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The 50 Best Albums of 2023
December 5, 2023 by
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WRR101 Focus on the Arts: How these little trains make a huge impact every Christmas in Dallas
December 5, 2023 by Amy Bishop
“I honestly think that when the Trains open, it tells you that the holidays are approaching,” says Jill Cumnock, CEO of the Ronald McDonald House of Dallas. Since 1987, The Trains at NorthPark have raised more than $18 million in support of the Ronald McDonald House, a non-profit providing a home and services for families… Read more »
Napoleon’s piano lends authenticity to Ridley Scott’s biopic
December 4, 2023 by
British composer Martin Phipps discusses how he used an 1808 French piano that once belonged to Napoleon in the score for Ridley Scott’s biopic of the one-time emperor.
Napoleon’s piano lends authenticity to Ridley Scott’s biopic
December 4, 2023 by
British composer Martin Phipps discusses how he used an 1808 French piano that once belonged to Napoleon in the score for Ridley Scott’s biopic of the one-time emperor.
Maria Callas: The soprano of the century
December 2, 2023 by
One hundred years after her birth, Maria Callas still commands attention in the world of opera, which she forever altered with her singular, searing performances.
Lady Bird Johnson’s environmentalism, and fight against billboards, inspires a new Dallas choral work
December 1, 2023 by Jerome Weeks
The Verdigris Ensemble and the Dallas Contemporary are collaborating with an exhibition and a multi-media choral work – inspired by the Highway Beautification Act of 1964
Where to celebrate Hanukkah across Dallas-Fort Worth
December 1, 2023 by Norma Cavazos - The Dallas Morning News
Menorah lightings begin Dec. 7, the first night of the eight-day Jewish holiday.
Finding a place at the Met, this opera sings in a language of its own
November 27, 2023 by
Florencia gives star Ailyn Pérez a rare chance to sing in Spanish. As the bilingual daughter of Mexican immigrants, she learned early on that language had the power to shape her experience and voice.
Finding a place at the Met, this opera sings in a language of its own
November 27, 2023 by
Florencia gives star Ailyn Pérez a rare chance to sing in Spanish. As the bilingual daughter of Mexican immigrants, she learned early on that language had the power to shape her experience and voice.
‘Maestro’ chronicles the brilliant Bernstein — and his disorderly conduct
November 22, 2023 by
Actors Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan give warm, deeply sympathetic performances as wide-ranging musician Leonard Bernstein and his wife, Felicia Montealegre Cohn, in a biopic directed by Cooper.
