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HOUSTON (AUGUST 25, 2020) – Responding the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Society for the Performing Arts has launched Arts Forward, a $1.5 million Relief & Response fund. The fund will...
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HOUSTON (JULY 17, 2020) – Society for the Performing Arts (SPA) announces a new commissioning project for Houston artists, SPA Houston Artist Commissioning Project (HACP). SPA’s goal is to promote and sustain...
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Our Education team at SPA is very excited to share these photos from our Art Contest Judging last week. Thank you to all the students, schools, and volunteers and judges for your...
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HOUSTON (March 23, 2020) – On a day that would have featured the announcement of the 20/21 season, Society for the Performing Arts (SPA) instead announces the launch of SPA Creative Connection, a project intended to...
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HOUSTON (March 12, 2020) – In response to Judge Lina Hildalgo’s recommendation to avoid all public gatherings over 250 people, a recommendation supported by Mayor Sylvester Turner, Society for the Performing Arts (SPA)...
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The troupe brings over 2,000 years of the Chinese acrobatic tradition to Houston HOUSTON (January 30, 2020) – Chinese acrobatic troupe, The Peking Acrobats, returns to Houston, presented by Society for the...
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SPA In The News – December 2019 Houston Magazine Arts & Philanthropy Edition “SPA artists allow you to escape reality, celebrate humanity, and dream big.” – Kristina Somerville In case you missed...
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NICHELLE SUZANNE Meg Booth worked with organizations like North Carolina Dance Theatre, White Oak Dance Project, Twyla Tharp Dance and Dance/USA before spending 11 years directing dance programming at the John...
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Q&A – SPA’s Meg Booth Has Big Plans for Houston’s Arts Scene By Johnston Farrow MEG BOOTH MIGHT NOT SPEND TIME ON STAGE IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE, but the new CEO of the...
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Behind The Curtain: SPA’s Ballet Hispánico Summer Intensive Builds Tomorrow’s Dance Elite By SAM BYRD Houston’s Theater District anchors a flourishing performing arts landscape that enriches and amplifies the culture of...