Posted By Erin Lawson on 2013 Jun 4 - 10:32am
In the spirit of raising awareness about some of the local acts that make us proud to be from Texas, for the next few blogs, I will be doing something a little different. Rather than reviewing brand spanking new releases, I’ll be recommending new-ish releases from some amazing local DFW...
Posted By Sgleaves on 2013 May 21 - 11:57am
Circe, 1977, collage “All of us, from the time we begin to think, are on an Odyssey.” — Romare Bearden The Amon Carter opened the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey Saturday May 18. Recognized as one of the...
Posted By Erin Lawson on 2013 May 17 - 11:32am
Expected Release Date: 21 May 2013*
Remember when you were watching Warrior with Joel Edgerton and Tom Hardy? (If you haven’t seen it, go rent it!) Fast forward to the end scene, the brothers have all but finished their ‘fight to the death: MMA style.’ This song played in the background, a great song, a...
Posted By Erin Lawson on 2013 May 15 - 3:25pm
Have you ever heard of a catchy little group called Vampire Weekend? If you have heard of them, do the smart thing: Hop on iTunes and download their newest record Modern Vampires of the City. You won’t be sorry. Vampire Weekend hails from New York and they are not, I repeat NOT an...
Posted By Sonya Cisneros Curry on 2013 May 2 - 4:41pm
[update: Click here for a preview of what artworks will be up for bid.] Frank Artsmarter strikes again. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the artistic antics of one Christopher Blay, then you’re in for a treat tomorrow evening. Art, the Smarter Way! With Frank...
Posted By Sgleaves on 2013 Apr 29 - 4:00pm
Scarborough Faire is great fun. But it is also a great place to find one-of-a-kind handmade items and artwork AND watch them being made! There are over 200 village shoppes with daily demonstrations of glassblowing, metalworking, wood turning, soap making, candlemaking, pottery throwing and more...
Posted By Jonathan.Nauck on 2013 Mar 19 - 9:53am
Because there’s no such thing as an Emerald City
I didn’t think that this drama would unfold the way it did. I just wanted to get out of the city. I knew it was SXSW, and I knew I had a place to stay. Beyond that, I pretty much knew nothing. Folks, this festival has gotten totally out of hand. Have you ever had a...
Posted By Sgleaves on 2013 Mar 13 - 10:38pm
I really wanted to post something in tribute to Van Cliburn on the day I heard of his death. But I was stumped. I never met him, I don’t have any clever personal stories to relay, and I’m not even totally up on his entire history. The first time I even heard of him was in 1981 when...
Posted By Sgleaves on 2013 Feb 6 - 2:17pm
OK, who doesn’t love Bernini? If one visits Rome, one of the first things that comes to mind on the “to-do” list (besides drinking great wine and eating) is to see the art. And usually Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne, his David and all the fountains he is...
Posted By Sgleaves on 2013 Jan 3 - 12:08pm
A Mid-Century Dream Home
I would be remiss if I didn’t mention and encourage everyone to see the Arlington Museum of Art’s Frank Lloyd Wright exhibit. The exhibition explores the creation of a Wright house through the eyes of a client who spent more than fifty years fulfilling the renowned architect’s...
