BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//East End Houston - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://eastendhouston.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for East End Houston REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240209T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240309T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240220T031218Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T204643Z UID:215485-1707508800-1710018000@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:FACES OF SUN AND WIND DESCRIPTION:FACES OF SUN AND WIND is a new work from the Michele Brangwen Dance & Music Ensemble that explores the power of one person linking their energy to another\, as in a microgrid set up to deliver renewable energy to a community that has united to generate it. The mircrogrid is also a perfect metaphor for how activism can start with just one person and grow to the power of the many\, working together for meaningful change. FACES OF SUN AND WIND features choreography by Michele Brangwen and music by Jon Irabagon\, with sections of movement & music created in the moment by all performers.\nMichele Brangwen writes: “When the Amazon labor union leader Chris Smalls was asked “what is the single most important component of activism\,” he replied: “to start from a place of love.” When you think about it\, that quote is quite powerful. We have a lot of work to do to combat the climate crisis. I don’t think we are going to mobilize in the ways in which we need to if we approach it from a place of shame or anger\, but instead I think the progress will come from a place of love: love for each other and love for the earth. In creating FACES OF SUN AND WIND I wanted to create a work that would surround the audience with a feeling of welcome.”\nThe program will also include UNENDING\, a work inspired by the music of John Coltrane\, with choreography and costumes by Michele Brangwen\, music by Grammy-nominated composer & trumpeter Tim Hagans\, and movement and music created in the moment by all performers. UNENDING folllows the form of a traditional jazz tune\, with set choreography and music to the head and bridge\, and then improvised duets for dancers and musicians during the choruses.\nPerformers: MEREDITH FAGES\, CRISTIAN LAVERDE KÖNIG\, LINDSEY McGILL & MICHELE BRANGWEN\, dancers; TIM HAGANS\, trumpet; JON IRABAGON\, saxophone; THOMAS HELTON\, double bass; SAM KNIGHT\, drums.\nThe program will also feature ALLURE\, a short film created by composer and vocalist Angela Wang in collaboration with dancer & choreographer Lindsey McGill. Filmed in the Silos at Sawyer Yards\, ALLURE features a lone dancer (McGill) enticed by endless yards of billowing mysterious fabric to enter the caverns and explore the nature of longing. The film explores how our obsessions can lead us to places of fulfillment. The 4:38 minute film won best choreography music video at Rome Music Video Awards.\nThe FACES OF SUN AND WIND is made possible in part by funding from the Mayor’s Office Of Cultural Affairs/City Of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance\, the Puffin Foundation\, Cullen Trust for The Performing Arts and New Music USA. A masterclass with composer & saxophonist Jon Irabagon is being presented at Texas Southern University by the Michele Brangwen Dance & Music Ensemble in partnership with DACAMERA of Houston.\nThe Michele Brangwen Dance & Music Ensemble is pleased to announce a special discount ticket offering in partnership with the 4th Annual Houston Latino/a/x Contemporary Dance Festival\, produced by the Pilot Dance Project at the historic Deluxe Theatre. Audience members purchasing tickets for either the March 9th or 10th performance will receive a special code for half off their ticket price to the Latino/a/x Contemporary Dance Festival\, March 8-10. In the same way\, ticket holders for the Festival will receive a code from the Pilot Dance Project that can be used for half off tickets for the Michele Brangwen Dance & Music Ensemble’s performances.\nThe Michele Brangwen Dance & Music Ensemble is a contemporary dance and music ensemble featuring all new choreography and live original music in a performing environment where dancers and musicians break the boundaries of traditional ensemble interaction. In 23 years\, every performance has included live music and the musicians as integral parts of the visual stage imagery. We believe that the artist’s role in society is to communicate\, to challenge\, to open a dialogue that can both unite us and inspire meaningful change. We function like a jazz band\, and along with sections of choreographed movements and written music\, we use improvisation that comes out of the form\, concept\, and emotional life of the work. The Michele Brangwen Dance Ensemble is based in New York City & Houston.\n“Lovely dancers & intensely focused musicians.” – Mindy Aloff\, Dance Writer & Critic\nVillage Voice Choice\, February 2017 – Elizabeth Zimmer\, Chief Dance Critic\, Village Voice\n“A joy to watch” – Adam Castaneda\, The Houston Press URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/faces-of-sun-and-wind/ LOCATION:MATCH Houston (Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston)\, 3400 Main St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States CATEGORIES:Dance,Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/facesofsunwind-mfrGnt.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Michele Brangwen Dance &%3B Music Ensemble":MAILTO:info@brangwendance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240215T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240406T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240220T031224Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T204659Z UID:215502-1708016400-1712422800@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Deangelo McMahon\, Jr.: High-Speed Channel Surfing DESCRIPTION:Hi-Speed Channel Surfing presents new work by Houston-based artist Deangelo McMahon Jr. Through still images that emulate classic television\, this exhibition explores mass media\, shared memory\, and censorship. In the featured paintings\, McMahon creates visual white noise with gestures such as cross-hatching and pointillism. These artworks carefully attend to color and scale\, bordering trompe-l’œil. In the words of McMahon\, this exhibition reflects “the ever-increasing role of technology in present-day life\, and seeks to remind the viewer of one’s own humanity amidst it all.” URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/deangelo-mcmahon-jr-high-speed-channel-surfing/ LOCATION:Lawndale Art Center\, 4912 Main St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/this-is-an-awesome-houston-cultural-event-gMeAZ5.tmp_.