On Thursday, the mercury is supposed to hit 90 degrees for the first time. And you know what that means: summer is here. KXT will capitalize on those warm nights when it begins its Barefoot at the Bellmont series on Thursday.

MORE MOBY: The reviews continue to trickle in for the Dallas Opera’s Moby Dick. In addition to the ones we’ve collected here, the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal have also weighed in.

Our handy-dandy cameras shall always grace our sides, so welcome to the first installment of Found Objects. This ongoing series will highlight (via video or photographs) some of the more interesting works of art we find while moving about in our daily lives.
This past weekend, I was driving around Lakewood looking for a new [...]

A group from UNT and SMU students focused on Cinco de Mayo celebrations in Oak Cliff for a video/photo workshop this weekend. Here’s UNT student’s Sarah Mueller’s sharp take on same. Enjoy! Thanks to photog/videographer Randy Eli Grothe for the heads up.

Music seemed to be a running theme at this year’s AsiaFest in Plano. Organizations such as the Plano Symphony Orchestra to the Dallas Asian American Youth Orchestra were well represented. Tables laden with instruments, old and new, were popular gathering spots.
One of the more interesting tables was run by Anh Q. Nguyen. You’ll [...]

The Mourners is a series of some 40 pint-sized statues that typically surround the base of the tomb of John the Fearless,  the 15th-century duke of Burgundy. Because the tomb — housed in Dijon’s Musee des Beaux Arts in France — is currently being renovated, The Mourners are able to tour for the first and [...]

In case you’re interested: I’m continually adding links to new reviews of the Dallas Opera’s Moby-Dick to our own feature coverage – at the end of Olin Chism’s review and Bill Zeeble’s news report (four music blogs were listed in just the last two hours).
Wanna know what easily is the most widely read/reprinted review? No, [...]

THAR SHE RAVES: Yep, the Big Boy with the Flukes made a Big Splash over the weekend. If you want to check out the (mostly very excited) reviews that have come in so far for the Dallas Opera’s Moby-Dick, check out our own Olin Chism’s glowing notice and Bill Zeeble’s report on audience response: There are [...]

Happy May everyone, its a lovely night, kick back and check out some tunes, take a second and leave a nice comment or some suggestions for music to play on this show
new to me this week:
Angus & Julia Stone
Birdsong at Morning
Robyn &Royksopp

It was quite a gamble to take on Herman Melville’s lengthy, literary classic, but it has paid off handsomely for the Dallas Opera and composer Jake Heggie. ‘Moby-Dick’ makes gripping musical theater, with a magnificent production reinforcing the opera’s dramatic power. Olin Chism reviews. Plus Bill Zeeble’s report and the most complete set of links to other reviews around the country.