Puttin’ on the Jazz
“Dallas doesn’t have a jazz scene.” Oh, bite me. Jazz lovers can enjoy a vigorous jam hosted by...
Panoptics
Impressive works require sensible aspects that either allure or intrigue, here and a conceptual couching that enhances...
Mr. Jazz Man
There are jazz trumpeters, buy jazz guitarists, unhealthy jazz pianists and so on, buy and jazz arrangers, composers...
A Titanic Career
Film executive honored by Dallas International Film Festival It has been about 15 years since Sherry Lansing, ask...
Urban Explosion
The colors, grit, and spirit of San Francisco provide the foundation for its native Barry McGee’s extraordinary artistic...
Editor’s Remarks: April 2013
It’s April. Cue the band. No, really. I’m talking about the UH Marching Band, Spirit of Houston, in...
artiFACTS: April 2013
Dance Source Houston has assumed management of the Barnevelder Movement/Arts Complex. Formerly managed by Suchu Inc, Barnevelder provides space for rehearsals and dance classes for dance companies [...]
Orchestrating Change
Catching up with Mercury’s Antoine Plante It’s been almost a year since we sat down with Mercury’s artistic...
The Met on the Move
Imagine a room full of dancers twisting, spinning and hurling themselves through the air with complete conviction. Place choreographer Peter Chu in a studio with The Houston Metropolitan Dance Company, add a tremendous amount of dedication and skill, and you are bound to have [...]
Marching Orders
UH Mitchell Center Commissions Experimental Music Houston, get ready: A student marching band turned experimental musical cadre is poised to create free-form, funky, soulful, danceable rhythms at downtown’s Discovery Green later this month. This parade-gone-wild is the creation of world-renowned musician and composer Daniel [...]
Experiential Experiments
Liz Magic Laser and Nora Chipaumire at DiverseWorks Presenting experimental, provocative, performance-driven work is nothing new for DiverseWorks, and this month is no different. On second thought, it’s quite different — at least in terms of what audiences may have [...]
Dallas Art Fair Turns Five, Spawns Satellites
New partnerships part of ongoing evolution At the ripe old age of five, the Dallas Art Fair is...