really. Group shows are a great way to introduce yourself to the community. Now in the case of William Campbell Contemporary Art, one of the oldest continually operating galleries in Fort Worth, introductions are not needed, unless you, the reader, have ... Read more
Jun. 21, 2012 at 1:00pm | Permalink
Ballet Concerto's Summer Dance Concert is back. It started Thursday and runs through Sunday with four ballets each night, two of them choreographed by Webster Dean. Bring food and beer/wine, and make it even more enjoyable. Read more
Jun. 21, 2012 at 1:00pm | Permalink
Gabriel Dawe's blue jeans, punctured by thousands of straight pins that were poked from the outside in to make a most cruel lining, were one of the most startling images of the Dallas Art Fair in April. Now, Conduit Gallery in Dallas is mounting a number of his works in "Blinding Pain," an apt ti... Read more
Jun. 20, 2012 at 5:18pm | Permalink
The Star-Telegram arts writers spotlight what's rocking their world this week. Read more