Blogs | Arts and Culture Texas magazine

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

Come As You Are

Lauren Smart·February 10, 2016

Art in the 1990’s at the Blanton Museum of Art

Austin Visual Art

Performania: Small Scaling the Arts

Nancy Wozny·February 10, 2016

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.

Dance Music Performania Theater

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.

The ACTX Top Ten: February 2016

Jennifer Smart·February 8, 2016

Our top ten picks for arts + culture events in Texas for February 2016.

Dance Music Theater Top Ten Visual Art

What comes next Dallas?

Lee Escobedo·February 8, 2016

On the closing of Zhulong Gallery

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

Timeless & Universal: Dallas Theater Center’s Romeo and Juliet

SCOT C. HART·February 4, 2016

Joel Ferrell, Associate Artistic Director at Dallas Theater Center, is at the helm of a new, modernized production of the ultimate classic love story, William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The show runs Feb. 5-28 at the Kalita Humphreys Theater.

Dallas/Ft Worth Theater

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

Circle Theatre’s Clever Little Lies holds true to form

SCOT C. HART·February 3, 2016

And while the New York production may have been a stroll down memory lane, the current regional premier of Clever Little Lies at Circle Theatre in Fort Worth (through Mar. 5), must stand on its own merits with an all-local cast. Happily, it’s no lie to say the locals carry no shame.

Dallas/Ft Worth Reviews Theater

A+C Q&A Caitlin McCollom

Jennifer Smart·February 3, 2016

Caitlin McCollom is a visual artist currently based in Austin, TX. Her most recent body of work, The Cloud of Unknowing will be on view at San Antonio’s Southwest School of Art Feb. 11 - Apr. 24.

Visual Art

If/Then Can’t Have It Both Ways

SCOT C. HART·February 2, 2016

If/Then is a new touring musical aptly titled for it has two dueling personalities. It can be clever/confusing, bright/dark, fun/maudlin, sincere/fake.

Reviews Theater

Visual Art

The Stories We Carry: Angelica Raquel: Mystic Threads at the McNay Art Museum

Head West: Contemporary artists reimagine the American West at the Amon Carter

Stitched Across Time: Marilyn Henrion brings a lifetime of textile works to the Irving Arts Center

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

Dancing in Between the Spaces of Life: Karen Stokes Premieres ‘4 Corners’ at the Match

Big and Bold: Waco’s {254}DANCEFEST Expands its Reach

Texas Studio: Alexa Capareda Keeps Moving

Music

Dreaming Frida: Brooklyn Rider premieres a new work by Gabriela Lena Frank at DACAMERA

Fresh Notes: Grassroots Opera Companies Take Off in Houston

Music in Every Neighborhood: Monarch Chamber Players expands its Mission

Theater

All The World’s Their Stage: Teatro Dallas celebrates 40 years

Texas Studio: Alexa Capareda Keeps Moving

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

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

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

Come As You Are

Performania: Small Scaling the Arts

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

The ACTX Top Ten: February 2016

What comes next Dallas?

Timeless & Universal: Dallas Theater Center’s Romeo and Juliet

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

Circle Theatre’s Clever Little Lies holds true to form

A+C Q&A Caitlin McCollom

If/Then Can’t Have It Both Ways