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Latino cARTographies Digital Board Exhibit of Houston Artists

The Heritage Society, 1100 Bagby, Houston, TX, 77002, United States

We are featuring an exhibit with the University of Houston that features Latin artists through an art digital board that also features our mural. Under the leadership of Dr. Pamela Anne Quiroz, Director of the University of Houston’s (UH) Center for Mexican American and Latino Studies (CMALS) launched the groundbreaking digital board, Latino cARTographies: Mapping […]

The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection

Holocaust Museum Houston, 5401 Caroline St., Houston, TX, 77004-6804, United States

“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 […]

Cian Dayrit: Liberties Were Taken

Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston, 4173 Elgin St The University of Houston, Fine Arts Building, Houston, TX, 77004, United States

The Blaffer Art Museum is proud to present Liberties Were Taken the first solo museum exhibition in the United States of works by Manila-based artist Cian Dayrit. Known globally for cartographic artworks, Dayrit investigates notions of power and identity represented and reproduced in monuments, museums, and maps. The exhibition brings together site-specific installations, embroidered textiles, […]

“The Toy Canvas”: Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts

Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, 6815 Cypresswood Drive, Spring, TX, 77379, United States

It’s going to be another fantastic summer at the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts! This summer, the Pearl has curated a one-of-a-kind exhibition that features toys as contemporary art. “The Toy Canvas: Artists at Play” features toys in photography, sculpture, mixed media and more. This engaging exhibition explores the theme of play, with art […]

Xu Bing: Word Alchemy

Asia Society Texas Center, 1370 Southmore Blvd., Houston, TX, 77004, United States

‘Xu Bing: Word Alchemy’ assembles more than 50 of Xu Bing’s most important woodcut prints, videos, drawings, installations, and other ephemera representing almost 50 years of the artist’s creative output. Starting with Xu’s early engagements with social realism and Western art historical traditions alike, the exhibition charts the evolution of the artist’s linguistic experiments which […]

IVO MORRISON | THE INTRODUCTION

Reeves Art + Design, 2415 Taft St, Houston, TX, 77006, United States

Please join us for the Opening Reception on May 16, 6-9pm Exhibition on through May 17-21 Blue is the colour of dreams. Orange, red and white are the colours of summertime. In ‘The Introduction’, Ivo Morrison tells you a story about the memory of summer. But it’s not about his summers. It’s about yours. And […]

Tracye Wear | From the Garden

Moody Gallery, 2815 Colquitt, Houston, TX, 77098, United States

An exhibition of recent sculpture by Tracye Wear. Wear is inspired by her combined interests in Cubist and early 20th Century sculpture with natural forms found in her garden. “With her latest series, Tracye Wear pushes the scale limitations of the ceramic arts while reveling in the life-affirming forms of nature. Not thrown on a […]

Express Theatre’s Hilltop Festival for Children at Miller Outdoor Theatre

Miller Outdoor Theatre, 6000 Hermann Park Dr., Houston, TX, 77030, United States

Express Children’s Theatre presents three different productions in three days at Miller Outdoor Theatre! No reservations are taken. Just come come by and take a seat. Admission is free for every event! Tuesday, June 4 – Frida’s Fiesta! (Bilingual English/Spanish) A shy Mexican girl must learn how to outwit an evil witch who has turned […]

Brenda Biondo: Sun to Earth

Koslov Larsen, 4411 Montrose Blvd Suite C, Houston, TX, 77006, 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 […]

Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH), 5216 Montrose, Houston, TX, 77006, 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, Houston, TX, 77006, 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 […]

Janet Sobel: All-Over

The Menil Collection, 1533 Sul Ross Street, Houston, TX, 77006, United States

The Menil Collection will open “Janet Sobel: All-Over” on February 23, 2024, featuring some thirty paintings and drawings made by artist Janet Sobel (1893–1968). This exhibition, the first to focus on Sobel’s highly accomplished and influential abstract paintings, will explore the artist’s work as one of the first to pioneer a new approach to modern […]

Ruth Asawa Through Line

The Menil Drawing Institute, 1412 W. Main St., Houston, TX, 77006, United States

Ruth Asawa Through Line is the first exhibition to focus on the artist’s lifelong drawing practice. The exhibition presents drawings, collages, & sketchbooks alongside stamped prints, paperfolds, & more, showing the breadth of Asawa’s innovative practice.

Abstraction after Modernism: Recent Acquisitions

The Menil Collection, 1533 Sul Ross Street, Houston, TX, 77006, United States

“Abstraction after Modernism: Recent Acquisitions” highlights work made by succeeding generations of artists who forged new paths in their approaches to non-representational art. The exhibition brings together acquisitions made by the Menil over the past fifteen years, including work by Agnes Denes, Suzan Frecon, Sam Gilliam, Ellsworth Kelly, Rick Lowe, and Richard Serra.

