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The Sears Effect: Kelly Sears at Aurora Picture Show

Nancy Wozny·April 25, 2016

When the lights came up after an hour of Kelly Sears' shorts I felt like an extra from The Manchurian Candidate, with a mild case of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, complete with the eyeball spinning.

Film Houston

Theater for Right Now: DTC’s New Season

Jennifer Smart·April 25, 2016

“We look around the world we live in, at topics that are relevant in the news, our civic life, in the culture as a whole,” Kevin Moriarty, Artistic Director of the Dallas Theater Center tells me when I ask him how he and his team begin to conceive a season.

Dallas/Ft Worth Editor's Picks Theater

Curating in Texas: The Contemporary’s Heather Pesanti

Thao Votang·April 22, 2016

I walked into the Jones Center on a Monday to meet with Heather Pesanti, senior curator of The Contemporary Austin.

Curating in Texas

Classics & Connections: The Dallas Opera’s 2016/17 Season

Monica Smart·April 22, 2016

The Dallas Opera's 60th season is back to basics, with three classics of the Western canon and two modern psychological dramas.

Dallas/Ft Worth Editor's Picks Music

Curtain Up: Theater Returns to the J

Holly Beretto·April 20, 2016

From its sprawling campus along Houston’s Brays Bayou, the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center has long enjoyed a reputation as an epicenter for arts and cultural events.

Houston Theater