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240215T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240408T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240220T031246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T204715Z UID:215571-1708016400-1712595600@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Li(sa E.) Harris: This is the Day DESCRIPTION:Li(sa E.) Harris (aka “Li”) opens This is the Day in John M. O’Quinn Gallery\, on Thursday\, February 15 from 5 – 7 PM. This exhibition will culminate on Monday\, April 8 from 12:30 – 3:01 PM with Li’s performance Onshore Trilling: What to Do When the Earth Sings the Bruise in Lawndale’s outdoor space at 4900 Main Street. Taking place during the total solar eclipse over Texas\, this performance will tap into the cosmic cycles of the earth and sky.\nLi’s practice focuses on the energetic relationships between body\, land\, spirit\, and place. She uses voice\, theremin\, electronics\, movement\, improvisation\, meditation\, and new media to explore healing in performance and everyday living. Often\, her projects unfold over time in acts. For This is the Day\, Li will assemble photography\, analog technology\, video\, and resonant sounds that reflect a survey of her past artistic practice\, especially her work Onshore Trilling and Please Have a Seat.\nLi’s performance Onshore Trilling simultaneously references Houston’s offshore drilling industry—key to its economy as a world capital for oil and gas—and the history of the Blues in the Deep South\, which\, as Harris shares\, were invented by “enslaved persons\, previously enslaved persons\, and their descendants\, like me.”\n“Trilling” is a musical term describing the fast oscillation between two pitches; it is vibration and energy. This is The Day. includes relics and electronics from Li’s family\, fused together to fill the gallery space with frequencies that erode in relation to the respective battery life of each object. Overhead\, perforated sails mimic the sky\, reminding us of ever-present cosmic constellations which orient our earth and dream spaces.\nFor visitors’ navigation\, the center of the gallery includes something that could be—a boom\, a cannon\, a telescope peering northward\, bringing 4900 Main Street (where the eclipse performance will take place) into focus. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/lisa-e-harris-this-is-the-day/ LOCATION:Lawndale Art Center\, 4912 Main St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Special Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/this-is-an-awesome-houston-cultural-event-gMeAZ5.tmp_.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240217 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240330 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240220T031247Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T204715Z UID:215572-1708128000-1711756799@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Motus Anima: Lauren E. Allen DESCRIPTION:Motus Anima is an art exhibit exploring emotional responses to moments and memories influenced by Lauren’s experience as a neurodivergent person. Through their conception\, she creates tangible objects to dissect and reflect on in an attempt to accept her unresolved identity. The artist’s reception is Saturday February 17th 5 – 7pm. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/motus-anima-lauren-e-allen-2/ LOCATION:The Jung Center of Houston\, 5200 Montrose Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/lauren_allen_01-sm-itCrGw.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Jung Center of Houston":MAILTO:feedback@junghouston.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240217T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240329T180000 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240220T031247Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T204715Z UID:215573-1708164000-1711735200@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Timothy McCoy: Beyond My Lens DESCRIPTION:These photographs are meditations on the constant and inevitable change in nature. The flow of water is one object\nof this contemplation. The flow of water and the human journey have parallels. According to Eastern philosophy\, mankind’s resistance to transformation leads to suffering.\nSelected photographs from three bodies of Timothy’s work emphasize “alternative” photographic processes: Tongues Turned to Stone (photogravure on gamphi-shi paper)\, Sanctuary (palladium on translucent vellum)\, and Long\, Long Journey to the Sea (gold-toned albumen). He chose these historical printing processes to evoke the timelessness of his content and his interpretive rather than documentary intent. In comparison\, a fourth body of work\, Watercourse Way (large digital prints on metallic paper) is a contemporary alternative to the hand-made nature of historical processes. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/timothy-mccoy-beyond-my-lens/ LOCATION:The Jung Center of Houston\, 5200 Montrose Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/bridge_of_sorrows-1-AV7P6f.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Jung Center of Houston":MAILTO:feedback@junghouston.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240218 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240513 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240422T153709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240422T153709Z UID:217377-1708214400-1715558399@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage DESCRIPTION:Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage is the first major museum exhibition devoted to exploring the breadth and complexity of Black identity and experiences in the United States through collage. Works by multiple generations of living artists examine concepts such as cultural hybridity\, gender fluidity\, historical memory\, and notions of beauty and power.\nBy assembling pieces of paper\, fabric\, and repurposed materials\, the artists create unified compositions that express the endless possibilities of Black-constructed narratives within a fragmented society. The artists range from established luminaries to early- and mid-career figures\, including Mark Bradford\, Lauren Halsey\, Rashid Johnson\, Kerry James Marshall\, Wangechi Mutu\, Jamea Richmond-Edwards\, Deborah Roberts\, Tschabalala Self\, Lorna Simpson\, Devan Shimoyama\, and Mickalene Thomas. Multiplicity also features notable artists who are closely identified with the city of Houston\, such as Tay Butler\, Jamal Cyrus\, Rick Lowe\, and Lovie Olivia.\nThis groundbreaking exhibition brings attention to the richness of collage as an art form. Building upon the legacy of African American artists such as Romare Bearden\, Jacob Lawrence\, Faith Ringgold\, and Betye Saar\, contemporary artists make collages in an array of ways\, from traditional cutting and pasting to creating works digitally. Arthur Jafa takes digital collage a step further\, gathering highs and lows of Black experiences into his poignant video montage Love Is the Message\, The Message Is Death. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/multiplicity-blackness-in-contemporary-american-collage/ LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts – Caroline Wiess Law Building\, 1001 Bissonnet Street \, Houston\, TX\, 77005\, United States CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/tschabalala-self-sprewell.4155010702610438048-CPBUUw.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Museum of Fine Arts%2C Houston":MAILTO:visitorservices@mfah.