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April is the cruelest month, except in Texas, where it’s a month of firsts, festivals and other cultural wonders.
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Monks, KungFu and Raining Rice
A shimmering stream of rice pours down on a monk during the entire 90 minutes of Songs of the Wanderers, which will be performed here in Houston when Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan makes a Society for Performing Arts stop on April 5 at Jones Hall.
Antena @ Blaffer
Writers, artists, literary translators, bookmakers and activist interpreters Jen Hofer and John Pluecker make up Antena, a language justice and language experimentation collaborative.
A Swan Returns
When I witnessed Samantha Lynch catapulting across the stage at Houston Ballet in Jiri Kylián’s ode to the power of the sea, Forgotten Land, I knew she was going places.
After the Flood
The UK-based multi-media movement troupe returns to Texas with shows at ARTS SA (April 9, San Antonio’s Carver Center), Texas Performing Arts (Austin, April 11 at Bass Concert Hall) and TITAS in Dallas (April 12-13 at Dallas City Performance Hall).
River of Light
HGOco turns seven years old this year. A scrappy, energetic initiative dedicated to making an opera company relevant to the city it serves, it has taken opera out of the Big House downtown and planted it in unexpected places all over the city:
A Tale of Two Festivals
A woman weaves on a loom while fifty amateur violinists and an accordionist surround her with music. The aftermath of a young man’s suicide unfolds on a large screen through social media.
Braque, Magritte and Brown
Are artists in Houston paying attention to Braque and Magritte, given the abundance of their work currently on view in the city?
MFAH Moving From “Top-Down” to Participatory Pedagogy
Upon learning that the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has hired Caroline Goeser as W.T. and Louise J. Moran Chair of the Department of Learning and Interpretation, and that this department is the new name for the education department, two obvious questions come to mind:
Shakespeare En Pointe
In celebration of Shakespeare's 450th birthday, Houston Ballet has anchored their new season with three ballets based on Shakespeare's timeless tales, including the company premiere of John Neumeier's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Stanton Welch's world premiere of Romeo and Juliet and John Cranko's The Taming of the Shrew.
No Idea Festival
For the uninitiated, No Idea is a four-day festival of improvised music and performance art under the direction of Chris Cogburn, who divides his time equally between Mexico City and Austin, TX.