Arts and Culture Texas magazine

CREATIVE TEAM JAKE HEGGIE, GENE SCHEER, AND JAWOLE WILLA JO ZOLLAR TAKE ON CIVIL WAR HISTORY IN HOUSTON GRAND OPERA’s ‘INTELLIGENCE’

Steven Brown·September 6, 2023

Jake Heggie visited the Smithsonian Institution a few years ago for a performance of his Iconic Legacies, a song cycle evoking four U.S. first ladies.

Houston Music

Dance for All: Dallas’ Avant Chamber Ballet stretches into Fort Worth with historic, world premiere-packed season

Lindsey Wilson·June 26, 2023

Debuting two full-length world premiere ballets in one season would be ambitious enough, but Avant Chamber Ballet isn’t stopping there.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance

Live From Dallas: TITAS/Dance Unbound lures global stars and eager audiences back to Big D

Lindsey Wilson·May 20, 2023

During the pandemic, Dallas’ TITAS/Dance Unbound truly embraced digital performance and streaming.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance

Wagner, Mahler, Mozart and more: Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Epic New Season

Steven Brown·April 3, 2023

The challenge is so great that no U.S. orchestra has pulled it off in recent decades: a concert-hall presentation of Richard Wagner’s four-opera epic, The Ring of the Nibelung. But the Dallas Symphony Orchestra is taking it on.

Dallas/Ft Worth Music

Discovering the Dallas Arts District

Sherry Cheng·February 16, 2023

It’s the start of my whirlwind tour of the Dallas Arts District. Improbably, in all the years I have lived in Houston (23) and all the time I have been an arts writer in Texas (5), I had never been to Dallas. I am here now as a first time arts tourist, eager to absorb the wonders of a new place, open to every experience that might come my way.

Art Dallas/Ft Worth Dance Music

New and rediscovered voices: Dallas Symphony Orchestra Celebrates Women in Fall Concerts

Steven Brown·August 3, 2022

Almost overnight, orchestral concerts went through a revolution.

Dallas/Ft Worth Music

Branching Out: Dallas Symphony Orchestra Offers Audiences New Listening Experiences

Steven Brown·March 10, 2022

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra has been fortunate. Except for recasting a few concert programs in January after a few cases of omicron cropped up among its musicians—who recovered—it has been able to operate “full go-ahead” this season as planned, executive director Kim Noltemy says.

Dallas/Ft Worth Music

Taking Flight: Dallas Black Dance Theatre forges new connections in its 45th anniversary season

Lindsey Wilson·October 21, 2021

“It’s surreal to think that the start of our 45th anniversary began with our Jacob’s Pillow debut,” says DBDT artistic director Melissa M. Young.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance

Texas Lens: Lily Cabatu Weiss Looks Ahead for the Dallas Arts District

Lindsey Wilson·March 29, 2021

Nearly one year to the day that the Dallas Arts District—and most of the world—shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ACTX’s Lindsey Wilson interviewed its executive director, Lily Cabatu Weiss.

Dallas/Ft Worth Theater

No Muting Allowed: Innovation & Resilience at Fort Worth Opera

Amy Bishop·February 12, 2021

Ask any leader of an arts organization what life has been like during the past year, and most will probably swear it has been one of the most demanding times of their lives.

Dallas/Ft Worth Music

Afton Battle Takes the Lead at Fort Worth Opera

Steven Brown·October 7, 2020

Battle’s move to the company completes a journey--a more circuitous one than she imagined--that began that night at La Traviata.

Dallas/Ft Worth Music

The World Dances: TITAS Brings International Troupes to Dallas

Manuel Mendoza·September 16, 2019

TITAS stands for Texas International Theatrical Arts Society, but not since the 1999-2000 season has the presenter put so many international acts on stage.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance

Art

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

A Culture Examined: Kimbell Art Museum offers a window into Dutch art in the Global Age

Art on the Horizon: Exploring the Cultural Landscape of Corpus Christi

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

Engaging Audiences: Frame Dance’s 2024 Frame x Frame Festival Focuses on Screendance’s Unique Space in the Dance Ecology

Cheers to 15 Years: Bruce Wood Dance Dallas isn’t afraid to mix things up for 2025

A Charged Atmosphere: Bombshell Dance Project’s ‘Flies’ Packs with a Punch

Music

Kinetic at 10: Virtuosic Ensemble Grows Deep Roots in Houston

A Scandinavian Frozen Highlights the TUTS season

Art Thrives on the South Plains: A Survey of Lubbock’s Cultural Scene

Theater

A Scandinavian Frozen Highlights the TUTS season

Through An Inclusive Lens: Diversity and divas populate Uptown Players’ 2024-25 season

Classical Theatre Company’s 24/25 Season Digs into Their Niche

dallas opera

CREATIVE TEAM JAKE HEGGIE, GENE SCHEER, AND JAWOLE WILLA JO ZOLLAR TAKE ON CIVIL WAR HISTORY IN HOUSTON GRAND OPERA’s ‘INTELLIGENCE’

Dance for All: Dallas’ Avant Chamber Ballet stretches into Fort Worth with historic, world premiere-packed season

Live From Dallas: TITAS/Dance Unbound lures global stars and eager audiences back to Big D

Wagner, Mahler, Mozart and more: Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Epic New Season

Discovering the Dallas Arts District

New and rediscovered voices: Dallas Symphony Orchestra Celebrates Women in Fall Concerts

Branching Out: Dallas Symphony Orchestra Offers Audiences New Listening Experiences

Taking Flight: Dallas Black Dance Theatre forges new connections in its 45th anniversary season

Texas Lens: Lily Cabatu Weiss Looks Ahead for the Dallas Arts District

No Muting Allowed: Innovation & Resilience at Fort Worth Opera

Afton Battle Takes the Lead at Fort Worth Opera

The World Dances: TITAS Brings International Troupes to Dallas