Midsummer Nights
If it’s summer in Dallas, discount then it’s time for Shakespeare in the Park, an annual tradition for...
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In Motion
Bree Hafen is young, case energetic, creative, and ready to show the dance world who she is as...
Engineered to Please
New media. It is the hottest trend in the art world. But what happens when that new media, which in this case includes flashing LED lights and music generated by uniquely written computer code, also includes Wal-mart issue pots and pans and Tupperware? In the case of Joel Sampson’s [...]
Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop
In photography circles, the decades-long debate continues between darkroom and digital. Purists argue that the richness, warmth and depth of a print brought to life through the marriage of negatives, positives, paper and chemicals still cannot be achieved by even the most drool-worthy of high-tech, archival-quality inkjet [...]
Jeff Elrod/Jeremy DePrez: Fantasy Island
Abstract painting has been a significant part of the art world for a century, but the past few...
artiFACTS: Summer 2013
Josef Helfenstein, director of the Menil Collection, announced the appointment of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA) to enhance and expand the landscape design of the institution’s 30-acre campus in the heart of Houston. The appointment signals the beginning of implementation of the Menil’s master plan for its urban [...]
Bleeding Love
They say love hurts. In playwright Rajiv Joseph’s love story, search Gruesome Playground Injuries, online love indeed leaves...
artiFACTS: June 2013
Robert Simpson, artistic director of the Houston Chamber Choir announced the Choir’s 18th season, Where Class Meets Cool. The 2013-2014 season includes masterpieces by Brahms, Handel, Palestrina, and Duruflé, along with works by today’s leading composers including a newly commissioned piece by Jocelyn Hagan, recent winner of the [...]
Flying High
Candied peanuts, cialis popcorn, treat clown cars, viagra 60mg and flying ladies. That’s the circus. Or is it? ...
Review: Kirk Hopper Fine Art
Houston artists Karin Broker and Alfredo Scaroina join Dallas sculptor Michael Christopher Matson at Kirk Hopper Fine Art...
Fit at 15
Celebrating its fifteenth season this year, the Festival of Independent Theatres has a unique history of showcasing new talent, encouraging innovative risk taking and premiering new works by local playwrights. Over the last decade and a half, some of Dallas’ most prominent artists have [...]
Cue the Maestro
To lovers of opera, cheap it was a big deal to learn last year that Dallas Opera would...