http://www.visithoustontexas.com//visitors-and-residents/calendar-of-events/ Events Wed, 22 May 2013 21:30:27 GMT http://www.visithoustontexas.com//visitors-and-residents/calendar-of-events/index.cfm?#event19726 05-24-2013 to 05-24-2013 - <p> Comicpalooza is a three-day sci-fi and fantasy extravaganza in Downtown Houston. Join celebrities such as Kris Holden-Reid, Sam Huntington and Craig Parker for this multi-platform event that brings together comics, fantasy, horror, steam punk, New Media, movies, film, gaming and of course sci-fi. <br /> <br /> <br /> </p> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:06:49 GMT http://www.visithoustontexas.com//visitors-and-residents/calendar-of-events/index.cfm?#event19726 05-24-2013 to 05-24-2013 - <p> Comicpalooza is a three-day sci-fi and fantasy extravaganza in Downtown Houston. Join celebrities such as Kris Holden-Reid, Sam Huntington and Craig Parker for this multi-platform event that brings together comics, fantasy, horror, steam punk, New Media, movies, film, gaming and of course sci-fi. <br /> <br /> <br /> </p> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:06:49 GMT http://www.visithoustontexas.com//visitors-and-residents/calendar-of-events/index.cfm?#event18107 04-12-2013 to 04-12-2013 - <p> Self-described &quot;visionary&quot; artist Forrest Bess (1911-77) is a unique figure in the history of American art. For most of his career, Bess lived an isolated existence in a fishing camp outside of Bay City, Texas, eking out a meager living by selling bait and fishing. By night and during the off-season, however, he read, wrote, and painted prolifically, creating an extraordinary body of mostly small-scale canvases rich with enigmatic symbolism. Despite his isolation, Bess was known to a number of other artists, and in 1949 he met the prominent artist and dealer Betty Parsons. Between 1949 and 1967, Parsons organized six solo exhibitions of his work at her gallery in New York, the undisputed center of the art world at the time.<br /> <br /> <i>Forrest Bess: Seeing Things Invisible</i> will present a selection of approximately forty paintings, along with rare works on paper and selected letters by this important but under-recognized artist. The exhibition will also include The Man That Got Away by contemporary American<br /> sculptor Robert Gober, originally created for the 2012 Whitney Biennial. In this room-size<br /> installation, Gober compiles a selection of Bess's paintings and writings, and photographs of the artist as a way to fulfill Bess's long-held desire to present his artwork alongside his thesis. </p> Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:16:37 GMT http://www.visithoustontexas.com//visitors-and-residents/calendar-of-events/index.cfm?#event18107 04-12-2013 to 04-12-2013 - <p> Self-described &quot;visionary&quot; artist Forrest Bess (1911-77) is a unique figure in the history of American art. For most of his career, Bess lived an isolated existence in a fishing camp outside of Bay City, Texas, eking out a meager living by selling bait and fishing. By night and during the off-season, however, he read, wrote, and painted prolifically, creating an extraordinary body of mostly small-scale canvases rich with enigmatic symbolism. Despite his isolation, Bess was known to a number of other artists, and in 1949 he met the prominent artist and dealer Betty Parsons. Between 1949 and 1967, Parsons organized six solo exhibitions of his work at her gallery in New York, the undisputed center of the art world at the time.<br /> <br /> <i>Forrest Bess: Seeing Things Invisible</i> will present a selection of approximately forty paintings, along with rare works on paper and selected letters by this important but under-recognized artist. The exhibition will also include The Man That Got Away by contemporary American<br /> sculptor Robert Gober, originally created for the 2012 Whitney Biennial. In this room-size<br /> installation, Gober compiles a selection of Bess's paintings and writings, and photographs of the artist as a way to fulfill Bess's long-held desire to present his artwork alongside his thesis. </p> Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:16:37 GMT http://www.visithoustontexas.com//visitors-and-residents/calendar-of-events/index.cfm?