Hays Street Bridge, San Antonio, 2006
re: culture, ideas & the built environment
Mike Greenberg / San Antonio
Incidental observations, including:
Does Adam McManus have a pet gerbil? June 14, 2009
Leader of family-values party opposes marriage May 16, 2009
Perry flunks Texas history; Tea Party spendthrifts; a Christian nation? April 17, 2009
Teach 'strengths and weaknesses' of evolution? See that bet and raise it June 21, 2008
Those useless humanities Jan. 8, 2008
Placemaking at its best: Latest
San Antonio River Improvements transform wasteland into civic treasure
June 21, 2009Correcting the record on lessons from Santa Barbara: Density is good April 2, 2009
McNay
Art
Museum's Stieren Center for Exhibitions: Jean Paul Viguier's pure
Modernist addition is all about the light June 13, 2008
1221 Broadway Lofts: Making an introvert gregarious
June 2, 2008
Austin's Long Center for the Performing Arts:
Right space, wrong place April 28, 2008
Configured for concerts, Austin's new Dell Hall still sounds like an opera house May 24, 2008
Notes from the Congress for the New Urbanism's conference in Austin April 18, 2008
CNU XVI: New Urbanist guru thrashes Austin six ways from Sunday April 10, 2008
Transportation Choices Forum: Some gaps remain in our "Smart Growth" smarts (March 30, 2008)
Jubilee Outreach/Wigodsky & Assoc.: Designing within the system
Plus: Big Grass Bamboo: Cinderella story (March 2, 2008)
What to expect in performing arts center? The picture is cloudy (Feb. 16, 2008)
Windcrest Village: Duany brings New Urbanism to Old Sprawl (Jan. 30, 2008)
San Antonio Opera, 'Il Trovatore': If you've got it, flaunt it June 13, 2009
Round Top Festival: The wit was French; the wisdom, too June 9, 2009
SA Symphony, Elmar Oliveira: Mendelssohn with machismo May 30, 2009
SOLI, Timothy Jones: Music fit for a king, and a world, gone mad May 27, 2009
Olmos Ensemble: An elegantly crafted new Lyric Quintet by Bill Ross May 22, 2009
SA Symphony, Rossen Milanov: Russia resists invaders; Brits hail one May 9, 2009
SA Symphony, Lang-Lessing, Torgul: Ecstasy, joy and sweet moxie May 2, 2009
Jon Nakamatsu: Built for speed, and sometimes more April 30, 2009
Albers Trio: Three ways of being Modern, with poise April 22, 2009
Austin Lyric Opera: Poulenc's 'Dialogues' speak compellingly April 20, 2009
Composers
Alliance: Blackbirds will sing April
8, 2009SA Symphony, Komatsu, Wright: A Dvorak Sixth in high style April 4, 2009
SA Symphony, Chang, Grams: Violinist gives old master new energy March 28, 2009
SA Symphony, Judd, Wolfram: Epic retold, with compelling authority March 21, 2009
SOLI Chamber Ensemble: Master thief does it again March 17, 2009
Olmos Ensemble, Poetschke, Epperson: A grand night for singing March 11, 2009
"La Curandera": Comic opera finds composer Rodriguez in top form March 4, 2009
SA Symphony: Harrell serves Elgar concerto at peak of ripeness Feb. 14, 2009
Sergio and Odair Assad: New Brouwer sonata wears virtuosity lightly Feb. 10, 2009
SA Symphony: Assad concerto is the draw, conductor Vajda the marvel Feb. 7, 2009
SW Guitar Festival: Denis Azabagic, A sculptor in sound Feb. 7, 2009
SW Guitar Festival: Dunne, Gast shine in new Balentine piece Feb. 5, 2009
Austin Lyric Opera, "Rigoletto": A radiant Gilda, but where's Dr. Phil? Feb. 2, 2009
SA Symphony: In taut Shostakovich Tenth, the demons wore jackboots Jan. 24, 2009
