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Nurture Your Energy Body (Online)

Online/Virtual Space

Care for the sacred aspects of yourself with these basics from ancient Tibetan spiritual traditions. Many wisdom traditions describe the flow of energy within the body, which is vital for both physical and spiritual well-being. But most of us have never learned about this powerful layer of our experience. In this series, we’ll learn about […]

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 […]

Fefu and Her Friends

University of Houston – Jose Quintero Theatre, School of Theater and Dance Office 3351 Cullen Blvd., Houston, TX, 77204

Directed by Patricia Duran On a spring day in 1935, the enigmatic Fefu and seven of her female friends gather at Fefu’s New England home to rehearse a charity presentation for a local school. As the day progresses, Fefu’s desire to control the women around her—as well as their own grudges, heartaches, and illnesses—build to […]

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. […]

500 Años de Silencio | El Lado Oculto de la Luna: Karen Navarro

Spring Street Studios, 1824 Spring Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States

“500añosdesilencio | El Lado Oculto de la Luna” by Karen Navarro is a visual art exhibition that takes on a profound journey of reclamation and reconnection with the artist’s Indigenous heritage. Through a diverse array of mediums and a with a focus on the concept of beauty, this exhibition tells a unique story of resilience […]

‘Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette’

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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

COLORS IN BLOOM

Color Factory, 3303 Kirby Dr, Houston, TX, 77098, United States

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 […]

(of) Everything Island

Katrina Moorhead’s (of) Everything Island is an assembly of evocative sculptural objects interacting with one another in the main gallery. Building off Moorhead’s sensitivity to materials’ potential for expansive storytelling, these objects explore places where the veil between the real and the otherworldly is thin and porous. The works reimagine aspects of the natural world, […]

Critical Geography – FotoFest Biennial 2024

FotoFest at Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street (Silver Street Studios Building C, Suite 2), Houston, TX, 77007, United States

The FotoFest Biennial 2024 central exhibition, “Critical Geography”, reexamines traditional Western and historical understandings of geography while expanding these investigations to new realms. Borrowing its name from the subdiscipline of geography that questions and challenges power structures, inequality, and the dominant ideologies shaping physical space, Critical Geography explores how space, place, and communities are influenced […]

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.

Third Ward Unity in Faith: Backbone of Our Souls

Community Artists’ Collective, 4101 San Jacinto Ste. 116, Houston, TX, 77004, United States

Early African American settlers in Houston’s Third Ward area established small worship places, reminiscent of the praise houses attended during slavery in the Jim Crow era. The intimate and personal size of the congregations created bonds in the community that would last for more than 90 years. Images of the still-standing small houses of worship, […]

REELpoetry Film Festival

Daley Sports Club, 922 Holman St Suite A, Houston, TX, 77002, United States

This week-long hybrid festival of poetry & film showcases 100+ screenings under 6 minutes from 20 different countries. Connect with international curators and presenters in real time online, and in-person on the weekend; watch world premieres from Houston creatives; experience ASL poetry and performances; and join us for two fabulous after parties. In-person events will […]

UHD Student Art Exhibition 2024

University of Houston Downtown – O’Kane Gallery, One Main Street, Houston, TX, 77002

The O’Kane Gallery at the University of Houston-Downtown is proud to present its annual Student Art Exhibition featuring art from University of Houston-Downtown students created in studio art courses during the past academic year. UHD offers studio course work in Figure Drawing, Painting, Watercolor, Graphic Novel, Mural Design, Computer Graphic Design, Photography, and other special […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

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

The Classical Theatre Company will wrap up its Season of Iconic Women with William Shakespeare’s comic masterpiece, The Taming of the Shrew. Having not produced a Shakespeare piece since Henry V in 2015, nor a Shakespeare comedy since The Merchant of Venice in 2013, CTC is primed and ready to dive into The Bard once […]

