Race
2024-10-18 20:00 - 21:30 (America/Chicago) | MATCH Houston (Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston), 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United States
When a prominent white businessman is charged with the sexual assault of a black woman, he employs a multicultural law firm to defend him. As the legal team examines the case, the evidence raises questions about the accused’s firsthand account. How far will they go in defense of their client and the pursuit of actual justice? Race examines how truth is not always the goal when it comes to the legal system and the biases within. In fact, truth can be disruptive.

The Buffalo Bayou Mural Festival
2024-10-18 20:00 - 23:00, 2024-10-19 13:00 - 20:00 | Headquarters Houston, 3302 Canal St, Houston, TX, United States
Buffalo Bayou Mural Festival is a local Houston event bringing together local and international muralists together to celebrate community and creativity. The BBMF’s overall goal is to foster community and birth new opportunities through art for the current and the next generation of artists in Houston.
This event is curated with the intention of exposing the masses to the possibilities, not only in their own community, but around the world through art education and creative expression.
This year, mural sites will emerge all along Canal St. in the Second Ward, on Houston’s beautiful East End. The BBMF has been curated by an experienced staff of local artists and community organizers in order to bring the city of Houston a cohesive and immersive Mural Festival experience.
SCHEDULE:
DAY 1 – Oct. 18
Kick-off Party and Art Battle at The Tipsy Sloth.
8 PM – 11 PM
Art Battles
Music, Drinks, & Food ALL NIGHT
The Tipsy Sloth — 3517 Navigation Blvd, Houston, TX 77003
DAY 2 – Oct. 19
Festival starts at Headquarters Houston
1 PM – 8 PM
Live Mural Paintings, Vendor Market, and a Classic Car Show.
6 PM – 8 PM
Chicano BLVD
Headquarters Houston — 3302 Canal St, Houston, TX 77003
Night time Reception at Bad Astronaut
9 PM – 12 AM
Music + Drinks + Food + Kid Friendly + Meet the Artists
Bad Astronaut — 1519 Fulton St, Houston, TX 77009
DAY 3 – Oct. 20
Morning Q&A at Faded Decade
10 AM – 12 PM
Faded Decade — 1310 Nance St Ste G, Houston, TX 77002
Festival finishes at Headquarters Houston
12 PM – 6PM
Live Mural Paintings and Vendors
Headquarters Houston — 3302 Canal St, Houston, TX 77003

Coco Live-to-Film Concert
2024-10-19 - 2024-10-20 | Jones Hall for the Performing Arts, 615 Louisiana St, Houston, TX, United States
The beloved Disney Pixar film with live mariachi orchestra
Disney Pixar’s Coco Live-to-Film Concert features a screening of the complete film with Oscar and GRAMMY-winning composer Michael Giacchino’s musical score performed by the 20-member Orquesta Folclórica Nacional de México. In addition to the original score by Giacchino, Coco also features the Oscar-winning song “Remember Me” by Oscar-winning songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, and additional songs co-written by Germaine Franco and co-director and screenwriter Adrian Molina.
About the Movie
Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel (voice of Anthony Gonzalez) dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz (voice of Benjamin Bratt). Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Héctor (voice of Gael García Bernal), and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel’s family history. Disney and Pixar’s Coco is directed by Lee Unkrich (Toy Story 3), co-directed by Adrian Molina (story artist Monsters University) and produced by Darla K. Anderson (Toy Story 3).

I Just Want to Celebrate! Song's of the '70s
2024-10-19 08:00 - 17:00 | Miller Outdoor Theatre, 99 Hermann Park Ct, Houston, TX, United States
For many, there is no better pop music than that created in the ‘70s. The Houston Chamber Choir will take you through the decade with music by Roberta Flack, the Bee Gees, Carly Simon, ABBA, the Jackson 5, and many others. Come rock and roll and sing along at this free concert at beautiful Miller Outdoor Theatre.

