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SUMMARY:NobleMotion Summer Dance Intensive
DESCRIPTION:NobleMotion Summer Dance Intensive 2024 is a week long contemporary dance intensive for professional level dancers (18 and up) and pre-professional (Ages 13-17) is focused on building technique and artistry in a creative and supportive atmosphere. Grab your friends and come dance your heart out while studying with the artists of NobleMotion Dance and a strong lineup of guest teachers\, including Mike Esperanza (NYC). Train in Contemporary/Modern Technique\, Ballet\, Jazz\, Partnering and Improvisation\, and NMD and Guest Artist Repertory. Come dance with NMD in one of the most exciting weeks of the year! Woodlands\, Texas
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/noblemotion-summer-dance-intensive/
LOCATION:TX
CATEGORIES:Dance
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SUMMARY:2024 Culture Camp: Rising Artists: The Nature of Symbols
DESCRIPTION:Dive into calligraphy traditions and learn how nature has influenced this art form across Asia and beyond. Campers will be introduced to different techniques\, scripts\, and tools to create their own expressive artwork. No prior calligraphy or brushwork experience needed.\nRecommended for students ages 9–12.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/2024-culture-camp-rising-artists-the-nature-of-symbols-8/
LOCATION:Asia Society Texas Center\, 1370 Southmore Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Kids + Families,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Asia Society Texas Center":MAILTO:txcenter@asiasociety.org
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SUMMARY:COME CELEBRATE WITH US!
DESCRIPTION: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.\nAMENITIES & DECOR\nA/V equipment and sound system\nBig Screen and projector\nBaby piano\nStage\, backstage\, and backroom\nKitchen (only for serving)\nChairs and tables\nCall us: 713-395-3301\n$250 for 4 hours
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/come-celebrate-with-us-34/
LOCATION:Russian Cultural Center “Our Texas”\, 2337 Bissonnet St\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seasonal
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T220000
DTSTAMP:20260406T104028
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SUMMARY:Beetlejuice
DESCRIPTION:He earned his stripes on Broadway… now the ghost-with-the-most is coming to Austin.\nIt’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. With an irreverent book\, an astonishing set\, and a score that’s out of this Netherworld\, BEETLEJUICE is “SCREAMINGLY GOOD FUN!” (Variety). And under its uproarious surface (six feet under\, to be exact)\, it’s a remarkably touching show about family\, love\, and making the most of every Day-O!\nBeetlejuice contains strong language\, mature references\, and a lot of the crazy\, inappropriate stuff you would expect from a deranged demon. Recommended for ages 13 and up.\nPresented by the Memorial Hermann Broadway at the Hobby Center
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/beetlejuice-84/
LOCATION:Hobby Center for the Performing Arts\, 800 Bagby St\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Broadway | Standards,Music,Performance Art,Theatre + Comedy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T210000
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SUMMARY:Aureate
DESCRIPTION:The Pilot Dance Project is excited to present its latest-evening length work\, Aureate\, on June 22 and 23 at the Deluxe Theater (3303 Lyons Avenue). Aureate is the latest collaboration between Executive and Artistic Director Adam Castan͂eda and Houston-based choreographer\, designer\, and filmmaker Ashley Horn. Their latest project is supported by a City’s Initiative Grant from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance and an Arts Respond Grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts.\nAureate – “denoting\, made of\, or having the color of gold.” In their most decadent and lush work to date\, Castan͂eda and Horn delve into the imagination to mine the possibilities of gold matter. With an inclination toward the Feminine Divine and the sanctity of human ritual and ceremony\, both choreographers create dances inspired by nature\, womanhood\, and mythology.\nHorn will work toward stripping away the heavy veil of expectations\, valuations\, and roles of the women in her life\, culture\, and mythos to find an inner feminine light that is at once quiet\, strong\, glittering\, and brilliant. She will attempt to approach herself\, a mother who is entering middle age\, to find the value in lived experience and learned wisdom rather than measured caretaking and appraisal tied to physical beauty.\nCastan͂eda’s new works a recreation of the fable “The Beauty Contest of the Birds\,” in which the jackdaw attempts to adorn herself with the brilliant feathers of the other birds; rather than lead to glory\, her deception ends in ruin.\nThe evening-length work will be accompanied by an original score and live performance by Aurum Son founder and director Sonia Flores. Design elements by Ashley Horn and Edgar Guajardo.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/aureate-2/
LOCATION:The DeLuxe Theater\, 3303 Lyons Ave\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dance
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SUMMARY:Beyond Broadway Series: Alan Cumming Is Not Acting His Age
DESCRIPTION: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 who has not had botox!’ he quips. He also discusses the effects of gravity\, the time the mum from the Brady Bunch punched him\, and what his dog taught him about the quality of life.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/beyond-broadway-series-alan-cumming-is-not-acting-his-age-85/
LOCATION:Hobby Center – Zilkha Hall\, 800 Bagby St\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performance Art,Theatre + Comedy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T190000
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SUMMARY:Disco Boy
DESCRIPTION:The charismatic Franz Rogowski (Passages; Transit) stars as a Belarusian immigrant haunted by his actions while serving in the French Foreign Legion. Giacomo Abbruzzese’s stylish debut feature won the Berlin Film Festival’s Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution.\nThe Guardian calls Disco Boy “a visually thrilling\, ambitious\, and distinctly freaky adventure into the heart of imperial darkness . . . or an alternative reality.”
