The ACTX Top Ten: June 2019
ACTX magazine's top ten picks for arts and culture events happening across the Lone Star State in June 2019.
Texas Studio: Jimmy Castillo
In his watercolor-like photographs, artist Jimmy Castillo takes on a raft of issues.
Texas Lens: Watching Dallas Dance
I became an accidental dance critic in Dallas a decade ago, just in time.
Thriving at the Helm: Joy Bollinger Finds her Stride at Bruce Wood Dance
Five years after the death of its namesake choreographer, Bruce Wood Dance is in a good place.
Apollo Chamber Players Concludes 20×2020
The project could hardly have a catchier title: 20x2020. But the Apollo Chamber Players faced the challenge of bringing it off. With only six years to go, could the group choose and commission 20 composers to create works it could premiere by 2020?
A Jerome Robbins Wonderland Comes to Houston
Houston gets a welcome blast of Robbins’ legendary work when Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) presents Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, a sweeping anthology of the American choreographer’s work all on one night.
Icon of Style: Dior at DMA
Before the word “Dior” became synonymous with haute couture, before the House of Dior became the global fashion giant and icon of style, Christian Dior, the pioneering designer, ran art galleries and organized exhibitions that featured artists such as Picasso, Matisse, Alexander Calder, Jean Cocteau, Dalí and Duchamp.
REVIEW: ‘Stonewall 50’ at the CAMH
In late June of 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a prominent gay bar in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. This raid sparked a series of demonstrations by an outraged, oppressed community, often referred to as the Stonewall Riots or Stonewall Uprising, that are seen as the precursor to the Gay liberation movement and the continued fight for LGBT rights.
Disappearing into California Conceptualism at The Modern
In 1971, artist Chris Burden vanished for three days. No one knew where he had gone, and for those three days the artist questioned his own existence and what his disappearance meant.
Children at Play: Gary Lee Price at Dallas Arboretum
Well-behaved visitors to the Dallas Arboretum wouldn’t dare. But people who are sculpted in bronze in can get away with a lot more, can’t they?
Texas Music Festival Turns 30
When Immanuel and Helen Olshan founded the Texas Music Festival (TMF) 30 years ago at the University of Houston, they had their eyes on the future.
Texas Studio: Lovie Olivia
Lovie Olivia is an artist living in, and hailing from, Houston, TX. I have visited this studio before, when I wrote about Olivia’s partner, Preetika Rajgariah.