#event18107 04-12-2013 to 04-12-2013 - <p> Self-described &quot;visionary&quot; artist Forrest Bess (1911-77) is a unique figure in the history of American art. For most of his career, Bess lived an isolated existence in a fishing camp outside of Bay City, Texas, eking out a meager living by selling bait and fishing. By night and during the off-season, however, he read, wrote, and painted prolifically, creating an extraordinary body of mostly small-scale canvases rich with enigmatic symbolism. Despite his isolation, Bess was known to a number of other artists, and in 1949 he met the prominent artist and dealer Betty Parsons. Between 1949 and 1967, Parsons organized six solo exhibitions of his work at her gallery in New York, the undisputed center of the art world at the time.<br /> <br /> <i>Forrest Bess: Seeing Things Invisible</i> will present a selection of approximately forty paintings, along with rare works on paper and selected letters by this important but under-recognized artist. The exhibition will also include The Man That Got Away by contemporary American<br /> sculptor Robert Gober, originally created for the 2012 Whitney Biennial. In this room-size<br /> installation, Gober compiles a selection of Bess's paintings and writings, and photographs of the artist as a way to fulfill Bess's long-held desire to present his artwork alongside his thesis. </p> Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:16:37 GMT http://www.visithoustontexas.com//visitors-and-residents/calendar-of-events/index.cfm?#event18107 04-12-2013 to 04-12-2013 - <p> Self-described &quot;visionary&quot; artist Forrest Bess (1911-77) is a unique figure in the history of American art. For most of his career, Bess lived an isolated existence in a fishing camp outside of Bay City, Texas, eking out a meager living by selling bait and fishing. By night and during the off-season, however, he read, wrote, and painted prolifically, creating an extraordinary body of mostly small-scale canvases rich with enigmatic symbolism. Despite his isolation, Bess was known to a number of other artists, and in 1949 he met the prominent artist and dealer Betty Parsons. Between 1949 and 1967, Parsons organized six solo exhibitions of his work at her gallery in New York, the undisputed center of the art world at the time.<br /> <br /> <i>Forrest Bess: Seeing Things Invisible</i> will present a selection of approximately forty paintings, along with rare works on paper and selected letters by this important but under-recognized artist. The exhibition will also include The Man That Got Away by contemporary American<br /> sculptor Robert Gober, originally created for the 2012 Whitney Biennial. In this room-size<br /> installation, Gober compiles a selection of Bess's paintings and writings, and photographs of the artist as a way to fulfill Bess's long-held desire to present his artwork alongside his thesis. </p> Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:16:37 GMT http://www.visithoustontexas.com//visitors-and-residents/calendar-of-events/index.cfm?#event17778 02-24-2013 to 02-24-2013 - &quot;Picasso Black and White&quot; marks the first exhibition in Houston of Pablo Picasso's work in over a decade and focuses in depth on the recurrent motif of black and white throughout his career. <br /> <br /> Picasso (1881-1973) was an original and inventive colorist, yet a particularly striking feature that pervades his prolific oeuvre is the persistent pairing of black and white, colors in their own right that convey a direct mode of spontaneous and raw energy. This exhibition features some 70 works along with major pieces from the small, but distinguished, MFAH holdings of the artist's graphic works. <br /> <br /> After debuting at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (SRGM) in New York City, the exhibition travels to Houston, where it is being coordinated by Alison de Lima Greene, MFAH Curator of Contemporary Art and Special Projects.<br /> <br /> Nine Houston restaurants are serving up <i>Picasso Black and White</i> inspired fare.&nbsp; You'll also receive a $5 discount for the exhibition with a receipt. <a href="http://www.mfah.org/a/picasso-restaurants/"><b>Click here</b></a> for details. Fri, 17 Aug 2012 09:11:11 GMT http://www.visithoustontexas.com//visitors-and-residents/calendar-of-events/index.cfm?