Arts and Culture Texas magazine

A Succession Story: Houston’s 4th Wall Theatre Company Secures its Future

Tarra Gaines·November 24, 2024

Texas contains multitudes when it comes to performing arts companies. Yet from the venerable city institutions to those one-then-done popup companies, many have similar origin stories.

Houston Theater

Awe and Wonder: Space City at Asia Society Texas

MICHAEL MCFADDEN·November 24, 2024

Houston is a city with many identities, from Screwston, an homage to DJ Screw, and Bayou City to the simplicity of H-Town or the more commercial Energy Capital of the World. Space City, though, is more than a nickname; it speaks to a rich history of innovation and exploration entwining the city with NASA.

Houston Visual Art

Engaging Audiences: Frame Dance’s 2024 Frame x Frame Festival Focuses on Screendance’s Unique Space in the Dance Ecology

Nancy Wozny·October 23, 2024

Frame Dance presents its seventh annual Frame x Frame Film Festival Nov 1-30 in a first ever online format, in three weekends and six outstanding programs.

Dance Film Houston

The Wanderer: Gauguin at the MFAH

Tarra Gaines·October 15, 2024

“He’s a wanderer by nature and upbringing,” describes Ann Dumas, consulting curator for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s fall blockbuster exhibition, Gauguin in the World, on view Nov. 3, 2024-Feb. 16, 2025.

Houston Visual Art

Kinetic at 10: Virtuosic Ensemble Grows Deep Roots in Houston

Sherry Cheng·October 10, 2024

Houston’s conductorless string ensemble Kinetic is celebrating its tenth anniversary this season.

Houston Music

Look, Look Again, and Look Closely: Vincent Valdez at the CAMH

MICHAEL MCFADDEN·October 10, 2024

There’s an old adage about how those who don’t remember history are doomed to repeat it, but histories are constructed through the perspective of those in power.

Houston Visual Art

A Scandinavian Frozen Highlights the TUTS season

Tarra Gaines·October 10, 2024

Theatre Under The Stars holds a unique place in the Houston theater landscape. Since its founding over 55 years ago, the company has become one of the largest Houston theater companies by both producing its own versions of classic and contemporary musicals but also presenting the latest Broadway shows on national tours.

Houston Music Theater

Survival and Perseverance: River on Fire at DiverseWorks Centers Climate Justice

MICHAEL MCFADDEN·September 27, 2024

Pollution is a constant presence in places like Houston, one that sinks into the background of our everyday lives becoming all too tolerable until we receive severe reminders of the impact.

Houston Visual Art

Classical Theatre Company’s 24/25 Season Digs into Their Niche

Emily Hynds·September 10, 2024

After years of turbulent flux, Classical Theatre Company has settled into a new routine.

Houston Theater

The Choreography We Carry: Considering Our Dance DNA with Houston Ballet Principal Connor Walsh

Nancy Wozny·September 10, 2024

Dance artists are shaped by the work they dance, and the relationship between the dancer and the dance-maker is extremely potent when it comes to what we see on stage.

Dance Houston

Chance and Fate: Tacita Dean’s long overdue exhibit at the Menil

Donna Tennant·August 17, 2024

Tacita Dean is possibly the most significant artist not widely known in the U.S.

Houston Visual Art

Making Waves: Discovering Contemporary Cuban Photography at the MFAH

Donna Tennant·August 14, 2024

Thanks to a gift from Chicago collector Madeleine Plonsker and her husband Harvey, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, now has the most complete collection of post-revolutionary Cuban photography anywhere—nearly 400 works by some 80 artists.

Houston Visual Art

Visual Art

Awe and Wonder: Space City at Asia Society Texas

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

A Culture Examined: Kimbell Art Museum offers a window into Dutch art in the Global Age

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

Texas Studio: Jordan Fuchs Starts with Choreography

Engaging Audiences: Frame Dance’s 2024 Frame x Frame Festival Focuses on Screendance’s Unique Space in the Dance Ecology

Cheers to 15 Years: Bruce Wood Dance Dallas isn’t afraid to mix things up for 2025

Music

Kinetic at 10: Virtuosic Ensemble Grows Deep Roots in Houston

A Scandinavian Frozen Highlights the TUTS season

Art Thrives on the South Plains: A Survey of Lubbock’s Cultural Scene

Theater

A Succession Story: Houston’s 4th Wall Theatre Company Secures its Future

A Scandinavian Frozen Highlights the TUTS season

Through An Inclusive Lens: Diversity and divas populate Uptown Players’ 2024-25 season

Houston

A Succession Story: Houston’s 4th Wall Theatre Company Secures its Future

Awe and Wonder: Space City at Asia Society Texas

Engaging Audiences: Frame Dance’s 2024 Frame x Frame Festival Focuses on Screendance’s Unique Space in the Dance Ecology

The Wanderer: Gauguin at the MFAH

Kinetic at 10: Virtuosic Ensemble Grows Deep Roots in Houston

Look, Look Again, and Look Closely: Vincent Valdez at the CAMH

A Scandinavian Frozen Highlights the TUTS season

Survival and Perseverance: River on Fire at DiverseWorks Centers Climate Justice

Classical Theatre Company’s 24/25 Season Digs into Their Niche

The Choreography We Carry: Considering Our Dance DNA with Houston Ballet Principal Connor Walsh

Chance and Fate: Tacita Dean’s long overdue exhibit at the Menil

Making Waves: Discovering Contemporary Cuban Photography at the MFAH