Arts & Culture

In Passing

This Photo Exhibit Asks: Who is Genevieve Gaignard?

One biracial photographer explores the murky waters of identity at the Houston Center for Photography.

10/16/2017 By Elizabeth Myong

"Unconventional"

Inside the Houston Grand Opera's 'Resilience Theater' at George R. Brown

After Harvey, HGO settles into its (temporary) new digs at the George R. Brown Convention Center.

10/16/2017 By Morgan Kinney

Boo-tiful Life

Review: TUTS' Secret Garden Rejiggers a Classic With Mixed Results

Does a retooled version of the 1991 musical stand a ghost of a chance at a Broadway revival?

10/13/2017 By Alice Levitt

On Pointe

Dance Companies Converge Upon New York for Harvey Fundraising Extravaganza

“Hearts for Houston” will feature live performances by dancers from seven major companies to benefit the United Way of Greater Houston’s Harvey Relief Fund.

10/12/2017 By Morgan Kinney

Play Balls

5 Things You Must Do This Weekend, Oct. 13-15

A Day for Night warm up, Battle of the Sexes comes to the stage, vintage finds, and more.

10/12/2017 By Morgan Kinney

Not Kidding

Young Sheldon Is...Not Bad?

The Big Bang Theory offshoot is a surprisingly charming East Texas family sitcom.

10/11/2017 By Morgan Kinney

In Bloom

Escape Endless Summer at This Interactive Nature Simulation

An interactive installation at Rice's Moody Center allows Houston to ponder its relationship to nature.

10/10/2017 By Elizabeth Myong

Freedom Summer

Wadada Leo Smith Brings City-Spanning Civil Rights Masterpiece to Houston

Performed in parts between Austin, Houston, and New Orleans, 'Ten Freedom Summers' considers the psychological impact of a tumultuous decade.

10/10/2017 By Sydney Boyd

Rise above

Holocaust Zine Vedem Will Soar Into Space

“I see in that image the spirit Petr Ginz had — the dream of escape, and also the dream to bring other people with them."

10/09/2017 By Brittanie Shey

LCD SOUNDSYTEM?!

Behold On Repeat, Over and Over and Over Again

A Clarke & Associates Gallery show parlays a James Murphy banger into a surprising survey of repetition.

10/06/2017 By Morgan Kinney

Food is Family

The Story of Houston, Told Through Food

The new 'Food & Family' exhibit at the Heritage Society Museum Gallery dives deep into the dynamics that produced Houston's foodie culture.

10/05/2017 By Nandi Howard

Tour Time

5 Things You Must Do This Weekend, Oct. 6–8

Two weird tours, two musical diversions, one (of many) art fairs.

10/05/2017 By Morgan Kinney

Opa!

Montrose's Greek Festival is Back, and So Are Those Amazing Dancers

"It’s something that’s so essential to Greek life. You dance at baptisms, at weddings. It connects you to your heritage.”

10/04/2017 By Holly Beretto

Signs of the Times

Is the Future of Signs Behind Us?

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft presents an evolving look at a reemerging art form.

10/04/2017 By Anita Gomez

Risky Business

Rock Legend Bob Seger Postpones Houston Tour Date

Medical issues mean his Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion concert will be rescheduled.

10/03/2017 By Morgan Kinney

Black Box

Will You Follow Me Into the Dark?

Touch Box at the Lawndale Art Center explores sight, sound and touch with a participatory installation.

10/03/2017 By Elizabeth Myong

Auto Demo

For a Limited Time: Fill Up on Art at the Corner of Bissonnet and Shepherd

Trey Duvall has turned an abandoned gas station into a fluorescent-lit thought experiment.

10/02/2017 By Morgan Kinney

Ice House

Helping Juvenile Offenders, One Painting and One Play at a Time

The Children's Prison Arts Project helps kids in juvenile detention in the Houston area process their emotions through art.

10/02/2017 By Morgan Kinney

Visual Art

Two Decades of Work By a Houston Artist, Now on Display at the Rice University Gallery

Mounds, Vegans and Torpedo Boy are all recurring characters in Houston artist Trenton Doyle Hancock’s works

10/02/2017 By Chris Becker

KGB-approved

Describe the Night Dramatizes Creation and Destruction Over Nine Decades

In a world premiere, the Alley Theatre tackles a multi-generation tale of Russian intrigue and drama.

09/29/2017 By Doni Wilson

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