The Legendary Art Car Ball
Experience a collision of creative vision and automotive brilliance in a night of electrifying displays, interactive installations, and pulsating beats. Join the movement where cars become canvases, pushing boundaries and redefining art. Get your tickets now for an unforgettable night of visionary music, outrageous fashion, and a celebration of the uniquely extraordinary.
The Art Car VIPit
The VIPit Party & Benefit is THE place to be on parade day! By purchasing a Private Luxury Suite at the VIPit, you are helping to ensure that the Houston Art Car Parade keeps rolling year after year, spreading the joy of art and creativity to hundreds of thousands of people.
Nick Flynn + AI | THEY ARE FALLING ALL AROUND ME / Postcards from the Edge of Latent Space
Rice University Moody Center for the Arts 6100 Main Street, HoustonExperience a groundbreaking interactive performance that explores the intersection of image, poetry, and artificial intelligence (AI). The result of a collaborative project between poet Nick Flynn, media artist David Rokeby, and curator Natalie Klym, this unconventional poetry reading hosted in the Moody's Lois Chiles Theater features a real-time voice-to-scrolling image generator developed by Rokeby at …
Houston Art Car Parade
One of Houston's most beloved annual events started as small gatherings of like-minded artists and individuals in the early 1980s - from the creation of Jackie Harris' "Fruitmobile" and the Ann Harithas curated exhibition "Collision" at Lawndale Art Center in 1984, to Rachel Hecker and Trish Herrera's New Music Parade and the Orange Show's "Road …
Corgi Races at Kirby Ice House
Kirby Ice House 3333 Eastside St, HoustonCalling all dog lovers to the cutest race around! Kirby Ice House will be hosting their beloved Corgi Race benefiting BARC and the Lance McCullers Foundation at the Upper Kirby location on Saturday, April 13. Grab some friends and sip on a $5 mimosa, Bloody Mary or Kirby Fresca while these adorable pups waddle their …
Dimensions Variable: A Journey Through the Senses Food-tasting, artmaking, and music inspired by “The Foreign in Us”
Rice University Moody Center for the Arts 6100 Main Street, HoustonExperience the exhibition Hayv Kahraman: The Foreign in Us through sight, sound, touch, and taste! During this multisensory event, guests can explore the galleries while enjoying a live performance of Persian music; taste a selection of torshi samples prepared by local chefs; and try their hand at paper marbling. Drawing from thematic and technical elements …
Hankus Netsky and Eden MacAdam-Somer Perform Jewish Music
Congregation Brith Shalom 4610 Bellaire Blvd., BellaireThe program "Ikh Benk Aheym" ("I long for home") explores the journey of Jewish music from Eastern Europe through the diaspora to contemporary USA. Two outstanding internationally acclaimed musicians, Hankus Netsky, founder of the Klezmer Conservatory Band (Boston), and singer/violinist Eden MacAdam-Somer are coming to Houston to perform Jewish music: ranging from traditional, both sacred …
Ruthless! The Stage Mother of All Musicals
Art Factory 1125 Providence Street, Houston TexasOutSmart’s Gayest and Greatest Award-Winning Company Presents RUTHLESS! The Stage Mother of All Musicals, Starring Colton Berry as Sylvia St. Croix! RUTHLESS! The Musical humorously gives us a glimpse into the competitive nature of show business, with book and lyrics by Joel Paley and music by Marvin Laird. This dark comedy follows the journey of …
Reception for Moody Project Wall: Practices of Attention
Rice University Moody Center for the Arts 6100 Main Street, HoustonJoin artist Angela Chen and Rice students to celebrate the completed Moody Project Wall: Practices of Attention. Students Cuiyuanxiu Chen ’24, Kevin Chen ’24, Naomi Doron ’25, saba Feleke ’25, Nevaeh Hicks ’26, Cal Mascardo ’26, and Izzy Ramnath ’26 made original contributions to this collaborative art installation in response to a series of readings, …
Skyspace Performance | Hour Selves: Moving Into Being A Dance Commission Choreographed by Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener
Rice University Moody Center for the Arts 6100 Main Street, HoustonExperience a site-responsive dance by New York-based choreographers Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener, with an original soundscape by Thomas Arsenault/Mas Isa. Each free performance will be presented in and around the James Turrell Twilight Epiphany Skyspace prior to the evening’s light sequence. Hour Selves: Moving into Being is commissioned by the Moody Center for the …
Puppies on the Plaza
POST 401 Franklin St, HoustonPOST Houston presents Puppies on the Plaza! Join us on Saturday, April 20th for a morning full of furry fun at Barbara Jordan Plaza. This event is in partnership with BARC Animal Shelter & Adoptions and Black Swan Yoga. The event will consist of a yoga class surrounded by adorable puppies provided by BARC and …
3rd Saturdays Open Studios at Silver Street Studios
Silver Street Studios 2000 Edwards St., Houston, TX, United StatesSilver Street Studios has open studio days every 2nd and 3rd Saturdays from 12-5pm. Come meet local artists, spend the day enjoying the art gallery exhibitions, and spent some time shopping for jewelry, glasswork, paintings, sculpture, photography and more. The event is free, family friendly, convenient and free parking, and right in the Washington Arts …
