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2024 Culture Camp: Manga POP!

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 […]

2024 Culture Camp: Rising Artists: The Nature of Symbols

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.

Scenes From Films I’ll Never Make

Sabine Street Studios 1907 Sabine St, Houston, TX, United States

Marking a major shift in Maloney’s practice, Scenes From Films I’ll Never Make, introduces a selection of 10 new oil paintings made by the artist within the last year. As the title suggests, a lot of the pieces were first conceived as ideas for films that for one reason or another never came to be. […]

WiVLA Presents: Entangled

Sabine Street Studios 1907 Sabine St, Houston, TX, United States

Women in the Visual and Literary Arts (WiVLA) is excited to announce that its 2024 Biennial Collaboration, one of WiVLA’s hallmark events, will be hosted at Sabine Street Studios North Gallery from September 12 through November 2. The Biennial Collaboration, which began in 1994, enables a visual or performance artist to collaborate with a literary […]

Zoo Boo presented by King & Spalding

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 […]

Latino cARTographies Digital Board Exhibit of Houston Artists

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 […]

Facing Survival | David Kassan

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 […]

Fall Exhibition at the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts

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 […]

From the Czech Silver Thaler to the US Dollar

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 […]

Brenda Biondo: Sun to Earth

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 […]

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud – New Suns

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

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, […]

Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow

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 […]

Theaster Gates: The Gift and The Renege

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 […]

“Out of Thin Air: Emerging Forms”

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, […]

“Fragments of Memory”

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 […]

“Tacita Dean: Blind Folly”

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

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.

“FOLDED TIME”, featuring new works by Colleen Maynard and Sarah Sudhoff,

Throughline 3909 Main St, Houston, TX, United States

Throughline will open its fifth two-person collective member exhibition, “FOLDED TIME”, featuring new works by Colleen Maynard and Sarah Sudhoff, on Friday, October 4 at 3909 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002. An opening reception will occur from 6 to 9pm the same evening. In Folded Time, Colleen Maynard and Sarah Sudhoff examine the compounding and […]

River on Fire – an exhibition

DiverseWorks – at MATCH Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United States

River on Fire is a multidisciplinary exhibition showcasing the work of 14 artists who respond to environmental crises and climate change. Curated by Ashley DeHoyos Sauder, the exhibition draws inspiration from a long history of environmental activism related to river fires across the nation— events that have significantly shaped understandings of ecological preservation and environmental […]

KRISTIN MARIE BACHMANN: At the Still Point (Part 1)

The Techne Gallery @ TXRX LABS 4366 Navigation Blvd, Houston, TX, United States

Developed over 4 years and across multiple locations in Texas and New York, At the Still Point comprises over 70 sculptural works employing various weave structures. Evolving from an exploration of the canvas – a woven textile – into a study of composition with space, the work contemplates what exists between. At the Still Point will […]

Level 0 – Intro to Improv Class

Station Theater 2219 Crockett St, Houston, TX, United States

Station Theater’s weekly FREE Level 0 class is a fun, no-pressure way to try improv! This weekly 30-minute class lets you get a taste of Station’s improv training program, and it’s a great way to spend a Friday night! Students are invited to stay for the 8:00 pm show for free, pending ticket availability, and […]

Level 0 – FREE Intro to Improv Class

Station Theater 2219 Crockett St, Houston, TX, United States

Our FREE Level 0 class is a fun, no-pressure way to try improv! This weekly 30-minute class lets you get a taste of Station’s improv training program, and it’s a great way to spend a Friday night! Level 0 students will receive a $25 discount code for our nine-week Level 1 – Fundamentals of Improv […]

Gulf Coast October Reading

Lawndale Art Center 4912 Main St, Houston, TX, United States

Please join Gulf Coast: A Magazine of Literature and Art for guest author Karisma Price who will be joined by 3 graduate students from the University of Houston’s Creative Writing Program. Karisma Price is an assistant professor of English at Tulane University. A poet and screenwriter, she is the author of I’m Always So Serious […]

The Small Back Room

Museum of Fine Arts – Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX, United States

This suspenseful character study, an influence on Kathryn Bigelow’s 2008 Oscar winner The Hurt Locker, tells of a neurotic and alcoholic munitions expert (David Farrar) during World War II. The climax of the story, a long tense scene of bomb disposal, is a virtuoso suspense sequence that is one of the most memorable in the […]

Il trovatore

Wortham Theater Center 501 Texas St, Houston, TX, United States

Just under the surface, every family has its unresolved problems and mysteries. Verdi’s Il trovatore embraces this complexity ––a Romani curse, disappeared children, mislaid identities, deadly fires, unfathomable loss. But something elemental emerges from the shadows and the embers, rekindled by Verdi’s thrumming, thrilling score––an extended family coming to terms with its secret history. In […]

