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Thursday June 21, 2012
12:00 PM

The Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park

Steven Fenberg will tell the story of Jesse Holman Jones who wielded power comparable to that of FDR and saved a crippled U.S. economy during the Great Depression. At ...

1:00 PM

The Houston Summer Boat Show is always family friendly with something new and fun for everyone. Attractions include Fish-O-Rama, a great way for kids to catch a rainbow trout; the ...

2:00 PM

Ponyo is a fish-girl who lives in an underwater castle with her father and several sisters. Wanting to see more of the world, she floats away on the back of ...

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

Houston Arts Alliance Gallery

Representatives from several Houston-based refugee communities will share events that led up to their displacement, their experience in refugee camps and resettlement in Houston. They will also discuss efforts — both ...

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

Jones Graduate School of Business - Rice University

This presentation at McNair Hall will address the effect of federal health care reform legislation on the relationships between physicians and hospitals. We will focus on the changes in the ...

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

German artist Gerhard Richter (born 1932), one of the world's greatest living painters, has spent over half a century experimenting with a tremendous range of techniques and ideas, addressing ...

7:30 PM

This show celebrates the modern family, shatters the myths of mental illness and redefines what it means to be "normal" in an ever-changing, unknowable world. Written by Tom Kitt and ...

7:30 PM

Experimental filmmaker and independent film curator Craig Baldwin first became interested in the collage film form while studying under Bruce Conner at San Francisco State University. Since the late 1970s ...

7:30 PM

Main Street Theater - Chelsea Market

Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins is a hysterically funny, down-to-earth story of the unsinkable Molly Ivins, the brassy newspaper columnist and best-selling author. A true Texas ...

8:00 PM

Il Divo, a cosmopolitan quartet of pop/opera crossover singers created by Simon Cowell, will take over the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. The event is reserved seating only, and preferred ...

8:00 PM

Three deceased strangers, each sentenced to live in hell for all eternity, are escorted into a small, ordinary living room. As the play evolves, the darkest secrets and desires of ...

9:00 PM

Vertigo was formed in early 2006 by Nik Rincon with other members of his previous bands. The motto behind the band was to rock out audiences by performing major radio ...

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 ...

Friday June 22, 2012
9:00 AM

DockDogs, the national dog jumping competition, is a three-day festival featuring contestants from across Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana in diverse jumping competitions. The original Big Air competition showcases retrievers running ...

1:00 PM

The Houston Summer Boat Show is always family friendly with something new and fun for everyone. Attractions include Fish-O-Rama, a great way for kids to catch a rainbow trout; the ...

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 ...

6:00 PM

Experimental printmaker Paula Roland's Sizzle! Hot Wax Prints combines the historic practices of encaustic painting and printmaking to form a new art: Encaustic wax printing. As paper and wax ...

6:00 PM

Palace Lanes

The American Association of Zoo Keepers' "Bowling For Rhinos" has has contributed $95,000 to a $3.5 million campaign this far in support of three conservation projects: The Lewa ...

7:00 PM

The Mercer

This exclusive meet-and-greet with several players from the USA Men's National Team and head coach Mike Tolkin, ahead of the first-ever international rugby match at BBVA Compass Stadium against ...

7:00 PM

The new film from leading Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Distant; Climates) follows a group of men — including a police commissioner, a prosecutor, a doctor and a murder suspect — as ...

7:30 PM

As Yani Rose Keo, a Cambodian refugee, sits on a plane bound for Houston. She is haunted by the empty seats around her. Joined on the plane by a Nepalese ...

7:30 PM

Main Street Theater - Chelsea Market

When Pinkalicious eats one too many pink cupcakes she catches a case of Pinkititis and turns pink from head to toe. Only her broccoli-eating little brother can help her get ...

8:00 PM

Lavard Skou-Larsen leads "German Masters," a playbill with Strauss' poetic Death and Transfiguration, Brahms' rich Symphony No. 3 in F Major and the concerto of choice of the Cynthia Woods ...

8:00 PM

This show celebrates the modern family, shatters the myths of mental illness and redefines what it means to be "normal" in an ever-changing, unknowable world. Written by Tom Kitt and ...

8:00 PM

Three deceased strangers, each sentenced to live in hell for all eternity, are escorted into a small, ordinary living room. As the play evolves, the darkest secrets and desires of ...

8:00 PM

Frenetic Theater

Curated by jhon r. stronks and hosted by Miss Understood, "Frenetic After Dark: A Glittered, Gutted and Glorified Cabaret" is a new monthly event featuring performances by locals. Each installment ...

