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| Artful Thursday: Hollywood Costume Designs Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | Thu., November 20, 6:30pm | Kirby-West U | |
Holly Golightly, Annie Hall, even Ferris Bueller: Fashion icons are often born on the big screen. Just ask Deborah Nadoolman Landis, wholl sign copies of her book Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costume Design during todays Artful Thursday. Landis is an expert in the field of... More >> |
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| The Black Crowes House of Blues | Thu., November 20 | Downtown-Midtown | |
On Warpaint, the band's first studio release since re-forming in 2005, the Black Crowes show how a little time off can work wonders. The album continues to improve the band's winning brand of Southern-fried power blues-rock, as opener "Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution" and "Movin' on Down... More >> |
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| Tunnel Walk & Rail Tour/MFAH Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | Thu., November 20, 9:45am | Kirby-West U | |
Sandra Lord, also known as The Tunnel Lady, takes you from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston to the University of -Houston-Downtown campus on the Tunnel Walk & Rail Tour/MFAH. The group will make stops in the tunnel system and on the METRO rail line along the way to discuss the art, architecture... More >> |
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| Sleep Dealer with filmmaker Alex Rivera Landmark River Oaks Theatre | Thu., November 20, 7:00pm | River Oaks | |
Alex Riveras new film Sleep Dealer won two awards at this years Sundance Film Festival, but thats not why hes being featured in the November Cinema and Media Arts Festival. Hes here because curator Richard Herskowitz thinks he represents the future of media arts.... More >> |
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| Metallica, Down, The Sword Toyota Center | Thu., November 20 | Downtown-Midtown | |
Its been a long time since the dark period of Judas Priest in the 70s and the morose sounds of Iron Maiden in the 80s. In recent years, its seemed the music of the guitar-shredding, head-banging masses was finally headed to pasture. But before the death rattle of metal could finally... More >> |
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| Rhett Miller Continental Club | Thu., November 20 | Downtown-Midtown | |
As frontman for Dallas Old 97's, who dragged a punk-influenced rock sensibility through the boozy, outlaw country bars and bleached landscapes of the Southwest, Rhett Miller was a forerunner of the so-called "alt-country" movement that peaked in the mid-90s. But while peers such as... More >> |
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| Seasons of Sharing: Spotlighting Diwali Children's Museum of Houston | Daily from Thu., November 20 until Tue., November 25 | Third Ward | |
Sample the winter holidays around the world during the Seasons of Sharing celebration at the Childrens Museum of Houston. The multicultural exhibits and events spotlight seven winter traditions, including Mexican posadas, Africa--American Kwanzaa and the lunar New Year. As the kids wander... More >> |
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| Tyler Perry's The Marriage Counselor Hobby Center for the Performing Arts |
Thu., November 20, 8:00pm more dates/times |
Downtown-Midtown | |
Most people know Tyler Perry for his television sitcoms and films, including Tyler Perrys House of Payne, Diary of a Mad Housewife and Madeas Family Reunion. (The writer/producer/director is also the man inside the flowered housedress playing the famous matriarch Madea.) For all... More >> |
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| "Tête-á-Tête" Art League of Houston | Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Fri., November 7 until Sat., December 27 | Montrose | |
For the exhibit Tete-a-Tete, Houston artist Lisa Qualls focused on the changing of cultural identities. In New Moon, we see the image of a man dressed in African garb, a fat baby on his knee. Two text narratives overlay the image. In Liberty, we see an indigenous-looking woman in... More >> |
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| Carlos Hernandez: "Day of the Dead Rock Stars" Cactus Music and Video | Daily from Sat., November 1 until Thu., January 15 | Lower Shepherd-Kirby | |
Not even Hurricane Ike could stop artist Carlos Hernandez from finishing the paintings for his Day of the Dead Rock Stars exhibit. (Although, he admits, the lack of electricity did slow him down a bit.) The exhibit includes portraits of deceased music icons Bob Marley, Bo Diddley,... More >> |
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| Beau Chamberlain CTRL Gallery | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Sat., November 1 until Sat., January 3, 10:00am-6:00pm | Downtown-Midtown | |
Beau Chamberlain creates fantastical foliage. His acrylic paintings and dioramas feature colorful clusters of Dr. Seuss-esque branches, trees, leaves, flowers, sticks and stones. Its almost as if the Lorax or a Sneech is going to pop out from one of his enchanting environments. The... More >> |
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| Dan Cummins Laff Spot Willowbrook |
Thu., November 20, 8:00pm more dates/times |
Outer Loop - NW | |
Dan Cummins has appeared on The Late Late Show and Live at Gotham. He also had his own special on Comedy Central and has opened for the likes of Ron White, Jim Gaffigan and Dave Attell. Hes been able to snag these ace gigs with jokes about crossbreeding animals (he wants a squirrelador,... More >> |
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| A Fertle Holiday Radio Music Theatre |
Every week Thursday, Friday from Thu., November 20 until Sat., January 10, 8:30pm more dates/times |
Lower Shepherd-Kirby | |
Radio Music Theatres A Fertle Holiday has been selling out shows for more than two decades. Thats because the silly charmer is riotously funny and as sweet as the butter pie the characters of this story gobble up every season. The extensive Fertle family and their friends are all... More >> |
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| NEW DATES: Houston's Original Greek Festival Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral | Daily from Thu., November 20 until Sun., November 23 | Outside Houston | |
Sure, Houston may not have the whitewashed windmills of Mykonos or the towering columns of Delphi, but you dont need to pay airfare to get a heady dose of Greek culture. (The Parthenons covered in scaffolding right now, anyway.) Put on your best whites and blues and head for the... More >> |
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| "Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art" Texas A&M Univ.-Memorial Student Center Galleries | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Tue., November 11 until Sun., December 14 | Outside Houston | |
At the exhibit Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art, youll see the ABCs of basketry: artistry, beauty and creativity. Crossing 300 years of African and American history, the exhibit features coiled basketry from both continents. Simultaneously art and craft, the... More >> |
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| Acoustic Chaos Fitz Down |
Thu., November 9 more dates/times |
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| Ad Deum Dance Classes West University Dance Center | Daily, 9:15am-10:45am | Kirby-West U | |
| Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Alamo Drafthouse Cinema-West Oaks | Daily | Outer Loop - SW | |
| Alcohol, Tobacco and Drugs Awareness Information Riverside General Hospital | Daily | Third Ward | |
| Alcoholics Anonymous Intergroup Association, Inc. | Daily | Outer Loop - NW | |
| American Cancer Society Houston American Cancer Society | Daily | Galleria | |
| American Girls Tea Party Barnes & Noble -- Copperfield | Third Thursday of every month, 4:30pm | Outer Loop - NW | |
| American Marketing Association HESS Club | Third Thursday of every month, 11:15am | Galleria | |
| Angelika Film Center Angelika Film Center | Daily | Downtown-Midtown | |
| Art Museum of Southeast Texas Art Museum of Southeast Texas | Daily | Outside Houston | |