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Arts and Culture Texas magazine is a free periodical for the community with a focus on the contemporary visual and performing arts and how it affects life and lives in Texas.

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Review: Howard Sherman, Artist Picks

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Native Houstonian and painter Howard Sherman affirms his talent for visual decision-making in an exhibition of paintings that mostly aren’t his own. On view through March 22 at Alliance Gallery, Howard Sherman: Artist’s Picks features one of his canvases alongside the work of six local [...]
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Review: God of Carnage

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I’ll admit: my first reaction to the news that Stark Naked Theatre Company had inserted French playwright Yasmina Reza’s God of Carnage into its current season between Body Awareness and Macbeth was, “Oh no, not that thing again!” It was only a year ago that I caught [...]
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Review: Red

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Dallas Theater Center What is the nature of brilliance? What is the nature of genius? Are those destined or determined to wrestle with the searing, implacable issues that plague we poor, pathetic mortals, doomed to a life of misery and inconsolable rage? These are questions [...]
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Public Art

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To commence a yearlong 10-year anniversary, the Nasher Sculpture Center will present Nasher XChange, a dynamic art exhibition consisting of 10 newly – commissioned public sculptures by contemporary artists at sites throughout the city of Dallas from October 19, 2013 to February 16, 2014. Covering a diverse range of sites and approaches [...]
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Review: Erin Reck

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Knowing When To Come Up for Air Recked Productions, Drive by Theater at the Photobooth on Montrose It’s not that often that the choreographer hugs you during the show, but that’s what happened to me when Erin Reck snaked through the audience at Drive by Theater [...]
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Review: Ballet Austin

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It has taken me 25 years to get to Ballet Austin. Although I’ve toured their stunning building, located in the heart of Austin’s bustling warehouse district, this was my first time seeing the company. Just about everything about the experience felt fresh, from the slick-yet-welcoming video [...]
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Review: Anything Goes

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AT&T Performing Arts Center, Dallas Broadway actress Rachel York seems to have it all: impeccable comic timing, a deftness for dance, and a dynamic voice that carries all the way to the rafters. The triple threat was in fine form for Wednesday’s opening night of Anything Goes, the latest [...]
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