Arts and Culture Texas magazine

Transformation & Surprise: CounterCurrent Stretches Houston’s Art Expectations

Nancy Zastudil·March 17, 2016

From April 12-17, eleven cutting-edge artists present new works, projects, and performances at unexpected sites throughout the city, creating what director Karen Farber calls “endless opportunities for transformation and surprise.”

Dance Houston Theater Visual Art

They Can Sing Too: Expect Triple Threats at Houston Ballet with West Side Story Suite

Nancy Wozny·March 7, 2016

I always expect to be dazzled when I walk into a Houston Ballet rehearsal, but watching this talented company sing as well as dance raised the thrill factor.

Dance Houston

Houston Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty a Visual Feast

Claire Christine Spera·March 4, 2016

The Sleeping Beauty is one of the classical ballet’s most technically difficult yet visually dynamic works — a ballet by which ballet companies are judged.

Dance Houston

Everything is ephemeral: The Precarious at the Menil

Laura August·March 3, 2016

The Precarious is a small and quiet exhibition running at The Menil Collection through May 1, 2016.

Houston Visual Art

Ode to a Plate: At Your Service at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

Alexandra Irrera·February 25, 2016

Although we may take it for granted as a simple tool, the plate is also a small stage—an intimate setting on which universal routines of daily life take place.

Houston Chamber Choir’s Spring Season

Steven Brown·February 24, 2016

Robert Simpson sums up what keeps him going: “I’m always excited about whatever is over the next hill,” says the Houston Chamber Choir’s founder and artistic director.

Houston Music

Taking the Lid off Tidy Packages: Next Iteration Theater Company’s First Production Promises Risk and Reward

Layla Al-Bedawi·February 18, 2016

In a place that can feel very top-down, they are trying to build something from the ground up. Their first production, the world premiere of Lisa Omlie’s The Baby, runs March 10-19 at the MATCH.

Houston Theater

Bold Cinema: Houston Jewish Film Festival Highlights Family, History and Comedy

Nancy Wozny·February 12, 2016

The Evelyn Rubenstein JCC of Houston presents the 12th Houston Jewish Film Festival, with 27 films over 16 days, March 5-20, 2016, at various venues, including the Evelyn Rubenstein JCC, the MFAH, Holocaust Museum Houston, Sundance Cinemas and Congregation Beth Jacob in Galveston.

Film Houston

Weaving Narratives of Music and Art: Jennie C. Jones at the CAMH

MICHAEL MCFADDEN·February 11, 2016

Music, much like visual art, has long been a tool used to comment and reflect on sociopolitical and socioeconomic issues.

Houston Music Visual Art

Strong Statements at the MFAH: African American Art from the Museum’s Collection

casey gregory·February 9, 2016

Statements: African American Art from the Museum’s Collection is the overly general and therefore utterly uninformative title of an excellent exhibition now ongoing at the MFAH through April 24, 2016.

A Winter for Ibsen: Classical Theatre’s A Doll’s House

Nancy Wozny·February 4, 2016

Houston's Classical Theatre Company returns to Ibsen this winter with their production of A Doll's House, directed by Classical Theatre's artistic director John Johnson, through Feb. 21 at Chelsea Market location.

Houston Theater

Becoming Aurora: Houston Ballet’s Sara Webb on The Sleeping Beauty

Nancy Wozny·February 1, 2016

A + C editor in chief Nancy Wozny visited with Houston Ballet principal and Dallas native Sara Webb about Stevenson's beloved ballet and the challenges and joys of the role.

Dance Houston

Visual Art

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Material Culture: Betsabée Romero at Blanton Museum of Art

Cartoon King: The Brilliant Accessibility of KAWS at Crystal Bridges

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

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Reimagining a Classic: Houston Ballet’s Stanton Welch Breathes New Life into Raymonda

Dance Here: Agora Artists is Planting the Seeds to Make Dallas a Dance Town

Music

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Celebrating 125 Years, the Dallas Symphony Looks Back to its History

Triumph in Tragedy: Ars Lyrica Houston’s Luminous Theodora

Theater

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Fade To Black: Week-Long Arts Festival Amplifies Black Voices in Houston

Leaping into the Unknown: The Risks and Rewards of World Premieres

Houston

Transformation & Surprise: CounterCurrent Stretches Houston’s Art Expectations

They Can Sing Too: Expect Triple Threats at Houston Ballet with West Side Story Suite

Houston Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty a Visual Feast

Everything is ephemeral: The Precarious at the Menil

Ode to a Plate: At Your Service at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

Houston Chamber Choir’s Spring Season

Taking the Lid off Tidy Packages: Next Iteration Theater Company’s First Production Promises Risk and Reward

Bold Cinema: Houston Jewish Film Festival Highlights Family, History and Comedy

Weaving Narratives of Music and Art: Jennie C. Jones at the CAMH

Strong Statements at the MFAH: African American Art from the Museum’s Collection

A Winter for Ibsen: Classical Theatre’s A Doll’s House

Becoming Aurora: Houston Ballet’s Sara Webb on The Sleeping Beauty