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

The funniest of modern comedies and a farce within a farce, Noises Off takes the clichés of the genre and shakes them up in a wild comic blender into ...

8:00 PM

Fitzgerald's

White Arrows and Brothertiger open for Beat Connection at Fitzgerald's Downstairs. Doors open at 8 p.m. 

8:00 PM

Obsidian Art Space

Cocaine and Ethel Merman: The New Homo Guide, L. Robert Westeen' brand new one-man show, is a humorous and, at times, touching romp through the life of a gay man ...

8:00 PM

If you miss Houston Museum of Natural Science's monthly "Mixers and Elixirs" bash, this isn't it. Rather, it's a new and improved shindig during which local food ...

8:00 PM

This citywide GLBT celebration includes show-stopping performances at Discovery Green by Houston's best GLBT singers, dancers and musicians hosted by Tye Blue and Grammy-winning guest star Thelma Houston.

8:30 PM

Houston Symphony performs musical masterpieces for audiences of all ages. This is a ticketed event for the covered seating area. Free tickets are available (four per person over age 16 ...

9:00 PM

This inaugural Wonderland Houston dance fete is presented by Pride Houston in partnership with Live Nation and promises to be the premiere circuit party of the Houston LGBT Pride Celebration ...

9:00 PM

Doppelganger is a nine-piece dance band with a driving rhythm section, tight horns and two fabulous singer-entertainers.

Saturday June 23, 2012
9:00 AM

DockDogs, the national dog jumping competition, is a three-day festival featuring contestants from across Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana in diverse jumping competitions. The original Big Air competition showcases retrievers running ...

10:00 AM

The Houston Summer Boat Show is always family friendly with something new and fun for everyone. Attractions include Fish-O-Rama, a great way for kids to catch a rainbow trout; the ...

1:00 PM

Pride Houston

With more than 200 exhibitors, multiple stages and attendance of more than 60,000 people, the Festival has something for everyone. Exhibits include Houston Dynamo Kids' Zone, the Walgreens Health ...

2:00 PM

Main Street Theater - Chelsea Market

When Pinkalicious eats one too many pink cupcakes she catches a case of Pinkititis and turns pink from head to toe. Only her broccoli-eating little brother can help her get ...

2:00 PM
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This opportunity to see Yoshio Taniguchi's first free-standing structure in the United States will focus on the materials, influences and ambience of the building. Tour stops will include The ...

2:00 PM

Houston Maritime Museum

After the fall of Saigon, many Vietnamese refugees made new homes along the Texas Coast. Forging a new way of life was not easy, but the resulting blend of Vietnamese ...

2:00 PM

As Yani Rose Keo, a Cambodian refugee, sits on a plane bound for Houston. She is haunted by the empty seats around her. Joined on the plane by a Nepalese ...

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 ...

5:00 PM

Main Street Theater - Chelsea Market

When Pinkalicious eats one too many pink cupcakes she catches a case of Pinkititis and turns pink from head to toe. Only her broccoli-eating little brother can help her get ...

6:00 PM

The new film from leading Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Distant; Climates) follows a group of men — including a police commissioner, a prosecutor, a doctor and a murder suspect — as ...

6:00 PM

Waterway Square

"Waterway Nights" features live music and strolling entertainers every Saturday in June from 6 to 8 p.m. Produced by The Woodlands Convention & Visitors Bureau, this season's line-up includes ...

7:00 PM

A multicultural event that will celebrate Michael Jackson's life, this show includes many acts featuring director and performer Kedrick Brown alongside Brandon Garcia, Little Folks Dance Company, Ambassadors Ballet ...

7:30 PM

Moores Opera House

Lavard Skou-Larsen leads "German Masters," a playbill with Strauss' poetic Death and Transfiguration, Brahms' rich Symphony No. 3 in F Major and the concerto of choice of the Cynthia Woods ...

8:00 PM

This show celebrates the modern family, shatters the myths of mental illness and redefines what it means to be "normal" in an ever-changing, unknowable world. Written by Tom Kitt and ...

8:00 PM

Main Street Theater - Chelsea Market

Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins is a hysterically funny, down-to-earth story of the unsinkable Molly Ivins, the brassy newspaper columnist and best-selling author. A true Texas ...

8:00 PM

Obsidian Art Space

Cocaine and Ethel Merman: The New Homo Guide, L. Robert Westeen' brand new one-man show, is a humorous and, at times, touching romp through the life of a gay man ...

