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Privilege & Unnamed Anxiety at Work in Straight White Men at Stages

Tarra Gaines·February 19, 2016

Four straight, white men walk into a rumpus room somewhere in suburban America. This isn’t the beginning of a dumb joke but the setting and most of the plot of Young Jean Lee’s Straight White Men, through March 6, making its regional debut at Stages Repertory Theatre.

Theater

Free & Fabulous: Fusebox Festival Promotes Idea Exchange Across Disciplines and Borders

Claire Christine Spera·February 18, 2016

If you can dream it, you can do it: This seems to be the unofficial mantra behind Austin’s Fusebox Festival, which this year will boast more than 60 performances, workshops and talks put on by some 30 local, national and international artists, all for free for the general public.

Austin Dance Theater Visual Art

Taking the Lid off Tidy Packages: Next Iteration Theater Company’s First Production Promises Risk and Reward

Layla Al-Bedawi·February 18, 2016

In a place that can feel very top-down, they are trying to build something from the ground up. Their first production, the world premiere of Lisa Omlie’s The Baby, runs March 10-19 at the MATCH.

Houston Theater

Long Day’s Journey into Night

Jennifer Smart·February 17, 2016

Eugene O'Neill on stage at Undermain Theatre

Dallas/Ft Worth Features Reviews Theater

Five Fabulous Days of Israeli Dance: International Exposure 2015

Nancy Wozny·February 15, 2016

On the plane to Tel Aviv I tried to count how many times I have seen Ohad Naharin's Minus 16. I lost count at about 12.

Dance

Bold Cinema: Houston Jewish Film Festival Highlights Family, History and Comedy

Nancy Wozny·February 12, 2016

The Evelyn Rubenstein JCC of Houston presents the 12th Houston Jewish Film Festival, with 27 films over 16 days, March 5-20, 2016, at various venues, including the Evelyn Rubenstein JCC, the MFAH, Holocaust Museum Houston, Sundance Cinemas and Congregation Beth Jacob in Galveston.

Film Houston

Weaving Narratives of Music and Art: Jennie C. Jones at the CAMH

MICHAEL MCFADDEN·February 11, 2016

Music, much like visual art, has long been a tool used to comment and reflect on sociopolitical and socioeconomic issues.

Houston Music Visual Art

Come As You Are

Lauren Smart·February 10, 2016

Art in the 1990’s at the Blanton Museum of Art

Austin Visual Art

Performania: Small Scaling the Arts

Nancy Wozny·February 10, 2016

here's something about do-ablity that is making me a more eager watcher these days. Perhaps I suffer from a mild case of sustainability syndrome. Maybe it's my Buffalo upbringing or being raised by depression era parents that puts me in the “doing more with less” mood.

Dance Music Performania Theater

Strong Statements at the MFAH: African American Art from the Museum’s Collection

casey gregory·February 9, 2016

Statements: African American Art from the Museum’s Collection is the overly general and therefore utterly uninformative title of an excellent exhibition now ongoing at the MFAH through April 24, 2016.

The ACTX Top Ten: February 2016

Jennifer Smart·February 8, 2016

Our top ten picks for arts + culture events in Texas for February 2016.

Dance Music Theater Top Ten Visual Art

What comes next Dallas?

Lee Escobedo·February 8, 2016

On the closing of Zhulong Gallery

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

Visual Art

Motion & Memory: Dynamic Exhibit of New African Masquerades at San Antonio Museum of Art

Sci-fi Surrealist: Mexican-American artist Francisco Moreno levels up with an epic survey at Dallas Contemporary

An Artful Camaraderie: Member-owned and operated Archway Gallery celebrates its fiftieth anniversary

Gallery Row

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Dance

An Icon in Motion: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa explores Frida Kahlo’s legacy at Houston Ballet

Dancing with Bob, Breaking the Waves, a Set of Angels, a Breakout Hamlet, a Mountain and More!: The 2025 Season Wrap up

Dancing in Between the Spaces of Life: Karen Stokes Premieres ‘4 Corners’ at the Match

Music

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Dancing with Bob, Breaking the Waves, a Set of Angels, a Breakout Hamlet, a Mountain and More!: The 2025 Season Wrap up

Theater

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

The Decade-Long Journey Home: Inside Kitchen Dog Theater’s 35th Season at Its New Dallas Home

Happening Here: Austin Inspires Artists for Fusebox Festival’s Return

Privilege & Unnamed Anxiety at Work in Straight White Men at Stages

Free & Fabulous: Fusebox Festival Promotes Idea Exchange Across Disciplines and Borders

Taking the Lid off Tidy Packages: Next Iteration Theater Company’s First Production Promises Risk and Reward

Long Day’s Journey into Night

Five Fabulous Days of Israeli Dance: International Exposure 2015

Bold Cinema: Houston Jewish Film Festival Highlights Family, History and Comedy

Weaving Narratives of Music and Art: Jennie C. Jones at the CAMH

Come As You Are

Performania: Small Scaling the Arts

Strong Statements at the MFAH: African American Art from the Museum’s Collection

The ACTX Top Ten: February 2016

What comes next Dallas?