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240219 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240401 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240220T031247Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T204715Z UID:215575-1708300800-1711929599@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Motus Anima: Lauren E. Allen DESCRIPTION:Motus Anima is an art exhibit exploring emotional responses to moments and memories influenced by Lauren’s experience as a neurodivergent person. Through their conception\, she creates tangible objects to dissect and reflect on in an attempt to accept her unresolved identity. The artist’s reception is Saturday February 17th 5 – 7pm. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/motus-anima-lauren-e-allen-3/ LOCATION:The Jung Center of Houston\, 5200 Montrose Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/lauren_allen_01-sm-itCrGw.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Jung Center of Houston":MAILTO:feedback@junghouston.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240219T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240219T213000 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240220T031216Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T040200Z UID:215481-1708371000-1708378200@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:They\, Who Sound DESCRIPTION:Every Monday\nNameless Sound and Lawndale Art Center join forces to present an evening of experimental sound-making\, improvised music\, noises\, the sounding of art\, the performance of art\, and more. Two different sets each week showcase a rich diversity of international and regional creative offerings\, with an emphasis on Houston’s vibrant local scene.\nOpening night is January 29th.\nConcerts are held on every Monday at 7:30pm (doors open at 7pm)\nat Lawndale Art & Performance Center\n4912 Main St.\nHouston\, Texas\nThey\, Who Sound is free of charge.\nDonations are welcomed. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/they-who-sound/ LOCATION:Lawndale Art Center\, 4912 Main St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States CATEGORIES:Experimental Music,Free Events,Music,Performance Art,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/tws-23-sq-sm-AY7vVR.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Nameless Sound":MAILTO:info@namelesssound.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240220 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240402 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240220T031248Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T204715Z UID:215576-1708387200-1712015999@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Motus Anima: Lauren E. Allen DESCRIPTION:Motus Anima is an art exhibit exploring emotional responses to moments and memories influenced by Lauren’s experience as a neurodivergent person. Through their conception\, she creates tangible objects to dissect and reflect on in an attempt to accept her unresolved identity. The artist’s reception is Saturday February 17th 5 – 7pm. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/motus-anima-lauren-e-allen-4/ LOCATION:The Jung Center of Houston\, 5200 Montrose Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/lauren_allen_01-sm-itCrGw.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Jung Center of Houston":MAILTO:feedback@junghouston.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T060000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T180000 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240220T031242Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T161511Z UID:215558-1708408800-1708452000@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Dark Matter\, Dark Energy\, Dark Imaginarence Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Nathaniel Donnett\nDark Matter\, Dark Energy\, Dark Imaginarence\nSolo Exhibition\n“For them\, as for me\, imagining is not merely looking or looking at; nor is it\ntaking oneself intact into the other. It is\, for the purposes of the work\, becoming.”\nToni Morrison\nThe University Museum is pleased to present Dark Matter\, Dark Energy\, Dark Imaginarence\, Nathaniel Donnett’s solo exhibition at Texas Southern University. The artist’s multimedia works consider how people navigate space and time through nonlinear trajectories and ask how abstraction reflects our realities while offering multiple ways to perceive them. Donnett examines the role imagination plays in contending with obstacles in our lives that manifest as systemic limitations and constitute nuanced moments of discovery.\nThe exhibition takes inspiration from the life of Ed Dwight\, an ex-Navy pilot who almost became the first Black astronaut to enter outer space but was denied because of sociopolitical interference and racial hostility. He later reimagined himself and became a sculptor. Following that path\, Donnett’s works—textiles\, sculpture\, installation\, sound\, video\, and\, importantly\, community engagement in the form of a backpack exchange with students from historic Black neighborhoods in Houston (Third Ward\, Sunnyside\, Acres Homes\, Fifth Ward)—combine the unknown and the embodied to search out Black cosmologies and material constellations that act as poetics\, prompts\, processes\, and presentations for lived transformation.\nDonnett approaches his practice through the lens of Dark Imaginarence\, a concept of art\, everyday aesthetic theory\, and notion(s) of Blackness. The exhibition also reflects on theories concerned with fugitivity\, spatial understanding\, and becoming: Gaston Bachelard’s The Poetics of Space\, which describes the house as a shelter and universe allowing for dreaming and protection; Fred Moten’s notion of enclosure\, a psychological entrapment caused by social precarity; and Michel Foucault’s concept of heterotopias\, an engagement with the plurality of space and time.\nFor example\, the centerpiece of the exhibition\, Staring at infinity through the corners of asymmetry (2023)\, uses reclaimed materials to recreate a geometric form shotgun house that references histories embedded within architecture\, and expansive galactic dreams.\nDonnett’s process is as much philosophical as it is musical—and concerned with how everyday actions and common materials hold memories and serve as witnesses to\nlived experiences. His recent works investigate tensions between the rational and the irrational as a route for accessing generative ways of moving\, thinking\, and living hidden within our subconscious that might help us reframe and redefine ourselves—and negotiate life’s constraints. Dark Matter\, Dark Energy\, Dark Imaginarence asks: What could happen if we changed our questions from “What is the sum of two plus two?” to “What is the sum of two plus a spaceship\, divided by Earth\, Wind & Fire’s song’ Devotion\,’ multiplied by the first half of Andrei Tarkovsky’s film Solaris?”\nThis project is supported by the Guggenheim Foundation\, Houston Arts Alliance\, and the University Museum at Texas Southern University.