Stagolee and the Funeral of a Dangerous Word

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

World Premiere By Thomas Meloncon The play takes place in an office in a small town in East Texas where the local NAACP chapter is planning a funeral for the “N word”. At the same time, a bigoted white man is on his way to that same office to have a frank discussion with the […]

CLEANSED by Sarah Kane

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

The Catastrophic Theatre presents the Regional Premiere of Sarah Kane’s CLEANSED “LOVE ME OR KILL ME” In her brief boundary breaking career, Sarah Kane’s work prompted the term “a theatre of extremes,” yet CLEANSED comes soaked through with hope. Explosively aching, hauntingly poetic, and disarmingly tender, Kane delivers a fever-dream fable of unimaginable brutality and […]

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. […]

Start Your Endings

Spring Street Studios, 1824 Spring Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States

Spring Street Studios, Suite 233 How far will people go… to not let go? That is the question in Pronoia Theater’s new full-length dramedy Start Your Endings! Whether it’s warming or breaking your heart will be feeling something as we explore the highs, lows, and difficult choices in all of the relationships in our lives. […]

MYOB: Houston comedy show premiers on YouTube!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyluZ3gZRIY

MYOB: Houston is a parody of all the cop shows on television that commit felonies your eyeballs night after night. In episode one, premiering free on YouTube (@myobhouston), the MYOB: Houston police unit investigates why Houston has been home to the most iconic beards in history – ZZ Top, James Harden, Dallas Keuchel, Trae Tha […]

Mindful Moments (Online)

Online/Virtual Space

Mornings are a special time. When our brains have not yet started to make the connections that will eventually lead us to identify with our roles in the world, we are simply mindful beings. Join us early on Friday mornings for a quick moment of mindfulness with Michele Pola, and explore how we can carry […]

500 Años de Silencio | El Lado Oculto de la Luna: Karen Navarro

Spring Street Studios, 1824 Spring Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States

“500añosdesilencio | El Lado Oculto de la Luna” by Karen Navarro is a visual art exhibition that takes on a profound journey of reclamation and reconnection with the artist’s Indigenous heritage. Through a diverse array of mediums and a with a focus on the concept of beauty, this exhibition tells a unique story of resilience […]

ART EXHIBIT “ABSTRACT REALITIES”

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

The Cultural Center “Our Texas” is pleased to announce the grand opening of its exclusive art exhibition, “Abstract Realities,” featuring the remarkable talents of Irene Sheytman and Saida Fagala. Set to commence on April 12th at 7:30 pm, this highly anticipated event will serve as a tribute to the distinctive artistic prowess of these two […]

‘Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette’

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

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 […]

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, […]

“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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

UHD Student Art Exhibition 2024

University of Houston Downtown – O’Kane Gallery, One Main Street, Houston, TX, 77002

The O’Kane Gallery at the University of Houston-Downtown is proud to present its annual Student Art Exhibition featuring art from University of Houston-Downtown students created in studio art courses during the past academic year. UHD offers studio course work in Figure Drawing, Painting, Watercolor, Graphic Novel, Mural Design, Computer Graphic Design, Photography, and other special […]

COLORS IN BLOOM

Color Factory, 3303 Kirby Dr, Houston, TX, 77098, United States

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 […]

(of) Everything Island

TX

Katrina Moorhead’s (of) Everything Island is an assembly of evocative sculptural objects interacting with one another in the main gallery. Building off Moorhead’s sensitivity to materials’ potential for expansive storytelling, these objects explore places where the veil between the real and the otherworldly is thin and porous. The works reimagine aspects of the natural world, […]

Critical Geography – FotoFest Biennial 2024

FotoFest at Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street (Silver Street Studios Building C, Suite 2), Houston, TX, 77007, United States

The FotoFest Biennial 2024 central exhibition, “Critical Geography”, reexamines traditional Western and historical understandings of geography while expanding these investigations to new realms. Borrowing its name from the subdiscipline of geography that questions and challenges power structures, inequality, and the dominant ideologies shaping physical space, Critical Geography explores how space, place, and communities are influenced […]

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.

