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ONCE UPON A TIME: A NIGHT OF MUSIC WITH THE PILLOWMAN

A night of live music celebrating The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh, presented by Texas artist and musician Hescher in collaboration with Dirt Dogs Theatre Co.

Featuring performances from the artist behind the music of The PillowmanHescher, as well as Palestinian-American artist and activist Taleen, Texas songwriter and permaculturist Tyagaraja, and Houston-born “Rock/Folk/Whatever” duo The Manichean, performing together for the first time in over ten years.

One night only, limited seating, live music meets theatre…Read more

TONIGHT AT 7

Texas Archive of the Moving Image

TONIGHT AT 7

Houston Television from the Archive

Tune into TONIGHT AT 7 and watch Houston television highlights originally broadcast between 1961 and 2004. Featuring curated selections from the Texas Archive of the Moving Image's KPRC-TV and KHOU-TV collections, the one-hour program showcases top news, weather, and sports stories as well as production specials and behind-the-scenes features.

Screening presented by the Texas Archive of the Moving Image, Texas Film Commission, Houston Public Library's Houston History Research Center, and Houston Cinema Arts Society.Read more

Houston: Con Salsa!

Houston: Con Salsa! features the rich history of the development of Salsa in Houston that spans over 50 years! With interviews, anecdotes and life changing experiences shared by pioneering figures that help launch, build and establish what we know today as the Houston Salsa Scene. The film explores the humble beginnings and the transformative role Salsa played in helping to diversify the Houston Latin population and the impact it continues to have in several areas in the country's "Most Diverse" city. Musicians, dancers, instructors, civic and media personalities and others, share their experiences on the effect this genre has had in their lives and in the Houston community. An amazing feature of the film is interviews with Houston’s first salsa musical group director and with the first established salsa dance studio founder. Filmmaker Devonte Hill captures the universal language of salsa as we learn how rhythms and movement brought people from all over the world together – in Houston!Read more

The Divas Ball

Vincent Victoria Presents

The Divas Ball

Written by Vincent Victoria and Taylor Getwood

A celebration of historical African American Divas from the past and present! Highlighting such divas as Ella Fitzgerald, Josephine Baker, David Ruffin, Bessie Smith and many others. The Divas Ball aims to accurately recreate many of the penultimate performances of each celebrated diva from sports, politics and entertainment.Read more

The Collection

Cai Circus & Future Stars of Houston

The Collection

A Cai Circus original production. Written and directed by Caiya Velasco

Grouping artists from all different backgrounds to bring you a collection of contemporary dancing and aerial arts. This piece was created to shine a light on the importance of versatility in the performance world. Movement, strength, flexibility and aerial. Putting this piece together has allowed these performers to learn from and work with different movement types. Bringing them all together to create The Collection.Read more

Meeting on Mount Olympus

Cai Circus & Future Stars of Houston

Meeting on Mount Olympus

with original Music by Vinyl Lounge Studios Written and directed by Caiya Velasco-Teters

With this magical introduction to Greek mythology, Meeting on Mount Olympus will tell the stories of the many amazing and mythical Gods and Monsters of Greek mythology, shown through Aerial Arts, Dance, Singing and Storytelling. Join us as we take you on a journey about the magical world of Greek mythology!Read more

AIKYA: Oneness of Music, Rhythm & Movement

Indian Performing Arts Samskriti

AIKYA: Oneness of Music, Rhythm & Movement

Featuring Odissi dancer Arushi Mudgal, accompanied by musicians, from India. A Samskriti presentation.

AIKYA explores the state of oneness in music, rhythm and movement. These complementing arts converge and diverge harmoniously, at times creating abstract patterns, and at others tell stories that hail from the soil of India. Read more

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