#event17778 02-24-2013 to 02-24-2013 - &quot;Picasso Black and White&quot; marks the first exhibition in Houston of Pablo Picasso's work in over a decade and focuses in depth on the recurrent motif of black and white throughout his career. <br /> <br /> Picasso (1881-1973) was an original and inventive colorist, yet a particularly striking feature that pervades his prolific oeuvre is the persistent pairing of black and white, colors in their own right that convey a direct mode of spontaneous and raw energy. This exhibition features some 70 works along with major pieces from the small, but distinguished, MFAH holdings of the artist's graphic works. <br /> <br /> After debuting at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (SRGM) in New York City, the exhibition travels to Houston, where it is being coordinated by Alison de Lima Greene, MFAH Curator of Contemporary Art and Special Projects.<br /> <br /> Nine Houston restaurants are serving up <i>Picasso Black and White</i> inspired fare.&nbsp; You'll also receive a $5 discount for the exhibition with a receipt. <a href="http://www.mfah.org/a/picasso-restaurants/"><b>Click here</b></a> for details. Fri, 17 Aug 2012 09:11:11 GMT http://www.visithoustontexas.com//visitors-and-residents/calendar-of-events/index.cfm?#event17778 02-24-2013 to 02-24-2013 - &quot;Picasso Black and White&quot; marks the first exhibition in Houston of Pablo Picasso's work in over a decade and focuses in depth on the recurrent motif of black and white throughout his career. <br /> <br /> Picasso (1881-1973) was an original and inventive colorist, yet a particularly striking feature that pervades his prolific oeuvre is the persistent pairing of black and white, colors in their own right that convey a direct mode of spontaneous and raw energy. This exhibition features some 70 works along with major pieces from the small, but distinguished, MFAH holdings of the artist's graphic works. <br /> <br /> After debuting at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (SRGM) in New York City, the exhibition travels to Houston, where it is being coordinated by Alison de Lima Greene, MFAH Curator of Contemporary Art and Special Projects.<br /> <br /> Nine Houston restaurants are serving up <i>Picasso Black and White</i> inspired fare.&nbsp; You'll also receive a $5 discount for the exhibition with a receipt. <a href="http://www.mfah.org/a/picasso-restaurants/"><b>Click here</b></a> for details. Fri, 17 Aug 2012 09:11:11 GMT http://www.visithoustontexas.com//visitors-and-residents/calendar-of-events/index.cfm?#event17778 02-24-2013 to 02-24-2013 - &quot;Picasso Black and White&quot; marks the first exhibition in Houston of Pablo Picasso's work in over a decade and focuses in depth on the recurrent motif of black and white throughout his career. <br /> <br /> Picasso (1881-1973) was an original and inventive colorist, yet a particularly striking feature that pervades his prolific oeuvre is the persistent pairing of black and white, colors in their own right that convey a direct mode of spontaneous and raw energy. This exhibition features some 70 works along with major pieces from the small, but distinguished, MFAH holdings of the artist's graphic works. <br /> <br /> After debuting at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (SRGM) in New York City, the exhibition travels to Houston, where it is being coordinated by Alison de Lima Greene, MFAH Curator of Contemporary Art and Special Projects.<br /> <br /> Nine Houston restaurants are serving up <i>Picasso Black and White</i> inspired fare.&nbsp; You'll also receive a $5 discount for the exhibition with a receipt. <a href="http://www.mfah.org/a/picasso-restaurants/"><b>Click here</b></a> for details. Fri, 17 Aug 2012 09:11:11 GMT http://www.visithoustontexas.com//visitors-and-residents/calendar-of-events/index.cfm?#event18552 05-25-2013 to 05-25-2013 - <p> For his debut at Blaffer Art Museum, the artist's first solo museum exhibition, Andy Coolquitt will recombine 60 discrete sculptures and tableaux made between 2006 and 2011 into a site-specific installation which, in its singularity and temporariness, reflects on the condition of the gallery space as a codified place of encounter for people and works of art. <br /> <br /> The exhibition will also include pieces that occupy a hybrid position between autonomous artworks by Coolquitt and what the artist calls<i> somebody-mades</i> and<i> in-betweens</i>. <i>Somebody-mades</i> are assemblages of objects that are presented just as the artist found them in the streets, while <i>in-betweens</i> combine such found assemblages with interventions of his own. <br /> <br /> Presented alongside and interspersed with his own work, these elements serve to further complicate the relationship between the contexts of creation and reception, artist and audience, and blur the boundaries between art and life. </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:26:34 GMT http://www.visithoustontexas.com//visitors-and-residents/calendar-of-events/index.cfm?