\nNathaniel Donnett was born in Houston\, Texas. Donnett received his B.A. in Fine Arts from Texas Southern University\, and his MFA from Yale University School of Art. Nathaniel received the 2024 American Academy of Rome Affiliated Fellowship\, a 2022 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship\, a 2022 Houston Arts Alliance Individual Artist Grant\, a Dean’s Critical Practice Research Grant from Yale\, and an Art and Social Justice Initiative Grant from Yale (2020)\, among others.\nHis work has been exhibited nationally at The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art\, Bentonville\, AK; the Virginia Museum of Fine Art\, Richmond\, VA; the Mennello Museum\, Orlando\, FL; the Ulrich Museum\, Wichita\, KS; Project Row Houses\, Houston\, TX\, The Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art\, Virginia Beach\, VA\, The American Museum\, Washington D.C.\, The University Museum\, Houston\, TX\, The Kemper Contemporary Arts Museum\, Kansas City\, MO\, The Mattatuck Museum\, Waterbury CT\, The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston\, Houston\, TX\, and The New Museum\, New York\, NY. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/dark-matter-dark-energy-dark-imaginarence-exhibition/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/02a.-Light-41-Z6HTA0.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T060000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T180000 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240220T031244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T040151Z UID:215563-1708408800-1708452000@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Dark Matter\, Dark Energy\, Dark Imaginarence Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Nathaniel Donnett\nDark Matter\, Dark Energy\, Dark Imaginarence\nSolo Exhibition\n“For them\, as for me\, imagining is not merely looking or looking at; nor is it\ntaking oneself intact into the other. It is\, for the purposes of the work\, becoming.”\nToni Morrison\nThe University Museum is pleased to present Dark Matter\, Dark Energy\, Dark Imaginarence\, Nathaniel Donnett’s solo exhibition at Texas Southern University. The artist’s multimedia works consider how people navigate space and time through nonlinear trajectories and ask how abstraction reflects our realities while offering multiple ways to perceive them. Donnett examines the role imagination plays in contending with obstacles in our lives that manifest as systemic limitations and constitute nuanced moments of discovery.\nThe exhibition takes inspiration from the life of Ed Dwight\, an ex-Navy pilot who almost became the first Black astronaut to enter outer space but was denied because of sociopolitical interference and racial hostility. He later reimagined himself and became a sculptor. Following that path\, Donnett’s works—textiles\, sculpture\, installation\, sound\, video\, and\, importantly\, community engagement in the form of a backpack exchange with students from historic Black neighborhoods in Houston (Third Ward\, Sunnyside\, Acres Homes\, Fifth Ward)—combine the unknown and the embodied to search out Black cosmologies and material constellations that act as poetics\, prompts\, processes\, and presentations for lived transformation.\nDonnett approaches his practice through the lens of Dark Imaginarence\, a concept of art\, everyday aesthetic theory\, and notion(s) of Blackness. The exhibition also reflects on theories concerned with fugitivity\, spatial understanding\, and becoming: Gaston Bachelard’s The Poetics of Space\, which describes the house as a shelter and universe allowing for dreaming and protection; Fred Moten’s notion of enclosure\, a psychological entrapment caused by social precarity; and Michel Foucault’s concept of heterotopias\, an engagement with the plurality of space and time.\nFor example\, the centerpiece of the exhibition\, Staring at infinity through the corners of asymmetry (2023)\, uses reclaimed materials to recreate a geometric form shotgun house that references histories embedded within architecture\, and expansive galactic dreams.\nDonnett’s process is as much philosophical as it is musical—and concerned with how everyday actions and common materials hold memories and serve as witnesses to\nlived experiences. His recent works investigate tensions between the rational and the irrational as a route for accessing generative ways of moving\, thinking\, and living hidden within our subconscious that might help us reframe and redefine ourselves—and negotiate life’s constraints. Dark Matter\, Dark Energy\, Dark Imaginarence asks: What could happen if we changed our questions from “What is the sum of two plus two?” to “What is the sum of two plus a spaceship\, divided by Earth\, Wind & Fire’s song’ Devotion\,’ multiplied by the first half of Andrei Tarkovsky’s film Solaris?”\nThis project is supported by the Guggenheim Foundation\, Houston Arts Alliance\, and the University Museum at Texas Southern University.\nNathaniel Donnett was born in Houston\, Texas. Donnett received his B.A. in Fine Arts from Texas Southern University\, and his MFA from Yale University School of Art. Nathaniel received the 2024 American Academy of Rome Affiliated Fellowship\, a 2022 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship\, a 2022 Houston Arts Alliance Individual Artist Grant\, a Dean’s Critical Practice Research Grant from Yale\, and an Art and Social Justice Initiative Grant from Yale (2020)\, among others.\nHis work has been exhibited nationally at The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art\, Bentonville\, AK; the Virginia Museum of Fine Art\, Richmond\, VA; the Mennello Museum\, Orlando\, FL; the Ulrich Museum\, Wichita\, KS; Project Row Houses\, Houston\, TX\, The Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art\, Virginia Beach\, VA\, The American Museum\, Washington D.C.\, The University Museum\, Houston\, TX\, The Kemper Contemporary Arts Museum\, Kansas City\, MO\, The Mattatuck Museum\, Waterbury CT\, The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston\, Houston\, TX\, and The New Museum\, New York\, NY. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/dark-matter-dark-energy-dark-imaginarence-exhibition-2/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/02a.-Light-41-Z6HTA0.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T183000 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240220T031230Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T161511Z UID:215529-1708419600-1708453800@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Register for UHCL Art School for Children and Young Adults Spring Art Classes! DESCRIPTION:The UHCL Art School for Children and Young Adults will be hosting Spring 2024 art classes for students K-12! Our classes will range in content and medium including classes with a focus on art history\, pop culture\, and fine art skills. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/register-for-uhcl-art-school-for-children-and-young-adults-spring-art-classes/ LOCATION:UHCL Art School for Children and Young Adults\, Arbor Building 1315\, 2700 Bay Area Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, 77058\, United States CATEGORIES:Classes + Workshops,Kids + Families,Literature + Lectures,Special Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/corrected-spring-2024-flyer-eAQzhl.