COME CELEBRATE WITH US!
2024-10-19 08:00 - 17:00 | Russian Cultural Center “Our Texas”, 2337 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX, United States
Cultural Center “Our Texas” offers its venue for public events – recitals, corporate events, concerts, lectures, and more. The Gallery can seat up to 60 people. Amenities include a/v equipment and sound system, screen and projector, grand piano, stage and backstage, chairs and tables.
AMENITIES & DECOR
A/V equipment and sound system
Big Screen and projector
Baby piano
Stage, backstage, and backroom
Kitchen (only for serving)
Chairs and tables
Call us: 713-395-3301
$250 for 4 hours

RUSSIAN LANGUAGE SCHOOL FOR KIDS
2024-10-19 09:00 - 13:00 | Russian Cultural Center “Our Texas”, 2337 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX, United States
It’s time for OPEN ENROLLMENT at the Russian Language School for the upcoming semester! REGISTER NOW! Group classes are available EVERY Saturday & Sunday starting September 7th, 2024. We accept children ages 3 thru 14. Hurry up and secure your spot at the School!
Sign your children up for small-group (up to 4 kids in class) in-person or online Russian language classes starting in September for Saturday & Sunday groups. Individual Russian lessons and online classes are also offered during a week suitable for homeschooling children.
Cultural Center Our Texas offers Russian as a foreign language and Russian as a native language classes depending on your child’s level. We welcome all levels of Russian language knowledge, as our goal is to enhance your child’s comprehension, reading and speaking skills in Russian. Call us for more information and to schedule the first lesson. The classes are filling up quickly!
Don’t hesitate to contact us so we could accommodate your schedule and find the best suited group and time for your child.

2024 Culture Camp: Rising Artists: The Nature of Symbols
2024-10-19 09:00 - 15:00 | Asia Society Texas Center, 1370 Southmore Blvd, Houston, TX, United States
Dive into calligraphy traditions and learn how nature has influenced this art form across Asia and beyond. Campers will be introduced to different techniques, scripts, and tools to create their own expressive artwork. No prior calligraphy or brushwork experience needed.
Recommended for students ages 9–12.

2024 Culture Camp: Manga POP!
2024-10-19 09:00 - 15:00 | Asia Society Texas Center, 1370 Southmore Blvd, Houston, TX, United States
Attention, artists and manga fanatics! At our popular manga camp, create your own comics inspired by the Japanese manga style. Beginner to advanced students will learn new skills to bring comics to life on paper and on the web. Learn how comics are made, compete in sketching contests, and show off your work on the last day of camp at Camp Comic Con! Students will form small groups based on age.
Recommended for students ages 9–14.

2024 Culture Camp: Documentary Filmmaking
2024-10-19 09:00 - 15:00 | Asia Society Texas Center, 1370 Southmore Blvd, Houston, TX, United States
In this two-week filmmaking camp, Kids TV producer Dan Gordon leads campers in scripting, filming, and acting in an original movie exploring the themes of community building and development. Learn the technical aspects of filmmaking, from camera operation to set design, while exploring cultural experiences from around the world! At the end of camp, parents and community members are invited to see the film created by the students.
Recommended for students ages 12–14.

Zoo Boo presented by King & Spalding
2024-10-19 09:00 - 17:00 | Houston Zoo, 99 Hermann Park Ct, Houston, TX, United States
Enjoy fall festivities at the Zoo during Zoo Boo presented by King & Spalding. Costumes are encouraged, and guests will have plenty of favorites to experience, including visiting our Carved Pumpkins sponsored by Frost Bank, Pumpkin Tree sponsored by Proud Source, and animal-themed Peek-a-Boo Pumpkins. Don’t miss our Pumpkin Lantern Tunnel between the lions and tiger exhibits, our spooktacular Scary-Go-Round, photo ops all over the Zoo, daily fall-themed enrichment for our animals, and much more!
On select dates, we’re extending our hours to allow guests to experience the fun lights and spooky sparkle of Zoo Boo after hours.
AFTER HOURS HIGHLIGHTS
• Spooky Forest
• Ghost Town located between Cypress Circle and the giraffe barn
• Glowing Pumpkins near Flamingo Terrace
• Spooky Dance Party at John P. McGovern Children’s Zoo
Zoo Boo After Hours Dates:
September 27
October 4, 11, 18, 23-30
5:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., last entry at 8:00 p.m.

Mindfulness and the Sense of Wellbeing (Online)
2024-10-19 10:00 - 12:00 | Online/Virtual Space
Learn how to cultivate the optimism and confidence that can help make the best of times when life seems to be going wrong. What would your life be like if you could maintain a sense of wellbeing no matter the circumstances you face? While we’re never happy when things go wrong, we can cultivate the optimism and confidence to make the best out of those situations. Join us to learn mindfulness practices that can lead to the longstanding, gentle mental discipline required to respond to situations with thoughtful, constructive, compassionate, and skillful actions. In this workshop, you’ll be guided step-by-step through meditative techniques – some calming, some challenging – and reflect on how the quality of awareness changes after we focus our attention on practicing mindfulness.

