Choral Music for Modern Audiences: Verdigris Offers a New Perspective in Dallas
It’s likely that no one in the seats of the UT Arlington Planetarium had ever been to a choral concert like this one.
The Space Between the Extremes: Goya at the Kimbell
The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth will give Texas art lovers a new and unique perspective on the complex genius with the exhibition Goya in Black and White, Oct. 7-Jan. 6, 2019.
New Leader, New Focus: Theatre Under the Stars Returns to its Houston Roots
When Tony®-Award-nominated director and choreographer Dan Knechtges took the helm of one of Houston’s oldest and largest theater companies, Theatre Under the Stars, he knew the artistic director title might require steering the organization through some stormy times, but he likely wasn’t ready for a real hurricane.
Dallas Onstage: Bishop Arts Theatre Center Strives to Remain a Neighborhood Resource
In May 2018, Teresa Coleman Walsh published an essay on HowlRound, the popular online platform for theater makers sponsored by Emerson College, titled “The Ugly Truth about Arts Institutions Led by Women of Color.”
The Second Decade: Apollo Chamber Players’ Season 11
Continuing its unique mission to explore and incorporate diverse folkloric elements and global inspirations while enriching and augmenting the classical repertoire, Apollo Chamber Players embarks on its second decade with fresh ideas and new sounds.
No Small Feat: Salvador Dalí at the Meadows Museum
Sometimes artists dream of success and fame. And, sometimes, it’s the dreams themselves that make the artist famous.
Surrealistic Americana: Devon Nowlin Colorfully Riffs on Nostalgia at Artspace 111
For her new solo exhibition, Familiar Strangers, Devon Nowlin returns to the vintage photographs she has been using as source material since 2008.
Houston’s ROCO focuses on Works by Women
Alecia Lawyer, the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra’s artistic director, introduced the idea discreetly last fall: She and two other musicians devoted a program on the group’s Unchambered series entirely to works by female composers.
Houston’s Period-instrument Group puts Music in its Original Context
In your typical music-school teaching studio, a Steinway grand piano would easily dominate the room.
Full Circle: A New Vision for Iconic Austin Mural
In 1992, two young local artists, Robert Herrera and Oscar Cortez, began transforming a 700-square foot wall section around the Holly Street Power Plant in East Austin into a spray-painted story of identity, pride, and community.