Some Events This Week

A few events this week that look good to this writer.

Kris Kristofferson performs at Bass Hall, May 15th. I like Kristofferson's sound. It's got a lot of Texas in it.


If you want a taste of local sports the Fort Worth Cats have started their season. The ballpark is great, the setting is perfect, and the baseball is . . . well it's good baseball. Great seats for $12. Or a good seat for $4. Ride your bike along the river to get to the game.

I received a press release from the Texas Dance Hall Preservation Society about the Anhalt Mayfest and dance at the Anhalt Dance Hall. This is German Texas country where the beer is cold and sausages are genuine Brots. Okay, it's a bit of a drive to Spring Branch but you will see an authentic Texas Dance Hall.

Sunday May 18th.
Anhalt Hall
Germania Farmers Verein
2390 Anhalt Road
Spring Branch, TX 78070

Pentecost Sunday

DUCCIO di Buoninsegna / 1302

From the Acts of the Apostles

When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together.
And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind,
and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim.

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In the Pentecost Duccio goes back to traditional iconographic schemes and includes the Virgin, of whom no mention is made in the Acts of the Apostles, the source of the episode. Mary's entire figure, illuminated by the highlights of her robe, becomes a form with strongly curved outlines contrasting with the loose drapery of the disciples' garments. The succession of haloes echoes the group in a shining golden frame, on which twelve tongues of flame are burning - the symbol of the descent of the Holy Spirit. The panel has obviously been cut on the left side, where the twelfth apostle is missing; only the red ray descending from above remains. From, Art and the Bible.

Saturday's Painting

Fishing in the Sound / Nancy Merkle

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