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| Bruce Robison McGonigel's Mucky Duck | Fri., September 5 | Lower Shepherd-Kirby | |
On The New World, Austin singer-songwriter and Nashville ghostwriter Bruce Robison (George Strait, Dixie Chicks, Faith Hill & Tim McGraw) maintains his nearly incomprehensible and inimitable ability to be one of the only contemporary male songwriters to successfully write from a womans... More >> |
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| Janiva Magness Cullen's Upscale American Grille | Fri., September 5 | Clear Lake | |
Blues has more than its fair share of femmes fatale, from old-school shouters like Etta James and Koko Taylor to the more nuanced Marcia Ball and Tracy Nelson. Its been a while since a new performer surfaced who could hold her own with those names, but Detroit native Magness might just be... More >> |
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| Strings on Fire Miller Outdoor Theatre | Fri., September 5, 8:00pm | Outer Loop - SE | |
If any orchestral group can get away with giving a program a name like Strings of Fire, its Mercury Baroque. With its period instruments, and, well, a baroque flair for the dramatic, the group has always made listening an emotional experience. Tonight, led by director Antoine Plante,... More >> |
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| Screen on the Green: Rushmore Discovery Green Conservancy | Fri., September 5, 7:30pm | Downtown-Midtown | |
Whats the best thing about Wes Andersons Rushmore?
A.) The killer British-invasion soundtrack;
B.) Jason Schwartzmans career-launching performance as eccentric schoolboy Max Fischer;
C.) Bill Murrays acting-comeback-launching performance as... More >> |
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| Big Kids/Little Kids Domy | Daily from Fri., September 5 until Thu., September 25 | Montrose | |
Artist Andrew Jeffrey Wright laughs when asked to explain the title of the exhibit Big Kids, Little Kids. A few of us had the concept that the guys from the Alleged Gallery were the big kids, and we were the little kids. Even though we might be older than some of them, they... More >> |
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| Fly Me to the Moon Houston Museum of Natural Science | Daily from Fri., August 22 until Thu., November 6 | Kirby-West U | |
Take a look at the first moon landing from the point of view of a fly on the wall in the 3-D animated feature Fly Me to the Moon. Actually, from the point of view of three flies on the wall: Nat, IQ and Scooter, a trio of adventuresome young muscs domesticas who sneak aboard the NASA spaceship... More >> |
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| Judith Cottrell & Alex Lopez: "What's in a Line?" Lawndale Art Center | Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Fri., August 22 until Sat., September 27 | Downtown-Midtown | |
Judith Cottrell and Alex Lopez started work for the exhibit Whats in a Line? with a simple question: What is the purpose of an art gallery? Through independent and collaborative drawings, installation and various other media, Cottrell and Lopez consider whether a gallery is... More >> |
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| Shannon Duncan: "(Re)Vision: A Preservation of Houstons Inner Loop" Lawndale Art Center | Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Fri., August 22 until Sat., September 27 | Downtown-Midtown | |
Shannon Duncans black binder holds a rather hefty list of houses inside the 610 Loop that were demolished from January 1 to June 30. Duncan traveled to most of these houses for her installation (Re)Vision: A Preservation of Houstons Inner Loop. The show features a... More >> |
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| "Imaginary Spaces: Selections from The Menil Collection" The Menil Collection | Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., August 15 until Sun., March 1, 11:00am-7:00pm | Montrose | |
Imaginary Spaces takes viewers to places they have never seen or, more correctly, could never see. The latest exhibit at the Menil Collection spans three centuries with 30 paintings, sculptures and works on paper depicting invented environments some are rather... More >> |
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| Mitch Fatel The Improv |
Thu., September 4, 8:00pm more dates/times |
Outer Loop - NW | |
Mitch Fatel has a stage persona that suggests the speaker is rarely allowed to use big-kid scissors and an arsenal of material focused on boobs, blowjobs and other heady topics. Theres a weirdly innocent element to Fatels humor, which can make it feel like youre listening to... More >> |
