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Coming Home to Texas and Sometimes Leaving Again
When a writer pitched a story about an actor leaving Texas I immediately said, “No thanks, I need to focus on those staying.” Although, now I can't help wondering what would have been in that exit interview.
My Mañana Comes: Responding to Times of Crisis
As the nation’s fourth largest city, Houston is home to more than 2.1 million people (over 5 million in the metro area). The city’s Latina/o residents comprise roughly 41 percent of the population. As I have detailed before (See: “Excluding Latina/o Stories in Tejas”), Houston’s arts scene has seen a major boom in capital projects, funding, and national exposure.
The ACTX Top Ten: February 2017
Our top ten picks for arts + cuture events happening across Texas in February 2017.
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time electrifies on stage
A large dead dog lies motionless on stage, a garden fork skewered into it’s side. That’s the sight theatergoers see immediately upon taking their seats to witness the first national tour of the wonderfully strange and heartfelt The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, now playing at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas—through Jan 22—before moving south to Houston's Hobby Center Jan. 24-29.
Honoring Texas Artists: The Texas Medal of Arts Awards come to Austin
You may be hard-pressed to explain what ZZ Top, Eva Longoria, Willie Nelson and Walter Cronkite have in common, but for the Texas Cultural Trust, the answer is simple: Texas.
Coming Home: Amy Diane Morrow
Amy Diane Morrow, a Fort Worth native, returned to Texas after a long series of travels – most notably an extended stint in Tel Aviv, Israel, to train in Gaga under Ohad Naharin, artistic director of the Batsheva Dance Company.
The ACTX Top Ten: November 2016
Our top ten picks for arts + culture events happening across Texas in November 2016.
Breaking Boundaries: METdance’s Big Year
After twenty years of success, a dance company might find itself hard-pressed to top itself season after season—but not the team at METdance.
The ACTX Top Ten: October 2016
Arts + Culture TX's top ten picks for events in October 2016.
Badge of Honor: SMU Dance Grads Impact Texas Dance
Southern Methodist University’s Meadows School of the Arts in Dallas is home to one of the nation’s most highly regarded and rigorous dance programs.
The ACTX Top Ten: September 2016
A+C TX's top ten picks for arts and culture events happening across Texas in September 2016.