There's no better place to take your date on Monday, February 14, 2021 than the MATCH, where jazz singer and songwriter Raquel Cepeda will host her sixth consecutive “Jazz on Valentine’s” concert. This annual Houston tradition plays to a consistently packed house, and has become an alluring trademark of Cepeda's ever-expanding artistry. Read more
ISHIDA Dance Company is a new world-class contemporary dance company for Texas featuring venerated dancers from many of the top companies in the world (Ballet BC, Houston Ballet, Hubbard Street, LINES Ballet, RUBBERBANDance Group, Göteborgs Operans Danskompani, and Netherlands Dans Theater). ISHIDA blends contemporary dance with theatrical elements while retaining the physicality and beauty of the human form from traditional ballet. ISHIDA presents unique narratives relevant to a modern audience that explore archetypal themes and invite existential questions: Where do we come from? Who are we? Where are we going? Such works enable audiences to gather meaning and emotional connection. ISHIDA’s poetic narratives prompt introspection to lead to greater kindness towards oneself and otherness.Read more
Drawn from interviews from students in Houston and NYC, Robert D. Jackson uses documentary solo performance to magnify the challenges students face navigating high school and young adulthood as artists and activist. A combination of spoken word, poetry and musical performances will take place and will be livestream for the general public.
The Catastrophic Theatre is proud to present the premiere of 30 Ways To Get Free, written by Candice D’Meza and directed by Nate Edwards. 30 Ways To Get Free is a series of three Afrofuturist micro-films that position abolition and liberation through the lens of science fiction. By exploring the worlds of spontaneous combustion, mermaids, trans-dimensional cell phones, and alien abductions, the films center on three of an unlimited number of ways Black people may triumphantly enter a free new world of their own imagining.
Catastrophic is thrilled to be producing Candice D’Meza’s first film script and excited to collaborate with notable filmmaker Nate Edwards. The stellar cast features veteran actors Anthony August, Candice D’Meza, Byron Jacquet, Anna Maria Morris, and Jet Tettey. The film’s production crew includes director of photography Nicholas Lloyd, assistant director Jamar Hawkins, wardrobe designer Joy Cohen, and production designer Ruby Amare. The films are edited by Nate Edwards and Nicholas Lloyd, with sound and special effects by Tim Thomson.
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The Women Have Something to Say tells the stories of women finding their voices through monologues and song texts written by the musicians themselves and set to music by composer Madeline Styskal. Read more
The second concert of THE PONCE PROJECT Spring Virtual Season presents a curated collection of Latin American Art Songs "Canciones" from México, Venezuela, Argentina, Uruguay and Colombia. Read more
The fourth concert of THE PONCE PROJECT Spring Virtual Season presents a selection of some of the most beautiful piano compositions by Manuel M. Ponce.
Although better known worldwide as a composer for classical guitar, Ponce's total output for the piano surpasses 200 compositions that include virtually all forms and genres: Preludes, Fugues, Sonatas, Variations, Etudes, Nocturnes, Intermezzi, Minuets, Dances, Mazurkas, Rhapsodies, Marches, etc.
Mexican-born pianist Oscar Vázquez performs a carefully curated selection of Ponce's compositions that include the famous habanera for the left-hand alone: Malgrè Tout.Read more
The third concert of THE PONCE PROJECT Spring Virtual Season presents one of the seminal compositions for the cello and piano repertoire of the twentieth century. The Sonata for violoncello and piano, composed in México City in 1922, was premiered in October of the same year by Ponce himself at the piano along with Oscar Nicastro playing the cello.
Astrid Morales (piano) and Wesley Skinner (cello) deliver a top-notch performance of one of the finest and most demanding sonatas in the repertoire.Read more
The Spring Season Finale presents a compilation of some of the best artists performing some of the most beautiful and exciting Latin American Classical Music. The program includes Piazolla's Le Grand Tango and Ponce's Estrellita.Read more
The Cinematic Affair, the collaborative team of Houston's talented filmmakers Shacolby Shentell Entertainment, Shotwell Features, 6th Street, and SGA366 presents an array of short films guaranteed to have you on the edge of your seats.
Next Lifetime written and directed by the multifaceted Shacolby Shentell of Shacolby Shentell Entertainment, LLC intel's a story of two lovers living double lives. When your heart yearns for the wrong person and you cross those forbidden lines. Award winning writer and director Malcolm Carter of Shotwell features presents The SZN. A conceited entrepreneur concocting his way to taking over an independent media company. Jamaal Williams making his debut with writing his first film Redness Relief. A modern day love story turned inside out. Drama filled, passion, romance, suspense! You are definitely in for great entertainment. Read more