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="UHCL Art School for Children &%3B Young Adults":MAILTO:childrensart@uhcl.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T100000 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240220T031220Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T144901Z UID:215491-1708423200-1708423200@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Timothy McCoy Beyond My Lens art exhibit DESCRIPTION:Timothy McCoy creates images in order to transform the “reality” seen through the camera lens into an expression of the oneness and wonder found in Taoist/Buddhist philosophy. These photographs are meditations on the constant and inevitable change in nature. The flow of water is one object of this contemplation. The flow of water and the human journey have parallels. According to Eastern philosophy\, mankind’s resistance to transformation leads to suffering.\nSelected photographs from three bodies of his work emphasize “alternative” photographic processes Tongues Turned to Stone (photogravure on gamphi-shi paper)\, Sanctuary (palladium on translucent vellum)\, and Long\, Long Journey to the Sea (gold-toned albumen). He chose these historical printing processes to evoke the timelessness of his content and his interpretive rather than documentary intent. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/timothy-mccoy-beyond-my-lens-art-exhibit/ LOCATION:The Jung Center of Houston\, 5200 Montrose Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/event-featured-timothy-mccoy-beyond-my-lens-art-exhibit-1694803024-zBMPYm.tmp_-kzCd3d.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Jung Center of Houston":MAILTO:feedback@junghouston.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T100000 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240220T031227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T040142Z UID:215518-1708423200-1708423200@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:'Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette' DESCRIPTION:Asia Society Texas is pleased to present Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette\, the organization’s first public art installation. This collaboration between Cuban American artist Rafael Domenech and Vietnamese American artist Tomas Vu assumes the form of a dynamic outdoor pavilion with two stages\, occupying AST’s 13\,000-square-foot lot at the intersection of Oakdale and Caroline Streets in the heart of Houston’s Museum District. Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette is commissioned in partnership with the University of Houston’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts.\nDescribed by the artists as a form of “urban acupuncture\,” Heat Silhouette is a physical structure designed to welcome the spontaneous circulation of people\, energy\, and events. The outdoor pavilion takes cues from college campuses\, popular culture\, and experimental magazines. Made of wood\, aluminum framing\, and laser-cut construction mesh — the very materials used to build the city of Houston — the pavilion becomes an extension of the museum and a public programming space. The title itself references the most omnipresent weather condition of Houston the summer’s intense heat\, a heat so palpable that it feels as if it occupies actual space\, creating a silhouette or edge.\nFor the artists\, the pavilion resists merely being a form of architecture. Instead\, the pavilion physically operates as an experimental magazine\, referencing the graphic processes seen in radical publications from the 1960s and 1970s like Kontexts\, an important catalyst of avant-garde poetry. Readers do not flip Heat Silhouette’s pages; instead\, they become viewers that are invited to walk in\, around\, and through the publication. Laser-cut texts appropriated from popular science-fiction films\, poetry\, and other sources intermingle to form multiple layers and viewpoints that shift with the sunlight. Heat Silhouette is a space of active production filled with theater-like compartments — a site where text\, image\, and pattern coalesce into a kind of urban camouflage. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/rafael-domenech-and-tomas-vu-heat-silhouette-2/ LOCATION:Asia Society Texas Center\, 1370 Southmore Blvd.\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/event-featured-rafael-domenech-and-tomas-vu-heat-silhouette-1697751613-ZVcLnx.tmp_-OmC5xD.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Asia Society Texas Center":MAILTO:txcenter@asiasociety.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T100000 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240220T031227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T144902Z UID:215517-1708423200-1708423200@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:'Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette' DESCRIPTION:Asia Society Texas is pleased to present Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette\, the organization’s first public art installation. This collaboration between Cuban American artist Rafael Domenech and Vietnamese American artist Tomas Vu assumes the form of a dynamic outdoor pavilion with two stages\, occupying AST’s 13\,000-square-foot lot at the intersection of Oakdale and Caroline Streets in the heart of Houston’s Museum District. Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette is commissioned in partnership with the University of Houston’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts.\nDescribed by the artists as a form of “urban acupuncture\,” Heat Silhouette is a physical structure designed to welcome the spontaneous circulation of people\, energy\, and events. The outdoor pavilion takes cues from college campuses\, popular culture\, and experimental magazines. Made of wood\, aluminum framing\, and laser-cut construction mesh — the very materials used to build the city of Houston — the pavilion becomes an extension of the museum and a public programming space. The title itself references the most omnipresent weather condition of Houston the summer’s intense heat\, a heat so palpable that it feels as if it occupies actual space\, creating a silhouette or edge.\nFor the artists\, the pavilion resists merely being a form of architecture. Instead\, the pavilion physically operates as an experimental magazine\, referencing the graphic processes seen in radical publications from the 1960s and 1970s like Kontexts\, an important catalyst of avant-garde poetry. Readers do not flip Heat Silhouette’s pages; instead\, they become viewers that are invited to walk in\, around\, and through the publication. Laser-cut texts appropriated from popular science-fiction films\, poetry\, and other sources intermingle to form multiple layers and viewpoints that shift with the sunlight. Heat Silhouette is a space of active production filled with theater-like compartments — a site where text\, image\, and pattern coalesce into a kind of urban camouflage. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/rafael-domenech-and-tomas-vu-heat-silhouette/ LOCATION:Asia Society Texas Center\, 1370 Southmore Blvd.\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/event-featured-rafael-domenech-and-tomas-vu-heat-silhouette-1697751613-ZVcLnx.tmp_-Tp18AU.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Asia Society Texas Center":MAILTO:txcenter@asiasociety.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T120000 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240220T031226Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T161455Z UID:215511-1708423200-1708430400@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Effective Communication (Hybrid) DESCRIPTION:How can we speak without harming others – without judging\, bullying\, blaming\, or refusing to listen?\nJoin us as we practice the skills of Nonviolent Communication\, as developed by psychologist Dr. Marshall Rosenberg. This course combines practices of mindfulness with the principles of Nonviolent Communication and explores how adding mindfulness to the process of communicating with others can allow us to tune into our bodies\, even in the midst of difficult conversations. Come and learn\, through experiential exercises\, tools that lead to less reactivity\, and to a greater capacity for expressing our own needs and hearing the needs of others. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/effective-communication-hybrid/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Classes + Workshops,Online/Streaming,Professional Development ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/website-tile-mbsi-4-OtsIrG.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Jung Center of Houston":MAILTO:feedback@junghouston.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T120000 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240220T031226Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T040006Z UID:215512-1708423200-1708430400@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Effective Communication (Hybrid) DESCRIPTION:How can we speak without harming others – without judging\, bullying\, blaming\, or refusing to listen?\nJoin us as we practice the skills of Nonviolent Communication\, as developed by psychologist Dr. Marshall Rosenberg. This course combines practices of mindfulness with the principles of Nonviolent Communication and explores how adding mindfulness to the process of communicating with others can allow us to tune into our bodies\, even in the midst of difficult conversations. Come and learn\, through experiential exercises\, tools that lead to less reactivity\, and to a greater capacity for expressing our own needs and hearing the needs of others. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/effective-communication-hybrid-2/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Classes + Workshops,Online/Streaming,Professional Development ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/website-tile-mbsi-4-cCtnAO.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Jung Center of Houston":MAILTO:feedback@junghouston.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240220T031226Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T161455Z UID:215508-1708423200-1708444800@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Buffalo Soldiers National Museum ‘The Blue Helmets in Action” Rotating Exhibit DESCRIPTION:Buffalo Soldiers National Museum’s new rotating exhibition\, The Blue Helmets in Action\, focuses on the 93rd Infantry Division\, the first African American combat division to be activated during World War II.\nThe purpose of the exhibition is to educate visitors about this historically overlooked Army division. The exhibition follows the formation of The Blue Helmets\, their early history\, training\, service in the Pacific theater\, and occupation duties through to deactivation. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/buffalo-soldiers-national-museum-the-blue-helmets-in-action-rotating-exhibit/ LOCATION:Buffalo Soldiers National Museum\, 3816 Caroline \, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums ORGANIZER;CN="Midtown Cultural Arts and Entertainment District":MAILTO:calvarado@midtownhouston.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240220T031226Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T035959Z UID:215509-1708423200-1708444800@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Buffalo Soldiers National Museum ‘The Blue Helmets in Action” Rotating Exhibit DESCRIPTION:Buffalo Soldiers National Museum’s new rotating exhibition\, The Blue Helmets in Action\, focuses on the 93rd Infantry Division\, the first African American combat division to be activated during World War II.\nThe purpose of the exhibition is to educate visitors about this historically overlooked Army division. The exhibition follows the formation of The Blue Helmets\, their early history\, training\, service in the Pacific theater\, and occupation duties through to deactivation. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/buffalo-soldiers-national-museum-the-blue-helmets-in-action-rotating-exhibit-2/ LOCATION:Buffalo Soldiers National Museum\, 3816 Caroline \, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums ORGANIZER;CN="Midtown Cultural Arts and Entertainment District":MAILTO:calvarado@midtownhouston.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240220T031229Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T161455Z UID:215523-1708423200-1708448400@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/ LOCATION:Holocaust Museum Houston\, 5401 Caroline St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77004-6804\, United States CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/004-dunson-the-cultivators-1mb-oTkkmI.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Holocaust Museum Houston":MAILTO:info@hmh.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240220T031229Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T035953Z UID:215524-1708423200-1708448400@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-2/ LOCATION:Holocaust Museum Houston\, 5401 Caroline St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77004-6804\, United States CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/004-dunson-the-cultivators-1mb-oTkkmI.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Holocaust Museum Houston":MAILTO:info@hmh.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T120000 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240220T031223Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T161455Z UID:215500-1708430400-1708430400@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Intimate confession is a project DESCRIPTION:Intimate confession is a project is a group exhibition that considers transmission\, intergenerational life\, and cultural inheritance through the prism of intimacy and infrastructure. Through the work of eleven artists spanning generations and geographies\, the exhibition thinks through infrastructure as an intimate holding cell\, capable of affective and affirmative power.