The Arthropologist

Best memories: Eight powerful performances that made this arts season special

By Nancy Wozny

05.21.13 | 12:32 pm

My inbox is bombarded with new season info. Looks great, people, I'll be there, but not right now, I'm still processing this past season. As May winds down and we head into the semi-art ...

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Your weekly guide to Houston: Five (plus) don't-miss events, including a historic goodbye

By Joel Luks

05.14.13 | 12:10 pm

On tap this week are Hans Graf's last performance as Houston Symphony's music director, a history boat tour, an artsy evening that raises awareness for breast cancer prevention, dance on wa ...

Society for the Performing Arts' 17th Annual Fall Luncheon

Jones Hall

10.09.13

Society for the Performing Arts hosts its 17th Annual Luncheon, which features guest speaker Molly Ringwald, author of When it Happens to You.

Society for the Performing Arts presents Scooby-Doo Live! Musical Mysteries

Jones Hall

06.01.13 - 06.01.13

In this new production, Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. Gang have been called upon to help solve an epic mystery. A trouble-making ghost is haunting a local theater and Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy

A Conversation between Shen Wei Dance Arts' Stephen Xue and Houston Ballet's Stanton Welch: "Dancing The Rite of Spring"

Houston Ballet Center for Dance

05.17.13

This conversation with Shen Wei Dance Arts' company manager Stephen Xue and Houston Ballet's artistic director Stanton Welch will focus on choreographing one of the most famous works perfor

Don't Miss Events

Your weekly guide to Houston: Five (plus) don't-miss events, including art cars and vampires

By Joel Luks

05.08.13 | 2:39 pm

On tap this week are a hula-themed young professionals fundraiser, a yearly tradition of artful vehicles, a home tour that awakens the spirit of yore and the story of a vampire set to music that th ...

Society for the Performing Arts presents Shen Wei Dance Arts

Jones Hall

05.18.13

The New York City-based Shen Wei Dance Arts is devoted to the creation of innovative dance forms for the 21st century. A seamless fusion of Chinese opera, painting, dance and music with Western per

Shelby's Social Diary

Red hot gala with Latin samba sensation is a musical hit for Society for the Performing Arts

By Shelby Hodge

04.23.13 | 9:33 am

How to remain in your dinner chair when Brazil's samba sensation and Latin Grammy Award winner Diogo Nogueira is churning out his seductive sounds on stage? Just ask the 400 or so bla ...

Society for the Performing Arts presents the Spanish Harlem Orchestra in "Ritmo Latino!"

Miller Outdoor Theatre

05.03.13

Society for the Performing Arts presents "Ritmo Latino!" a performance by Spanish Harlem Orchestra, the Grammy Award-winning ambassadors of New York's classic salsa. New York styl

The Arthropologist

Leap of faith: Society for the Performing Arts emphasizes power of dance in new season

By Nancy Wozny

04.07.13 | 11:30 am

Running, skipping, sliding across the stage with a whoosh, and finally leaping into a set of arms may be the most iconic combination of everyday movements in all of modern dance. This sequence &nbs ...