You may have already gotten a little fuzzy on just who Nobuyuki Tsujii is. The name’s a mouthful for Westerners.
But perhaps “Nobu” rings a bell. Classical music fans in Japan have certainly not forgotten how the 21-year-old blind pianist tied for the gold medal at the Cliburn Competition in June (he was one of several [...]

The Culture Monster blog for the LATimes reports that tomorrow the National Endowment for the Arts will present a live, daylong webcast of its Cultural Workforce Forum.
[An] assortment of academics, federal bureaucrats, and staffers from private think tanks and research organizations will assemble in Washington, and in cyberspace at www.nea.gov. They’ll attempt to elucidate, ponder [...]

NORAH, IN REVIEW: She may not live in North Texas anymore, but Norah Jones is still one of the area’s most successful exports (36 million albums and counting). So when she puts out a new album, we take notice. The reviews for The Fall, called both her break-up album and her rock album, have been [...]

The Nasher Sculpture Center has announced its 2010 NasherSALON Speaker Series. The series has previously featured such artists as authors John Updike and Larry McMurtry, choreographer Twyla Tharp, chef Wolfgang Puck and singer-songwriter Art Garfunkel.
This next year’s series will feature actor-director Robert Duvall (Jan. 21), actress-model Lauren Bacall (March 11), singer Gladys Knight (June 17), [...]

La Reunion TX: Art Chicas Unidas from Cindy Chaffin on Vimeo.
Today was flat-out glorious. I have much to tell, which I will on Monday, but for now just enjoy the video. Wow. La Reunion TX equals la rejuvenation of the spirit…more to come.

FWO VIDEOS: On Thursday, I got an e-mail with a link to a special video message from Fort Worth Opera General Director Darren K. Woods. It’s a nice enough video of Woods thanking fans of the opera for making this season a special one and letting us know that the organization finished the year with [...]

Our friend David Hopkins just announced that Quick is going to feature his hyper-local comic series, We’ve Never Met, in its print publication, with the debut on Thursday, November 19. We’ve Never Met, illustrated by Chad Thomas, will be run as a full page, full color weekly series.
It’s the story of Liz, a [...]

NEW KIDS IN TOWN: Welcome to the stage Fort Worth’s Forum Theatre Company. The new outfit performs its first show, The Diary of Anne Frank, this week at Will Rogers Auditorium and will continue to focus on youth programming using teenage actors. “I think we all realized the need for this in Fort Worth,” Forum [...]

Guest blogger Sarah Jane Semrad is executive director of La Reunion TX.
The third annual Art Chicas Unidas work day was this past Saturday at the La Reunion TX forest.  The reception for this program will be Saturday, from 2-4 p.m. Please RSVP by e-mailing me (sarah@LaReunionTX.org) or for directions and more info.  Four adult artists [...]

LOOKING SOUTH OUT WEST: Fort Worth is about to get its Latin Music fix with a pair of festivals specializing in the music of Central and South America. TCU’s Latin American Music Festival begins on Friday, which will be followed by Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Music Director Miguel Harth-Bedoya’s Caminos del Inka series the following [...]