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| "End Game: British Contemporary Art from the Chaney Family Collection" Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., June 14 until Sun., September 28 | Kirby-West U | |
London is the epicenter of the avant-garde art world, and YBAs (Young British Artists) are why. Shocking and controversial when they exploded onto the scene in the 1980s and 90s, YBAs are drawing epic prices at the likes of Sothebys. Their work forms the backbone of End Game:... More >> |
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| Farouk Hosny: The Energy of Abstraction" Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., June 27 until Tue., September 1 | Kirby-West U | |
Farouk Hosny has impressively managed to wield his artistic prowess both as a painter and a politician. His work has been shown all over the world, and hes created many new pieces exclusively for his current exhibition, Farouk Hosny: The Energy of Abstraction, at the Museum of... More >> |
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| "The Black List Project: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and Elvis Mitchell" Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sun., August 3 until Sun., October 26 | Kirby-West U | |
Colin Powell, Chris Rock, Al Sharpton and Serena Williams. What do they have in common? Just this: They are black in America. Oh, and theyre included in The Black List Project: Timothy Greenfield--Sanders and Elvis Mitchell.
Greenfield-Sanders, considered one of the best... More >> |
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| "Moscow and Saint Petersburg - A Tale of Two Cities" Russian Cultural Center Our Texas | Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Wed., September 3 until Fri., October 31 | Kirby-West U | |
So lets just say that Russias reputation, at the moment, is a little tarnished, thanks to that whole war thing, but some of its guiltless cultural contributions are on gleaming display this month at the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts, in Moscow and St. Petersburg: A... More >> |
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| "Heroes Alter Egos" Space 125 Gallery | Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from Thu., August 21 until Thu., October 2, 10:00am-4:00pm | River Oaks | |
Heroes Alter Egos shows off the artistic forces of the United Underground Painters Association (a.k.a. UUPA Crust Collective) with mixed-media work by Michael K. Taylor, Lance Flowers, Robert Hodge, and Lovie Olivia. Theyre doing pieces centered around different heroes... More >> |
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| Star Wars: The Clone Wars Exhibit Space Center Houston | Daily from Fri., July 4 until Tue., September 30 | Clear Lake | |
Cant wait for the August release of Star Wars: The Clone Wars? Then head to the Space Center Houston, which has just scored Star Wars: The Clone Wars, a bunch of cool Star Wars memorabilia, including artifacts from the Clone Wars film such as sketches, digital prints and 3-D... More >> |
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| Suckling is Continuous Buffalo Bayou Art Park | Daily from Sat., February 9 until Sat., November 1 | Heights | |
For Suckling Is Continuous, local artist Kathy Kelley covered ten-foot, eight-foot and six-foot balls with pieces of leftover tires. The scraps are twisted to form shapes resembling nipples and sucking mouths, but its obviously more than an attempt to tickle our less-than-mature sense of... More >> |
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| Unbeatable Stages Repertory Theatre | Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., September 5 until Sun., September 28 | River Oaks | |
When Laurie Frey found a lump in her breast, she waited a full year to go to the doctor. She was too busy, she kept telling herself. Of course, by the time she went in, the cancer had spread and Frey was in for a full-out health crisis. Out of that terrible ordeal she co-wrote a book with Eric... More >> |
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| Danielle Frankenthal: Color Drawn in Space Wade Wilson Art | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Fri., September 5 until Sat., October 11 | Montrose | |
If someone asks you what the work of painter Danielle Frankenthal means, its safe to answer absolutely nothing without fear of sounding like one of those poor, unfortunate souls who just doesnt get abstract art. Frankenthal is part of the Radical Concrete School, which... More >> |
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| More Events | |||
| 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 | |
| All-Woman Poker League Acadia Sports Bar | Every week Friday | Outer Loop - NW | |
| American Cancer Society Houston American Cancer Society | Daily | Galleria | |