Unearthing: Black Porosity – Open Studio Hours

MEIVE – Gallery & Studio, 1520 Center St #1, Houston, TX, 77007, United States

Unearthing: Black Porosities by artist-in-residence Rian Crane (he/they) will be open for public viewing in tandem with Sawyer Yards’ Second Saturdays! Unearthing: Black Porosity is an amalgamation of works exploring the ongoing lasting legacies, histories, and current relations of Black +/ Indigenous lifeways in the gulf south/ global south. Engaging writings from Black/ Caribbean scholars […]

Cian Dayrit: Liberties Were Taken

Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston, 4173 Elgin St The University of Houston, Fine Arts Building, Houston, TX, 77004, United States

The phrase “counter-cartographies” describes Manila-based artist Cian Dayrit interdisciplinary practice of transforming historic maps into portraits of contemporary social conditions. Employing counter- cartography as an approach, Dayrit charts histories of imperialism, industrialization, and systems of subjugation that shape geographical boundaries and cultural narratives around the world. In Summer 2024, Blaffer will present Dayrit’s first solo […]

Gabriel Lester: Odeon

Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston, 4173 Elgin St The University of Houston, Fine Arts Building, Houston, TX, 77004, United States

The Blaffer Art Museum is proud to present the first solo museum exhibition in the United States of preeminent European artist Gabriel Lester, who has gained an international standing for his art, performance, and film as well as his dynamic public art installations. Across his now decades-long career, Lester has developed a captivating cinematic lens […]

Beyond Broadway Series: Alan Cumming Is Not Acting His Age

Hobby Center – Zilkha Hall, 800 Bagby, Houston, TX, 77002, United States

In Alan Cumming Is Not Acting His Age, he covers all the bases: sex, death and bacchanalia, with a set list as eclectic as the man himself. Songs from Cabaret authors Kander and Ebb blend with contemporary favourites and even a self-penned paean against plastic surgery. ‘I am literally the only person on American TV […]

THE CHER SHOW at Theatre Under The Stars

Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby Street, Houston, TX, 77002, United States

THE TONY AWARD®-WINNING MUSICAL! HER LIFE. THE STORY. THE LEGEND. Superstars come and go. Cher is forever. For six decades, only one unstoppable force has flat-out dominated popular culture — breaking down barriers, pushing boundaries, and letting nothing and no one stand in her way. This is her story, and it’s packed with so much […]

Beetlejuice

Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby Street, Houston, TX, 77002, United States

He earned his stripes on Broadway… now the ghost-with-the-most is coming to Austin. It’s showtime! Based on Tim Burton’s dearly beloved film, this hilarious musical tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager whose whole life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and a demon with a thing for stripes. […]

Hairspray

Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby Street, Houston, TX, 77002, United States

You Can’t Stop the Beat! HAIRSPRAY, Broadway’s Tony Award-winning musical comedy phenomenon is back on tour! Join 16-year-old Tracy Turnblad in 1960s Baltimore as she sets out to dance her way onto TV’s most popular show. Can a girl with big dreams (and even bigger hair) change the world? Featuring the beloved score of hit […]

Baroque to Boleros

Discovery Green, Labranch at Lamar, Houston, TX, 77010, United States

A free community concert! Come as you are for a special hour-long program! Mercury Chamber Orchestra presents centuries of music from across Latin America featuring fun Baroque dances to fiery boleros sung by mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte. Experience this beautiful music from the lawn at the Fondren Performance Space in Discovery Green, an urban oasis to […]

League of American Orchestras National Conference

TX

The League’s National Conference is a highlight of the year for orchestras across the U.S. More than 1,100 people gather annually to connect with peers, share common concerns, explore solutions to problems, and find inspiration from thought leaders in the orchestra field and beyond. The 2024 Conference will cover critical topics such as building a […]

COME CELEBRATE WITH US!

Russian Cultural Center “Our Texas”, 2337 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX, 77005, 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 […]

What Is A Ward?

