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Texas Studio: Outspoken Bean
Outspoken Bean is the shortened version of his full stage name, Outspoken Rogers Lee Bean, Jr., after his older brother who was murdered one day before the largest Slam Poetry competition Bean had ever been in.
Global Vision: Dance Salad Festival Moves to the Hobby Center
Every year at Easter time, Houston transforms into a hub of international dance, thanks to the entrepreneurial spirit and artistic vision of Nancy Henderek, founder of the Dance Salad Festival.
The Show Must Go on…Somewhere Else: The Post-Harvey Scramble for Space
Harvey took the floor away from us, and for a large part of the arts sector, the floor was mighty shaky before the storm hit.
Jane Austen, Trailer Park Boys & a Rhinoceros: Holiday Stages in Texas
As a curmudgeonly connoisseur of holiday performing arts, I’m always on the lookout for the innovative, quirky or simply new shows to devour like Christmas candy each most-wonderful-time-of-the-year
Monsters & Mayhem at the McNay
San Antonio’s McNay Art Museum has been transformed into a haunted house for the Halloween season, as if a witch had cast her spell on the venerable San Antonio institution.
The ACTX Top Ten: September 2017
Arts + Culture events happening across Texas in September 2017.
Performania: TexFest-ing
For me, TexFest-ing is an Olympic sport. I may have achieved my personal best crashing through Dance Salad, Fusebox and CounterCurrent in 14 days.
The ACTX Top Ten: May 2017
Our top ten picks for arts + culture events happening across Texas in May 2017.
Justin Peck: A Choreographer for Right Now
The ballet field is fond of pinning their hopes on the next great choreographer who will lead this astonishing art form into the future.
Daniel Proietto at Dance Salad & CounterCurrent
The award winning choreographer and dancer Daniel Proietto makes a double festival stop in Houston this April, as his solo, Player, is on Dance Salad’s lineup (April 13-15), and he is appearing in Simulacrum by the renowned Norwegian troupe winter guests, as part of CounterCurrent 2017, the annual multi-disciplinary festival presented by University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts (April
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.