Pixar Putt

Discovery Green Houston, TX, United States

This open air, pop-up mini-golf sensation is made up of interactive putt-putt holes inspired by the stories and iconic characters from Pixar’s most beloved films including Inside Out 2, Toy Story, Cars, Monsters, Inc., Soul, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, A Bug’s Life, Wall E, Luca and Turning Red. Tickets can be purchased online. Prices begin […]

Aida Cuevas

Jones Hall for the Performing Arts 615 Louisiana St, Houston, TX, United States

GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY-winning icon Aida Cuevas leads a mariachi spectacular celebrating Mexico’s bestselling artist, Juan Gabriel. Dubbed “The Queen of Ranchera Music,” Cuevas performs some of the greatest hits from Gabriel’s career, including Te Lo Pido Por Favor, Te Sigo Amando, La Diferencia, and more. With a 46-year career and 41 album releases to […]

‘Butterfly Effect’: An Evening With Houston Contemporary Dance Company and Open Dance Project

Asia Society Texas Center 1370 Southmore Blvd, Houston, TX, United States

Open Dance Project (ODP) joins forces with Houston Contemporary Dance Company to present Butterfly Effect, a weekend of stunning performances at Asia Society Texas. Bringing together Houston’s two leading contemporary dance companies, the performances will include an original work by ODP Artistic Director Annie Arnoult that unites the powerhouse of both companies on stage together […]

The Year of Magical Thinking

Main Street Theater – Rice Village 2540 Times Blvd, Houston, TX, United States

The Year of Magical Thinking By Joan Didion based on her memoir of the same name October 19, 2024 – November 17, 2024 Previews: October 13, 17, & 18 “This happened on December 30, 2003. That may seem a while ago, but it won’t when it happens to you…” In this dramatic adaptation of her […]

Live at the Founders Club: Celebrating Max Roach and Abbey Lincoln with Camille Thurman and Darrell Green

Hobby Center for the Performing Arts 800 Bagby St, Houston, TX, United States

Celebrating Max Roach and Abbey Lincoln delivers an evening of beautiful, soulful sounds which spotlight both the centennial year of Max Roach, and the music that he and his wife, vocalist and actress Abbey Lincoln made together. Max Roach was one of the pioneers of Bebop and a founder of modern jazz drumming, while Abbey […]

Butterfly Effect: An Evening with Houston Contemporary Dance Company and Open Dance Project

Asia Society Texas Center 1370 Southmore Blvd, Houston, TX, United States

Open Dance Project (ODP) joins forces with Houston Contemporary Dance Company to present Butterfly Effect, a weekend of stunning performances at Asia Society Texas. Bringing together Houston’s two leading contemporary dance companies, the performances will include an original work by ODP Artistic Director Annie Arnoult that unites the powerhouse of both companies on stage together […]

Spring Awakening

Rec Room Arts 100 Jackson St, Houston, TX, United States

book and lyric by STEVEN SATER music by DUNCAN SHEIK based on the play by FRANK WEDEKIND directed by MATT HUNE A story of adolescent anarchy, of teenagers silenced and controlled by a censoring society, and the devastating consequences of the freedom students find outside of the classroom. ‘Spring Awakening,’ the groundbreaking Tony Award-winning musical, […]

Betrayal

Rec Room Arts 100 Jackson St, Houston, TX, United States

by HAROLD PINTER directed by SOPHIA WATT From the final meeting of two lovers to the inception of an illicit affair, a love triangle unfolds backward as power dynamics shift in exhilarating and unexpected ways in Harold Pinter’s masterpiece. The most fundamental axioms of love and friendship are open for reassessment, as we witness Emma, […]

Dracula by Bram Stoker

The DeLuxe Theater 3303 Lyons Ave, Houston, TX, United States

“As we mark the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the first authorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s seminal vampire novel, we seek to peel back a century’s worth of imagery and mythology that has built up, layer upon layer, around this iconic character. So much of what we think of when we hear the name […]

Little Women, Opera

University of Houston – Moores Opera House Houston, TX, United States

By Mark Adamo Libretto by the Composer after the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Presented under license by G. Schirmer, Inc., copyright owners. Sung in English with English and Spanish Supertitles This wonderful tale of family love, growing older, and being an independent woman has been a classic from its inception in 1868. Mark Adamo’s […]

World Premiere of Tales From the Cryptic Vault of the Anthologically Macabre by Bryan Maynard

Spring Street Studios #233

Prepare to be thrilled and chilled this Halloween season with the world premiere of Tales From the Cryptic Vault of the Anthologically Macabre, a spine-tingling series of short plays written by Houston playwright Bryan Maynard. Aleister Crowley, a mysterious and sinister figure, guides the audience through a selection of terrifying tales from his favorite book, […]

Race

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 […]

The Buffalo Bayou Mural Festival

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 […]

Coco Live-to-Film Concert

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” […]

I Just Want to Celebrate! Song’s of the ’70s

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 […]

COME CELEBRATE WITH US!

