*Wee Small Hours: 1955* Jardines

Recently I had the privilege of meeting the very talented operatic tenor, Nathan Granner.

The New Theatre Restaurant

My father and I have been going to the New Theatre Restaurant since it first opened, 17 years ago.

New Years Eve with Quixotic and WaterFire

I rang in the new year of 2010 in the beautiful New England town of Providence, RI.

*Radiohead: A Tribute* recordBar

*Zamboanga: Poverty, War, Music CD Release Concert* Yardley Hall

Sunday evening I attended the Zamboanga: Poverty, War, Music CD Release Concert at Yardley Hall.

Zamboanga: Poverty, War, Music is a CFCA (Christian Foundation for Children and Aging) documentary film, set to be released in Spring 2010, that chronicles the lives of 12 teenagers in Zamboanga City, Philippines as they learn, practice, prepare and perform a concert for 10,000 people at the edge of the Philippine jungle.

*Ailey II* Folly Theatre

*Kansas City Ballet: Carmen* Lyric Theatre

The Kansas City Ballet’s Fall Performance this year included 4 pieces, ranging from a classical Russian pas de deux to a fresh and fiery Spanish influenced ballet. Frescoes was the opening piece, an excerpt from the full length ballet The Little Humpbacked Horse. In this excerpt, the figurines from painted frescoes are brought to life and dance about.

Quixotic: Live in the Crossroads

Quixotic Fusion gave another free performance, this time to First Friday attendees in October.

*Quixotic: Surface* Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Quixotic Fusion continued to produce one of the most mesmerizing things I have ever seen.

*Barclay Martin Ensemble* Firefly Lounge

The gentleman were at it again......