\nThe title is borrowed from a sonnet line by poet Juliana Spahr\, and is recast to reflect on the relational infrastructures of cultural material. In recent years\, a surge of scholarship on the built and unbuilt environments has emerged contrasting “humans\, things\, words\, and non-humans into patterned conjunctures\,” to quote feminist theorist Michelle Murphy. This exhibition examines how infrastructures can be understood as “affective” in their varied expressions of movement and imprint on cultural life.\nThe exhibition includes commissions and site-specific projects that expand on material and immaterial histories of Houston. At times they refer to the unique context of the Blaffer\, connecting art to other fields of knowledge and experience.\nIntimate confession is a project is accompanied by a rich public program featuring talks\, readings\, concerts\, and performances in connection with a range of citywide and institutional partners across the exhibition’s six-month run\, including Basket Books & Art\, the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation Collection\, Institute for Global Engagement\, Institute for Research on Women\, Gender & Sexuality\, Project Row Houses\, and UH School of Art.\nThe Intimate confession is a project exhibition and programs are organized by guest curator Jennifer Teets URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/intimate-confession-is-a-project/ LOCATION:Blaffer Art Museum\, 120 Fine Arts Building\, Houston\, TX\, 77204 CATEGORIES:Free Events,Kids + Families,Music,Performance Art,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/event-featured-intimate-confession-is-a-project-1696972007-R8so2O.tmp_-D1Ntwj.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Blaffer Art Museum":MAILTO:infoblaffer@uh.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240220T031221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T161455Z UID:215495-1708430400-1708448400@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Reynier Leyva Novo: Former Present Today DESCRIPTION:The Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston is proud to present the first solo museum exhibition in the United States of Cuban conceptual artist Reynier Leyva Novo. Former Present Today presents a newly realized installation and painting series to simultaneously reveal and conceal monuments\, structures\, and figureheads which manifest revolution and tyranny. The works are created through research on icons and memorialization and how the prestige of nation established through revolution utilizes both facts and myths as a means of propaganda. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/reynier-leyva-novo-former-present-today/ LOCATION:Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston\, 4173 Elgin St The University of Houston\, Fine Arts Building\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/novo_ig_4_1000x1000-vkC45E.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Blaffer Art Museum":MAILTO:infoblaffer@uh.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T193000 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240220T031245Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T161511Z UID:215569-1708452000-1708457400@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Mindfulness Essentials for Stress Reduction (In Person) DESCRIPTION:This interactive\, five-week series provides an introduction to mindfulness meditation and mindful awareness practices\, with a view to taking the edge off. Experience the process of grounding your mind in your body – through breath\, sound\, and body sensations\, while in stillness and while moving – and learn practices for being with physical pain\, emotional challenges\, and difficult thinking. Join us as we explore the benefits of mindfulness: decreases in stress and anxiety\, improvements in attention and the ability to regulate our emotions and behavior\, and increases in our general well-being. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/mindfulness-essentials-for-stress-reduction-in-person/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Classes + Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/website-tile-mbsi-1-i8c4C4.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Jung Center of Houston":MAILTO:feedback@junghouston.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240220T031241Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T161511Z UID:215556-1708452000-1708462800@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:reVision Tuesday Night Sessions DESCRIPTION:Tuesday Night reVision Sessions is a community-focused event that aims to promote exercise\, dance\, and unity while shaping young minds. The night includes various activities such as educational workshops\, mentorship\, and interactive sessions in breakdancing\, basketball\, and DJing. By fostering creativity\, critical thinking\, and personal development among the youth and young adults\, the event serves as a platform for the community to come together and support each other. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/revision-tuesday-night-sessions/ LOCATION:Houston reVision Community Center\, 6856 Bellaire Blvd.\, Houston\, TX\, 77074\, United States CATEGORIES:Dance | Latin | Urban,Free Events,Kids + Families,Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/d7ba7219-646c-4be0-a985-d1488b7f6a0f-L1fAjk.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240220T031243Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T035938Z UID:215561-1708452000-1708462800@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:reVision Tuesday Night Sessions DESCRIPTION:Tuesday Night reVision Sessions is a community-focused event that aims to promote exercise\, dance\, and unity while shaping young minds. The night includes various activities such as educational workshops\, mentorship\, and interactive sessions in breakdancing\, basketball\, and DJing. By fostering creativity\, critical thinking\, and personal development among the youth and young adults\, the event serves as a platform for the community to come together and support each other. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/revision-tuesday-night-sessions-2/ LOCATION:Houston reVision Community Center\, 6856 Bellaire Blvd.\, Houston\, TX\, 77074\, United States CATEGORIES:Dance | Latin | Urban,Free Events,Kids + Families,Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/d7ba7219-646c-4be0-a985-d1488b7f6a0f-L1fAjk.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240220T031244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T161456Z UID:215567-1708452000-1708462800@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Writers of Color DESCRIPTION:INSTRUCTOR: Julia Brown\nTIME: Six Tuesdays\, February 13\, 20\, 27\, March 5\, 12\, 19\, 6:00–9:00 p.m. CST\nPRICE: Early bird price: $210 for members\, $240 for nonmembers. The deadline for early bird pricing is Wednesday\, February 7. After Wednesday\, February 7: $240 for members\, $270 for nonmembers. Become a member here. Apply for a scholarship here.\nLOCATION: Writespace\, 1907 Sabine Street\, #125\, Houston\, TX 77007 (map)\nLEVEL: All levels\nCAP: 15\n​Where does our inspiration come from?