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Friday May 04, 2012
8:00 AM

The Woodlands Country Club

The annual PGA Champions Tour event will be held from April 30 to May 6. Brad Faxon returns to defend his title and will join two-time champion Bernhard Langer, John ...

10:30 AM

Cinderella is the classic story of a beautiful girl, her evil stepmother and stepsisters, and the fairy godmother who helps her meet the prince of her dreams. Enchanting and stimulating ...

11:00 AM

Can a woman be a hero? Based on a popular Chinese folk tale, this world premiere opera explores the differences between wisdom and knowledge when a young wife must rescue ...

12:00 PM

Southern Living Showcase Home

Southern hospitality comes home to Houston when Stone Acorn Builders debuts the city's first Southern Living Showcase Home for three weekends. Located at 5307 Aspen in Bellaire, the 4 ...

1:30 PM

The May and June 2012 Friday and Saturday Afternoon Lectures provide a fresh take on the Old Masters at the MFAH. A reception to meet the speaker follows each program ...

5:00 PM

Inner Engineering is a technology for well being derived from the ancient science of yoga. An authentic program for self-empowerment and personal growth, the course opens up the possibility for ...

5:30 PM

Rewind to 1986: With wildly creative art cars and the crazy antics of the Urban Animals roller skating gang, this exhibition relives the inspiration for Houston's first art car ...

5:30 PM

Houston Center for Photography will open four exhibitions: Senior Dogs Across America by Nancy LeVine, Elderly Animals by Isa Leshko, When You're Out There by David Politzer and Collaborations ...

6:00 PM

BlackFinn American Grille

Join the ladies of Women of Wardrobe, aka WOW, and bring a pair of gently used, professional shoes to be donated to Dress for Success Houston. Donors will be entered ...

6:00 PM

At this 1980s-themed art party, guests will boogie along to favorite big hair tunes while enjoying treats by Butter & Co. and beverages from Saint Arnold Brewing Co., Tito's Handmade ...

6:45 PM

Stick 'Em Up! is a gritty Houston-made documentary exploring the subculture of wheat pasting, an inner-city art that is as provocative as it is misunderstood. Filmmakers Alex Luster, Tony Reyes ...

7:00 PM

Chico is a young piano player with big dreams living in 1948 Cuba. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and desire unite them as they chase ...

7:00 PM

Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church

University of North Carolina professor Charlie Tuggle's documentary, Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, follows the wrenching story of women looking for their lost grandchildren, stolen, they believe, during ...

7:30 PM

Christ the King Lutheran Church

Trio Settecento is made up of rising star violinist Rachel Barton Pine, acclaimed cellist John Mark Rozendaal and harpsichordist David Schrader. The energetic ensemble will perform a spirited program of ...

7:30 PM

This story of regal cousins, Mary, Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth I, rivals for the crown and the same nobleman's love, delivers fascinating historical drama. Elizabeth has imprisoned Mary ...

7:30 PM

This stellar season closes with the world premiere of Walsh's dance theater work about the life of Camille Claudel, an artist of exceptional and unusual talent who influenced the ...

8:00 PM

It's Christmas Eve, and Sharky has returned to Dublin to look after his irascible, ageing brother who's recently gone blind. Old drinking buddies Ivan and Nicky are holed ...

8:00 PM

Travelsty showcases songs and sketches about America's favorite travel destinations combined with the joys and difficulties in reaching them. Songs included in this music and comedy trek are "Georgia ...

8:00 PM

Classic silent films get a new twist thanks to Texas' indie classical musicians. March 23 - Martyrs of the Alamo Austin's Invincible Czars perform its original score to D.W ...

8:00 PM

Texas Repertory Theatre

Yasmina Reza explores art as well as the true nature of friendship in her Tony Award-winning play. After paying a quarter of a million dollars for a painting, Serge finds ...

8:00 PM

Spring Street Studios

Art is a sardonic, witty comedy by award-winning French playwright Yasmina Reza (God of Carnage at the Alley Theatre last year). The story unfolds with three men — Serge, the modernist ...

8:00 PM

The sound of Quetzal is as rich and complex as its plural-ethnic barrio experience. The band's combination of community activism and creative compositions has allowed it to travel the ...

