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First Sculpture: Handaxe to Figure Stone at the Nasher

Arie Bouman·January 15, 2018

Extraordinary examples of handmade stone tools, some of the first aesthetically-conceived objects known to humankind, will be included in the exhibition First Sculpture: Handaxe to Figure Stone which opens Jan. 27 at the Nasher Sculpture Center.

Dallas/Ft Worth Editor's Picks Visual Art

Texas Studio: Elizabeth Keel

Emily Hynds·January 15, 2018

Elizabeth Keel, a born and bred Houstonian, is unlike most theater kids; she didn’t grow up wanting to be an actor.

Texas Studio Theater

Order in Chaos: ‘The Curious Incident’ lands on the ZACH Theatre Stage

Nancy Wozny·January 15, 2018

ZACH Theatre presents the Austin premiere of Simon Stephens’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Jan. 31-March 4 at Topher Theater.

Austin Theater

Shaping the Future: ROCO Connects Through Commissioning

Sherry Cheng·January 15, 2018

The numbers are in: 76 world premieres (33 for the full chamber orchestra and 43 for its flexible chamber ensembles), 36 composers commissioned—these are astounding numbers from the Houston-based River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (ROCO), now in its perpetually forward-looking 13th season.

Show Up: Michael Golden

casey gregory·January 13, 2018

“I was like a waiter at a wedding,” Michael Golden laughs, recounting the process of creating some seventy new collages to be exhibited at the Galveston Art Center.

Houston Show Up Visual Art

Ballet Austin’s Sensational Spring

Nancy Wozny·January 6, 2018

Ballet Austin has a blockbuster spring season ahead, launching with Masters of Dance Feb. 16-18 at the Long Center.

Austin Dance

Da Camera’s Beethoven For All: All for Beethoven

Sherry Cheng·January 6, 2018

In 1988, for the first time in Houston, the entire cycle of Beethoven string quartets was presented by the renowned Julliard String Quartet to launch Da Camera's inaugural season, six concerts at the one-year-old Wortham Center Cullen Theater.

Houston Music

Fun at the Laupera: Traci and Tony’s Unusual New Year’s Eve at Rec Room

Tarra Gaines·December 30, 2017

Girls, and boys, may just want to have fun on New Years Eve, but for many people the celebratory countdown to some second when the Earth has managed another full orbit around the Sun without getting struck by an asteroid makes for a pretty crappy holiday.

Houston Music Theater

Vincent Falsetta: New Paintings/Sketches 1997-2007 at Conduit Gallery

Devon Britt-Darby·December 30, 2017

Anyone who delights in the freshness and immediacy of oil sketches should make a beeline for Conduit Gallery, where the show’s up through Jan. 6.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

TX Studio: Jimmy James Canales and Megan Harrison

casey gregory·December 16, 2017

In her description of her artist/partner, Megan Harrison says Jimmy James Canales is “kinda like a cat. He brings in a dead bird from the yard, and I’m like ‘I can do something with that.’”

Texas Studio Visual Art

Shape & Scale: Color at Flatland Gallery

Nancy Wozny·December 16, 2017

Does any Houston choreographer want to perform in a black box any more?

Dance Houston

Demi Dancers at Houston Ballet: The eye-opening world of Stanton Welch’s The Nutcracker

Nancy Wozny·December 11, 2017

Stanton Welch framed his new Nutcracker as a coming-of-age story, with a young Clara at the center of his dazzling holiday ballet, now entering its second year.

Dance Houston

Visual Art

A Line, Learning: Cy Twombly at Menil Drawing Institute

A Call to the Curious: Liliana Bloch Gallery and the Art We Need to See

Pop up Power: Showing Adventurous Art in North Texas Is Strictly DIY

Gallery Row

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Dance

The Art of Movement: TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND’s new season journeys through time and across continents

Your Move, Partner: Bombshell Dance Project whisks audiences to the Wild West and Flower Mound Arts Festival

A New Flock: Jennifer Mabus Launches Grackle Dance Collective in Dallas

Music

Dallas Opera’s New Season Aims to Enchant and Entertain

THE HUNT, THE HAUNTED, THE GODDESS, AND THE MAGNIFICAT: THE SPLENDID VISIONS OF ARS LYRICA HOUSTON

Living in the Sacred Moment: Austin Opera’s 2026-27 season honors heritage, innovation, and empathy

Theater

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

A Last Entrance: ‘Leopoldstadt’ at Main Street Theater

Diaspora Stories: Spring offers a bounty of Latinx Theater Festivals

First Sculpture: Handaxe to Figure Stone at the Nasher

Texas Studio: Elizabeth Keel

Order in Chaos: ‘The Curious Incident’ lands on the ZACH Theatre Stage

Shaping the Future: ROCO Connects Through Commissioning

Show Up: Michael Golden

Ballet Austin’s Sensational Spring

Da Camera’s Beethoven For All: All for Beethoven

Fun at the Laupera: Traci and Tony’s Unusual New Year’s Eve at Rec Room

Vincent Falsetta: New Paintings/Sketches 1997-2007 at Conduit Gallery

TX Studio: Jimmy James Canales and Megan Harrison

Shape & Scale: Color at Flatland Gallery

Demi Dancers at Houston Ballet: The eye-opening world of Stanton Welch’s The Nutcracker