BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//East End Houston - ECPv6.15.19//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:East End Houston X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://eastendhouston.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for East End Houston REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240226T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240226T100000 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240226T135405Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240226T135405Z UID:215732-1708941600-1708941600@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:'Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette' DESCRIPTION:Asia Society Texas is pleased to present Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette\, the organization’s first public art installation. This collaboration between Cuban American artist Rafael Domenech and Vietnamese American artist Tomas Vu assumes the form of a dynamic outdoor pavilion with two stages\, occupying AST’s 13\,000-square-foot lot at the intersection of Oakdale and Caroline Streets in the heart of Houston’s Museum District. Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette is commissioned in partnership with the University of Houston’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts.\nDescribed by the artists as a form of “urban acupuncture\,” Heat Silhouette is a physical structure designed to welcome the spontaneous circulation of people\, energy\, and events. The outdoor pavilion takes cues from college campuses\, popular culture\, and experimental magazines. Made of wood\, aluminum framing\, and laser-cut construction mesh — the very materials used to build the city of Houston — the pavilion becomes an extension of the museum and a public programming space. The title itself references the most omnipresent weather condition of Houston the summer’s intense heat\, a heat so palpable that it feels as if it occupies actual space\, creating a silhouette or edge.\nFor the artists\, the pavilion resists merely being a form of architecture. Instead\, the pavilion physically operates as an experimental magazine\, referencing the graphic processes seen in radical publications from the 1960s and 1970s like Kontexts\, an important catalyst of avant-garde poetry. Readers do not flip Heat Silhouette’s pages; instead\, they become viewers that are invited to walk in\, around\, and through the publication. Laser-cut texts appropriated from popular science-fiction films\, poetry\, and other sources intermingle to form multiple layers and viewpoints that shift with the sunlight. Heat Silhouette is a space of active production filled with theater-like compartments — a site where text\, image\, and pattern coalesce into a kind of urban camouflage. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/rafael-domenech-and-tomas-vu-heat-silhouette-5/ LOCATION:Asia Society Texas Center\, 1370 Southmore Blvd.\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/event-featured-rafael-domenech-and-tomas-vu-heat-silhouette-1697751613-ZVcLnx.tmp_-Tp18AU.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Asia Society Texas Center":MAILTO:txcenter@asiasociety.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240226T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240226T100000 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240226T135405Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240226T135405Z UID:215733-1708941600-1708941600@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Timothy McCoy Beyond My Lens art exhibit DESCRIPTION:Timothy McCoy creates images in order to transform the “reality” seen through the camera lens into an expression of the oneness and wonder found in Taoist/Buddhist philosophy. These photographs are meditations on the constant and inevitable change in nature. The flow of water is one object of this contemplation. The flow of water and the human journey have parallels. According to Eastern philosophy\, mankind’s resistance to transformation leads to suffering.\nSelected photographs from three bodies of his work emphasize “alternative” photographic processes Tongues Turned to Stone (photogravure on gamphi-shi paper)\, Sanctuary (palladium on translucent vellum)\, and Long\, Long Journey to the Sea (gold-toned albumen). He chose these historical printing processes to evoke the timelessness of his content and his interpretive rather than documentary intent. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/timothy-mccoy-beyond-my-lens-art-exhibit-4/ LOCATION:The Jung Center of Houston\, 5200 Montrose Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/event-featured-timothy-mccoy-beyond-my-lens-art-exhibit-1694803024-zBMPYm.tmp_-kzCd3d.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Jung Center of Houston":MAILTO:feedback@junghouston.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240226T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240226T140000 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240222T174859Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240222T182804Z UID:215691-1708941600-1708956000@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:East End Farmers Market DESCRIPTION:The East End Farmers Market is a year-round Sunday market on the award-winning Navigation Esplanade in front of the original Ninfa’s restaurant. \nThe East End Farmers Market’s mission is to create vibrant community gatherings in the East End\, and contribute to the success of local food growers\, prepared food vendors\, artisans and live performers. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/east-end-farmers-market/ LOCATION:East End Farmers Market\, 2401 Munger St\, Houston\, TX\, 77003\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Kids + Families ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/EEH-Farmers-Market.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240226T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240226T180000 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240226T135404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240226T230913Z UID:215731-1708941600-1708970400@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:COLORS IN BLOOM DESCRIPTION:Spring into COLORS IN BLOOM at Color Factory! Leave your winter blues behind and take a stroll through its newly refreshed\, blossoming Confetti Accumulation. Houstonians will be immersed in larger-than-life bluebonnets inspired by Houston’s iconic first sign of spring. And\, of course\, Color Factory will have a few surprises budding\, too! Tickets are available for purchase at colorfactory.co/houston. