100 Years of Magic at Miller Outdoor Theatre
Houstonians have experienced the magic of Miller Outdoor Theatre for 100 years now. What is it about this place that tugs on the heart strings, and turns shared moments into lasting memories?
Sherry Cheng
Discovering the Dallas Arts District
It’s the start of my whirlwind tour of the Dallas Arts District. Improbably, in all the years I have lived in Houston (23) and all the time I have been an arts writer in Texas (5), I had never been to Dallas. I am here now as a first time arts tourist, eager to absorb the wonders of a new place, open to every experience that might come my way.
The Aura of Honor: Suzanne Bocanegra weaves a wandering road through a 16th century tapestry
Honor, commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was presented on Jan. 27, 2023, at Rice University’s Moody Center for the Arts.
Expanding the Classical Ballet Canon Part II: Alexa Capareda’s Maria and the Mouse Deer
PART TWO: Think about classical ballet’s signature repertoire—The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Cinderella. Each of these canonic story ballets is drawn from a European folk tale or story, and set to music by a European composer. Is it time to ask, “what other stories can ballets tell?”
Expanding the Classical Ballet Canon Part I: Nao Kusuzaki’s Genji at Asia Society Texas Center in partnership with Houston Ballet
Think about classical ballet’s signature repertoire—The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Cinderella. Each of these canonic story ballets is drawn from a European folk tale or story, and set to music by a European composer. Is it time to ask, “what other stories can ballets tell?”
A Complete Vision: ISHIDA Dance Looks to the Future
In one of the biggest Texas dance stories of the year, ISHIDA Dance Company, a contemporary dance company co-located in Austin and Houston, has just made Dance Magazine’s 2023 “25 to Watch” list, one of the most coveted accolades in the dance industry.
Moon Over Kathmandu: Lain Singh Bangdel at Asia Society Texas Center
Twenty years after his passing, the extraordinary twentieth-century polymath and pioneering modernist Lain Singh Bangdel is finally getting some much-deserved recognition in the United States.
Deep Time: Michelle Mackey at Holly Johnson Gallery
The solo exhibition Michelle Mackey: Beyond Measure (Nov. 19, 2022-Feb. 11, 2023), at Holly Johnson Gallery in Dallas, is in many ways a homecoming for the artist.
Wreckers Away! A Thrilling, Compelling HGO Production Does Justice to a Masterpiece
It was a revelatory night at the Houston Grand Opera for the opening of Dame Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers.
Kinetic Season 8: Distinct Voices, New Works, and Wild Soundscapes
In Kinetic’s collaborative model, each of the 16 musicians in the conductorless string ensemble brings his or her creative voice to the table, to the rehearsal space, and to the concert stage.
The Power of an Image: FotoFest Biennial 2022 confronts the issues of our time
Just as the song was a response to the concerns of its time, the works that constitute the central exhibition of FotoFest Biennial 2022: If I Had a Hammer (Sept. 24-Nov. 6 at Silver Street and Winter Street Studios) confront the issues of our time.
All in for Beauty: Charlotte Smith at Camiba Gallery
For more than 20 years Dallas-based artist Charlotte Smith has reveled in experimenting with paint, and occasionally other materials, creating a signature style grounded in process-driven abstraction.