8:00 PM

La Cage Aux Folles tells the story of George (George Hamilton), the owner of a glitzy nightclub in Saint-Tropez, and his partner Albin (Christopher Sieber), who moonlights as the glamorous ...

8:00 PM

War'Hous Visual Studios

Dandee Warhol has been cooking up an event that will give a new perspective to the Star Wars growing cult. The event opens on Star Wars Day, which has been ...

8:00 PM

Starring Sally Edmundson and James Belcher, climb aboard this sensitive, funny and touching look at middle-aged love. The story unfolds with two strangers on a train: He's a famous ...

8:00 PM

For his entire life, Shostakovich struggled with various political regimes, falling in and out of favor many times. In the Anti-Formalist Rayok, hear Shostakovich railing against his oppressors with biting ...

8:00 PM

This historical thriller is the true story of a modern man for all seasons: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a theologian who defied the Nazis and ultimately led an assassination attempt against Hitler ...

8:00 PM

Barnevelder Theater

A treat for the eyes and the ears, Psophonia Dance Company gets scrumptious in their latest production, Delicious. Tapping into the child within, Delicious unfolds a colorful world of play ...

8:00 PM

Main Street Theater - Chelsea Market

Main Street Theater collaborates with international partner Prague Shakespeare Festival to present Richard III. Guy Roberts, recently seen at Main Street Theater as Michael Bakunin in The Coast of Utopia ...

8:00 PM

Puffabellys Restaurant

Murder on the Oriental Rug is a spoof of a work by famed crime-novelist Agatha Christie. The play-within-a-play features eccentric characters including an alcoholic Shakespearean actor, a washed-up child star ...

8:00 PM

Country Playhouse

Director Amelia Rico Ornelas updates Woody Allen's farce to today's Communist China, echoing international headlines. When a New York tourist family flees into the American Embassy, accused as ...

9:00 PM

Stick 'Em Up! is a gritty Houston-made documentary exploring the subculture of wheat pasting, an inner-city art that is as provocative as it is misunderstood. Filmmakers Alex Luster, Tony Reyes ...

10:00 PM

Barnevelder Theater

A treat for the eyes and the ears, Psophonia Dance Company gets scrumptious in their latest production, Delicious. Tapping into the child within, Delicious unfolds a colorful world of play ...

Saturday May 05, 2012
7:30 AM

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Hosted by the Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center since 1998, Sprint for Life has raised more than $3 ...

8:00 AM

The Woodlands Country Club

The annual PGA Champions Tour event will be held from April 30 to May 6. Brad Faxon returns to defend his title and will join two-time champion Bernhard Langer, John ...

10:00 AM

Lakewood Yacht Club

The 2012 Keels & Wheels Concourse d’ Elegance hosts the largest gathering of classic automobiles and vintage wooden boats in the United States. This year's event features pre-war American classics ...

10:00 AM

Explore Houston's rich history with local historian Louis Aulbach while cruising down the bayou. Reservations are required and can be made through Jessalyn Giacona at 713-752-0314 ext. 4. or ...

10:00 AM

Southern Living Showcase Home

Southern hospitality comes home to Houston when Stone Acorn Builders debuts the city's first Southern Living Showcase Home for three weekends. Located at 5307 Aspen in Bellaire, the 4 ...

10:30 AM

Cinderella is the classic story of a beautiful girl, her evil stepmother and stepsisters, and the fairy godmother who helps her meet the prince of her dreams. Enchanting and stimulating ...

11:00 AM

Depot Plaza

The smell of crawfish boiling in the pot will fill the air along with classic rock, Motown and traditional Cajun tunes at the Rails and Tails Mudbug Festival. Chow down ...

11:00 AM

548 W 19th St

Walking visitors are greeted by musicians, abstract paintings, glass earrings, steampunk jewelry, photography and handmade books. Every first Saturday of each month, The Heights shopping district on the parking lot ...

12:00 PM

In tandem with the Downtown Home Tour, enjoy a full day of eco-education and solution-based, interactive events featuring live music, lectures, local foods, living greener demos and kid's activities ...

12:00 PM

Downtown Home Tour Headquarters

Experience downtown living with a tour of private residences. This event offers a rare opportunity for guests to view more than six downtown residential buildings in one afternoon, with proceeds ...

