Arts & Culture
Here’s how to celebrate Star Wars Day in the Houston area
Posted on · Houston has a bunch of great places to celebrate Star Wars Day, here's just a few spots you can hit tonight or later this month.
Posted on · Houston has a bunch of great places to celebrate Star Wars Day, here's just a few spots you can hit tonight or later this month.
Posted on · Capathia Jenkins, Broadway singer and actress, talks about her upcoming powerful performance of Aretha Franklin's songs with the Houston Symphony April 22 - 24. Plus, award-winning writer and biographer David Ritz shares memories of compassion and other things he learned while working with the Queen of Soul.
Posted on · The actor and his band, The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, perform in Houston Friday.
Posted on · Video Games Live is a touring show that highlights the music of video games from The Legend of Zelda to Final Fantasy. We talk with the creator of the tour, which comes to Houston July 14.
Posted on · Go backstage with Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada and hear some of his personal insights on the Houston Symphony’s next concert.
Posted on · Go backstage with Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada and hear some of his personal insights on the Houston Symphony’s next concert.
Posted on · Go backstage with Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada and hear some of his personal insights on the Houston Symphony’s next concert.
Posted on · The Houston Symphony performs Handel’s Messiah this weekend (Dec. 16-18), featuring Grammy-winning conductor Stephen Stubbs in his Houston Symphony debut leading the concert from the harpsichord. The piece tells the story of Jesus Christ’s nativity, passion, resurrection, and ascension. Stuctured in three parts and includes famous melodies "Ev'ry Valley" and the glorious "Hallelujah Chorus" All […]
Posted on · The Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month. In the first of a three-part series, we start with the story of the venue’s creation.
Posted on · Fifty years ago today, on Oct. 3 1966, Houstonâs Jones Hall for the Performing Arts held its first concert, hosting the Houston Symphony â which still calls the hall home today. Other organizations have called it home over the years too, like the Houston Grand Opera, the Houston Ballet and Society for the Performing Arts. […]
Posted on · Recently (Sept. 20, 2016), Shell Oil announced plans to vacate most of its downtown offices. Thousands of employees are expected to move to the company's Woodcreek Complex on I-10 and North Dairy Ashford and to the Shell Technology Center on State Highway 6. The move is planned for the first quarter of 2017. On this […]
Posted on · Go backstage with Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada and hear some of his personal insights on the Houston Symphony’s next concert.
Posted on · What do they have in store for 2016 and 2017?
Posted on · The Houston Symphony presents Garrison Keillor, the longtime host of A Prairie Home Companion, at Jones Hall on Wednesday night (Jan. 27, 2016). We talk with the famed public radio host about his decision to retire as host of Prairie Home in the coming months. (Image Courtesy: Prairie Home Productions)
Posted on · For folks of a certain generation, if they were to hear the first few notes of the soundtrack to The Legend of Zelda video game, perhaps memories of their childhood would instantly be conjured. Well, those who grew up in the era of 8-bit video games can relive part of their childhood — in higher-quality […]