Jensen Jubilee Fall Festival – Painting Workshops
2024-10-19 10:00 - 14:00 | TX
Join Art Uniti and Htx Art in the Heart at the Jensen Jubilee Fall Festival for painting Workshops
This is free family friendly event painting Botanical Wood Cut Outs to be included in a Public Art Sculpture to debut in December.
When: Saturday, October 19th from 10am to 2pm
Where: Shady Lane Park located at 10220 Shady Lane, Houston Texas 77093 (Northside)

Latino cARTographies Digital Board Exhibit of Houston Artists
2024-10-19 10:00 - 16:00 | The Heritage Society, 1100 Bagby St, Houston, TX, United States
We are featuring an exhibit with the University of Houston that features Latin artists through an art digital board that also features our mural. Under the leadership of Dr. Pamela Anne Quiroz, Director of the University of Houston’s (UH) Center for Mexican American and Latino Studies (CMALS) launched the groundbreaking digital board, Latino cARTographies: Mapping the Past, Present, and Future of Houston’s Latino Visual Art. The exhibit is on display from Friday, April 26 to December 31, 2024.
This portable, bilingual, and interactive digital board funded by the University of Houston is the result of a three-year collaboration led by Dr. Pamela Anne Quiroz, with the curatorial leadership of former vice president of the National Mexican Museum of Art in Chicago, Juana Guzman, the CMALS Research Team, and the International Gibson Group.
Tickets at the door are only $5 and include two other exhibits!
Click HERE to read an article about the exhibit in Houston History Magazine.
The idea for Latino cARTographies began when Dr. Quiroz organized the city of Houston to host the country’s premier Latino art event, Latino Art Now! Dr. Quiroz conceived the idea for the digital board and viewed it as a way to create a dynamic but permanent tribute to the Latino artists of Houston. She then persuaded the Gibson Group to collaborate with CMALS to achieve this goal. The result is a twenty-first-century mode to access the arts and experience culture – Latino cARTographies – that maps the past, present, and future of Houston’s Latino art. By utilizing technology that preserves, represents, and promotes Houston’s Latino visual arts and communities in an equitable and inclusive manner, CMALS is transforming how we experience art in the twenty-first century.
Latino cARTographies features our commissioned a mural to celebrate the many contributions of our city’s Mexican-American community. In the spirit of the great Mexican muralists, this vibrant collective artwork, Mexican-American History & Culture in 20th Century Houston, highlights the places, personalities, concepts and events that shaped the Mexican-American community and laid the foundation for the multicultural city we live in today. Set in Connally Plaza against a dramatic backdrop of City Hall and the downtown skyline, the mural is a cultural landmark in the historic heart of Houston. This mural spotlights 38 places, personalities, and events that played a key role in the growth of this community and provides recognition for the countless and essential contributions of Mexican Americans to the economy, culture, and vitality of our city in the 1900s. Mural artists Laura López Cano and Jesse Sifuentes, along with key fundraisers and government officials celebrated the unveiling to Houstonians in September 2018 for National Hispanic Heritage Month. Since then, we have several outdoor activities being celebrated around the mural for National Hispanic Heritage Month and host field trips telling the stories behind the mural. The vibrant mural, located at 1100 Bagby Street, is now complemented by the interactive, digital board that is inside our museum gallery.
About the Exhibitor: Center for Mexican American and Latino Studies, University of Houston
The Center for Mexican American and Latino/a Studies (CMALS) at the University of Houston was established in 1972 as an interdisciplinary academic program encompassing the liberal arts, education and social sciences focusing on the Mexican American and broader Latino experience in the U.S. Its mission is to advance knowledge, promote critical thinking and foster the value of service to the community. This involves designing a broad spectrum of public and scholarly programs. Located within the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, CMALS has evolved into an academic unit with several major components: teaching, research and publications, recruitment and retention, leadership training, academic advising and community service.
Thank you to the following:
Marisela Martinez, Ed.D. Associate Director
Debbie Z. Harwell, Ph.D. Editor, Houston History https://houstonhistorymagazine.org/
IG: @latinocart_uhcmals FB: @UHCMAS Website: www.class.uh.edu/cmas

