San Lorenzo
There’s too much of everything in the sculptures of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, which is why they’re so wonderful. The native of Naples became the...
The New Radu Lupu
Wait, Radu Lupu plays Debussy? When did this happen? Actually, he’s been doing it for a while now. The Romanian pianist, trained in the...
High Dudgeon
As a socialist, George Bernard Shaw tended to take a dim view of Americans, but as an Irishman, he had an even dimmer view...
Double Focus
We were supposed to have only one new exhibit at the Modern to look at this weekend, but thanks to climate change, we’re getting...
Classical Saturday
The wacky, largely self-taught genius who single-handedly dragged French music into the modern age, Hector Berlioz never lived to hear his opera Les Troyens...
What Are You Doing New Year’s?
Here’s an interesting fact: The city of Vienna has long boasted of opulent festivities to ring in the new year, but it was only...
Ribbons and Reels
KinoMonda closes out the fall semester with an uplifting movie for the holiday season. The Women on the 6th Floor is about an uptight...
Family History
Arnon Goldfinger was a TV director and documentarian in Israel when his grandmother, Gerda Tuchler, passed away. Gerda had fled Nazi Germany and retained...
New Nutcracker
Texas Ballet Theater has retired its old, sumptuous production of The Nutcracker for a fresh version. A gift from the now-defunct Ballet Florida of...
Smith’s Infinite Bloom
If God is in the details, then John Holt Smith’s geometric paintings are truly cosmic.
Working from photographs of landscapes, flowers, or human eyes, the...
