Staying in the Moment: Mayuko Ono Gray at Galveston Arts Center
A single calligraphic line runs through Mayuko Ono Gray’s large-scale graphite drawings.
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Stepping into Joy: Performing Arts Houston’s lively 23/24 Season
Performing Arts Houston leans into joy for its recently announced 2023-2024 season.
‘Hyperreal: Gray Foy’ Draws Devotion at the Menil
By the late ’60s, Foy’s drawing practice had waned, and by 1975 he had stopped drawing altogether, seemingly for Lerman’s sake.
Seeing Things: Sarah Fisher at landSPACE in Austin
Sarah Fisher walks constantly, and she is always looking.
Live performance and film come together for Barnstorm Dance Fest 2023
For a while, many dancers and choreographers had no other outlet: The pandemic shutdowns cut them off from live audiences, so they showcased their work to online viewers on video.
Segue to Season Five: Summer Doesn’t Slow for Marlana Doyle or Her Dance Companies
One bustling summer stands between Marlana Doyle and a milestone—the 5th season for Houston Contemporary Dance Company (HCDC) and the Institute of Contemporary Dance in Houston, two organizations she founded in 2019.
Transportation to Another Realm: Ming Smith: Feeling the Future at CAMH
Photography has been ever present in the life of Ming Smith. A hobby of her father’s, cameras weren’t anything new when Smith picked one up, but the appeal was a slow burn.
Ars Lyrica’s Handel Delivers Musical Fireworks
No wonder Ars Lyrica Houston opted to showcase Handel’s Clori, Tirsi e Fileno for the third time since 2005.
Epic Season at Houston Grand Opera Begins with Intelligence
Houston Grand Opera’s 2023-24 season is nothing short of epic. “We are producing some of the grandest and most mature artistic works in the repertoire all in one season,” says Khori Dastoor, HGO General Director and CEO. “Verdi’s last opera, Wagner’s last opera, late Mozart—these pieces are Mount Everest, each one of them.”
Classics and New Shows: A Lively New Season for Theatre Under The Stars
“You’ve just got to keep moving,” says Theatre Under The Stars artistic director, Dan Knechtges, when I asked him what lessons he’s learned about programming the company through several years of theater under crisis.
Sacred and Secular Merge at MFAH’s new Art of the Islamic Worlds Galleries
A blue day dawns at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Such was my first thought stepping into the welcoming light and waves of blue in the Art of the Islamic Worlds Galleries.
Texas Studio: Alli Villines wants you to Feel Whatever You Feel
Alli Villines’s grandmother prophesied at her birth that she would be a singer, a divine foretelling that has proven true.