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/disco-boy/
LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts – Caroline Wiess Law Building\, 1001 Bissonnet St\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,Visual Arts + Museums
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T173000
DTSTAMP:20260406T104028
CREATED:20240623T030623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240623T220702Z
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SUMMARY:OUR FREEDOM WASN’T FREE: A JUNETEENTH CONCERT OF TRIBUTE – THE TRIBULATION\, AND THE TRIUMPH.
DESCRIPTION:Join the Houston Ebony Music Society for our annual Juneteenth concert\, “Our Freedom Wasn’t Free: A Juneteenth Concert of Tribute – The Tribulation\, and The Triumph.” The event is scheduled for June 23\, 2024\, at 4:00 PM at the historic Antioch Missionary Baptist Church\, located at 500 Clay Street\, Houston.\nThe concert will showcase the HEOG chorus and soloists\, under the direction of Dr. Oby and featuring Dr. Vicki A. Seldon as the pianist. The concert is structured in three parts: “Prelude to Freedom\,” “The Dream of Freedom\,” and “The Fight for Freedom\,” featuring Negro Spirituals\, Civil War Folk Songs\, and more. A special feature will be the performance of “Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight” by African American composer Florence Price\, with a piano/vocal score specially prepared for this event. Dr. Oby expressed\, “It will be a joy to revive this rare piece.”\nDr. Jason Oby\, Artistic Director of HEOG\, remarked\, “This year’s HEOG Juneteenth concert is set to be extraordinary\, reflecting on the profound sacrifices of our ancestors for our freedom.” The concert is complimentary\, with validated parking available in the adjacent garage.\nEstablished in 1984\, HEOG is a performing arts organization of classically trained vocalists from Houston’s African American community\, dedicated to broadening the reach of opera\, traditional Negro Spirituals\, and classical music.\nSource: https://www.facebook.com/houstonebonyoperaguild/
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/our-freedom-wasnt-free-a-juneteenth-concert-of-tribute-the-tribulation-and-the-triumph/
LOCATION:TX
CATEGORIES:Music
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Houston Ebony Music Society%2C Inc.":MAILTO:ebonymusic92@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T163000
DTSTAMP:20260406T104028
CREATED:20240623T030624Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240623T210620Z
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SUMMARY:Jurassic Park in Concert
DESCRIPTION:Featuring visually stunning imagery and groundbreaking special effects\, the action-packed adventure of Jurassic Park pits man against prehistoric predators in the ultimate battle for survival.\nExperience it now\, projected in HD on a giant screen\, with the full Houston Symphony performing John Williams’s iconic score live to picture!\nKids save 50%!\nKids 6–12 save 50% on tickets in price levels 3–5 with the purchase of at least one adult ticket. The option for kids’ tickets will display automatically in price levels 3–5 (no promo code is necessary).
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/jurassic-park-in-concert-3/
LOCATION:Hobby Center for the Performing Arts\, 800 Bagby St\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T160000
DTSTAMP:20260406T104028
CREATED:20240623T030631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240623T195118Z
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SUMMARY:Tamarie's Texas Toast!
