Lance Letscher: Pregunta Numero Uno
For the first time in its history, Conduit Gallery has devoted its entire space —two large rooms and a small project gallery — to the work of a single artist.
Localized Histories: Works from the Linda Pace Foundation Collection
Gazing at Linda Pace’s Orange Crush is like flying over a monochromatic landscape of childhood – stuffed Elmos and other Sesame Street characters, Halloween pumpkins, teddy bears, plastic toys, soda cans, baby angels, and boxes of Tide.
Parched for Dialogue
Visually Alluring THIRST Comes Up Dry in Bid to Raise Awareness EDITOR’S NOTE: Since this story went to press,...
Human and Alien
Matthew Bourbon Lets “Internal Disputes” Play Out in Paint IMAGE: (Detail from) Matthew Bourbon, viagra buy A Part...
Upgrading the Bard
Leave it to Austin’s maverick troupe, the Rude Mechs, to tackle Shakespeare’s “problem plays.” Even the Bard’s esteemed canon contains a few duds, and in the new bi-annual series, Fixing Shakespeare, the Rude Mechs attempt to slice and dice these plays into more contemporary, and perhaps more palatable, shows.
Artifacts: November 2013
Houston Ballet's Ian Casady and Jessica Collado in Stanton Welch's Sons deL'âme a new work set to piano pieces by Frédéric Chopin that will be performed by Lang Lang this Month Theatre des Champs Elysees in Paris.
No Fear, No Discovery
Houston artist (and A+C contributor) Debra Barrera has work in two group shows in San Antonio this month — one large, one small. She’s been included in the TX 13 Group Survey Exhibition, on view through Nov. 9 at Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum
Music to Honor a President
This month across Texas, performing arts organizations are offering new works and classic favorites to commemorate the 50th anniversary of JFK assassination, and celebrate the life of the young president from Massachusetts who so captivated the country.
Eyes on Texas Performing Arts
IMAGE ABOVE: Houston Grand Opera performs Aida through November 9. Photo by Lynn Lane. Austin Tapestry Dance Company...
Eyes on Texas Visual Arts
Austin personal, political, mysterious This group show features presumably personal, political, and mysterious works by Louise Bourgeois, Ben...
Profiles in Leadership: Selven O’Keef Jarmon
Profiles in Leadership are conversations about cultural influence, aesthetic visions and seizing opportunities. Recently, Sixto Wagan, director of the Center for Arts Leadership at the University of Houston, visited with Selven O’Keef Jarmon, a Houston-based fashion designer/visual artist.
Performania
I've written more Nutcracker stories than should be allowed. Dance writers should have a quota. For a while, disaster stories were all the rage. Tales of a remote control rat going rogue on stage can seriously stir up holiday bluster.