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Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Vivian Girls, Future Blondes Walter's on Washington |
Thu., April 9 |
Heights |
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 As the hoary adage avers: "Good artists borrow, great artists steal." So what are we supposed to make of Vivian Girls, a Brooklyn-based, all-girl punk band who manage to rip off Tiger Trap, The Ronettes, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, plus seminal first-wave punk band The Wipers, all in one fell... More >> |
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Bellamy Brothers Dosey Doe Coffee Company |
Thu., April 9 |
Outside Houston |
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 Not many people remember that Howard and David Bellamy, aka the Bellamy Brothers, began their career with the cheeseball, saccharine pop smash “Let Your Love Flow” in 1976. Fewer still, probably, know they originally honed their craft on the Southern chitlin’ circuit with the... More >> |
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Murder by the Book: Nevada Barr Murder by the Book |
Thu., April 9, 6:30pm |
Kirby-West U |
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 At the opening of Borderline, Anna Pigeon is having a bit of a rough patch. She’s on leave from her job at the National Park Service with post-traumatic stress disorder (a wolf study went horribly wrong last year — don’t ask) and isn’t sure she’ll be allowed back even... More >> |
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"Jon Black's Annual B-Day" With Whorehound, Dickey Hands Boondocks |
Thu., April 9, 9:00pm |
Montrose |
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 You may only know Jon Black as the devastatingly handsome bartender who works the happy hour shift at Boondocks, but when he’s not opening our Lone Stars or trimming his beard, he’s also the lead guitarist for sludge-metal dudes Whorehound. If you haven’t seen them live,... More >> |
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2009 Dance Salad Festival Wortham Theater Center |
Thu., April 9
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Downtown/ Midtown |
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 There is just one thing to gripe about when it comes to the Houston International Dance Coalition’s annual Dance Salad Festival: the name. This is no longer a salad. It’s a mile-long buffet. The 17th annual installment features more than a dozen companies and soloists from eight... More >> |
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Disney's Beauty and the Beast - The Musical Miller Outdoor Theatre |
Every week Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Thu., April 9 until Sat., April 18 |
Outer Loop - SE |
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 There are two kinds of stars at today’s Disney’s Beauty and the Beast — The Broadway Musical. There’s the Big Dipper kind, and then there’s the undiscovered-talent kind. Rebecca Moyes and Danny Kirkwood are the latter. Those names don’t mean anything to you now,... More >> |
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Jesse Lott and Javier de Villota Station Museum of Contemporary Art |
Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Thu., April 9 until Sun., May 17 |
Third Ward |
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 The Station Museum of Contemporary Art paired Houstonians Jesse Lott: The Urban Frontier and Javier de Villota: DeHumanization Echo for a shared show not only because their styles are similar, but also because the purpose of their art is similar. The work of both men reflects their humanistic... More >> |
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“Way Way Out West” Art League, Houston |
Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from Thu., April 9 until Fri., May 1, 8:00am-6:00pm |
Montrose |
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 What’s Asian Heritage Month without a little art? “Way Way Out West” guarantees that you won’t have to find out with a presentation of ceramic, photographic and mixed-media works by Bennie Flores Ansell, Sandria Hu, Rahul Mitra and Terry Hagiwara. 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays... More >> |
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Houston Museum of Natural Science: Ice Worlds Houston Museum of Natural Science |
Daily from Wed., December 24 until Thu., April 16, 1:30pm |
Kirby-West U |
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 Get ready for skinny polar bears and a colder Europe if we can’t stop global warming
Mother Earth gets the cold shoulder in Ice Worlds, a new full-dome documentary at the Houston Museum of Natural Science’s Burke Baker Planetarium that examines nature at its most severe. The film... More >> |
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"Camaro" With DJ Mr. Castillo Boondocks |
Every week Thursday |
Montrose |
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 Dan Castillo is one of Houston’s most prolific and rock and roll poster artists. Castillo does show flyers for most every venue in town, most extensively with Warehouse Live and Boondocks. Last fall, he began a Thursday night residency at Boondocks, spinning classic rock and newer bands... More >> |
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"Clay Across Texas: San Antonio" 18 Hands Gallery |
Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., April 4 until Sun., April 26 |
Heights |
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Saturday, April 4, 18 Hands Gallery is opening “Clay Across Texas: San Antonio,” an exhibit by three Alamo city artists. In press materials, Karen Cruce, co-curator of the show and co-founder of the gallery, says each of the artists is bringing something completely new to the... More >> |
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David Brown: "20/40" Catalina Coffee |
Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Thu., March 26 until Thu., April 30 |
Heights |
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Apple Inc. ought to be paying David Brown for his “20/40” photography exhibit, since he shot all of the images in the exhibit with his iPhone. That’s not a big deal, right? Well, actually, when you get high-quality, expressive images like Brown did, ah, yeah, it kinda is a big... More >> |
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Contemporary Conversations, John Chamberlain, American Tableau The Menil Collection |
Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Thu., March 19 until Sun., August 2 |
Montrose |
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Museums spend a great deal of time and money staging grandiose, big-name traveling exhibitions, so it’s a relief, especially to frequent visitors, when they look within their own collections for something to feature. The Menil Collection has done just that with its decision to showcase... More >> |
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Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul" Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |
Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sun., March 1 until Sun., May 17 |
Kirby-West U |
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The image of the Taliban destroying two ancient Buddha statues in Afghanistan in 2001 shocked the world. Fortunately, many other artifacts from the storied country have survived its war-torn history, and some 230 of them are on display this spring at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston as part of... More >> |
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“Round 30: Home. Space. Place.” Project Row Houses |
Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Thu., April 9 until Sun., June 21 |
Third Ward |
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 Stephanie Diamond, Lance Flowers and Lisa Qualls are among the artists presenting their work at “Round 30: Home. Space. Place.” The Project Row Houses exhibit focuses on, well, home, space and place, of course. But it also takes a look at identity, personal and group struggles against... More >> |
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Art League Houston: "The Boardroom" Art Exhibit Art League, Houston |
Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Fri., March 6 until Fri., April 17, 9:00am-5:00pm |
Montrose |
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 Off the streets and into the gallery, “The Boardroom,” Art League Houston’s first-ever graffiti exhibition, isn’t your average scrawl on the bathroom wall. The show features large-scale, original murals created collaboratively by artists WEAH, ACK! and Raiko Nin (this is... More >> |
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"Developing Houston: Photographic Treasures from the Cecil Thomson Collection" San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site |
Daily from Sat., May 24 until Sun., May 24, 9:00am-6:00pm |
Outside Houston |
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 See what Houston looked like in the early part of last century at the “Developing Houston: Photographic Treasures from the Cecil Thomson Collection.” Thomson was one of Houston’s first professional photographers, and his street scenes from the late 1920s to the mid 1950s capture... More >> |
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"The Listening Post" by Tim Brown Lawndale Art Center |
Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from Mon., March 16 until Sat., April 18, 10:00am-5:00pm
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Downtown/ Midtown |
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Want to bitch about your boss? Snitch on a two-timing girlfriend? Call Tim Brown, the artist behind “The Listening Post.” He has a free and anonymous say-anything call center, but it’s more than just random chitchat; it’s art. “I used to work at a call center,... More >> |
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"Solution" DiverseWorks |
Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Fri., March 6 until Sat., April 18, 12:00pm-6:00pm |
Downtown/ Midtown |
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This is your last week to catch Jeffery Gibson, Nina Katchadourian, Michael Waugh, Jeanine Oleson and all the other artists participating in “Solution,” an exhibit at DiverseWorks. Curated by Janet Phelps, “Solution” features work in mixed media installations, digitized... More >> |
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Alcoholics Anonymous Intergroup Association, Inc. |
Daily |
Outer Loop - NW |
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American Cancer Society Houston American Cancer Society |
Daily |
Galleria |
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Angelika Film Center Angelika Film Center |
Daily |
Downtown/ Midtown |
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Art Museum of Southeast Texas Art Museum of Southeast Texas |
Daily |
Outside Houston |
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Bering Support Network Bering Memorial United Methodist Church |
Daily |
Montrose |
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Big Brothers/Big Sisters Big Brothers Big Sisters |
Daily |
Outer Loop - SW |
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