The Indianapolis String Quartet offered new, romantic, and classical music, including a world premiere by Robert Paterson, at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall.
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PAX East 2020 – Day 2 Experience
Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous, Ghostrunner, and Othercide were three games that looked very promising at PAX East 2020.
Read More »PAX East 2020 – Baldur’s Gate 3 Gameplay Reveal
By far the biggest event for me at PAX East this year was a chance to be one of the first in the world to see the gameplay reveal of the upcoming game Baldur’s Gate 3 from Larian Studios.
Read More »PAX East 2020 – Day 1 Experience
This year at PAX East was quite unusual as it coincided with the emerging spread of COVID-19 or the Coronavirus across the world.
Read More »Lake Travis Film Festival: Take One
The Lake Travis Film Festival brought extraordinary films, learning and fun to the Texas Hill Country.
Read More »Concert Review: ASPECT Chamber Music Series – ‘French Impressions’ (Debussy, Chausson) (27 February 2020)
Violinist Grace Park, pianist Gilles Vonsattel, and the Calidore String Quartet played music by Claude Debussy and Ernest Chausson in the latest ASPECT chamber music concert.
Read More »5th Circuit Slaps Down Contempt Order Against Federal Bureau of Prisons
The recent decision, In re: U.S. Bureau of Prisons, reversed a contempt order and injunction from the San Antonio-based western district court
Read More »Why the Ordinary is Extraordinary
Sometimes I’m stuck in traffic, look up, and see a gorgeous sunrise that I wouldn’t have noticed otherwise.
Read More »Jazz Reviews: Albare, ‘Albare Plays Jobim’ and John Di Martino, ‘Passion Flower: The Music of Billy Strayhorn’
Jazz guitarist Albare's tribute to Jobim and pianist John Di Martino's to Strayhorn show how homages to classic composers can bring out today's artists' creative best.
Read More »Movie Review: A Quietly Affecting ‘Carol of the Bells’
Although it's modestly budgeted and deliberately paced, Joey Travolta's quietly moving film manages to deliver the emotional goods.
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