Christmas week is always a big deal for airports and air travel. This year, as usual, lines are long, people are cranky, and there’s a storm wreaking havoc with schedules and everyone’s best laid plans. So, it’s a good bet that if you’re traveling by air this week, you’re going to spend some time being […]
The number of people buying plane tickets may be down, but that’s not stopping the nation’s airports from getting all gussied up in their holiday best. And while everyone’s budget is tighter than usual, travelers will still find plenty of airports hosting contests, carolers, karaoke and opportunities for a last-minute heart-to-heart with Kris Kringle. In […]
Yesterday I wrote about the Memphis Symphony Orchestra ensembles scheduled to play at Memphis International Airport. Keeping the beat, today I want to draw your attention to the music line-up at Nashville International Airport (BNA). Free live music performances are offered year-round on stages near the A/B meeter-greeter area, in the Concourse C food court […]
No time – or money – to go hear a Memphis Symphony Orchestra concert? No worries: show up at the Memphis International Airport on certain Friday afternoons from now through May 2010 and you’ll be treated to one-hour long performances by Memphis Symphony Orchestra ensembles. The next performance is Friday, November 13th from 12:45 p.m. […]
Elements, the newest exhibit at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS), includes painting “with gravelly texture, collages layered with translucent, water-like colors, leafy items frozen in motion and metal coins fused together in hot wax.” Hot wax? The work of four Austin artists – Sharon Kyle Kuhn, Kristy Darnell Battani, Michelle Belto, and Jacqueline May – […]
Is it Michael Jackson, or Michael Jackson impersonator Edward Moss there at Changi Airport? Sadly, since the King of Pop is still dead, the “Michael Jackson” you’ll see performing at Singapore’s Changi Airport through October 7th is going to be Mr. Moss. Moss is performing three times a day, in Changi’s Terminal 1 Departure/ Transit […]
Christmas week is always a big deal for airports and air travel. This year, as usual, lines are long, people are cranky, and there’s a storm wreaking havoc with schedules and everyone’s best laid plans. So, it’s a good bet that if you’re traveling by air this week, you’re going to spend some time being […]
The number of people buying plane tickets may be down, but that’s not stopping the nation’s airports from getting all gussied up in their holiday best. And while everyone’s budget is tighter than usual, travelers will still find plenty of airports hosting contests, carolers, karaoke and opportunities for a last-minute heart-to-heart with Kris Kringle. In […]
Yesterday I wrote about the Memphis Symphony Orchestra ensembles scheduled to play at Memphis International Airport. Keeping the beat, today I want to draw your attention to the music line-up at Nashville International Airport (BNA). Free live music performances are offered year-round on stages near the A/B meeter-greeter area, in the Concourse C food court […]
No time – or money – to go hear a Memphis Symphony Orchestra concert? No worries: show up at the Memphis International Airport on certain Friday afternoons from now through May 2010 and you’ll be treated to one-hour long performances by Memphis Symphony Orchestra ensembles. The next performance is Friday, November 13th from 12:45 p.m. […]
Elements, the newest exhibit at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS), includes painting “with gravelly texture, collages layered with translucent, water-like colors, leafy items frozen in motion and metal coins fused together in hot wax.” Hot wax? The work of four Austin artists – Sharon Kyle Kuhn, Kristy Darnell Battani, Michelle Belto, and Jacqueline May – […]
Is it Michael Jackson, or Michael Jackson impersonator Edward Moss there at Changi Airport? Sadly, since the King of Pop is still dead, the “Michael Jackson” you’ll see performing at Singapore’s Changi Airport through October 7th is going to be Mr. Moss. Moss is performing three times a day, in Changi’s Terminal 1 Departure/ Transit […]
MUSIC AT MIA If you’re traveling through Miami International Airport (MIA) between now and September 21 and have some time to hang around, head on over to the South Terminal. Afternoons, between 1 and 4 pm, there will be a steel drum band on Concourse H and piano music in the food court between Concourses […]
Thanks to a YouTube video that’s gone viral, millions of people around the world now know that in March 2008, United Airlines baggage handlers broke Dave Carroll’s guitar. Instead of just admitting it and paying for the repairs, the airline kept telling the musician to go away. He didn’t. He made a video and the […]
In Austin, “Live Music Capital of the World,” Texas, it seems as if everyone is a Grammy winner. Or will someday be one. So if you’re passing through Austin-Bergstrom International Airport today (Thursday) or Friday between 3:30 and 5:30 pm, be sure to stop at the Asleep at the Wheel stage at Ray Benson’s Roadhouse […]