Facing Survival | David Kassan
2024-10-19 10:00 - 17:00 | Holocaust Museum Houston, 5401 Caroline St, Houston, TX, United States
This compelling and transformative exhibition features the masterful paintings and drawings of acclaimed artist David Kassan, capturing the poignant stories and portraits of Holocaust survivors.
“Facing Survival” stands as a profound testament to the enduring power of art in narrating the untold stories of resilience and survival. Through the evocative paintings and sketches meticulously crafted by Kassan, the exhibition unveils the profound journey of more than two dozen Holocaust survivors. By intertwining the visual representation of the survivors with the sketches revealing Kassan’s artistic process, this exhibition transcends conventional forms of testimony, forging a poignant visual language that surpasses the limitations of spoken or written word.
Preceding the creation of each portrait, Kassan deeply engaged with the survivors, filming their testimonies and comprehending their intricate histories. His profound connection with his subjects enables him to capture not just their present visages, but the essence of their harrowing pasts. The lifelike imagery pulsates with their spirit, pain and dignity, transforming these paintings into testaments of resilience and reflections of lives shaped by unspeakable violence.
Moreover, “Facing Survival” aspires to transcend the incomprehensible statistics—such as the unfathomable six million lives lost—to highlight the individuality of each survivor. It is a testament that defies generalization, seeking to evoke a profound emotional connection, to allow us to bear witness to the miraculous existence of each singular soul.

Fall Exhibition at the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts
2024-10-19 10:00 - 17:00 | Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, 6815 Cypresswood Dr, Spring, TX, United States
This Fall, the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts is honored to present “Roots & Reverence: Exploring Indigenous Perspectives on Art, Culture, and Identity.”
Discover the vibrant tapestry of Native American cultures through this immersive exhibition, which showcases the artistic legacy and profound narratives of tribes across North America.
Visitors will experience traditions that have been passed from generation to generation, such as the intricate craftsmanship of basketry, the symbolic power of pottery, and the timeless beauty of beadwork.
“Roots & Reverence” opens to the public Saturday, September 21 and continues through January 4, 2025. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated to help support the work of the museum.
Located at 6815 Cypresswood Drive in Spring, TX, the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. For more information, visit pearlmfa.org.

2024 KBR Kids Day & Tony Marron Park Send-Off
2024-10-19 11:00 - 15:00 | Tony Marron Park, 698 N York St, Houston, TX, United States
KBR Kids Day is a free annual event for the entire community. Thousands of children and their families will gather at Tony Marron Park in the Buffalo Bayou East to experience a full day of fun including hands-on nature activities, a birds of prey show, music, performances, face painting, and more! This event will also be a temporary farewell to Tony Marron Park before construction begins later in the year.

From the Czech Silver Thaler to the US Dollar
2024-10-19 11:00 - 16:00 | Czech Cultural Center Houston (Czech Center Museum Houston), 4920 San Jacinto St, Houston, TX, United States
Money has history and ancestors just like we humans do. Over 500 years ago, the “family history” of the dollar currency was established due to the agreement of the Lands Diet of the Kingdom of Bohemia. This one event can be regarded as the origin of all the dollars that belong to many different countries today. Come and learn more about the historical origin and development of these coins!

Brenda Biondo: Sun to Earth
2024-10-19 11:00 - 17:00 | Koslov Larsen, 4411 Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX, United States
Koslov Larsen is pleased to present Sun to Earth, the gallery’s third solo presentation by artist Brenda Biondo. Combining several series of Biondo’s works, Sun to Earth introduces new ways of looking at common subjects while challenging viewers’ perception of color and three-dimensional space. The works explored throughout the show focus on atmospheric phenomena and other ephemeral components of the natural world. Unnatural (Texas Tumbleweeds) and Prairie Wheels study the interconnectedness of humans and flora, inspired by the iconic tumbleweed, an invasive species brought inadvertently to the United States in the 1870s by Eastern European settlers. Influenced heavily by James Turrell’s Skyspaces, Perceptual Skies emphasizes the limitless potential of light as a subject and the subjectivity of perception. Biondo states, “Using a visual language that deconstructs the sky portion of the landscape helps articulate questions about how we engage with our environment and the emotional and psychological effects natural light has on humans.” The images in the series follow the formal aesthetics of modern painting, particularly minimalism, while emphasizing the ambiguity between the real and the reproduced.
Sun to Earth will be on view at Koslov Larsen from May 3 – June 21, 2024.

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud - New Suns
2024-10-19 11:00 - 17:00 | Lawndale Art Center, 4912 Main St, Houston, TX, United States
“There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns” – Octavia Butler
Framing explorations of space, geography, mapping, and land/waterscapes, especially of the African diaspora, New Suns in Lawndale’s Cecily E. Horton Gallery features new installation, painting and drawing by Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud.
Featured image courtesy of the artist.

