Arts & Entertainment
May 20, 2013
The Cliburn Competition Forges Ahead Without Its Namesake
Can the famous piano competition survive without Van Cliburn?
Van Cliburn
Music
February 28, 2013
In Search of Van Cliburn
He was a world-renowned piano prodigy whose romanticism and technical virtuosity inspired thousands and famously helped thaw the Cold War. But as a visit to his hometown of Kilgore made clear to me, Van Cliburn was also a Texan, a Southerner, a Baptist, a patriot, and a man who loved
The Culture
January 20, 2013
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From Donald Chambers founding the Bandidos in Houston to Gordon Granger reading General Orders No. 3 in Galveston
Politics & Policy
March 3, 2009
Van Cliburn, Hobby give virtuoso performances
The lucky folks who attended the Texas History Museum Foundation’s annual Texas Independence Day dinner last night witnessed virtuoso performances by Fort Worth piano legend Van Cliburn and former Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby, both honored as “History-Making Texans” at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum. Cliburn managed to weave