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Winter 2012

News and events from the ARTS COUNCIL of Fort Worth & Tarrant County

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T o celebrate its 30th anniversary, the Sid Richardson Museum will host a rare exhibition of watercolors by Charles M. Russell. Come see why experts believe that his watercolors are

among his � nest efforts.

Until the exhibition opens, experience paintings of the 19th-century American West by Russell, Frederic Remington, and other Western artists. The legendary Texas oilman, Sid W. Richardson, amassed what is considered one of the most signi� cant private collections of Remingtons and Russells in the United States. Open daily except major holidays. Museum Store with unique Western gifts. Free admission. www.sidrichardsonmuseum.org/106.

The Sid Richardson Museum’s display is a companion exhibition to a major retrospective of Russell’s watercolors at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art—Romance Maker: The Watercolors of Charles M. Russell, February 11 through May 13, 2012.

Charles M. Russell: WatercoloristFebruary 11 through May 13, 2012

Detail from On the Attack, Charles M. Russell, 1901

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College Never Sounded So Good | 10

Homeschoolers Bust a Move | 12

Events You’ll Want to Attend | 14-18

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On the cover: Grupo Pakal, Mayan Performing Arts, proudly celebrates Mayan culture through ancient ceremonial dance rituals to traditional native music, Artes de la Rosa, Rose Marine Theater.

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ARTiclePROMOTING THE ARTS IN FORT WORTH & TARRANT COUNTY

Winter2012

Art has a community.The mission of the Arts Council of Fort Worth is to create an environment that

promotes, nurtures and supports the arts in our community.The Council develops relationships between artists, organizations and the community at large through

its stewardship of the Community Arts Center, administration of the Public Art Program, and development of various educational opportunities for the community.

The Council also provides financial support to numerous, eligible non-profit arts organizations through the administration of a comprehensive grant program. Applications are reviewed by qualified volunteer

panels and judged on management ability, artistic excellence and community outreach.The Arts Council is supported by the City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, the Texas Commission

on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts and numerous individual, corporate and foundation donors. To all of whom we say, “Thank you.”

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Arts CounCil of fort Worth & tArrAnt County1300 Gendy Street, Fort Worth, TX 76107 • 817-732-2360 • www.artsfortworth.org

Arts CounCil stAffJody Ulich, PresidentAnne Allen, Public Art Program ManagerJennifer Conn, Public Art Collection ManagerMichelle Gonzales, Public Art Program SpecialistAlida Labbe, Public Art Project ManagerJohn Leach, Arts Center Facilities ManagerMary Montalvo, Arts Center DirectorCathy Neece Brown, Vice President – DevelopmentMarla Fleischmann Owen, Arts Center Business Development ManagerMartha Peters, Vice President – Public ArtDaniel Stone, Grant Program, Executive AssistantBrandon Swift, Arts Center Technical DirectorElaine Taylor, Arts Center Gallery ManagerCorliss Wall, Development Associate

Arts CounCil of fort Worth & tArrAnt County2011-2012 BoArD of DirECtors

EXECutiVE CoMMittEEGinny Tigue, Chair, Vice President, Tigue Property Co., Ltd.William R. Jenkins, Jr., Vice Chair, Partner, Jackson Walker, LLPJack Larson, Past Chair, Mellina & Larson, PCChristina Brinker, Treasurer, CPA, Rylander, Clay & OpitzAmy Sutton, Secretary, Vice President, Frost BankThomas Williams, Policy/Bylaws, Partner, Haynes and Boone, LLP

MEMBErs At lArGELarry Anfin, President/General Manager, Coors Distributing Co. of Fort WorthMarilyn Ackmann, Manager of Public Affairs, Atmos EnergyDale Brock, Regional Vice President, CitiBankChristy Cates, CPA, Whitley PennBrad Chapman, Business Performance Manager, InsperityMac Churchill, President, Churchill AcuraGregory T. Clifton, Principal/CEO, Clifton Capital GroupDiana Crawford, Cargo Everest Program, American AirlinesClay Franklin, CEO, Plaza MedicalTerri Gill, Community VolunteerSuzan Greene, Fort Worth Area Manager, Customer Operations, OncorDenise Harmon, Membership Director, Fort Worth ClubBill Hart, President, SunCoast IndustriesGreg Irwin, Vice President-Private Banking, Northern TrustRobert Jameson, Area General Manager, Renaissance Worthington HotelJimmy Jenkins, Owner, Fort Worth Screen PrintingLeah M. King, Senior Director - Public Affairs, Chesapeake EnergyEstela Martinez-Stuart, Director of Tourism, Fort Worth Convention & Visitors’ BureauNicki Northcutt, Coordinator – Community Affairs, XTO EnergyMelisa Schultz, Community VolunteerJennifer Trevino, Chief of Staff, UNT Health Science CenterJohn W. Via III, Vice President – Marketing, AlconDean Wise, Vice President-Network Strategy, BNSFAnna Wogofski, Director – Business Development, Lockheed Martin

EX offiCioAndrew Boster, The TRay C. Brooks, Tarrant County Commissioner, Precinct 1Elva LeBlance, Chair, Fort Worth Arts Commission

suBMit to ArticleStory ideas from local non-profit arts organizations may be submitted to ARTicle@artscouncilfw.org. Suggestions are published at the discretion of the editor.

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Think all the characters you see performing in an opera have decades of training? Think again. Most operas are chock full of “civilians” who have had no musical training at all. In almost every Fort Worth Opera production (in fact, in almost every opera around the world), there are several — sometimes a dozen or more — cast members who did not study music in school and might never have sung a note in their lives. They’re called supernumeraries, or “supers,” and they are to opera what extras are to Hollywood movies. They play onstage characters with-out speaking (or singing) lines, usually townspeople or soldiers. They fill up the stage for large crowd scenes, but there are solo roles too: For instance, every production of Puccini’s Turandot requires a buff-and-burly Executioner, and in Madame Butter-fly, a super child is always tapped to play the title character’s son. In Fort Worth Opera’s 2011 Julius Caesar, a super played the ghost of the emperor Pompey, who “haunted” several scenes. During the 2011 Fort Worth Opera Festival, Il Trovatore featured 14 adult male and female supers, who served as flagbearers, ladies-in-waiting, torchbearers, guards, and gypsies — and most people played multiple roles since Act I’s soldiers became Act II’s gypsies. And The Mikado featured eight adult supers and one child, who served as ninjas. The adult supers even had stagehand duties, moving set pieces around during

the show (in full view of the audience) and coordinat-ing movements with one another, using the blocking (stage directions) taught by the director. In character. Without speaking. Quite a feat.

