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Fairy Tales & Fairies: Dark Circles Contemporary Dance’s Elevator Project Debut

Manuel Mendoza·September 22, 2017

In Heinrich Hoffmann’s 1845 children’s book Struwwelpeter, a little boy is warned by his mother to stop sucking his thumbs, lest they be cut off by a scissor-wielding, red-legged tailor.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance

Texas Studio: Joey Fauerso

Nancy Zastudil·September 22, 2017

“There’s a war today?” It’s a question that begs an answer. But it also suggests a casual if not ambivalent conversation.

San Antonio Texas Studio

Moving Forward, Looking Back: David McGee at Texas Gallery and HMAAC

casey gregory·September 21, 2017

The mucky brown waters had barely begun to recede when artist David McGee’s mother reminded him of the title of his upcoming exhibition at Houston’s Texas Gallery.

Houston Visual Art

Vocal Heroics: Clifton Forbis Returns To Dallas Opera

Steven Brown·September 21, 2017

The opera world never has enough heroic tenors.

Dallas/Ft Worth Music

Oz and Odessa Collide: Kelly O’Connor at the Old Jail Art Center

Illa Gaunt·September 20, 2017

Two hundred miles separate the West Texas towns of Albany and Odessa. Best known for oil derricks and high-school football, Odessa is home to artist Kelly O’Connor’s maternal family and serves as the thematic basis of her work on display at the Old Jail Art Center in Albany, on view through Feb. 3, 2018.

Visual Art West Texas

Art Scene Stalwarts Among Harvey’s First Responders

Devon Britt-Darby·September 20, 2017

“Today, when I came to meet you, was the first day I didn’t have a pistol on me,” Paul Middendorf said recently, as he sat at Black Hole Coffee in Houston’s Montrose neighborhood—his first such outing since Hurricane Harvey brought catastrophic flooding to Southeast Texas.

Houston Visual Art

Monsters & Mayhem at the McNay

Manuel Mendoza·September 20, 2017

San Antonio’s McNay Art Museum has been transformed into a haunted house for the Halloween season, as if a witch had cast her spell on the venerable San Antonio institution.

Editor's Picks San Antonio Theater Visual Art

Soaring Music and Real Characters: Fun Home at AT&T

SCOT C. HART·September 18, 2017

The foundation of Fun Home is not merriment as the title might suggest.

Dallas/Ft Worth Theater

Designing Women: Dallas Gallerists Shape the Design District’s Contemporary Art Scene

Nancy Zastudil·September 15, 2017

The art scene in Dallas has long been influenced by avant-garde women: From the The Betty McLean Gallery, which opened in 1951 as one of the first modern art galleries in Texas, to Valley House Gallery, founded by Peggy and Donald Vogel, to the visionaries of today who show no signs of slowing down.

Dallas/Ft Worth Editor's Picks Visual Art

Van Cliburn Winner Yekwon Sunwoo Returns to Texas

Steven Brown·September 13, 2017

The first time Yekwon Sunwoo vied in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, the judges eliminated him after the opening round. Looking back, the South Korea native made no excuses. “I just wasn’t ready,” he recalled.

Dallas/Ft Worth Houston Music

Sir Kenneth MacMillan & Houston Ballet: Mayerling Continues a Storied Relationship

Nancy Wozny·September 13, 2017

When Houston Ballet takes the stage next fall for the Houston premiere of Sir Kenneth MacMillan's Mayerling, Sept. 22-24 at the Hobby Center, it will surely be new for the audience, yet also be a continuation of a storied relationship between the company and the legendary British choreographer.

Dance Houston

New Dancers & Epic Works: Houston Ballet’s Fall Season

Nancy Wozny·September 13, 2017

Watching a rehearsal of Mayerling I witnessed a company in motion in more ways than the splendid dancing in the room.

Dance Editor's Picks Houston

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

Milestones & Superstar Soloists: Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Bold New Season

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

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

Fairy Tales & Fairies: Dark Circles Contemporary Dance’s Elevator Project Debut

Texas Studio: Joey Fauerso

Moving Forward, Looking Back: David McGee at Texas Gallery and HMAAC

Vocal Heroics: Clifton Forbis Returns To Dallas Opera

Oz and Odessa Collide: Kelly O’Connor at the Old Jail Art Center

Art Scene Stalwarts Among Harvey’s First Responders

Monsters & Mayhem at the McNay

Soaring Music and Real Characters: Fun Home at AT&T

Designing Women: Dallas Gallerists Shape the Design District’s Contemporary Art Scene

Van Cliburn Winner Yekwon Sunwoo Returns to Texas

Sir Kenneth MacMillan & Houston Ballet: Mayerling Continues a Storied Relationship

New Dancers & Epic Works: Houston Ballet’s Fall Season