DESCRIPTION:The Catastrophic Theatre presents the World Premiere of\nTAMARIE’S TEXAS TOAST\nby Tamarie Cooper and Patrick Reynolds\nJune 21 through August 3 at MATCH\n(Midtown Arts & Theatre Center Houston)\n3400 Main St.\nTamarie and her merry band of musical maniacs are taking on the great state of Texas. 27 installments of all-new\, full-scale original Tamarie Cooper musicals and there’s never been one about Texas? What? We’ve been saving it for you.\nExpect huge dance numbers\, massive songs\, and gigantic belly laughs. Why? Because everything’s bigger in Texas\, you tourist. This humongous patch of land and all its inhabitants are ripe for spoofing. Bank on high school football\, gas station beavers\, flag parades\, giant roaches\, tons of guns\, the glory of Whataburger\, and a love letter to the best city in the Lone Star State\, H-Town\, Baby!\nTamarie’s Texas Toast is both a toast and a roast of all things Texas. As always\, Tamarie will be joined by a live band and a cast of Houston’s funniest performers\, bringing you an entirely original and completely irreverent musical bonanza. All from the bottom of Tamarie’s Texas-sized heart.\nThis all-original musical\, with a book written by Tamarie’s longtime collaborator\, Patrick Reynolds\, features crowd-favorite co-star Kyle Sturdivant and a company of TCS veterans and newcomers\, plus a killer band. And sooo many costume changes!\nTAMARIE’S TEXAS TOAST runs JUNE 21 – AUGUST 3\, 2024 at the Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (MATCH). Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at matchouston.org or by calling the MATCH box office at 713-521-4533.\nPerformances are Thursdays at 7:30pm\, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm\, and Sundays at 2:30pm\nSpecial Monday performance on July 15 at 7:30pm\nTickets to all performances are Pay-What-You-Can!\nAges 13 and up.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/tamaries-texas-toast-3/
LOCATION:MATCH Houston (Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston)\, 3400 Main St\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theatre + Comedy
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Catastrophic Theatre":MAILTO:admin@catastrophictheatre.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T200000
DTSTAMP:20260406T104028
CREATED:20240623T030631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240624T002133Z
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SUMMARY:JUNETEENTH Celebration: Black History Through The Ages (Reclaiming The Throne)
DESCRIPTION:D28 Productions\nHome of the four-time award-winning internationally recognized docuseries Reclaiming the Throne\nPRESENTS:\nA JUNETEENTH WEEKEND CELEBRATION FINALE!!!\nSunday June 23\, 2024\nLocated at The Cullen Performance Hall\, University Of Houston Campus\nDoors Open @ 2pm\nBLACK HISTORY THROUGHOUT THE AGES” RECLAIMING THE THRONE THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE!\nJoin D28 Productions for an incredible night of Fashion\, Music\, Dance\, and Spoken Word.\nLIVE in Houston on June 23rd at the Cullen Performance Hall.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/juneteenth-celebration-black-history-through-the-ages-reclaiming-the-throne/
LOCATION:Cullen Performance Hall\, 4400 University Oaks Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,Kids + Families,Literature + Lectures,Music,Performance Art,Spoken Word
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T104028
CREATED:20240623T030632Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240623T210620Z
UID:221054-1719144000-1719162000@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:Cian Dayrit: Liberties Were Taken
DESCRIPTION: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\, and elaborate paintings created over a decade of participatory actions and solidarity work in the Philippines and around the world. Deploying visual tools\, such as written text\, graphs\, and symbols\, the artist positions land as a site of struggle through archival references\, protest imagery\, and grassroots counter-mapping.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/cian-dayrit-liberties-were-taken-40/
LOCATION:Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston\, 4401 University Oaks Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Blaffer Art Museum":MAILTO:infoblaffer@uh.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T104028
CREATED:20240623T015145Z
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SUMMARY:Cian Dayrit: Liberties Were Taken
DESCRIPTION: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 museum exhibition in the United States with embroidered tapestries\, paintings\, and sculpture. The exhibition will be accompanied by Countermapping Workshops in Houston to excavate histories of imperialism\, extraction\, and displacement among historically marginalized people\, while summoning new imaginaries that recognize the overlapping global struggles and resistance.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/cian-dayrit-liberties-were-taken-39/
LOCATION:Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston\, 4401 University Oaks Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Blaffer Art Museum":MAILTO:infoblaffer@uh.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T104028
CREATED:20240623T015132Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240623T210633Z
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SUMMARY:Gabriel Lester: Odeon