8:00 PM

Three deceased strangers, each sentenced to live in hell for all eternity, are escorted into a small, ordinary living room. As the play evolves, the darkest secrets and desires of ...

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

The funniest of modern comedies and a farce within a farce, Noises Off takes the clichés of the genre and shakes them up in a wild comic blender into ...

8:00 PM

3 Doors Down plays at Bayou Music Center (formerly known as Verizon Wireless Theater). Doors open at 8 p.m. 

8:15 PM

Pride Houston

With more than 200 exhibitors, multiple stages and attendance of more than 60,000 people, the Festival has something for everyone. Exhibits include Houston Dynamo Kids' Zone, the Walgreens Health ...

8:30 PM

Houston Symphony performs musical masterpieces for audiences of all ages. This is a ticketed event for the covered seating area. Free tickets are available (four per person over age 16 ...

9:00 PM

Special guest DJ Riley from Chicago will spin current pop, Top 40 and dance videos, including many he personally produced that have never been seen before. This official After Pride ...

9:00 PM

Walter's

"A Couple of Stand Up Gals" is a comedy show featuring five local female comedians and two female-led bands. Comics include Kristen Linder, Dusti Rhodes, Dianne Gallagher, Abby Koenig and ...

9:00 PM

Best known in California for its rendition of Hall & Oates' "Sara Smile," The Brew has opened for the Rippingtons, George Howard, Everette Harp, Jeff Lorber, Chuchito Valdez, Hiroshima, Acoustic Alchemy ...

Sunday June 24, 2012
9:00 AM

DockDogs, the national dog jumping competition, is a three-day festival featuring contestants from across Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana in diverse jumping competitions. The original Big Air competition showcases retrievers running ...

12:00 PM

The Houston Summer Boat Show is always family friendly with something new and fun for everyone. Attractions include Fish-O-Rama, a great way for kids to catch a rainbow trout; the ...

12:15 PM

Renowned in his lifetime for his elegant designs and superior craftsmanship, Duncan Phyfe (1770–1854) remains to this day America's most famous cabinetmaker. In the early 1800s, furniture from ...

2:00 PM

Main Street Theater - Chelsea Market

When Pinkalicious eats one too many pink cupcakes she catches a case of Pinkititis and turns pink from head to toe. Only her broccoli-eating little brother can help her get ...

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 ...

3:00 PM

This show celebrates the modern family, shatters the myths of mental illness and redefines what it means to be "normal" in an ever-changing, unknowable world. Written by Tom Kitt and ...

3:00 PM

Messina Hof Winery & Resort

There are a wide variety of grapes produced throughout the world. Each berry takes on many different flavors, textures and forms. Grape varietals are different breeds of grapes that can ...

3:00 PM

The new film from leading Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Distant; Climates) follows a group of men — including a police commissioner, a prosecutor, a doctor and a murder suspect — as ...

4:00 PM

The First Annual Curry Crawl offers a spicy mix of top toques battling it out to win the title of "Best Curry" while showcasing and sampling their competing creations for ...

7:00 PM

Main Street Theater - Chelsea Market

Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins is a hysterically funny, down-to-earth story of the unsinkable Molly Ivins, the brassy newspaper columnist and best-selling author. A true Texas ...

7:30 PM

Fans can expect Van Halen to perform selections from A Different Kind Of Truth alongside songs from its arsenal of epic hits that include "Eruption," "Running with the Devil," "Jamie ...

7:30 PM

One Direction will play the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. Gates open at 6:30 p.m.  Status: Reserved seating and preferred parking are sold out. A limited number of lawn ...

7:30 PM

The funniest of modern comedies and a farce within a farce, Noises Off takes the clichés of the genre and shakes them up in a wild comic blender into ...

8:00 PM

Three deceased strangers, each sentenced to live in hell for all eternity, are escorted into a small, ordinary living room. As the play evolves, the darkest secrets and desires of ...

9:00 PM

Dance in over 5,000 cubic feet of organic foam. Ask anyone who has been to South Beach's foam parties and they'll tell you they are fun (and ...

Monday June 25, 2012
11:00 AM

Take a "Journey through China" with Dance of Asian America. Visit many of China's 56 ethnic groups and learn about their cultures, traditions and history. This an interactive program ...

11:30 AM

Main Street Theater - Chelsea Market

When Pinkalicious eats one too many pink cupcakes she catches a case of Pinkititis and turns pink from head to toe. Only her broccoli-eating little brother can help her get ...

