Tumbling Through Time and Memory: Sharr White’s The Other Place at the Alley Theatre
Somewhat lost amid all the hullabaloo and celebrations surrounding the Alley Theatre’s grand reopening and the major renovation of the Hubbard Stage was the little-fanfared return of performances to the smaller Neuhaus Stage, where many of the Alley’s more quirky and contemporary play picks are placed each season.
Theater Imitates Art: McNay Museum Exhibition Highlights Influence of Art on Theater
If you were asked to design sets and costumes evoking 16th century Italy, where would you start?
Show Up: Tommy Fitzpatrick
There’s a scene in Kurt Vonnegut’s famous apocalyptic satire Cat’s Cradle in which the inventor of the atomic bomb plays the string game of the same name at his home in upstate New York just as his brutal creation is unleashed upon the world.
Janis Joplin, CineSpace, Rap Battles & Texas Talent
Houston Cinema Arts Festival Highlights
Performania: Artists in and out of Texas
Hollering about Texas with a perfect Southern drawl. My Pillow peers claimed that I mentioned Texas once every 31 minutes (yes, they kept track). It was my only retort to the “There's art in Texas?” question.
Rothko’s Rothkos
At the time of Mark Rothko’s death in 1970, nearly eight hundred works restedquietly in the internationally acclaimedpainter’s studio.
The Role of the Museum
Piero Golia’s Chalet at the Nasher Sculpture Center
Curtain Up: Houston’s Main Street Theater Celebrates 40 Years and a Newly Renovated Space
“This is a real milestone!” Main Street Theater executive artistic director Rebecca Greene Udden offers a wide smile, somewhere between extreme pride and a sense of wonder. “It’s our 40th year, and it’s a time to move forward and try new things.”
Musical Explorers: Aperio Turns Ten
As artistic director of Aperio:Music of the Americas Michael Zuraw has sifted through hundreds of musical works representing the composers and cultures of the Americas.
Inviting Writing: Writespace Kicks off Writefest
Writefest, a new literary arts festival February 22 to 28, 2016 with a week of workshops led by local writers like poet Anis Shivani and Gulf Coast editor Adrienne Perry...