Richard Glazier, soloist for "Rhapsody in Blue," at the Mondavi Friday. Courtesy photo. The Weekender is a regular feature of the UC Davis Arts Blog appearing each Thursday — when weekends really need ...

"George Gershwin and Modern Art: A Rhapsody in Blue" explores the musician's art collection, which has never been shown in a museum until now.

Awash in rich Prussian blue and turquoise-y green laced with gold, the dining room was hand-painted in the 1870s by James McNeill Whistler for British shipping magnate Frederick Leyland.

Amid these works, the rhapsody is a gorgeous, raffish blue blast of glory, a testament to the magnificent miscegenation of American culture.

Beats there a heart so dead that it doesn’t love George Gershwin ’s “Rhapsody in Blue”? This is one of those pinnacle achievements, a work that makes you feel good to be alive. Whose soul ...

If “Rhapsody in Blue” is a masterpiece, it might be the worst masterpiece. The promise of a true fusion on the concert stage basically starts and ends with it.

With the wail of a clarinet, George Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue' electrified audiences 100 years ago. Today we still love it — and argue about it ...

History and imagination are a unique combination in "Blue Rhapsody", which is running at Number 1 Gallery, Silom 21, until Oct 29.

The iconic George Gershwin song 'Rhapsody in Blue' joins thousands of other famous and undiscovered works in the public domain. That's a great thing.

'Rhapsody in Blue,' Gershwin's musical melting pot, at 100 On Feb. 12, 1924, a sassy fusion of jazz and classical music debuted in New York, sparking a mutual exchange of ideas still debated today.

Omaha Symphony, guest pianist to wish Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" a happy 100th birthday.