Arts and Culture Texas magazine

Dark Circles, MADBOOTS and other Texas Ties to the Pillow

Nancy Wozny·September 2, 2015

When Dallas' Dark Circles Contemporary Dancers took Jacob's Pillow's storied Inside/Out stage on a breezy Wednesday evening, it was hard not to be filled with Texas dance pride.

Dance

The ACTX Top Ten: September 2015

Jennifer Smart·August 28, 2015

Our top ten picks for arts + culture events in Texas for September 2015

Top Ten

A Hunchback, a Queso Fountain and a Whale: Spring/Summer Season Standouts

Nancy Wozny·August 3, 2015

The Spring/Summer season has come and gone, and there were plenty of outstanding performances and events, way more than can fit into this space.

Dance Music Theater

Catastrophic Theatre’s Tamarie Cooper Goes Back to School

Nancy Wozny·July 15, 2015

In the Bayou City, we know that it’s summer when the curtain rises on Tamarie Cooper’s annual extravaganza at Catastrophic Theatre.

Houston Theater

The ACTX Top Ten: Summer 2015

Jennifer Smart·July 7, 2015

Our top ten picks for arts + culture events across Texas in July and August 2015.

Top Ten

Performania: The Artist Talk as Theater

Nancy Wozny·July 7, 2015

When Nathaniel Donnett was wheeled in laying inside a coffin at the CAMH for his artist talk, In Memory of... as part of his installation, Nothing to See Hear in Right Here, Right Now: Houston, I wondered how the talking part was going to pan out.

Performania

Tsuru at Asia Society Makes its Mark as an Elegant Chamber Ballet

Nancy Wozny·June 30, 2015

I see a trend, at least I hope it's a trend. I am going to call it artisan DIY programming.

Dance

Show Up: Allison Hunter

Nancy Zastudil·June 29, 2015

Houston-based artist Allison Hunter is a self-described “signmaker” who uses her art to draw attention to the simultaneous vitality and vulnerability of animals

Show Up Visual Art

Character Couture: Texas Designers Dress the Drama

Julie Herman·June 23, 2015

The house lights dim. Whispers slowly die; phones are finally stowed. A faint swish of brocade or the tap-tap of high heels against the stage herald the show to come.

Design in Texas Theater