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Dave Koz is ready to hit the studio, the road, and the boat post-pandemic.

Dave Koz Is Jazzed About Multiple Musical Projects

By Bob Ruggiero

Jul 30, 2021

With Pandemic Times headed toward the year and a half mark, we are starting to see the tidal wave of new music—in all genres—from artists who have been cooped up in their homes and studios. Many acts have gotten out one record, but overachieving jazz saxophonist Dave Koz has recently...

Foghat today: Bryan Bassett, Charlie Huhn, Roger Earl, and Rodney O'Quinn.

Foghat Celebrates 50 Years of Fast Licks and Slow Rides

By Bob Ruggiero

Jul 26, 2021

Roger Earl was all of 12 years old when he went through an experience that his tsk-tsking mother said affected his mental condition. That may have been true, but it also set him on a life and career path that, at age 75, he wouldn’t have traded for anything. “There...

A photo of Principals Karina González as Sylvia and Connor Walsh as The Shepherd in Stanton Welch’s Sylvia hangs on the wall of Houston Methodist's Sugar Land rehab center.

Single Tickets Go on Sale Today For Houston Ballet Live and In-Person

By Margaret Downing

Jul 26, 2021

At Houston Methodist's physical and occupational therapy center in Sugar Land, the walls are lined with large photos of the hometown pro teams — the Astros and the Texans — that go to Methodist for health care advice and treatment. Uniform shirts of the top professional players are proudly displayed...

Best Bets: 18 Birthdays, Orphea, and A Friday Night Concert

By Natalie de la Garza

Jul 22, 2021

If you’re looking for an excuse to stay in this weekend, we’ve got you covered in our Best Bets.

A scene from The River Bride, one of Stages' Sin Muros productions that first caught the eye of its new general manager.

Stages' 2021-22 Season Complete With a New Managing Director

By Margaret Downing

Jul 21, 2021

Fresh from her duties as managing director of Denver's Curious Theatre Co., Katie Maltais will begin working as the new managing director of Stages and its theater complex The Gordy on August 1, sharing leadership duties and a commitment to community outreach with Artistic Director Kenn McLaughlin. Her hiring the...

Mike Zito offers two fingers and six strings.

Blues Rocker Mike Zito Testifies to the Resurrection

By Bob Ruggiero

Jul 15, 2021

Though he lives roughly 93.2 miles east of our city in Nederland—itself roughly between Beaumont and Port Arthur—blues rock singer/guitarist Mike Zito has a soft spot for H-Town. Even if it might piss off some residents of yet another municipality a bit more northerly. “Houston is by far my favorite...

Juraj Valcuha and Houston Symphony Executive Director and CEO John Mangum ink the deal that will secure the spot for the organization's next Music Director.

Houston Symphony Names Next Music Director

By Sam Byrd

Jul 14, 2021

The Houston Symphony's Board of Trustees President John Rydman and Executive Director and CEO John Mangum today announced Juraj Val?uha as the Houston Symphony’s next Music Director. An internationally acclaimed conductor, he will begin his appointment at the launch of the Symphony’s 2022–23 Season as the fifth music director to hold the Houston Symphony’s Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair, a position endowed in perpetuity by The Cullen Foundation.

Selena's 1995 Houston Rodeo concert at the Astrodome as depicted in the book.

Texas Author Invites Children to Sing with Selena

By Bob Ruggiero

Jul 14, 2021

While she was not a native daughter of the Texas city, Corpus Christi has certainly claimed Selena Quintanilla—the late singer who has since become an icon—as a favorite daughter. Diana López was born and raised in Corpus Christi, and has now returned there after many years in San Antonio while...

If you're a Southerner who likes to enjoy your pancakes and art tipsy, the Pancakes & Booze Art Show is for you.

Best Bets: Lady Day, Sabrina, and Pancakes & Booze

By Natalie de la Garza

Jul 8, 2021

We’re back with another list of best bets. Whether you want to watch theater from your couch or shovel pancakes in your face at a socially distanced party, we’ve got some suggestions of things to do this coming week. On July 2, the Catastrophic Theatre opened 30 Ways To Get...

Everclear today: Dave French, Art Alexakis, and Freddy Herrera.

Everclear Revisits a '90s "Summerland" on Festival Tour

By Bob Ruggiero

Jul 6, 2021

He's most associated with cities on the far west coast like Portland, L.A., and "Santa Monica." But if Art Alexakis says from the stage that “It’s great to be back in Houston,” he wants you to know it’s not just rote stage banter; he means it. Beginning in the spring...

