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Profiles in Leadership: Gary Gibbs

Nancy Wozny·January 16, 2014

Gary Gibbs has served as the Executive Director of the Texas Commission on the Arts since 2007. Prior to joining the TCA, Gibbs served as Director of Education and Outreach at Houston Grand Opera for sixteen years.

Arts Leadership

Stories in Motion

Michael Wade Simpson·January 14, 2014

Choreographer Carolyn Dorfman was raised by Holocaust survivors.

Dance Houston

10 Moving Moments of 2013 on Houston’s Dance & Theater Stages

Nancy Wozny·January 2, 2014

Every year, I resist the list, and then cave with some kind of listicle of fave performances. Here are some moments that stood out for me on Houston's dance and theater stages. Oh, and one film performance, because I couldn't resist.

Dance Houston Theater

8 Standouts in Dallas Theater in 2013

Lauren Smart·December 20, 2013

The sheer amount of theater in Dallas can be overwhelming. To make this list, I found myself re-reading reviews and poring through notes about the hundreds of shows performed in 2013 alone.

Dallas/Ft Worth Theater

Review: We Were Nothing

PHILLIP JOHN·December 19, 2013

If you walk into the backyard of a poorly lit house and see Bastion Carboni, the director of Poison Apple Initiative, pacing around looking stressed and smoking, then you’re in the right place, Monstrosity Studios.

Austin Reviews Theater

Liminal Space Music & Frame Dance Productions

Chris Johnson·December 18, 2013

Liminal Space, the contemporary music ensemble spearheaded by guitarist/composer George Heathco and percussionist Luke Hubley, has quietly been filling a noticeable void in Houston’s concert music scene for slightly more than a year now.

Houston Music

Acting in Texas: Garret Storms on Santaland Diaries

SCOT C. HART·December 18, 2013

For many, David Sedaris’s Santaland Diaries (both the play and the original essay) are becoming as traditional as candy canes and sugar plums.

Acting in Texas Theater

The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess

Lauren Smart·December 16, 2013

The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess is a musical not to be missed. Currently in its first leg of a national tour, it visits the Winspear Opera House in Dallas ...

Dallas/Ft Worth Reviews Theater

Ars Lyrica Celebrates the New Year

Nancy Wozny·December 16, 2013

Ars Lyrica celebrates the New Year by taking a little jaunt to Venice with “Venetian Carnivale,” a concert featuring music by Monteverdi and Vivaldi, and performances by Sopranos Melissa Givens and Blair Doerge, violinist Yung-Hsiang Wang, Baroque flutist Colin St. Martin, and guitarist Richard Savino ...

Music