Houston Symphony Expands for the Strauss Festival
The Houston Symphony will end its season with a splash: a two-weekend festival devoted to Richard Strauss, whose name is practically synonymous with sonic spectacle.
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Drawing as a daily process: Ruth Asawa at the Menil
Ruth Asawa Through Line is the first exhibition to focus on Ruth Asawa’s lifelong drawing practice.
The Collaborative Spirit: Houston Ballet Offers a Lively Season Ahead
Julie Kent and Stanton Welch haven’t reached the point of finishing one another’s sentences. Nevertheless, just a few months after Kent joined Welch at the helm of Houston Ballet, they show clear signs of being in sync.
Fire Music: Loop38 makes an impact with new music for our times
As the largest wildfire in Texas history raged across the Panhandle in March of this year, Loop38, the Houston-based new music ensemble, was set to begin a multi-day residency at Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) centered on the premiere of composer Ben Morris’s multimedia work Longleaf.
In Good Company: Alley Theatre’s New Season offers plays for Houston Audiences and the resident actors
In the United States, the Alley Theatre is the last theater standing with a year-round, full-time, salaried resident acting company and that makes all the difference when building a new season.
Houston’s Rec Room Arts Wants to Bring Us Together
Rec Room Art’s Artistic Director Matt Hune says that building a theater season is like creating an album: each play makes up a story that flows through the year.
Taking Flight: Zeke Williams and his feathered friends nest at Galveston Arts Center
Dallas-based artist Zeke Williams is addicted to making work.
Love, Time & Aging: Alan Cumming Tours Texas
Along with some very fashionable real ones, multi-hyphenated artist Alan Cumming wears a lot of figurative hats.
Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries
A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries in San Antonio, Houton, Dallas and Autin
Visible Labor: Inside the world of art handlers at Houston’s Center for Contemporary Craft
If you’ve ever visited an exhibition and wondered how an artist pulled something off, chances are good a preparator had something to do with it.
Eyes toward the future: Houston’s Hobby Center Builds a New Vision
As Houston’s Hobby Center for the Performing Arts celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2022, its board, staff and its new president and CEO Mark Folkes decided to get contemplative about their identity, especially when it comes to the “Center” in the name.
TX Studio: Adam Castañeda, processing life through dance
Dancer, choreographer and artistic director of Pilot Dance Project, Adam Castañeda didn’t begin dance training until his early twenties, yet he believes leaping over those childhood and adolescent studio years might have given him some advantages.