6:30 PM

The Wynden

The Houston-based nonprofit Friends for Good hosts a culinary extravaganza with seven of the chefs and restaurants featured in the cookbook for-a-cause Green Beans and Guacamole. The night will kick ...

7:00 PM

The band is touring in support of its new RIAA-certified Platinum record, Mylo Xyloto, which has scored the most No. 1 rankings of any album this year worldwide, topping the ...

7:30 PM

Annenberg Presidential Conference Center at Texas A&M University

Experience the wide variety of instrumental color on display in a program that includes Jennifer Higdon's Trio for Piano and Strings and ends with Beethoven's Septet for Strings ...

8:00 PM

Three deceased strangers, each sentenced to live in hell for all eternity, are escorted into a small, ordinary living room. As the play evolves, the darkest secrets and desires of ...

Tuesday June 26, 2012
11:00 AM

The Sounds Like Fun! series returns to Miller with a relaxed and dynamic music experience designed for the whole family.

11:30 AM

Main Street Theater - Chelsea Market

When Pinkalicious eats one too many pink cupcakes she catches a case of Pinkititis and turns pink from head to toe. Only her broccoli-eating little brother can help her get ...

11:30 AM

Rockwell Pavilion — M.D. Anderson Library

The Houston Refugee Women's Collaborative's panel discussion titled "The Resilient Soul: An Insight into the Refugee Experience" explores how world conflicts cause global migrations. In 2010 the group ...

11:30 AM

Career and Recovery Resources hosts the annual Barrier Breaker Luncheon to honor local leaders and acknowledge several of the organization's star clients who have overcome personal barriers in order ...

3:00 PM

These afternoon events are presented in celebration of the exhibitions Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London and Unrivalled Splendor: The Kimiko and John Powers Collection of ...

7:00 PM

The band is touring in support of its new RIAA-certified Platinum record, Mylo Xyloto, which has scored the most No. 1 rankings of any album this year worldwide, topping the ...

7:30 PM

In one of the most explosive political books in years, Gail Collins declares, "What happens in Texas doesn't stay in Texas anymore." In As Texas Goes…How the Lone ...

7:30 PM

Moores Opera House

Experience the wide variety of instrumental color on display in a program that includes Jennifer Higdon's Trio for Piano and Strings and ends with Beethoven's Septet for Strings ...

8:00 PM

Three deceased strangers, each sentenced to live in hell for all eternity, are escorted into a small, ordinary living room. As the play evolves, the darkest secrets and desires of ...

Wednesday June 27, 2012
10:00 AM

Introduce children to the magic of art and literature in an intimate house museum setting. Rienzi's Storytime Tours are a fun and interactive activity featuring stories related to themes ...

11:00 AM

Experience the artists of tomorrow as young musicians ages 4 to 18 perform. Produced by Houston Young Artist's Concert.

11:30 AM

Main Street Theater - Chelsea Market

When Pinkalicious eats one too many pink cupcakes she catches a case of Pinkititis and turns pink from head to toe. Only her broccoli-eating little brother can help her get ...

5:00 PM

The Methodist Hospital

Talented emerging classical musicians come to Houston from all over the world to partake in the month-long Texas Music Festival and learn from world class faculty and acclaimed conductors. The ...

6:00 PM

United Way of Greater Houston Community Resource Center

The transformation of Buffalo Bayou Park, one of Houston's iconic green spaces, is well underway. With a $30 million gift from the Kinder Foundation, a strong public-private partnership has ...

6:00 PM

In this spirited coming-of-age story, college-bound Latino high school students compete to be the state's champion Mariachi band while experiencing the trials and triumphs shared by all American teens ...

7:00 PM

Each chef in the Signature Chef Series will host a dinner featuring their own carefully crafted, exclusive menu of specialties, along with their personal section of wine pairings. Guests will ...

7:30 PM

Main Street Theater - Chelsea Market

Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins is a hysterically funny, down-to-earth story of the unsinkable Molly Ivins, the brassy newspaper columnist and best-selling author. A true Texas ...

7:30 PM

Radical Eats Cafe

Vegan restaurateur Staci Davis rolls up her sleeves and teaches guests how to make her Butternut Squash Lasagna. Come in to dine or just hang out. Order the special or ...

8:00 PM

The National Center for Human Performance

The Texas Medical Center Orchestra will be performing in Carnegie Hall on May 24. In order to raise funds, TMCO is offering local musicians the opportunity to rehearse and perform ...

9:00 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 ...

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