The Grand Calculus of Darkness: Winslow Homer’s Spatial and Conservation Mechanics at the MFAH
Watercolor is an unforgiving, fragile medium.
Houston
When Choreographers Mind the Gap: Houston’s Favorite Dance Showcase Hits Forty
It’s been almost ten years since the heads of Dance Source Houston, the Bayou City’s diligent and committed resource organization for the local field of dance, hatched an inspired plan. Executive Director Mollie Miller and then Board President Stephanie Todd Wong recognized a need for performance opportunities for the city’s dance-makers, as well as production training so that these artists could utilize the newly opened Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (MATCH).
Witnessing the Cycle: Gabriel Martinez at the Ismaili Center Houston
I step into the Ismaili Center—opened last December on the banks of Buffalo Bayou—and the space announces its intention immediately. The light is controlled. The quiet is profound, engineered so conversation is possible, so presence can be felt.
Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages
Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages
Next Chapter: Inprint Welcomes a New Director and New Line-up of Authors
Giuseppe Taurino may be the new guy at Inprint, one of Texas’ most prestigious literary organizations, but he’s hardly a novice when it comes to Houston or the contemporary writing world. Taurino took over the Inprint directorship after a tenure at Writers in the Schools and was associate director of the creative writing program at University of Houston.
What Carries Forward: Emily Johnson’s ‘Overflow Radio’ at DiverseWorks
A voice travels from one homeland to another, crossing distances without collapsing them. Eighty-four quilts gather beneath a community, each holding the memory of hands, conversations, and questions stitched over more than a decade. Elsewhere, a tree enters the earth; its care extends beyond the lives of those gathered to witness it.
Paper, Skin, Shadow: Exploring Fragility at the Menil Drawing Institute
A needle passes through a sheet of paper and leaves behind a wound no wider than its point. Light catches along the raised fibers. Repeated hundreds of times, these punctures gather into a composition: marks made not by adding material to the surface, but by breaking through it.
Glorious Sound: Threads of History Come to Life in Harmonia Stellarum Houston’s Season Five
The Harmonia Stellarum concert experience is completely unique.
Cor Mundi: Music of the Spirit in the Heart of the World
A truly unique performing arts organization has arrived on Houston’s vibrant classical music scene, a group dedicated to illuminating the sacred through music.
Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages
Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages
Collecting as a Cultural Practice: Picasso–Klee–Matisse: Masterpieces from the Museum Berggruen at the MFAH
Heinz Berggruen bought his first Klee in 1940 for reasons that had nothing to do with investment.
History and Community Come Together at Houston’s Stages Theater
Artistic directors of Texas theaters don’t usually program theme seasons, but talking to Stages Artistic Director Derek Livingston reveals certain patterns in the work he’s excited to bring to Houston audiences.