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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

Mirrors for Princes

Nancy Zastudil·January 26, 2016

Slavs and Tatars at the Blaffer

Editor's Picks Houston Reviews Visual Art

A Banner Year: DiverseWorks Moves to the MATCH

Holly Walrath·January 25, 2016

A + C writer Holly Walrath sat down with Executive Director and Chief Curator Xandra Eden and Associate Curator Rachel Cook to discuss the move, the new show and the future of the organization.

Dance Editor's Picks Houston Visual Art

Love is in the Cards: Linda Phenix Returns to Theatre LaB Houston for 52 Pick Up

Nancy Wozny·January 25, 2016

Linda Phenix returns to directing with the Theatre LaB Houston production of TJ Dawe and Rita Bozi's romantic comedy of chance, 52 Pick-Up, featuring Houston acting couple, Robin Van Zandt and James Monaghan, Feb. 5-28 at the MATCH. Like the name of the card game, 52 Pick-Up involves the actors throwing the cards into the air to determine the order of the scenes.

Houston Theater

Love and Loss: The Bridges of Madison County at TUTS

Tarra Gaines·January 22, 2016

I might very well be the last American woman over the age of 25 who has neither seen the Meryl Streep, Clint Eastwood movie The Bridges of Madison County nor read the 90s zeitgeist novel by Robert James Waller that it’s based on.

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