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Abstraction after Modernism: Recent Acquisitions

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

"Abstraction after Modernism: Recent Acquisitions" highlights work made by succeeding generations of artists who forged new paths in their approaches to non-representational art. The exhibition brings together acquisitions made by the Menil over the past fifteen years, including work by Agnes Denes, Suzan Frecon, Sam Gilliam, Ellsworth Kelly, Rick Lowe, and Richard Serra.

Free

Online Quiet Write-In

Online/Virtual Space

TIME: Friday, July 19, 12:00-1:00 p.m. CST PRICE: Free for members. $5.00 for nonmembers. Become a member here. LOCATION: Online via Zoom Whether you are hard at work revising poems for a chapbook, pantsing your way through the first draft of your novel, or outlining an essay, we made a date to do the work […]

Free – $5
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

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

TECHNE GALLERY @ TXRX LABS :: WOODSHOP GROUP SHOW

The Techne Gallery @ TXRX LABS :: Houston's Non-Profit Makerspace 6501 navigation blvd, Houston, TX, United States

From June 15 to August 18, 2024 Please join TXRX Labs in the Techne Gallery for a talented membership showcase of our woodworking community. Objects will include furniture, Maloof inspired chairs, hand turned bowls, cutting boards and decorative inlay applications through VCarve, CNC work, live edge work, wood turning and various hand finishing techniques. Come […]

Free

Level 0 – FREE Intro to Improv Class

Station Theater 2219 Crockett St #C2, Houston, United States

Our FREE Level 0 class is a fun, no-pressure way to try improv! This weekly 30-minute class lets you get a taste of Station’s improv training program, and it’s a great way to spend a Friday night! Level 0 students will receive a $25 discount code for our nine-week Level 1 - Fundamentals of Improv […]

Free

Level 0 – Intro to Improv Class

Station Theater 2219 Crockett St #C2, Houston, United States

Station Theater's weekly FREE Level 0 class is a fun, no-pressure way to try improv! This weekly 30-minute class lets you get a taste of Station's improv training program, and it's a great way to spend a Friday night! Students are invited to stay for the 8:00 pm show for free, pending ticket availability, and […]

Free

Happiness: Find What You Love and Let It Kill You (Online)

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

What if "happiness" is found most often in the places which demand sacrifice and surrender? We are urged to be happy. But what is happiness? Does it ever fall under our control, or are we at the mercy of the unknown forces within and without us? Join Dr. James Hollis for an exploration of our […]

$20

Divine Intervention (Yadon Ilaheyya)

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

Directed by Elia Suleiman (France/Morocco/Germany/Occupied Palestinian Territory, 2002, 92 min., in Arabic, English, and Hebrew with English subtitles, digital) Friday, July 19, 7:00 p.m. BROWN Introduced by Dr. Tish Stringer, MFAH lead projectionist Writer/director Elia Suleiman stars in this collection of cinematic vignettes capturing the absurdity of everyday life under occupation. A dark comedy in […]

$7 – $9

Free Salsa Lesson at Latin Beats Downtown Aquarium

Downtown Aquarium 410 Bagby St., Houston, TX, United States

Every Friday, Latin Beats hosts music and free salsa lessons by the Texas Salsa Congress! Organized by the Texas Salsa Congress & Downtown Aquarium, this event promises salsa family fun that’s perfect for celebrating the summer vibes. The Texas Salsa Congress is marking its 19th season with the 2024 Season at the Downtown Aquarium! Free […]

Free
Event Series Betrayal

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, […]