But for these silent stars, it’s all in a day’s work – or, rather, in a night’s work, since all of them have regular day jobs. Among Fort Worth Opera’s regular supers are a teacher, an engineer, a banker, a writer, and a painter. They vary in age too: Some are college students; others are close to retirement. Several have appeared in Fort Worth Opera shows every season for the last decade. What’s the attraction? Camara-derie is one reason. Being part of operatic magic is another.

Supers don’t just show up, though. They have to attend rehearsals, practice blocking, and get fitted for costumes, among other things.

For Il Trovatore, several supers had to learn to handle swords for fight scenes. The supers were “fearless,” director David Lefkowich said. “Not only did they have tremendous energy and enthusiasm, but I was also impressed with their willingness to take risks and make bold choices onstage. From sword-fighting to pounding on anvils, this group faced many chal-lenges. Instead of being intimidated, the chorus and supers relished learning the skills needed to make their performances a success.”

Musically inclined folks also are afforded the oppor-tunity to utilize their skills: by singing in the chorus. Every year, Fort Worth Opera holds open chorus audi-tions – no prior opera experience is required. Chorus members’ musical backgrounds vary widely: Some choristers are studying music in college, others sing in their church choir, some perform in local musicals, and some have sung with the FWO Chorus for years. Their day jobs are even more varied. One chorister works at a hotel, one is in construction, some teach, some are in the medical industry, one is in the oil and gas industry, and some are full-time parents. And competition can be stiff. The choreography for 2011’s Mikado included a lot of hip-hop dancing, so last year’s auditions tested for footwork in addition to vocal chops. Usually, though, a person’s pipes rule: The 2012 Fort Worth Opera Festival includes Puc-cini’s Tosca, whose Act I closes out with a glorious, fortissimo, no-holds-barred anthem, so vocal ability is paramount for the Tosca chorus. Tosca will also feature the largest chorus cast: 32 adult chorus mem-bers and 14 children’s chorus members (selected from the Texas Boys Choir).

Your opera career now probably isn’t as far away as you previously thought.

OPERA SUPERSTARS

Not everyone onstage is a musical marvel. Some are guys- and girls-next-door.

WORDS BY JOY PARTAIN

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Carol Henderson Gallery

Fort Worth Community Arts Center

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National Cowgirl Museum

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Tarrant County College

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Through February 25Concentric Squares by Lane Banks Focus Gallery OneThese works of Lane Banks operate in the gulf between the direct experience of the work and the expectations established by the use of geometry.

Through February 25Green: A paradox of abundance and scarcity by Marietta Patricia LeisFocus Gallery TwoGreen is an exhibit inspired by Leis’ Artist residency in Thailand. While embraced by the abundance of vegetation and food in Thailand the artist became acutely aware of the paradox — the deprivation produced poignant reflections that are expressed in this work.

Through March 30TAC Featured Artist: Ambiguous Belonging by Janet MorrowArts Center Lobby & CaféIn this space, sculptural polyester organza units, reminiscent of windsocks, inhabit an environment composed of photographs of industrial interiors printed on fabric and aluminum. In this conjoining, Morrow is exploring her existence as a cyborg, a creature that is a hybrid of organic and man-made parts.

February 3 – 28Triple Exposure by Carol Womack, Jennifer Elmore and Elizabeth HigginsFront GalleryTriple Exposure is a visual examination of the female in a cultural society. Artworks depict the complexities of women in the roles they play. This show will reflect life from a woman’s perspective and will define the boundaries and lack of boundaries accepted.

February 3 – 28 Ancient Patterns - Threads of Time with Fay Jean Hooker Back Gallery & Gallery SixFay Jean Hooker grew up surrounded by family quilts, primitive barn furniture, and the simple structures seen in old barns, country churches, and roadside farmhouses. She is inspired by old traditions, yet by improvising with new materials, iconic quilt patterns move from their original fabrics into wood constructions.

February 6 - 10Wizard of Oz Marionettes Imagination Celebration, in the Scott TheaterPerformance by Le Theatre de Marionettes. This program will be offered to FWISD 2nd grade students.

February 10 – 19Twelfth NightStolen Shakespeare Guild, in the Sanders Theater A delightful comedy of romance and confused identities. Performances at 8pm with 2pm matinees on 2/18 & 2/19. Visit www.stolenshakespeareguild.org for tickets and information.

February 11“A Salute to Love” a Valentine ShowDFW All-Stars, in the Scott TheaterThis concert will bring together the top romantic songs from decades gone by. The music that you grew up with, fell in love with, and still treasure today. For tickets and information visit www.dfwallstars.com.

February 12Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Fort Worth Classic Guitar Societyin the Scott TheaterThis Grammy Award winning group is one of the most multifaceted groups in any genre. LAGQ is comprised of four uniquely accommplished musicians bringing a new energy to the concert stage with programs ranging from Bluegrass to Bach. Performance at 7:30pm. For tickets and information visit www.guitarsociety.org or call 817-498-0363.

February 16 & 17“Little Shop of Horrors”All Saints Episcopal School, in the Scott TheaterFor tickets and information visit www.asesftw.org.

February 23-25Thoroughly Modern MillieSouthwest Christian Schoolin the Scott TheaterPerformances 7pm Thurs – Sat and 2pm Matinee on Saturday. For tickets and information visit www.southwestchristian.org/studentlife/finearts.php.

March 1-3Junior Woman’s Club Annual Spring Showin the Scott TheaterFor tickets and information visit jwc.clubexpress.com.

