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| American Homebrewers Association Rally Saint Arnold's Brewery | Sun., February 15, 1:00pm-3:00pm | Outer Loop - NW | |
Spend the afternoon with some fellow beer lovers at the American Homebrewers Association Rally. Saint Arnold’s Brewery is playing host, and the agenda includes brewery tours, face time with brewery owner Brock Wagner, home brewing demos, munchies and cask beer for everyone. Oh, and your... More >> |
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| Gloria Trevi Arena Theatre | Sun., February 15 | Outer Loop - SW | |
 So she may have been involved in human trafficking, sexual slavery and other nefarious dealings. So she spent almost a decade of her life either on the run or fighting extradition in a Brazilian jail. So her Web site glaringly omits this entire period in her biography. After all, she was... More >> |
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| Labyrinth Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - West Oaks |
Sun., February 15, 3:30pm more dates/times |
Outer Loop - SW | |
The local Alamo Drafthouse has decided Austin can’t have all the fun — it’s bringing in the classic Jim Henson film Labyrinth to Houston, and Shuttle Debris is providing live music. (The fantasy film features a girl who wishes her baby brother into another world, and has to... More >> |
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| Maggie Nicols, Fred Frith, Susan Alcorn Diverse Works | Sun., February 15, 8:00pm | Downtown/ Midtown | |
Nameless Sound presents three experimental musicians, Maggie Nicols, Fred Frith and Susan Alcorn, in their first-ever collaborative work. Houston native Alcorn is celebrated by country music and experimental sound fans alike for her twisted twang. Frith has rocked avant-garde style with the... More >> |
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| "Reverberation" With The Psychedelic Sex Panther, Nam Jam, Baby Jesus, Black Slacks Cactus Music and Video | Sun., February 15, 2:00pm | Lower Shepherd-Kirby | |
 Since forming in the summer of 2007, the collective behind Houston’s own garage rock crew Reverberation has been making your ass shake and helping us all rediscover the primitive side of rock and roll before stadium rock and disco bore down on America like a glitter-crusted anvil. The... More >> |
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| St. Andrew's Episcopal Celtic Festival St. Andrews in the Heights | Sun., February 15, 12:00pm-5:00pm | Heights | |
The sound of bagpipes will lead you to the 2009 St. Andrew’s Episcopal Celtic Festival and the “kirking of the Tartans” (that means presenting the cloths, each woven with distinct patterns for its clan, to the church). Dancers, musicians, singers and an award-winning pipe band... More >> |
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| ArtStorm: "A Jewel-Encrusted Pathology" ArtStorm |
Every week Saturday, Sunday from Sat., February 14 until Sat., March 14, 12:00pm-7:00pm more dates/times |
Third Ward | |
“A Jewel Encrusted Pathology” is just as much about the space as the art. Megan Whitenton and co-exhibitor Alicia Seale turned ArtStorm’s gallery into a mock apartment with couches, chairs, end tables and housewares. “[We’re] trying to encourage people to hang out... More >> |
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| "The Puppet Show" Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., January 17 until Sun., April 12 | Montrose | |
 A hypnotized man making art against his will, a singing penis and dancing marionettes are just a few of the works you’ll see in “The Puppet Show.” Co-curators Ingrid Schaffner and Carin Kuoni have put together a dissimilar and eclectic collection of art that explores the ideas of... More >> |
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| Eurydice Alley Theatre | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., January 30 until Sun., March 1 | Downtown/ Midtown | |
 If you like your stories to follow a nice, straight line, you might find Eurydice a bit of a challenge. Not because the plot wanders, but because playwright Sarah Ruhl’s use of language is simultaneously jarring and poetic. You can guess from the title that this is a retelling of the... More >> |
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| "Body Worlds 2 & The Brain: Our Three Pound Gem" Houston Museum of Natural Science | Daily from Fri., September 12 until Sun., February 22 | Kirby-West U | |
 Whether you're fascinated with the inner workings of the human brain or simply enjoy being grossed out by what we look like on the inside, the second round of Dr. Gunther von Hagens's touring exhibitions is wonder inducing. "Body Worlds 2 & The Brain: Our Three Pound Gem" will feature more than... More >> |
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| HMNS:The Amazing Astronomers of Ancient Rome Houston Museum of Natural Science | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sun., February 8 until Sat., February 28 | Kirby-West U | |