Richard III (played on the Miller stage by Jack Young in 2017) allegedly had his two young nephews murdered to gain the throne. Imagine what he'll do to you if you reserve tickets and are a no-show.

Miller Outdoor Theatre Changes Ticket Policies Again to Better Assure Attendance

By Margaret Downing

Jul 1, 2021

In response to the pandemic, Miller Outdoor Theatre instituted a new ticketing system in spring 2021. Instead of standing in line to at the Miller box office to get four free tickets in the covered seating, would-be patrons were asked to sign up online. Easier and more trouble free for...

The Hiding Place was a standout from the 2019-20 season at A.D. Players.

A.D. Players Announces its 2021-22 Season

By Houston Press

Jun 29, 2021

A.D. Players has announced its 2021-22 post-pandemic season and will kick things off in in early October with Ken Ludwig’s new play, Dear Jack, Dear Louise, which tells the story of how his parents got together during World War II. In the 2019-20 season, A.D. Players had great success in commissioning...

Billie Holliday etched her songs in pain.

Lady Day at Stages Opens Up the Heartache and Talent of Billie Holiday for All To See [UPDATED]

By D. L. Groover

Jun 26, 2021

When iconic jazz musician Billie Holiday died in 1959 at NYC's Metropolitan Hospital, she had been, only one week before, handcuffed to her bed. Once again, she was under arrest for narcotics possession. When she admitted herself under her friends' insistence, nobody at the hospital knew who she was. Her...

KISS Rocks and Rolls All Nite for Two Nights on A&E Doc

By Bob Ruggiero

Jun 25, 2021

Though he was born in 1973 – a bit too late to experience the impact of the band at its commercial and cultural peak – young D.J. Viola nevertheless became a hardcore KISS fan. Though he knows it wasn’t always easy for other kids to sneak that fandom past a...

Christopher Salazar and Melissa Molano seen here in The Winter's Tale are the two new Alley company members.

Alley Theatre Expands its Offerings and Talent Across the Board in its New Season

By Margaret Downing

Jun 11, 2021

With two new company members and a lineup of new shows to be performed on both the upstairs and downstairs stages — including a very different take on A Christmas Carol — the Alley Theatre has announced itself ready to resume its in-person performance obligations in fall 2021 with enthusiasm...

The 2017 Main Street Theater production of Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, is returning, probably with at least a few new faces on stage. .

Main Street Theater Announces its New Season Starting in Fall 2021

By Margaret Downing

Jun 10, 2021

In announcing a season with two regional premieres, the theatrical equivalent of comfort food and some biting comedy, Main Street Theater's Artistic Director Rebecca Greene Udden says the common theme is that "all of these plays raise questions that I hope the audience will continue to think about when they...

If you blinked and you missed this in 2020, don't worry. 4th Wall is bringing back Between Riverside and Crazy.

4th Wall Theatre Co. Announces a 2021-22 Season Filled With Premieres

By Margaret Downing

Jun 8, 2021

What better way to celebrate a new season of live, in-person performances than to present a collection of Houston premieres as well as to bring back a Pulitzer Prize-winning show that got on stage here for a minute before COVID-19 shut it down? 4th Wall Theatre Company will start its...

Blackberry Smoke is: Preston Holcomb, Richard Turner, Brit Turner, Charlie Starr, Brandon Still, Benji Shanks, and Paul Jackson.

Blackberry Smoke Have Georgia On Their Minds

By Bob Ruggiero

Jun 3, 2021

Like pretty much all active touring and recording musicians during the past nearly 15 months, Charlie Starr found himself at home a lot more than usual. And also like a lot of musicians, the Blackberry Smoke vocalist used the forced quarantine as a time to write new music. But he...

Raven McMillon, Richard Trey Smagur, and Sun-Ly Pierce in Hansel and Gretel.

Best Virtual Bets: CineSpace, Humperdinck, and Big Dreams

By Natalie de la Garza

May 27, 2021

If you’re looking for things to enjoy this Memorial Day weekend, you’ve come to the right place.

Styx Rocks Again While Heading (on Purpose!) into a Crash

By Bob Ruggiero

May 27, 2021

It’s 8:30 a.m. in Houston when Lawrence Gowan calls from his home in Toronto, Canada, which is a decidedly un rock-and-roll time for an interview. And even more so when the singer/keyboardist for Styx says he’s been up since 6:30 a.m. EST, already completed another interview, and run down the...

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