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“EXTREME PAIN, EXTREME JOY” Book Release & Signing

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

In conjunction with our current exhibition, "Designing Motherhood," join HCCC and celebrated authors Maggie Shannon and Angela Garbes for a special book release for the limited-edition run of "EXTREME PAIN, EXTREME JOY" and a conversation on the intersections of motherhood, caregiving, labor, and art. This event kicks off a collection of programs surrounding the "Designing […]

Free

Artist Talk: Ronny Quevedo

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

Artist Ronny Quevedo joins Kelly Montana, Assistant Curator, Menil Drawing Institute, for a discussion about Quevedo’s wall drawing, "C A R A A C A R A", 2024. This drawing is the sixth in an ongoing series of ephemeral, site-specific installations at the Menil Drawing Institute.

Free

Saving Cinema: A Conversation and Film Screening

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

Explore the world of film preservation and the fragile future of cinema with film preservationist at the Academy Film Archive, Mark Toscano, and film scholar and curator, Tish Stringer. The conversation will be followed by a screening of work by Toscano and Stringer, as well as Tacita Dean’s film "Kodak", 2006, a meditation on the […]

Free

Letter from Birmingham Jail (In Person)

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

Join us as we move beyond talking about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Letter From Birmingham Jail to reading and interacting with it. In this two hour program, individuals will read pre-assigned portions of Dr Martin Luther King Jr’s Letter from Birmingham Jail. To assist with processing and engaging in the content, Cherry Steinwender, Executive […]

Free

A Voice in the Wilderness

Lambert Hall 1703 Heights Blvd, Houston, TX, United States

Join the Axiom Quartet and University of Houston professor Howard Pollack (author of award-winning biographies of George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, and Samuel Barber) for A Voice in the Wilderness, a lecture-performance exploring the life and work of the important Swiss-American composer Ernest Bloch (1880-1959). Best remembered today for his masterpiece for cello and orchestra, Schelomo, […]

$35.00

A Conversation with Amor Towles

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

An evening of discussion with the celebrated author of A Gentleman in Moscow Towles is the author of the bestsellers Rules of Civility, A Gentleman in Moscow (newly adapted for television by Paramount+ and Showtime), and The Lincoln Highway, which debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, as well as the forthcoming […]

$39

A Conversation with Tan France

Wortham Theater Center - Cullen Theater 501 Texas Ave., Houston, TX, United States

The star of Netflix's Queer Eye and one of the world's most sought-after personal stylists For Tan France, makeovers are about more than clothes—the experience addresses real issues, change, and acceptance on all sides. Join the fashion designer, star of Netflix’s Emmy-winning sensation Queer Eye, author of the New York Times best-selling memoir Naturally Tan, […]

$39