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Houston Theater Week returns with BOGO deals on the best dance, music, stage shows, and more this season

Most Houstonians love a bargain, and one of the best is back: the second annual Houston Theater Week. That means from Monday, August 14 through Sunday, August 20, patrons can get buy-one-get-one-free ticket deals on theater, dance, music and other performing arts shows happening in the Bayou City this arts season.

The Houston Theater Week website is up and running, allowing fans to plan their shopping strategy and check out shows of interest. For arts lovers and newbies alike, this is an opportunity to see the sheer depth of what's on offer in Houston's arts scene. Sales begin on Friday, August 14; be sure to use the code HTXARTS for purchases.

Spearheaded by the Houston First Corporation, Houston Theater Week offers tickets to more than 200 performances throughout the 2023-2024 arts season, at organizations large and small across the city.

“Houston Theater Week not only provides the public with great bargains, it also supports everyone involved in producing these exceptional live programs from the performing artists to behind-the-scenes professionals,” said David Mincberg, chair, Houston First Corporation in a press release announcing the initiative.

With more than 200 performances, there's a lot for audiences to consider. Fans of '90s angst — and Alanis Morissette — can catch the TUTS presentation of the Tony and Grammy award-winning Jagged Little Pill, starting August 29.

Ars Lyrica's Fallen Angels brings the paranormal to the organization's baroque music performance at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. Selections from Henry Purcell's The Fairy Queen, Carissimi's Judgement of Solomon and more are performed by five singers and musicians on period instruments.

The Houston Symphony offers Duke Ellington's Nutcracker into Houston's holiday lineup, bringing the jazz legend's take on the Tchaikovsky classic to the stage.

Gloria Estafan fans and lovers of Afro-Cuban rhythms can grab seats to TUTS' On Your FeetOn Your Feet, the energetic music that tells the story of the Miami Sound Machine and its founder, Gloria and Emilio Estafan.

4th Wall Theatre Company explores what happens when well-meaning white educators get together to craft a show that is culturally sensitive and historically accurate in The Thanksgiving Play.

Stages presents the regional premiere of POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, a feminist farce that explores power and the presidency with biting and hilarious satire.

The all-male Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo come to Jones Hall, courtesy of Performing Arts Houston, showcasing their skillful pointe work and hilarious parodying of classical ballet in an evening guaranteed to delight dance enthusiasts and newbies alike.

Main Street Theater's production of 26 Miles is about a mother-daughter road trip that examines love, bi-racial identity and secrets.

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MOMIX: Alice is one of the productions from Performing Arts Houston available as part of Houston Theater Week.

Audiences will also find performances by The Alley, DaCamera, ROCO, the Ensemble Theatre, and many others.

For anyone who's heard that Houston's performing arts scene is pretty killer, but hasn't known where to start in seeing performances, Houston Theater Week is a fantastic entry point.

"Something for everyone" is an over-used phrase, but this initiative easily allows patrons to find their niche and see what so many of us in the city already know: our performing arts are vibrant, alive and absolutely accessible to everyone.

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Houston Theater Week runs Monday, August 14 through Sunday, August 20. For tickets and full schedules, visit the official event site.

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Prestigious contemporary art fair returns to Houston for 2026

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Untitled Art, the acclaimed contemporary art fair, returns to Houston this October.

A prestigious contemporary art fair is coming back to the Bayou City. Untitled Art, Houston returns this October for its second edition. To mark the occasion and kick off plans, the show commissioned two artist projects that will be unveiled this weekend at the 39th annual Art Car Parade on Saturday, April 11 in downtown Houston.

The art show will be held at the George R. Brown Convention Center October 2 to 4. An invitation-only VIP and Press Preview will take place on Thursday, October 1.

Houston was the organization’s first expansion from its home base in Miami. When the show arrived in the city last fall, it showcased the works of contemporary artists from Houston, other parts of Texas, and around the world.

Houstonians showed lots of enthusiasm for last year’s inaugural fair. The organization reported that several galleries reported six-figure sales and sold-out booths, and leaders from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Menil Collection, and Contemporary Arts Museum Houston were in attendance all weekend.

This year, the show promises to be even more dynamic, with programming that includes live podcast recordings, panel discussions, culinary activations, and artist-led projects with an emphasis on embedding the fair within Houston’s civic and cultural fabric. Show attendees can expect an international roster of galleries alongside collectors, curators, and artists increasingly attuned to Houston’s evolving position as both a cultural gateway to Latin America and a substantial force in the international art scene.

“Houston has proven to be a vital artery for the contemporary art market, blending a deep institutional history with a bold, global future,” Jeffrey Lawson, founder of Untitled Art, said in a statement. “We are thrilled to return and deepen our commitment to the city’s creative community.”

Beyond the exhibits at the show, Untitled Art has made a commitment to helping ensure art and art collecting is accessible to the larger community. Last year, programming events took place all over the the city, with private collection visits, studio tours with artists, and guided engagements at institutions such as the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Menil Collection, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and Asia Society Texas Center, in collaboration with more than two dozen cultural partners.

This year’s Art Car entry marks the first of its kind for the organization. Untitled Art commissioned collaborations with ascendant emerging Los Angeles-based artists Aryo Toh Djojo and Mario Ayala. Ayala's exhibition Seven Vans is currently on view at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston.

“Houston continues to assert itself as a cultural capital of the South, and the inaugural edition confirmed that there is a serious and attentive audience invested in contemporary art from local, national, and international dealers alike," said Michael Slenske, director of Untitled Art, Houston.

Information about ticket sales will be available closer to the opening.

Courtesy of World Red Eye

Untitled Art, the acclaimed contemporary art fair, returns to Houston this October.

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