Dallas Symphony Orchestra

The parades, performances and fireworks happening in Dallas, Fort Worth and all over North Texas.

Twenty-four kids from around the world will vie for the title in Dallas this June.

It also features new record releases, part of the "Ring" cycle, a rare comic opera from a Nazi camp and composer Danny Elfman ("Batman," "The Simpsons")

It's been more than a decade since the DSO played Carnegie Hall — and longer than that since it's had an East Coast tour.

Looking for where to find the best holiday light displays? How about where to find New Year's and Kwanzaa celebrations? It's all here in our final Holiday Guide!

Thanksgiving means visiting family. Our picks for this week will get everyone out of the house and having fun.

Negrón performs Tuesday with DSO musicians as part of the Women in Classical Music symposium. She'll also join the free Arts Access panel at the Symposium, "Breaking Through: Power Structures and Paths to Progress."

The Arts Community Alliance, or TACA, is an organization that raises funds and provides grants to more than 30 arts groups around North Texas. Their executive director, Terry Loftis, is leaving and heading to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s fourth annual Women in Classical Music Symposium will focus on the challenges facing women moving toward leadership roles in classical music.

The performance piece is called "The Way of the Rain - Hope for the Earth," and it's getting its North American premiere in Dallas on Saturday. Redford's wife, Sibylle Szaggars Redford and a team of collaborators created the show.

We caught up with her this week to chat about emotional music, Karaoke, and kids today.

It's not often done because it's the Everest for symphonies performing operas: It's 15 hours long.