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“One must not trifle with love.” – Alfred de Musset Houston Grand Opera is continuing its season with one of opera’s most lyrical and often-performed works: Giacomo Puccini’s masterpiece Madame Butterfly. It is not just the magnificent music that has c…
Read MoreLight, color, canvas: PaperCity queries Kimbell Art Museum deputy director George Shackelford in the final weeks of his curatorial triumph — the museum’s blockbuster exhibitions “Bonnard’s Worlds.” Lauded as one of fall’s 12 must-see museum shows…
Read MoreOn the heels of a triumphant Thunder Ball last year, Fresh Arts is getting ready to come back with its annual costume gala on Saturday, February 17 at Silver Street Studios. Themed Wonder Ball, the evening promises to take Houstonians down a rabbit hol…
Read MoreHouston’s jazz and chamber music concert producers and presenters DACAMERA hosted a high-spirited reception celebrating the iconic New Orleans native and jazz musician Terence Blanchard. His band graced Houston’s Wortham Theater Center with…
Read MoreFifteen minutes normally sounds like an eternity to spend in a single small room of a gallery. Your phone’s buzzing. You’re trying to drown out distant chatting from another room. Maybe you’re planning where you’ll get coffee afterwards. Mr. Tomonoshi’…
Read MoreBesides the big galas, Houston’s arty party scene is marked by a number of cool and creative evenings. Here are some memorable nights all about art that also gave back. Art of the World Gallery Evening with Javier Marín What: An auction event be…
Read MoreWhimsical wigs met crazy coiffures and bodacious bouffants at Lawndale Art Center’s 30th annual Hair Ball. Themed “Diamonds, Pearls, and Curls.” The latest edition of this legendary dress-up fundraiser saw 300 Houstonians decked out in outfits and hair…
Read MoreIshida Dance is presenting keepsake, a collection of visionary and visceral works, this Friday, January 12 and Saturday, January 13 at the Hobby Center. These are works that are sure linger in the mind of the audience long after the curtain closes. Cur…
Read MoreTwo photographers, unknown to each other, traveled across the United States searching for myth-challenging realities at the mid-century. Both lensmen received a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship. Each photographer’s objective was the same: to docu…
Read MoreIn an exclusive for PaperCity, Houston-raised, St. John’s School and University of Houston Honors College alum Preston Douglas is sharing the details of his underground mashup of couture fashion in performance art that went down recently in Los A…
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