DESCRIPTION: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 through which to see and imagine the world – consistently locating wonder in the seemingly stolid and mundane. For this exhibition Lester is most interested in the interplay between light and shadow\, as well as the seen and unseen\, as he responds to Houston and the fossil fuel industry that so deeply sheathes the region.\nIn the title installation StarStruck\, a dark\, viscous pool of oil is continually interrupted by droplets of water and corresponding flares of brilliant light – piercing a thick chamber of shadow with illuminating transmission. This waking effect is further articulated in the neighboring video sculpture Cosmic Call\, where the artist chases amorphous scenes of the universe through effervescent\, yet ultra low-resolution LED monitors to create a mesmerizing\, if highly elusive display. The capacity for light to simultaneously lead and lose us is expanded in the charmingly immersive installation How to Act as flickering colors surround us – pulsing to the soundtracks of various genres of film and television. The result is familiar and uncanny at once\, evoking the abstract languages of televisual entertainment while also making them strange and disorienting. Early modes of cinema flash before our eyes in the adjacent series Jump Cut\, where methodically rotating cubes house a variety of laser cut tableaux – coming into focus just long enough to dance away\, over and over again. Persistence of vision and retinal residue accumulates here\, propelling the art to work as much before your eyes\, as within and behind them. The final installation marries optical with environmental effect as rays of sun shine through the increasingly perforated ebony towers of Bambaataa\, projecting floating holo-graphic cubes that speak to the fleetingness of so-called structure. Taken and received as a whole\, this exhibition pierces heavy\, weighted geometries and their absolutes with the delightful\, if perplexing magic of discovery.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/gabriel-lester-odeon-32/
LOCATION:Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston\, 4401 University Oaks Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Blaffer Art Museum":MAILTO:infoblaffer@uh.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T104028
CREATED:20240623T015131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240623T210620Z
UID:221037-1719144000-1719162000@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection
DESCRIPTION:“The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection” celebrates the achievements and contributions of Black Americans from 1595 to present day. Considered one of the most comprehensive surveys of African American history and culture outside the Smithsonian Institution\, the exhibition of the same name features the shared treasures amassed by Shirley and Bernard Kinsey during their five decades of marriage. The collection includes masterful paintings and sculpture\, photographs\, rare books\, letters\, manuscripts and more that offer a well-rounded look at the African American experience and provide new perspectives on the nation’s history and culture.\nThe Kinsey African American Art & History Collection\nOrganized by – The Bernard & Shirley Kinsey Foundation for Arts & Education and KBK Enterprises\, Incorporated
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/the-kinsey-african-american-art-history-collection-88/
LOCATION:Holocaust Museum Houston\, 5401 Caroline St\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Holocaust Museum Houston":MAILTO:info@hmh.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T114500
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T130000
DTSTAMP:20260406T104028
CREATED:20240623T015132Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240623T175134Z
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SUMMARY:ART SCHOOL FOR KIDS
DESCRIPTION:We’re thrilled to introduce the latest addition to our team\, Ms. Anastasia Ferrer\, an accomplished children’s arts and crafts instructor\, with a degree from the Saint-Petersburg Institute for Educators.\nAt our Art School\, your children’s creative journey will extend far beyond just painting and drawing. They’ll dive into the tactile world of clay\, embrace the versatility of paper and glue\, and explore an array of expressive styles. From crafting whimsical paper and fabric dolls to embarking on unique art projects tailored for festive seasons\, each class will be a new adventure in creativity and imagination.\nSunday\, 11:45 pm\nPrice $20/per class
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/art-school-for-kids-10/
LOCATION:Russian Cultural Center “Our Texas”\, 2337 Bissonnet St\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes + Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="Cultural Center 'Our Texas'":MAILTO:Russianculturalcenter@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T104028
CREATED:20240623T005200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240623T232131Z
UID:221035-1719140400-1719169200@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:Abstraction after Modernism: Recent Acquisitions
DESCRIPTION:“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.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/abstraction-after-modernism-recent-acquisitions-42/
LOCATION:The Menil Collection\, 1533 Sul Ross St\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Menil Collection":MAILTO:info@menil.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T104028
CREATED:20240623T005146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240623T232130Z
UID:221030-1719140400-1719169200@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:Ruth Asawa Through Line
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/ruth-asawa-through-line-58/
