A Spark in the Dark: Chemistry on Stage
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.
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Moody Center for the Arts Celebrates Five Years of Ideas, Dialogue and Innovation
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.
Casting Light on Houston Ballet’s 2022 Lineup
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.
The Underworld on Stage: ‘Hadestown’ Tours Texas
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.
The South’s Got Something to Say: Dirty South at CAMH
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.
Keep an Eye on It: Neva Mikulicz’s Sci-Fi World at Anya Tish Gallery
Artist Neva Mikulicz sees a growing “anti-science” attitude in our culture, and it creeps her out.
The Alley Theatre at 75
Houston’s Alley Theatre, one of the oldest and largest companies in Texas, celebrates its 75th anniversary with a beautiful monster of a season.
A Different Light: ‘Georgia O’Keeffe, Photographer’ at the MFAH
Now the world will also view O’Keeffe in a different light and see a trove of her recently discovered photographic art in the MFAH exhibition Georgia O’Keeffe, Photographer, running through Jan. 22.
Ars Lyrica
When the pandemic forced Ars Lyrica to cancel plans last season for its second opera staging, the group didn’t take it lying down.
It all Happens in Houston: Houston Cinema Arts Festival Returns
“It’s Houston. Literally every single thing is happening, including filmmaking. Everything is happening in Houston.”
This Time ʼRound: Jennifer Ling Datchuk at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
San Antonio-based artist Jennifer Ling Datchuk reminded me of Brecht’s riddle-like assurance while discussing her current exhibition Later, Longer, Fewer: The Work of Jennifer Ling Datchuk, on view at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft until Jan. 8, 2022.
Make It So: Texas Biennial Centers and Connects Visionary Artists
From slabs on the scene to teeter-totters at the border, and all manner of complexity in between, what happens in Texas does anything but stay put.