March 2 -3March RadnessContemporary Dance Fort Worthin the Sanders TheaterPerformances are Friday at 8m, Saturday at 2 & 8 pm. ADMISSION: $20 General Admission / $8 Students & Seniors — cash at the door or online via PayPal. $15 Early Bird Special (purchase general admission tickets online via PayPal by February 28). For tickets and information visit www.cdfw.org.

March 5 – 30 FWCAC BiennialThroughout the Arts Center GalleriesThe North Texas community, regardless of age or experience, is invited to submit one original artwork each to the 2012 FWCAC Biennial. See prospectus for more information: www.fwcac.com/images/biennial%20prospectus2012_2pga.pdf

March 5 – 30TCCD Student Art ExhibitFront GalleryThe Tarrant County College Student Art Competition and Exhibition holds the third biannual all-district art competition highlighting the best works from fine arts students throughout the Tarrant County College District. This year's exhibition is juried by Cohn Drennan of Cohn Drennan Contemporary, Dallas.

March 9-11Spring Dance ConcertThe School for Classical & Contemporary Dance at TCU, in the Scott TheaterA showcase of works choreographed by SCCDance Faculty and Guest Artists, performed by BFA dance majors. Performances March 9 & 10 at 8pm; March 10 & 11 at 2pm. For tickets and information 817-257-7615 or dance@tcu.edu.

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There’s always a variety of things to see and do at the Community Arts Center. Stop by – you’ll be glad you did!

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March 12Little Red’s Most Unusual DayFort Worth Children’s Opera, in the Scott TheaterAn operatic version of the story of Little Red Riding Hood based on scenes from operas by J. Offenbach and G. Rossini. For tickets and information visit www.fwopera.org.

March 15The Bremen Town MusiciansFort Worth Children’s Opera, in the Scott TheaterFeaturing the music of Offenbach, Rossini, Donizettie, and Verdi, John Davies has adapted the tale of Dorabella the Cat, Barcarolle the Dog, Eddie Pensier the Rooster, and General Boom the Donkey into a delightful children's opera. For tickets and information visit www.fwopera.org.

March 17The Legends of Country MusicDFW All-Stars, in the Scott TheaterPerformances are at 1:30 and 4:30pm. DFW All Stars Talent Search 7:30pm. For tickets and information visit thedfwallstars.com.

March 22 & 23Dancing Beyond BordersDallas Black Dance Theater, in the Scott TheaterDBDT will ignite and excite with Christopher L Huggins’ Night Run, feel the passion in End of Time pas de deux by Ben Stevenson, OBE and the excitement and energy brought to the stage for this one night performance. Purchase tickets by calling 214-880-0202.

March 23 – April 1EmmaStolen Shakespeare Guild, in the Sanders TheaterEmma is a lighthearted tale of gossip, matrimony and misunderstanding. performances are at 8pm with 2pm matinees on 3/24, 3/31 & 4/1. For tickets and information visit www.stolenshakespeareguild.org

March 31Sin Fonteras - No BoundriesSol de Fort Worth Ballet Folklorico, in the Scott TheaterSol de Fort Worth Ballet Folklorico is partnering with their sister friend in Dallas for this performance. Performance time 6:30pm. For tickets and information visit their website at www.solfw.com.

April 6 – 282012 Best of the BiennialFocus Gallery One & TwoThe Exhibition Advisory Panel selects the best works from the 2012 Biennial for exhibit in the Focus Galleries. The People’s Choice, an artwork voted on by the public as their favorite, is also on exhibit.

April 6 – 28Cynthia Hammett & Julie Wende ExhibitGallery ThreeJulie Wende & Cynthia Hammett's paintings capture color soaked depictions of life and landscapes.

April 6 – 28Subtopia by Matthew GoldenGalleries 4 & 5Matthew Golden makes photographs about the ways in which humans interact within a specific environment and how those interactions create and affect place. He seeks out environments that demonstrate a strong sense of place, or where that sense of place has been negated.

April 7Chung-Lin Tseng’s A Night of Ballet 10th AnniversaryBallet Frontier, in the Scott TheaterPerformance at 7:30pm General seating $20, reserved seating $30. Visit www.balletfrontier.org for tickets and information.

April 12-29Mr & Mrs. FitchAmphibian Productions, in the Sanders TheaterBy Douglas Carter Beane. This wicked, urbane comedy is a scathing look at who is in, who is out, and who may not even exist at all. Performances are at 8pm. For tickets and information visit www.amphibianproductions.org or call 817-923-3012.

April 28Rock & Roll is Here to Stay: The 50’s RevistedDFW All-Stars, in the Scott TheaterPerformances are at 1:30 and 4:30pm. DFW All Stars Talent Search 7:30pm. For tickets and information visit thedfwallstars.com.

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TCU’S MUSIC PREP

It’s late morning on the TCU campus, and the classroom is crawling with activity. There’s color and movement, as students begin today’s lesson: bouncing and clapping to tuneful “golden oldies” like Little Miss Muffet, Little Jack Horner, and The Cow Jumped Over the Moon.

What? This is college? Definitely.

The Music Preparatory program in the TCU School of Music has a long history of offering lessons and classes to children and adults in the Fort Worth community. It began with piano lessons in the early 1970s and has expanded to include year-round private instruction in violin, viola, cello, guitar, flute, voice, and composition.

In addition to regular Music Prep faculty, teaching staff includes TCU School of Music professors, graduate students, and undergraduate students.

Housed in the lower level of Ed Landreth Hall, Music Prep currently enrolls more than 700 youngsters and adults each semester. Nearly half are part of the Early Childhood Music program that originated about 30 years ago and offers Music Together, parent-and-child classes for infants, toddlers, and little ones up to age seven.

The point of these sessions is not to teach music to babies but to provide 30 minutes of joyful interaction with a parent or grandparent that just hap-pens to be set on a musical background. “Children want to do what their parents are doing,” said Early Childhood coordinator Jennifer DeSantis, nodding at the cozy circle of families moving to the teacher’s singing and guitar accompaniment. “They’re all having fun with music. By absorbing the tones and rhythms, regular exposure like this gives youngsters a huge head start when it comes to the ability to sing in tune and keep a steady beat.”