LOCATION:The Menil Drawing Institute\, 1500 W Main St\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T104028
CREATED:20240623T005146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240623T232130Z
UID:221031-1719140400-1719169200@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:Janet Sobel: All-Over
DESCRIPTION: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 known as “all-over” painting.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/janet-sobel-all-over-65/
LOCATION:The Menil Collection\, 1533 Sul Ross St\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Menil Collection":MAILTO:info@menil.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T180000
DTSTAMP:20260406T104028
CREATED:20240623T005159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240623T220702Z
UID:221032-1719140400-1719165600@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:Theaster Gates: The Gift and The Renege
DESCRIPTION:Theaster Gates: The Gift and The Renege presents work by the acclaimed Chicago-based artist\, featuring large-scale paintings\, sculptures\, and installations that highlight the seen and unseen dynamics of Freedmen’s Town in Houston’s Fourth Ward. Throughout his career\, Theaster Gates has soulfully elevated our understanding of Black labor\, materials\, place\, and community to revitalize underrecognized neighborhoods by combining urban planning and a multifaceted art practice. His work powerfully highlights the true value Black spaces hold—although often devalued—as sites of American resilience\, liberation\, and redemption. Gates is a shape-shifter\, a world-builder\, and an artist who singularly connects the dots in both poetic and pragmatic ways. For over 20 years he has worked to transform the Southside of Chicago through various initiatives aimed at preserving and continuing the neighborhood’s vital role as a site for Black creativity. His multifaceted practice\, which demonstrates the dual importance of building community and exposing power structures\, has made him one of the most significant artists working in our time.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/theaster-gates-the-gift-and-the-renege-26/
LOCATION:Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)\, 5216 Montrose Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Kids + Families,Visual Arts + Museums
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T180000
DTSTAMP:20260406T104028
CREATED:20240623T005159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240623T220702Z
UID:221033-1719140400-1719165600@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow
DESCRIPTION:Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow is the artist’s first solo museum presentation in the United States. Across an installation\, a video\, and a series of commissioned sculptures\, Erlanger continues her decade-long disruption of the “semiotics of suburbia.” In her practice\, Erlanger thinks of the home as a greater ecosystem containing not only houses but also their surrounding infrastructures and interior architectures.\nAt Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)\, massive illuminated planet sculptures map the suburban landscape\, positioning the development of home as an environmental force in itself. These new works explore “speculative memory”—how progress can only be understood through hindsight—and what this psychic limitation implies for the artist. Viewers will then move to new diorama sculptures that play on an institutional language of presentation\, positioning the enclosed scenes as already-past. Here\, Erlanger proposes both impossible architectures and terrestrial forms created using strategies of model-making. These works are each marked by changes in season\, emphasizing receding memories of a once-diverse climate.\nThe exhibition culminates in a sitcom set\, riffing on the psychology of interiors as well as acting as a platform to watch Erlanger’s new short film Appliance. The film dovetails recent research into the history and cultural significance of domestic technologies\, such as the shower or washing machine\, with a specific focus on how their operations have been considered interchangeably with human bodily functions. In our age of “polycrisis\,” wherein multiple seismic events occur simultaneously\, If Today Were Tomorrow provides a framework for thinking about the porousness of interior and exterior\, self and non-self\, body and home.\nOlivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow will be accompanied by a catalogue published by Hatje Cantz containing newly commissioned texts about the artist’s practice\, as well as contributions focusing on the interplay between architecture\, psychology\, and science fiction.\nSupport\nMajor support for Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow is provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.\nContemporary Arts Museum of Houston is funded in part by the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/olivia-erlanger-if-today-were-tomorrow-45/
LOCATION:Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)\, 5216 Montrose Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Kids + Families,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)":MAILTO:info@camh.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T104028
CREATED:20240623T005159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240623T210646Z
UID:221034-1719136800-1719162000@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:Xu Bing: Word Alchemy