Here All Along - Sol Diaz-Peña
2024-10-19 11:00 - 17:00 | Lawndale Art Center, 4912 Main St, Houston, TX, United States
Here All Along in Lawndale’s John M. O’Quinn Gallery is a collection of new work by Sol Diaz-Peña, created during their time as a 2023/2024 Artist Studio Program participant brought forth by a journey of rematriation to their Zapotec roots in Oaxaca, Mexico.
This exhibition features the artist’s multidisciplinary work based in painting, photography, light, and textile, to “explore internal boundlessness, collective cultural experiences, and the poetic relationship between nature and humanity.”
More information found here: https://lawndaleartcenter.org/exhibition/sol-diaz/

Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow
2024-10-19 11:00 - 18:00 | Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH), 5216 Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX, United States
Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow is the artist’s first solo museum presentation in the United States. Across an installation, a video, and a series of commissioned sculptures, Erlanger continues her decade-long disruption of the “semiotics of suburbia.” In her practice, Erlanger thinks of the home as a greater ecosystem containing not only houses but also their surrounding infrastructures and interior architectures.
At Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH), massive illuminated planet sculptures map the suburban landscape, positioning the development of home as an environmental force in itself. These new works explore “speculative memory”—how progress can only be understood through hindsight—and what this psychic limitation implies for the artist. Viewers will then move to new diorama sculptures that play on an institutional language of presentation, positioning the enclosed scenes as already-past. Here, Erlanger proposes both impossible architectures and terrestrial forms created using strategies of model-making. These works are each marked by changes in season, emphasizing receding memories of a once-diverse climate.
The exhibition culminates in a sitcom set, riffing on the psychology of interiors as well as acting as a platform to watch Erlanger’s new short film Appliance. The film dovetails recent research into the history and cultural significance of domestic technologies, such as the shower or washing machine, with a specific focus on how their operations have been considered interchangeably with human bodily functions. In our age of “polycrisis,” wherein multiple seismic events occur simultaneously, If Today Were Tomorrow provides a framework for thinking about the porousness of interior and exterior, self and non-self, body and home.
Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow will be accompanied by a catalogue published by Hatje Cantz containing newly commissioned texts about the artist’s practice, as well as contributions focusing on the interplay between architecture, psychology, and science fiction.
Support
Major support for Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow is provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston is funded in part by the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance.

Theaster Gates: The Gift and The Renege
2024-10-19 11:00 - 18:00 | Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH), 5216 Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX, United States
Theaster Gates: The Gift and The Renege presents work by the acclaimed Chicago-based artist, featuring large-scale paintings, sculptures, and installations that highlight the seen and unseen dynamics of Freedmen’s Town in Houston’s Fourth Ward. Throughout his career, Theaster Gates has soulfully elevated our understanding of Black labor, materials, place, and community to revitalize underrecognized neighborhoods by combining urban planning and a multifaceted art practice. His work powerfully highlights the true value Black spaces hold—although often devalued—as sites of American resilience, liberation, and redemption. Gates is a shape-shifter, a world-builder, and an artist who singularly connects the dots in both poetic and pragmatic ways. For over 20 years he has worked to transform the Southside of Chicago through various initiatives aimed at preserving and continuing the neighborhood’s vital role as a site for Black creativity. His multifaceted practice, which demonstrates the dual importance of building community and exposing power structures, has made him one of the most significant artists working in our time.

“Out of Thin Air: Emerging Forms”
2024-10-19 11:00 - 19:00 | Menil Drawing Institute, 6100 S Main St, Houston, TX, United States
“Out of Thin Air: Emerging Forms” examines drawing as a meditative process that invites the gradual appearance of indeterminate images. Selected from the Menil Collection’s permanent collection, this display of twenty-nine drawings dating from the late 1930s to the present share a visual language of emerging forms. On view September 20, 2024 through January 26, 2025.

"Fragments of Memory"
2024-10-19 11:00 - 19:00 | Menil Drawing Institute, 6100 S Main St, Houston, TX, United States
“Fragments of Memory”, a selection of works from the Menil Collection’s permanent collection, explores the ways in which the past imbues present experiences. In their drawings, the featured artists take up commonplace embodiments of personal and collective memory, such as scrapbooks, snapshots, notes, relics, and odes, to reimagine how we might access fraught memories and contested histories. On view September 20, 2024-January 26, 2025.

