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Game 6 Domy Books |
Wed., August 5, 8:30pm |
Montrose |
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 Writing a blockbuster movie that mixes baseball and Broadway ain't easy. Just ask dark, fatalistic postmodern author Don DeLillo (Underworld, Falling Man), who wrote Game 6. The film features the exceptional talents of Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Bebe Neuwirth and Catherine O'Hara.... More >> |
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Jacuzzi Movies Contemporary Arts Museum Houston |
Thu., August 6, 6:30pm |
Montrose |
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 Curator Andrea Grover selected Touched by Water for today's edition of Jacuzzi Movies at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. It's an exploration of our connection to water and all the ways we swim, bathe and play in it. (We're not sure about communal baths in polluted rivers, but we like... More >> |
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"The Big Show" Lawndale Art Center |
Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Fri., July 10 until Sat., August 8 |
Downtown/ Midtown |
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 One woman, one thousand works of art. “It’s hard to say what my strategy will be,” says Laura Fried, this year’s juror for “The Big Show” at Lawndale Art Center. Last year, more than 400 local artists delivered 1,014 works, in person, to be considered for the... More >> |
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"$timulus" DiverseWorks |
Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Sat., July 18 until Sat., August 15, 12:00pm-6:00pm |
Downtown/ Midtown |
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 President Obama has his stimulus plan, Artadia has its. Unless you're a giant corporation, chances are you'll see more benefit from Artadia's. In 2008, ten Houston artists were recognized by Artadia for their talent and innovation. As part of the award, each was given some cold, hard cash (up... More >> |
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ArtHouston 2009 Gremillion & Co. Fine Art Inc. |
Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., July 11 until Sun., August 30 |
Kirby-West U |
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 Summers are usually slow for art dealers, so for the past 30 years, the Houston Art Dealers Association has hosted ArtHouston 2009, a citywide event meant to get people into local galleries. This year, of course, dealers are also coping with the recession, so they’re seeking strength in... More >> |
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Art League Houston: "Visual Harassment" Art League Houston |
Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., July 17 until Fri., August 28 |
Montrose |
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 The son of a Houston County Commissioner and nephew of a Black Panther, El Franco Lee II has both politics and protest in his blood. This is apparent in the University of Houston- and Yale-trained artist's small but powerful paintings, on display in "Visual Harassment," in the Project Gallery... More >> |
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"Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews during the Holocaust" Holocaust Museum Houston |
Daily from Thu., July 16 until Mon., September 7 |
Third Ward |
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 In "Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews during the Holocaust," Norman Gershman's soulful black-and-white photography and first-hand oral history illuminate a part of the Holocaust that, until recently, went unexplored. The title comes from the response Gershman received when he asked Albanian Muslims... More >> |
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Charlie Ferguson: "Street Impressions" Vaughan Christopher Gallery |
Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Wed., July 29 until Fri., August 14 |
River Oaks |
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 A cursory look at Charlie Ferguson's photos, shot in countries ranging from India to Nepal to Brazil to Spain, might make you think that the Houston-born photographer leads a jet-setting, voyeuristic life. But closer inspection - and a peek at his personal story -reveals a studied intimacy as... More >> |
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"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 |
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 A chair you can't sit on, a teapot full of leaks and a vase with a blocked neck: When the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft decided to go looking for works that "subvert and satirize" function, they weren't kidding around - or maybe they were. For "Challenge VII: dysFUNctional," the Center... More >> |
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"Oneself by Oneself" BOX 13 ArtSpace |
Every week Saturday from Sat., July 25 until Thu., August 20 |
East End |
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 At the age of 18, painter Stephanie Toppin moved to England and began chronicling her life one wooden panel at a time. Four years later, the Houston native is 64 panels deep into "Oneself by Oneself." "It just started happening, and it's become an obsession," Toppin says of her abstract,... More >> |
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"Detritus" - paintings and sculptures by Angela Beloian and Jessica Moon Bernstein Art League Houston |
Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Fri., July 17 until Fri., August 28 |
Montrose |
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"Recollections" Redbud Gallery |
Every week Saturday, Sunday from Sun., July 19 until Sun., August 30, 12:00pm-5:00pm |
Heights |
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"Friends" Domy Books |
Daily from Fri., July 31 until Thu., September 3 |
Montrose |
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“Body Language” Museum of Printing History |
Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Thu., June 25 until Sat., September 19 |
River Oaks |
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"Fragmento" Station Museum of Contemporary Art |
Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Wed., September 2 until Sun., October 18
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Third Ward |
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Speaking Espa�ol Club Epicure Cafe |
First Wednesday of every month |
River Oaks |
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Montrose Clinic Legacy Community Health Services |
Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 1:00pm-7:00pm |
Montrose |
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Houston Lawyer Referral Service Houston Lawyer Referral Services, Inc |
Daily |
Downtown/ Midtown |
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Parkinson Foundation of Harris County West University Community Center |
Daily |
Kirby-West U |
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Spanish Parenting Classes Twin Oaks Community Center |
Every week Monday, 10:00am-12:00pm |
Outside Houston |
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Houston Music Roundtable Under The Volcano |
Every week Tuesday, 7:00pm |
Kirby-West U |
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Cafe Reads: Jana Mullins and The Circle of Giving Central Library |
Wed., August 5 |
Downtown/ Midtown |
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Job Search Series: Part 3, Interviewing Central Library |
Wed., August 5 |
Downtown/ Midtown |
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Art Essay Reading Group Contemporary Arts Museum Houston |
Wed., August 5, 6:30pm |
Montrose |
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Spring Branch Community Center: Book Group Spring Branch Community Center |
Tue., August 11, 1:00pm-2:30pm |
Outer Loop - NW |
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