#event20213 05-24-2013 to 05-24-2013 - Houston Astros v. Oakland Athletics Major League Baseball game at Minute Maid Park. Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:54:08 GMT http://www.visithoustontexas.com//visitors-and-residents/calendar-of-events/index.cfm?#event20214 05-25-2013 to 05-25-2013 - Houston Astros v. Oakland Athletics Major League Baseball game at Minute Maid Park. Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:55:11 GMT http://www.visithoustontexas.com//visitors-and-residents/calendar-of-events/index.cfm?#event20212 05-22-2013 to 05-22-2013 - Houston Astros v. Kansas City Royals Major League Baseball game at Minute Maid Park. Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:53:11 GMT http://www.visithoustontexas.com//visitors-and-residents/calendar-of-events/index.cfm?#event20003 04-05-2013 to 04-05-2013 - <p> Igor Karash is a designer, illustrator and set designer originally from Baku, Azerbaijan. Igor now resides in Saint Louis, Missouri. Most recently Igor was named the winner of the 2012 Book Illustration Competition organized by The House of Illustration and Folio Society in London. He produced seven illustrations and cover art for &ldquo;The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories&rdquo; by Angela Carter. These works will be displayed at the exhibit. Vladimir Zimakov is a Los Angeles-based artist, designer and illustrator. Vladimir apprenticed with a renowned Russian painter and sculptor Mihail Chemiakin. As a designer and illustrator Vladimir Zimakov has worked with world&rsquo;s leading publishing houses such as Penguin, Random House, Faber and Faber, the Folio Society and Vita Nova. In 2010 Vladimir completed 11 illustrations for the Folio Society&rsquo;s edition of &ldquo;The Golem&rdquo;, Gothic tale by Gustav Meyrink . Some of these illustrations will be presented at the exhibition. Also on display will be original prints for another Meyrink&rsquo;s classic &ldquo;Walpurgisnacht&rdquo;, and illustrations for Hans Christian Andersen&rsquo;s fairytale &ldquo;The Nightingale&rdquo;. </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:28:56 GMT http://www.visithoustontexas.com//visitors-and-residents/calendar-of-events/index.cfm?#event20003 04-05-2013 to 04-05-2013 - <p> Igor Karash is a designer, illustrator and set designer originally from Baku, Azerbaijan. Igor now resides in Saint Louis, Missouri. Most recently Igor was named the winner of the 2012 Book Illustration Competition organized by The House of Illustration and Folio Society in London. He produced seven illustrations and cover art for &ldquo;The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories&rdquo; by Angela Carter. These works will be displayed at the exhibit. Vladimir Zimakov is a Los Angeles-based artist, designer and illustrator. Vladimir apprenticed with a renowned Russian painter and sculptor Mihail Chemiakin. As a designer and illustrator Vladimir Zimakov has worked with world&rsquo;s leading publishing houses such as Penguin, Random House, Faber and Faber, the Folio Society and Vita Nova. In 2010 Vladimir completed 11 illustrations for the Folio Society&rsquo;s edition of &ldquo;The Golem&rdquo;, Gothic tale by Gustav Meyrink . Some of these illustrations will be presented at the exhibition. Also on display will be original prints for another Meyrink&rsquo;s classic &ldquo;Walpurgisnacht&rdquo;, and illustrations for Hans Christian Andersen&rsquo;s fairytale &ldquo;The Nightingale&rdquo;. </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:28:56 GMT http://www.visithoustontexas.com//visitors-and-residents/calendar-of-events/index.cfm?