12:00 PM

The Third Annual Disco Green Electronic Music Festival returns to Discovery Green and brings internationally renowned DJs with a Cinco de Mayo beat. Making his Houston debut at Disco Green ...

12:00 PM

East End Street Fest

Taco trucks will gather and battle for Best Taco during the first East End Street Festival. The winning taco will have the coveted crown for one year. There will be ...

1:00 PM

Cinderella is the classic story of a beautiful girl, her evil stepmother and stepsisters, and the fairy godmother who helps her meet the prince of her dreams. Enchanting and stimulating ...

1:00 PM

The Piñata Bash is a Cinco de Mayo celebration with tapas, tequila tasting by Tequila Avión and music on the balcony of Américas River Oaks benefiting The ...

1:00 PM

Showcasing the latest designs from {temple street}, Dao Chloe Dao will host a Mother's Day Trunk Show in its Rice Village store. Designer Ana Mae Holmes will be available ...

1:00 PM

Main Street Theater - Chelsea Market

Life in the Hatcher household makes 12-year-old Peter feel like running away sometimes — especially as his younger brother Fudge gets older and becomes more of a pain. And now that ...

1:00 PM

BOX13 ArtSpace

"The Empty Box Ole!" offers collectors and art lovers an opportunity to acquire amazing art donated by local, national and international artists to help support Box 13. The event will ...

2:00 PM

The Fifth Annual "Run for The Roses" Kentucky Derby Party honoring Holly Harwood Skolkin and benefiting the Holly Rose Ribbon Foundation will feature complimentary mint juleps, derby-tinis (pink martini), Mo ...

2:00 PM

Berryhill Baja Grill

The 2012 Cinco Drinko event features live music from The Tontons and Poor Pilate and samples of Buffalo Bayou Brewing Company's new summer suds. Prizes will be given away ...

2:00 PM

La Cage Aux Folles tells the story of George (George Hamilton), the owner of a glitzy nightclub in Saint-Tropez, and his partner Albin (Christopher Sieber), who moonlights as the glamorous ...

2:30 PM

It's Christmas Eve, and Sharky has returned to Dublin to look after his irascible, ageing brother who's recently gone blind. Old drinking buddies Ivan and Nicky are holed ...

3:00 PM

Jackson's Watering Hole

Join Trees For Houston RedBuds for a day at the races, fiesta style, celebrating Cinco de Mayo and the Kentucky Derby. Guests will enjoy mint margaritas, Mexican beer and fare ...

3:00 PM

Lazarus House

This annual party features margaritas, Mexican food and live music. Guests will enjoy tunes by the Anne Mundy Band, fajitas by Fiesta Tacos, margaritas by Tony K's Fine Spirits ...

4:00 PM

WindSync, an innovative woodwind group, is celebrating National Chamber Music month with a week of impromptu local public performances and a culminating concert featuring music of American composers and song ...

4:00 PM

The May and June 2012 Friday and Saturday Afternoon Lectures provide a fresh take on the Old Masters at the MFAH. A reception to meet the speaker follows each program ...

4:00 PM

Main Street Theater - Chelsea Market

Life in the Hatcher household makes 12-year-old Peter feel like running away sometimes — especially as his younger brother Fudge gets older and becomes more of a pain. And now that ...

5:00 PM

Gallery Sonja Roesch

In Dirk Rathke's third solo exhibition titled Endearing the Line, the artist creates objects with painterly materials — wooden frames, canvas and paint — that go beyond the scope of the ...

5:00 PM

Archway Gallery

The paintings featured in Pretense portray the surreal human circus. The actors Askew creates identify themselves one mask at a time, by concealing their identities and by establishing new ones ...

5:00 PM

Teams of up-and-coming chefs from the Art Institute compete head-to-head for the opportunity to concoct the next culinary delight to be featured on the menu of Minute Maid Park. Three ...

6:00 PM

This gala dinner and concert will benefit chamber music education and financial assistance programs of Virtuosi of Houston. Entertainment includes appearances by celebrity performers, current Virtuosi student musicians and Virtuosi ...

