Texas String Divas
For classically-trained string players, the traditional route to making a living as a professional musician is fairly narrow: win a job in a major orchestra, find a full-time teaching position, or gig like there is no tomorrow.
Re-gendering History: ‘Men on Boats’ at MST
History may be written by the victors, as the saying goes, but fundamentally history is written by the writers and the landscape of history etched into images by the cartographers, though they are perhaps paid by those victors.
Global Vision: Dance Salad Festival Moves to the Hobby Center
Every year at Easter time, Houston transforms into a hub of international dance, thanks to the entrepreneurial spirit and artistic vision of Nancy Henderek, founder of the Dance Salad Festival.
Ellsworth Kelly’s ‘Austin’ comes to Austin and the Blanton
It seems facile to call Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin an instant icon, but an icon it is.
TX Studio: Darryl Ratcliff
On Ash Lane sits Ash Studios, a building described by Darryl Ratcliff as “a social sculpture that has had an amazing practical and symbolic meaning in Dallas.”
Film Fusion: ‘Sunken Garden’ at Dallas Opera
A war has been waging for centuries: words versus music…which is more important in opera?
I THINK WE MEET HERE: Shana Hoehn, Yue Nakayama, and Felipe Steinberg at UT Austin Visual Arts Center
I Think We Meet Here, on view through Feb. 23 at UT Austin Visual Arts Center, is an exhibition of video-based work by Shana Hoehn, Yue Nakayama, and Felipe Steinberg, three artists from the Core Residency Program at the Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Coming Home: Felicia McBride
Felicia McBride, one of Texas’s most outstanding contemporary dancers, has recently moved back to her hometown of San Antonio to develop her work as a choreographer.
Progressive Texan: The LBJ Legacy Continues at the Alley and DTC
War. Healthcare. Race. A divisive president in a tumultuous time. Self-destructive and unrestrained ego.
Forward Motion: Houston Ballet Travels to Jacob’s Pillow and Dubai
It has been quite a year for Houston Ballet, rife with Harvey-related challenges and triumphs, such as taking its place in history as the first North American Company to perform Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s epic drama Mayerling.
The ACTX Top Ten: February 2018
The top ten arts + culture events happening across Texas in Feb. 2018.
Sleight of Hand: Francesca Fuchs at Lawndale Art Center
Francesca Fuchs has taken on the largest canvas thus far in her career, the north wall of the Lawndale Art Center with her mural, sensibly titled, North Exterior Wall, on view through October 2018.