Sabine Street Studios, 1907 Sabine Street Studios, Houston, TX, 77007, United States

What defines a Ward, or in a more modern sense of the word, a neighborhood? Sabine Street Studios is located in Houston’s historic First Ward, meaning the first developed in Houston. As artists and creatives we all come from different backgrounds and heritages, as does our practice. But this practice has a shared sense of […]

Latino cARTographies Digital Board Exhibit of Houston Artists

The Heritage Society, 1100 Bagby, Houston, TX, 77002, 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 […]

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (HLSR) History Exhibit

The Heritage Society, 1100 Bagby, Houston, TX, 77002, United States

February 1, 2024 – July 31, 2024 From award-winning paintings to vintage bronco bull riding photos, this HLSR exhibit complements the rodeo season in February and the Texas History Month in March. This exhibit represents the cowboy spirit across Houston’s main heritages and is a big part of Houston history! Rodeo culture brings nearly all […]

“Resilience Rising: Navigating Earth’s Challenges”

Julia Hester Community Center, 2020 Solo Street, Houston, TX, 77020, United States

“Resilience Rising: Navigating Earth’s Challenges” is a thought-provoking art exhibition that delves into the urgent need for awareness and preparedness in the face of environmental risks. Through various artistic mediums, the project confronts issues such as the climate crisis, flooding, food deserts, hurricanes and tropical storms, environmental justice, and electricity disruption. The exhibition aims to […]

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum ‘The Blue Helmets in Action” Rotating Exhibit

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, 3816 Caroline, Houston, TX, 77004, United States

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. The purpose of the exhibition is to educate visitors about this historically overlooked Army division. The exhibition follows the formation of The Blue Helmets, […]

Cian Dayrit: Liberties Were Taken

Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston, 4173 Elgin St The University of Houston, Fine Arts Building, Houston, TX, 77004, United States

The Blaffer Art Museum is proud to present Liberties Were Taken the first solo museum exhibition in the United States of works by Manila-based artist Cian Dayrit. Known globally for cartographic artworks, Dayrit investigates notions of power and identity represented and reproduced in monuments, museums, and maps. The exhibition brings together site-specific installations, embroidered textiles, […]

“The Toy Canvas”: Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts

Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, 6815 Cypresswood Drive, Spring, TX, 77379, United States

It’s going to be another fantastic summer at the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts! This summer, the Pearl has curated a one-of-a-kind exhibition that features toys as contemporary art. “The Toy Canvas: Artists at Play” features toys in photography, sculpture, mixed media and more. This engaging exhibition explores the theme of play, with art […]

Xu Bing: Word Alchemy

Asia Society Texas Center, 1370 Southmore Blvd., Houston, TX, 77004, United States

‘Xu Bing: Word Alchemy’ assembles more than 50 of Xu Bing’s most important woodcut prints, videos, drawings, installations, and other ephemera representing almost 50 years of the artist’s creative output. Starting with Xu’s early engagements with social realism and Western art historical traditions alike, the exhibition charts the evolution of the artist’s linguistic experiments which […]

The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection

Holocaust Museum Houston, 5401 Caroline St., Houston, TX, 77004-6804, United States

“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 […]

IVO MORRISON | THE INTRODUCTION

Reeves Art + Design, 2415 Taft St, Houston, TX, 77006, United States

Please join us for the Opening Reception on May 16, 6-9pm Exhibition on through May 17-21 Blue is the colour of dreams. Orange, red and white are the colours of summertime. In ‘The Introduction’, Ivo Morrison tells you a story about the memory of summer. But it’s not about his summers. It’s about yours. And […]

Tracye Wear | From the Garden

Moody Gallery, 2815 Colquitt, Houston, TX, 77098, United States

An exhibition of recent sculpture by Tracye Wear. Wear is inspired by her combined interests in Cubist and early 20th Century sculpture with natural forms found in her garden. “With her latest series, Tracye Wear pushes the scale limitations of the ceramic arts while reveling in the life-affirming forms of nature. Not thrown on a […]

Express Theatre’s Hilltop Festival for Children at Miller Outdoor Theatre

Miller Outdoor Theatre, 6000 Hermann Park Dr., Houston, TX, 77030, United States

Express Children’s Theatre presents three different productions in three days at Miller Outdoor Theatre! No reservations are taken. Just come come by and take a seat. Admission is free for every event! Tuesday, June 4 – Frida’s Fiesta! (Bilingual English/Spanish) A shy Mexican girl must learn how to outwit an evil witch who has turned […]

Brenda Biondo: Sun to Earth

Koslov Larsen, 4411 Montrose Blvd Suite C, Houston, TX, 77006, 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 […]

Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH), 5216 Montrose, Houston, TX, 77006, 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, Houston, TX, 77006, 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 […]

Janet Sobel: All-Over

The Menil Collection, 1533 Sul Ross Street, Houston, TX, 77006, United States

The Menil Collection will open “Janet Sobel: All-Over” on February 23, 2024, featuring some thirty paintings and drawings made by artist Janet Sobel (1893–1968). This exhibition, the first to focus on Sobel’s highly accomplished and influential abstract paintings, will explore the artist’s work as one of the first to pioneer a new approach to modern […]

Ruth Asawa Through Line

The Menil Drawing Institute, 1412 W. Main St., Houston, TX, 77006, United States

Ruth Asawa Through Line is the first exhibition to focus on the artist’s lifelong drawing practice. The exhibition presents drawings, collages, & sketchbooks alongside stamped prints, paperfolds, & more, showing the breadth of Asawa’s innovative practice.