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/colors-in-bloom-4/ LOCATION:Color Factory\, 3303 Kirby Dr\, Houston\, TX\, 77098\, United States CATEGORIES:Kids + Families,Visual Arts + Museums END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240226T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240318T163000 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240226T135403Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T204700Z UID:215729-1708959600-1710779400@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Rewilding: Opening to Unfolding Paradigms (In Person) DESCRIPTION:Explore how we can choose to adapt in harmony with organic processes and shifting paradigms.\nAs the world struggles to control and understand Artificial Intelligence\, this powerful technology is already affecting our lives. But as conscious beings\, we have capacities and responsibilities that AI does not. What happens if we allow the rising tension between the realms of human and computer creativity call us to a psychic evolution? With awareness\, we can choose to adapt in harmony with organic processes and shifting paradigms. In this four-week course\, we will learn ways to be in touch with three basic but powerful human capacities\, and practice them together: being aware of constant change\, feeling “in relationship” with the world\, and noticing what is not yet fully conscious. We will allow our discussion to follow our personal insights\, and the class itself to evolve as we inquire into our experience. In the process we will develop greater capacity to be aware in other relational situations. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/rewilding-opening-to-unfolding-paradigms-in-person/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Classes + Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/creating-your-life-7-IZGMFx.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Jung Center of Houston":MAILTO:feedback@junghouston.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240226T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240226T193000 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240226T135422Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T005616Z UID:215740-1708975800-1708975800@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Bands Pop Concert DESCRIPTION:Moores School of Music presents: Bands Pop Concert URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/bands-pop-concert/ LOCATION:University of Houston – Moores Opera House\, 3800 Cullen Blvd.\, Houston\, TX\, 77204-0001 CATEGORIES:Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/thumbnail_moores_event_image-2-PFvWyo.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="University of Houston - Moores School of Music":MAILTO:musicinfo@uh.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240226T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240226T213000 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240226T135421Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T005615Z UID:215738-1708975800-1708983000@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:They\, Who Sound DESCRIPTION:Every Monday\nNameless Sound and Lawndale Art Center join forces to present an evening of experimental sound-making\, improvised music\, noises\, the sounding of art\, the performance of art\, and more. Two different sets each week showcase a rich diversity of international and regional creative offerings\, with an emphasis on Houston’s vibrant local scene.\nOpening night is January 29th.\nConcerts are held on every Monday at 7:30pm (doors open at 7pm)\nat Lawndale Art & Performance Center\n4912 Main St.\nHouston\, Texas\nThey\, Who Sound is free of charge.\nDonations are welcomed. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/they-who-sound-2/ LOCATION:Lawndale Art Center\, 4912 Main St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States CATEGORIES:Experimental Music,Free Events,Music,Performance Art,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/tws-23-sq-sm-AY7vVR.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Nameless Sound":MAILTO:info@namelesssound.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240226T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240226T220000 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240226T135509Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T005630Z UID:215743-1708977600-1708984800@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Twelfth Night DESCRIPTION:Directed by Elizabeth Bunch\nOne of Shakespeare’s greatest comedies\, Twelfth Night ponders love lost and found. A shipwreck separates twins Viola and Sebastian\, but tragedy quickly turns to comedy when they wash up in a land turned upside-down by love. Mistaken identities and role reversals abound in one of Shakespeare’s most inventive romantic romps. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/twelfth-night/ LOCATION:University of Houston – Jose Quintero Theatre\, School of Theater and Dance Office 3351 Cullen Blvd.\, Houston\, TX\, 77204 CATEGORIES:Theatre + Comedy ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/12th-night-chAdtC.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240227 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240409 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240226T135403Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T204700Z UID:215728-1708992000-1712620799@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Motus Anima: Lauren E. Allen DESCRIPTION:Motus Anima is an art exhibit exploring emotional responses to moments and memories influenced by Lauren’s experience as a neurodivergent person. Through their conception\, she creates tangible objects to dissect and reflect on in an attempt to accept her unresolved identity. The artist’s reception is Saturday February 17th 5 – 7pm. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/motus-anima-lauren-e-allen-7/ LOCATION:The Jung Center of Houston\, 5200 Montrose Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/lauren_allen_01-sm-itCrGw.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Jung Center of Houston":MAILTO:feedback@junghouston.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T060000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T180000 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240226T135510Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T222044Z UID:215745-1709013600-1709056800@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Dark Matter\, Dark Energy\, Dark Imaginarence Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Nathaniel Donnett\nDark Matter\, Dark Energy\, Dark Imaginarence\nSolo Exhibition\n“For them\, as for me\, imagining is not merely looking or looking at; nor is it\ntaking oneself intact into the other. It is\, for the purposes of the work\, becoming.”\nToni Morrison\nThe University Museum is pleased to present Dark Matter\, Dark Energy\, Dark Imaginarence\, Nathaniel Donnett’s solo exhibition at Texas Southern University. The artist’s multimedia works consider how people navigate space and time through nonlinear trajectories and ask how abstraction reflects our realities while offering multiple ways to perceive them. Donnett examines the role imagination plays in contending with obstacles in our lives that manifest as systemic limitations and constitute nuanced moments of discovery.