There also are classes exclusively for introducing the keyboard and piano readiness. These Early Childhood class experiences “feed into taking private lessons later on,” DeSantis said. “Other instruments become easier with these basic skills at hand.”

An enthusiastic mom of a two-year-old and seven-year-old in the program agrees. “It really works!” she said.

Leanne Kirkham, director of TCU’s Music Preparatory Division, calls it “a very successful, conservatory-like program” that’s available to the Fort Worth community. Sixteen-week sessions are offered each fall and spring semes-ter, with an eight-week program in the summer.

Dr. Richard Gipson, director of the TCU School of Music, notes that Music Prep is a win-win arrangement for his division. Families are getting the ben-efit of instruction from top-level faculty while students have an unparalleled opportunity to practice-teach for their eventual careers in music education.

Complete information on class options, schedules, and fees is available online at www.musicprep.tcu.edu or by phone at 817-257-7604.

WORDS By SANDRA HAWK RECORD

College never sounded so fun –for kids of all ages.

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Glenn Ligon

AMERICAFebruary 12–June 3, 2012

Glenn Ligon: AMERICA is organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art. Major support for the exhibition is provided by the National Committee of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Pictured: Hands, 1996. Silkscreen ink and gesso on unstretched canvas. 82 x 144 inches. Collection of Eileen Harris Norton. Photograph by Fredrik Nilsen. © Glenn Ligon

MODERN ART MUSEUM OF FORT WORTH

January 2012ARTicles7.75 x 4.75in

WE WEREN’T BORN IN TEXAS...

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One of the disadvantages of homeschooling is a lack of socialization. Though no one believes school should be a party, children sharing com-pany with other children in a controlled environ-ment can also lead to many learning opportunities – and lifelong friendships.

A few homeschooling parents in Fort Worth understand the importance of socialization. Not only do they involve their children in extracur-ricular activities around town, the parents also are helping recreate one of the most vital and, mostly to the kids, coolest parts of the elementary and high-school experience: the beloved/dreaded school dance.

Several times a year for the past several years, dozens of locally homeschooled children have been gathering for dances at Arts Fifth Avenue, a nonprofit venue and arts-education institution on the Near South Side. “I think it’s just terrific,” said Gracey Tune, A5A founder and director. “They come from all over and make a bunch of new

friends. How many dances do any of us go to any-more? I think it’s a wonderful thing to have kids dancing. That’s the way my parents met. Before TV, everybody went dancing. My mother would dance out a pair of shoes a month.”

The homeschooler dances actually sprung from parents’ requests for Tune to teach their kids simple dances. “One parent said to me, ‘I don’t want my kid to be at the White House and have him asked to do a waltz, and he doesn’t know how.’ ”

The actual dancing takes place in A5A’s 40-by-40-foot main dance room. An adjoining room is set aside for soft drinks and snacks. Some kids and parents decorate the main room and use A5A’s sound and lighting equipment. A DJ spins all of the hits. From the first dance, attracting about 45 kids, the dances have been topping out recently at around 100 kids, from all over (as far away as Greenville) and mostly age 12 or older. The $10-per-child admission price goes directly to A5A.

The parent most instrumental in getting the home-schooler dances off the ground is Chris Dillmann, whose 16-year-old daughter, Daisy Dillmann, was homeschooled until this year, when she enrolled as a freshman at Paschal High School. “Our kids don’t have that kind of organized social interac-tion that is extremely important, meeting new people,” Chris said. “It’s important to have that kind of thing, and it keeps the kids happier with homeschooling.”

The dances, she continued, “are just awesome, and it makes me smile every time I see them.”

For Daisy, who wants to be an ESL teacher, the dances have been nothing but positive. “I like how it’s very open, very friendly,” she said. “you can walk up to anyone, ‘Hi, my name’s Daisy. What’s your name?’ and you can have a conversation. It doesn’t matter where they’re from or how old they are. It’s really cool…no one sits on the sides of the room. you make friends.”

For several years, Arts Fifth Avenue has been the site of dances for homeschooled children.

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2/2 First Thursday Film Series: Freedom WritersFort Worth Urban Livingwww.fortworthurbanliving.comA young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school. Issues of racial tension, gang membership and poverty affect their outcomes.

2/10 SugarArtes de la Rosawww.rosemarinetheater.comAt 19, Miguel “Sugar” Santos, a serious kid from the Dominican Republic, signs with Kansas City. He is sent to the Class A team “The Swing” in Bridgetown, Iowa, where he lives with a farm family.

2/18 Leonardo LiveModern Art Museum of Fort Worthwww.amphibianproductions.org Amphibian Stage Productions and The Modern are delighted to announce the upcoming screenings of “Leonardo Live“, the first-ever tour of a fine art exhibition created for movie audiences.

2/23 National Theatre Live: Travelling LightAmphibian Stage Productionswww.amphibianproductions.org Following Vincent in Brixton and The Reporter, Nicholas Wright’s new play is a funny and fascinating tribute to the Eastern European immigrants who became major players in Hollywood’s golden age.

2/24 - 2/26 The 2nd Annual Rose Marine Latino Film FestivalArtes de la Rosawww.rosemarinetheater.comCreated to celebrate and revive the Latino cinematic history of Fort Worth’s Rose Marine Theater by showcasing international, independent Latino films.

3/23 - 3/25 Art On The Greene Art FestivalMoya Art Eventswww.moyaart.comRichard Greene Linear Park will play host to this Inaugural Art On The Greene Fine Arts Festival.

3/24 Wild West Double FeatureAmon Carter Museum of American Artwww.cartermuseum.orgConsider America’s cultural depiction of the West through visual art and cinema while watching the family friendly film “Rango”(PG; 2011), followed by the spaghetti western classic “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” (NR; 1966).

4/11 National Theatre Live: She Stoops to ConquerAmphibian Stage Productionswww.amphibianproductions.org In William Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors”, two sets of twins separated at birth collide in the same city without meeting for one crazy day, as multiple mistaken identities lead to confusion on a grand scale. Consistently recognized by strangers, the visitors question their very selves as the turmoil escalates.

