Arts and Culture Texas magazine

A Meeting to Remember: Aaron Landsman and Mallory Catlett’s new book on ‘City Council Meeting’

Nancy Wozny·October 19, 2022

City Council Meeting was developed by Aaron Landsman amd Mallory Catlett, with design by Jim Findlay, and developed (in part) during a residency at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts.

Books Houston Theater

Tapping Texas Talent: Women Choreographers Make their Mark on Musical Theater

Tarra Gaines·October 16, 2022

Back in pre-pandemic 2020, B. Moore Dance company founder Bridget Moore signed on as choreographer for the Second Thought Theatre’s production of Lynn Nottage’s play Mlima's Tale.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance Houston Theater

Constructing Fragility: Diane Severin Nguyen at the CAMH

MICHAEL MCFADDEN·October 10, 2022

On view at the Contemporary Art Museum Houston from Oct. 28 through Feb. 26, 2023, If Revolution Is a Sickness centers around a video of the same name.

Houston Visual Art

Gordon Parks at the MFAH: Behind-the-lens insights into the mind of one of America’s most visionary photographers

Tarra Gaines·October 2, 2022

In 1966, Gordon Parks, one of the most acclaimed photographers of the 20th century, set out to profile rising civil rights leader Stokely Carmichael for Life magazine.

Houston Visual Art

The New Now Continues: Performing Arts Houston Commissioning Project Celebrates Local Artists

Tarra Gaines·October 2, 2022

Booth hopes that the program will continue to prove Houston’s cultural excellence to go along with the city’s reputation as a home to global business innovators.

Houston Music Theater

Matt Manalo asks ‘Is Liberation Attainable?’

Emily Hynds·September 27, 2022

Manalo’s family immigrated to the United States from the Philippines when he was nineteen, sparking what would become one of the major driving questions - what does ‘home’ mean?

Houston Texas Studio Visual Art

Kinetic Season 8: Distinct Voices, New Works, and Wild Soundscapes

Sherry Cheng·September 19, 2022

In Kinetic’s collaborative model, each of the 16 musicians in the conductorless string ensemble brings his or her creative voice to the table, to the rehearsal space, and to the concert stage.

Houston Music

Houston Chamber Choir Expands its Reach

Steven Brown·September 19, 2022

Nobody expected the Houston Chamber Choir’s season opener to tie in with the news of the world.

Houston Music

Houston Symphony Expands its Range with a New Director and Season

Steven Brown·September 9, 2022

The Houston Symphony’s new music director, Juraj Valčuha, acknowledged that opening the season with a requiem may strike some as “a strange idea.” But Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem is no ordinary setting of the mass for the dead.

Houston Music

Apollo Chamber Players Celebrates 15 Years with an Ambitious Season

Steven Brown·September 2, 2022

When the Apollo Chamber Players made its debut, grand visions of the future had nothing to do with it. The quartet, violinist Matthew Detrick recalls, had one simple goal: “to do that first concert.”

Houston Music

Still Rising: Deborah D.E.E.P Mouton brings Lauren Anderson’s story to the Stage

Tarra Gaines·August 10, 2022

When one of Houston’s most acclaimed poets, Deborah D.E.E.P Mouton, set out to interview the city’s most legendary dancer, Lauren Anderson, she didn’t have a fully-formed creative objective.

Dance Houston Music Theater

A Good Laugh: The Fun Factor on Texas Stages

Tarra Gaines·August 10, 2022

After a performance season filled with joyful starts, heart-breaking cancellations and casting understudies for the understudies when positive COVID tests rolled in, Texas theater companies have endured much real life drama to make the leap back to live performances.

Austin Dallas/Ft Worth Houston Lone Star Stories Music Theater

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 Meeting to Remember: Aaron Landsman and Mallory Catlett’s new book on ‘City Council Meeting’

Tapping Texas Talent: Women Choreographers Make their Mark on Musical Theater

Constructing Fragility: Diane Severin Nguyen at the CAMH

Gordon Parks at the MFAH: Behind-the-lens insights into the mind of one of America’s most visionary photographers

The New Now Continues: Performing Arts Houston Commissioning Project Celebrates Local Artists

Matt Manalo asks ‘Is Liberation Attainable?’

Kinetic Season 8: Distinct Voices, New Works, and Wild Soundscapes

Houston Chamber Choir Expands its Reach

Houston Symphony Expands its Range with a New Director and Season

Apollo Chamber Players Celebrates 15 Years with an Ambitious Season

Still Rising: Deborah D.E.E.P Mouton brings Lauren Anderson’s story to the Stage

A Good Laugh: The Fun Factor on Texas Stages