\nThe exhibition takes inspiration from the life of Ed Dwight\, an ex-Navy pilot who almost became the first Black astronaut to enter outer space but was denied because of sociopolitical interference and racial hostility. He later reimagined himself and became a sculptor. Following that path\, Donnett’s works—textiles\, sculpture\, installation\, sound\, video\, and\, importantly\, community engagement in the form of a backpack exchange with students from historic Black neighborhoods in Houston (Third Ward\, Sunnyside\, Acres Homes\, Fifth Ward)—combine the unknown and the embodied to search out Black cosmologies and material constellations that act as poetics\, prompts\, processes\, and presentations for lived transformation.\nDonnett approaches his practice through the lens of Dark Imaginarence\, a concept of art\, everyday aesthetic theory\, and notion(s) of Blackness. The exhibition also reflects on theories concerned with fugitivity\, spatial understanding\, and becoming: Gaston Bachelard’s The Poetics of Space\, which describes the house as a shelter and universe allowing for dreaming and protection; Fred Moten’s notion of enclosure\, a psychological entrapment caused by social precarity; and Michel Foucault’s concept of heterotopias\, an engagement with the plurality of space and time.\nFor example\, the centerpiece of the exhibition\, Staring at infinity through the corners of asymmetry (2023)\, uses reclaimed materials to recreate a geometric form shotgun house that references histories embedded within architecture\, and expansive galactic dreams.\nDonnett’s process is as much philosophical as it is musical—and concerned with how everyday actions and common materials hold memories and serve as witnesses to\nlived experiences. His recent works investigate tensions between the rational and the irrational as a route for accessing generative ways of moving\, thinking\, and living hidden within our subconscious that might help us reframe and redefine ourselves—and negotiate life’s constraints. Dark Matter\, Dark Energy\, Dark Imaginarence asks: What could happen if we changed our questions from “What is the sum of two plus two?” to “What is the sum of two plus a spaceship\, divided by Earth\, Wind & Fire’s song’ Devotion\,’ multiplied by the first half of Andrei Tarkovsky’s film Solaris?”\nThis project is supported by the Guggenheim Foundation\, Houston Arts Alliance\, and the University Museum at Texas Southern University.\nNathaniel Donnett was born in Houston\, Texas. Donnett received his B.A. in Fine Arts from Texas Southern University\, and his MFA from Yale University School of Art. Nathaniel received the 2024 American Academy of Rome Affiliated Fellowship\, a 2022 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship\, a 2022 Houston Arts Alliance Individual Artist Grant\, a Dean’s Critical Practice Research Grant from Yale\, and an Art and Social Justice Initiative Grant from Yale (2020)\, among others.\nHis work has been exhibited nationally at The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art\, Bentonville\, AK; the Virginia Museum of Fine Art\, Richmond\, VA; the Mennello Museum\, Orlando\, FL; the Ulrich Museum\, Wichita\, KS; Project Row Houses\, Houston\, TX\, The Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art\, Virginia Beach\, VA\, The American Museum\, Washington D.C.\, The University Museum\, Houston\, TX\, The Kemper Contemporary Arts Museum\, Kansas City\, MO\, The Mattatuck Museum\, Waterbury CT\, The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston\, Houston\, TX\, and The New Museum\, New York\, NY. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/dark-matter-dark-energy-dark-imaginarence-exhibition-7/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/02a.-Light-41-Z6HTA0.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T060000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T200000 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240226T135511Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T222044Z UID:215746-1709013600-1709064000@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:The Voices of People. The Stories of Place. The Politics of Power. DESCRIPTION:Architecture Center Houston is proud to announce their upcoming exhibition The Voices of People. The Stories of Place. The Politics of Power.\, opening Thursday\, February 22\, 6-8pm\, and on view through April 26\, 2024. Curated by Susan Rogers and José Mario López\, the exhibition amplifies and centers the voices and visions of twelve Houston communities and their leaders\, through video\, stories\, maps and photographs.\nThe Voices of the People. mediates and disrupts the relationships between public and private\, fast and slow\, the privileged and the overlooked\, the beautiful and the ordinary\, through a curated collection of visual\, text\, and audio storytelling focused on twelve Houston neighborhoods. The layered stories\, intertwined across mediums\, celebrate the power of people and the significance of place. Pasadena-based photographer Joe Robles IV worked with the curators\, Susan Rogers and Mario Lopez\, to develop life size portraits of community leaders\, standing firm in place. The portraits are a celebration of strength and resilience—of what it means to stand up to power\, to stand for rights\, to fight for change\, and embrace a different future.\nDialogue and conversations\, listening and sharing\, are critical components of the exhibit\, disrupting who makes and sits at the table\, and organized through a series of public events that privilege\, respect\, and promote community voice over those of experts. This dialogue is intended to explore intersectionality as it relates to people\, the places they call home\, and the power to imagine and achieve a new system with new values. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/the-voices-of-people-the-stories-of-place-the-politics-of-power-5/ LOCATION:Architecture Center Houston\, 315 Capitol\, Suite 120\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ivy_5x5-euPlnx.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T170000 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240226T135512Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T222044Z UID:215747-1709024400-1709053200@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Costumbres DESCRIPTION:Costumbres is an art exhibition designed to display the art of Cuban artist Alberto Carratala. His art depicts Cuban life\, folklore\, and history through paintings and sculptures. This event is designed to bring attention to the art of Houston’s Latin-American artistic community\, bringing people of different backgrounds together to share appreciation for art. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/costumbres-3/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/grant-2-Es8dsp.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T183000 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240226T135512Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T222030Z UID:215748-1709024400-1709058600@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Register for UHCL Art School for Children and Young Adults Spring Art Classes! DESCRIPTION:The UHCL Art School for Children and Young Adults will be hosting Spring 2024 art classes for students K-12! Our classes will range in content and medium including classes with a focus on art history\, pop culture\, and fine art skills. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/register-for-uhcl-art-school-for-children-and-young-adults-spring-art-classes-6/ LOCATION:UHCL Art School for Children and Young Adults\, Arbor Building 1315\, 2700 Bay Area Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, 77058\, United States CATEGORIES:Classes + Workshops,Kids + Families,Literature + Lectures,Special Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/corrected-spring-2024-flyer-eAQzhl.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="UHCL Art School for Children &%3B Young Adults":MAILTO:childrensart@uhcl.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T150000 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240227T144003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T204103Z UID:215905-1709026200-1709046000@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:“RESILIENCE IN EXILE: THE UKRAINIAN REFUGEE EXPERIENCE” PHOTO EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION:The Cultural Center “Our Texas” proudly announces the opening of a poignant photo exhibit\, “Resilience in Exile: The Ukrainian Refugee Experience”. This exhibit\, featuring the compelling work of photographer Vladimir Frumin\, offers a deep\, emotional insight into the Ukrainian refugee crisis.\nThe photos capture the stark reality of displacement and loss faced by refugees\, symbolized through personal items left behind. This exhibition\, supported by the City of Houston and the Houston Arts Alliance\, is not just an artistic endeavor but an educational and cultural experience\, highlighting the resilience of the human spirit in times of turmoil.\nVisitors are invited to engage with these powerful stories and reflect on the ongoing conflict’s impact. This exhibit promises to draw a diverse audience\, providing a platform for understanding and empathy toward the Ukrainian community.\nCurator: Joe Aker\nOpening: Saturday\, February 24\, 2024\, 7:30 pm\nOn view: February 24 – March 24\, 2024\nAdmission is free and open to the public.\nCultural Center “Our Texas” is located at 2337 Bissonnet Street\, Houston\, TX 77005 URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/resilience-in-exile-the-ukrainian-refugee-experience-photo-exhibit/ LOCATION:Russian Cultural Center Our Texas\, 2337 Bissonnet\, Houston\, TX\, 77005\, United States CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/frumin-2-xBzTS4.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Cultural Center 'Our Texas'":MAILTO:Russianculturalcenter@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T100000 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240226T135513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T155130Z UID:215749-1709028000-1709028000@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Timothy McCoy Beyond My Lens art exhibit DESCRIPTION:Timothy McCoy creates images in order to transform the “reality” seen through the camera lens into an expression of the oneness and wonder found in Taoist/Buddhist philosophy. These photographs are meditations on the constant and inevitable change in nature. The flow of water is one object of this contemplation. The flow of water and the human journey have parallels. According to Eastern philosophy\, mankind’s resistance to transformation leads to suffering.\nSelected photographs from three bodies of his work emphasize “alternative” photographic processes Tongues Turned to Stone (photogravure on gamphi-shi paper)\, Sanctuary (palladium on translucent vellum)\, and Long\, Long Journey to the Sea (gold-toned albumen). He chose these historical printing processes to evoke the timelessness of his content and his interpretive rather than documentary intent. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/timothy-mccoy-beyond-my-lens-art-exhibit-5/ LOCATION:The Jung Center of Houston\, 5200 Montrose Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/event-featured-timothy-mccoy-beyond-my-lens-art-exhibit-1694803024-zBMPYm.tmp_-kzCd3d.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Jung Center of Houston":MAILTO:feedback@junghouston.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T100000 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240226T135513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T155130Z UID:215750-1709028000-1709028000@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:'Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette' DESCRIPTION:Asia Society Texas is pleased to present Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette\, the organization’s first public art installation. This collaboration between Cuban American artist Rafael Domenech and Vietnamese American artist Tomas Vu assumes the form of a dynamic outdoor pavilion with two stages\, occupying AST’s 13\,000-square-foot lot at the intersection of Oakdale and Caroline Streets in the heart of Houston’s Museum District. Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette is commissioned in partnership with the University of Houston’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts.\nDescribed by the artists as a form of “urban acupuncture\,” Heat Silhouette is a physical structure designed to welcome the spontaneous circulation of people\, energy\, and events. The outdoor pavilion takes cues from college campuses\, popular culture\, and experimental magazines. Made of wood\, aluminum framing\, and laser-cut construction mesh — the very materials used to build the city of Houston — the pavilion becomes an extension of the museum and a public programming space. The title itself references the most omnipresent weather condition of Houston the summer’s intense heat\, a heat so palpable that it feels as if it occupies actual space\, creating a silhouette or edge.