2/20 Ailey IIPerforming Arts Fort Worth, www.basshall.comAiley II is the acclaimed younger arm of dance ensemble Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

2/24 - 2/26 Ben Stevenson’s DraculaTexas Ballet Theater, www.texasballettheater.org Take a haunting trip to Transylvania where the evil Count seduces his victims. Featuring vampire brides flying through the air, a ghastly coach that winds on and off stage, and the haunting music of Franz Liszt.

Through 1/30 Conflict ZoneSociety of Professional Journalists, Fort Worth Pro Chapter, www.fwcac.orgIn the first collaboration of its kind, more than 20 combat journalists and military veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have pooled their images from the battlefield for a groundbreaking multimedia exhibit.

Thru 2/19 Focus: KAWSModern Art Museum of Fort Worthwww.themodern.orgThe work of Brooklyn-based artist, Brian Donnelly, who makes his art under the moniker, “KAWS,” is the subject of the first Focus exhibition for the coming 2011-2012 Season.

Thru 3/25 The Cowgirl Who Became a Justice: Sandra Day O’ConnorNational Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Famewww.cowgirl.netThe exhibit will include family photos, public life photos and ranch artifacts on loan from the Day family.

Thru 4/1 Forgotten Gateway: Coming to America Through Galveston IslandFort Worth Museum of Science and Historywww.fwmuseum.orgFor many students of history, Ellis Island is synonymous with American immigration. Forgotten Gateway: Coming to America Through Galveston Island recalls an equally important island that served as a point of entry for hundreds of thousands of immigrants even before Ellis Island opened its port.

Thru 6/3 Glenn Ligon: AmericaModern Art Museum of Fort Worthwww.themodern.orgThe Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth presents the first comprehensive midcareer retrospective of Glenn Ligon (b. 1960), widely regarded as one of the most important and influential American artists to have emerged in the past two decades.

Ongoing Frederic Remington, Charles M. Russell and OthersSid Richardson Museum, www.sidrmuseum.orgThe Richardson’s current exhibition features paintings from their collection by the great Western artists Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell and others.

2/8 Visiting the Work of Jacques VillegleModern Art Museum of Fort Worthwww.themodern.orgWonderful Wednesdays is a program for families with young children, led by a docent and includes a gallery project designed by the education department.

2/11 - 5/13 Romance Maker: The Watercolors of Charles M. RussellAmon Carter Museum of American Artwww.cartermuseum.orgMore than 100 of the finest and best-preserved watercolors by Charles M. Russell (1864-1926) will be featured in this special exhibition.

2/12 All You Need Is LoveAmon Carter Museum of American Artwww.cartermuseum.orgFeel the love! Explore artworks in the galleries, and make your own masterpieces for loved ones. Exciting activities await the whole family!

2/18 Color Your WorldKimbell Art Museum, www.kimbellart.orgFree afternoon events for participants of all ages feature creative art-making activities and live performances inspired by artworks on view.

2/23 Charlie Goes to Hollywood: Making Myth on the Celluloid TrailAmon Carter Museum of American Artwww.cartermuseum.orgDiscover the romance and myth of Charles M. Russell’s art as echoed on the big screen and in popular culture during the early 1920s.

3/4 - 4/15 Focus: Katie PatersonModern Art Museum of Fort Worthwww.themodern.orgKatie Paterson is known for multidisciplinary and conceptually driven work, with an emphasis on nature, ecology, geology, and cosmology.

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3/4 - 6/17 The Age of Impressionism: Great French Paintings from the ClarkKimbell Art Museum, www.kimbellart.orgThe Kimbell Art Museum is the sole American venue for this first-ever international touring exhibition of the renowned collection of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

3/13 - 3/16 Family Fun WeekAmon Carter Museum of American Artwww.cartermuseum.orgBring the whole family for art exploration and art-making!

3/14 Visiting the Work of Jackson PollockModern Art Museum of Fort Worthwww.themodern.orgWonderful Wednesdays is a program for families with young children, led by a docent and includes a gallery project designed by the education department.

3/23 - 3/25 Art On The Greene Art FestivalMoya Art Events, www.moyaart.comRichard Greene Linear Park will play host to this Inaugural Art On The Greene Fine Arts Festival.

3/29 3 Under 30Amon Carter Museum of American Artwww.cartermuseum.orgRebecca Lawton, Curator of Paintings and Sculpture, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, presents this Gallery Talk. Get inspired as you learn about the great works created by Frederic Edwin Church, Arthur Dove, and John Singer Sargent during their twenties.

3/30 UTA Glass Art SaleUniversity of North Texas Art Gallery, www.unt.eduGlass comes in all shapes and sizes at the annual glass art sale. The sale includes works by students and faculty and attracts hundreds of participants, with more than 1,000 pieces sold last year.

4/22 - 6/17 Focus: Ged QuinnModern Art Museum of Fort Worth, www.themodern.org Ged Quinn’s paintings combine landscapes in the vein of Claude Lorrain with fragments of history, art history, and mythology. The works are awe-inspiring in the combination of painterly skills and provocative conceptual strains.

Thru 1/28 Rumple – Steal – SkinArtisan Center Theater, www.artisanct.comA miller’s daughter must try to spin straw into gold for the King. When a strange little man offers to help her, she doesn’t realize that he wants to steal everything she owns.

Thru 1/28 The ForeignerPlaza Theatre Company, www.plaza-theatre.comThe Foreigner is presented at the Plaza Theatre Company.

Thru 1/29 New JerusalemStage West www.stagewest.org Baruch Spinoza’s radical beliefs on God and religion draw him into a riveting trial which irrevocably challenges Western thought.

1/13 - 1/29 Noises Off!Theatre Arlington, www.theatrearlington.orgCalled the funniest farce ever written, this play within a play provides a hysterical glimpse of what happens backstage while rehearsing a flop of a farce called “Nothing’s On.”

1/27 Lewis BlackPerforming Arts Fort Worth, www.basshall.comLewis Black is one of the most prolific and popular performers working today. Lewis executes a brilliant trifecta as stand-up comedian, actor and author.

