2023 TEXAS ARTIST OF THE YEAR VINCENT VALDEZ

Art League Houston 1953 Montrose Blvd., Houston, TX

In his exhibition as the Art League Houston (ALH), 2023 Texas Artist of the Year, Vincent Valdez examines memory and remembrance from both personal and cultural perspectives. His installation piece, Siete Dias/Seven Days, features an installation of twenty-one banners suspended from the gallery's ceiling that showcase a handful of the over 150,000 individuals who have […]

Recycling Saturdays

Discovery Green Labranch at Lamar, Houston, TX, United States

Saturdays, Through Nov.4*, 11 a.m.–2 p.m.Bring your sorted glass, paper, plastic and aluminum to a recycling station from the City of Houston. Happy Earth Compost will pick up compost.  *Not available Oct. 14.

Ming Smith: Feeling the Future

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

Ming Smith: Feeling the Future explores artist Ming Smith’s unparalleled career and is Smith’s first solo exhibition at a major institution to survey her work from the early 1970s through the present. The exhibition encompasses a multitude of artistic expressions to represent Smith’s vibrant and multi-layered practice, which is grounded in portraiture, and amplifies the […]

Free

Jordan Strafer: Trilogy

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

Both perversely pleasurable and pleasurably perverse, Jordan Strafer’s videos are absurd, fantastical, humorous, and, at times, violent meditations on power and the uniquely human capacity to inflict violence, be it physical, psychological, or both. The artist’s first solo museum exhibition, Jordan Strafer: Trilogy presents Strafer’s recent trilogy of videos PEP (Process Entanglement Procedure) (2019), SOS […]

Free

POP DEMO

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

6 Degrees premieres POP DEMO a dance/theatre experience by Toni Leago Valle, at the Midtown Arts and Theatre Center Houston (MATCH), September 15-23, 2023.  POP DEMO is a blend of political commentary, offbeat theatre, aerial, contemporary dance, and visual projections, set in a stylistic Pop Art décor. POP DEMO provides a historical perspective through cartoons of how […]

Pre-game Gameday Lounge — Houston Astros vs. Kansas City Royals

Marriott Marquis Houston 1777 Walker Street , Houston, TX, United States

Located steps (.2 mi) away from the Houston Astros home ballpark, the MLB-owned sports bar Biggio’s at Marriott Marquis Houston is the ultimate spot for baseball fans to take in a game. Buzzing with excitement on game days, the sleek second floor of Biggio’s is turned into a GameDay Lounge with pre-game specials on beverages, […]

POP DEMO

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

6 Degrees premieres POP DEMO a dance/theatre experience by Toni Leago Valle, at the Midtown Arts and Theatre Center Houston (MATCH), September 15-23, 2023.  POP DEMO is a blend of political commentary, offbeat theatre, aerial, contemporary dance, and visual projections, set in a stylistic Pop Art décor. POP DEMO provides a historical perspective through cartoons of how […]

THE PAVILION presented by 4th Wall Theatre Company

Studio 101 at Spring Street Studios 1824 Spring St., Houston, TX, United States

Estimated runtime of 1 hour and 30 minutes with no intermission. Peter returns to his twenty-year high-school reunion with dreams of winning back Kari, the girl he left behind after an unexpected pregnancy ended their relationship. Standing in Peter's way is Kari's bitter-as-ever resentment, her husband and the fact that Peter still hasn't grown up. […]

An Evening with Isaac Mizrahi

Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall 800 Bagby, Houston, TX, United States

Isaac Mizrahi knows how to work a stage. The actor, host, writer, designer, producer, and Project Runway All-Stars judge delivers acclaimed cabaret performances “determined to challenge the cultural status quo and help blaze a path into a more liberated future where few subjects are off- limits,” (The New York Times). Accompanied by his jazz band, Mizrahi performs songs by […]

“Back to the 80s”

The Music Box Theater 12777 Queensbury Ln, Houston, TX, United States

Awesome arrangements of many of the fantastic songs from the 80s will be interspersed with hilarious hijinks typical of The Music Box Theater crew. This show will feature classics originally sung by Heart (“These Dreams”), Bonnie Tyler (“Total Eclipse”), Prince (“Purple Rain”), Queen and David Bowie (“Under Pressure”), Don Henley (“Boys of Summer”) and so […]