\nFor the artists\, the pavilion resists merely being a form of architecture. Instead\, the pavilion physically operates as an experimental magazine\, referencing the graphic processes seen in radical publications from the 1960s and 1970s like Kontexts\, an important catalyst of avant-garde poetry. Readers do not flip Heat Silhouette’s pages; instead\, they become viewers that are invited to walk in\, around\, and through the publication. Laser-cut texts appropriated from popular science-fiction films\, poetry\, and other sources intermingle to form multiple layers and viewpoints that shift with the sunlight. Heat Silhouette is a space of active production filled with theater-like compartments — a site where text\, image\, and pattern coalesce into a kind of urban camouflage. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/rafael-domenech-and-tomas-vu-heat-silhouette-6/ LOCATION:Asia Society Texas Center\, 1370 Southmore Blvd.\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/event-featured-rafael-domenech-and-tomas-vu-heat-silhouette-1697751613-ZVcLnx.tmp_-Tp18AU.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Asia Society Texas Center":MAILTO:txcenter@asiasociety.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T120000 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240226T212606Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T175123Z UID:215752-1709028000-1709035200@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Effective Communication (Hybrid) DESCRIPTION:How can we speak without harming others – without judging\, bullying\, blaming\, or refusing to listen?\nJoin us as we practice the skills of Nonviolent Communication\, as developed by psychologist Dr. Marshall Rosenberg. This course combines practices of mindfulness with the principles of Nonviolent Communication and explores how adding mindfulness to the process of communicating with others can allow us to tune into our bodies\, even in the midst of difficult conversations. Come and learn\, through experiential exercises\, tools that lead to less reactivity\, and to a greater capacity for expressing our own needs and hearing the needs of others. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/effective-communication-hybrid-3/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Classes + Workshops,Online/Streaming,Professional Development ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/website-tile-mbsi-4-OtsIrG.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Jung Center of Houston":MAILTO:feedback@junghouston.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T160000 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240226T212607Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T204103Z UID:215753-1709028000-1709049600@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Buffalo Soldiers National Museum ‘The Blue Helmets in Action” Rotating Exhibit DESCRIPTION:Buffalo Soldiers National Museum’s new rotating exhibition\, The Blue Helmets in Action\, focuses on the 93rd Infantry Division\, the first African American combat division to be activated during World War II.\nThe purpose of the exhibition is to educate visitors about this historically overlooked Army division. The exhibition follows the formation of The Blue Helmets\, their early history\, training\, service in the Pacific theater\, and occupation duties through to deactivation. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/buffalo-soldiers-national-museum-the-blue-helmets-in-action-rotating-exhibit-6/ LOCATION:Buffalo Soldiers National Museum\, 3816 Caroline \, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums ORGANIZER;CN="Midtown Cultural Arts and Entertainment District":MAILTO:calvarado@midtownhouston.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T170000 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240227T005631Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T222029Z UID:215899-1709028000-1709053200@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection DESCRIPTION:“The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection” celebrates the achievements and contributions of Black Americans from 1595 to present day. Considered one of the most comprehensive surveys of African American history and culture outside the Smithsonian Institution\, the exhibition of the same name features the shared treasures amassed by Shirley and Bernard Kinsey during their five decades of marriage. The collection includes masterful paintings and sculpture\, photographs\, rare books\, letters\, manuscripts and more that offer a well-rounded look at the African American experience and provide new perspectives on the nation’s history and culture.\nThe Kinsey African American Art & History Collection\nOrganized by – The Bernard & Shirley Kinsey Foundation for Arts & Education and KBK Enterprises\, Incorporated URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/the-kinsey-african-american-art-history-collection-6/ LOCATION:Holocaust Museum Houston\, 5401 Caroline St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77004-6804\, United States CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/004-dunson-the-cultivators-1mb-oTkkmI.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Holocaust Museum Houston":MAILTO:info@hmh.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T120000 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240227T005630Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T175122Z UID:215898-1709035200-1709035200@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Intimate confession is a project DESCRIPTION:Intimate confession is a project is a group exhibition that considers transmission\, intergenerational life\, and cultural inheritance through the prism of intimacy and infrastructure. Through the work of eleven artists spanning generations and geographies\, the exhibition thinks through infrastructure as an intimate holding cell\, capable of affective and affirmative power.\nThe title is borrowed from a sonnet line by poet Juliana Spahr\, and is recast to reflect on the relational infrastructures of cultural material. In recent years\, a surge of scholarship on the built and unbuilt environments has emerged contrasting “humans\, things\, words\, and non-humans into patterned conjunctures\,” to quote feminist theorist Michelle Murphy. This exhibition examines how infrastructures can be understood as “affective” in their varied expressions of movement and imprint on cultural life.\nThe exhibition includes commissions and site-specific projects that expand on material and immaterial histories of Houston. At times they refer to the unique context of the Blaffer\, connecting art to other fields of knowledge and experience.\nIntimate confession is a project is accompanied by a rich public program featuring talks\, readings\, concerts\, and performances in connection with a range of citywide and institutional partners across the exhibition’s six-month run\, including Basket Books & Art\, the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation Collection\, Institute for Global Engagement\, Institute for Research on Women\, Gender & Sexuality\, Project Row Houses\, and UH School of Art.