Arts and Culture Texas magazine

When Choreographers Mind the Gap: Houston’s Favorite Dance Showcase Hits Forty

ADAM CASTAÑEDA — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 22:00:55 +0000

It’s been almost ten years since the heads of Dance Source Houston, the Bayou City’s diligent and committed resource organization for the local field of dance, hatched an inspired plan. Executive Director Mollie Miller and then Board President Stephanie Todd Wong recognized a need for performance opportunities for the city’s dance-makers, as well as production training so that these artists could utilize the newly opened Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (MATCH).

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Witnessing the Cycle: Gabriel Martinez at the Ismaili Center Houston

Jonathan Hopson — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 02:42:58 +0000

I step into the Ismaili Center—opened last December on the banks of Buffalo Bayou—and the space announces its intention immediately. The light is controlled. The quiet is profound, engineered so conversation is possible, so presence can be felt.

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Anonymous No More: Dallas’s Vignette Art Fair 2026 Draws Attention to Women Artists in Texas

Nancy Zastudil — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 13:57:59 +0000

The news is out: Artist and activist Joyce Kozloff was one of the founding members of the Guerrilla Girls.

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Heavenly Bodies: Portraits of Saints, life, and faith from Colonial South America at the Meadows Museum

Kendall Morgan — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 02:25:24 +0000

Spectacles of Power and Faith draws from the Dallas-based Thoma Foundation’s extensive collection. In present-day Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Ecuador, an ethos of painting emerged that captured the cultural complexity of South America in all its glory.

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The Finale and Future: Austin Symphony Orchestra’s Peter Bay Passes the Baton

Tara Munjee — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 02:57:15 +0000

ACTX spoke with Austin Symphony Orchestra’s lead conductor and musical director, Peter Bay, about his decision to “pass the baton” at the 2026-2027 season’s conclusion.

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The Haas Brothers: Cuteness as a Trojan Horse, and an Irreverent Austin Homecoming at the Blanton

Jonathan Hopson — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 02:01:35 +0000

How well do you know the Haas Brothers? Niki and Simon.

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Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Nancy Wozny — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 21:15:15 +0000

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

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Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Nancy Zastudil — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 20:08:58 +0000

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries for July - August 2026

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Next Chapter: Inprint Welcomes a New Director and New Line-up of Authors

Tarra Gaines — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 19:09:02 +0000

Giuseppe Taurino may be the new guy at Inprint, one of Texas’ most prestigious literary organizations, but he’s hardly a novice when it comes to Houston or the contemporary writing world. Taurino took over the Inprint directorship after a tenure at Writers in the Schools and was associate director of the creative writing program at University of Houston.

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What Carries Forward: Emily Johnson’s ‘Overflow Radio’ at DiverseWorks

MICHAEL MCFADDEN — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 17:23:07 +0000

A voice travels from one homeland to another, crossing distances without collapsing them. Eighty-four quilts gather beneath a community, each holding the memory of hands, conversations, and questions stitched over more than a decade. Elsewhere, a tree enters the earth; its care extends beyond the lives of those gathered to witness it.

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Paper, Skin, Shadow: Exploring Fragility at the Menil Drawing Institute

MICHAEL MCFADDEN — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 17:20:27 +0000

A needle passes through a sheet of paper and leaves behind a wound no wider than its point. Light catches along the raised fibers. Repeated hundreds of times, these punctures gather into a composition: marks made not by adding material to the surface, but by breaking through it.

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The Drama Map: Trends, Patterns and Premieres on Texas Stages

Tarra Gaines — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 16:36:13 +0000

For several years as Arts and Culture’s resident theater cartographer, I’ve been mapping the big Broadway and West End touring shows as they tour across Texas.

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Embracing the New: Texas Performing Arts’ New Season

Steven Brown — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 16:25:30 +0000

Audra McDonald has been a leading light of Broadway for three decades, and the José Limón Dance Company has enriched the modern-dance world for more than twice as long.

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Meet Lady Liberty: America’s symbol of freedom finally tells her story at the Carter

Lindsey Wilson — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 23:15:00 +0000

This August, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art will unveil The Statue of Liberty from Bartholdi to Warhol, a sweeping exploration of how one of the world’s most recognizable symbols has been reimagined, reinterpreted, and reclaimed by artists over 150 years.

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Glorious Sound: Threads of History Come to Life in Harmonia Stellarum Houston’s Season Five

Sherry Cheng — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:39:19 +0000

The Harmonia Stellarum concert experience is completely unique.

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Timeless and Immediate: For 2026-27, Stage West plans a season where audiences feel safe to be provoked

Lindsey Wilson — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 04:40:17 +0000

An East German punk rocker, a Black female gunslinger, a pair of impressionable teens, a gold-digging pool boy, a riled-up school board, singing World War I soldiers, and William Shakespeare walk into a theater in Fort Worth…

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Cor Mundi: Music of the Spirit in the Heart of the World

Sherry Cheng — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:44:57 +0000

A truly unique performing arts organization has arrived on Houston’s vibrant classical music scene, a group dedicated to illuminating the sacred through music.

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Milestones & Superstar Soloists: Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Bold New Season

Steven Brown — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:16:21 +0000

It will be Luisi’s first time to conduct—and the orchestra’s first time to play—J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion.

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Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Nancy Wozny — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:02:35 +0000

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

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The Stories that Hair Can Tell: Rosemary Meza-DesPlas at the Martin Museum of Art

James Russell — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:09:18 +0000

Rosemary Meza-DesPlas is among the godmothers of her craft. Since the early 2000s, the Garland, Texas native has set the standard for how to integrate human specimens in art. All she’s using is hair.

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