City’s Initiative Grant Virtual Workshop

Join HAA an ALMAAHH on this exciting workshop! Register at arts.haatx.com/1CI2024. This grant program is available to: Organizations, Individual Artists & Creatives, Fiscally Sponsored Projects. First Round opens Monday, March 25th, 2024 at 9:00 am CT and closes Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024 at 11:59 pm CT for August 2024- August 2025 grant term. The City’s […]

Third Ward Unity in Faith: Backbone of Our Souls

Community Artists’ Collective, 4101 San Jacinto Ste. 116, Houston, TX, 77004, United States

Early African American settlers in Houston’s Third Ward area established small worship places, reminiscent of the praise houses attended during slavery in the Jim Crow era. The intimate and personal size of the congregations created bonds in the community that would last for more than 90 years. Images of the still-standing small houses of worship, […]

UHCL Art School for Children and Young Adults Family Art Night!

UHCL Art School for Children and Young Adults, Arbor Building 1315, 2700 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX, 77058, United States

The UHCL Art School for Children and Young Adults is excited to bring back our family art nights! These art workshops provide a place for you and your family to bond over the creative process of art making. We can’t wait to see you!

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 Princess Bride: An Inconceivable Evening with Cary Elwes

Jones Hall for the Performing Arts, 615 Louisiana St., Houston, TX, 77002, United States

Journey back to the lands of Florin and Guilder in an adventure filled with fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, miracles, and of course, true love. Join Cary Elwes (Westley) for a behind-the-scenes look at life on and off the set of the classic film, The Princess Bride. After a screening of the iconic […]

The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

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

The Classical Theatre Company will wrap up its Season of Iconic Women with William Shakespeare’s comic masterpiece, The Taming of the Shrew. Having not produced a Shakespeare piece since Henry V in 2015, nor a Shakespeare comedy since The Merchant of Venice in 2013, CTC is primed and ready to dive into The Bard once […]

Stagolee and the Funeral of a Dangerous Word

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

World Premiere By Thomas Meloncon The play takes place in an office in a small town in East Texas where the local NAACP chapter is planning a funeral for the “N word”. At the same time, a bigoted white man is on his way to that same office to have a frank discussion with the […]

ART EXHIBIT “ABSTRACT REALITIES”

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

The Cultural Center “Our Texas” is pleased to announce the grand opening of its exclusive art exhibition, “Abstract Realities,” featuring the remarkable talents of Irene Sheytman and Saida Fagala. Set to commence on April 12th at 7:30 pm, this highly anticipated event will serve as a tribute to the distinctive artistic prowess of these two […]

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. […]

Evening with Jason Robert Brown and McGovern College Musical Theatre Students

University of Houston – Jose Quintero Theatre, School of Theater and Dance Office 3351 Cullen Blvd., Houston, TX, 77204

Jason Robert Brown is a living legend of musical theatre. A contemporary composer, director, orchestrator, and lyricist, Brown will perform his own repertoire in an intimate setting, including new songs in development as well as songs from his solo albums. Fans and newbies will get a spectacular glimpse into one genius’s undeniable gifts. McGovern College […]

Friday Night Improv Comedy: The Supernova – Storytelling + Improv, 90s Meg Ryan, and Starlight Mintz

Station Theater, 2219 Crockett St #C2, Houston, 77007, United States

• The Supernova – Storytelling + Improv: The Supernova is Station Theater’s signature improv form and Houston’s longest-running long-form improv show. The Supernova cast invites a special guest to tell true, personal stories in a one-on-one interview format. Stories and discussions are molded and reshaped into original, improvised content. CAST: Ahmed Atry, Alejandro Sanoja, Nick […]

It Is Magic

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

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 […]

