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Surveying our ecletic arts scene, from the galleries to the stage.
Dec. 03, 2010 at 8:50am | Permalink
Now we've got a Christmas show. Read more
Dec. 01, 2010 at 7:31am | Permalink
FORT WORTH -- The circus is in town. And while it doesn't have lions or tigers or bears, it does have plenty of "oh, my!" Read more
Nov. 26, 2010 at 11:59am | Permalink
We may be sitting down to Thanksgiving turkey today, but it's already beginning to sound a lot like Christmas. Read more
Nov. 24, 2010 at 8:30am | Permalink
LOS ANGELES -- Actress Jennifer Grey, best known for her starring role in the 1987 movie Dirty Dancing, won the latest season of Dancing With the Stars despite neck and back injuries and a voting bloc for contestant Bristol Palin. Read more
Nov. 22, 2010 at 10:54am | Permalink
To see video from last night's show, click here. Read more
Nov. 22, 2010 at 7:44am | Permalink
There's something about snow on stage that, oddly enough, warms up a room. It's one of the reasons the perennial holiday ballet, The Nutcracker, is so magical. That, and the miles of tulle, lovable characters and Tchaikovsky's unforgettable music. Read more
Nov. 20, 2010 at 7:42am | Permalink
FORT WORTH -- A new artistic director is set to take the stage at the Jubilee Theatre. Read more
Nov. 19, 2010 at 9:16am | Permalink
DALLAS -- With The Trinity River Plays, Golden Globe-winning actress and playwright Regina Taylor has planted poetic seeds in fertile ground. Namely, the Dallas Theater Center, where the trilogy of one-act plays is having its world premiere. Read more
Nov. 18, 2010 at 8:21am | Permalink
DALLAS -- There were two types of Al Pacino fans in attendance for the Brinker International Forum series Tuesday night at Winspear Opera House. Read more
Nov. 17, 2010 at 11:00am | Permalink
Usher, Louis C.K. and African-style stilt-dancers top this weeks entertainment guide. Read more
Nov. 14, 2010 at 9:45pm | Permalink
Well before the spine has been first cracked, The Instructions is one intimidating book. Read more
Nov. 12, 2010 at 11:12am | Permalink
FORT WORTH -- They lifted their voices -- and our hearts. Read more
Nov. 10, 2010 at 11:39am | Permalink
The Amon Carter Museum of American Art announced Wednesday the appointment of a new director, Dr. Andrew J. Walker, currently assistant director for curatorial affairs and curator of American art at the Saint Louis Art Museum. Read more
Nov. 10, 2010 at 7:25am | Permalink
FORT WORTH -- This may be the only musical where parents should be required to have the permission of their children to attend. Read more
Nov. 06, 2010 at 5:50pm | Permalink
Beginning with 2006's Everyman, the 77-year-old novelist Philip Roth has become preoccupied with a brand of fiction he terms "short novels": swift, straightforward novellas, easily read in one sitting, that seem designed to illustrate a deeply cynical worldview. At lea... Read more
Nov. 06, 2010 at 5:46pm | Permalink
FORT WORTH -- When the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra announced that it would present a concert called Cirque de la Symphonie, it was puzzlement. How were they going to have the high-flying acts on the stage of Bass Hall and with the orchestra sharing the space? Read more
Nov. 05, 2010 at 11:39am | Permalink
Sunday is Ann Ekstrom's 57th birthday. It was probably inevitable that a story about the Fort Worth artist would appear on a date that had some family significance, even though it wasn't planned that way. Ekstrom's life and career are so tightly bound to those of her mother that separation of the... Read more
Nov. 05, 2010 at 11:24am | Permalink
FORT WORTH -- If you look at the Bass Hall schedule for November, you might think that the ballet, opera and symphony have been replaced as resident companies -- by circus performers. Read more
Nov. 01, 2010 at 4:25pm | Permalink
You can think of any number of ways Stage West might have offered a contemporary take on Molieres The Miser, a comedy about greed so all-consuming it threatens to destroy everything in ... Read more
Oct. 29, 2010 at 7:54am | Permalink
In 1922, the opening novella of the terrific new Stephen King collection, Full Dark, No Stars, the horror author gives us rats and more rats. Rats that lurk behind boxes in the attic, and rats that creep in and out of the storm pipes; rats t... Read more