“Tacita Dean: Blind Folly”
2024-10-19 11:00 - 19:00 | The Menil Collection, 1533 Sul Ross St, Houston, TX, United States
“Tacita Dean: Blind Folly” is the first major museum survey in the United States of work by British European visual artist Tacita Dean (b. 1965). The exhibition, organized in close collaboration with Dean, spotlights her career-defining approach to creating art through unmediated and chance-based drawing processes across a variety of mediums, from film to printmaking.

Wall Drawing Series: Ronny Quevedo
2024-10-19 11:00 - 19:00 | The Menil Drawing Institute, 1500 W Main St, Houston, TX, United States
Wall Drawing Series: Ronny Quevedo features a site-specific work by New York-based artist Ronny Quevedo (b. 1981). The 36-foot triptych, C A R A A C A R A, 2024, explores the relationship between origin, transfer, and translation, with each panel of the composition indicating a different step in the artist’s process.

SpringStock Fall Fest
2024-10-19 12:00 - 22:00 | Saint Arnold Brewery, 2000 Lyons Ave, Houston, TX, United States
Join us for the highly anticipated SpringStock Fall Fest at Saint Arnold Brewing Co., Texas’s oldest craft brewery, on Saturday, October 19th, 2024! This free, all-ages event will take place from Noon until 10:00 pm in the brewery’s scenic Beer Garden, offering a mix of indoor and outdoor seating.
Enjoy a stacked lineup featuring 14 artists, including Strawberry Milk Cult, Max Diaz, Turnaways, and Elevator Days. In addition to live music, explore offerings from 40 vendors selling crafts, snacks, and other goods.
Bring the whole family and take advantage of the space for kids to play while you soak in the vibrant atmosphere and delicious brews at Saint Arnold Brewing Co.
Presented by Shake-Well Events & Entertainment, this is an event you won’t want to miss!

Hindustani (North Indian) Vocal Recital by PT Ram Deshpande
2024-10-19 17:00 - 20:00 | University of St. Thomas, 3910 Yoakum Blvd, Houston, TX, United States
Hindustani Vocal Recital By Pt Ram Deshpande – an eminent and highly regarded Vocalist and Teacher. He has performed at major music festivals in India, Europe and the US.
He will be accompanied on Tabla By Sanjay Deshpande – disciple of PT Suresh Talwalkar and now learning under PT Yogesh Samsi; and on Harmonium by Abhishek Shinkar – a young and upcoming harmonium player

5×5
2024-10-19 17:30 - 19:00 | Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center, 5601 S Braeswood Blvd, Houston, TX, United States
5×5 – 5 Rhythms, 5 Highlighting Features for Each Rhythm.
A Contemporary Evening of Kathak’s Traditional Repertoire Featuring Greater Houston Area Artists
On October 19, 2024, Houston hosts 5×5, showcasing 5 rhythms from Kathak’s traditional dance repertoire with live classical music. This evening-length presentation highlights five distinct elements, each featuring a different aspect of Kathak’s rich cultural heritage, performed by local artists in a contemporary setting.
The performance presents five key features:
1. Kathak (Dance): The evening commences with a dynamic display of Kathak, a classical Indian dance form renowned for its intricate footwork, spins, and expressive storytelling. Kathak is performed by Kalpana Subbarao and Silambam Houston Dance Company dancers, Neha Shah and Vruti Patel.
2. Tabla (Percussion): The rhythmic heartbeat of the performance, Tabla, is showcased by the master percussionist, Jason Zinn. The Tabla’s complex rhythms and beats add depth and vitality to the dance, illustrating Kathak’s intricate relationship between rhythm and movement.
3. Sitar (String): Adding a melodic dimension, the Sitar by Dr. Rajarshi Bandyopadhyay brings a resonant and evocative sound to the stage. The performance highlights the Sitar’s ability to convey emotion and narrative, complementing the visual and rhythmic elements of the evening.
4. Harmonium (Organ): The Harmonium by Dr. Jyoti Joshi provides a rich, harmonic backdrop, enhancing the overall atmosphere with warm, resonant tones. The inclusion of the Harmonium underscores the traditional and contemporary fusion of the performance.
5. Hindustani (Vocal): Traditional Hindustani vocal music by Shyama Mishra anchors the performance with its expressive and melodic qualities. Shyama sings classical compositions that enrich Kathak’s narrative and emotional depth, creating a harmonious blend of sound and movement.
5×5 is a celebration of the vibrant cultural tapestry of Kathak and its continued evolution. This performance brings together skilled artists from the Greater Houston Area, creating a fusion of traditional and contemporary expressions that will captivate and inspire audiences.
