Carmela Full of Wishes Adapted by Alvaro Saar Rios From the book by Matt de la Peña Illustrated by Christian Robinson Feliz Cumpleaños! It’s Carmela’s birthday, and she’s finally old enough to tag along with her big brother as he runs the family errands. Passing by the bodega and the lavanderia, Carmela picks a dandelion […]
Featuring the Bach Choir, instrumentalists, and the magnificent Bach Organ at Christ the King Lutheran Church, the performance highlights Cantata “Die Elenden sollen essen,” B.W.V. 75, on its 300th anniversary. Admission is free, with donations accepted. Bratwurst and beer will be available for purchase at the Christ the King Oktoberfest on the church grounds after […]
Estimated runtime of 1 hour and 30 minutes with no intermission. Peter returns to his twenty-year high-school reunion with dreams of winning back Kari, the girl he left behind after an unexpected pregnancy ended their relationship. Standing in Peter's way is Kari's bitter-as-ever resentment, her husband and the fact that Peter still hasn't grown up. […]
Awesome arrangements of many of the fantastic songs from the 80s will be interspersed with hilarious hijinks typical of The Music Box Theater crew. This show will feature classics originally sung by Heart (“These Dreams”), Bonnie Tyler (“Total Eclipse”), Prince (“Purple Rain”), Queen and David Bowie (“Under Pressure”), Don Henley (“Boys of Summer”) and so […]
Chopin International Piano Competition winner Seong-Jin Cho unfurls the shimmering colors and jazzy panache of Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand. Betsy Jolas’s A Little Summer Suite “tickles the ears from the opening twists of the rainstick” (The Times, London). And, dive into a world of psychedelic fantasy and unbridled imagination when Music Director Juraj Valcuha leads Symphonie […]
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Diabelli 200 Explorer is the interactive website accompanying Anthony Brandt’s February 24-25 premiere of Diabelli 200, commissioned by Performing Arts Houston for their New/Now performance series. This virtual component explores the historic and neuroscience inspiration behind this new work, which was developed in collaboration with University of Houston neuroscientist Dr. Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal. In 1819, […]
The Negro Motorist Green Book, a new exhibition developed by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) in collaboration with award-winning author, photographer and cultural documentarian, Candacy Taylor will be on display in Holocaust Museum Houston’s Josef and Edith Mincberg Gallery Sept. 1 through Nov. 26, 2023. The Green Book provided critical, life-saving information on […]
This exhibition presents more than one hundred portraits made over the past twenty years by Houston-based artist Nestor Topchy (b. 1963). The small paintings, with their gold backgrounds, resemble Byzantine icons; however, rather than representing religious figures, Topchy depicts friends and colleagues in the art community.
The black cat’s out of the bag—HAUNTED HUES arrives at Color Factory this fall! Celebrating all the colors and creatures of the season, this exclusive Halloween experience features special treats, spellbinding photo opps, a monstrously fun scavenger hunt and a pumpkin patch like you’ve never seen before. Grab your costumes and your tickets and join […]
