Performing Arts
KiKi's Sordid Sideshow is heading back to Last Concert Cafe for a wonderful night of twisted vaudeville delights! KiKi's got some new tricks up her sleeve so you won't want to miss this. Chicken Show Girls, Pole Dancing Monkeys, and of...
May 14, 2012
Events
The Franco-American Vocal Academy presents its repertoire of French Operetta "La
Périchole" at Miller Outdoor Theatre. The performance, staged to be sung in French by 22
young singers, is based on Micaela Villegas, a beloved 18th...
May 9, 2012
Events
Houston’s fresh, new dance company, Frame Dance Productions, presents a show that makes live and visual arts social and interactive. CONTEXT is a multi-sensory gallery of music, photography, choreography and film.
The experience is cyclic and...
May 9, 2012
Events
Through a unique collaboration of musicians, dancers, and poets, The Rumi Concert brings to life the ecstatic poetry of the 13th-century Persian mystic Rumi.
The concert features Coleman Barks, author of numerous Rumi...
May 8, 2012
Events
Misha Penton & Divergence Vocal Theater Present:
Klytemnestra - The Original Subversive Female
A new chamber opera by Dominick Diorio. Libretto by Misha Penton
She is Seductress. She is Confidante. She is Chaos...
May 4, 2012
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Miller Outdoor Theatre welcomes Mexican icon Eugenia León to the stage in a concert commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Puebla (5 of May) at 8 p.m. With a repertoire that pairs contemporary composers with the creators of the...
May 3, 2012
Events
ARTSPLORATION, an arts in education preview showcasing more than twenty artists/ ensembles takes place on Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Discovery Green from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Designed for principals, educators, administrators, and PTA/PTO...
May 3, 2012
Events
Nameless Sound Presents
John Butcher / Thomas Lehn / Gino Robair
2 Nights, 2 Different Concerts!
Wednesday, May 30th at Studio 101: with the Nameless Sound Ensemble
Thursday, May 31st at 14 Pews: trio performance
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May 3, 2012
Events
Nameless Sound Presents
John Butcher / Thomas Lehn / Gino Robair
2 Nights, 2 Different Concerts!
Wednesday, May 30th at Studio 101: with the Nameless Sound Ensemble
Thursday, May 31st at 14 Pews: trio performance
John...
May 3, 2012
Events
American Falls
by Miki Johnson
May 25 - June 9, 2012
DiverseWorks Artspace
All tickets Pay-What-You-Can
A sort of Our Town for our times, American Falls asks ancient, unanswerable questions: What is it to live? What becomes of the...
May 3, 2012
Events
Presented in collaboration with Asia Society Texas Center, the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts presents On Vanishing, a new site-specific choreographic work by Jonah Bokaer. Originally created for the Solomon R....
May 3, 2012
Events
Enjoy a reading and concert by writer and guitarist Richard Dobson. The charismatic and cultured artist will be sharing his work and music in an evening of instrumental and spoken art. His work Townes Van Zandt and The Gulf Coast...
May 3, 2012
Events
British photographer Simon Gentry shares his open photo/art studio, The Photobooth on Montrose to screen the film highlights of some of world's best contemporary dance that took place in Dance Salad Festival 2011 performances at...
Apr 25, 2012
Events
Insight|Out
May 19-20, 2012
Insight|Out is a weekend festival of media and live performance events including music, outdoor dance, and films that highlight Houston history and explore how we traverse our local landscape. Presented collaboratively by...
Apr 24, 2012
Events
Join the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art in welcoming San Francisco psychedelic rock group Sleepy Sun for an evening of dreamy space and psych rock. Having opened for such acts as Arctic Monkeys and the Black Angels, Sleepy Sun is...
Apr 24, 2012
Events
//5 POETS + TRIO MUSETTE AND TWO STAR SYMPHONY+H-TOWN STREATS + BRUGAL RUM
April 26th, 2012
6pm to 10pm
Free and open to the public
FotoFest Headquarters
1113 Vine Street, Suite 101
Houston, TX 77002
www.makeplayspeak.com/...
Apr 20, 2012
Events
Sailors abandoned in a storm, austerity measures, generals executed, protests and riots, a Spartan army ravaging the countryside, Apollo selling temples to the highest bidder, Greek debt worth 159% of GDP, and skimming-off-the-top, tax-avoiding...
Apr 13, 2012
Events
From HCC Central Dance
CDE Two
Directed by Maggie Lasher
April 27 and 28 at 7:30
In the Heinen Theatre
Guest artists from Pilobolus, FrenetiCore and ChinaCat Dance take the stage in HCC Central Dance Ensemble’s...
Apr 13, 2012
Events
Dominic Walsh Dance Theater
May 3, 4 & 5, 2012 at 7:30 PM
Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Zilkha Hall, 800 Bagby
The company’s stellar tenth anniversary season closes with the world premiere of Walsh’s Camille Claudel about...
Apr 12, 2012
Events
Art League Houston is pleased to present a night of creative and compelling improvisational theatre with Houston Playback Theatre. Using the dramatic oil paintings of Mexican-American artist Rigoberto A. Gonzalez, currently on view at Art...
Apr 12, 2012
Events
OldWest Melodrama will introduce a cast of eccentric characters and an air of suspense for its next production, “Murder on the Oriental Rug!”
The murder mystery will premier at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 4 at Puffabelly’s Depot...
Apr 6, 2012
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Embark on a visual journey that evokes the wonder of the universe on Sat April 21 at 8 p.m. at Miller Outdoor Theatre. Miller presents” Bella Gaia (Beautiful Earth): A Poetic Vision of Earth from Space," a ‘Living Atlas’...
Apr 5, 2012
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Friday, May 4, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. Featuring Houston City Dance Company, 5.Seven, and Houston City Dance Ensemble, the performance showcases new works by artistic director, Sherese Campbell, emerging artist choreography award recipient Jaimee...
Apr 5, 2012
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The Michele Brangwen Dance Ensemble premieres KATSU, a new work with choreography by Michele Brangwen; music by Tim Hagans and Thomas Helton; film, and live camera.
KATSU celebrates the forces unleashed when the restrictions of one's environment...
Apr 4, 2012
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May 19, 2012 at 2 p.m. Featuring City Dance Ensemble and 5.Seven performing works in progress, this event also showcases ongoing classes in jazz, ballet, tap hip-hop, and Flamenco at Houston City Dance's studio 5411...
Apr 4, 2012
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