Culture Wire
Aug 27, 2010
Russian Cultural Center “Our Texas”
Invites to
Russian Holiday Bazaar for Upcoming Christmas
RCC Our Texas- 2337 Bissonnet Houston, TX 77005
One of the great joys of Christmas is the anticipation of the season. The fall is coming and many people crave for the atmosphere of cooler temperatures, gift giving, and holiday spirit. Please come to the Russian Cultural Center to get outstanding Christmas presents right now.
We offer souvenirs...
Aug 18, 2010
Russian Cultural Center Our Texas presents
Special Music Evening
With Maestro Hans Graf
WHEN: September 13, 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
WHERE: RCC Our Texas, 2337 Bissonnet Houston, TX 77005
ADMISSION $20 / RCC members $15
Hans Graf the Music Director of the Houston Symphony and his colleagues will speak about and present the most interesting fragments from upcoming 2010-2011 music season.
The new Houston Symphony season promises to be a...
Aug 12, 2010
Art League Houston announces its newest class!!
Art.Social
For Grown Ups Only
(21 years and up)
Thursday classes: September 30, October 21, November 11, December 2
Friday classes: September 24, October 8, November 5, December 3
6:30 P.M. – 9:30 P.M.
Tuition PER SESSION is $35 members / $45 non-members. Price includes supplies. Space is limited to 28 per session, so call us today to register! To register or for more information contact us at 713-523-9530.
Open...
Aug 9, 2010
Art League Houston presents
Joseph Havel
2010 Texas Artist of the Year
Cockroach Poems
On view September 2 – October 15, 2010
Opening Reception Thursday, September 2, 2010, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Art League Houston, Main Gallery
Art League Houston
1953 Montrose Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77006
For Immediate Release: For more information contact:
Sarah Schellenberg, 713.523.9530 or sarah@artleaguehouston.org
Photos and complete...
Aug 9, 2010
ALH Kids Studio presents its newest initiative:
Art Classes for Toddlers and Pre-Schoolers.
Taught by Meredith Massar
You’ve watched your big brothers and sisters make paintings, now it’s your turn! Art League Houston's Kids Studio classes provide parents and children alike with creative, fun ways to engage their imaginations through visual art activities. Throughout the semester, parents and children will learn about and create art in a fun-filled atmosphere that encourages...
Aug 7, 2010
August 28th marks the reception date for the artist, Joyce Howell, whose first show in Galveston will be at Bogan Gallery, 2217 Postoffice Street. Titled, "Local Color." the name aptly implies that these works contain the colors of the sand and sea, the greens and blues and greys of water and the orchres of sand. However, the term, "local color," can be interpreted in other ways, from the color below your feet, to memories of places or things that impressed you by their...
Aug 6, 2010
Rice Design Alliance Gives Second Annual Spotlight Award to Japanese Architect Sou Fujimoto
As this year’s award committee deliberated about whom to give the second annual Spotlight: The Rice Design Alliance Prize, the up and coming architect Sou Fujimoto rose to the top as a unanimous choice. The award, which recognizes an exceptionally gifted architect in the early phase of their professional career, carries a cash prize of $1,500. Graduating from the University of Tokyo’s Department of...
Aug 5, 2010
Beginning August 28, Spacetaker will host Thrice Removed, a solo exhibition by multi-media artist Lovie Olivia, as a part of its new ARC Exhibition series. A play on the phrase “twice removed” denoting familial relations through a system of “removals,” Olivia re-contextualizes this terminology to imply separation from African traditions and customs, male authority, and heterosexual privilege in this new solo show. Her work explores the multi-dimensionality of women of African...
Aug 2, 2010
White Linen Night Expands to Woodland Heights
HOUSTON, TX – July 28, 2010 -- Dee Dillman is thrilled to hang the White Linen Night banner in front of her shop, Kaboom Books. “White Linen Night is coming to the Woodlands Heights,” she exclaims. She positions the flag perfectly so passing cars on Houston Avenue will see, and greets customers with, “So, do you have any plans for August 7?”
According to Mitch Cohen, the event’s coordinator, this is the first year businesses in...
Aug 2, 2010
Artist Michel Muylle to be featured during White Linen Night August 7
(HOUSTON -- July 29, 2010) Michel Muylle has always loved art. Most of his closest friends are artists, and he has been an avid art collector for several years. Only recently, Muylle realized that he also enjoys creating art.
After studying to be an engineer, obtaining a management degree and building a career in a multinational oil and gas company, the Belgium native decided to explore his...
