Houston Symphony Expands for the Strauss Festival
The Houston Symphony will end its season with a splash: a two-weekend festival devoted to Richard Strauss, whose name is practically synonymous with sonic spectacle.
Drawing as a daily process: Ruth Asawa at the Menil
Ruth Asawa Through Line is the first exhibition to focus on Ruth Asawa’s lifelong drawing practice.
The Collaborative Spirit: Houston Ballet Offers a Lively Season Ahead
Julie Kent and Stanton Welch haven’t reached the point of finishing one another’s sentences. Nevertheless, just a few months after Kent joined Welch at the helm of Houston Ballet, they show clear signs of being in sync.
Fire Music: Loop38 makes an impact with new music for our times
As the largest wildfire in Texas history raged across the Panhandle in March of this year, Loop38, the Houston-based new music ensemble, was set to begin a multi-day residency at Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) centered on the premiere of composer Ben Morris’s multimedia work Longleaf.
In Good Company: Alley Theatre’s New Season offers plays for Houston Audiences and the resident actors
In the United States, the Alley Theatre is the last theater standing with a year-round, full-time, salaried resident acting company and that makes all the difference when building a new season.
Houston’s Rec Room Arts Wants to Bring Us Together
Rec Room Art’s Artistic Director Matt Hune says that building a theater season is like creating an album: each play makes up a story that flows through the year.
Invited to Learn: Bishop Arts Theatre Center ends its 30th season with groundbreaking plays about history-making women
The Bishop Arts neighborhood of Dallas has enjoyed a surge in popularity these past few years, but many of its diners, drinkers, and shoppers probably aren’t aware that just a mile away sits the area’s namesake theater company.
Taking Flight: Zeke Williams and his feathered friends nest at Galveston Arts Center
Dallas-based artist Zeke Williams is addicted to making work.
Classical Gems: Dallas Opera will stage landmark works for its first time
The Dallas Opera will treat its audiences next season to two of opera’s all-time favorites, but the real news belongs to the season’s other two slots: They’ll hold a pair of landmark works the company has never staged.
Love, Time & Aging: Alan Cumming Tours Texas
Along with some very fashionable real ones, multi-hyphenated artist Alan Cumming wears a lot of figurative hats.
Realer than Real: Sarah Sze at the Nasher Sculpture Center
The distinctions between what’s real and what’s virtual are growing fuzzier with each new day, not to mention each new tech gadget.
Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries
A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries in San Antonio, Houton, Dallas and Autin