DESCRIPTION:‘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 challenge and expand not only the history of Chinese landscape painting\, but the canons of contemporary art.\nBorn in China and now working in both Brooklyn and Beijing\, artist Xu Bing (b. 1955) is widely considered to be one of the most important artists to emerge from China in the 20th century. Focusing on the artist’s longstanding engagement with words and language\, ‘Word Alchemy’ is the most comprehensive exhibition on this theme so far\, and around one-third of the objects in the exhibition are being shown in the U.S. for the first time.\nHighlights of the exhibition include Xu Bing’s early works\, his private never-before-seen notebook\, landmark prints including the Series of Repetitions handscroll\, a new Background Story with a connection to Zhao Mengfu’s famous ‘Autumn Colors on the Qiao and Hua Mountains’ handscroll\, a new Texas-themed ‘Square Word Calligraphy\,’ and a new installation of ‘Monkeys Grasp for the Moon’ in Asia Society Texas’ Fayez Sarofim Grand Hall.\nOn the occasion of the exhibition\, Asia Society Texas will publish a full-color exhibition catalogue and host a symposium on Xu Bing’s art on February 23\, 2024.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/xu-bing-word-alchemy-68/
LOCATION:Asia Society Texas Center\, 1370 Southmore Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Asia Society Texas Center":MAILTO:txcenter@asiasociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T104028
CREATED:20240623T005146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240623T210646Z
UID:221029-1719136800-1719162000@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:Explore Your Mind at The Health Museum with the U.S. Premiere of MindWorks
DESCRIPTION:Ever wonder what is going on in your head? Now\, you can find out! Opening on June 15\, 2024\, The Health Museum will debut the U.S. premiere of MindWorks\, a hands-on\, bodies-on psychology exhibition on loan from the Ontario Science Centre.\nMindWorks brings ideas like decision-making\, memory\, and emotions to life through playful\, interactive exhibits based on cognitive psychology. MindWorks will encourage visitors to step into their own mind and explore how they think\, feel\, and react in a playful and exciting new way.\nResearched\, designed\, and fabricated by the Ontario Science Centre\, MindWorks lets visitors explore and learn through a fully immersive experience – from writing a song with building blocks to understanding personality traits. Visitors can try their negotiation skills to play the world’s largest Pac-Man game and engage in critical thinking as they squeeze through unusual shapes and explore consciousness with help from a humanoid robot.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/explore-your-mind-at-the-health-museum-with-the-u-s-premiere-of-mindworks-9/
LOCATION:The Health Museum\, 1515 Hermann Dr\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Kids + Families,Special Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Health Museum":MAILTO:info@thehealthmuseum.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T150000
DTSTAMP:20260406T104028
CREATED:20240622T223656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240623T195143Z
UID:221026-1719136800-1719154800@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:TECHNE GALLERY @ TXRX LABS :: WOODSHOP GROUP SHOW
DESCRIPTION:From June 15 to August 18\, 2024 Please join TXRX Labs in the Techne Gallery for a talented membership showcase of our woodworking community.\nObjects will include furniture\, Maloof inspired chairs\, hand turned bowls\, cutting boards and decorative inlay applications through VCarve\, CNC work\, live edge work\, wood turning and various hand finishing techniques.\nCome opening weekend to engage directly with the craftsmen behind the creations to learn more about woodworking processes and their lifestyle insights\, inspirations and techniques. Stay to explore further collaborative opportunities with the artisans and fellow members.\nSelect pieces will be available for purchase\, providing an opportunity to bring home a piece of our vibrant community’s artistic expression.\nEvent Opening : Saturday June 15th 10am-3pm\nArtist Talks will be scheduled on our open house days\, given the 1st Friday of each month. Dive deeper into the world of woodworking by learning about our state-of-the-art tools and equipment\, enrolling in offered classes\, and tapping into the expertise of our dedicated shop manager and skilled volunteers with 30+ years of experience. Don’t miss this chance to ignite your creativity and appreciation for the artistry of woodworking.\nArtists Talk 1 : July 5th 6:30 pm. Facility tours @ 7 and 8pm.\nArtists Talk 2 : August 2nd 6 :30 pm. Facility tours @ 7 and 8pm.\nLocation: 6501 Navigation BLVD Houston TX 77011\nThe Techne Gallery is located inside the TXRX Labs lobby. TXRX Labs is located in the East End Maker Hub. Please look for the brightly colored permanently installed EEMH fabricated sign next to the very long driveway. We are past Centerpoints last driveway and our facility cannot be seen from the road. When you do find us\, the facility has a brightly colored mural of orange\, blue and gray squares on it. TXRX Lab’s front door is to the left of the loading docks.\nGallery hours : Mon-Fri 12-8 pm. Sat/Sun 10-3pm.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/techne-gallery-txrx-labs-woodshop-group-show-9/
LOCATION:The Techne Gallery @ TXRX LABS\, 4366 Navigation Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes + Workshops,Free Events,Kids + Families,Visual Arts + Museums
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T104028
CREATED:20240622T223655Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240623T210646Z
UID:221025-1719133200-1719162000@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:What Is A Ward?
