They’re the Helpmann Awards, presented in the Sydney Opera House, and ‘Moby-Dick,’ which the Dallas Opera premiered, won three.

Today in the roundup: The best in local arts, Fort Worth’s singer/poet and a slew of visual arts news.

Tod Machover’s MIT students created Guitar Hero. He’s made musical instruments that respond to heart beats. He’s composed an opera for robots. He’s talking Tuesday night at Hamon Hall at the Winspear.

Today in the roundup: Fort Worthians fight for the arts, reviewing Lyric Stage’s ‘The Most Happy Fella’ and the Dallas Opera needs eye candy.

Composer and MIT professor Tod Machover will join soprano Sara Heaton for performance and conversation in this year’s first “Composing Conversations.” Then Fort Worth Opera’s Darren K. Woods joins Dallas Opera’s Keith Cerny to discuss commissioning new works, in “Conversations with Keith.” And the moderator? That’d be Art&Seek’s Jerome Weeks.

Hi, Wednesday! Designers duke it out. Maybe you’d like your house caught in the middle?; rising opera talent with local ties at Glimmerglass, and your vote counts to the DMA – plus, some area bands.

Today in the roundup: Adding beats to the Bard, Dallas Opera’s community footprint and a big award for a local photographer.

This time, it’s $250,000 for the Dallas Opera, another chunk of the $1.5 million the TI Foundation recently awarded North Texas arts groups.

Today in the roundup: Dallas votes to help fund ‘Dallas,’ a local director considers a scene change and pondering opera’s gateway work.

Today in the roundup: New development in the Arts District, a new art space in Fort Worth and the Dallas Opera’s rising star.