Arts and Culture Texas magazine

Making Waves: Discovering Contemporary Cuban Photography at the MFAH

Donna Tennant·August 14, 2024

Thanks to a gift from Chicago collector Madeleine Plonsker and her husband Harvey, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, now has the most complete collection of post-revolutionary Cuban photography anywhere—nearly 400 works by some 80 artists.

Houston Visual Art

Literary superstars and new voices: Inprint Houston’s biggest season ever

Tarra Gaines·August 5, 2024

Winners of National Book Awards, Pulitzer Prizes, Booker Prizes, MacArthur Fellows and even Oscar nominees are among the writers we expect every year when Houston’s foremost literary arts organization, Inprint, announces the lineup for their Margarett Root Brown Reading Series.

Books Houston

Bridging Musical Worlds: DACAMERA’s Transformative New Season

Steven Brown·August 5, 2024

“One of the things we’re focusing on with this theme of alchemy is the way composers start with all different kinds of materials, and transform them into something truly magical,” says Sarah Rothenberg, DACAMERA’s artistic director.

Houston Music

Texas Makes Way for a Dance Icon: Twyla Tharp’s Diamond Jubilee Tours Four Cities This Fall

Nichelle Suzanne·August 5, 2024

This is not Twyla Tharp’s first rodeo.

Austin Dallas/Ft Worth Dance Houston San Antonio

Music and Democracy: Apollo Chamber Players garner national attention for their advocacy-centered programming

Steven Brown·July 23, 2024

Rather than focusing on a single upcoming concert, NPR’s Weekend Edition spotlighted Apollo for building its entire season around real-world events.

Houston Music

New Territory: Ars Lyrica Looks to Handel, a Commission and Women of Mozart’s Vienna

Steven Brown·July 1, 2024

Ars Lyrica Houston is adding a twist to its usual what’s-old-is-new-again programming: In the midst of the neglected gems that it has in store for next season, Houston’s baroque ensemble will throw in some works that actually are new.

Houston Music

Journey to Geneva: NobleMotion Explores the Intersection of Art, Neuroscience and AI

Nichelle Suzanne·June 17, 2024

The premiere of Meeting of Minds at the Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (MATCH) in January played to sold-out audiences.

Dance Houston

Stars Align for Harmonia Stellarum Houston

Sherry Cheng·June 17, 2024

Hidden in the mountains north of Lake Como, the beautiful Chiesa dei Santi Eusebio e Vittore in the town of Peglio sits forgotten in time and space.

Houston Music

Texas Studio: Gabriela Estrada brings dance history into motion

Lindsay Alissa King·June 17, 2024

Choreographer and University of Houston Assistant Professor M. Gabriela Estrada has always looked to the past to inspire her work.

Dance Houston

Sculpture + Sanctuary: ‘Theaster Gates: The Gift and The Renege’

MICHAEL MCFADDEN·June 11, 2024

Change always comes at a cost, and more often than people realize, it is a human cost.

Houston Visual Art

Making Memories: Thomas Demand’s The Stutter of History at the MFAH

Nancy Zastudil·June 11, 2024

Do you remember Princess Diana’s fatal car crash in 1997? How about the Fukushima nuclear accident of 2011? Florida’s 2000 presidential election recount, with its hanging chads?

Houston Visual Art

Doing it all: Performing Arts Houston offers a big tent of arts experiences

Tarra Gaines·June 3, 2024

“Zero constraints” that’s how Performing Arts Houston executive director Meg Booth describes the programming possibilities when the organization puts together a season lineup like the recently announced 2024-2025 season.

Dance Houston Music Theater

Visual Art

Value in Hu(e)manity: Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe

Performative and All-encompassing: David-Jeremiah: The Fire This Time

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

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

Performa/Dance Marks Their 10th Anniversary with ‘ANTHROPOCENE’

Concert Trucks and Onstage Dinners: Performing Arts Houston offers its most varied schedule yet

Unbind Your Imagination: TITAS/Dance Unbound invites global dance into Dallas for 2025-26 season

Music

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Concert Trucks and Onstage Dinners: Performing Arts Houston offers its most varied schedule yet

Twists of Fate: Myths, Drama, and Phenomenal Voices in Ars Lyrica Houston’s New Season

Theater

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Concert Trucks and Onstage Dinners: Performing Arts Houston offers its most varied schedule yet

Outcast Heroes and Storybook Musicals: Broadway Across Texas

Houston

Making Waves: Discovering Contemporary Cuban Photography at the MFAH

Literary superstars and new voices: Inprint Houston’s biggest season ever

Bridging Musical Worlds: DACAMERA’s Transformative New Season

Texas Makes Way for a Dance Icon: Twyla Tharp’s Diamond Jubilee Tours Four Cities This Fall

Music and Democracy: Apollo Chamber Players garner national attention for their advocacy-centered programming

New Territory: Ars Lyrica Looks to Handel, a Commission and Women of Mozart’s Vienna

Journey to Geneva: NobleMotion Explores the Intersection of Art, Neuroscience and AI

Stars Align for Harmonia Stellarum Houston

Texas Studio: Gabriela Estrada brings dance history into motion

Sculpture + Sanctuary: ‘Theaster Gates: The Gift and The Renege’

Making Memories: Thomas Demand’s The Stutter of History at the MFAH

Doing it all: Performing Arts Houston offers a big tent of arts experiences