Guest blogger Danielle Georgiou talks with the Croatian cello sensations, who play the AT&T Performing Arts Center tonight.

Today in the roundup: The DIFF winners, a big weekend for The Dallas Opera and the classical sister act coming to town.

They also saw Bon Apetit!, an operatic spoof of Julia Child. But attendance for the free-admission triple feature was actually down a bit from the Dallas Opera’s debut last year at Cowboys Stadium.

Guest blogger Brad Ford Smith, a Dallas artist and art conservator, takes a stroll through the Dallas Art Fair.

In the Saturday Spotlight, we’re headed to downtown McKinney for Arts in Bloom 2013.

The Dallas Art Fair opens Friday at Fashion Industry Gallery downtown. More than 80 dealers will show their art there through the weekend. And in its fifth year, the Art Fair is beginning to attract international attention.

Today in the roundup: ‘The Rite of Spring’ returns, local music bits and composer Dominick Argento on the ghost who helped him write.

On Thursday, National Geographic Live! brings its Birds of Paradise program to the AT&T Performing Arts Center. Guest blogger Danielle Marie Georgiou spoke with ornithologist Ed Scholes for a preview.

Today in the roundup: Reviewing Jubilee’s Trav’lin, Natalie Merchant on her FWSO shows and words with Elphaba.

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