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The first museum retrospective devoted to Bess in more than twenty years, Forrest Bess: Seeing Things Invisible will present 48 of the artist’s visionary paintings, dating from 1946 to 1970, though August 18.

Thai artist Pinaree Sanpitak's " language of abstract rounded forms brings to mind eggs, pears, breasts, clouds, and stupas—mound-like architecture that house Buddhist relics—and prompts reflection on spiritual and physical sustenance," at the Austin Museum of Art (Jones Center) through June 30.

Wow, Hans Graf says goodbye Houston with a stunning Mahler 2nd! Here's my review at Culturemap.

The Houston premieres of Folding and Rite of Spring, here's my feature on Shen Wei Dance Arts from Houston Chronicle.

Houston Grand Opera's production of Tristan and Isolde might be the best I've ever seen.

Marty Regan's new opera on the tsunami, The Memory Stone, premieres at HGO.

A very successful new Rite of Spring from Stanton Welch, for Houston Ballet. Here's my review at Culturemap

An exciting debut for Houston: Brazil's Grupo Corpo shows up later this week for two performances! Here's my feature in Houston Chronicle

Houston Grand Opera offers a lackluster Showboat and a dollar-stretching Don Giovanni a few weeks later, making me think the company is in a muddy period

Companhia de Dança Deborah Colker made a huge impression at Jones Hall in Houston, presented by Society for the Performing Arts. Here's my review in Dance Magazine

After the nuclear holocaust, there will still be roaches, and no doubt they'll be dancing in The Nutcracker. But SERIOUSLY, Houston Ballet's Nutcracker this year is stunning. The company's Jubilee, which included Amy Fote's farewell performances, was somewhat mixed.

One of Houston's most inventive choreographers, Karen Stokes, premieres Vine Leaf Dances at Barnevelder Complex. Here's my feature in Houston Chronicle.

Silly headline, fascinating project. Jeeyoung Kim and Janine Joseph’s new opera at HGO.

Recent updates in Houston Ballet's roster for the upcoming season, from Houston Chronicle.

A mostly thrilling season with a dull finale. My review of Houston Ballet in Ben Stevenson's Romeo and Juliet, from culturemap.

My Houston Chronicle feature on Kenneth E Parris III's exhibition documenting the final tour of Merce Cunningham Dance Company and former MCDC company member Melissa Toogood's dance performance in Houston

Review of Opera in the Heights' modest, yet vocally stunning, production of La Traviata; from Culturemap

A thrilling Don Carlos from Houston Grand Opera. Here's my review from Culturemap

An intriguing interview I did with Andrea Miller, choreographer and artistic director of Gallim Dance from the Houston Chronicle

A wonderful staging of Thomas Ades' Powder Her Face by Opera Vista! Here's my review at Culturemap.

The world premiere of Karen Stokes and Bill Ryan's Secondary Colors, from Houston Chronicle.

The latest in French-Algerian choreography, U.S. premiere of Compagnie La Baraka in Houston. Here's my review at Dance Magazine.

Curator Andrea Karnes brings the unprecedented México: Inside Out to The Modern Art Museum of Ft. Worth, an exhibition of contemporary art from central Mexico and Mexico City,1990s to the present.

The world premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon and Leonard Foglia's A Coffin in Egypt, based on Horton foote's play, March 2014.