\nHow do we dive into our own uniqueness to write the stories and poems that are uniquely our own?\nIn this multi-genre\, six-week course\, we will consider these questions and others to help us better understand ourselves as narrative engines.\nWe will focus on writing\, close reading\, and workshopping\, immersing ourselves in our craft\, whether literary fiction or slam or sci-fi. We will familiarize ourselves with the fundamentals of prose and poetry in order to apply those elements to our work\, reading work by published writers in order to expand our sense of narrative possibility. We will support each other in taking risks and being vulnerable\, and use workshop to offer and receive feedback\, gather ideas for revision\, and refine our responses to works in progress.\nOver the last few decades\, organizations designed to support and promote the work of writers of color have emerged across the country. Cave Canem\, Kundiman\, Canto Mundo\, VONA\, Kimbilio\, and others recognize the need to provide writers of color with the kind of community and workshop space that encourages taking risks\, resisting stereotypes (in ourselves\, others\, and in our writing)\, and creating poems\, stories\, novels\, and essays that speak to the range of our experience as human beings. This workshop shares these intentions and seeks to provide Houston writers of color with the freedom and support offered by these organizations.\nThis workshop is open to writers of all backgrounds typically underrepresented in American literature\, including\, but not limited to\, writers who identify themselves as African American or Caribbean\, Asian American\, Middle Eastern\, Chicanx\, Hispanic\, and Latinx. Expect to come away with fierce new work\, as well as a renewed sense of the power found through community.\nThis workshop is funded in part by a grant from Poets & Writers.\nThis event is funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance. This project is generously funded by the Houston Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs\, and Mid-America Arts Alliance. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/writers-of-color/ LOCATION:Writespace\, 1907 Sabine Street Ste 125\, Houston\, TX\, 77007 CATEGORIES:Classes + Workshops,Literature + Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/writers-of-color-QuNexJ.tmp_.png ORGANIZER;CN="Writespace":MAILTO:write@writespacehouston.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240220T031232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T161510Z UID:215533-1708453800-1708459200@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains DESCRIPTION:Why do we love cats and hate rats? Why do we adore elephants and fear snakes? Scientist and science writer Bethany Brookshire argues it’s all a matter of perspective\, and where we want animals to be. When they’re in zoos\, or wild places\, we love them and can’t wait to get close. But when animals pop up where we don’t expect\, we respond with fear\, rage\, or simple annoyance. It’s no longer an animal. It’s a pest.\nJoin Bethany Brookshire as she dissects the dynamic between human and pests\, and why some animals earn our love\, and others our hate.\nEligible for CPE credit.\nDistinguished Lectures are supported by Apache Corporation. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/pests-how-humans-create-animal-villains/ LOCATION:Houston Museum of Natural Science\, 5555 Hermann Park Drive\, Houston\, TX\, 77030\, United States CATEGORIES:Literature + Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/hmns-4-82CcrG.tmp_.png ORGANIZER;CN="Houston Museum of Natural Science":MAILTO:webmaster@hmns.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240220T031239Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T161510Z UID:215553-1708455600-1708462800@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:ReelAbilities Houston Presents ReelFilms “My Disability Roadmap” and “Remedial” DESCRIPTION:Join ReelAbilities Houston for Mental Health Night which features screenings of short films “Remedial” and “My Disability Roadmap.”\nIn the Emmy Award-winning documentary short “My Disability Roadmap\,” Samuel Habib\, 21\, wants to date\, leave home\, and go to college. But he drives a 350-pound wheelchair\, uses a communication device\, and can have a seizure at any moment. Determined to find his path forward\, he seeks out guidance from America’s most rebellious disability activists. Will they empower him to launch the bold adult life he craves?\n“Remedial” follows Will and his mother as they resolve to build a new life by relocating to Houston following the tragic loss of Will’s father. At his new school\, Will’s social and learning difficulties lead to a false diagnosis of his condition. Inspired by real events\, this film observes one of the loneliest disorders that children recovering from life-altering traumas face.\nThis event is free. Registration is required: https://www.reelabilitieshouston.org/events/reelfilm-mental-health-night?date=2024-02-21T01:00:00.000Z.\nTo learn more about ReelAbilities Houston and all upcoming events\, please visit www.reelabilitieshouston.org. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/reelabilities-houston-presents-reelfilms-my-disability-roadmap-and-remedial/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Festivals,Film,Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/remedial-image-Ay63Qd.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="ReelAbilities Houston":MAILTO:reelabilities@alexanderjfs.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T232312 CREATED:20240220T031238Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T161510Z UID:215550-1708457400-1708461000@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Mind The Gap XXVIII DESCRIPTION:Dance Source Houston presents the 28th edition of Mind The Gap\, an evening of works by local choreographers and companies\, including Karen Imas\, Mars\, Preeti Ramakrishnan\, Ren Hall\, SpaceTribe\, and Zinnia Havelka. The program will feature aerial\, Bharatanatyam\, and contemporary dance works created and performed by dance artists based in the Greater Houston area.\nMind The Gap was created in partnership with MATCH to support independent choreographers and small dance companies in presenting their work. The program offers participants high production value\, low administrative burden\, shared ticket income\, and production and audience development support. Begun in January 2017\, Mind The Gap has featured works by more than 120 local dancemakers to date\, providing opportunities for dancemakers and connecting audiences with new dance experiences. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/mind-the-gap-xxviii/ LOCATION:MATCH Houston (Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston)\, 3400 Main St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States CATEGORIES:Dance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/houston_fringe_fest_-_2023_-_karen_imas_-_photographer_lynn_lane_-_hi_res-56-iexAA7.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Dance Source Houston":MAILTO:danceinfo@dancesourcehouston.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR