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Amadigi Speaks to the Heart at Ars Lyrica Houston

Sherry Cheng·June 3, 2024

Ars Lyrica presented the Houston debut of a rarely heard Handel opera this weekend at Zilkha Hall (May 24-25, 2024), exactly 309 years after its sensational premiere at the King’s Theatre in London in 1715.

Houston Music

Fresh Revivals & New Stories: Broadway Across Texas

Tarra Gaines·June 3, 2024

While the 2023-2024 Broadway touring season still has big productions left for Texas cities, we’ve also entered our favorite time of year, season announcement season.

Austin Dallas/Ft Worth Houston Music San Antonio Theater

Unexpected Interactions: Texas Performing Arts offers a revamp of the audience experience

Steven Brown·May 26, 2024

Arts lovers headed to performances know the drill: Enter the theater, settle into your seat and wait for the house lights to go down. Musicians, actors or dancers materialize onstage, and your adventure begins.

Austin Dance Music Theater

Art in Dark Places: Artists Sans Frontières comforts a world in crisis with the healing power of performing arts

Lindsey Wilson·May 26, 2024

In 2017, Dallas-based dancer and choreographer Katie Burks felt compelled to offer aid and assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Upon arrival in Houston, however, she quickly realized that she was well-meaning but ill-prepared, and not trained as a first responder or member of the military.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance

All That Dance Can Be: Ballet Austin’s Mind Opening New Season

Tara Munjee·May 26, 2024

Ballet Austin’s artistic director Stephen Mills remembers the time from his early professional career when concert dancers fell into one of two camps: ballet or modern.

Austin Dance

All Together Now: Unexpected premieres and cherished favorites blend in TITAS/Dance Unbound’s new season

Lindsey Wilson·May 26, 2024

For more than 40 years, TITAS/Dance Unbound has been bringing in dance companies that entertain, educate, and inspire Dallas audiences, and its 2024-25 season is no exception.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance

Shared Experiences: Patrick Martinez at Dallas Contemporary

James Russell·May 10, 2024

The Road to Dallas is Paved with Trees, Plants and Neon

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

People First: ROCO Celebrates 20 Years of Fostering a Culture of Connection

Sherry Cheng·May 10, 2024

Let’s do the numbers. Houston’s premiere chamber orchestra ROCO will have reached a staggering 150 world premieres by the end of its 20th season.

Houston Music

Texas New Music Festival Celebrates New Works

Sherry Cheng·May 10, 2024

Texas New Music Festival (TNMF) is the brainchild of Chad Robinson, Founder and Artistic Director of the Texas New Music Ensemble (TNME).

Music

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Nancy Zastudil·April 29, 2024

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Austin Dallas/Ft Worth Gallery Row Houston San Antonio Visual Art

Lost and Found: Justin Parr at the Center of the World

casey gregory·April 29, 2024

The tagline for Justin Parr’s latest venture, a celebration of the artists he’s exhibited at Fl!ght Gallery over the past 23 years, is “San Antonio is the center of the world.”

San Antonio Visual Art

Clay into Flora: Rebecca Manson at The Modern

Donna Tennant·April 18, 2024

Rebecca Manson transforms clay into charged flora in her immersive installation, Barbecue, at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth from May 25 through Aug. 25.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

Visual Art

A Call to the Curious: Liliana Bloch Gallery and the Art We Need to See

Pop up Power: Showing Adventurous Art in North Texas Is Strictly DIY

A Layered Intimacy: Rashid Johnson at The Modern

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

Your Move, Partner: Bombshell Dance Project whisks audiences to the Wild West and Flower Mound Arts Festival

A New Flock: Jennifer Mabus Launches Grackle Dance Collective in Dallas

Creative Collisions: Pegasus Contemporary Ballet Brings Music and Dance in Concert

Music

Living in the Sacred Moment: Austin Opera’s 2026-27 season honors heritage, innovation, and empathy

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Sonic Majesty With a Message: DSO Performs Mahler’s Symphony No. 8

Theater

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

A Last Entrance: ‘Leopoldstadt’ at Main Street Theater

Diaspora Stories: Spring offers a bounty of Latinx Theater Festivals

Amadigi Speaks to the Heart at Ars Lyrica Houston

Fresh Revivals & New Stories: Broadway Across Texas

Unexpected Interactions: Texas Performing Arts offers a revamp of the audience experience

Art in Dark Places: Artists Sans Frontières comforts a world in crisis with the healing power of performing arts

All That Dance Can Be: Ballet Austin’s Mind Opening New Season

All Together Now: Unexpected premieres and cherished favorites blend in TITAS/Dance Unbound’s new season

Shared Experiences: Patrick Martinez at Dallas Contemporary

People First: ROCO Celebrates 20 Years of Fostering a Culture of Connection

Texas New Music Festival Celebrates New Works

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Lost and Found: Justin Parr at the Center of the World

Clay into Flora: Rebecca Manson at The Modern