http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:03:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the Saturday spotlight, we’re getting to know some local artists. During the annual Cedars Open Studios tour, you can tour the artist studios in this Dallas neighborhood. The event culminates with the Corinth Park Party, featuring live music, a group art exhibition and the "art as ... http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/11/20/saturday-spotlight-cedars-open-studios/ Art&Seek presents This Week in Texas Music History. Every week, we’ll spotlight a different moment and the musician who made it. This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman looks at a Texan who drew from Hispanic, Anglo and African-American influences to become one of the most well-respected jazz musicians of ... http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/11/20/this-week-in-texas-music-history-ernie-caceres/ Two area museums celebrated important milestones this week. The Museum of Nature & Science on Wednesday broke ground on a new building at Victory Park. The new $80 million Fort Worth Museum of Science and History opens today. KERA’s Stephen Becker toured the new space. Listen to the KERA radio ... http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/11/20/fort-worth-museum-of-science-and-history-opens-its-doors/ The new Legorreta + Legorreta-designed Fort Museum of Science and History is open -- a major upgrade in the Cultural District. It features a new planetarium, dinosaur exhibitions and mini-museums devoted to cattle, Fort Worth history, energy (basically, the oil and gas industry) and even the science of CSI. We ... http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/11/20/artseek-on-think-tv-the-new-fort-worth-museum-of-science-history/ [caption id="attachment_9309" align="alignleft" width="488" caption="Kent Williams as Mr. Argento with Tomas, his pet monkey"][/caption] Lawson Taitte's review for the Dallas Morning News Alexandra Bonifield's review for Critical Rant & Rave KERA radio review: [audio:http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Port-Twilight-Second-MIXDOWN.mp3] Expanded online review: The Undermain Theater is presenting the world premiere of Len Jenkin’s dark comedy, Port Twilight. The play follows ... http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/11/19/review-the-undermains-port-twilight-or-the-history-of-science/ Stephanie "Tefi" Hindall is a Dallas-based jewelry designer who runs her own design studio, Tefi Designs. Not only does Stephanie create some really unusual and creative jewelry and accessories, she is also the founder of EtsyDallas.com, a cooperative craft collective of artists and designers living and working in Dallas. These ... http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/11/19/artseek-qa-etsydallas-com-founder-stephanie-hindall/ Click the audio player to listen to the KERA radio report: [audio:http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/perotmuseumFINAL.MP3] Online version: More than 20 donations of a million dollars or more have been made to build the new Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Victory Park. But with an estimated cost of $185 million, even million-dollar donations don’t take ... http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/11/18/breaking-ground-at-the-museum-of-nature-and-science/ Congratulations to Masako Fujinami of Dallas, the winner of the Flickr Photo of the Week contest! A few weeks back, we asked our regular submitters to the contest to go out and shoot their best photo of the Arts District, and Masako took us up on the assignment. The above ... http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/11/18/flickr-photo-of-the-week-58/ Heeeere's Auteurism! Chris Hury plays a desperate filmmaker and Martha Harms is his would-be starlet David Novinski's review for Renegade Bus Review by Mark Lowry for Theater Jones Review by Lawson Taitte for Dallas Morning News Review by Alexandra Bonifield for Critical Rant & Rave In Allison Moore's stage thriller, Slasher, when we first meet ... http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/11/16/review-kitchen-dogs-slasher-doesnt-cut-it/ A native of Peru, Fort Worth Symphony music director Miguel Harth-Bedoya has found a way to preserve and showcase the orchestral music of his country -- and the other Latin American countries that were once part of the Incan Empire. He has started a series of concerts and recordings called ... http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/11/16/artseek-on-think-tv-fort-worth-symphonys-miguel-harth-bedoya/