6:00 PM

Galeria Regina

Lorena Morales expresses change, possibility and potential in her art. She creates sculptures that can be disassembled and rearranged, and paintings on Plexiglas that vary depending on the light in ...

6:30 PM

Armand Bayou Nature Center

Armand Bayou Nature Center celebrates 38 years of preserving the habitats surrounding Armand Bayou and advocating for environmental education. At "Back to the Bayou" guests will make their way through ...

6:45 PM

Stick 'Em Up! is a gritty Houston-made documentary exploring the subculture of wheat pasting, an inner-city art that is as provocative as it is misunderstood. Filmmakers Alex Luster, Tony Reyes ...

7:00 PM

Hope Stone wraps up its season with a presentation of children's art entitled Kid's Play: An Opera in One Act, a one-hour production showcasing the young members of ...

7:00 PM

BOX13 ArtSpace

"The Empty Box Ole!" offers collectors and art lovers an opportunity to acquire amazing art donated by local, national and international artists to help support Box 13. The event will ...

7:30 PM

"Art with Heart" is an auction, big board and raffle event featuring art, fashion and fun. The party and auction — complete with full bar, great bites and decadent desserts from ...

7:30 PM

This stellar season closes with the world premiere of Walsh's dance theater work about the life of Camille Claudel, an artist of exceptional and unusual talent who influenced the ...

7:30 PM

Sugar Land Town Square

Sugar Land Town Square hosts a Cinco de Mayo Party featuring live music by local favorite Grupo KaChe with food and beverages available for purchase from Stadia Sports Grill.

7:30 PM

In this series of intimate evenings of art and song, the rising stars of the Houston Grand Opera Studio will present a recital at Rienzi, the European Decorative Arts wing ...

7:30 PM

First Congregational Church of Houston

A festive night of chansons and champagne, the concert features world-renowned mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton. On the program are Debussy's Trois Chansons, Ravel's Trois Chansons, Badings' Trois Chansons Bretonnes ...

8:00 PM

Mexican icon Eugenia León's concert commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Puebla. With a repertoire that pairs contemporary composers with the creators of the traditional music ...

8:00 PM

Country Playhouse

Director Amelia Rico Ornelas updates Woody Allen's farce to today's Communist China, echoing international headlines. When a New York tourist family flees into the American Embassy, accused as ...

8:00 PM

Main Street Theater - Chelsea Market

Main Street Theater collaborates with international partner Prague Shakespeare Festival to present Richard III. Guy Roberts, recently seen at Main Street Theater as Michael Bakunin in The Coast of Utopia ...

8:00 PM

Puffabellys Restaurant

Murder on the Oriental Rug is a spoof of a work by famed crime-novelist Agatha Christie. The play-within-a-play features eccentric characters including an alcoholic Shakespearean actor, a washed-up child star ...

8:00 PM

To ballet fans all over the world, Angel Corella is the Spanish-born superstar of American Ballet Theatre (ABT), known for his technical precision, bravura dancing and charisma. Today, this extraordinary ...

8:00 PM

La Cage Aux Folles tells the story of George (George Hamilton), the owner of a glitzy nightclub in Saint-Tropez, and his partner Albin (Christopher Sieber), who moonlights as the glamorous ...

8:00 PM

Barnevelder Theater

A treat for the eyes and the ears, Psophonia Dance Company gets scrumptious in their latest production, Delicious. Tapping into the child within, Delicious unfolds a colorful world of play ...

8:00 PM

Starring Sally Edmundson and James Belcher, climb aboard this sensitive, funny and touching look at middle-aged love. The story unfolds with two strangers on a train: He's a famous ...

8:00 PM

Travelsty showcases songs and sketches about America's favorite travel destinations combined with the joys and difficulties in reaching them. Songs included in this music and comedy trek are "Georgia ...

8:00 PM

Spring Street Studios

Art is a sardonic, witty comedy by award-winning French playwright Yasmina Reza (God of Carnage at the Alley Theatre last year). The story unfolds with three men — Serge, the modernist ...

8:00 PM

Texas Repertory Theatre

Yasmina Reza explores art as well as the true nature of friendship in her Tony Award-winning play. After paying a quarter of a million dollars for a painting, Serge finds ...