DESCRIPTION: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 personal belonging\, of representing us and ourselves. Can a neighborhood have an identity when it is made up of diverse peoples and backgrounds? Or is it just a geographic definition\, delineated by streets and bayous?\nFor this tenant exhibition\, artists were asked: “How does your Ward fit within your studio practice? Is the idea of “home” something which inspires you creatively\, or a place of rest and comfort?” The exhibition is on view in the South Gallery through July 14.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/what-is-a-ward-39/
LOCATION:Sabine Street Studios\, 1907 Sabine St\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sawyer Yards Houston":MAILTO:events@sawyeryards.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T150000
DTSTAMP:20260406T104028
CREATED:20240622T223655Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240623T195131Z
UID:221024-1719133200-1719154800@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:2024 Culture Camp: Rising Artists: The Nature of Symbols
DESCRIPTION:Dive into calligraphy traditions and learn how nature has influenced this art form across Asia and beyond. Campers will be introduced to different techniques\, scripts\, and tools to create their own expressive artwork. No prior calligraphy or brushwork experience needed.\nRecommended for students ages 9–12.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/2024-culture-camp-rising-artists-the-nature-of-symbols-7/
LOCATION:Asia Society Texas Center\, 1370 Southmore Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Kids + Families,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Asia Society Texas Center":MAILTO:txcenter@asiasociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240623T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T104028
CREATED:20240622T223655Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240623T210646Z
UID:221023-1719129600-1719162000@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:COME CELEBRATE WITH US!
DESCRIPTION: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.\nAMENITIES & DECOR\nA/V equipment and sound system\nBig Screen and projector\nBaby piano\nStage\, backstage\, and backroom\nKitchen (only for serving)\nChairs and tables\nCall us: 713-395-3301\n$250 for 4 hours
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/come-celebrate-with-us-33/
LOCATION:Russian Cultural Center “Our Texas”\, 2337 Bissonnet St\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seasonal
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ORGANIZER;CN="Cultural Center 'Our Texas'":MAILTO:Russianculturalcenter@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240622T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240622T223000
DTSTAMP:20260406T104028
CREATED:20240622T223623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240623T030621Z
UID:221004-1719086400-1719095400@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:12th Annual Fade To Black Play Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Fade To Black Play Festival celebrates 12 seasons of amazing festival performances! We are Houston’s first and only national short play festival to spotlight the new works of African-American playwrights. Our play festival is the hippest\, hottest play festival you’ll ever experience! Be There!\nThe Movement:\nSince its inception\, the Fade To Black Play Festival has aimed to revolutionize the Houston theatre community. We envisioned an event that was both relevant to contemporary issues and rich with opportunities for emerging talent. Thus\, we established a platform dedicated to showcasing the new works of underrepresented African-American playwrights.\nOur festival is proudly volunteer-supported\, culturally diverse\, and deeply rooted in the community. Each year\, countless local artists contribute to its ongoing success. Thanks to our rapidly growing audience\, we are thrilled to announce our 12th season! For the first time\, we are extending the festival over two weekends.\nDon’t miss this landmark event in our continued pursuit of excellence!\nTHE SHOWS\nACT I\nAll is Fair by Lesley Ukaegbu (Las Vegas\, NV)\nSafe Words by Dyron Holmes (Brooklyn\, NY)\nCancel Me by Krystle Dellihue (Detroit\, MI)\nBuffalo Woman: Cathay/Cathy Williams by Alric Davis (Houston\, TX)\nGuess What’s for Dinner by Melda Beaty (Chicago\, IL)\nACT II\nYou Put Me in the Mind of… by Velvia Keithley (Huntsville\, TX)\nDee’s Dilemma by Reginald T. Jackson (Brooklyn\, NY)\nRedemption by Joe Lewis (Silver Spring\, MD)\nThe Word by E.J. Batiste (Raeford\, NC)\nI Can Do Evil All by Myself by Ken Green (Boston\, MA)
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/12th-annual-fade-to-black-play-festival-3/
LOCATION:MATCH Houston (Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston)\, 3400 Main St\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theatre + Comedy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240622T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240622T213000
DTSTAMP:20260406T104028
CREATED:20240622T223623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240623T015119Z
UID:221005-1719086400-1719091800@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:Tamarie's Texas Toast!
