Houston Cinema Arts Festival Focuses on Texas, the Arts and Home
There’s no place like Houston for cinephiles when the Houston Cinema Arts Society opens its 15th annual film festival with a "Bring It On Home" theme.
Tarra Gaines
Holiday Office Party Spirit: ‘The Ugly Xmas Sweater Musical’ at TUTS
Houston’s Theatre Under The Stars also understands the allure of some tacky fun and plans to offer the ultimate holiday show alternative this season with the world premiere, The Ugly Xmas Sweater Musical.
A Brilliant Legacy: Abraham Ángel at the DMA
Sometimes the drama of an artist’s life can overshadow the art itself. Case in point, Mexican Modernist painter Abraham Ángel, whose paintings are featured in almost every book or exhibition devoted to the period.
Weaving a Collective Mural: Meow Wolf in Grapevine, Texas
The first time I visited strange new art worlds via a space/time refrigerator portal I had to travel to a renovated bowling alley in New Mexico to do so.
Spiraling Vessels: Carlos Rosales-Silva paints a Welcome Mural at San Antonio Museum of Arts
The San Antonio Museum of Art recently rolled out the welcome mural for visitors in the form of a monumental painting by Texas artist Carlos Rosales-Silva, on view through Sept. 2025.
Texas Deep Divers: Turning Research Into Art
A researcher—who just might be an artist—enters a university library and gains access to a rarely viewed archive.
Reading Together Again: Inprint Houston’s New Season Dazzles with Big Name Writers
With the series back to live, in-person readings for over a year now, Inprint executive director, Rich Levy, says the literary-loving audiences have also come back to see and hear from their favorite writers.
World Building the Cosmic Womb: The Complex and Joyful Narratives of JooYoung Choi
Forget the latest superhero blockbuster, this summer we’re nabbing our (free) ticket to experience the ongoing adventures of Pound Cake Man, Sweet Slice, Prime Weaver, Pom Pom Thunder, Vorax and the newest powerful force for radical change in perception, Wondervision.
The Great Lone Star Way: Broadway Across Texas
One nice performing arts perk of Texas holding five of the top thirteen most populous cities in the U.S. is that we don’t have to go to New York or London to see the hottest Broadway or even a West End show.
Stepping into Joy: Performing Arts Houston’s lively 23/24 Season
Performing Arts Houston leans into joy for its recently announced 2023-2024 season.
Classics and New Shows: A Lively New Season for Theatre Under The Stars
“You’ve just got to keep moving,” says Theatre Under The Stars artistic director, Dan Knechtges, when I asked him what lessons he’s learned about programming the company through several years of theater under crisis.
Sacred and Secular Merge at MFAH’s new Art of the Islamic Worlds Galleries
A blue day dawns at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Such was my first thought stepping into the welcoming light and waves of blue in the Art of the Islamic Worlds Galleries.