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Digital Detectives Probe a Dystopian Future in The Nether at the Alley

Tarra Gaines·May 19, 2016

A cop and suspect stare at each other from across a table in a stark and claustrophobic interrogation room. These first moments of Jennifer Haley’s The Nether at the Alley Theatre (Through May 29) reveal a setup we’ve seen before on a thousand police and procedural shows.

Theater

Old Yet New: Ars Lyrica’s Fresh Take on Vivaldi and Next Season’s News

Steven Brown·May 19, 2016

Maybe you’ve heard Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons umpteen times. Nevertheless, Ars Lyrica wants to show you the Baroque warhorse in a fresh light.

Waves of Thinking: Exploring Sound with Abinadi Meza and Lina Dib

Divya Murthy·May 13, 2016

You can expect diversity in the range of art media produced in Texas. Residents often experience works grouped into visual art categories, such as painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, video, performance, and installations.

Visual Art

Show Up: Richard Thompson

Laurie James·May 9, 2016

Thompson’s upcoming exhibit with Fort Worth’s William Campbell Contemporary Art, Perfect: Part 1, May 19-June 18, is his 12th solo exhibit with the gallery.

Dallas/Ft Worth Show Up

Young Sons

Alaena Hostetter·May 9, 2016

Two Artists create a Shared Identity

Visual Art

A Deafening Silence

Jennifer Smart·May 9, 2016

The Great God Pan is Dead at Second Thought Theatre

Theater

Ten Not So Tiny Dances at CounterCurrent 2016

Nancy Wozny·May 9, 2016

The University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center opened its third CounterCurrent's with Ten Tiny Dances on April 12, 2016.

Dance Houston

Looking for Connection: We Chat: A Dialogue in Contemporary Chinese Art at Asia Society

Laura August·May 9, 2016

A long excerpt of a diary is pinned to the wall in the Asia Society Texas Center's current exhibition,We Chat: A Dialogue in Contemporary Chinese Art, on view through July 3.

Houston Visual Art

Wrestling on the Blue Carpet: Nancy and Tarra on The Christians at the Alley

Tarra Gaines·May 4, 2016

Arts + Culture editor Nancy Wozny and Houston theater writer Tarra Gaines take a break from the usual review format to discuss Lucas Hnath's The Christians, running at the Alley Theatre through May 15.

Houston Theater