Allen's Landing is sometimes called "Houston's Plymouth Rock," and with good reason: It is the spot where the city's founders, Augustus and John Kirby Allen, are said to have set foot on the land that would become Houston. Allen's Landing became the original site of the Port of Houston in 1840 and for many years […]
Travel kindles creativity and self-discovery, and when composer Felix Mendelssohn toured Scotland at the age of 20, his experiences inspired a shining jewel of a memento in the joyful and invigorating Scottish Symphony. One of the great concertos of the 20th century, Bartók’s Violin Concerto No. 2 dances with the irresistible vitality and verve of Hungarian folk […]
INSTRUCTOR: Joyce Boatright TIME: Sunday, January 14, 3:00–6:00 p.m.. CST PRICE: Early bird price: $45 for members, $60 for nonmembers. The deadline for early bird pricing is Monday, January 8. After Monday, January 8: $55 for members, $70 for nonmembers. Become a member : $55 for members, $70 for nonmembers. Become a member here. Apply […]
INSTRUCTOR: Joyce Boatright TIME: Sunday, January 14, 3:00–6:00 p.m.. CST PRICE: Early bird price: $45 for members, $60 for nonmembers. The deadline for early bird pricing is Monday, January 8. After Monday, January 8: $55 for members, $70 for nonmembers. Become a member : $55 for members, $70 for nonmembers. Become a member here. Apply […]
TOPIC: Indie Publications TIME: Saturday, January 14, 4:00–6:00 p.m. CST PRICE: Free for members, Pay what you can for nonmembers. Become a member here. LOCATION: Melange Creperie, 711 Heights Blvd Suite B Houston TX 77007 (map) An email address with a string of digits and a PO Box, with little online presence and a website […]
Join us for a delightful and family-friendly concert featuring a diverse range of musical genres, including African American spirituals, classical compositions, as well as a hip-hop orchestra fusion. The "Scott Joplin Chamber Orchestra," led by Music Director Dr. Anne Lundy, will be performing, and we're excited to invite you to this FREE event. Donations are […]
Join La Speranza for our inaugural festival celebrating this Classical-era master! Hear all six of Beethoven's ground-breaking Opus 18 string quartets on historical instruments for the first time in Houston, over the course of eight days and three concerts in January 2024. The concerts on January 6 and 14 will take place at Saint Andrew's […]
After a mother (Ando Sakura) discovers that a teacher’s bullying is behind her young son’s sudden strange behavior, she storms into his school demanding an explanation. Continually left without satisfactory answers—and with an increasingly distressed child—she furiously escalates her concerns to the school board and the media. As the story unfolds through the multilayered perspectives […]
Sundays, Nov. 19, Dec. 17 and Jan. 21; 6 – 9 p.m. A welcoming environment for skaters with special physical or developmental challenges to enjoy the rink. Guests with special needs skate for free. Guests in non-motorized wheelchairs require a responsible adult to accompany them. Ice rink will close to the public at 5 p.m. […]
Tuesdays, Nov. 14 – Jan. 23; 7 – 7 15 p.m. Sundays, Nov. 12 & 26; Dec. 3; Jan. 7, 14 & 28; 7 – 7 15 p.m. Houston’s top figure skaters perform demonstrations. Get inspired by what’s possible when you practice on Green Mountain Energy Ice at Discovery Green!
Diabelli 200 Explorer is the interactive website accompanying Anthony Brandt’s February 24-25 premiere of Diabelli 200, commissioned by Performing Arts Houston for their New/Now performance series. This virtual component explores the historic and neuroscience inspiration behind this new work, which was developed in collaboration with University of Houston neuroscientist Dr. Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal. In 1819, […]
Foto Relevance is pleased to present A Gracious Breath, an online exhibition of works by Xuan-Hui Ng. The Singaporean, Tokyo-based artist's serendipitous landscapes capture transient moments of beauty within the vastness of nature. Photographed largely in Hokkaido, Nagano, and Aomori, Japan, the landscapes featured in this exhibition focus on the enchanting nature of winter, with […]
