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MATCH fires up a cultural transformation in Midtown Houston

Posted by Dr. Gary Brewton, MD on
 February 8, 2017
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MATCH, the Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston, is at the heart of Midtown Houston’s transformation

In a city that covers more than 650 square miles, Houston doesn’t rank high on the list of dense “urban” cities like Chicago, New York, Boston, or San Francisco. But Houston is transforming rapidly. Nowhere is this more obvious than in Houston’s Midtown neighborhood.

Midtown Houston was designated as a Cultural Arts and Entertainment District in 2012 by the Texas Commission on the Arts. (Did you know that?) Since then Midtown Houston has transformed itself, block by block, from a low density mix of offices, small retailers, single family homes and small apartment buildings to a new urban neighborhood with high-density housing. Today, nearly 10,000 Houstonians now live in Midtown – a 50% increase in just five short years.

As a city without restrictive zoning, Houston can’t directly dictate what goes where. Instead, the city, regional agencies (like Houston Metro), private/public partnerships and nonprofit organizations have an out-sized role in influencing the course of redevelopment.

Without question Houston’s light rail system, which connects Downtown with the Texas Med Center (and beyond) was the first milestone in the Midtown’s dramatic transformation. Rail has had an incalculable effect on attracting major redevelopment and business to the Midtown area.

In fact, that applies to us — one of the main reasons we selected Dr. Gary Brewton’s office location is it’s one block from the MetroRail Museum District Station, which makes it very convenient for people working downtown, Midtown, in the Med Center or in-between to hop on the train to visit Dr. Brewton and go back to their homes and offices without having to get in their cars.

But housing and transportation alone doesn’t make a great, walkable urban neighborhood – arts and culture are just as important.

Fortunately, some far thinking arts organizations were working on the problem as far back as 2003, when they first met and decided to create a non-profit organization to raise funds to build a new performance space. Their concept from the start was to make a home for creative theater, music and other performances that weren’t being served by the big cultural institutions in the Theater District.

This is how MATCH (the Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston) was formed: Emily Todd led the effort to recruit a strong board of directors and Jewett Consulting stepped into the project management role. A major milestone was the first major donation (of $1 million) by philantropist Michael Zilkha. In time, MATCH would need to raise about $25 million for the project.

The MATCH organization chose to purchase a parking lot near the HCC/Ensemble MetroRail station (on Holman Avenue, in the heart of Midtown Houston) as the site of the new MATCH multi-purpose, multi-tenant facility. After getting the input of more than 40 groups as well as researching similar arts organizations around the country, the organization engaged Lake/Flato and Studio Red to build two buildings, North and South, on the site. The facility opened with its first production in October 2015.

The two MATCH buildings are connected by an open breezeway.

The South building is where you’ll find three rehearsal spaces (each with its own sprung dance floor), offices and a gallery space.

The North building is home to four theaters: Box 1, Box 2, Box 3 and Box 4 as well as ample dressing rooms and wardrobe storage. MATCH Box 4 is the largest, with a traditional stage and permanent seating for over 320 guests. MATCH Box 1 (painted white inside so it can double as a gallery space) and MATCH Box 3 (painted black inside) are smaller theaters with flexible seating and staging set on risers, while MATCH Box 2 is especially designed for dance productions. It has seating for nearly 160 and a sprung dance floor.

A quick trip to the MATCH Facebook page will give you an idea of the breadth of performances that take place there.

In a given week, there are dance and poetry performances, art gallery openings, theatrical plays, concerts talks and happenings from a wide range of cultural as well as visual and performing arts organizations, including :

  • Catastrophic Theatre
  • Diverse Works
  • Foundation for Modern Music
  • Houston Audubon
  • Karla Bonoff
  • Nick Jones
  • PAIR Houston: Partnership for the Advancement and Immersion of Refugees
  • PMT Productions
  • Popovich Comedy Pet Theater
  • Raquel Cepeda Jazz Quartet
  • River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
  • Russian Cultural Center “Our Texas”
  • Theater LaB Houston
  • Zoe Keating

We salute the visionaries, volunteers, donors and city staff who helped bring MATCH to Midtown Houston. It’s an incredible cultural gift to a changing neighborhood and a changing city.

