Privilege & Unnamed Anxiety at Work in Straight White Men at Stages
Four straight, white men walk into a rumpus room somewhere in suburban America. This isn’t the beginning of a dumb joke but the setting and most of the plot of Young Jean Lee’s Straight White Men, through March 6, making its regional debut at Stages Repertory Theatre.
Free & Fabulous: Fusebox Festival Promotes Idea Exchange Across Disciplines and Borders
If you can dream it, you can do it: This seems to be the unofficial mantra behind Austin’s Fusebox Festival, which this year will boast more than 60 performances, workshops and talks put on by some 30 local, national and international artists, all for free for the general public.
Taking the Lid off Tidy Packages: Next Iteration Theater Company’s First Production Promises Risk and Reward
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.
Long Day’s Journey into Night
Eugene O'Neill on stage at Undermain Theatre
Five Fabulous Days of Israeli Dance: International Exposure 2015
On the plane to Tel Aviv I tried to count how many times I have seen Ohad Naharin's Minus 16. I lost count at about 12.
Bold Cinema: Houston Jewish Film Festival Highlights Family, History and Comedy
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.
Weaving Narratives of Music and Art: Jennie C. Jones at the CAMH
Music, much like visual art, has long been a tool used to comment and reflect on sociopolitical and socioeconomic issues.
Performania: Small Scaling the Arts
here's something about do-ablity that is making me a more eager watcher these days. Perhaps I suffer from a mild case of sustainability syndrome. Maybe it's my Buffalo upbringing or being raised by depression era parents that puts me in the “doing more with less” mood.
Strong Statements at the MFAH: African American Art from the Museum’s Collection
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.
The ACTX Top Ten: February 2016
Our top ten picks for arts + culture events in Texas for February 2016.