World Cup Preview
All right, everyone. The World Cup starts up this weekend in a country that’s just like Las Vegas would be if you removed everything...
Yankee Slugger Breaks Home Run Record Against Rangers
Fans got what they wanted at Globe Life Field last night. They came to see slugger Aaron Judge hit his 62nd home run, and...
For Worth Libraries Expand Instrument Lending Through Donations
Local Americana singer-songwriter Jacob Furr is on the hunt for unused instruments. You know, the dusty ones sitting in the back of your closet...
Best Of 2022: The Ballot is Open, Steal This Art!
With its magazine-style glossy cover, great photographs, and insightful opinions on the BEST of everything this area has to offer, Best Of 2022 is...
Blogging the Cliburn (Final Round, Second Half)
One of these years, the Cliburn judges are going to pick the pianists I like as winners. The law of averages says it’s going...
Blogging the Cliburn (Final Round, First Half)
I can’t overemphasize what a coup it is for the Cliburn to sign up Marin Alsop to conduct the final-round concertos. The trailblazing protegée...
Blogging the Cliburn (Semifinal Round, Days 3-5)
Lots of business to attend to here, so let’s get on it. Lim Yun-chan’s semifinal recital consists solely of all 12 of Liszt’s Transcendental...
Blogging the Cliburn (Semifinal Round, Days 1-2)
This year, the Van Cliburn has dispensed with its chamber music requirement. I would have liked to see it kept with an expanded repertoire,...
Welcome to Dystopian Texas
I keep two copper pipes on my chest of drawers. The plumber gave them to me after replacing them six weeks after they froze...