Abstraction after Modernism: Recent Acquisitions

The Menil Collection, 1533 Sul Ross Street, Houston, TX, 77006, United States

“Abstraction after Modernism: Recent Acquisitions” highlights work made by succeeding generations of artists who forged new paths in their approaches to non-representational art. The exhibition brings together acquisitions made by the Menil over the past fifteen years, including work by Agnes Denes, Suzan Frecon, Sam Gilliam, Ellsworth Kelly, Rick Lowe, and Richard Serra.

Gabriel Lester: Odeon

Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston, 4173 Elgin St The University of Houston, Fine Arts Building, Houston, TX, 77004, United States

The Blaffer Art Museum is proud to present the first solo museum exhibition in the United States of preeminent European artist Gabriel Lester, who has gained an international standing for his art, performance, and film as well as his dynamic public art installations. Across his now decades-long career, Lester has developed a captivating cinematic lens […]

Unearthing: Black Porosity – Open Studio Hours

MEIVE – Gallery & Studio, 1520 Center St #1, Houston, TX, 77007, United States

Unearthing: Black Porosities by artist-in-residence Rian Crane (he/they) will be open for public viewing in tandem with Sawyer Yards’ Second Saturdays! Unearthing: Black Porosity is an amalgamation of works exploring the ongoing lasting legacies, histories, and current relations of Black +/ Indigenous lifeways in the gulf south/ global south. Engaging writings from Black/ Caribbean scholars […]

Cian Dayrit: Liberties Were Taken

Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston, 4173 Elgin St The University of Houston, Fine Arts Building, Houston, TX, 77004, United States

The phrase “counter-cartographies” describes Manila-based artist Cian Dayrit interdisciplinary practice of transforming historic maps into portraits of contemporary social conditions. Employing counter- cartography as an approach, Dayrit charts histories of imperialism, industrialization, and systems of subjugation that shape geographical boundaries and cultural narratives around the world. In Summer 2024, Blaffer will present Dayrit’s first solo […]

CELEBRATING THE LEGACY OF ALEXANDER PUSHKIN WITH RUSSIAN COMUNITY

Russian Cultural Center “Our Texas”, 2337 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX, 77005, United States

HOUSTON, TX – The Cultural Center Our Texas will host a special event dedicated to the legendary Russian poet, Alexander Pushkin. This gathering invites the Russian-speaking community aged 60 and over to join in a celebration of Pushkin’s birthday. The event will be held on June 6 at 3:00 pm at the Cultural Center Our […]

What Matters Most: How Can We Accept Morality? (Hybrid)

The Jung Center of Houston, 5200 Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX, 77006, United States

What might be possible if we understand death as the goal of life? Why are we here? How can we live fulfilled, meaningful lives? Why do we suffer? How do we build a truly connected, inclusive community? The most important questions in our lives do not have simple answers. Often we have to live our […]

RESCHEDULED Delita Martin, Artist Meet and Greet

Nicole Longnecker Gallery, 1440 Greengrass Dr., Houston, TX, 77008, United States

DELITA MARTIN Artist Meet and Greet Rescheduled to Thursday, June 6, 6-8pm at Nicole Longnecker Gallery because of recent storm. Due to the recent storm, we have rescheduled the Delita Martin “What the Night Knew” Artist Meet & Greet to Thursday, June 6 from 6-8pm at Nicole Longnecker Gallery, 1440 Greengrass. Dr. The artist will […]

Houston reVision CommUnity Night

Houston reVision Community Center, 6856 Bellaire Blvd., Houston, TX, 77074, United States

reVision’s CommUnity Night is a weekly get together for a hot meal, music, dancing, and celebration. While primarily focused on school-aged children and youth, and young adults, reVision’s CommUnity Night is open to the public. The musical focus is on hiphop, a live DJ plays music, and children and youth can learn the fundamentals of […]

SOM

Garage 713 Studio, 5708 N Shepherd Dr Ste C-5, Houston, TX, 77091, United States

SOM is a multisensory contemporary dance performance that takes its audience into the performers’ dreams through interactive, immersive theater tactics. Upon entrance, the audience will be invited by a Pharmacist to take their “medicine” for the sleep study they are about to begin. Once walking into the performance space, they are entranced in Wild She […]

ART PERFORMANCES “3PM to Midnight”

Sabine Street Studios, 1907 Sabine Street Studios, Houston, TX, 77007, United States

Get into the action by attending “3PM to Midnight” at Sabine Street Studios, which is described as “live figure drawing theater.” Written, directed and narrated by artist Ray Dunlap, the short play is designed to engage audience members in sketching the actors, costumes, and set design as each of the three characters pause and pose […]

The Barricade Boys West End Party!