To learn more about cultural events in Houston Midtown, visit the Houston Midtown Arts Calendar produced in conjunction with ArtsHound.

Categories : 2017-02 Feb Newsletter, Art Gallery Events, Houston Midtown, Newsletter
Houston Midtown Events Map by Dr Gary Brewton, also includes Houston Montrose and Museum District Exhibitions. Dec 2014 - January 2015.

What’s Happening in the Houston Museum District, The Montrose and Houston Midtown?

Posted by Dr. Gary Brewton, MD on
 December 18, 2014
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Physician Dr Gary Brewton presents our updated activity map with event listings for Houston Midtown, Houston Montrose and Houston Museum District.

Click on the image below to open the PDF version of the event map. You can print it out and put it on your refrigerator as a reminder of all the things going on in January 2015.

Physician Dr Gary Brewton presents the Houston Midtown, Houston Montrose, Houston Museum District Event Map for December2014 through January 2015. Click the map to open the printable PDF file in a new Window.

Physician Dr Gary Brewton presents the Houston Midtown, Houston Montrose, Houston Museum District Event Map for December2014 through January 2015. Click the map to open the printable PDF file in a new Window.

 

New Events and Exhibitions on Tap for January 2015

As you can see, as the Christmas holiday events wind down, there are a lot of new exhibitions opening in early January 2015. You can sign up for a ‘crash course in Chinese‘ at the Asia Society Houston (sessions start in early January) or register in early January for Spring semester art classes at the Glassell Art School.

If this holiday season has been especially hectic and stressful for you, you might want to check out the New Year’s Day Meditation Session at the Rothko Chapel.

See Rice University Up Close

The Houston chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) is conducting a walking tour of Rice University on Saturday, January 3rd at 10:00 a.m. This is Dr Brewton’s old stomping grounds, he earned his undergraduate degree at Rice.

There’s quite a lot to see on the Rice campus, which is well known for its superb architecture. During the two hour tour, you’ll have a chance to view structures by John Staub, Michael Graves, Cesa Pelli and more.

You’ll want to have a look at the Rice University Map before you go, so you can find the meet up point; it’s on the front lawn of Lovett Hall, (Building 46 on the Rice University map.)

The tour costs $10 (or just $5 if you are an AIA member or student of architecture with ID).

You can avoid paying for parking by taking the Houston Metro Red line and getting off at the Rice University / Hermann Park Station. Otherwise, paid parking is available at the Rice University Visitor Parking Lot L or the Founder’s Court Visitor’s Lot. You’ll need a debit or credit card to access the automated parking attendant.

 

Become a Houston Museum District Insider: Take a Walking Tour on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015

The Houston chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) is conducting a walking tour of “our” neighborhood, the Houston Museum District. The tour costs $10 (or just $5 if you are an AIA member or student of architecture with ID).

Meet at the Miro sculpture in the MFAH’s Cullen Sculpture Garden (5101 Montrose Blvd at Binz) at 10 a.m. on Saturday, January 27th. Over the course of the following two hours, you’ll see the following sites:

  • Museum of Fine Arts Houston’s Cullinan Hall (1958) and the Brown Pavilion (1974) by Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969)
  • Contemporary Arts Museum – Houston (1972) by Gunnar Birkerts (b1925)
  • The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden (1986) at the MFAH by Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988)
  • Asia Society Texas Center (2012) by Yoshio Taniguchi (b1937)

 

 

 

 

Categories : 2014-12 Dec Newsletter, Hermann Park, Houston Midtown, Houston Montrose Neighborhood, Houston Museum District, Newsletter, Texas Medical Center

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