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 […]

RUSSIAN LANGUAGE SCHOOL FOR KIDS

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 […]

2024 Culture Camp: Rising Artists: The Nature of Symbols

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: Documentary Filmmaking

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 […]

2024 Culture Camp: Manga POP!

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 […]

Zoo Boo presented by King & Spalding

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 […]

Mindfulness and the Sense of Wellbeing (Online)

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 […]

Jensen Jubilee Fall Festival – Painting Workshops

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 […]

Latino cARTographies Digital Board Exhibit of Houston Artists

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 […]

Facing Survival | David Kassan

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 […]

Fall Exhibition at the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts

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 […]

2024 KBR Kids Day & Tony Marron Park Send-Off

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 […]

From the Czech Silver Thaler to the US Dollar

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 […]

Brenda Biondo: Sun to Earth

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 […]

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud – New Suns

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

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, […]

Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow

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 […]

Theaster Gates: The Gift and The Renege

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 […]

“Out of Thin Air: Emerging Forms”

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, […]

“Fragments of Memory”

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 […]

“Tacita Dean: Blind Folly”

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

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

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 […]

The Buffalo Bayou Mural Festival

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 […]

Hindustani (North Indian) Vocal Recital by PT Ram Deshpande

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 […]

5×5

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 […]

Open Studio w/ slowdanger

Houston Metropolitan Dance Center 4916 Main St, Houston, TX, United States

Meet the artists of slowdanger and learn about how they will be spending in Texas as the Inaugural New Work Development Artists In Residence at Texas A&M’s College for Performance, Visualization, and Fine Art! This event is free and open to the public anna thompson and taylor knight, are co-founders of Pittsburgh, PA based multidisciplinary […]

Level 0 – FREE Intro to Improv Class

Station Theater 2219 Crockett St, Houston, TX, United States

Our FREE Level 0 class is a fun, no-pressure way to try improv! This weekly 30-minute class lets you get a taste of Station’s improv training program, and it’s a great way to spend a Friday night! Level 0 students will receive a $25 discount code for our nine-week Level 1 – Fundamentals of Improv […]

The Small Back Room

Museum of Fine Arts – Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX, United States

This suspenseful character study, an influence on Kathryn Bigelow’s 2008 Oscar winner The Hurt Locker, tells of a neurotic and alcoholic munitions expert (David Farrar) during World War II. The climax of the story, a long tense scene of bomb disposal, is a virtuoso suspense sequence that is one of the most memorable in the […]

Ki’mon! The Eastern Nigerian Afro-Funk Revolution: 1970-1980

MATCH Houston (Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston) 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United States

Join us for an extraordinary journey into the world of Ki’mon! The Eastern Nigerian Afro-Funk Revolution: 1970-1980, a captivating documentary that transcends borders and tells a universal story of resilience and renewal. Presented by the African Music Library and renowned historian Nze Ed Keazor, this film is not just about music, but about the power […]

Pixar Putt

Discovery Green Houston, TX, United States

This open air, pop-up mini-golf sensation is made up of interactive putt-putt holes inspired by the stories and iconic characters from Pixar’s most beloved films including Inside Out 2, Toy Story, Cars, Monsters, Inc., Soul, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, A Bug’s Life, Wall E, Luca and Turning Red. Tickets can be purchased online. Prices begin […]

‘Butterfly Effect’: An Evening With Houston Contemporary Dance Company and Open Dance Project

Asia Society Texas Center 1370 Southmore Blvd, Houston, TX, United States

Open Dance Project (ODP) joins forces with Houston Contemporary Dance Company to present Butterfly Effect, a weekend of stunning performances at Asia Society Texas. Bringing together Houston’s two leading contemporary dance companies, the performances will include an original work by ODP Artistic Director Annie Arnoult that unites the powerhouse of both companies on stage together […]

I Just Want to Celebrate! Song’s of the ’70s

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 […]

The Year of Magical Thinking

Main Street Theater – Rice Village 2540 Times Blvd, Houston, TX, United States

The Year of Magical Thinking By Joan Didion based on her memoir of the same name October 19, 2024 – November 17, 2024 Previews: October 13, 17, & 18 “This happened on December 30, 2003. That may seem a while ago, but it won’t when it happens to you…” In this dramatic adaptation of her […]

Butterfly Effect: An Evening with Houston Contemporary Dance Company and Open Dance Project

