Monthly Archives: March 2016

March 25

MICHAEL C. CARLOS MUSEUM: Doorway to an Enlightened World: The Tibetan Shrine from the Alice S. Kandell Collection

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In Doorway to an Enlightened World visitors to the Carlos Museum will encounter compelling works of Tibetan Buddhist art, not displayed as individual, unconnected pieces but presented in their proper sacred context, regarded as a “doorway” into a higher world. Among the most impressive objects in the collection are large, gilt-bronze Buddhas and bodhisattvas dating from the […]

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March 13

ATLANTA OPERA: PIRATES OF PENZANCE

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As Frederic enters the rank of full pirate at the end of his apprenticeship, he and his fellow pirates court the daughters of Major-General Stanley. This sets off a hilarious course of riotous events that pit Frederic against his pirate clan. The Pirates of Penzance is a rollicking show with serious operatic chops. Seán Curran will direct […]

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March 11

IL VOLO LIVE IN CONCERT

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In the past few years alone, IL VOLO has performed all over the world, released massively-selling albums, joined legendary songstress Barbra Streisand on tour, and taken the stage for three highly acclaimed PBS specials. Now, the powerhouse trio comes back to the States immediately following their prestigious win at the Sanremo Music Festival in Italy, […]

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March 10

FCA: CHRISTOPHER ROTHKO TOUR

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Christopher Rothko and Michael Rooks will lead a small group to view up close the High’s collection of Rothko works before the Margaret and Terry Stent Distinguished Lecture in American Art. POSSE PHOTOS:

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March 10

THE HIGH: “ROTHKO FROM THE INSIDE OUT” BY CHRISTOPHER ROTHKO

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Join us for a special evening with Christopher Rothko, son of the influential Abstract Expressionist painter Mark Rothko. Only six years old when his father died, Christopher Rothko—the artist’s youngest child and only son—now oversees the Rothko family collections. As one of the people most familiar with the prolific painter’s body of work, he reflects […]

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March 05

MET OPERA LIVE IN HD: MANON LESCAUT

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Soprano Kristine Opolais and tenor Roberto Alagna join forces in Puccini’s obsessive love story. Opolais sings the title role of the country girl who transforms herself into a Parisian temptress, while Alagna is the dashing student who desperately woos her. Director Richard Eyre places the action in occupied France in a film noir setting. “Desperate passion” […]

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March 04

THE HIGH: VIK MUNIZ

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Vik Muniz is an innovative artist who creates imagery within a nexus of diverse media. Working with a dizzying array of unconventional materials—including sugar, tomato sauce, diamonds, magazine clippings, chocolate syrup, dust, and junk—Muniz painstakingly builds tableaux before recording them with his camera. From a distance, the subject of each resulting photograph is discernible; up […]

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