Exhibition: Vincent Valdez: Just a Dream…

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) 5216 Montrose, Houston, TX, United States

Vincent Valdez: Just a Dream… is the artist’s first major museum survey and spans over two decades of his work, from early career drawings to current allegorical portraits. This exhibition cements Valdez as one of the most important American painters working today—imaging his country and its people, politics, pride, and foibles. Working across painting, video, […]

Free

Wall Drawing Series: Ronny Quevedo

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

Wall Drawing Series: Ronny Quevedo features a site-specific work by New York-based artist Ronny Quevedo (b. 1981). The 36-foot triptych, C A R A A C A R A, 2024, explores the relationship between origin, transfer, and translation, with each panel of the composition indicating a different step in the artist’s process.

Free

“Tacita Dean: Blind Folly”

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

"Tacita Dean: Blind Folly" is the first major museum survey in the United States of work by British European visual artist Tacita Dean (b. 1965). The exhibition, organized in close collaboration with Dean, spotlights her career-defining approach to creating art through unmediated and chance-based drawing processes across a variety of mediums, from film to printmaking.

Free

Meow Meow

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

Music and mayhem, subversive and sublime At last! An evening of pure CHAOS. International siren and comedienne extraordinaire Meow Meow brings her glorious brand of subversive and sublime performance to Houston. The spectacular crowd-surfing queen of song creates an unforgettable evening of exquisite music and much mayhem. Prepare for Piazzolla tangos, Weill, Brecht, Brel, even […]

$39

Betrayal

Rec Room Arts 100 Jackson Street 130 C, Houston, TX, United States

by HAROLD PINTER directed by SOPHIA WATT From the final meeting of two lovers to the inception of an illicit affair, a love triangle unfolds backward as power dynamics shift in exhilarating and unexpected ways in Harold Pinter’s masterpiece. The most fundamental axioms of love and friendship are open for reassessment, as we witness Emma, […]

Spring Awakening

Rec Room Arts 100 Jackson Street 130 C, Houston, TX, United States

book and lyric by STEVEN SATER music by DUNCAN SHEIK based on the play by FRANK WEDEKIND directed by MATT HUNE A story of adolescent anarchy, of teenagers silenced and controlled by a censoring society, and the devastating consequences of the freedom students find outside of the classroom. 'Spring Awakening,' the groundbreaking Tony Award-winning musical, […]

Winter Solstice

Rec Room Arts 100 Jackson Street 130 C, Houston, TX, United States

by ROLAND SCHIMMELPFENNIG translated by DAVID TUSHINGHAM directed by BRADLEY MICHALAKIS Christmas Eve: Bettina and her husband Albert aren’t happy. Bettina’s mother is staying for the holidays, which is awkward, not least because Bettina’s mother met a man on the train, and now she’s invited him over for dinner. 'Winter Solstice,' a razor-sharp comedy by […]

In the Night

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

Maninyas Choreographer: Stanton Welch AM Music: Ross Edwards Celts Choreographer: Lila York Music: The Chieftains, Mason Daring, William J. Ruyle, Bill Whelan, and Celtic Thunder In the Night Choreographer: Jerome Robbins Music: Frédéric Chopin Three expressive ballets on this program offer a fascinating fusion of classical and contemporary artistry. Among them is Stanton Welch’s powerful […]

$25

TOPDOG/UNDERDOG presented by 4th Wall Theatre Company

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

A darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity is Suzan-Lori Parks' latest riff on the way we are defined by history. The play tells the story of Lincoln and Booth, two brothers whose names were given to them as a joke, foretelling a lifetime of sibling rivalry and resentment. Haunted by the past, […]

Blackbird

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

Ray, 56, has a new identity, a new life, and is trying to put the past behind him. Una, 27, thinks of nothing else. When Una arrives at Ray's new office unannounced, guilt, rage, and raw emotions run high as they reexamine the relationship they had 15 years ago. Never able to reconcile the brutal […]

$30

RUSSIAN LANGUAGE SCHOOL FOR KIDS

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

It’s time for OPEN ENROLLMENT at the Russian Language School for the upcoming semester! REGISTER NOW! Group classes are available EVERY Saturday & Sunday starting September 7th, 2024. We accept children ages 3 thru 14. Hurry up and secure your spot at the School! Sign your children up for small-group (up to 4 kids in […]

2024 Culture Camp: Documentary Filmmaking

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

In this two-week filmmaking camp, Kids TV producer Dan Gordon leads campers in scripting, filming, and acting in an original movie exploring the themes of community building and development. Learn the technical aspects of filmmaking, from camera operation to set design, while exploring cultural experiences from around the world! At the end of camp, parents […]

$70 – $850