Asia Society Texas Center 1370 Southmore Blvd, Houston, TX, United States

Open Dance Project (ODP) joins forces with Houston Contemporary Dance Company to present Butterfly Effect, a weekend of stunning performances at Asia Society Texas. Bringing together Houston’s two leading contemporary dance companies, the performances will include an original work by ODP Artistic Director Annie Arnoult that unites the powerhouse of both companies on stage together […]

Betrayal

Rec Room Arts 100 Jackson St, Houston, TX, United States

by HAROLD PINTER directed by SOPHIA WATT From the final meeting of two lovers to the inception of an illicit affair, a love triangle unfolds backward as power dynamics shift in exhilarating and unexpected ways in Harold Pinter’s masterpiece. The most fundamental axioms of love and friendship are open for reassessment, as we witness Emma, […]

Spring Awakening

Rec Room Arts 100 Jackson St, Houston, TX, United States

book and lyric by STEVEN SATER music by DUNCAN SHEIK based on the play by FRANK WEDEKIND directed by MATT HUNE A story of adolescent anarchy, of teenagers silenced and controlled by a censoring society, and the devastating consequences of the freedom students find outside of the classroom. ‘Spring Awakening,’ the groundbreaking Tony Award-winning musical, […]

Little Women, Opera

University of Houston – Moores Opera House Houston, TX, United States

By Mark Adamo Libretto by the Composer after the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Presented under license by G. Schirmer, Inc., copyright owners. Sung in English with English and Spanish Supertitles This wonderful tale of family love, growing older, and being an independent woman has been a classic from its inception in 1868. Mark Adamo’s […]

The Buffalo Bayou Mural Festival

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 […]

HOUSTON YOUTH SYMPHONY PRESENTS ITS FALL CONCERT ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20

Rice University – Stude Hall 6100 S Main St, Houston, TX, United States

The award-winning Houston Youth Symphony (HYS) opens their 2024/25 Season with its Fall Concert, featuring all five youth orchestras at Stude Concert Hall at Rice University on Sunday, October 20, 2024. Fall Concert I, beginning at 2:30 PM, features the Debut String Orchestra, under the direction of Jackson Guillén; the String Orchestra, under the direction […]

COME CELEBRATE WITH US!

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 […]

RUSSIAN LANGUAGE SCHOOL FOR KIDS

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 […]

2024 Culture Camp: Rising Artists: The Nature of Symbols

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!

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 […]

2024 Culture Camp: Documentary Filmmaking

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 […]

Scenes From Films I’ll Never Make

Sabine Street Studios 1907 Sabine St, Houston, TX, United States

Marking a major shift in Maloney’s practice, Scenes From Films I’ll Never Make, introduces a selection of 10 new oil paintings made by the artist within the last year. As the title suggests, a lot of the pieces were first conceived as ideas for films that for one reason or another never came to be. […]

WiVLA Presents: Entangled

Sabine Street Studios 1907 Sabine St, Houston, TX, United States

Women in the Visual and Literary Arts (WiVLA) is excited to announce that its 2024 Biennial Collaboration, one of WiVLA’s hallmark events, will be hosted at Sabine Street Studios North Gallery from September 12 through November 2. The Biennial Collaboration, which began in 1994, enables a visual or performance artist to collaborate with a literary […]

Zoo Boo presented by King & Spalding

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 […]

The Buffalo Bayou Mural Festival

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 […]

Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow

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 […]

Theaster Gates: The Gift and The Renege

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 […]

“Out of Thin Air: Emerging Forms”

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, […]

Wall Drawing Series: Ronny Quevedo

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.

“Fragments of Memory”

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 […]

“Tacita Dean: Blind Folly”

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.

The Buffalo Bayou Mural Festival

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 […]

Brewster McCloud

Museum of Fine Arts – Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX, United States

Brewster (Bud Cort) is an intellectual boy who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome. With the aid of a mysterious guardian angel, he develops a pair of wings to help him realize his dream of flying inside the stadium. In her first feature film, Shelley Duvall “ unlike anyone seen onscreen before. […]

Pixar Putt

Discovery Green Houston, TX, United States

This open air, pop-up mini-golf sensation is made up of interactive putt-putt holes inspired by the stories and iconic characters from Pixar’s most beloved films including Inside Out 2, Toy Story, Cars, Monsters, Inc., Soul, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, A Bug’s Life, Wall E, Luca and Turning Red. Tickets can be purchased online. Prices begin […]

Assassins

MATCH Houston (Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston) 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United States

A multiple Tony Award-winning theatrical tour-de-force, Assassins combines Sondheim’s signature blend of intelligently stunning lyrics and beautiful music with a panoramic story of our nation’s culture of celebrity and the violent means some will use to obtain it, embodied by America’s four successful and five would-be presidential assassins. Bold, original, disturbing and alarmingly funny, Assassins […]

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