LOCAL Houston | The City Guide APRIL 2016 | Page 38

FRESH ARTS SCENE
APRIL IS AN EXCEPTIONAL MONTH FOR THE ARTS THIS YEAR. APRIL WELCOMES COUNTERCURRENT 16, HOUSTON’S ONLY FESTIVAL FOR
BOLD EXPERIMENTAL ART, AMONG OTHER NOTABLE EVENT FROM DIVERSEWORKS, INPRINT AND LOTT ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS. By Ariel Jones | Fresh Arts
BRIDGET BARKAN| LOTT ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS
Thursday, April 7, at 8pm
“She leads her audience on a musical journey woven with her signature storytelling, original
music and covers, improvisation and world class guests.” – Broadway World Barken has
appeared in various Manhattan Theatre Club productions, the original production of Dog Sees
God and a workshop of Spring Awakening. As a singer, Barkan toured the world with
pop/glam band the Scissor Sisters, and recorded, with legendary house DJ and producer Todd
Terry. Bridget brings her new show, which she premiered at Joe's Pub at the Public, to the
Houston stage in April. The performance will take place at the Midtown Arts & Theater Center
Houston (3400 Main St., Houston, TX 77002). General Admission $25
For more information, visit www.lottentertainmentpresents.com.

INPRINT TONY HOAGLAND & SHARON OLDS READING
INPRINT MARGARETT ROOT BROWN READING SERIES
Monday, April 18, 7:30pm
Recipient of the Jackson Poetry Prize, Mark Twain Award and Hardison Prize, Hoagland’s five collections
include the James Laughlin Award-winning Donkey Gospel, What Narcissism Means to Me,
Unincorporated Persons in the Late Honda Dynasty, and his new book, Application for Release from the
Dream (to be issued September 1). Sharon Olds, who was told in an early rejection to submit her poems
to Ladies Home Journal, is now one of contemporary poetry’s leading voices. The author of a dozen collections, including The Unswept Room and One Secret Thing, she won the Pulitzer Prize and T.S. Eliot
Prize (the first American female poet to win it) for her most recent book Stag’s Leap. Readings are followed
by an on-stage interview, book sale and signing. Reading takes place at the Cullen Theater, Wortham
Center (50