Rock ‘n roll was made by loud guys with cheap guitars and second-hand drums. But what if you don’t even have those? You get a water bottle, an accordion and have fun banging away beside a pool.
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KERA’s 50th anniversary celebrations aren’t just about memories of the station’s 50 years of shows like Frontline and NOVA. It’s also about the station’s ongoing commitment to quality programming for children. So KERA’s Rewind Video Contest has a Just for Kids! contest, too.
It’s KERA TV’s 50th anniversary! Yep, we’re excited – even used an exclamation point there. And what better way to get some sense of this great station’s possibly life-changing, certainly life-enhancing effect than hearing from viewers? It’s KERA’s Rewind Video Contest. Win instant fame. Or at least three minutes of air time.
For the occasion, we offer this rare footage of the late, great Gregory Hines in action — fluid, joyful and seemingly effortless.
This is swing dance as a form of brilliant, rhythmic, physical assault.
Timothy Seelig, longtime leader of the Turtle Creek Chorale, moved to San Francisco last year to head up that town’s famous Gay Men’s Chorus. But now ‘The Daily Show’ says San Francisco doesn’t rank as the ‘gayest’ city in America. Seelig isnt buying it.
We’re talking knitting, furniture building and the Museum of Electronic Wonders and Late-Night Grilled Cheese Parlor. Donald Judd? Minimalism? Hey, this is crafty Marfa by Etsy.
And the one teacher who played the sunflower, his big moment on stage was moving his petals towards the sun. Then there’s the teacher who was romantically involved with a Russian novelist. In a past life. Welcome to the cast of Jesuit High’s spring one-acts.
You may have known him as Khan, battling Kirk, or Mr. Roarke, befriending tourists. But in his American film debut, Ricardo Montalban showed he also could dance.
We take a backstage look at how a world-premiere dance work, based on classic spirituals, takes shape. Complexions’ co-founder Dwight Rhoden talks about ‘Testament’ which debuts at the Winspear next week.







