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Take the trip to Clarkston

SCOT C. HART·December 17, 2015

In Clarkston, now playing an extended premier run at Dallas Theater Center through Jan 31, playwright Samuel D. Hunter uses familiar holiday themes of loneliness and redemption to gift us an endearing story filled with plenty of good spirits but also hurt, heartache and an interpretive ending.

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Apollo Chamber Players Explore Texas Roots

Holly Walrath·December 17, 2015

Like many new musicians, when he left Rice University with his Master’s degree of music, Matt Detrick struggled to find paying gigs.

Music

A+C Q&A: Liz Rodda

Jennifer Smart·December 16, 2015

Austin-based artist Liz Rodda often creates art out of seemingly-incongruous images and content.

San Antonio Visual Art

Coming Home: Bree Welch

Nancy Wozny·December 16, 2015

Bree Welch made a triumphant return to Texas, playing Henry in Henry V at Houston's Classical Theatre Company.

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Clarkston at Dallas Theater Center

Elizabeth White Olsen·December 16, 2015

Dallas Theater Center presents the world premiere of 2014 MacArthur Foundation Fellow Samuel D. Hunter’s new play, Clarkston, Dec. 3-Jan. 31 at Wyly Theater.

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Opera in the Desert: Fire Island Opera Festival in Marfa

JOHN DeMERS·December 16, 2015

If you took the Santa Fe Opera’s summer performance schedule and, while you were busy flipping through the season, also replaced the white-tablecloth tailgating, the candelabras and the Veuve Cliquot with boots and cowboy hats, you’d have a general feeling for the Fire Island Opera Festival presented by Marfa Live Arts.

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