Hobby Center – Zilkha Hall, 800 Bagby, Houston, TX, 77002, United States

Get ready to have your socks knocked off and your heart racing with The Barricade Boys! These four dazzling performers are taking the world by storm with their electrifying show that will have you tapping your feet, belting out your favourite tunes, and grinning from ear to ear. From the heart-wrenching emotion of Les Misérables […]

Beyond Broadway Series: Alan Cumming Is Not Acting His Age

Hobby Center – Zilkha Hall, 800 Bagby, Houston, TX, 77002, United States

In Alan Cumming Is Not Acting His Age, he covers all the bases: sex, death and bacchanalia, with a set list as eclectic as the man himself. Songs from Cabaret authors Kander and Ebb blend with contemporary favourites and even a self-penned paean against plastic surgery. ‘I am literally the only person on American TV […]

THE FATHER presented by 4th Wall Theatre Company

4th Wall Theatre, 1824 Spring Street Studio 101, Houston, TX, 77007, United States

Estimated runtime of 1 hour and 30 minutes with no intermission. Andre is an elderly man who is struggling with memory loss and confusion as he ages. Through shifting perceptions of reality, he grapples with the loss of his sense of self and the people around him. THE FATHER questions the nature of identity, memory, […]

Taking Steps

Main Street Theater – Rice Village, 2540 Times Blvd. , Houston, TX, 77005, United States

By Alan Ayckbourn A tongue-tied solicitor has bitten off more than he can chew overseeing the sale of a crumbling, possibly haunted house that, um, used to be a brothel. Then in the course of one hectic night and morning, two couples, the solicitor and realtor, each immersed in their own personal problems, end up […]

Hairspray

Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby Street, Houston, TX, 77002, United States

You Can’t Stop the Beat! HAIRSPRAY, Broadway’s Tony Award-winning musical comedy phenomenon is back on tour! Join 16-year-old Tracy Turnblad in 1960s Baltimore as she sets out to dance her way onto TV’s most popular show. Can a girl with big dreams (and even bigger hair) change the world? Featuring the beloved score of hit […]

Beetlejuice

Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby Street, Houston, TX, 77002, United States

He earned his stripes on Broadway… now the ghost-with-the-most is coming to Austin. It’s showtime! Based on Tim Burton’s dearly beloved film, this hilarious musical tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager whose whole life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and a demon with a thing for stripes. […]

Four Seasons

Wortham Theater Center – Brown Theater, 501 Texas Ave., Houston, TX, 77002, United States

Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux Choreography: George Balanchine Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Elapse Choreography: Disha Zhang Music: Zeng Xiaogang World Premiere Dwight Rhoden The Four Seasons Choreography: Stanton Welch AM Music: Antonio Vivaldi Our season comes to a close with Four Seasons, featuring four choreographers, each with their own distinct style. After a critically-acclaimed debut in […]

THE CHER SHOW at Theatre Under The Stars

Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby Street, Houston, TX, 77002, United States

THE TONY AWARD®-WINNING MUSICAL! HER LIFE. THE STORY. THE LEGEND. Superstars come and go. Cher is forever. For six decades, only one unstoppable force has flat-out dominated popular culture — breaking down barriers, pushing boundaries, and letting nothing and no one stand in her way. This is her story, and it’s packed with so much […]

Appropriate

MATCH Houston (Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston), 3400 Main St., Houston, TX, 77002, United States

The estranged members of the Lafayette clan have returned to their crumbling Arkansas plantation home to settle the estate of their recently deceased patriarch. As they sort through a lifetime of their father’s junk and hoarded mementos, a disturbing and horrifying discovery surfaces, confronting the family with more than what to do with a house […]

League of American Orchestras National Conference

TX

The League’s National Conference is a highlight of the year for orchestras across the U.S. More than 1,100 people gather annually to connect with peers, share common concerns, explore solutions to problems, and find inspiration from thought leaders in the orchestra field and beyond. The 2024 Conference will cover critical topics such as building a […]

COME CELEBRATE WITH US!

Russian Cultural Center “Our Texas”, 2337 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX, 77005, 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 […]

Hamman Professional Wellness: Ghosts in Our Bones (Hybrid)

The Jung Center of Houston, 5200 Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX, 77006, United States

Embedded in our ethical codes is an implicit assumption that we can successfully attain a kind of professional purity. If we follow the rules diligently, we can stay on the proper side of a divide between “ethical” practitioners and “unethical” practitioners. This may lead to two different false assurances – one, that our work is […]

What Is A Ward?