#event20003 04-05-2013 to 04-05-2013 - <p> Igor Karash is a designer, illustrator and set designer originally from Baku, Azerbaijan. Igor now resides in Saint Louis, Missouri. Most recently Igor was named the winner of the 2012 Book Illustration Competition organized by The House of Illustration and Folio Society in London. He produced seven illustrations and cover art for &ldquo;The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories&rdquo; by Angela Carter. These works will be displayed at the exhibit. Vladimir Zimakov is a Los Angeles-based artist, designer and illustrator. Vladimir apprenticed with a renowned Russian painter and sculptor Mihail Chemiakin. As a designer and illustrator Vladimir Zimakov has worked with world&rsquo;s leading publishing houses such as Penguin, Random House, Faber and Faber, the Folio Society and Vita Nova. In 2010 Vladimir completed 11 illustrations for the Folio Society&rsquo;s edition of &ldquo;The Golem&rdquo;, Gothic tale by Gustav Meyrink . Some of these illustrations will be presented at the exhibition. Also on display will be original prints for another Meyrink&rsquo;s classic &ldquo;Walpurgisnacht&rdquo;, and illustrations for Hans Christian Andersen&rsquo;s fairytale &ldquo;The Nightingale&rdquo;. </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:28:56 GMT http://www.visithoustontexas.com//visitors-and-residents/calendar-of-events/index.cfm?#event20022 05-22-2013 to 05-22-2013 - <p> Houstonians are invited to soak up the sun and enjoy Executive Chef Danny Trace&rsquo;s Texas Creole Cuisine and ice-cold beer from Houston&rsquo;s own Saint Arnold&rsquo;s Brewery at Brennan&rsquo;s of Houston&rsquo;s Courtyard Socials. <br /> <br /> Beginning March 13, Brennan&rsquo;s of Houston will offer seasonally changing menus in a lively atmosphere to welcome the warm Houston nights. Menu highlights include: May 22 Texas Shrimp Zatarain's Boiled Texas Shrimp (you gotta peel &lsquo;em yourself) Shrimp and Poblano Fritters with smoked tomato Remoulade </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:52:43 GMT http://www.visithoustontexas.com//visitors-and-residents/calendar-of-events/index.cfm?#event19738 05-03-2013 to 05-03-2013 - <i>Byzantine Things in the World</i>&nbsp;focuses on highlighting the Menil Collection's more than seventy Byzantine holdings ranging from 1700 BC to the late twentieth century. Byzantine thinkers saw objects as dynamic and changeable, fully capable of affecting the world, which is contrary to the contempory conception.<br /> <br /> Organized by guest curator Glenn Peers, Professor of early Medieval and Byzantine Art at the University of Texas at Austin, with the support of Susan Sutton, curatorial assitant at the Menil Collection. The exhibition concentrates on the materials used and the sensory impressions created by the art. Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:38:39 GMT http://www.visithoustontexas.com//visitors-and-residents/calendar-of-events/index.cfm?#event19738 05-03-2013 to 05-03-2013 - <i>Byzantine Things in the World</i>&nbsp;focuses on highlighting the Menil Collection's more than seventy Byzantine holdings ranging from 1700 BC to the late twentieth century. Byzantine thinkers saw objects as dynamic and changeable, fully capable of affecting the world, which is contrary to the contempory conception.<br /> <br /> Organized by guest curator Glenn Peers, Professor of early Medieval and Byzantine Art at the University of Texas at Austin, with the support of Susan Sutton, curatorial assitant at the Menil Collection. The exhibition concentrates on the materials used and the sensory impressions created by the art. Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:38:39 GMT http://www.visithoustontexas.com//visitors-and-residents/calendar-of-events/index.cfm?#event19738 05-03-2013 to 05-03-2013 - <i>Byzantine Things in the World</i>&nbsp;focuses on highlighting the Menil Collection's more than seventy Byzantine holdings ranging from 1700 BC to the late twentieth century. Byzantine thinkers saw objects as dynamic and changeable, fully capable of affecting the world, which is contrary to the contempory conception.<br /> <br /> Organized by guest curator Glenn Peers, Professor of early Medieval and Byzantine Art at the University of Texas at Austin, with the support of Susan Sutton, curatorial assitant at the Menil Collection. The exhibition concentrates on the materials used and the sensory impressions created by the art. Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:38:39 GMT http://www.visithoustontexas.com//visitors-and-residents/calendar-of-events/index.cfm?