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Review: Apocalypse Town

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Sure, the word ‘apocalypse’ might bring to mind a scorched-earth wasteland, an image of a world abandoned, forsaken — an image which a project concerned with life in post-conflict Kosovo might want to conjure [...]
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Review: Il Trovatore

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With hidden identities, passionate love, and a gypsy’s vicious revenge, it is no wonder that Verdi’s dramatic “Il Trovatore” remains so popular. It’s a task to add passion to this already effusive opera, but this is precisely [...]
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Review: Rock, Roll & Tutus

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Stanton Welch’s new ballet “Tapestry” made for one gorgeous vehicle to show off his current crop of ballet athletes. Launching with an expansive solo by Houston Ballet’s newest principal, Joseph Walsh, “Tapestry” [...]
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Review: “In the Next Room”

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I dare you to bring your Mom to this play, which features more orgasms than I’ve ever seen on stage in a long history of theatergoing. True to its subtitle, “The Vibrator Play” aims to shock and titillate, but Ruhl is too smart [...]
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Review: Gerardo R

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Gerardo R: Un Día a La Vez Start Gallery Dallas March 3–April 15, 2012 Terrible things are still happening in Mexico. Your preferred news organizations may not cover it anymore and you may not think of it often, but the drug cartel violence continues to claim the lives of our neighbors [...]
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Review: The Age of Impressionism

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The Age of Impressionism: Great French Paintings from the Clark Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth March 11–June 17, 2012 Regardless of one’s opinion about Impressionism, the Kimbell Art Museum’s latest special exhibition — emphasis on special — might render even the most vociferous opponent [...]
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Review: “Word Spirit”

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“Word Spirit” Crow Museum of Asian Art, Dallas February 25–May 5, 2012 There may be larger exhibitions at the Crow Collection of Asian Art but none will expand your heart more than the works now showing of Chaco Terada. She chose the word “Kotodama” as the title for her small [...]
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