Contemporary dance & wild jazz tributing the FOTOFEST Biennial theme of Global Visions and exploring the generative aspect of photography through adding the sensations of sound and movement as an extension of the visual image. Read more
Please join us March 26 - 27 for To Exits is to Resist, a Photo Gallery Exhibit by Hanan Awad, as part FotoFest at 40.
Gallery Exhibit/Photos by Hanan Awad
Live Music
Special performance by comedian Rami AbushhabRead more
In their inaugural collaboration, Loop38 and Aperio present Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians, celebrating the 50th anniversary of its groundbreaking 1976 premiere. Hailed as a defining work of American minimalism, Music for 18 Musicians helped bring minimalist music into the cultural spotlight. Its 1978 recording was a commercial and cultural breakthrough, propelling minimalism beyond the New York scene and to listeners around the world.
Fifty years later, the work remains vital and visionary. This performance offers a rare opportunity to experience Music for 18 Musicians live in Houston. Join us in honoring a masterpiece that continues to shape the sound of contemporary music today.Read more
Join us for an evening of laughs! This special performance is part of the To Exist is to Resist and FotoFest at 40.
Rami Abushhab is a Palestinian award-winning actor and stand-up comedian based in Chicago, Illinois, known for his sharp storytelling, political commentary, and quick-witted crowd work. He appeared in a supporting role in BJ’s Mobile Gift Shop, an official selection of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, and has been featured on major television series including Law & Order and Chicago PD. As a comedian, he was featured on Laughter Is Good For The Soul, which debuted as the number one comedy album in the U.S. on iTunes. A former varsity basketball player and fluent Arabic speaker, Rami currently tours internationally, bringing his dynamic and culturally insightful performances to audiences around the world.Read more
Musiqa and Kinetic Ensemble partner to present the world premiere of Canadian-American composer Karim Al-Zand’s The Strangers’ Case. The GRAMMY® award-winning, Lebanese-American tenor Karim Sulayman joins the ensemble for this song cycle for tenor and string orchestra that gathers poems and other turn-of-the-century accounts by immigrants to the United States and, in so doing, reminds us of our shared history, fraught as it is with contradiction, filled with both selfless generosity and selfish indifference.Read more
In-Person Tickets & Livestream Available
Longtime Metropolitan Opera concertmaster and new Rice professor David Chan makes his Musica Tra Amici Debut, joining Boson Mo, Brinton Averil Smith, James Dunham and Evelyn Chen in music from the height of romanticism in Vienna, including Mahler's piano quartet and Korngold's stunningly beautiful Suite for two violins, cello and piano left hand.Read more
Benise shattered the mold of Spanish guitar by combining world music and dance. Armed with his Spanish guitar and a stage full of musicians and elaborately choreographed dancers, Benise takes the audience on a musical journey through Spanish Flamenco, Cuban Salsa, Brazilian Samba, Parisian Waltz, exotic drumming, and more! Read more