8:00 PM

Waterway Square

Looking for a free activity the entire family will enjoy? Grab a blanket and snacks and head over to Waterway Square in The Woodlands for Movie Night, an entertainment series ...

8:00 PM

It's Christmas Eve, and Sharky has returned to Dublin to look after his irascible, ageing brother who's recently gone blind. Old drinking buddies Ivan and Nicky are holed ...

8:00 PM

The remarkably inventive trio The Bad Plus takes on the explosive Stravinsky masterpiece that set the music world reeling in 1913, rescoring The Rite of Spring for piano, bass and ...

8:00 PM

This historical thriller is the true story of a modern man for all seasons: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a theologian who defied the Nazis and ultimately led an assassination attempt against Hitler ...

9:00 PM

Stick 'Em Up! is a gritty Houston-made documentary exploring the subculture of wheat pasting, an inner-city art that is as provocative as it is misunderstood. Filmmakers Alex Luster, Tony Reyes ...

10:00 PM

Barnevelder Theater

A treat for the eyes and the ears, Psophonia Dance Company gets scrumptious in their latest production, Delicious. Tapping into the child within, Delicious unfolds a colorful world of play ...

Sunday May 06, 2012
8:00 AM

The Woodlands Country Club

The annual PGA Champions Tour event will be held from April 30 to May 6. Brad Faxon returns to defend his title and will join two-time champion Bernhard Langer, John ...

8:00 AM

Various Locations

Lemonade Day is a community-wide educational initiative designed to teach children how to start own and operate their own business: A lemonade stand. Children learn the entrepreneurial skills necessary to ...

8:00 AM

On the first Sunday of every month, join the Bayou Bikers, an informal group aiming to show Houstonians and visitors the beauty of Houston’s waterways. Local and visiting bikers ...

9:00 AM

Lakewood Yacht Club

The 2012 Keels & Wheels Concourse d’ Elegance hosts the largest gathering of classic automobiles and vintage wooden boats in the United States. This year's event features pre-war American classics ...

10:00 AM

Southern Living Showcase Home

Southern hospitality comes home to Houston when Stone Acorn Builders debuts the city's first Southern Living Showcase Home for three weekends. Located at 5307 Aspen in Bellaire, the 4 ...

11:00 AM

Depot Plaza

The smell of crawfish boiling in the pot will fill the air along with classic rock, Motown and traditional Cajun tunes at the Rails and Tails Mudbug Festival. Chow down ...

11:00 AM

Wabash Antiques & Feed

Kyler Fields, director and co-founder of The Ground Up, will speak about organic gardening. For those interested in learning about organic, sustainable lawn and garden care, Fields, a certified advisor ...

12:00 PM

In celebration of the Houston Art Car Parade's 25th anniversary, Uptown Park is hosting a sneak peek of the cars the weekend before the big parade. Get up close ...

1:00 PM

Art Improv offers family fun on select first Sundays throughout the year. Choose a work of art anywhere in the museum and make friends with it — spend time sketching it ...

1:00 PM

Showcasing the latest designs from {temple street}, Dao Chloe Dao will host a Mother's Day Trunk Show in its Rice Village store. Designer Ana Mae Holmes will be available ...

2:00 PM

Travelsty showcases songs and sketches about America's favorite travel destinations combined with the joys and difficulties in reaching them. Songs included in this music and comedy trek are "Georgia ...

2:00 PM

When Nathaniel P. Turner platted the Turner Addition in 1871, the subdivision was located more than two miles outside of Houston's city limits. The neighborhood became a desirable residential ...

2:00 PM

Join instructor Joe Blanton to learn how to compost your own nutrient-rich kitchen waste and yard debris in this intensive, hands-on workshop. Each participant will build their own 55-gallon composting ...

2:00 PM

La Cage Aux Folles tells the story of George (George Hamilton), the owner of a glitzy nightclub in Saint-Tropez, and his partner Albin (Christopher Sieber), who moonlights as the glamorous ...

2:30 PM

This historical thriller is the true story of a modern man for all seasons: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a theologian who defied the Nazis and ultimately led an assassination attempt against Hitler ...

