Art of the State

Art:

ART MUSEUM OF SOUTH TEXAS offers "A Painter's Path," featuring work by Robert Jessup, through November 24; "An Artist and His Place," featuring photorealist paintings by Jesse Treviño, through December 1; "Pieces, Parts, and Passion," featuring quiltwork, through December 29. 1902 N. Shoreline, Corpus Christi. 512/884-3844.

ARLINGTON MUSEUM OF ART features "Facing the Millennium: Texas Meets New York," an exhibition of paintings, sculptures, installations, and videos by a dozen Big Apple artists, through January 4. 201 W. Main, Arlington. 817/275-4600.

MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON presents "Masterpieces From the Pierpoint Morgan Library," through January 5; "Masterpieces From the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection of Asian Art," through January 19; "Splendors of Ancient Egypt," through March 30. 1001 Bissonnet, Houston. 713/639-7300.

SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART presents "From Gaudi to Tápies: Catalan Masters of the 20th Century," an exhibition of work by artists from Barcelona, through December 11. 200 W. Jones, San Antonio. 210/978-8100.

Dance:

BALLET FOLKLóRICO PASEO DEL NORTE presents a program of traditional Mexican dance. November 29-December 1, Fri & Sat, 8pm, Sun, 3pm. $5. Chamizal National Memorial Theatre, 800 S. San Marcial, El Paso. 915/857-0145.

TAP DOGS are a handful of guys from an Australian steel town who re-invent tap dance through intense athletic routines performed on beams and ladders by dancers in jeans and work boots. Exclusive Texas engagement. Through November 24, Fri, 8pm, Sat, 5 & 9pm, Sun, 2 & 5pm. $25-$35. Cullen Theatre, Wortham Theatre Center, 500 Texas Ave., Houston. 713/227-ARTS.

Music:

THE EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA presents Mozart: Requiem; Rachmaninoff: Vocalise in G minor; Bottasini: Tarantella; with singers Irma Portillo, Beverly Laubach, John Koch Green, and Peter Klaveness. Gürer Aykal conducts. November 22 & 23, Fri & Sat, 8pm. $7.50-$23. Abraham Chavez Theatre, Santa Fe & San Francisco, El Paso. 915/532-3776.

THE TOKYO STRING QUARTET, one of the world's finest chamber ensembles, will perform as part of the Sun & Star 1996 festival. Presented by the Van Cliburn Foundation. December 3, Tue. $10-$35. Ed Landreth Hall, Texas Christian University campus, Fort Worth. 214/335-9000.

Theatre:

BABES IN TOYLAND, Victor Herbert's musical melodrama of live toys, is presented by the Josephine Theatre. Through December 22, Fri & Sat, 8:15pm, Sun, 2:30pm. Josephine Theatre, 339 W. Josephine, San Antonio. 210/734-4646.

THE DEATHERIANS, John O'Keefe`s sexually-charged, rock & roll drama of life after death and an eerie future, produced by Undermain Theatre. Through November 23, Fri & Sat, 8:15pm.
$12-$18. 3200 Main, Dallas. 214/747-5515.

MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET, Douglas M. Smith, Vernon L. Stefanic, & Sally Meyers' musical adaptation of the film fable, is presented by Casa Mañana. December 6-21, Fri, 7:30pm, Sat, 2pm. $6.25. Casa Mañana, 3101 W. Lancaster, Fort Worth. 817/332-2272.

TRUE WEST, Sam Shepard's edgy comedy of brothers writing a screenplay and swapping identities in the process, revived by San Antonio Public Theatre. Through June 16, Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2:30pm. $15. 108 Blue Star, S. Alamo & Probandt, San Antonio. 210/829-7529.

A note to readers: Bold and uncensored, The Austin Chronicle has been Austin’s independent news source for over 40 years, expressing the community’s political and environmental concerns and supporting its active cultural scene. Now more than ever, we need your support to continue supplying Austin with independent, free press. If real news is important to you, please consider making a donation of $5, $10 or whatever you can afford, to help keep our journalism on stands.

Support the Chronicle  

One click gets you all the newsletters listed below

Breaking news, arts coverage, and daily events

Keep up with happenings around town

Kevin Curtin's bimonthly cannabis musings

Austin's queerest news and events

Eric Goodman's Austin FC column, other soccer news

Information is power. Support the free press, so we can support Austin.   Support the Chronicle