REVIEW: Ars Lyrica’s ‘Agrippina’
When Matthew Dirst was a graduate student in France, a splashy revival of a long-neglected 17th-century opera galvanized his love of baroque music.
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Sci-Fi Theater: The Epic Adventure of ‘Panto Star Force’ at Stages
If you are familiar with a certain popular space franchise enjoying a reboot right now, you might see some similarities with this years Panto at Stages Repertory Theatre, which promises to take us to a galaxy far, far away.
Loop38 and Texas New Music Ensemble Stir up Houston’s Contemporary Music Scene
A pair of excellent new music concerts on the Houston calendar this month illuminated the distinct yet overlapping currents that shape the body of contemporary music.
Texas Lens: Ian Casady’s 20 years at Houston Ballet
Houston Ballet Principal Ian Casady will be honored for his twenty spectacular years with the company during the Margaret Alkek Williams Jubilee of Dance on Nov. 30 at the Wortham Center.
Life, Death and Healing: Hyde Park Theatre Partners with Catastrophic Theatre for Will Eno’s Wakey, Wakey
In Obie Award-winning playwright Will Eno’s latest work, Wakey, Wakey, the endearingly befuddled Guy takes the audience along on a somewhat bumbling memorial journey through his life on the way to his death.
Invoking the Body: Jasper Johns at Menil Drawing Institute
On view through Jan. 27, The Condition of Being Here at the newly-inaugurated Menil Drawing Institute (MDI) in Houston includes a selection of Jasper Johns’s drawings dating from 1954 to 2016, many of which get at the fragility of the body and its musings.
Tap Dance for the 21st Century: Michelle Dorrance brings artistry, collaboration, and innovation to Texas
Michelle Dorrance’s no-holds-barred approach to tap dancing has endeared her to audiences and presenters throughout her career as a solo artist.
Boundless Quantum and Galactic Space: ‘The Demon in the Diagram’ at the Moody Center
Millennia before mapping the universe became the purview of the scientist, the first artists scratched marks, lines and shapes onto cave walls, perhaps to make some sense of the world around them through pictorial representation.
REVIEW: New Cartographies at Asia Society Texas Center
Cartography is a fascinating practice.
Zine Fest Houston Returns to Lawndale
Zines aren’t new, and neither are zinefests, but many people haven’t heard of either. Zines are self published “magazines” and can be about literally any subject and in any medium.
Houston Cinema Arts Festival at Ten
Consider the Houston Cinema Arts Festival (HCAF), this year celebrating its tenth anniversary, and Richard Herskowitz, its artistic director.
Sculpture Month Houston Spreads Out Beyond the Silos
In 46 venues, sculpture at its most expansive will be on view through Dec. 1.