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Learn to let go: David Crowder Band members face life after breakup
David Crowder says of the band's farewell tour: "We couldn't have scripted it better."
Jazz trumpeter Chris Botti brings unique musical blend to Waco Symphony
Chris Botti's wide-ranging musical sensibility will be on display in a Valentine's Day pops concert with the Waco Symphony Orchestra.
Baylor's 'Jekyll' makes use of several Hydes
There's not a single villain in Baylor Theatre's production "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and that's the point: There are several as six characters undergo the transformation into the violent Mr. Hyde in the course of the play.
Waco architects planning downtown arts district near Masonic Grand Lodge
Two Waco architects hope their vision for a downtown arts district will spur discussion among city leaders and residents, getting the ball rolling on arts-driven economic development.
New view of printmaking technique in Baylor exhibit
These prints won't fit the popular paradigm of affordable art for a frame. In fact, they might explode that pigeonhole — intentionally.
Waco gospel singer follows strange path to spotlight
It took medical studies and a hurricane to nudge Waco gospel singer Femi Ariya into music, but that journey already has seen him on a national television show, record an album and win a nomination for a regional gospel music association.
Baylor filmmaker goes to Europe to talk about faith
Will Bakke and three Christian friends took a 10-country trip where they talk with locals and among themselves about faith, religion, Jesus Christ, personal values and lifestyles.
Carl Hoover: Spielberg film 'War Horse' a mixed breed
It’s a formula film whose trajectory is obvious by its first half hour, yet whose finale has a few twists.
Waco Symphony musicians delight shoppers with surprise performance at H-E-B
A couple of dozen musicians from the Waco Symphony Orchestra formed a “flash mob” for the benefit of Saturday afternoon shoppers at the H-E-B store at 1301 Wooded Acres.
Waco may open up arts funding to more groups
Waco leaders are reconsidering how they distribute hotel-motel tax revenue to arts groups, possibly opening the funding to newcomers.
Art Center Waco, KWBU sponsor show for Centex artists
More than three dozen Central Texas artists have paintings, drawings and mixed media works on display in the "Membership Invitational Art Exhibition."
Movies
- Ending their screenings today at Waco first-run theaters are “The Iron Lady,”“War Horse,” “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol," “The Devil Inside” and “A Dangerous Method.”
- Opening Friday at Waco movie theaters are “The Artist,” “Big Miracle,” “The Woman In Black” and “Chronicle.”
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David A. Smith: Opera on the really, really big screen
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David A. Smith: Opera on the really, really big screen
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• Multiple Hydes blur the line between good and evil in Baylor Theatre’s production “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” which continues its run at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 2-4, and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 4-5, at Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center. $15, $13 for Baylor students, faculty and staff. Call 710-1865.
• Waco’s Smooth Jazz Generation kicks off a weekly jazz night at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 at Tres Mexican Restaurant, 723 S. Sixth St. $6-10 for dinner, no cover before 7.
• The world-famous Vienna Boys Choir returns to Waco for a 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5 concert at Austin Avenue United Methodist Church, 1300 Austin Ave. The Vienna Boys Choir previously sang in Waco in 2001 at the Waco Hippodrome Theatre and in 2008 at Baylor University. Tickets cost $35 for premium seating, $25 for adults and $10 for students, available at the church, online at austinavenueumc.org or at the door. The concert will end about an hour before the start of the Super Bowl. Call 254-754-4685 for information.
• The Stars Over Texas Jamboree pays tribute to Valentine’s Day with an Oldies Heart & Soul theme at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 at the Lee Lockwood Library and Museum, 2801 W. Waco Drive. $12, $10 for those ages 65 and older or 12 and younger.
• The touring show “Black Art — Ancestral Legacy” begins a month-long showing at the West Waco Library and Genealogy Center, 5301 Bosque Blvd. Hours: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 1-5 p.m. Sundays. Free.
• Art Center Waco’s “Membership Invitational Art Exhibition” comes to an end this weekend with a closing reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3 at the center, 1300 College Drive. The unveiling of the exhibition’s winning poster image takes place at 7 p.m.
• Art by Kathy Lovas and Susan Sponsler makes up the Croft Art Gallery’s February exhibit “Red/Yellow,” whose opening reception is held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3 at the gallery, 712 Austin Ave. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays.
• Waco rapper Big Binky brings on a local Super Bowl half-time show Sunday, Feb. 5 at Jordan Sports Bar and Lounge, 921 Lake Air Drive.
• Flatbed Press co-director Katherine Brimberry will talk about the Austin print-making company and its work at 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11 at the Martin Museum of Art in Baylor University’s Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center. Free.
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