 Sure, we’ve made giant strides in our study of the galaxy, with our megacomputers and fancy telescopes. But 2,000 years ago in ancient Rome, with very few tools, astronomers were already deciphering the wonders of the sky. The new film at the Planetarium, The Amazing Astronomers of Ancient... More >> |
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| Moody Gardens: Penguin Encounter Moody Gardens |
Every week Saturday, Sunday from Sat., January 31 until Sun., March 8, 1:00pm more dates/times |
Galveston | |
 In the movies, penguins can sing and dance. In real life, it seems they can draw too. Moody Gardens’s 45-minute Penguin Encounter includes a biologist-led tour of the pengers’ habitats and one-on-one time with them, along with a penguin-created piece of artwork. (We’re guessing... More >> |
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| The Odd Couple Texas Repertory Theatre Company |
Every week Friday, Saturday from Fri., February 6 until Sun., February 22, 8:00pm more dates/times |
Outer Loop - NW | |
You have your choice of slobs this weekend — two local theater groups are performing Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple. The Katy Visual and Performing Arts Center is presenting an updated, female rendition, while Texas Repertory Theatre is going for the standard male version. Cast with... More >> |
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| Pablo Francisco The Improv |
Thu., February 12, 8:00pm more dates/times |
Outer Loop - NW | |
Catch comedian Pablo Francisco before he jets off for his European tour or gets too busy filming his Comedy Center special to spend any time onstage. It’s not so much the punch lines that draw people to his shows; it’s Francisco’s ability to impersonate famous characters... More >> |
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| Houston Library's Black History Month Celebrations Kendall Branch Library | Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Thu., February 5 until Sat., February 28 | Outer Loop - SW | |
You won’t have to go any further than your neighborhood library to find family-friendly Black History Month celebrations. There are various music programs planned recalling African-American music from plantation spirituals to the sounds of Motown. A step crew will not only perform, but... More >> |
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| Record Ranch Gallery: "Live In Texas" Photo Exhibition Cactus Music and Video |
Every week Sunday from Sun., February 8 until Sat., April 4, 12:00pm-7:00pm more dates/times |
Lower Shepherd-Kirby | |
Photographer Stephanie Alexander has been very busy for the last three years. She’s been on the road shooting big-name rock stars. Now she’s ready to share some of those images with us in “Live in Texas,” an art exhibit at the Record Ranch Gallery. You’ll see... More >> |
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| The Man Who Saved New Orleans Ensemble Theatre |
Wed., January 28, 7:30pm more dates/times |
Downtown/ Midtown | |
Playwright Thomas Meloncon’s new play is called The Man Who Saved New Orleans. It’s a misnomer, of course, because we all know nobody saved New Orleans. Meloncon explains the title refers to one of the characters, not the city. “Arthur Prejean is an 86-year-old blind man who... More >> |
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| Domy Books: "PRISMATTAK" Domy |
Sat., January 31, 7:00pm-9:00pm more dates/times |
Montrose | |
Lisa Marie Godfrey promotes post-psychedelia in "PRISMATTAK." The curator for Domy’s latest group exhibit says the work on display is something new and trippy for the 21st century. “[It’s] less flowy and more geometric,” says Godfrey. Brent Wadden’s acrylics on paper... More >> |
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| Legally Blonde the Musical Hobby Center for the Performing Arts |
Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from Tue., February 10 until Sun., February 22, 8:00pm more dates/times |
Downtown/ Midtown | |
A blond bombshell might not be your typical lawyer, but then again Elle Woods, the pink-loving princess at the center of Legally Blonde the Musical, isn’t typical. Proving that beauty and brains really do go together, the powder-puff sorority girl follows her ex to Harvard Law School, and... More >> |
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| At Home at the Zoo Jose Quintero Lab Theatre | Daily from Fri., February 13 until Sun., February 22 | Downtown/ Midtown | |
 Stories don’t always start at the beginning. It turns out Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story started somewhere in the middle. Albee’s At Home at the Zoo, a prequel to the play, takes us back to the start, before showing us The Zoo Story again.
A Zoo Story, you remember, follows... More >> |
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| More Events | |||
| Ad Deum Dance Classes West University Dance Center | Daily, 9:15am-10:45am | Kirby-West U | |
| Alcoholics Anonymous Intergroup Association, Inc. | Daily | Outer Loop - NW | |
| American Cancer Society Houston American Cancer Society | Daily | Galleria | |
| Angelika Film Center Angelika Film Center | Daily | Downtown/ Midtown | |
| Art Museum of Southeast Texas Art Museum of Southeast Texas | Daily | Outside Houston | |
