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New Music in Dallas: Voices of Change Lives Up to its Name

Steven Brown·February 22, 2016

Playing in the Dallas Symphony, Dallas Opera Orchestra and other ensembles offers plenty of fulfillment. Yet on top of their duties with those groups, nine musicians make time for Voices of Change, Dallas’ 42-year-old new music ensemble.

Dallas/Ft Worth Music

The Next Step for Austin Dance: Austin Dance Festival Celebrates Texas Artists

Anne Wharton·February 22, 2016

Before the Live Music Capital of the World got its very own dance festival, Kate Warren’s northwest Austin studio, Café Dance, provided an informal home to showcase Austin dance makers.

Austin Dance

Obsessed with Intrigue: Dangerous Obsession at Theatre Britain

SCOT C. HART·February 22, 2016

Dangerous Obsession is a difficult play to review without revealing too much of its twists and turns. Penned by British playwright N J Crisp, the taut three-character thriller is ably produced at Theatre Britain in Plano through the end of the month.

Theater

A Universal Story

Jennifer Smart·February 22, 2016

Kitchen Dog Theater's "I'm Gonna Pray For You So Hard"

Dallas/Ft Worth Features Reviews Theater

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

Visual Art

The Stories that Hair Can Tell: Rosemary Meza-DesPlas at the Martin Museum of Art

Collecting as a Cultural Practice: Picasso–Klee–Matisse: Masterpieces from the Museum Berggruen at the MFAH

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

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

Aimed Dance Fest Ignites Contemporary Dance in Southeast Texas

A Wonderland Awaits: Houston Ballet’s new season offers something for every ballet lover

Awesome Analog: Performing Arts Houston brings its biggest season yet for 60th Anniversary

Music

Milestones & Superstar Soloists: Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Bold New Season

A Summer Spoof: The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Houston Serves up ‘The Gondoliers’

Awesome Analog: Performing Arts Houston brings its biggest season yet for 60th Anniversary

Theater

History and Community Come Together at Houston’s Stages Theater

New and Now: Jaime Castañeda’s inaugural Dallas Theater Center season is packed with premieres

Broadway Across Texas

New Music in Dallas: Voices of Change Lives Up to its Name

The Next Step for Austin Dance: Austin Dance Festival Celebrates Texas Artists

Obsessed with Intrigue: Dangerous Obsession at Theatre Britain

A Universal Story

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