2013 Menil Community Arts Festival & Houston Indie Book Fair

The Menil Collection

04.20.13

The Menil Collection and a group of surrounding arts organizations come together to host an afternoon of art and entertainment that will extend across the Menil campus. Highlighting the divers

Cultural Tourism Lives Here

New music festival to put Houston on the early music map as it draws national attention, curiosity

By Joel Luks

03.04.13 | 4:58 pm

Ask and you shall receive, so they say. In a nutshell, that's how the first annual Texas Early Music Festival was born. With a healthy dose of planning and a pinch of serendipity, the weeke ...

Calendar Closeup

Your weekly guide to Houston: Five (plus) don't-miss events — indoor biking included

By Joel Luks

02.27.13 | 10:42 am

What's going on this week is a melange of fresh opera, sporty events that support good doers, a funky costume party, a classy gala and a wine dinner. I can be of further assistance: Click o ...

Designer appearance and trunk show: Zang Toi benefiting Da Camera

02.28.13

Designer Zang Toi will preview his Fall 2013 Trunk Show Collection. The event celebrates Da Damera of Houston's 25th anniversary with fashion and refreshments.

Da Camera presents the world premiere of Sarah Rothenberg's In the Garden of Dreams

Wortham Theater Center

05.03.13 - 05.04.13

For the finale of its 25th Anniversary season, Da Camera presents the world premiere of Sarah Rothenberg's In the Garden of Dreams. The worlds of music, art, theater and ideas meet in this new

The CultureMap Interview

Going naked for Bach: Hot violinist Jennifer Koh reveals her intimate, private musical journey

By Joel Luks

02.12.13 | 1:22 pm

Most people would say that violinist Jennifer Koh took a big risk when she decided against a traditional solo career. Koh had all the makings or a classical music mega star: Her debut with ...

Houston Young People for the Arts

HYPA young professionals rev up an artsy party Prohibition style at Bootlegger's Ball

By Joel Luks

02.04.13 | 4:11 pm

Flappers, gangsters, hoofers and dapper gents transformed the Majestic Metro to its former 1920s Art Deco glory, when it was dubbed The Ritz, Saturday night. Houston Young People for the ...

Houston Young People for the Arts Gala "Bootlegger's Ball: A 1920s Prohibition Rendition"

02.02.13

Come as a flapper or come as you are, dress as a gangster or silent silver screen star for Houston Young People for the Arts' party saluting the 1920s and celebrating HYPA's 

Rare Birds

With Another Country, Cassandra Wilson continues to expand the boundaries of jazz

By Chris Becker

10.19.12 | 1:51 pm

"Is that a trick question?" says singer Cassandra Wilson when I ask her if her latest album Another Country is a "jazz" album. Recorded in Florence, Italy, with co-prod ...

Let them listen to Bach

Connecting the notes: Da Camera's 25th anniversary show brings creative music and cake together

By Joel Luks

09.28.12 | 11:17 am

Over that past 25 years, Da Camera of Houston's artistic director and founder Sarah Rothenberg has conceived a je ne sais quoi approach to programming music that's akin to a brilliant ...