The Orchestra Now presented music from the 1940s by four composers who had fled their European homelands to escape the Nazis.
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Austin Film Festival: ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ – An Untold Story with David Oyelowo
'Lawmen: Bass Reeves' gives an exciting and fact-based look at the life of one of the first Black U.S. deputy marshals after the Civil War.
Read More »Music Preview NYC: Beethoven, Shostakovich and More from Ariel Quartet, Philippe Quint, Marc-André Hamelin and Sergey Antonov
The Aspect Chamber Music Series presents the Ariel Quartet with music of Beethoven, and Philippe Quint, Marc-Andre Hamelin, and Sergey Antonov with Shostakovich and Prokofiev.
Read More »Music Reviews: Cranberries, plus Lee Gallagher, the Three O’Clock, Sylvia Tyson, and Emma Wilson
Reviews of an expanded edition of the Cranberries' "To the Faithful Departed," plus CDs from Lee Gallagher, the Three O'Clock, Sylvia Tyson, and Emma Wilson.
Read More »Nightmare Weekend: Richard Dreyfuss
"It's much harder to come up with a happy ending."
Read More »Board Game Review: ‘Floats McGoats’ from Hootenanny Games
Be the cleverest and the luckiest to save your goats first!
Read More »Book Review: ‘Ndima Ndima’ by Tsitsi Mapepa, from Catalyst Press
Reading 'Ndima Ndima' by Tsitsi Mapepa is like listening to stories by an old friend. It brings its characters to vivid life.
Read More »Austin Film Festival Exclusive Interview: Talking with an Alien from Proxima B
'Invaders From Proxima B' brought space aliens scares and laughter to the Austin Film Festival.
Read More »Card Game Review: ‘Dumb Ways to Die’
Players compete to keep their oh-so-dumb Beans alive as long as they can.
Read More »Music Review: The Crossing – ‘Sumptuous Planet,’ a Secular Mass by David Shapiro
The composer set out to "advance a scientific, atheistic vision of the world" using the musical structure of a Christian Mass and modern choral idioms.
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