3:00 PM

Main Street Theater - Chelsea Market

Main Street Theater collaborates with international partner Prague Shakespeare Festival to present Richard III. Guy Roberts, recently seen at Main Street Theater as Michael Bakunin in The Coast of Utopia ...

3:00 PM

Young writers will take the stage and read works inspired by in-class prompts, nature writing and cultural field trips, and written under the guidance of Writers in the Schools. The ...

3:00 PM

Allison Hunter is a visual artist who has worked in photography, video, drawing, sculpture and installation. She has an MFA from the Cantonal Art School of Lausanne, Switzerland, and an ...

3:00 PM

Crosspoing Community Church

At this month's Katy Art Mixer, guests will enjoy the sounds of the Lone Star Symphonic Band's program, "Off We Go," and view Robert Berryman's photographic works ...

3:00 PM

Texas Repertory Theatre

Yasmina Reza explores art as well as the true nature of friendship in her Tony Award-winning play. After paying a quarter of a million dollars for a painting, Serge finds ...

3:00 PM

Spring Street Studios

Art is a sardonic, witty comedy by award-winning French playwright Yasmina Reza (God of Carnage at the Alley Theatre last year). The story unfolds with three men — Serge, the modernist ...

3:00 PM

Starring Sally Edmundson and James Belcher, climb aboard this sensitive, funny and touching look at middle-aged love. The story unfolds with two strangers on a train: He's a famous ...

4:00 PM

Included in the recommended donation are two beers, well drinks or glasses of house wine. Proceeds from the event benefit 14 Pews, a nonprofit independent screening house located in The ...

4:00 PM

Gremillion & Co. Fine Art is the elegant backdrop for a series of chamber concerts programmed by River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (ROCO.) These small recitals allow the audience to experience the ...

5:00 PM

Stick 'Em Up! is a gritty Houston-made documentary exploring the subculture of wheat pasting, an inner-city art that is as provocative as it is misunderstood. Filmmakers Alex Luster, Tony Reyes ...

5:00 PM

Stafford Civic Center

Ek: an English Musical on the Life of Shri Shirdi Sai Baba is an original production about the life and times of Shri Shirdi Sai Baba, who is considered a ...

5:00 PM

Houston Masterworks Chorus, in collaboration with Texas Medical Center Orchestra, presents a program of two Brahms masterpieces including Academic Festival Overture and Ein Deutches Requiem.

5:30 PM

Houston Public Library

The Houston Public Library Foundation's fifth annual Party in the Stacks showcases the restored Julia Ideson Building, which was designed by renowned architect Ralph Adams Cram and served as ...

6:00 PM

"A Heavenly Evening" celebrates The Mission of Yahweh's 51st anniversary. Guests will enjoy a live and silent auction, entertainment, cocktails and dinner, with proceeds benefiting The Mission of Yahweh ...

6:00 PM

Christ the King Lutheran Church

The Bach Choir and Mercury Baroque, conducted by Albert LeDoux, will perform J. S. Bach's O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort (BWV 20). Join at 5:15 p.m. for Illuminations ...

7:30 PM

La Cage Aux Folles tells the story of George (George Hamilton), the owner of a glitzy nightclub in Saint-Tropez, and his partner Albin (Christopher Sieber), who moonlights as the glamorous ...

7:30 PM

In this series of intimate evenings of art and song, the rising stars of the Houston Grand Opera Studio will present a recital at Rienzi, the European Decorative Arts wing ...

9:00 PM

Stick 'Em Up! is a gritty Houston-made documentary exploring the subculture of wheat pasting, an inner-city art that is as provocative as it is misunderstood. Filmmakers Alex Luster, Tony Reyes ...

Monday May 07, 2012
10:00 AM

Encourage your little one's curiosity with nature and the outdoors. Children 18 months to 3 years with their adult companions can join naturalist Naletta Galbraith for a nature story ...

10:00 AM

Cornelia Guest will make a personal appearance at Tootsies to debut her line of cruelty-free accessories made of buttery soft faux leather and fine woven materials. Cornelia Guest, daughter of ...

4:45 PM

Plan B is a powerful film presenting a road map to eradicating poverty, stabilizing population and restoring the planet's fisheries, aquifers, soils, grasslands and biological diversity. Narrated by Matt ...