Voctave: The Corner of Broadway & Main Street

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

A cappella sensation Voctave’s 11-member vocal ensemble brings incredible harmonies to some of the most beloved songs and have been inspiring their millions of social media fans since 2015, and their albums frequently debut in the top 10 on the Billboard and iTunes charts. In the 2022-2023 season Voctave released an album of lullabies entitled […]

CLEANSED by Sarah Kane

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

The Catastrophic Theatre presents the Regional Premiere of Sarah Kane’s CLEANSED “LOVE ME OR KILL ME” In her brief boundary breaking career, Sarah Kane’s work prompted the term “a theatre of extremes,” yet CLEANSED comes soaked through with hope. Explosively aching, hauntingly poetic, and disarmingly tender, Kane delivers a fever-dream fable of unimaginable brutality and […]

Start Your Endings

Spring Street Studios, 1824 Spring Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States

Spring Street Studios, Suite 233 How far will people go… to not let go? That is the question in Pronoia Theater’s new full-length dramedy Start Your Endings! Whether it’s warming or breaking your heart will be feeling something as we explore the highs, lows, and difficult choices in all of the relationships in our lives. […]

Friday Night Improv Comedy with Lost at Nick, Amigo In-Laws, and The Space Rhyme Continuum Hip-Hop Show

Station Theater, 2219 Crockett St #C2, Houston, 77007, United States

Join us for live weekly comedy shows featuring the best in local and regional improv & sketch comedy. All shows are BYOB. Advance tickets are recommended. Lost At Nick: Sure, the troupe’s name doesn’t make sense and inspires no confidence. But after you’re done watching these long-form, comedic improvisers doing a 20-minute long, single scene- […]

500 Años de Silencio | El Lado Oculto de la Luna: Karen Navarro

Spring Street Studios, 1824 Spring Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States

“500añosdesilencio | El Lado Oculto de la Luna” by Karen Navarro is a visual art exhibition that takes on a profound journey of reclamation and reconnection with the artist’s Indigenous heritage. Through a diverse array of mediums and a with a focus on the concept of beauty, this exhibition tells a unique story of resilience […]

COLORS IN BLOOM

Color Factory, 3303 Kirby Dr, Houston, TX, 77098, United States

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 […]

‘Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette’

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

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 […]

Framing Workshop

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

Learn framing basics using a pre-made frame in this workshop with the Menil Collection’s framer, Mina Gaber. The workshop is inspired by our current exhibition, “THIS SIDE UP”, which explores the behind-the-scenes labor in a museum, including art handling and installation. Discover how to best highlight your artwork and learn framing tips, such as selecting […]

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, […]

“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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Sailing to Byzantium: The Poetics of Aging

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

How does the psychology and spirituality of the second half of life call us to develop new and sometimes unexpected qualities? Aging with intention is a creative and courageous act, a path to wholeness. It becomes an art form, a poetry, when we allow for inner beauty and strength to emerge and challenge our inevitable […]

ECHOes in the Park | Free Community Chamber Concert and Festival

Ray Miller Park, 1800 Eldridge Pkwy, Houston, TX, 77077, United States

ECHO’s very first FREE community chamber concert at the park sponsored by CTIGO and The Energy Corridor District. Bring your picnics, blankets, and lawn chairs and enjoy an afternoon at the park with your family while enjoying a great classical concert, kids craft booth and artisan vendors by The Art Cellar of Houston, food trucks, […]

(of) Everything Island

TX

Katrina Moorhead’s (of) Everything Island is an assembly of evocative sculptural objects interacting with one another in the main gallery. Building off Moorhead’s sensitivity to materials’ potential for expansive storytelling, these objects explore places where the veil between the real and the otherworldly is thin and porous. The works reimagine aspects of the natural world, […]

Critical Geography – FotoFest Biennial 2024

FotoFest at Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street (Silver Street Studios Building C, Suite 2), Houston, TX, 77007, United States

The FotoFest Biennial 2024 central exhibition, “Critical Geography”, reexamines traditional Western and historical understandings of geography while expanding these investigations to new realms. Borrowing its name from the subdiscipline of geography that questions and challenges power structures, inequality, and the dominant ideologies shaping physical space, Critical Geography explores how space, place, and communities are influenced […]

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.