Sabine Street Studios, 1907 Sabine Street Studios, Houston, TX, 77007, United States

What defines a Ward, or in a more modern sense of the word, a neighborhood? Sabine Street Studios is located in Houston’s historic First Ward, meaning the first developed in Houston. As artists and creatives we all come from different backgrounds and heritages, as does our practice. But this practice has a shared sense of […]

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum ‘The Blue Helmets in Action” Rotating Exhibit

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, 3816 Caroline, Houston, TX, 77004, United States

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. The purpose of the exhibition is to educate visitors about this historically overlooked Army division. The exhibition follows the formation of The Blue Helmets, […]

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (HLSR) History Exhibit

The Heritage Society, 1100 Bagby, Houston, TX, 77002, United States

February 1, 2024 – July 31, 2024 From award-winning paintings to vintage bronco bull riding photos, this HLSR exhibit complements the rodeo season in February and the Texas History Month in March. This exhibit represents the cowboy spirit across Houston’s main heritages and is a big part of Houston history! Rodeo culture brings nearly all […]

“Resilience Rising: Navigating Earth’s Challenges”

Julia Hester Community Center, 2020 Solo Street, Houston, TX, 77020, United States

“Resilience Rising: Navigating Earth’s Challenges” is a thought-provoking art exhibition that delves into the urgent need for awareness and preparedness in the face of environmental risks. Through various artistic mediums, the project confronts issues such as the climate crisis, flooding, food deserts, hurricanes and tropical storms, environmental justice, and electricity disruption. The exhibition aims to […]

Latino cARTographies Digital Board Exhibit of Houston Artists

The Heritage Society, 1100 Bagby, Houston, TX, 77002, 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 […]

Xu Bing: Word Alchemy

Asia Society Texas Center, 1370 Southmore Blvd., Houston, TX, 77004, United States

‘Xu Bing: Word Alchemy’ assembles more than 50 of Xu Bing’s most important woodcut prints, videos, drawings, installations, and other ephemera representing almost 50 years of the artist’s creative output. Starting with Xu’s early engagements with social realism and Western art historical traditions alike, the exhibition charts the evolution of the artist’s linguistic experiments which […]

The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection

Holocaust Museum Houston, 5401 Caroline St., Houston, TX, 77004-6804, United States

“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 […]

“The Toy Canvas”: Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts

Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, 6815 Cypresswood Drive, Spring, TX, 77379, United States

It’s going to be another fantastic summer at the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts! This summer, the Pearl has curated a one-of-a-kind exhibition that features toys as contemporary art. “The Toy Canvas: Artists at Play” features toys in photography, sculpture, mixed media and more. This engaging exhibition explores the theme of play, with art […]

Cian Dayrit: Liberties Were Taken

Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston, 4173 Elgin St The University of Houston, Fine Arts Building, Houston, TX, 77004, United States

The Blaffer Art Museum is proud to present Liberties Were Taken the first solo museum exhibition in the United States of works by Manila-based artist Cian Dayrit. Known globally for cartographic artworks, Dayrit investigates notions of power and identity represented and reproduced in monuments, museums, and maps. The exhibition brings together site-specific installations, embroidered textiles, […]

IVO MORRISON | THE INTRODUCTION

Reeves Art + Design, 2415 Taft St, Houston, TX, 77006, United States

Please join us for the Opening Reception on May 16, 6-9pm Exhibition on through May 17-21 Blue is the colour of dreams. Orange, red and white are the colours of summertime. In ‘The Introduction’, Ivo Morrison tells you a story about the memory of summer. But it’s not about his summers. It’s about yours. And […]

Torch-Fired Silver Clay Workshop

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, 4848 Main Street, Houston, Tx, 77002, United States

Learn how to make sterling-silver jewelry without hammering or soldering in this workshop with jewelry artist, Luiza Grandchamp. Using silver metal clay, a clay-like material made of fine particles of sterling silver, water, and a nontoxic binder, participants will mold, texture, and layer the material to make a pendant using simple tools. Students will be […]

Tracye Wear | From the Garden

Moody Gallery, 2815 Colquitt, Houston, TX, 77098, United States

An exhibition of recent sculpture by Tracye Wear. Wear is inspired by her combined interests in Cubist and early 20th Century sculpture with natural forms found in her garden. “With her latest series, Tracye Wear pushes the scale limitations of the ceramic arts while reveling in the life-affirming forms of nature. Not thrown on a […]

ROCO In Concert: Magnetic

Kinder High School for the Visual and Performing Arts, 790 Austin St , Houston, TX, 77002, United States

