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Latina/o Talent Front and Center: Texas Playwrights at Carnaval

Lindsey Wilson·July 3, 2015

Already bursting with talent, Chicago will be overflowing with creativity from July 23-25. That’s when the groundbreaking Carnaval 2015 is taking place at the Theatre School at DePaul University.

Latinx Theater Theater

Love & Film Win: QFest Turns 19 with an Outstanding Line up

Nancy Wozny·July 3, 2015

QFest takes over multiple screens in Houston from July 23-27 at various venues across the city

Film Houston

Moving Up: A Conversation with Houston Ballet’s Jared Matthews

Nancy Wozny·June 30, 2015

Stanton Welch promoted Houston native Jared Matthews to the rank of principal dancer after his stunning performance in The Taming of the Shrew

Dance Houston

Tsuru at Asia Society Makes its Mark as an Elegant Chamber Ballet

Nancy Wozny·June 30, 2015

I see a trend, at least I hope it's a trend. I am going to call it artisan DIY programming.

Dance

A Certain Displacement

Jeremy Lupe·June 30, 2015

The most significant challenge of a group exhibition is to unify the work, at least when a single narrative thread is constructed to ultimately guide interpretation.

Dallas/Ft Worth Reviews Visual Art

The Elements Come to Life in Houston Ballet’s Morris, Welch & Kylián

Nancy Wozny·June 30, 2015

Houston Ballet touched on all the elements in their final mixed repertory of the season...

Dance Houston

Wicked Fun: Houston Shakespeare Festival Brings Macbeth and Merchant to Miller Outdoor Theatre

Tarra Gaines·June 30, 2015

Something wicked this way comes to Miller Outdoor Theatre on July 31

Houston Theater

Aaron Krach: Will You Come Back?

john zotos·June 29, 2015

So what happens when a masterpiece by Paul Gauguin, specifically NafeaFaaIpoipo? (When Will You Marry?), painted in 1892,...

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

Show Up: Allison Hunter

Nancy Zastudil·June 29, 2015

Houston-based artist Allison Hunter is a self-described “signmaker” who uses her art to draw attention to the simultaneous vitality and vulnerability of animals

Show Up Visual Art

Sun Still Shines on Annie

SCOT C. HART·June 29, 2015

One would have to have a stone heart not to like Annie, the spunky orphan girl with bright red hair and a contagious sense of optimism.

Reviews Theater

Mass Appeal given faithful production at Circle Theatre

SCOT C. HART·June 23, 2015

Mass Appeal is a small, two-character play that has a lot to say.

Dallas/Ft Worth Reviews Theater

Character Couture: Texas Designers Dress the Drama

Julie Herman·June 23, 2015

The house lights dim. Whispers slowly die; phones are finally stowed. A faint swish of brocade or the tap-tap of high heels against the stage herald the show to come.

Design in Texas Theater

Visual Art

Making & Becoming: The Glassell’s Block Program Celebrates 10 years with Two Shows

TX Studio: Candace Hicks’s Perfectly Practical Activism

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

Texas Studio: Alexa Capareda Keeps Moving

Texas Studio: Ballet Artist Silas Farley Makes the Joyful Leap to Dallas

‘Birdy’ Takes Flight in Texas: Hung Dance at TITAS and Performing Arts Houston

Music

Fresh Notes: Grassroots Opera Companies Take Off in Houston

Music in Every Neighborhood: Monarch Chamber Players expands its Mission

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Theater

Texas Studio: Alexa Capareda Keeps Moving

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Honoring the Past, Forging into the Future: Derek Charles Livingston Settles in at Houston’s Stages Theater

Latina/o Talent Front and Center: Texas Playwrights at Carnaval

Love & Film Win: QFest Turns 19 with an Outstanding Line up

Moving Up: A Conversation with Houston Ballet’s Jared Matthews

Tsuru at Asia Society Makes its Mark as an Elegant Chamber Ballet

A Certain Displacement

The Elements Come to Life in Houston Ballet’s Morris, Welch & Kylián

Wicked Fun: Houston Shakespeare Festival Brings Macbeth and Merchant to Miller Outdoor Theatre

Aaron Krach: Will You Come Back?

Show Up: Allison Hunter

Sun Still Shines on Annie

Mass Appeal given faithful production at Circle Theatre

Character Couture: Texas Designers Dress the Drama