Book Talk & Signing for Bombing Hitler’s Hometown by Author Michael Croissant

Lone Star Flight Museum, 11551 Aerospace Ave, Houston, 77034, United States

Come listen to author Michael Croissant discuss his book “Bombing Hitler’s Hometown” on April 13th at the Lone Star Flight Museum. “Bombing Hitler’s Hometown” is a riveting, true story of the perilous mission to bomb Germany’s most symbolic stronghold – A must for fans of WWII air warfare, “Masters of the Air” and “A Wing […]

Third Ward Unity in Faith: Backbone of Our Souls

Community Artists’ Collective, 4101 San Jacinto Ste. 116, Houston, TX, 77004, United States

Early African American settlers in Houston’s Third Ward area established small worship places, reminiscent of the praise houses attended during slavery in the Jim Crow era. The intimate and personal size of the congregations created bonds in the community that would last for more than 90 years. Images of the still-standing small houses of worship, […]

UHD Student Art Exhibition 2024

University of Houston Downtown – O’Kane Gallery, One Main Street, Houston, TX, 77002

The O’Kane Gallery at the University of Houston-Downtown is proud to present its annual Student Art Exhibition featuring art from University of Houston-Downtown students created in studio art courses during the past academic year. UHD offers studio course work in Figure Drawing, Painting, Watercolor, Graphic Novel, Mural Design, Computer Graphic Design, Photography, and other special […]

Evolving Love: Intentionally Growing Our Capacity to Connect (Hybrid)

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

Practice awareness and communication strategies that can help us move from passive to active, committed loving. It is easy to think of love as something that just happens: “I fell in love.” But if we conceptualize love as an energy we can contribute to and grow, love is not an accident of fate. Join us […]

Friends, Frenemies, and Foes: Character-Building in Speculative Fiction

Writespace, 1907 Sabine Street Ste 125, Houston, TX, 77007

INSTRUCTOR: Tanya Aydelott TIME: Saturday, April 13, 1:00–4:00 p.m. CDT PRICE: Early bird price: $45 for members, $60 for nonmembers. The deadline for early bird pricing is Sunday, April 7. After Sunday, April 7: $55 for members, $70 for nonmembers. Become a member here. Apply for a scholarship here. LOCATION: Online via Zoom LEVEL: All […]

The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

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

The Classical Theatre Company will wrap up its Season of Iconic Women with William Shakespeare’s comic masterpiece, The Taming of the Shrew. Having not produced a Shakespeare piece since Henry V in 2015, nor a Shakespeare comedy since The Merchant of Venice in 2013, CTC is primed and ready to dive into The Bard once […]

Opening Reception of Lorena Morales’ “Topographies of a Place to Know”

Hooks-Epstein Galleries, 2631 Colquitt, Houston, Tx, 77098

Hooks-Epstein Galleries proudly presents an exhibition of mixed media work by Venezuelan American artist, Lorena Morales. “Topographies of a Place to Know” will open on Saturday, April 13, 2024; a Reception for the Artist will take place from 5:00-7:00PM. The exhibition will continue through Saturday, May 11, 2024. Lorena Morales presents new works that belong […]

HFMS present Buddy Mondlock!