\nThe Intimate confession is a project exhibition and programs are organized by guest curator Jennifer Teets URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/intimate-confession-is-a-project-4/ LOCATION:Blaffer Art Museum\, 120 Fine Arts Building\, Houston\, TX\, 77204 CATEGORIES:Free Events,Kids + Families,Music,Performance Art,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/event-featured-intimate-confession-is-a-project-1696972007-R8so2O.tmp_-D1Ntwj.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Blaffer Art Museum":MAILTO:infoblaffer@uh.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T170000 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240227T005648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T222029Z UID:215900-1709035200-1709053200@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Reynier Leyva Novo: Former Present Today DESCRIPTION:The Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston is proud to present the first solo museum exhibition in the United States of Cuban conceptual artist Reynier Leyva Novo. Former Present Today presents a newly realized installation and painting series to simultaneously reveal and conceal monuments\, structures\, and figureheads which manifest revolution and tyranny. The works are created through research on icons and memorialization and how the prestige of nation established through revolution utilizes both facts and myths as a means of propaganda. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/reynier-leyva-novo-former-present-today-5/ LOCATION:Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston\, 4173 Elgin St The University of Houston\, Fine Arts Building\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/novo_ig_4_1000x1000-vkC45E.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Blaffer Art Museum":MAILTO:infoblaffer@uh.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T160000 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240227T143948Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T204102Z UID:215902-1709044200-1709049600@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:It Is Magic DESCRIPTION:Deb and Sandy are auditioning Tim for the role of the Wolf in a production of The Three Little Pigs\, but there’s a mysterious haze in the basement of the Mortier Civic Playhouse and that\, in addition to interruptions from the director of ‘the Scottish play’ that’s having its opening night upstairs\, is making things difficult. Then\, the mysterious Liz shows up throwing the room into utter chaos\, revealing the deep\, ancient evil at the heart of the community theater audition process.\nIt Is Magic is the latest play by Mickle Maher\, writer of such Catastrophic favorites as There Is a Happiness That Morning Is\, The Hunchback Variations\, Song About Himself\, the world premiere of Small Ball\, co-produced by former Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey\, and others.\nDirected by core artist Jeff Miller\, whose past directing credits include Catastrophic hits Buried Child\, Curse of the Starving Class\, Baby Screams Miracle\, and The Book of Grace. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/it-is-magic-2/ LOCATION:MATCH Houston (Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston)\, 3400 Main St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States CATEGORIES:Theatre + Comedy ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/it_is_magic_match_header_copy-e1706720965155-4LdhUe.tmp_.png ORGANIZER;CN="The Catastrophic Theatre":MAILTO:admin@catastrophictheatre.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T210000 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240227T144004Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T022741Z UID:215907-1709056800-1709067600@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Writers of Color DESCRIPTION:INSTRUCTOR: Julia Brown\nTIME: Six Tuesdays\, February 13\, 20\, 27\, March 5\, 12\, 19\, 6:00–9:00 p.m. CST\nPRICE: Early bird price: $210 for members\, $240 for nonmembers. The deadline for early bird pricing is Wednesday\, February 7. After Wednesday\, February 7: $240 for members\, $270 for nonmembers. Become a member here. Apply for a scholarship here.\nLOCATION: Writespace\, 1907 Sabine Street\, #125\, Houston\, TX 77007 (map)\nLEVEL: All levels\nCAP: 15\n​Where does our inspiration come from?\nHow do we dive into our own uniqueness to write the stories and poems that are uniquely our own?\nIn this multi-genre\, six-week course\, we will consider these questions and others to help us better understand ourselves as narrative engines.\nWe will focus on writing\, close reading\, and workshopping\, immersing ourselves in our craft\, whether literary fiction or slam or sci-fi. We will familiarize ourselves with the fundamentals of prose and poetry in order to apply those elements to our work\, reading work by published writers in order to expand our sense of narrative possibility. We will support each other in taking risks and being vulnerable\, and use workshop to offer and receive feedback\, gather ideas for revision\, and refine our responses to works in progress.\nOver the last few decades\, organizations designed to support and promote the work of writers of color have emerged across the country. Cave Canem\, Kundiman\, Canto Mundo\, VONA\, Kimbilio\, and others recognize the need to provide writers of color with the kind of community and workshop space that encourages taking risks\, resisting stereotypes (in ourselves\, others\, and in our writing)\, and creating poems\, stories\, novels\, and essays that speak to the range of our experience as human beings. This workshop shares these intentions and seeks to provide Houston writers of color with the freedom and support offered by these organizations.\nThis workshop is open to writers of all backgrounds typically underrepresented in American literature\, including\, but not limited to\, writers who identify themselves as African American or Caribbean\, Asian American\, Middle Eastern\, Chicanx\, Hispanic\, and Latinx. Expect to come away with fierce new work\, as well as a renewed sense of the power found through community.\nThis workshop is funded in part by a grant from Poets & Writers.\nThis event is funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance. This project is generously funded by the Houston Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs\, and Mid-America Arts Alliance. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/writers-of-color-2/ LOCATION:Writespace\, 1907 Sabine Street Ste 125\, Houston\, TX\, 77007 CATEGORIES:Classes + Workshops,Literature + Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/writers-of-color-QuNexJ.tmp_.png ORGANIZER;CN="Writespace":MAILTO:write@writespacehouston.