1/27 - 2/5 Laughter on the 23rd FloorDenton Community Theatrewww.dentoncommunitytheatre.comNeil Simon looks behind the scenes of a successful comedy and finds more comedy! Based on Simon’s experiences as a young writer, the real wackiness of a 1953 TV comedy show, according to Simon, took place in the writers’ room.

1/27 - 2/12 Madeline and the GypsiesCreative Arts Theatre & School, www.creativearts.orgThis musical adaptation captures all the magic of Ludwig Bemelmans’ beloved 1959 book.

1/27 - 2/12 Hallelujah GirlsRunway Theatre, www.runwaytheatre.comAn abandoned church-turned-day-spa is the setting for this hilarious southern comedy. The feisty females of Eden Falls, Georgia, gather every Friday afternoon at SPA-DEE-DAH!

1/27 - 2/26 Pretty FireJubilee Theatre, www.jubileetheatre.org A young girl’s coming of age story composed of live auto-biographical vignettes that begin with her premature birth and end with her first solo performance in her church’s junior choir.

1/29 Junie B. JonesPerforming Arts Fort Worth, www.basshall.comOutspoken, precocious, lovable Junie B. Jones stars in a colorful, funny, fast-paced musical about new friends, new glasses, sugar cookies, the annual kickball tournament and other various first-grade, angst-ridden situations.

2/3 - 2/4 Stained GlassTheatre TCU, www.tcu.edu“Stained Glass” By Randy Jackson-Alvarenga is presented at Hays Theatre.

2/3 - 3/10 Fiddler on the RoofPlaza Theatre CompanyFiddler on the Roof is presented at the Plaza Theatre Company.

2/4 - 3/7 Disney’s Aladdin Jr.Artisan Center Theater, www.artisanct.comAll of your favorite characters are here in Disney’s Aladdin Jr., a stage adaptation of the Disney hit film. Filled with magic, mayhem, and flying carpet rides, audiences’ spirits will soar with excitement.

2/7 - 2/12 Monty Python’s SpamalotPerforming Arts Fort Worth, www.basshall.comThe funniest show on earth is back to taunt Fort Worth for a second time! Winner of the 2005 Tony Award for Best Musical, Monty Python’s Spamalot, the musical comedy sensation lovingly ripped off from the film classic “Monty Python and The Holy Grail.”

2/9 - 3/18 The Sports PageStage West, www.stagewest.org Dallas playwright and former sports writer Larry Herold takes a comic look back at a Dallas Cowboys training camp in 1966, when the whole media world is about to change.

2/10 - 2/26 The UnderpantsOnstage in Bedfordwww.onstageinbedford.comA German civil servant’s world is suddenly turned upside down! During a visit from the King, his wife’s underpants slip to the ground and he is convinced this is the end of his career and social standing.

2/10 - 2/26 Charlotte’s WebCasa Manana, www.casamanana.org Join all your favorite barn-yard characters for this classic tale by E.B. White. The whole family will love this tale of friendship and loyalty! This show is suitable for all audiences.

2/15 - 2/26 Dixie’s Tupperware PartyPerforming Arts Fort Worthwww.basshall.comBack by popular demand after a six-show, sold-out run in 2011, Dixie Longate is a fast-talking Tupperware lady who packed up some catalogs, left her children in an Alabama trailer park and took Off-Broadway by storm!

2/24 - 3/11 Willy Wonka Jr.Theatre Arlingtonwww.theatrearlington.orgRoald Dahl’s timeless story of the world famous candy man comes to life in this stage adaptation.

2/28 - 3/4 The Elephant ManTheatre TCU, www.tcu.edu“The Elephant Man” was first produced in London at the Hampstead Theatre. It soon moved to New York and opened Off-Broadway at the Theatre of St. Peter’s Church, and then to Broadway and the Booth Theatre.

3/1 - 3/4 Sesame Street Live: Elmo Makes MusicVerizon Theatre at Grand Prairiewww.verizontheatre.comJenny, an enthusiastic new music teacher, arrives on Sesame Street only to discover that her instruments are missing. Jenny’s new Muppet friends quickly come to the rescue

3/2 - 3/11 The Laramie ProjectDVA Productionswww.dvaproductions.org On October 6th of 1998 Matthew Shepard was beaten and left to die tied to a fence in the outskirts of Laramie, Wyoming. He died 6 days later. His torture and murder became a watershed historical moment in America that highlighted many of the fault lines in culture.

3/3 - 3/11 RentCasa Manana, www.casamanana.org Everyone’s favorite rock opera musical, Rent, is back! Set in the East Village of New York City, Rent tells the unforgettable story of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling and learning to survive, fall in love, find their voices and live for today.

3/6 - 4/1 Come Back to the Five and Dime...Runway Theatrewww.runwaytheatre.comIn a small town dime store in West Texas, the “Disciples of James Dean” gather for their twentieth reunion. Now middle-aged women, they were teenagers when Dean filmed “Giant” two decades ago in nearby Marfa.

3/9 - 3/25 Greater TunaGreater Cleburne Carnegie Playerswww.carnegieplayers.comThe first rollicking comedy set in the fictional town of Tuna, Texas, the “third-smallest” town in the state.

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3/9 - 3/26 ElectricidadArtes de la Rosawww.rosemarinetheater.com Freely adapted from Sophocles’ “Electra”, this modern staging by Luis Alfaro takes Greek theatre and drives it straight into the Latino community.

3/14 - 3/15 Young FrankensteinPerforming Arts Fort Worthwww.basshall.comDon’t miss the sensational cast delivering all your favorite moments from the classic film, plus brand-new show-stopping numbers for the stage.

3/16 - 4/14 The Drowsy ChaperonePlaza Theatre Companywww.plaza-theatre.comThe Drowsy Chaperone is presented at the Plaza Theatre Company.

3/23 - 3/25 Pop Goes the Rock by Cirque DreamsVerizon Theatre at Grand Prairiewww.verizontheatre.comPop Goes the Rock by Cirque Dreams is a rollercoaster ride of Twists, Turns and Wows! - a new musical of unexpected sights and sounds that explode on stage like a Rock n’ Roll party set in a carnival funhouse.