DESCRIPTION:The Catastrophic Theatre presents the World Premiere of\nTAMARIE’S TEXAS TOAST\nby Tamarie Cooper and Patrick Reynolds\nJune 21 through August 3 at MATCH\n(Midtown Arts & Theatre Center Houston)\n3400 Main St.\nTamarie and her merry band of musical maniacs are taking on the great state of Texas. 27 installments of all-new\, full-scale original Tamarie Cooper musicals and there’s never been one about Texas? What? We’ve been saving it for you.\nExpect huge dance numbers\, massive songs\, and gigantic belly laughs. Why? Because everything’s bigger in Texas\, you tourist. This humongous patch of land and all its inhabitants are ripe for spoofing. Bank on high school football\, gas station beavers\, flag parades\, giant roaches\, tons of guns\, the glory of Whataburger\, and a love letter to the best city in the Lone Star State\, H-Town\, Baby!\nTamarie’s Texas Toast is both a toast and a roast of all things Texas. As always\, Tamarie will be joined by a live band and a cast of Houston’s funniest performers\, bringing you an entirely original and completely irreverent musical bonanza. All from the bottom of Tamarie’s Texas-sized heart.\nThis all-original musical\, with a book written by Tamarie’s longtime collaborator\, Patrick Reynolds\, features crowd-favorite co-star Kyle Sturdivant and a company of TCS veterans and newcomers\, plus a killer band. And sooo many costume changes!\nTAMARIE’S TEXAS TOAST runs JUNE 21 – AUGUST 3\, 2024 at the Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (MATCH). Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at matchouston.org or by calling the MATCH box office at 713-521-4533.\nPerformances are Thursdays at 7:30pm\, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm\, and Sundays at 2:30pm\nSpecial Monday performance on July 15 at 7:30pm\nTickets to all performances are Pay-What-You-Can!\nAges 13 and up.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/tamaries-texas-toast-2/
LOCATION:MATCH Houston (Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston)\, 3400 Main St\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theatre + Comedy
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Catastrophic Theatre":MAILTO:admin@catastrophictheatre.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240622T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240622T213000
DTSTAMP:20260406T104028
CREATED:20240622T223623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240623T015119Z
UID:221006-1719086400-1719091800@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:It Is Magic
DESCRIPTION:Deb and Sandy are auditioning Tim for the role of the Wolf in a production of The Three Little Pigs\, but there’s a mysterious haze in the basement of the Mortier Civic Playhouse and that\, in addition to interruptions from the director of ‘the Scottish play’ that’s having its opening night upstairs\, is making things difficult. Then\, the mysterious Liz shows up throwing the room into utter chaos\, revealing the deep\, ancient evil at the heart of the community theater audition process.\nIt Is Magic is the latest play by Mickle Maher\, writer of such Catastrophic favorites as There Is a Happiness That Morning Is\, The Hunchback Variations\, Song About Himself\, the world premiere of Small Ball\, co-produced by former Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey\, and others.\nDirected by core artist Jeff Miller\, whose past directing credits include Catastrophic hits Buried Child\, Curse of the Starving Class\, Baby Screams Miracle\, and The Book of Grace.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/it-is-magic-25/
LOCATION:MATCH Houston (Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston)\, 3400 Main St\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theatre + Comedy
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Catastrophic Theatre":MAILTO:admin@catastrophictheatre.com
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