Collaboration and innovation are on display in this June 7, 2024 showcase led by ROCO Artistic Partner and conductor Mei-Ann Chen as part of the 2024 League of American Orchestras Conference in Houston. Comprising several of ROCO’s previously commissioned world premiers and passion project works, alongside works by Errolyn Wallen, Ruth Gipps, and the premiere of a […]

Brenda Biondo: Sun to Earth

Koslov Larsen, 4411 Montrose Blvd Suite C, Houston, TX, 77006, 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 […]

Theaster Gates: The Gift and The Renege

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH), 5216 Montrose, Houston, TX, 77006, 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 […]

Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH), 5216 Montrose, Houston, TX, 77006, 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 […]

Ruth Asawa Through Line

The Menil Drawing Institute, 1412 W. Main St., Houston, TX, 77006, United States

Ruth Asawa Through Line is the first exhibition to focus on the artist’s lifelong drawing practice. The exhibition presents drawings, collages, & sketchbooks alongside stamped prints, paperfolds, & more, showing the breadth of Asawa’s innovative practice.

Janet Sobel: All-Over

The Menil Collection, 1533 Sul Ross Street, Houston, TX, 77006, United States

The Menil Collection will open “Janet Sobel: All-Over” on February 23, 2024, featuring some thirty paintings and drawings made by artist Janet Sobel (1893–1968). This exhibition, the first to focus on Sobel’s highly accomplished and influential abstract paintings, will explore the artist’s work as one of the first to pioneer a new approach to modern […]

Abstraction after Modernism: Recent Acquisitions

The Menil Collection, 1533 Sul Ross Street, Houston, TX, 77006, United States

“Abstraction after Modernism: Recent Acquisitions” highlights work made by succeeding generations of artists who forged new paths in their approaches to non-representational art. The exhibition brings together acquisitions made by the Menil over the past fifteen years, including work by Agnes Denes, Suzan Frecon, Sam Gilliam, Ellsworth Kelly, Rick Lowe, and Richard Serra.

Gabriel Lester: Odeon

Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston, 4173 Elgin St The University of Houston, Fine Arts Building, Houston, TX, 77004, United States

The Blaffer Art Museum is proud to present the first solo museum exhibition in the United States of preeminent European artist Gabriel Lester, who has gained an international standing for his art, performance, and film as well as his dynamic public art installations. Across his now decades-long career, Lester has developed a captivating cinematic lens […]

Cian Dayrit: Liberties Were Taken

Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston, 4173 Elgin St The University of Houston, Fine Arts Building, Houston, TX, 77004, United States

The phrase “counter-cartographies” describes Manila-based artist Cian Dayrit interdisciplinary practice of transforming historic maps into portraits of contemporary social conditions. Employing counter- cartography as an approach, Dayrit charts histories of imperialism, industrialization, and systems of subjugation that shape geographical boundaries and cultural narratives around the world. In Summer 2024, Blaffer will present Dayrit’s first solo […]

“Where the Lines Meet”

Throughline, 3909 Main St, Houston, TX, 77002, United States

Throughline is proud to present “Where the Lines Meet”, an exhibition of new works by Jonas Criscoe and Luisa Duarte held in conjunction with Print Houston, on view Friday June 7 through Saturday, June 29. Open Friday-Saturday, 12:00pm – 6:00pm. “Where the Lines Meet” explores the nature of lines, and the space created when they […]

“Where the Lines Meet”, Opening Reception

Throughline, 3909 Main St, Houston, TX, 77002, United States

Throughline is proud to present “Where the Lines Meet”, an exhibition of new works by Jonas Criscoe and Luisa Duarte held in conjunction with Print Houston. “Where the Lines Meet” explores the nature of lines, and the space created when they intersect. The exhibition highlights the vibrant connection between two artists from different backgrounds through […]

HITS Theatre presents Papa, Can You Hear Me? – A Father’s Day Cabaret

HITS Theatre, 311 W. 18th Street, Houston, TX, 77008, United States

Dad’s Day Out at HITS Theatre! Get ready for a toe-tapping, rib-tickling Father’s Day extravaganza! Feast on fun and BBQ at “Papa, Can You Hear Me? – A Father’s Day Cabaret” Featuring an eclectic mix of eclectic mix of musical theater & pop songs by our HITS superstars – kids, dads, alumni, and staff! 📅 […]

HAAPIFEST 2024 6/7 Friday Screening + Reception

DoubleTree by Hilton, 10609 Westpark Dr, Houston, 77042, United States

Join us on Friday, June 7, 2024, at DoubleTree by Hilton, 10609 Westpark Dr, Houston, TX 77042, for an evening of captivating cinema and engaging discussions. From 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM, enjoy screenings of STITCHED and FRAGMENTED, followed by the feature film UNCONDITIONAL. Stick around for a thought-provoking “Enough About Me” Book Talk by […]

