Philip Glass

Without Air: Choreography Is King, But Where’s the Star Power?

Swamp Thing

Out of the soup of southern Louisiana comes a collection of Cajun all-stars with an indescribably sweet sound

Drums and Tuba

Sunday, May 22, at Rudyard's, 2010 Waugh Drive, 713-521-0521.

The Power of Movement

Every top dance company in town comes together for a whirlwind concert

Eyeballin': Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

A shy and awkward Iowan prairie boy sits down in front of the camera somewhere in late 1970s New York, and out comes one of the most enigmatic and genre-confounding voices of our time. Recently released DVD Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell is less of a documentary and more of a dee ... More >>

Rotation

A shy and awkward Iowan prairie boy sits down in front of the camera somewhere in late 1970s New York, and out comes one of the most enigmatic and genre-confounding voices of our time. Recently released DVD Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell is less of a documentary and more of a dee ... More >>

Conversation Piece

The Alley's All in the Timing examines the pains and pleasures of language

Three to the Beat

Peter Martins' Waltz Project gets its Houston debut

Rotation

Peter Martins' Waltz Project gets its Houston debut

The Reich Stuff

A new boxed set gives minimalist Steve Reich maximum exposure

Press Picks

A new boxed set gives minimalist Steve Reich maximum exposure

Rotation

A new boxed set gives minimalist Steve Reich maximum exposure

Jubilee of Dance

They can’t take ballet away from me

"Perspectives 163: Every Sound You Can Imagine"

The CAMH showcases jazz on paper

“Deeply Rooted”

Houston’s newest dance troupe, Urban Souls Dance Company, makes its debut

Three Classics, Five Tangos

The Houston Ballet presents a trio of premieres

Close Collaboration

Chuck Close creates "heads" with souls

It's more of the same in Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream

Life Stinks, Blah, Blah, Blah

Eleanor Sandresky’s A Sleeper’s Dream

The composer/performance artist/pianist presents a piano ballet

The Art Guys, "Cloud Cuckoo Land"

The Art Guys share 25 years of "drawings, proposals, failed schemes and pipe dreams"

The Illusionist

Eerie melodrama explores the dark arts in turn-of-the-century Vienna

Blood Business

Why We Fight probes America's passion for war

Green Achers

Undertow relishes the pain and beauty of a reclusive Southern family

HUSH Money

Big cash is in the cards at the Houston Hold 'Em Tournament

Stoot Session

Corey Stoot's jazz guitar brings live music back to the club scene

Rev Up

Motorcycle rally comes to Galveston

Sour Hours

Streep, Moore and Kidman reveal that it's sad to be sad

Vampire Music

The Kronos Quartet presents a Philip Glass score for the 1931 movie classic Dracula

International Festival

The Kronos Quartet presents a Philip Glass score for the 1931 movie classic Dracula

Out There

The Kronos Quartet presents a Philip Glass score for the 1931 movie classic Dracula

Gods and Monsters

The Kronos Quartet presents a Philip Glass score for the 1931 movie classic Dracula

Night & Day

April 16 - 22, 1998

Aftermath: David Byrne at Jones Hall

Photos by Craig Hlavaty David Byrne knows about living in the moment. The white-haired former Talking Heads frontman and unofficial U.S. ambassador for Third World pop, whose hair was as white as his (and his band's) wardrobe, was a genial host at Jones Hall Monday night. "It's nice to be in Mr. Jes ... More >>

Houston Ballet: "Without Boundaries"

Houston Ballet's latest spread mixes classical and contemporary

Thrilling Tharp

The Houston Ballet's strong, talented dancers rock in this rep program.

Richard Alston Dance Company

Dance like you want to

The Top 20 Freaks You'll Meet at Ren Fest

We went to the Texas Renaissance Festival in Plantersville this weekend to attend our cousin's wedding, and wouldn't you know we brought a camera along to document through our drunkenly narrow and judging eyes all the WTF-ery walking amongst the trees. Secretly we wish we could also don a pair of ti ... More >>

Live with Me

The best Houston concerts of 2009: U2, George Strait, Kid Cudi, Jandek, Peaches and even T-Pain.

Strike a Pose

Tom Ford's A Single Man: It's better to look good than to be good.

Barnes and Ignobles

The battle over a Philadelphia art collection — as culture, money and power collide — in The Art of the Steal.

Seven Modern Bands We'd Like To See At The Symphony

​This evening at Jones Hall, the Houston Symphony will be playing the music of Queen. Pretty fitting, considering the grand, orchestra-friendly nature of many Queen songs. However, there are a slew of other bands whose oeuvres Rocks Off would like to see interpreted by a symphony, and they're ... More >>

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​This evening at Jones Hall, the Houston Symphony will be playing the music of Queen. Pretty fitting, considering the grand, orchestra-friendly nature of many Queen songs. However, there are a slew of other bands whose oeuvres Rocks Off would like to see interpreted by a symphony, and they're ... More >>

7th Jubilee of Dance

​This evening at Jones Hall, the Houston Symphony will be playing the music of Queen. Pretty fitting, considering the grand, orchestra-friendly nature of many Queen songs. However, there are a slew of other bands whose oeuvres Rocks Off would like to see interpreted by a symphony, and they're ... More >>

Radiohead's King Of Limbs Unfocused, Fleeting

​This morning, Rocks Off unwrapped Radiohead's newest release, The King of Limbs, an album whose existence was just announced this past Monday. In the old-school music industry, a record would be announced and you would suffer through months of interviews, video premieres, and reading reviews ... More >>

10 Songs For Pissed-Off Travelers

This spring, Austin honky-tonker and Pasadena native Dale Watson had some dates in Australia and made the mistake of booking a flight from Sydney to Melbourne on Singapore-based budget carrier Tiger Airways. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, not only did the airline charge Watson a $500 exce ... More >>

Gem Club: You Will All Die Sexless and Alone

​We've been searching for a while for something as disturbingly beautiful as the Irrepressibles' "The Lady is Dead" video. We haven't found it in Gem Club's "252," but it is pretty damned close. It's never going be beautiful because there is just too much pain in it. Granted, there is no true ... More >>