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Unpeopled Landscapes: Esteban Delgado, Tom Turner, and Victor Pérez-Rul at Southwest School of Art

casey gregory·June 15, 2017

Depending on one’s frame of mind, the new exhibitions on view through July 16 at San Antonio’s Southwest School of Art—created by three very different artists in three divergent mediums—offer either hopeful or apocalyptic visions of landscapes.

San Antonio Visual Art

Full Season Ahead for Houston’s Horse Head Theatre

Tarra Gaines·June 15, 2017

Houston’s Horse Head Theatre company has a reputation for staging intriguing and occasional avant-garde contemporary plays in nontraditional and even bizarre venues, from the back porch of a bar to a geodesic event dome on the banks of Buffalo Bayou.

Disco Balls in the Desert and other Marfa Adventures

Nancy Wozny·June 14, 2017

When I saw that this year's Marfa Sounding focused on the great California-based legend and dance maker Anna Halprin, I knew that I had to make trek to Marfa for Memorial Day weekend.

Dance West Texas

Texas New Music Ensemble Focuses on Lone Star Composers

Sherry Cheng·June 9, 2017

Texas composers have a champion in Chad Robinson, founder and artistic director of Texas New Music Ensemble (TNME). Concluding its 4th season, TNME will highlight its unique mission and growing accomplishments with its annual celebratory summer concert on Aug. 12th at MATCH.

Music

Defining Home: Da Camera’s 30th Season

Steven Brown·June 9, 2017

Da Camera has flourished because of the entrepreneurial spirit and open-mindedness of its hometown of Houston, as general director Sarah Rothenberg will readily tell you.

Houston Music

The ACTX Top Ten: June 2017

Nancy Wozny·May 31, 2017

A+C TX's top ten picks for arts + culture events happening across Texas in June 2017.

Top Ten

Year of the Woman: Ars Lyrica’s Upcoming Season Celebrates Artful Women

Sherry Cheng·May 31, 2017

It's the first time Matthew Dirst, Founder and Artistic Director of Houston's leading early music ensemble Ars Lyrica, has programmed an entire season of music focusing on women.

A Crisis of Space: Austin Struggles with the Loss of Performance Venues

Jeanne Claire Van Ryzin·May 31, 2017

“We always felt that this was a clubhouse for a group of friends who felt like we were a little bit off,” he said. “We still feel a little off and we still want to be that clubhouse, that space for people like us who feel a little off. We have to find another way to do that now.”

Austin Editor's Picks Theater

From punk rockers to presidents: The rebels at ROCO announce new season

Steven Brown·May 31, 2017

The conductor nearly chickened out. Planning the concert that will open the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra’s 2017-18 season, Vladimir Yampolsky suggested a rarity: the Symphony No. 2 by Kurt Weill of Threepenny Opera fame. Then he wavered.

Sappers and Miners: Kelli Vance at Cris Worley

Lee Escobedo·May 25, 2017

The women in Sappers and Miners, Kelli Vance’s new show of paintings on view through June 17 at Chris Worley Fine Arts, are preparing for a kind of war. Vance depicts her young soldiers in various modes of spiritual training.

Visual Art

In the Garden: Zimbabwean Sculpture at the Dallas Arboretum

Alaena Hostetter·May 25, 2017

Placed strategically throughout the lushly-landscaped grounds of the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden is a selection of sculptures of African women, birds, safari wildlife and abstracted forms.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

Live Data: Clay Odom Represents Austin in UNESCO Media Arts Exhibition

Nancy Zastudil·May 25, 2017

City as the “common denominator” is the main consideration of DATA CITY, an international UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) exhibition of new media installations by artists from members of the organization’s Creative Cities Network (UCCN). Austin artist and designer Clay Odom has been invited to represent the Texas state capital.

Austin Visual Art

Visual Art

An Artful Camaraderie: Member-owned and operated Archway Gallery celebrates its fiftieth anniversary

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

What the Eye Can’t Settle: Rubén Guerrero at the Meadows Museum

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

An Icon in Motion: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa explores Frida Kahlo’s legacy at Houston Ballet

Dancing with Bob, Breaking the Waves, a Set of Angels, a Breakout Hamlet, a Mountain and More!: The 2025 Season Wrap up

Dancing in Between the Spaces of Life: Karen Stokes Premieres ‘4 Corners’ at the Match

Music

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Dancing with Bob, Breaking the Waves, a Set of Angels, a Breakout Hamlet, a Mountain and More!: The 2025 Season Wrap up

Dreaming Frida: Brooklyn Rider premieres a new work by Gabriela Lena Frank at DACAMERA

Theater

The Decade-Long Journey Home: Inside Kitchen Dog Theater’s 35th Season at Its New Dallas Home

Happening Here: Austin Inspires Artists for Fusebox Festival’s Return

Shaping the Future: When Texas Theater Kids Grow Up

Unpeopled Landscapes: Esteban Delgado, Tom Turner, and Victor Pérez-Rul at Southwest School of Art

Full Season Ahead for Houston’s Horse Head Theatre

Disco Balls in the Desert and other Marfa Adventures

Texas New Music Ensemble Focuses on Lone Star Composers

Defining Home: Da Camera’s 30th Season

The ACTX Top Ten: June 2017

Year of the Woman: Ars Lyrica’s Upcoming Season Celebrates Artful Women

A Crisis of Space: Austin Struggles with the Loss of Performance Venues

From punk rockers to presidents: The rebels at ROCO announce new season

Sappers and Miners: Kelli Vance at Cris Worley

In the Garden: Zimbabwean Sculpture at the Dallas Arboretum

Live Data: Clay Odom Represents Austin in UNESCO Media Arts Exhibition