A Storied Snow White comes to Catastrophic Theatre
Once upon a time—a strange, tumultuous time called the 1960s—there lived a storyteller named Donald Barthelme.
On Her Own Terms: Melissa Cody at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
One of the funniest episodes of the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm involves Larry David, aiming to score points with his love interest’s flamboyantly effeminate son Greg, buying the seven-year-old a sewing machine to the dismay of Greg’s mother, who hasn’t yet come to terms with her son’s likely sexuality.
Hiding in Plain Sites: CounterCurrent Artists Reveal Stories throughout Houston
In 2014, the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts blazed a trail into the world of festival programming.
SHOW UP: Robert Hodge
“The music has always been there, lingering in my presence,” said Robert Hodge, a Houston-based artist.
Monet to Matisse: A Century of French Moderns at the McNay
Artists—Americans, in some cases, expatriates in others—played key behind-the-scenes roles in helping to decide which European paintings and sculpture would comprise what became some of the great public collections in the United States.
Young & Outstanding: Houston’s WindSync & Kinetic Team Up
WindSync seems plenty youthful when you look at a photo, but let’s take another vantage point. The Houston quintet spends about 120 days a year on the road -- hardly the mark of a fledgling group.
The Blanton’s Vertical Leap: What a Difference a Rehang Makes
I’ve had a soft spot for the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin since it was the Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery.
Lam Gift Makes SAMA a Center for Indigenous Australian Works
The captivating exhibition Of Country and Culture: The Lam Collection of Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art, on view through May 14 at the San Antonio Museum of Art, kicks off with a notice to visitors that’s as startling as it is salutary.
Rare Works, Beloved Classics & Surprises: Houston Ballet’s 2017-2018 Season
At first glance, Houston Ballet's 2017/2018 Season can look like a crash course in ballet, with something for everyone, including ballet connoisseurs, contemporary enthusiasts and those completely new to the art form.
The Arts Matter: The 2017 Texas Medal of Arts Awards
Very few artists create in a cultural or political vacuum, and some of the greatest artists in history have produced work that reflects and confronts the societal issues and struggles of their era.
Borders, Ritual and Awesomeness: Five Days of Fusebox
Fusebox, Austin’s contemporary, cross-disciplinary visual and performing arts festival, and all round benevolent force in the struggle to keep Austin weird, consolidated its offerings in 2016, going from a 10 or 12 day schedule to a five-day festival lineup.
We Own the Night: An Evening of Arts + Culture in Dallas
Arts+Culture Texas and Meddlesome Moth present: We Own the Night Dallas, TX: We’re excited to announce the date...