Can’t Stop Change | Film Screening & Health Fair

The DeLuxe Theater, 3303 Lyons Avenue, Houston, TX, 77020, United States

Join HCAS, Air Alliance Houston, CEER, and Tecolotl for a screening of Can’t Stop Change: Queer Climate Stories from the Florida Frontlines, a compelling new documentary exploring the intersection of ecological justice and queer liberation. The screening will be followed by a bilingual, in-depth conversation featuring community experts including Vero Pina (CEER/Fort Bend Environmental Group) […]

Level 0 – FREE Intro to Improv Class

Station Theater, 2219 Crockett St #C2, Houston, 77007, 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 […]

Level 0 – Intro to Improv Class

Station Theater, 2219 Crockett St #C2, Houston, 77007, 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 […]

Red Landscape: Georgia O’Keeffe in Texas 1912 -1918

Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, United States

Immerse yourself in Red Landscape: Georgia O’Keeffe in Texas 1912-1918, a three-dimensional, multi-sensory dance production premiered by Open Dance Project and co-produced by the Moody. Inspired by the artist’s personal letters, journals, interviews, sketches, photographs, and works of art, this multimedia experience invites audience members to walk through theatrical recreations of the West Texas town […]

Jazz on Film: Lets’ Get Lost

Museum of Fine Arts – Caroline Wiess Law Building, 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, 77005, United States

Part of MFAH’s “Jazz on Film” series In the 1950s, Chet Baker’s jazz trumpeting, intimate crooning, and pretty-boy good looks epitomized West Coast cool. When photographer Bruce Weber caught up with him three decades later, time and drug addiction had ravaged Baker’s life and angelic beauty. Shown here in a new 4K digital restoration, the […]

Beyond Broadway Series: Alan Cumming Is Not Acting His Age

Hobby Center – Zilkha Hall, 800 Bagby, Houston, TX, 77002, United States

In Alan Cumming Is Not Acting His Age, he covers all the bases: sex, death and bacchanalia, with a set list as eclectic as the man himself. Songs from Cabaret authors Kander and Ebb blend with contemporary favourites and even a self-penned paean against plastic surgery. ‘I am literally the only person on American TV […]

Free Salsa Lesson at Latin Beats Downtown Aquarium

Downtown Aquarium, 410 Bagby St., Houston, TX, 77002, United States

Every Friday, Latin Beats hosts music and free salsa lessons by the Texas Salsa Congress! Organized by the Texas Salsa Congress & Downtown Aquarium, this event promises salsa family fun that’s perfect for celebrating the summer vibes. The Texas Salsa Congress is marking its 19th season with the 2024 Season at the Downtown Aquarium! Free […]

THE FATHER presented by 4th Wall Theatre Company

4th Wall Theatre, 1824 Spring Street Studio 101, Houston, TX, 77007, United States

Estimated runtime of 1 hour and 30 minutes with no intermission. Andre is an elderly man who is struggling with memory loss and confusion as he ages. Through shifting perceptions of reality, he grapples with the loss of his sense of self and the people around him. THE FATHER questions the nature of identity, memory, […]

The Barricade Boys West End Party!

Hobby Center – Zilkha Hall, 800 Bagby, Houston, TX, 77002, United States

Get ready to have your socks knocked off and your heart racing with The Barricade Boys! These four dazzling performers are taking the world by storm with their electrifying show that will have you tapping your feet, belting out your favourite tunes, and grinning from ear to ear. From the heart-wrenching emotion of Les Misérables […]

Taking Steps

Main Street Theater – Rice Village, 2540 Times Blvd. , Houston, TX, 77005, United States

By Alan Ayckbourn A tongue-tied solicitor has bitten off more than he can chew overseeing the sale of a crumbling, possibly haunted house that, um, used to be a brothel. Then in the course of one hectic night and morning, two couples, the solicitor and realtor, each immersed in their own personal problems, end up […]

Beetlejuice

Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby Street, Houston, TX, 77002, United States

He earned his stripes on Broadway… now the ghost-with-the-most is coming to Austin. It’s showtime! Based on Tim Burton’s dearly beloved film, this hilarious musical tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager whose whole life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and a demon with a thing for stripes. […]

Appropriate

MATCH Houston (Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston), 3400 Main St., Houston, TX, 77002, United States

The estranged members of the Lafayette clan have returned to their crumbling Arkansas plantation home to settle the estate of their recently deceased patriarch. As they sort through a lifetime of their father’s junk and hoarded mementos, a disturbing and horrifying discovery surfaces, confronting the family with more than what to do with a house […]

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