Last night was quite the night for Arts Fighting Cancer. There was lots of food, wine, music and friendly folks supporting a very worthy cause. I’ll let Lynne and Michael tell you all about it in the above video.

GET YOUR LEARN ON: The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History officially opens today. DFW.com has covered the museum extensively in the past week or so, with reports on the museum’s design, must-see attractions, the Cattle Raisers Museum located in the new building, the technology behind the exhibits and the cool temporary exhibit,  CSI: [...]

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 [...]

IN WITH THE NEW: In a few hours, a ground-breaking ceremony will be held for the new Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Victory Park (check back here later this afternoon for a report). A lot has been made of architect Thom Mayne’s $185 million building, but for all the fancy design, the most [...]

EARTHLY CONCERNS: Brooklyn artist William Lamson’s show “Automatic,” which closed this weekend at Marty Walker Gallery, earned praise for its simplicity and environmental consciousness. Lamson uses wind and other natural forces to power the tools that create his drawings. Whatever Mother Nature is in the mood to draw that day, that’s what we get. Earlier [...]

a href=”http://www.facebook.com/people/Toby-Pipes/1527408498″ target=”blank”>Toby Pipes is a producer, a musician, a vocalist and one of the most well-known names in the local, regional and national music scenes. Pipes and his co-writer/producer, Nolan Thies formed Little Black Dress back in 2005. The band also includes Brent Elrod (guitars), Earl Darling (drums), Cooper Heffley (electric drums [...]

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), [...]

Did you catch Saturday night’s one-off performance of Hip-Hop Broadway at the Winspear Opera House? If you did, it’s a safe bet your still humming along to Jennifer Holliday’s rendition of her signature song, “And I’m Telling You,” from Dreamgirls.

KXT welcomes Paul Slavens for his first show on the new station. Listen in tonight – the first hour is all local music – and feel free to leave your comments on tonight’s show. Paul may comment later as he settles into his new digs.

There’s something about Oak Cliff that makes me want to paint something or sculpt something or plant something. I always begin to feel the creative vibe about the time that I hit Davis and Jefferson. Today I ventured into Cliff Fest 2009 and had such a lovely time that I almost leased an apartment [...]