#event19738 05-03-2013 to 05-03-2013 - <i>Byzantine Things in the World</i>&nbsp;focuses on highlighting the Menil Collection's more than seventy Byzantine holdings ranging from 1700 BC to the late twentieth century. Byzantine thinkers saw objects as dynamic and changeable, fully capable of affecting the world, which is contrary to the contempory conception.<br /> <br /> Organized by guest curator Glenn Peers, Professor of early Medieval and Byzantine Art at the University of Texas at Austin, with the support of Susan Sutton, curatorial assitant at the Menil Collection. The exhibition concentrates on the materials used and the sensory impressions created by the art. Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:38:39 GMT http://www.visithoustontexas.com//visitors-and-residents/calendar-of-events/index.cfm?#event20399 05-25-2013 to 05-25-2013 - <p> Join Star Fleet for an evening with CapRock Winery aboard the Star Cruiser! Star Fleet and CapRock expertly pair their menu and wines together, to make it a delicious evening. CapRock Winery will be there to tell you more about their winery in Lubbock, TX. <br /> <br /> You will cruise for two and a half hours, enjoy a seated dinner service paired with CapRock wines and live entertainment. Additional wines will be available for purchase on board. </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> Mon, 08 Apr 2013 09:11:45 GMT http://www.visithoustontexas.com//visitors-and-residents/calendar-of-events/index.cfm?#event20534 05-09-2013 to 05-09-2013 - <p> Chinglish, the most recent play by Tony Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly), makes its regional premiere with Black Lab Theatre and Asia Society Texas Center after critically acclaimed productions on Broadway and at Chicago's Goodman Theatre. <br /> <br /> This sexy and romantic play follows an American businessman from Ohio looking to score a lucrative contract for his family's sign-making firm in a bustling Chinese province. There are only three things standing in his way: he can't speak the language; he can't learn the customs; and he's falling in love with the one woman he absolutely can't have. He soon finds that the complexities of such a venture far outstrip the expected differences in language, customs, and manners, and calls into questions even the most basic assumptions of human conduct. Join us for an entertaining evening about the challenges of doing business in a culture whose language&mdash;and ways of communicating&mdash;are worlds apart from our own. <br /> <br /> Chinglish is directed by Troy Scheid and performed in both English and Mandarin (with English subtitles). Additional performances will be performed at Asia Society Texas Center May 9 &ndash; 26, 2013: Thursdays &ndash; Saturdays: 7:30 pm Sundays: 2:00 pm </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> Sat, 13 Apr 2013 14:25:46 GMT http://www.visithoustontexas.com//visitors-and-residents/calendar-of-events/index.cfm?#event20534 05-09-2013 to 05-09-2013 - <p> Chinglish, the most recent play by Tony Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly), makes its regional premiere with Black Lab Theatre and Asia Society Texas Center after critically acclaimed productions on Broadway and at Chicago's Goodman Theatre. <br /> <br /> This sexy and romantic play follows an American businessman from Ohio looking to score a lucrative contract for his family's sign-making firm in a bustling Chinese province. There are only three things standing in his way: he can't speak the language; he can't learn the customs; and he's falling in love with the one woman he absolutely can't have. He soon finds that the complexities of such a venture far outstrip the expected differences in language, customs, and manners, and calls into questions even the most basic assumptions of human conduct. Join us for an entertaining evening about the challenges of doing business in a culture whose language&mdash;and ways of communicating&mdash;are worlds apart from our own. <br /> <br /> Chinglish is directed by Troy Scheid and performed in both English and Mandarin (with English subtitles). Additional performances will be performed at Asia Society Texas Center May 9 &ndash; 26, 2013: Thursdays &ndash; Saturdays: 7:30 pm Sundays: 2:00 pm </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> Sat, 13 Apr 2013 14:25:46 GMT