Two bewitching and sonorous string works - Tchaikovsky’s homage to his idol Mozart, modernizing classical elements with his own lush and lyrical style, is paired with Elgar’s delightful and endearing early work.
The Neighborhood Series is made possible also in part by the Houston Endowment and the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance.Read more
In the Blood introduces us to Hester, a woman of the street who has five children by five different fathers. Hester lives in a state of illiteracy while claiming as a home for herself and her children the underside of a bridge. She is offered ineffectual help by her closest friend, Amiga Gringa, by a social worker, by a roaming medical doctor, and by an evangelical street preacher. Help is seemingly at hand when Chili, the father of her first “treasure,” Jabber, appears and offers her a chance for rescue. In The Blood by Suzan-Lori Parks Read more
Houston's top youth poets, emcees, and spoken word artists compete for a chance to join the internationally-renowned Meta-Four Houston youth slam team. The top 6 winners of the Space City Grand Slam will represent Houston at the Brave New Voices International Poetry Slam Festival, held this summer in Las Vegas. Read more
Bees are dying; governments are worried. Top-notch universities are racing to explain Colony Collapse Disorder.Read more
Brooke and Zeke are excited to star in their school's next hit musical, The Phantom – until they hear a rumor that the show is cursed. Mysterious events start happening at the theater, and no one can be sure if it’s just coincidence or the work of…The Phantom! This silly and (only a little) spooky musical is based on the beloved series from R. L. Stine.Read more
After a lifetime of misery, Laura Willowes is done with the world of men. The moon is up, the autumn wind is calling, and a mysterious hunter waits in the forest. It's time to go...Read more
Autumn Knight and Robert Pruitt, Texas natives who began their artist careers in Houston, will historicize contemporary art-making practices in Houston by discussing its black and artist-of color communities.Read more
SUSTENTO: from La Performera to La Mujer Maravilla is a lecture-performance by the transdisciplinary artist, Awilda Rodríguez Lora also known as La Performera. Stories, movements, and songs are strategies used by La Performera to invite the audience to reflect on the concept of sustento (sustenance) as a complex and vital idea for survival in creative and everyday practices.Read more
"Make Art, Not War" has become a cliché sentiment, perhaps to the point of losing its meaning. But, artist Ganzeer asks, is there something to it? Is it at all possible that art represents antitheses to a culture of warfare that has dominated humanity since the beginning of our time?Read more
In this lecture-demonstration, Garrop takes the audience through a step-by-step process of how she composes instrumental music, demystifying a process that for many remains challenging to understand. Read more
