Check out the Junior for fun in Fort Worth this weekend.

Meet the young duo who might represent the future of metal.

Shakespeare’s alive and well on area stages. Plus, Sarah Jaffe wants to play your house.

What would it sound like if The Beatles and Beastie Boys had a baby? This.

How do directors and playwrights work together? Plus, reviewing Lyric Stage’s Music Man and detailing a Cliburn disappointment.

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll meet “the other George Jones” of Texas music.

Klyde Warren Park and the Arts District partner up, plus local music bits and a historical play with something to say about today.

A circus wows ‘em at the Winspear. Plus the Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards Festival lineup is out and The New York Times’ Texas roundup.

The A.V. Club has a cool video series called State Songs, in which artists play songs about particular states. Here’s Austin’s David Garza playing “Texas is My Hometown.”

A few snaps and a few facts from Art Conspiracy’s Mounted.