6:00 PM

Holocaust Museum Houston will honor Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and worldwide voice of conscience Elie Wiesel with its internationally recognized Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award in honor ...

7:25 PM

Plan B is a powerful film presenting a road map to eradicating poverty, stabilizing population and restoring the planet's fisheries, aquifers, soils, grasslands and biological diversity. Narrated by Matt ...

7:30 PM

The Performance Centre at The Ensemble Theatre

Bayou City Concert Musicals continues its popular cabaret series with One Kiss: The Music of Sigmund Romberg. Sigmund Romberg was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1889 and immigrated to ...

Tuesday May 08, 2012
10:00 AM

Cornelia Guest will make a personal appearance at Tootsies to debut her line of cruelty-free accessories made of buttery soft faux leather and fine woven materials. Cornelia Guest, daughter of ...

11:30 AM

The 2012 Celebrating Triumph Luncheon features actress, business woman and activist Kate Walsh, and honors famed stylist Michael W. Kemper for his commitment to the Houston community. Walsh, best known ...

2:00 PM

The Methodist Hospital

Piano professor Shannon Hesse of Texas Southern University and Houston Baptist University presents a piano master class with students from the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts studio ...

6:30 PM

This event will showcase the Top Ten Little Black Dresses by upcoming fashion design students. The top five designs are selected by celebrity judges and awarded $7,500 in scholarships ...

6:30 PM

Young Audiences of Houston explores the Lone Star State through a blend of food, music and stories in support of quality arts education for the next generation of Texans at ...

7:00 PM

Wine lovers will meet John Matta — Italian Winemaker of the Year in 1997, 2002, 2005 and 2010 — and savor an Italian dinner paired with John Matta's wine. Starting at ...

7:00 PM

Various Locations

Join Houston's most gracious hosts for intimate gourmet meals, cooking demonstrations and food and wine celebrations, showcasing Houston's finest chefs in fabulous homes and fun venues. The gala ...

7:30 PM

Big Star Bar

Slinging Ink, the brainchild of DiverseWorks artist board member Hank Hancock, is a literary series celebrating all genres of creative writing. DiverseWorks provides a theme, writers are invited to submit ...

8:00 PM

Texas singer-songwriter Richard J. Dobson will sing some of his own tunes and read from his new novel, Pleasures of the High Rhine, a Texas Singer in Exile. A travel-music-fishing ...

Wednesday May 09, 2012
10:30 AM

Cinderella is the classic story of a beautiful girl, her evil stepmother and stepsisters, and the fairy godmother who helps her meet the prince of her dreams. Enchanting and stimulating ...

11:30 AM

The Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park

The luncheon will feature keynote speaker Andrea White, who authored a children's book about The Heritage Society's most recently acquired historic building, the 1893 Baker Family Playhouse. Her ...

11:30 AM

Breakthrough Houston celebrates its first official class of students to graduate from high school. Stephen Klineberg, author of the Annual Houston Area Survey and star of recently released short film ...

12:00 PM

These lunchtime concerts are co-sponsored by KTSU-FM and will feature burgers along with live Houston blues music. March 21 - DelGrosso/Del Toro Richardson Band March 28 - Kristine Mills April 4 ...

6:00 PM

Green Building Resource Center

Bill and Andrea White, Federico Marques of Ruggles Green and Gordon Quan, chairman of the Houston Greeters, celebrate Houston's achievements in efficiency and sustainability at this event. Guests will ...

6:00 PM

The #TweetsforBeats gathering raises valuable funds to increase Houston's bystander CPR rate. With the association's CPR Anytime curriculum, anyone can learn the skills of CPR in about 20 ...

7:30 PM

Starring Sally Edmundson and James Belcher, climb aboard this sensitive, funny and touching look at middle-aged love. The story unfolds with two strangers on a train: He's a famous ...

7:30 PM

This historical thriller is the true story of a modern man for all seasons: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a theologian who defied the Nazis and ultimately led an assassination attempt against Hitler ...

8:30 PM

Great bands break rules, but legends write their own. Jane's Addiction have actually written the rule book for alternative music and culture through a combination of genre defying classic ...

8:30 PM

Grupo Kache performs Live at Ringside Lounge inside Sullivan's Steakhouse. This local Houston mainstay is a frequented hotspot open Wednesday through Saturday nights. Ringside boasts an array of tasty ...

