Dear Human Animals by Soya the Cow. Animal rights, climate activism, music and feminism - spiced up with a good dose of drag: that's Soya the Cow. The alter-ego of the artist and musician Daniel Hellmann, who lives in Zurich and Berlin, blurs the boundaries between male and female, human and cow, and manages the balancing act between a serious desire to change the world and a humorous sense of lightness.Her cabaret show Dear Human Animals, an evening full of emotional songs, surprising storytelling and mesmerising live visuals, challenges the human self-image as the center of the universe.Read more

Artist INC, a program of Mid-America Arts Alliance, is an eight-week seminar designed to address the specific professional and entrepreneurial challenges that artists of all disciplines face in their practices. Powered by Fresh Arts, 2022 marks the fifth year of Artist INC-Houston.

PRESENTING ARTISTS

Jatziri Barron Preciado // Lindsay Burck // LeAndre Douglas // Diana Sofia Estrada // Betsy Evans // E.L. Frederick-Leota // Florence Garvey // Ian Gerson // Laura Gordon-Hurter // Krystle Holnes // Jennifer Howe // Taylor Jackson // Lindsey Johnson // Joanne Kendall // Kendrick Lattimore // Nicole Peralta // Ruby Pinedo-Fear // Tasnuva Rahman // Mason Rankin // Elizabeth Umanzor // Andrea Venson // Julia WrightRead more

The Inspire Film Festival is proud to present the award-winning documentary, The Interpreters, a poignant but tense portrayal of a very human and high stakes side of war’s aftermath.  Hear the courageous stories of Afghan and Iraqi interpreters who risked their lives aiding American troops – but then became the people we left behind.  Join us along with our partners at Combined Arms for the screening of this important film followed by a Q&A with interpreters who have resettled in Houston. Read more

Kinetic closes its 2021-22 season with a concerto-filled program — but probably not the kind you have in mind! Featuring the world premiere of Concerto/Five by Houston-based composer, Anthony Brandt (Professor, Rice University, and Artistic Director, Musiqa), followed by the rarely-performed Concerto for Strings by Hollywood film scorer, Miklós Rózsa, this program defies the boundaries of the traditional concerto genre, and celebrates the virtuosity of the string orchestra as a whole.Read more

ROCO’s Unchambered series winds up with “Spinning Tales”, highlighting the percussion family, live from the MATCH and also livestreamed at ROCO.org, Facebook, YouTube, and A440.live. Featuring and curated by ROCO percussionists Matthew McClung, Christina Carroll, and Craig Hauschildt, the program will present music by composers such as Quinn Mason, Steve Reich, Keiko Abe, and more, and will take the audience on a journey through a wide variety of percussive instruments, including an interactive Q&A.Read more

Overlapping Territories is an interdisciplinary, experimental space for six artists to engage, discover, and reimagine what it means to be in relationship to the land. Curated by Ashley DeHoyos, this ongoing project begins with a Houston-centered approach as a way of understanding what conversations around land already exist within the city. Artists Liyen Chong, Catherine Davila-Martinez, Angel Lartigue, Matt Manalo, Jenah Maravilla, and Monica Villarreal will create multidisciplinary projects that reflect the breadth of the investigations and interrogations into land-centered politics and the issues attached to particular geographies and histories.Read more

For the first time, the Cannes-premiered, award-winning film “Revolution of Our Times” is coming to Texas. Banned in Hong Kong, the documentary looks into the human stories behind the 2019 protests in Hong Kong, one of the biggest social movements in recent China. Whether from Hong Kong or not, you are guaranteed a powerful experience. “We saw it, we loved it... we decided it was important to screen it,” said Director Thierry Frémaux regarding its debut at Cannes. Join us at this meaningful screening, which also includes a panel discussion and merch sales featuring works by Hong Kong artists. Read more

The evening presents dancers of the Bayou City Ballet Youth Company and the Bayou City Ballet School and features a classical ballet suite set to Alexander Glazunov's The Seasons, as well as premiere neo-classical and contemporary works by Robbie Moore and Caleb Mitchell created for the Youth Company. The program also includes works by August Bournonville set by Artistic Director Alexander Pandiscio.Read more