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The women who have been featured in my monthly Bomb column have all been inspirational. Many have raised millions of dollars to make our community better through social services and the arts. Others have been powerful business leaders, and often rose t…
Read MoreEvery generation births a new set of brazen artists who hope not just to create but to change the world with those creations. Yet across time and cultures very few have sought political and societal revolution via polyurethane foam foot-shaped lounge c…
Read MoreNow there’s a place — and a very chic and sublime one, at that — to lay your travel-weary head in the Dallas Arts District. The towering Hall Arts Hotel, with its sleek glass facade and commanding views of the Dallas skyline, is the only hotel in the c…
Read MoreOn stage, war stories are about as ancient as drama itself, but peace stories, those tales of the rages and sacrifices that a lasting truce between enemies requires, that drama rarely finds its place in the theater spotlight. So leave it to Lawrence Wr…
Read MoreThrough her vibrant, graffiti-style paintings splashed with hearts and messages of love, Los-Angeles based artist Amber Goldhammer has become known for spreading positivity and joy with a hefty dash of street cred and West Coast-cool. Goldhammer was in…
Read MoreAs opera enthusiasts cast their votes for the Audience Choice Award in Houston Grand Opera’s annual Concert of Arias, the professional judges contemplated who would win the coveted $10,000 award and a slot in the HGO Studio. For opera fans, this …
Read MoreFrom its founding in 1981, Houston Center for Photography’s annual Print Auction has been the nonprofit’s most important date on the calendar, the apex of its annual fundraising efforts. The 2020 39th Annual Print Auction and Dinner promises to deliver…
Read MoreOne playwright, three plays, three theater companies, one character, two actors. That’s the equation for the unprecedented loose alliance of Houston theaters collaborating to produce the entirety of Quiara Alegría Hudes’s acclaimed Elliot Trilogy. Toge…
Read MoreIt still feels very much like February outside, but SOLUNA 2020 is set to heat things up in Dallas this spring. With a lineup that includes Grammy Award-winning alt-rock band The Flaming Lips in collaboration with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, this wi…
Read MoreWe don’t want to spoil the ending, but Romeo and Juliet is the timeless tale of tragic love for good reason. The Dallas Symphony Orchestra is revisiting the legendary romance just in time for Valentine’s Day. Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet will be perf…
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