Thursday May 10, 2012
8:00 AM

South Shore Harbour Resort

The conference will feature guest speakers, a luncheon and various breakout sessions led by local professionals and physicians. Kathryn Stockett, author of The Help, and Tate Taylor, director/producer of ...

10:00 AM

This Switzerland brand is committed to handcrafted perfection in every garment. The quality and first class processing is its highest priority.

10:30 AM

Cinderella is the classic story of a beautiful girl, her evil stepmother and stepsisters, and the fairy godmother who helps her meet the prince of her dreams. Enchanting and stimulating ...

5:00 PM
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Led by instructor Henderson Smith, the classes will be held on the Chapel grounds near the reflecting pool and Barnett Newman's sculpture Broken Obelisk. The classes will be suitable ...

5:00 PM

Raise a glass to the arts at Spacetaker's Cultured Cocktails. This weekly happy hour allows guests to get up close and personal with members of the arts and creative ...

5:30 PM

Spend an evening at one of Houston's most treasured estates, Rienzi, and enjoy a Twilight Tour of the home's remarkable collection of European decorative arts and gardens. Mix ...

6:00 PM

At this anything-goes costumed bacchanal, the art cars are the stars. Join for the wildest, most talked-about Orange show party of the year, the Legendary Art Car Ball. Guests will ...

6:00 PM

Architecture Center Houston

Local historian Louis Aulbach will present his book Buffalo Bayou: An Echo of Houston's Wilderness Beginnings, a historical guide to Buffalo Bayou. The book follows the 60 mile bayou ...

6:30 PM

At the Kemah Boardwalk's 14th annual Rock the Dock summer-long concert series, music lovers will enjoy beats from local and regional bands beginning in May and continuing each Thursday ...

6:30 PM

Best-selling author Sam Wasson will talk about filmmaker Paul Mazursky at this program, artfully titled "First We'll Have an Orgy, Then We’ll Go See Tony Bennett." "Consider the ...

6:30 PM

This annual black-tie gala honors local entrepreneurs who have made a significant impact in the Houston community. The event will also recognize one esteemed honoree and present five special achievement ...

6:30 PM

Rock out at these family-friendly concerts showcasing music of Texas and the Gulf Coast. Blankets, lawn chairs and picnics are welcome. Food, beer and wine are available for purchase. No ...

7:00 PM

Join Urban Green, Hermann Park Conservancy's young professionals group for the signature spring event on the skirts of McGovern Lake in Hermann Park. "Come Sail Away" will feature music ...

7:00 PM

Pink Ribbons Project eighth benefit performance gala of dance, music, drama and art brings the arts of Houston to life with an ambitious lineup. For the third time, the city ...

7:30 PM

Martin Arnold is an Austrian filmmaker and installation artist known for his obsessive deconstructing and refashioning of gestures found in popular movie footage. His films are intensely cut, often stretching ...

7:30 PM

Starring Sally Edmundson and James Belcher, climb aboard this sensitive, funny and touching look at middle-aged love. The story unfolds with two strangers on a train: He's a famous ...

7:30 PM

Texas Repertory Theatre

Yasmina Reza explores art as well as the true nature of friendship in her Tony Award-winning play. After paying a quarter of a million dollars for a painting, Serge finds ...

7:30 PM

Main Street Theater - Chelsea Market

Main Street Theater collaborates with international partner Prague Shakespeare Festival to present Richard III. Guy Roberts, recently seen at Main Street Theater as Michael Bakunin in The Coast of Utopia ...

7:30 PM

This historical thriller is the true story of a modern man for all seasons: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a theologian who defied the Nazis and ultimately led an assassination attempt against Hitler ...

8:00 PM

Arena Theatre

She's had her share of personal and medical hurdles during a 24-year recording career, but when it comes to the vulturous entertainment media all waiting for festering sores of ...

10:00 PM

This American Idol-type vocal contest, sponsored by Pride Houston, begins with 11 singers including: Marcus Alvarez, Shawn Anderson, Gilbert Garza, Victoria Bryan, Daniel Edwards, Dominic Di Felice, Joey Rickman ...

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