3/23 - 4/1 Tale of the West Texas Marsupial GirlCreative Arts Theatre & Schoolwww.creativearts.orgOne day, somewhere in West Texas, a girl is born. She’s got beautiful toes, a beautiful nose, all her tiny fingers and all her tiny toes but, holy puppy on a peach tree, she is something else! Something a bit like a kangaroo!!

3/23 - 4/22 Tambourines To GloryJubilee Theatrewww.jubileetheatre.org Spirited musical comedy follows the lives of two women who decide to open up a storefront gospel church in the heart of Harlem for two very different reasons and in the process they have a run in with the devil himself.

3/24 - 4/28 Dora The Explorer, Live! Dora’s Pirate AdventureArtisan Center Theaterwww.artisanct.comDora and the rest of her friends embark on an exciting trip to Treasure Island.

3/29 National Theatre Live: The Comedy of ErrorAmphibian Stage Productionswww.amphibianproductions.org Director Dominic Cooke stages this furiously paced Shakespearean comedy in a contemporary world.

3/29 - 4/1 The Yellow BoatTheatre TCU, www.tcu.eduA Scandinavian folksong tells of three little boats: “One was blue, one was red, and one was yellow as the sun. They sailed far out to sea. This remarkable voyage of Benjamin was extensively developed and widely produced in America for several years, always to ovations.

3/29 - 4/29 The Real ThingStage West, www.stagewest.org Playwright Henry and actress Annie have fallen in love - but is it the real thing? And what, exactly, is the Real Thing? “A funny, smart play, vibrating with contemporary concerns - art and life and sex and sacrifice and rock classics.”

3/30 - 4/15 Alice in Wonderland Jr.Casa Manana, www.casamanana.org Fall down the rabbit hole into Wonderland with Alice. Join Alice’s madcap adventures of chases with the White Rabbit, races the Dodo Bird, gets tied up with the Tweedles and beats the Queen of Hearts on the Queen’s own game.

3/30 - 4/22 Pete N’ KeelyTheatre Arlingtonwww.theatrearlington.orgTake a trip to 1968 as America’s sensational, singing sweethearts reunite for a live television performance of all of their hit songs!

4/3 - 4/8 Mary PoppinsPerforming Arts Fort Worthwww.basshall.comMary Poppins is bringing its own brand of Broadway magic to theaters across the country, which has Variety raving,

4/6 - 4/15 Little Women the MusicalDenton Community Theatrewww.dentoncommunitytheatre.comLouisa May Alcott’s beloved tale set to music, an old-fashioned appeal for all ages.

4/14 Grupo PakalArtes de la Rosawww.rosemarinetheater.com Grupo Pakal, Mayan Performing Arts, proudly celebrates Mayan culture through ancient ceremonial dance rituals to traditional native music.

1/20 Organ Concert Featuring Chelsea ChenFort Worth Chapter of the American Guild of Organistswww.fortworthago.orgOne of the most promising organists of her generation, Chelsea Chen has electrified audiences throughout the United States, Europe, Australia, and Asia.

1/28 Leann RimesFort Worth Symphony Orchestrawww.fwsymphony.org As a 13-year-old girl from Garland, Texas, LeAnn Rimes wowed the nation with her hit single “Blue” and earned comparisons to the great Patsy Cline. Now Rimes brings that stunning voice to the symphony stage for one night only.

2/3 Band of HeathensPerforming Arts Fort Worth, www.basshall.comAcoustic performers Band of Heathens bring their music to McDavid Studio.

2/3 First Fridays at the Modern: Kevin Townson TrioModern Art Museum of Fort Worth, www.themodern.orgThe first Friday of each month, the Star-Telegram, the Modern, and Cafe Modern team up to bring you live music and cocktails in the Museum’s Grand Lobby.

2/3 - 2/5 CinderellaFort Worth Symphony Orchestrawww.fwsymphony.org The waltz-like rhythms of Prokofiev’s “Cinderella” are a highlight of this concert, which also features the lyrical revelry of Borodin’s Symphony No. 2.

2/4 Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim with Anthony de Mare, pianoVan Cliburn Foundation, www.cliburn.org For this landmark commissioning and concert project, 30 of the world’s foremost composers were enlisted to create short solo works based on the music of Stephen Sondheim.

2/4 Sara HickmanFarr Best Theater, www.farrbest.comAn evening of music with Sara Hickman and her band at the Historic Farr Best Theater - an intimate, listening venue on Mansfield’s Main Street.

2/6 Love Bade Me WelcomeSchola Cantorum, www.scholatexas.com In February, Schola’s associate conductor, Nathan Frank, will lead a concert titled Love Bade Me Welcome featuring the 22 voices of the Schola Chamber Choir.

2/11 Jon Nakamatsu, pianistChamber Music Society of Fort Worthwww.chambermusicsocietyoffortworth.com Performing Haydn, Shostakovich and Beethoven.

2/11 Austin Lounge LizardsPerforming Arts Fort Worth, www.basshall.comThis avant-garde ensemble has been an integral part of Austin’s thriving music scene since 1980.

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Adapted from Sophocles’ Electra, this modern staging takes Greek theatre straight into the heart of the inner city. Driven by love, loyalty, hate, and vengeance, Electricidad keeps a 24-hour

vigil by her father’s side in this award-winning adaptation. Written by one of the most prominent playwrights

in the country, Alfaro uses Greek roots, Latino soil, and timeless psychological themes to portray a contemporary

look at power and the consequences of revenge.

Greek theatre straight into the heart of the inner city. Driven by love, loyalty, hate, and vengeance, Electricidad keeps a 24-hour

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2/11 Valentines SpecialTimeless Concertswww.timelessconcerts.comProfessional musicians perform in a relaxed atmosphere with warmth and humor; piano, strings and vocalists.

2/11 Nick Kithas and Jazz CaféKimbell Art Museumwww.kimbellart.orgBegin the second Saturday evening of most months with great jazz and a scrumptious cocktail (cash bar). These casual events feature the area’s coolest jazz aficionados, gallery tours, appetizers, and, of course, other art lovers.