Bounce and Turn at Axelrad
Axelrad 1517 Alabama St, Houston, TX, United StatesBounce and Turn is back and taking over the Indoor Stage Upstairs at Axelrad on April 20, 2024 with Uncle Tino, MEXSTEP, DJ Yazzaspazza, and MLE. Uncle Tino is a funky Houston favorite and has been recognized for community efforts in the LGBTQ+ community locally, and on a larger scale by Billboard Magazine and The …
Texas Women’s Empowerment Foundation Hosts International Women’s Leadership Summit with Special Guest Tyra Banks
Hotel ZaZa Museum District 5701 Main Street, Houston, TX, United StatesThe Texas Women’s Empowerment Foundation (TWEF) along with its founder and visionary leader, Deavra Daughtry and Reggie Van Lee, a philanthropist, successful business executive and arts advocate, will host the 20th Annual International Women’s Leadership Summit featuring renowned Supermodel and Business Leader Tyra Banks on April 22, 2024 at Hotel ZaZa - Museum District. The …
The Women’s Fund to Host “Doc Talk” Networking Happy Hour and Panel Presentation: “Moms Who Do it All”
The Women’s Fund for Health Education and Resiliency, a nonprofit providing Houston-area women and girls with the tools needed to be advocates for their health, will present a “Doc Talk” panel presentation on “Moms Who Do it All” following a networking Happy Hour of light bites and beverages on Thursday, April 25, 2024. The Happy …
Chicana Author To Share Testimony During Book Reading
Brazos Bookstore 2421 Bissonnet St, HoustonAcclaimed LGBTQ+ author Emma Pérez will read from her new book, Testimony of a Shifter, at Brazos Bookstore (2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005) at 6:30 pm Friday, April 26, 2024. This fascinating speculative narrative delving into gender transmutation and discrimination has been lauded by Booklist as the “queer, feminist dystopian novel readers have been …
Charity Bingo Night
Frost Town Brewing 100 N Jackson St, HoustonFriday, April 26 starting at 7 pm, Frost Town will be hosting bingo night. The first card is free to play, and proceeds from every additional card purchased benefit Montrose Grace Place. Come out, support a local business and charity, and have fun!
Academy Spring Showcase
The Wortham Theater Center 501 Texas Ave, Houston, TX 77002, HoustonAcademy Spring Showcase The Academy Spring Showcase is your chance to see the stars of tomorrow today! The students of Houston Ballet Academy represent the future of ballet, with over 60% of the Company coming through the Academy. The Showcase gives students the stage to shine – whether it's performing works from the Company repertoire …
15th Annual Houston VisionWalk
Discovery Green 1500 McKinney St, Houston, TX, United StatesVisionWalk is a fun-filled, family-friendly walkathon fundraiser that increases awareness and raises critical research dollars for preventions, treatments and cures for blindness. To register for the 5K walk, please visit https://give.fightingblindness.org/event/houston-visionwalk-2024/e504612.
Houston Brew Fest
Discovery Green 1500 McKinney St, Houston, TX, United StatesThe Houston Brew Festival will take place throughout Discovery Green on April 27th from noon to 4pm. The event will feature over 50 breweries and 150 beers, as well as food trucks, cover bands, lawn games and more. Admission includes samplings from participating breweries.
OutLater
Weekly - Mondays OUT LATER is a gay men’s discussion group for men who are living life after coming out later -- focusing on life issues of parenting, divorce, family, dating, relationships, and other issues of concern to group participants. Mondays, 7:30-9:00, at Montrose Counseling Center, Room 103 email: [email protected]
Space Explorers: THE INFINITE
Sawyer Yards 2101 Winter St, Houston, TX, United Statesthe first multi-sensory, interactive virtual reality experience to transport visitors aboard the International Space Station (formerly known as THE INFINITE) — has announced that the out-of-this-world experience will touch back down in Houston at Sawyer Yards (2000 Edwards Street, Gate A, Houston, TX 77007) beginning on Friday, May 3, 2024. Space Explorers: THE INFINITE redefines …
ACES! 5 Incredible Ladies who did the Impossible! Again! and Again! and Again! and Again!
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesACES! is the true story of the 5 Miss Texas USA's who all became Miss USA from 1985-1989 and their fictitious 35-year reunion. Experience, Laughs, Love, Texas, and a whole lot of champagne! The Texas Premier of ACES! at MATCH Theatre. May 2nd - May 5th. Tickets are $29.00.
UHD Thursday Night Concerts
Discovery Green 1500 Mckinney St, Houston, TX, United StatesThe popular, free live music showcase – UHD Thursday Night Concerts – makes its return to Discovery Green this May with weekly performances at 7 p.m. from May 2 through 23. A myriad of genres, ranging from Latin and country to rock and more, spotlight some of the most talented and talked about musicians in …
ACES! 5 Miss Texas USA’s that did the impossible Again! and Again! and Again! and Again!
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesACES! tells the true story of the 5 incredible Miss Texas USA's who all won Miss USA from 1985-1989, and their fictionalized live television reunion.