Fretwork, Clare Wilkinson: Music of Purcell, antique and progressive Jan. 20, 2009
Camerata S.A.: Violinist Jiang contributes to a gutsy 'Ghost' Jan. 12, 2009
Pianist Carolyn True: Music from a tough and tender America Dec. 18, 2008
SA Symphony: Canadian guests anchor a leisurely "Messiah" Dec. 13, 2008
SOLI: A wisp of a piece by Elliott Carter leaves 'em wanting more Nov. 13, 2008
SA Symphony, Scott Yoo: Beethoven, Mozart with American accent Nov. 8, 2008
Olmos Ensemble, pianist Warren Jones: Haydn sonata in full color Oct. 30, 2008
Pianist Christopher Guzman: Rising star, en route to Tongyeong Oct. 25, 2008
SA Symphony with de la Parra, Gorra: A conductor of rare insight Oct. 25, 2008
Cellist Carter Brey: Huge, muscular, robust musicianship Oct. 21, 2008
Camerata S.A. with Tal Perkes: Flute and friends in birdland Oct. 20, 2008
SA Symphony with Campestrini: An elegant Mahler Fifth Oct. 18, 2008
SA Symphony with Seaman, Orli Shaham: Deeply satisfying Oct. 4, 2008
SA Opera's "Carmen": Once past the lap dance, a good show Sept. 29, 2008
Olmos Ensemble: A superb flutist, new in town, goes to town Sept. 18, 2008
Camerata San Antonio: A beguiling rediscovery -- and a great loss Sept. 16, 2008
Cactus Pear 4: Two auspicious new works close festival July 21, 2008
Cactus Pear 3: A centrist and lyrical American program July 18, 2008
Vocally, 'Tosca' eludes San Antonio Opera's grasp June 28, 2008
Verdi's Requiem in Austin: Text at the fore, the music resounds June 22, 2008
Olmos Ensemble: Obscure music, lustrous performances June 4, 2008
SA Symphony: Rachleff bids adieu with all cylinders firing May 31, 2008
SA Symphony: Frank dazzles, Frautschi sizzles, Berlioz fizzles May 10, 2008
Composers Alliance: Points of view about order, illness May 6, 2008
Camerata San Antonio: Tales of beauty, youth, death and life April 26, 2008
New theater is double-edged sword for Austin "Carmen" April 20, 2008
SA Symphony with Gaffigan: High-def, low-ego Beethoven and Ives April 12, 2008
SA Chamber Choir: Enlarging the space of music April 7, 2008
SA Symphony, Campestrini, Sant'Ambrogio: Moments of truth, and beauty April 5, 2008
Camerata: Switching from servant to master, sometimes well March 31, 2008
Violinist Elina Vähälä: Fine Finnish finish in the details March 26, 2008
SOLI with dance: Imperfect but intriguing collaboration March 19, 2008
Turtle Island String Quartet: Recombinant (musical) DNA March 17, 2008
S.A. Symphony, music of Led Zeppelin: Stairway to bloat (March 9, 2008)
Samuel Adler tribute: An American pragmatist and his progeny (Feb. 28, 2008)
Camerata, Ken-David Masur: The conductor sings, beautifully (Feb. 25, 2008)
Orion String Quartet: Beethoven informs a new work, and vice versa (Feb. 18, 2008)
SA Symphony, James Galway: Piper must be paid, but by whom? (Feb. 16, 2008)
SA Symphony, Boyd, Kirshbaum: Generous Dvorak, soaring Brahms (Feb. 9, 2008)
SA Symphony, Seaman, Yang: Deep pleasure in fastidious focus (Feb. 2, 2008)
SA Opera's "L'elisir d'amore": Pathos rises through the froth (Jan. 26, 2008)
Trio Solisti, clarinetist Alan Kay: Linking plain and Parnassus (Jan. 21, 2008)
Peter Serkin with the SA Symphony (Jan. 19, 2008)
Lawrence Brownlee: Stylish and agile young tenor (Jan. 16, 2008)
SOLI at Blue Star: Six living American composers (Jan. 11, 2008)
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