West University Community Center, 6104 Auden , Houston, TX, 77005, United States

When Buddy’s not on the road you can find him in Nashville but he grew up in Park Forest, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. He didn’t have a troubled childhood. His parents were nice to him. They paid for guitar lessons when he was ten and they never said, “when are you going to get […]

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 […]

Kronos Quartet and Sam Green: A Thousand Thoughts

Jones Hall for the Performing Arts, 615 Louisiana St., Houston, TX, 77002, United States

Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Sam Green (The Weather Underground), in collaboration with Emmy Award®-winning writer and editor Joe Bini (Roman Polanski Wanted and Desired, Grizzly Man), takes the stage with the legendary group Kronos Quartet to create a “live documentary” that chronologically unfolds the quartet’s groundbreaking, continent-spanning, multi-decade career. Wildly creative and experimental in form, A Thousand […]

The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

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

The Classical Theatre Company will wrap up its Season of Iconic Women with William Shakespeare’s comic masterpiece, The Taming of the Shrew. Having not produced a Shakespeare piece since Henry V in 2015, nor a Shakespeare comedy since The Merchant of Venice in 2013, CTC is primed and ready to dive into The Bard once […]

Stagolee and the Funeral of a Dangerous Word

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

World Premiere By Thomas Meloncon The play takes place in an office in a small town in East Texas where the local NAACP chapter is planning a funeral for the “N word”. At the same time, a bigoted white man is on his way to that same office to have a frank discussion with the […]

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. […]

It Is Magic

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

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 […]

Start Your Endings

Spring Street Studios, 1824 Spring Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States

Spring Street Studios, Suite 233 How far will people go… to not let go? That is the question in Pronoia Theater’s new full-length dramedy Start Your Endings! Whether it’s warming or breaking your heart will be feeling something as we explore the highs, lows, and difficult choices in all of the relationships in our lives. […]

Moonlight Movies: Labyrinth

Museum of Fine Arts – Nancy & Rich Kinder Building, 1001 Bissonnet Street , Houston, TX, 77005, United States

The MFAH debuts an outdoor movie viewing experience: Moonlight Movies under the stars on the sloping roof of the Glassell School of Art in the Amphitheater on The Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza. Relish the beloved classic Labyrinth as Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) must solve a labyrinth to rescue her brother from the Goblin King (David Bowie). […]

CLEANSED by Sarah Kane

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

The Catastrophic Theatre presents the Regional Premiere of Sarah Kane’s CLEANSED “LOVE ME OR KILL ME” In her brief boundary breaking career, Sarah Kane’s work prompted the term “a theatre of extremes,” yet CLEANSED comes soaked through with hope. Explosively aching, hauntingly poetic, and disarmingly tender, Kane delivers a fever-dream fable of unimaginable brutality and […]

Houston’s Got Bollywood

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

An exciting Bollywood Dance Theatre performance showcasing short stories of the human experience through diverse genres of music, dance, and costumes. Bollywood is a melting pot of global influences creating something that’s uniquely Indian. This energetic production is a musical journey through short stories of love, interpreted in 4 acts Performed by Naach Houston, a […]

‘Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette’

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

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 […]

“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 […]

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 […]

Members Art Show with Clay Olympics

Third Coast Clay, 8519 N. Main St., Houston, TX, 77022, United States

Join us as we celebrate Third Coast Clay’s anniversary with our Members Art show, where they will showcase and sell their ceramic art designs, participate in our annual Clay Olympics with trophies created by local artist and instructor Clara Hoag @clarahoagie. There will be light refreshments and demos by the Third Coast Clay instructors. Registration […]

COLORS IN BLOOM

Color Factory, 3303 Kirby Dr, Houston, TX, 77098, United States

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 […]

Critical Geography – FotoFest Biennial 2024

FotoFest at Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street (Silver Street Studios Building C, Suite 2), Houston, TX, 77007, United States

The FotoFest Biennial 2024 central exhibition, “Critical Geography”, reexamines traditional Western and historical understandings of geography while expanding these investigations to new realms. Borrowing its name from the subdiscipline of geography that questions and challenges power structures, inequality, and the dominant ideologies shaping physical space, Critical Geography explores how space, place, and communities are influenced […]

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