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A Decade of Surprises: The Refined and Undefined Appeal of Luminaria

casey gregory·October 23, 2017

San Antonio’s expansive, one-night-only arts festival is turning 10 this year. In a city that wears its culture on its sleeve, Luminaria is unique, a carefully choreographed explosion of site-specific art events attended by an average of 10,000 patrons.

Music San Antonio Visual Art

Growing a Teatro Scene: Latina/o Theater in San Antonio

Trevor Boffone·October 23, 2017

From Oct. 29-Nov. 19, 2017, San Antonio’s Nicolás Valdez will travel to California to be in residence at the Los Angeles Theatre Center where his show, Conjunto Blues, will play in repertory alongside 12 other productions as part of the Encuentro de las Américas International Theatre Festival.

Editor's Picks Latinx Theater San Antonio Theater

Let Your Flowers Grow: Anthony Sonnenberg in Bloom at Conduit

casey gregory·October 23, 2017

About a year and a half ago, I spoke to Anthony Sonnenberg for Arts + Culture. He was in the midst of a residency at Houston’s Lawndale Art Center, preparing for a whirlwind of exhibitions. What I was most curious about that time (in advance of his upcoming solo at Conduit Gallery in Dallas) was whether he’d taken some time to stop and smell the proverbial roses.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

Slippery truths: Pioneering film and video at the DMA

Jennifer Smart·October 19, 2017

The opportunity to see film and video in art museums in North Texas has been rare, a fact that is not surprising given that serious consideration of time-based media on the part of any museum was essentially non-existent until the early 2000s.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

Choreographer at the Helm: Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s Bridget L. Moore Charts New Territory

Manuel Mendoza·October 19, 2017

Bridget L. Moore can’t quite see her alma mater from the window of her Dallas Arts District office.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance Editor's Picks

Aperio presents (M)iyamoto is Black Enough—the Poetry of Revolution

Sherry Cheng·October 18, 2017

The words, and the music that gave it voltage, burned, leaving a searing mark on the audience at Matchbox 4 during (M)iyamoto is Black Enough’s Oct 14th performance, presented by Aperio, Music of the Americas.

Features Music

Celebrating Resilience: Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2017

Regina Scruggs·October 18, 2017

Houston Cinema Arts Festival, one of the few festivals in the US that focuses on films about the arts, takes over several Museum District venues from Nov. 9-13, with a streamlined program.

Film Houston

History, Poetics & A Party: Dance Films at HCAF

Nancy Wozny·October 16, 2017

Every year a cluster of dance films make the Houston Cinema Arts Festival line-up, Nov. 9-13. This year they run the gamut, where dance and dancers are the central focus (Rebels on Pointe and No Maps on my Taps/About Tap), to films where dance is used sparingly, in a more poetic realm (Pendular).

Dance Film Houston

Drumming up New Work: Austin’s line upon line Focuses on Commissioning

Steven Brown·October 16, 2017

From woodwind trios to massive orchestras, most musical groups can prepare for a concert in a fairly straightforward way.

Austin Editor's Picks Music

Crystal Cities: Tommy Fitzpatrick at Holly Johnson Gallery

john zotos·October 9, 2017

Tommy Fitzpatrick’s current exhibition Crystal Cities, on view through Nov. 4, includes ten compelling, colorful, acrylic-on-canvas paintings of interlacing planar forms that command the main space of Holly Johnson Gallery.

Visual Art

Leap of Faith: Amphibian’s New Play Festival

Manuel Mendoza·October 9, 2017

Kathleen Culebro is surprised by how many new plays submitted to her theater company are either post-apocalyptic or family dramas.

Dallas/Ft Worth Features Theater

Waltz Across Texas: Texas Biennial Covers the State and Crosses Borders

Jeanne Claire Van Ryzin·October 3, 2017

Texas by the numbers invariably proves irresistible. So does the Texas Biennial, back in its sixth iteration after a hiatus, on view through Nov. 11 at 211 E Alpine Rd.

Visual Art

The Stories that Hair Can Tell: Rosemary Meza-DesPlas at the Martin Museum of Art

Collecting as a Cultural Practice: Picasso–Klee–Matisse: Masterpieces from the Museum Berggruen at the MFAH

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

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

Aimed Dance Fest Ignites Contemporary Dance in Southeast Texas

A Wonderland Awaits: Houston Ballet’s new season offers something for every ballet lover

Awesome Analog: Performing Arts Houston brings its biggest season yet for 60th Anniversary

Music

A Summer Spoof: The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Houston Serves up ‘The Gondoliers’

Awesome Analog: Performing Arts Houston brings its biggest season yet for 60th Anniversary

ROCO’s Virtual Cycle of Access to Music

Theater

History and Community Come Together at Houston’s Stages Theater

New and Now: Jaime Castañeda’s inaugural Dallas Theater Center season is packed with premieres

Broadway Across Texas

A Decade of Surprises: The Refined and Undefined Appeal of Luminaria

Growing a Teatro Scene: Latina/o Theater in San Antonio

Let Your Flowers Grow: Anthony Sonnenberg in Bloom at Conduit

Slippery truths: Pioneering film and video at the DMA

Choreographer at the Helm: Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s Bridget L. Moore Charts New Territory

Aperio presents (M)iyamoto is Black Enough—the Poetry of Revolution

Celebrating Resilience: Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2017

History, Poetics & A Party: Dance Films at HCAF

Drumming up New Work: Austin’s line upon line Focuses on Commissioning

Crystal Cities: Tommy Fitzpatrick at Holly Johnson Gallery

Leap of Faith: Amphibian’s New Play Festival

Waltz Across Texas: Texas Biennial Covers the State and Crosses Borders