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Event Series Gabriel Lester: Odeon

Gabriel Lester: Odeon

Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston 4173 Elgin St The University of Houston, Fine Arts Building, Houston, TX, United States

The Blaffer Art Museum is proud to present the first solo museum exhibition in the United States of preeminent European artist Gabriel Lester, who has gained an international standing for his art, performance, and film as well as his dynamic public art installations. Across his now decades-long career, Lester has developed a captivating cinematic lens […]

Free
Event Series Cian Dayrit: Liberties Were Taken

Cian Dayrit: Liberties Were Taken

Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston 4173 Elgin St The University of Houston, Fine Arts Building, Houston, TX, United States

The phrase “counter-cartographies” describes Manila-based artist Cian Dayrit interdisciplinary practice of transforming historic maps into portraits of contemporary social conditions. Employing counter- cartography as an approach, Dayrit charts histories of imperialism, industrialization, and systems of subjugation that shape geographical boundaries and cultural narratives around the world. In Summer 2024, Blaffer will present Dayrit’s first solo […]

Free
Event Series Cian Dayrit: Liberties Were Taken

Cian Dayrit: Liberties Were Taken

Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston 4173 Elgin St The University of Houston, Fine Arts Building, Houston, TX, United States

The Blaffer Art Museum is proud to present Liberties Were Taken the first solo museum exhibition in the United States of works by Manila-based artist Cian Dayrit. Known globally for cartographic artworks, Dayrit investigates notions of power and identity represented and reproduced in monuments, museums, and maps. The exhibition brings together site-specific installations, embroidered textiles, […]

Free
Event Series “From Plantation to Emancipation – The Freedom Experience” is a “Houston Signature Experience” by Visit Houston

“From Plantation to Emancipation – The Freedom Experience” is a “Houston Signature Experience” by Visit Houston

The Heritage Society 1100 Bagby, Houston, TX, United States

During your tour of three historic houses that tell Houston’s stories from plantation to emancipation, the talented actor brings the hardships of slavery and the victory of freedom to life in dramatic reenactments. The historical script was written by Martha Whiting-Goddard, Reverend Jack Yates’ great granddaughter, who lived in the Yates House that was relocated […]

$25

Restore Your Writing Joy

Writespace 1907 Sabine Street Ste 125, Houston, TX

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Cindy Childress TIME: Two Saturdays, August 10, 17, 1:00–4:00 p.m. CDT PRICE: Early bird price: $85 for members, $100 for nonmembers. The deadline for early bird pricing is Sunday, August 4. After Sunday, August 4: $100 for members, $115 for nonmembers. Become a member here. Apply for a scholarship here. LOCATION: Writespace, 1907 […]

$85 – $115

Drop-In Experience | Impossible Paper Architecture

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

Inspired by Olivia Erlanger’s off-world landscapes and impossible architectures, create a surreal structure using paper and tape. About Drop-In Experiences CAMH’s Drop-In Experiences feature instructions for hands-on activities and provide creative opportunities to experience current exhibitions in a unique and meaningful way. Drop-In Experiences are available between 1–4PM on select Saturdays at the Museum. For […]

Free

Elemental Spiral/ Houston Met Dance 2024 Recital Showcase

Heinen Theater 3517 Austin St., Houston, TX, United States

Join Houston Met Dance for an afternoon of dance at the historic Heinen Theatre! This years Children and Youth Recital Showcase features choreography by Houston Met Dance faculty performed by Houston Met Dance Children and Youth Students, and features a guest performance by Wayne M. Smith and Lori Yuill’s Water Dance Ensemble.

Event Series Melville & Hawthorne (world premiere)

Melville & Hawthorne (world premiere)

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

Thunderclap Productions presents the world premiere of Adi Teodoru's MELVILLE & HAWTHORNE, directed by Andrew Ruthven. In this latest play in our award-winning John Steven Kellett Memorial Series of LGBTQ+ works, Teodoru chronicles the growing feelings between Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne, as Melville wrote MOBY DICK (which he dedicated to Hawthorne). The play is […]

Commemorate the Indigenous Resistance of Mexico Tenochtitlan

Eastwood Park, 5000 Harrisburg, Houston TX 77011 5000 Harrisburg, Houston, United States

Danza Azteca Taxcayolotl would like to cordially invite you to our annual community ceremony in honor of the resistance of the people of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, honoring our ancestral roots. The annual Aztec dance ceremony will take place on Saturday, August 10, and will bring together over 50 dancers from around Texas. They will be dressed in […]

Summer Intern Showcase

Czech Cultural Center Houston (Czech Center Museum Houston) 4920 San Jacinto, Houston, TX, United States

Experience the creativity and dedication of our talented interns. Witness the culmination of months of hard work as our summer interns present their projects on Czech and Slovak art, history, culture, & heritage. Engage with their in-depth research, thoughtfully designed displays, and curated mini-exhibits. Bring your family and friends to support our future museum professionals […]

Free
Event Series Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai)

Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai)

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, United States

Directed by Akira Kurosawa (Japan, 1954, 207 min., in Japanese with English subtitles, digital restoration) Saturday, August 10, 5:00 p.m. (B) Sunday, August 11, 2:00 p.m. (B) 70th Anniversary! One of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, Seven Samurai tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors […]

$7 – $9
Event Series Ripley Prescott: Improvised Horror Movie

Ripley Prescott: Improvised Horror Movie

Company OnStage 5720 Bellaire Blvd Suite G, Houston, TX, United States

Prepare yourself for a first of its kind performance! Ripley Prescott is a completely improvised horror movie created right in front of you from Company OnStage and Pronoia Theater. Step into the unknown as our talented cast creates a terrifyingly original story right before your eyes, with every twist and turn sure to drag shrieks […]

$15