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Black Congress, Balaclavas, The No No No Hopes Mango's	Fri., September 11, 8:00pm	Montrose	Music
Fans of dirtbags and leather boots will converge on Mango’s to hear two of Houston’s most volatile bands skronk out long-gestating new material, with Austin’s No No No Hopes opening with their own brand of garage-skuzz. There is simply no more lethal band right now in Houston... More >>

The Blind Boys Of Alabama House of Blues	Fri., September 11, 8:00pm	Downtown/ Midtown	Music
In 1939, Hitler invaded Poland, Lou Gehrig gave his famous “luckiest man on the face of the Earth” retirement speech and a handful of students at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Deaf & Blind in Talladega (seriously, that’s what it was called) discovered a shared gift for... More >>

Sean Reefer & The Resin Valley Boys The Mink	Fri., September 11, 8:00pm	Montrose	Music
Houston’s answer to Wayne Hancock, rockabilly hillbilly Sean Reefer is a party waiting to explode. Whether he’s channeling Hank Williams or Johnny Horton, Reefer brings honky-tonk hard, fast and loud, just like it’s supposed to be. The band does well with its pot songs too,... More >>

"‘Now That I’m by Myself,’ she says, ‘I’m Not by Myself, Which is Good’" DiverseWorks	Fri., September 11, 6:00pm-8:00pm	Downtown/ Midtown	Art
For the season-opening DiverseWorks exhibition “‘Now That I’m by Myself,’ she says, ‘I’m Not by Myself, which is Good,’” independent curator Rachel Cook sought to amplify the connection between the personal and the performative in the work of artists... More >>

Doorman Actors Lab: Mud Midtown Art Center	Thu., September 10, 8:00pm more dates/times	Third Ward	Theater
Doorman Actors Lab has picked an emotionally and physically intense script for its inaugural show. In Maria Irene Fornes’s Mud, protagonist Mae works valiantly to pull herself out of poverty, taking literacy classes as she cares for her ill foster brother. The situation unravels when the... More >>

House of Yes Country Playhouse	Fri., September 11, 8:00pm more dates/times	Outer Loop - NW	Theater
Mentally trapped in the Camelot days of the Kennedys, the strange foursome that makes up the family at the center of Wendy MacLeod’s The House of Yes is having a hard day. First off, there’s a serious storm coming to the Virginia suburb where they’ve forged their bizarre reality.... More >>

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"Classic Numbers" With DJ Wes Wallace Numbers	Every week Friday	Montrose	Music

"Flotsam and Jetsam: Artists Respond to Hurricane Ike" Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Sat., August 8 until Thu., October 8	Clear Lake	Art Free Events

"Challenge VII:dysFUNctional" Art Exhibit Houston Center for Contemporary Craft	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Fri., July 17 until Sun., September 13	Downtown/ Midtown	Art Free Events Off The Wall Pop Culture

“Paramilitary Show” Houston Fire Museum	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Tue., August 11 until Sat., September 19	Montrose	Art

Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China's First Emperor Houston Museum of Natural Science	Daily from Mon., May 18 until Fri., October 16	Kirby-West U	Museum Exhibits & Events

“Body Language” Museum of Printing History	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Thu., June 25 until Sat., September 19	River Oaks	Art Free Events Women's Events

"Fragmento" Station Museum of Contemporary Art	Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Wed., September 2 until Sun., October 18 more dates/times	Third Ward	Art Free Events Multi-Cultural

"Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews during the Holocaust" Holocaust Museum Houston	Every week Saturday, Sunday from Sat., July 18 until Sun., February 7, 12:00pm-5:00pm more dates/times	Third Ward	Art Free Events Multi-Cultural Photo

"A Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People" Holocaust Museum Houston	Thu., August 27, 6:00pm-8:00pm more dates/times	Third Ward	Museum Exhibits & Events Religion & Spirituality

Edwin David Grat: "Postscaenium" The Jung Center of Houston	Every week Friday from Fri., September 11 until Mon., September 28, 9:00am-4:00pm more dates/times	Montrose	Art

"Topiary Text Lead" space125Gallery	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from Mon., September 7 until Mon., October 5, 10:00am-4:00pm	River Oaks	Art

"Perspectives 167: Jason Villegas" Contemporary Arts Museum Houston	Every week Thursday from Thu., September 3 until Sun., November 1, 10:00am-9:00pm more dates/times	Montrose	Art

"Omar Angel Perez: Stilett"O"s" Houston Center for Contemporary Craft	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Sat., August 29 until Sat., October 24, 10:00am-5:00pm more dates/times	Downtown/ Midtown	Art

"Paper or Plastic?" Art Exhibit Lawndale Art Center	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from Mon., August 24 until Sat., September 26, 10:00am-5:00pm more dates/times	Downtown/ Midtown	Art

"Reduced Visibility" Museum of Fine Arts, Houston	Fri., September 4, 6:30pm-8:30pm more dates/times	Kirby-West U	Art Museum Exhibits & Events

"RAW" O'Kane Gallery	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Thu., August 27 until Fri., September 25, 10:00am-5:00pm	Downtown/ Midtown	Art

"The Hosek Collection of American Art" Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts	Every week Sunday from Sun., August 23 until Sun., December 20, 12:00pm-5:00pm more dates/times	Outer Loop - NW	Art

"Pieced Together" Aerosol Warfare Gallery	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from Mon., August 17 until Sat., September 12, 11:00am-7:00pm more dates/times	East End	Art

Under the Sea 3D Houston Museum of Natural Science	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 11:00am more dates/times	Kirby-West U	Film - IMAX Film - Repertory & Special Screenings Museum Exhibits & Events