Blaffer’s $2 Million Makeover
WORKac’s renovations aim to boost UH museum’s public presence The University of Houston’s Blaffer Art Museum has long...
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Review: Museum of Dysfunction V
Mildred’s Umbrella’s Museum of Dysfunction V August 9-18, 2012 Mildred Umbrella opened their celebrated annual showcase of short plays, Museum of Dysfunction V, on Thursday, August 9. The selection, which is split into two sections, runs through August 18, with alternating performances. Mildred’s Umbrella received [,,,]
A week at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
There’s a happily revolving door at Jacob’s Pillow every summer, as dancers and dance companies come and go and audiences have the chance to sample from hundreds of performances. The dance festival in Western [...]
Dancing While Flying
A Visit with Paul Taylor dance Michael Apuzzo I first met Michael Apuzzo while working on a Dance Magazine story. Now in his fifth season at Paul Taylor Dance Company, Apuzzo has written a book, Flying Through Yellow to tell his [...]
Worth the Trip
Lucian Freud and Omer Fast in North Texas I didn’t exactly want to drive four-and-a-half hours to see...
Under One Roof, With Room to Breathe
MFAH’s Sweeping American Made Spans Centuries, Media and Styles Viewing American art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, as at most institutions, has long been a piecemeal, largely compartmentalized experience. For paintings and sculpture, you visit Beck Building galleries that are currently mostly occupied by the traveling exhibition [...]
Review: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Theatre 3, order Dallas June 7–July 7, 2012 Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson is a...
A Beautiful Beast
Beasts of the Southern Wild will no doubt make my Top 10 list for best films this year....
All Jazzed Up
Even as they have decided to cancel this year’s Jazz Under the Stars outdoor series, sickness Dallas Museum...
25th Annual Dallas VideoFest
The Video Association of Dallas has announced the first five selections for VideoFest 25, which will be Sept. 27–30, 2012 at its original home, the Dallas Museum of Art. Now the oldest and largest video festival in the United States, VideoFest will feature over 150 programs over the four [...]
Ambitious Slate
Marking its 11th year, the Asian Film Festival of Dallas has grown to become the largest film showcase of Asian and Asian-American cinema in South, according to Steve Norwood, the Asian Film Festival’s director of programming, who discussed this year’s event with A+C. There have been more [...]