2/12 Los Angeles Guitar QuartetFort Worth Classic Guitar Societywww.guitarsociety.org The LAGQ is comprised of four uniquely accomplished musicians bringing a new energy to the concert stage with programs ranging from Bluegrass to Bach. LAGQ consistently play to sold-out houses world-wide.

2/14 George WinstonModern Art Museum of Fort Worthwww.themodern.orgGrammy Award Winning Pianist George Winston grew up mainly in Montana, and also spent his later formative years in Mississippi and Florida.

2/17 - 2/19 Wicked DivasFort Worth Symphony Orchestra www.fwsymphony.orgThe music director of the New York Pops conducts a concert of diva showstoppers from Broadway, opera and popular music.

2/24 Johannes MollerGuitar Fort Worthwww.guitarfortworth.org The Swedish guitarist and composer has captivated audiences throughout the world with charismatic and soulful performances.

2/25 Your Little Sweetheart ConcertTexas Girls Choirwww.texasgirlschoir.orgCome join the Texas Girls’ Choir for this evening of wonderful music.

2/27 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln CenterVan Cliburn Foundation, www.cliburn.org The world’s most prestigious chamber music repertory company comes to Fort Worth for a special concert exploring the folk music traditions of Eastern Europe.

2/28 The ChieftainsPerforming Arts Fort Worthwww.basshall.comSix-time Grammy winners and the unofficial ambassadors of Irish music, The Chieftains make their triumphant return to Bass Hall.

3/2 First Fridays at the Modern: Three If By SeaModern Art Museum of Fort Worthwww.themodern.org

3/2 - 3/4 Schumann Piano ConcertoFort Worth Symphony Orchestrawww.fwsymphony.org Mei-Ann Chen returns by popular demand, to lead one of Franck’s best-loved compositions, the Symphony in D Minor.

3/8 - 3/9 Way Over In Beulah LandArlington Master Choralewww.arlingtonmasterchorale.orgCelebrate the history and legacy of the American spiritual with the Arlington Master Chorale featuring arrangements by William Dawson, Jester Hairston, Moses Hogan, and Alice Parker.

3/10 Imagination MoversPerforming Arts Fort Worth, www.basshall.comStars of their own self-titled Disney Junior TV show, the Imagination Movers play and write rock ’n roll children’s songs. The Emmy Award-winning Imagination Movers make a triumphant return to the Hall with two shows.

3/10 Salim and Sulaiman MerchantVerizon Theatre at Grand Prairiewww.verizontheatre.comSalim Merchant and Sulaiman Merchant perform at Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie. Salim Merchant And Sulaiman Merchant are a musical duo of brothers, born and brought up in Bhuj, Kutch, India.

3/15 Xuefei YangFort Worth Classic Guitar Society www.guitarsociety.orgBorn in Beijing, now based in the UK, Xuefei Yang (Fei) is acclaimed as one of the world’s finest classical guitarists.

3/16 - 3/18 A Celtic CelebrationFort Worth Symphony Orchestrawww.fwsymphony.org Since its premiere, this showstopper has been a huge hit nationwide.

3/17 A Musical Journey through Baroque Europe-EnglandTexas Camerata, www.texascamerata.orgThe vocal artistry of David Grogan, bass, and the choral group Project Eve are featured in this concert of music from the British Isles.

3/17 Texas Camerata featuring Project EveProject Eve, www.texascamerata.orgTexas Camerata and Project Eve join emsembles for this exciting performance.

3/19 The All New Original Tribute to The Blues BrothersPerforming Arts Fort Worth, www.basshall.comFor one night only, the Blues Brothers moments and songs come to life in the All New Original Tribute to the Blues Brothers! Jake and Elwood Blues bring a humorous, swinging and lively show to Bass Hall, crooning the favorite songs with a few new twists, a few new moves and clean, freshly laundered suits.

3/20 Deborah Voigt, soprano with Brian Zeger, pianoVan Cliburn Foundationwww.cliburn.org With a commanding stage presence and resplendent voice, Deborah Voigt has portrayed legendary operatic heroines on all of the world’s most important stages.

3/23 Isaac BustosGuitar Fort Worthwww.guitarfortworth.org Classical Guitarist, Isaac Bustos has gained critical acclaim and is quickly becoming recognized as of the top guitarists of his generation.

3/23 - 3/25 The FireBirdFort Worth Symphony Orchestra www.fwsymphony.org Alisa Weilerstein joins the orchestra to perform Elgar’s deeply emotional Cello Concerto in E Minor.

3/25 Cherubini Requiem for Orchestra and ChoirFort Worth Chapter of the American Guild of Organistswww.fortworthago.orgThe Fort Worth Chapter of the Organist invite you to discover this deeply satisfying and unjustly neglected masterpiece for choir and orchestra.

3/30 Lenten Concert: Healing ReflectionsProject Evewww.projecteve.netProject Eve brings their performing versatility to this Lenten Concert.

3/31 Naida Cole, pianistChamber Music Society of Fort Worthwww.chambermusicsocietyoffortworth.comNaida Cole plays Haydn, Brahms, and Chausson.

4/10 Ricky Nelson RememberedPerforming Arts Fort Worthwww.basshall.comThis is a unique multimedia entertainment event featuring Ricky Nelson’s hit songs (including “Hello Mary Lou”, “Travelin’ Man,” “Garden Party”) being performed by Ricky’s own twin sons, Matthew and Gunnar.

4/13 - 4/15 Violinist Will HagenFort Worth Symphony Orchestra www.fwsymphony.org The late Romantic period is featured in Dvorak’s beloved Seventh Symphony.

4/14 Zenph: Great Performances Live AgainVan Cliburn Foundationwww.cliburn.org Zenph Innovation’s revolutionary technology collides with classical music for this one-of-a-kind concert

4/20 - 4/22 The Canadian TenorsFort Worth Symphony Orchestra www.fwsymphony.orgBack by popular demand after their sold-out, one-night-only Christmas concert with the FWSO, the Canadian Tenors will hypnotize Pops subscribers with their magical voices and mesmerizing harmonies.

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