A cause for celebration this weekend. Right. The bridge. Actually, we mean the big homecoming concert by the Relatives, a West Dallas acid-funk-gospel group that disbanded 30 years ago. The past two years, the reunited group has played France and Lincoln Center, performed on Austin City Limits. Now North Texans can catch up on what we’ve missed.

UT-Dallas lit prof Matt Bondurant is the author of three novels, most recently The Night Swimmer, a gothic tale set in a remote Irish town. But it’s his previous novel set in a secretive, Virginia hill town that may gain him a wide readership. Chalk it up to moonshine and the movies.

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll meet a child prodigy whose tastes ranged from classical music to fiddle hoedowns.

Grossology: The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body slurps, slides and sneezes its way into the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History this Saturday.

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll learn about a world renowned musician who chose to make Texas his home.

For the first time, the Theatre Communications Group’s national conference — the biggest nationwide gathering of non-profit theater professionals — is coming to Texas, to North Texas. We’ll teach ‘em what every artist learns here: how to do the fundraising two-step.

SMU’s Meadows Museum is one of just two stops in the U.S. for a collection of 15th-century tapestries, normally housed in Spain.

Saturday would have been Thomas Edison’s 165th birthday. And if he were around today, he might not be too happy with this video, which sets the record straight on his inventing career.

Tuesday at the Meyerson, George Gershwin won’t be living and breathing – still. But he will be playing his Rhapsody in Blue with the Dallas Wind Symphony. Yes, it’ll take a couple of rehearsals. And some remarkable digital technology.

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll pay tribute to Texas music royalty.