Arts and Culture Texas magazine

The Third Time’s the Charm: Dance Salad Determined to Celebrate its 25th Year in Houston

Nichelle Suzanne·March 10, 2022

“This is our third year trying to do our 25th year,” says Houston’s unofficial dance ambassador Nancy Henderek, whose annual springtime Dance Salad Festival (for reasons you can probably guess) took an unexpected hiatus in 2020 and again in 2021.

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Collage Artist: Annie Arnoult’s Immersive World at Open Dance Project

Tarra Gaines·March 2, 2022

During an immersive dance production the line between audience and dancer can blur, but in an Annie Arnoult Open Dance Project performance that blurring expands from the space between dancer and audience to the line between theater and dance, history and story, viewing and autonomous experiencing.

Dance Houston Theater

Topography: Billy Hassell at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas

Sherry Cheng·March 2, 2022

Egrets and pelicans, bobcat and wild turkey, dolphins and gar, migrating geese and monarch butterflies–creatures great and small from the East Texas and Gulf Coast regions will populate Hassell’s canvases and color lithographs at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET) in Beaumont when the museum presents Billy Hassell: Topography (March 26-June 19).

Houston Visual Art

Against Erasure: Shahzia Sikander at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Nancy Zastudil·February 16, 2022

Shahzia Sikander recognizes the many forms that the erasure of women can take, whether historically or in contemporary life. And she has focused her art practice on changing that reality.

Houston Visual Art

An all-night vigil, fairytales and a DACAMERA performance: Houston Chamber Choir’s Big Spring Season

Steven Brown·January 24, 2022

As he planned out the Houston Chamber Choir’s season, artistic director Robert Simpson figured on two must-haves: a return visit by guest conductor María Guinand, the Venezuelan he calls “a joy generator”; and a performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil, the soulful a cappella work the choir was rehearsing when the covid-19 shutdown silenced it in March 2020.

Houston Music

A Spark in the Dark: Chemistry on Stage

Tarra Gaines·January 9, 2022

Flash forward deep into the pandemic and the height of streaming theater while lying on a couch, I thought a lot about live, in-person stage chemistry.

Austin Dallas/Ft Worth Dance Houston Lone Star Stories Theater

Moody Center for the Arts Celebrates Five Years of Ideas, Dialogue and Innovation

Tarra Gaines·January 7, 2022

If conversation can truly rise to an art form, Rice University’s Moody Center for the Arts has proven a most creative ground for such an idea-exchanging medium.

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Casting Light on Houston Ballet’s 2022 Lineup

Nichelle Suzanne·January 7, 2022

The second part of Houston Ballet’s 2021-2022 season features productions that reflect the wide-ranging talents and skills of the company’s dancers.

Dance Houston

The Underworld on Stage: ‘Hadestown’ Tours Texas

Tarra Gaines·December 21, 2021

Even once the show goes on, the director’s work is still not done. This has become especially true for the Tony winning director of Hadestown, Rachel Chavkin.

Austin Dallas/Ft Worth Dance Houston Music Theater

The South’s Got Something to Say: Dirty South at CAMH

MICHAEL MCFADDEN·December 2, 2021

First opened at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and on view at the Contemporary Art Museum Houston (CAMH) through Feb. 6, 2022, The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse is a survey of Southern art that shies away from nothing.

Houston Visual Art

Keep an Eye on It: Neva Mikulicz’s Sci-Fi World at Anya Tish Gallery

Nancy Zastudil·December 2, 2021

Artist Neva Mikulicz sees a growing “anti-science” attitude in our culture, and it creeps her out.

Houston Visual Art

The Alley Theatre at 75

Tarra Gaines·November 28, 2021

Houston’s Alley Theatre, one of the oldest and largest companies in Texas, celebrates its 75th anniversary with a beautiful monster of a season.

Houston Theater

Visual Art

A Sprawling History: Tavares Strachan at the Blanton

Storytime: Meow Wolf Leans into the Narrative in their immersive adventures

Beauty and Repulsion, Decay and Renewal: Jessica Kreutter at Galveston Arts Center

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

The Hills are Alive with a Pair of Mickle Mahers, Noises Off, Die Hard, Tharp, Cinderella’s Rats and so much more: The 2024 Season Wrap up

Revealing Repertoire: Houston Ballet’s Triple Bill Tells a Company’s Story

Texas Studio: Jordan Fuchs Starts with Choreography

Music

The Hills are Alive with a Pair of Mickle Mahers, Noises Off, Die Hard, Tharp, Cinderella’s Rats and so much more: The 2024 Season Wrap up

TX Studio: Héctor Guzmán Conducts a Life

Spreading the Classical Music Word: San Antonio’s Agarita Thinks Beyond the Concert Hall

Theater

The Hills are Alive with a Pair of Mickle Mahers, Noises Off, Die Hard, Tharp, Cinderella’s Rats and so much more: The 2024 Season Wrap up

Building a Community: D. Wambui Richardson Invites Audiences to Become Part of Jubilee Theatre’s Family

Born to Lead: Circle Theatre’s New Artistic Director Ashley H. White Isn’t Afraid to Shake Things Up

Houston

The Third Time’s the Charm: Dance Salad Determined to Celebrate its 25th Year in Houston

Collage Artist: Annie Arnoult’s Immersive World at Open Dance Project

Topography: Billy Hassell at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas

Against Erasure: Shahzia Sikander at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

An all-night vigil, fairytales and a DACAMERA performance: Houston Chamber Choir’s Big Spring Season

A Spark in the Dark: Chemistry on Stage

Moody Center for the Arts Celebrates Five Years of Ideas, Dialogue and Innovation

Casting Light on Houston Ballet’s 2022 Lineup

The Underworld on Stage: ‘Hadestown’ Tours Texas

The South’s Got Something to Say: Dirty South at CAMH

Keep an Eye on It: Neva Mikulicz’s Sci-Fi World at Anya Tish Gallery

The Alley Theatre at 75