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T210000 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240227T144004Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T022726Z UID:215908-1709056800-1709067600@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Hope Begins in the Dark: An Evening with Anne Lammott DESCRIPTION:Join us as Anne Lamott converts serious subjects into pure enchantment. This gala will be held at River Oaks Country Club as well as virtually.\nAnne Lamott writes and speaks about subjects beginning with capital letters – Alcoholism\, Motherhood\, Jesus – and converts them into enchantment. She writes about loss – loss of loved ones and loss of personal control – with honesty\, compassion\, and a pureness of voice. She writes with grace and engaging compassion about what most of us don’t like to think about. Anne does not sugar-coat sadness\, frustration\, or disappointment\, but she does communicate hope\, lifting\, comforting\, and inspiring us\, all while keeping us laughing. Anne is the author of seven novels and several bestselling books of nonfiction. She has been honored with a Guggenheim Fellowship\, is the subject of a documentary by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Freida Mock\, and has been inducted into the California Hall of Fame. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/hope-begins-in-the-dark-an-evening-with-anne-lammott/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Fundraisers + Galas,Online/Streaming,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/anne-lamott-photo-credit-sam-lamott-1-IdwMd2.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Jung Center of Houston":MAILTO:feedback@junghouston.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T210000 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240227T144021Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T022726Z UID:215910-1709056800-1709067600@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:reVision Tuesday Night Sessions DESCRIPTION:Tuesday Night reVision Sessions is a community-focused event that aims to promote exercise\, dance\, and unity while shaping young minds. The night includes various activities such as educational workshops\, mentorship\, and interactive sessions in breakdancing\, basketball\, and DJing. By fostering creativity\, critical thinking\, and personal development among the youth and young adults\, the event serves as a platform for the community to come together and support each other. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/revision-tuesday-night-sessions-3/ LOCATION:Houston reVision Community Center\, 6856 Bellaire Blvd.\, Houston\, TX\, 77074\, United States CATEGORIES:Dance | Latin | Urban,Free Events,Kids + Families,Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/d7ba7219-646c-4be0-a985-d1488b7f6a0f-L1fAjk.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T200000 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240227T175123Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T222059Z UID:215957-1709060400-1709064000@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Aperitivo Italiano: A Tour of Italy DESCRIPTION:Taste your way through il Bel Paese at our Aperitivo Italiano: A Tour of Italy\, featuring wines from Lombardy\, Umbria\, Sardinia\, and Sicily. The Italian Cultural & Community Center is pleased to welcome Gabriele “Gabe” Chiocca of Mexcor International Wine and Spirits as our presenter for the wine tasting\, which will be accompanied by Italian-style light bites.\nAbout the presenter\nGabriele “Gabe” Chiocca was born in Sarzana\, a small town in Liguria\, Italy. He graduated from LSU with a B.A. in Art History and worked at Continental Airlines as an International Flight Attendant for two years before becoming a wine specialist at RNDC Fine Wines\, where he worked for five years. With over 18 years of experience in the wine industry\, Gabe now works as an international sales consultant at Mexcor International Wine and Spirits.\nFacciamo l’aperitivo!\nDate: Tuesday\, February 27\, 2024\nTime: 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.\nLocation: Italian Cultural & Community Center\, 1101 Milford Street\, Houston\, TX 77006\nPrice: $30 ICCC Members | $35 Non-members\nWhat does aperitivo italiano really mean?\nAn aperitivo (or apéritif) is often described as being similar to the American happy hour\, but in reality\, it’s so much more than that. An aperitivo is a ritual\, joyous and mood-lifting. It relaxes you after a day of work and prepares you for the night to come. The aperitivo has long been a staple in Italy\, and in recent years\, has been gaining more appreciation around the world.\nThis event is funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/aperitivo-italiano-a-tour-of-italy/ LOCATION:Italian Cultural Center – Milford House\, 1101 Milford Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Food + Wine ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/this-is-an-awesome-houston-cultural-event-gMeAZ5.tmp_.png ORGANIZER;CN="Italian Cultural &%3B Community Center":MAILTO:info@iccchouston.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T210000 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240227T175153Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T022726Z UID:215959-1709060400-1709067600@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Hope Begins in the Dark: An Evening with Anne Lamott DESCRIPTION:Come hear Anne Lamott transform serious subjects into pure enchantment. She writes and speaks about subjects beginning with capital letters – Alcoholism\, Motherhood\, Jesus – and converts them into enchantment. She writes about loss – loss of loved ones and loss of personal control – with honesty\, compassion\, and a pureness of voice. She writes with grace and engaging compassion about what most of us don’t like to think about. Anne does not sugar-coat sadness\, frustration\, or disappointment\, but she does communicate hope\, lifting\, comforting\, and inspiring us\, all while keeping us laughing. Anne is the author of seven novels and several bestselling books of nonfiction. She has been honored with a Guggenheim Fellowship\, is the subject of a documentary by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Freida Mock\, and has been inducted into the California Hall of Fame. You can come in person and meet her or attend virtually. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/hope-begins-in-the-dark-an-evening-with-anne-lamott/ LOCATION:Online/Virtual Space CATEGORIES:Fundraisers + Galas ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/anne-lamott-photo-credit-sam-lamott-405U4J.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Jung Center of Houston":MAILTO:feedback@junghouston.