In the Fights
World championship boxing comes to North Texas this Saturday night when the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco hosts a packed card of...
Second Mantel
Last year, Stolen Shakespeare Guild paired Shakespeare’s Henry VIII with an adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall, about Thomas Cromwell’s machinations in the court...
Something Old, Something New
Perhaps the headline above is being a bit uncharitable – the “old” work being performed by Texas Ballet Theater this weekend is Crash, Jonathan...
Banlieue
Nominated for an Oscar for International Feature, Les Misérables begins during summer 2018, with Parisians of all ages and races joyously celebrating France’s victory...
Liszting
During his peak years, Franz Liszt was the embodiment of his times, churning out music that was virtuosic, flamboyant, vulgar, and unabashedly Romantic in...
Women’s Words and Music
Libby Larsen started composing in America in the 1970s, a time and place when a woman composer was a reason for everyone to point...
Weather Girl
Japan’s entry into this year’s Oscar race is Weathering With You, and while the Irving Mall will be the only theater playing this animated...
Thinking Machine
Ada Byron was the only legitimate child of the poet Lord Byron, who had five other kids by women other than his wife (including...
Beethoven CCL
Fourteen years ago, we had yearlong celebrations for Mozart’s 250th birthday. This year, it’s the turn of Mozart’s sometime student, Beethoven. We’ll have plenty...
Cotton After Christmas
The turf at AT&T Stadium figures to take a beating this weekend, as football games will be kicking off on both Saturday and Sunday....
