Lone Star Lyric Theater Festival: "Make Believe"
Singers from the Lone Star Lyric Theater Festival perform songs from the Disney's animated fairy-tale films. It’s a preview of Lone Star’s cabaret show Make Believe.
We speak with award-winning choreographer and designer Shen Wei, whose company comes to Houston to perform Shen’s version of The Rite of Spring.
Pianist Zoya Shuhatovich previews the recital she’s giving in Houston before she heads overseas on a European tour.
Black Lab Theatre: "Chinglish"
We speak with the director and the two lead actors from Black Lab Theatre’s production of Chinglish, a bi-lingual culture-clash comedy by David Henry Hwang.
Fayetteville Chamber Music Festival
Musicians from the Fayetteville Chamber Music Festival perform selections by Max Reger and Franz Berwald, previewing the final weekend of this year’s music-gathering in the central Texas countryside.
Houston Chamber Choir: Mozart's Great C-Minor Mass
Robert Simpson talks about Mozart’s Great C-Minor Mass, the piece his Houston Chamber Choir performs as the grand finale to its 17th concert season.
Bayou City Concert Musicals: "Alone Together: The Songs of Arthur Schwartz"
Vocalists from Bayou City Concert Musicals share some of the numbers that Arthur Schwartz contributed to The Great American Songbook.
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Giant Renaissance Food People Descend Upon New York Giuseppe Arcimboldo was a 16th-century artist who liked to play with his food, transforming it into the building blocks of many of his fantastical portraits. Artist Philip Haas has taken those portraits out of museums, reinterpreting them as colossal statues that interact with the natural environment. |
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Michigan LGBT Youth Center Does Outreach With A Dance 'Hook'   The Ruth Ellis Center in Highland Park, Mich., is making an effort to meet its clients where they are — on the dance floor, specifically with the dance form known as "vogue." From there, the center can connect them with counseling, health services, tutoring and clean clothes. |
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You can give away almost anything — your time, money, food, your ideas. Giving helps define who we are and helps us connect with others. Thanks to the Internet and a rise in social consciousness, there's been a seismic shift not only in what we're giving, but how. In this hour, stories from TED speakers who are "giving it away" in new and surprising ways, and the things that happen in return. |
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How Do You Get People To Pay For Music? Don't make people pay for music, says musician Amanda Palmer: Let them. In a passionate talk that begins in her days as a street performer, she examines the new relationship between artist and fan. |
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From The Heart Of Egypt's Revolt, The Pulse Of Artistic Life Egypt's capital has been associated with protest and political upheaval. But an arts festival attempts to clear away the dust and revitalize a once-glorious cultural hub. |
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Banksy Mural May Be Coming To U.S. After All The stencil of a young boy sewing the Union Jack is the centerpiece of an exhibition in London, after which it will head to the U.S. where it is to be part of a private collection. Organizers say Slave Labour is not being put up for sale, but residents of the London neighborhood from which it disappeared want it back. |
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