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  • In celebration of the most wonderful time of year, the world's biggest-selling soprano and legendary GRAMMY®️ Award-nominated artist Sarah Brightman returns with her "A Christmas Symphony" tour this November and December! Accompanied by orchestra, choir and special guests, this magical holiday show will feature Sarah performing many of her holiday classics and greatest hits.
  • Construction crews began redirecting water from the North Sulphur River channel on October 28 and moving it for the first time through the Leon Hurse Dam spillway.
  • Austin College will host a book talk featuring esteemed cancer specialist, author, and educator Dr. Fazlur Rahman. The event, part of the college’s commitment to fostering intellectual and ethical discussions, will take place on Wednesday, November 20, 2024. This event is free and open to the public.
  • Noted Polish Soprano Brygida Bziukiewicz Kulig will deliver a vocal masterclass open to the public on November 18 at East Texas A&M University. (courtesy photo)
  • Uncover the charm of Downtown McKinney as it transforms into a festive winter wonderland. Experience a vibrant scene of local art, unique holiday shopping, delicious eats, live performances, and fun activities for all ages.
  • 1840 – birth of Claude Monet, French painter. Oscar-Claude Monet (14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of impressionism painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. During his long career, he was the most consistent and prolific practitioner of impressionism's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions of nature, especially as applied to plein air (outdoor) landscape painting. The term "impressionism" is derived from the title of his painting Impression, soleil levant, which was first exhibited in the so-called "exhibition of rejects" of 1874–an exhibition initiated by Monet and like-minded artists as an alternative to the Salon. From 1883, Monet lived in Giverny, also in northern France, where he purchased a house and property and began a vast landscaping project, including a water-lily pond. Monet's ambition to document the French countryside led to a method of painting the same scene many times so as to capture the changing of light and the passing of the seasons. Frequently exhibited and successful during his lifetime, Monet's fame and popularity soared in the second half of the 20th century when he became one of the world's most famous painters and a source of inspiration for a burgeoning group of artists.