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240228 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240229 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240227T185126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T204659Z UID:215962-1709078400-1709164799@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Chryssa and New York DESCRIPTION:This exhibition presents the innovative art made by the Greek-born artist Chryssa (1933–2013) while she was living in New York City from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. Renowned for her adoption of industrial process\, found commercial materials and early work with neon light\, she stands at the forefront of American art in the wake of World War II. Responding to her urban environment\, she was particularly interested in the intersection of art and everyday life. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/chryssa-and-new-york-4/ LOCATION:Menil Collection\, 1515 Sul Ross\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/event-featured-chryssa-new-york-1693238567-CLQbSH.tmp_-qzvCBY.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Menil Collection":MAILTO:info@menil.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240228 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240410 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240227T185154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T204659Z UID:215963-1709078400-1712707199@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Motus Anima: Lauren E. Allen DESCRIPTION:Motus Anima is an art exhibit exploring emotional responses to moments and memories influenced by Lauren’s experience as a neurodivergent person. Through their conception\, she creates tangible objects to dissect and reflect on in an attempt to accept her unresolved identity. The artist’s reception is Saturday February 17th 5 – 7pm. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/motus-anima-lauren-e-allen-10/ LOCATION:The Jung Center of Houston\, 5200 Montrose Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/lauren_allen_01-sm-itCrGw.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Jung Center of Houston":MAILTO:feedback@junghouston.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240228T060000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240228T180000 DTSTAMP:20260408T091950 CREATED:20240227T222100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T204644Z UID:215966-1709100000-1709143200@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Dark Matter\, Dark Energy\, Dark Imaginarence Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Nathaniel Donnett\nDark Matter\, Dark Energy\, Dark Imaginarence\nSolo Exhibition\n“For them\, as for me\, imagining is not merely looking or looking at; nor is it\ntaking oneself intact into the other. It is\, for the purposes of the work\, becoming.”\nToni Morrison\nThe University Museum is pleased to present Dark Matter\, Dark Energy\, Dark Imaginarence\, Nathaniel Donnett’s solo exhibition at Texas Southern University. The artist’s multimedia works consider how people navigate space and time through nonlinear trajectories and ask how abstraction reflects our realities while offering multiple ways to perceive them. Donnett examines the role imagination plays in contending with obstacles in our lives that manifest as systemic limitations and constitute nuanced moments of discovery.\nThe exhibition takes inspiration from the life of Ed Dwight\, an ex-Navy pilot who almost became the first Black astronaut to enter outer space but was denied because of sociopolitical interference and racial hostility. He later reimagined himself and became a sculptor. Following that path\, Donnett’s works—textiles\, sculpture\, installation\, sound\, video\, and\, importantly\, community engagement in the form of a backpack exchange with students from historic Black neighborhoods in Houston (Third Ward\, Sunnyside\, Acres Homes\, Fifth Ward)—combine the unknown and the embodied to search out Black cosmologies and material constellations that act as poetics\, prompts\, processes\, and presentations for lived transformation.\nDonnett approaches his practice through the lens of Dark Imaginarence\, a concept of art\, everyday aesthetic theory\, and notion(s) of Blackness. The exhibition also reflects on theories concerned with fugitivity\, spatial understanding\, and becoming: Gaston Bachelard’s The Poetics of Space\, which describes the house as a shelter and universe allowing for dreaming and protection; Fred Moten’s notion of enclosure\, a psychological entrapment caused by social precarity; and Michel Foucault’s concept of heterotopias\, an engagement with the plurality of space and time.\nFor example\, the centerpiece of the exhibition\, Staring at infinity through the corners of asymmetry (2023)\, uses reclaimed materials to recreate a geometric form shotgun house that references histories embedded within architecture\, and expansive galactic dreams.\nDonnett’s process is as much philosophical as it is musical—and concerned with how everyday actions and common materials hold memories and serve as witnesses to\nlived experiences. His recent works investigate tensions between the rational and the irrational as a route for accessing generative ways of moving\, thinking\, and living hidden within our subconscious that might help us reframe and redefine ourselves—and negotiate life’s constraints. Dark Matter\, Dark Energy\, Dark Imaginarence asks: What could happen if we changed our questions from “What is the sum of two plus two?” to “What is the sum of two plus a spaceship\, divided by Earth\, Wind & Fire’s song’ Devotion\,’ multiplied by the first half of Andrei Tarkovsky’s film Solaris?”\nThis project is supported by the Guggenheim Foundation\, Houston Arts Alliance\, and the University Museum at Texas Southern University.\nNathaniel Donnett was born in Houston\, Texas. Donnett received his B.A. in Fine Arts from Texas Southern University\, and his MFA from Yale University School of Art. Nathaniel received the 2024 American Academy of Rome Affiliated Fellowship\, a 2022 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship\, a 2022 Houston Arts Alliance Individual Artist Grant\, a Dean’s Critical Practice Research Grant from Yale\, and an Art and Social Justice Initiative Grant from Yale (2020)\, among others.\nHis work has been exhibited nationally at The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art\, Bentonville\, AK; the Virginia Museum of Fine Art\, Richmond\, VA; the Mennello Museum\, Orlando\, FL; the Ulrich Museum\, Wichita\, KS; Project Row Houses\, Houston\, TX\, The Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art\, Virginia Beach\, VA\, The American Museum\, Washington D.C.\, The University Museum\, Houston\, TX\, The Kemper Contemporary Arts Museum\, Kansas City\, MO\, The Mattatuck Museum\, Waterbury CT\, The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston\, Houston\, TX\, and The New Museum\, New York\, NY. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/dark-matter-dark-energy-dark-imaginarence-exhibition-8/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/02a.-Light-41-Z6HTA0.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR