BLVD Place, Houston’s prestigious shopping center located at the intersection of Post Oak Boulevard and San Felipe, will launch its new BLVD Mural on Saturday, March 23! A series of events will punctuate the afternoon. Beginning with a Dance House Fitness class benefiting Dress for Success at 1 pm, the BLVD Place mural launch will …
Tuts 50th Anniversary Gala Featuring Idina Menzel This one-time witch and celebrated Tony-winner of stage, screen, and music joins Tuts for their biggest event in decades. Menzel knows how to entertain a crowd so expect her trademark talent to be on full display for this ritzy soiree. https://www.facebook.com/events/305681690051804/
One of Houston’s favorite comedic black-tie events of the year is back for their 66th. This roast of Houston’s finest throws all its proceeds to help local charities, so know that you’re making fun of people for a good cause. Fun fact: The Diana Foundation is recognized as the oldest continuously active gay organization in …
Enjoy family-friendly movies with a view of the downtown Houston skyline at Bank of America Screen on the Green presented by Arandas Bakery. Guests are encouraged to bring blankets or lawn chairs and arrive early for contests and other activities. On March 23, the featured film is Wizard of Oz (PG, 1939, 102 min.). Dorothy …
The Moores School of Music presents a solo organ recital by David Higgs, professor of organ at the Eastman School of Music. About the Artist One of America’s leading concert organists, David Higgs is also chair of the Organ Department at the Eastman School of Music. He performs extensively throughout the United States and abroad, …
The UH Photography and Digital Media program welcomes Rafael Soldi to the University of Houston to discuss his photographic art work and curatorial practice. About the Artist Rafael Soldi is a Peruvian-born, Seattle-based artist and curator. He is the co-founder of FOUND, a space for contemporary art in Seattle, and the Strange Fire Collective, a …
Here’s your chance to meet other LGBTQ professionals in a nice, relaxed setting. The event is sponsored by Colina Homes and Deep Eddy Vodka, so expect the juice to be flowing freely. Members get in free. For others, there’s a $10 ticket fee. Membership can be purchased here and includes free entry to all sponsored …
The event will benefit HARC’s 26 different rotating programs that provide wellness, education, advocacy and resources for people with aphasia, their caregivers, and the greater Houston medical community. Guests are welcome to a fun-filled luncheon with a performance by the HARC Heralds Choir. Guests will also have the opportunity to purchase raffle tickets to win …
Experts teach free monthly photography workshops at Discovery Green. Meet at the Morgan Reading Room behind The Lake House Café. Wednesdays, March 27, 6:30–8 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, 6:30–8 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, 6:30–8 p.m. Wednesday, June 26, 6:30–8 p.m.
The Art Colony Association, Inc. (ACA) will celebrate 48 years of fine art and giving back to local nonprofits as it spotlights 300 artists at Bayou City Art Festival in Memorial Park, Friday-Sunday, March 29-31, 2019, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. As one of the nation’s premier outdoor fine art events, the three-day festival will …
Each spring the Blaffer Art Museum and the University of Houston School of Art proudly present the work of the Masters of Fine Arts degree candidates from the school’s five studio programs: Graphic Design, Interdisciplinary Practice and Emerging Forms, Painting, Photography/Digital Media and Sculpture. The exhibition showcases highly developed bodies of work produced in a …
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner will serve as the honorary chair of the Community Artists’ Collective’s “FestEve! A Night for the Arts” Friday, March 29, at the Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, Rice University. Serving as co-chairs are Ashley Turner, Houston’s First Daughter and Bill Baldwin, city planning advocate dubbed “King of the Heights.” The Community …
HIVE is bringing in the new year with more dance! Dance Source Houston (DSH) and Houston Ballet are pleased to announce three additional dates for the HIVE Spring 2019. A collaboration between Dance Source Houston and Houston Ballet, the HIVE offers local choreographers time and space at the Center for Dance to explore and experiment …
All you have to do is go to your local SPCA and you’ll see Houston has a pooch problem. Be a part of the solution with this winning little combo of men and mastiffs—and boxers and beagles, etc. It’s the second round for this fun little event so if you’ve never picked anyone up at …
Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church invites you to a monthly environmental education web meeting series whose theme in 2019 is environmental issues and what you can do. In March, Hyun-Min Hwang, associate professor at Texas Southern University, Department of Environmental & Interdisciplinary Studies, will speak on plastic pollution in the oceans. Pollution has been …
Robert Johnson, French horn Nancy Weems, piano The Moores School of Music presents “Quintessential Quintets,” a faculty chamber concert featuring Mozart’s Horn Quintet in E-flat Major and Schumann’s Piano Quintet.
Houston Public Library (HPL) teams up with Discovery Green for a morning of fun with story time, activities and crafts, Tuesdays, April 2–May 28, 2019.
Cone Man Running Productions presents a Boiling Point Players production One Act Double Feature World Premieres Studio 101 (1824 Spring Street, Houston, TX 77007) April 2, 3, 7, 8, 9 and 10 $20 General $15 Student/Teacher/Senior "Barren" by Karen Heimbaugh Parallel universes run amok as a mysterious being helps destroy a familiar designation of family. …
On April 4-6, 2019, the Latino Art Now! Conference: Sight Lines & Time Frames will take place at the University of Houston Student Center South. LAN! Houston will explore and celebrate the activities and practices of local and national Latino and Latin American visual artists throughout Houston while advancing awareness, education, scholarship and knowledge. Now …
On April 4-6, 2019, the Latino Art Now! Conference: Sight Lines & Time Frames will take place at the University of Houston Student Center South. LAN! Houston will explore and celebrate the activities and practices of local and national Latino and Latin American visual artists throughout Houston while advancing awareness, education, scholarship and knowledge. Now …
Celebrate National Poetry Month with gay poet Jim Boone, a 2012 nominee for US Poet Laureate. Boone, known as the Poem Hunter, writes in free verse style that has a rhythm, but not a fixed meter. And poetry just makes everything sweeter. (See what we did there? We rhymed. Like a poe…nevermind.) https://www.facebook.com/events/323075695014766/
Join Event Chair Lisa Sharp for brunch and a silent auction benefiting Texas families battling childhood cancer. This signature event includes a delicious champagne brunch, a meaningful program and an exciting auction of fabulous designer handbags. All proceeds benefit the mission of Heroes for Children.
Best known for The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood is the closest thing we have to a literary living legend. But what people don’t often know is that Atwood is a lively conversationalist with a wicked sense of humor, so leave your bookish expectations at the door. Atwood is also fiercely political, so expect this evening …
Music by William Bolcom Libretto by Mark Campbell Based on the play by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber Sung in the original English with projected text over the stage. An invitation to a sophisticated Manhattan dinner party proves to be a recipe for disaster. Based on the comedy-drama that spawned an all-star classic film, …
Once upon a time, a young American woman returned to her native Russia to brush up on the language. Underneath a glamorous Post-Soviet Moscow she discovers an enchanted motherland teeming with evil stepmothers, wicked witches and ravenous bears. Showtimes: April 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 at 8 p.m. April 6, 7, 13, 14 …