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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

Growing from Within: Bruce Wood’s Legacy Alive in Journeys

Manuel Mendoza·May 23, 2017

Three years after the death of choreographer Bruce Wood, his Dallas dance company is thriving. That’s not something anyone could’ve assumed at the time, even the people now building on his considerable body of work so well.

Dance

Dallas Children’s Theater Mufaro Returns Home after National Tour

Lindsey Wilson·May 23, 2017

At first, the schoolchildren who are filing into Dallas City Performance Hall with wide eyes and the occasional giggly outburst might seem excited simply to be out of the classroom and on a field trip.

Dallas/Ft Worth Theater

What is left of me: Ambreen Butt at Dallas Contemporary

Jeremy Hallock·May 22, 2017

Ambreen Butt’s decorative installations are beautiful on the surface however, upon closer inspection, the works reveal themes of violence and political oppression. Her exhibition, What is left of me, is on view thru Aug. 20 at Dallas Contemporary.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

Visual Art

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

A Layered Intimacy: Rashid Johnson at The Modern

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

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

Creative Collisions: Pegasus Contemporary Ballet Brings Music and Dance in Concert

Music

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

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Sonic Majesty With a Message: DSO Performs Mahler’s Symphony No. 8

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

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

Growing from Within: Bruce Wood’s Legacy Alive in Journeys

Dallas Children’s Theater Mufaro Returns Home after National Tour

What is left of me: Ambreen Butt at Dallas Contemporary