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Coldplay

  • June 25, 2012 to June 26, 2012 (Recurring daily)
  • Location: Toyota Center
  • Address: 1510 Polk Street, Houston, TX 77002
  • Location: Toyota Center
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Due to popular demand, Coldplay has added a second show at Toyota Center on Tuesday, June 26! The band is touring in support of its new RIAA-certified Platinum record, Mylo Xyloto, which has scored t...

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Dinosaurs! at the Houston Zoo

  • May 03, 2012 to October 28, 2012 (Recurring daily)
  • Location: Houston Zoo
  • Address: 1513 North MacGregor, Houston, TX 77030
  • Location: Houston Zoo
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Come face to face with the massive, fearsome creatures this summer. This year the Houston Zoo is featuring almost twice as many dinosaurs and highlighting species that were once found in Texas, with ...

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HMNS Paleo Hall Opens

The Houston Museum of Natural Science's innovative new Paleontology Hall, packed with prehistoric beasts, will not have displays of ancient skeletons in a row as visitors are accustomed to viewing....

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Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres

  • June 25, 2012 to June 28, 2012 (Recurring daily)
  • Location: Minute Maid Park
  • Address: 501 Crawford, Houston, TX 77002
  • Location: Houston Astros
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Come cheer on the Astros as they play the Padres.   Note: We do our best to ensure all information is accurate. However, it's a good idea to visit the website listed or contact the organizat...

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Texas Music Festival

  • June 04, 2012 to July 01, 2012 (Recurring daily)
  • Location: University of Houston Moores Opera House
  • Address: 4800 Calhoun Blvd., Houston, TX 77004
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The Immanuel and Helen Olshan Texas Music Festival was founded in 1990 to provide young professional musicians with a challenging musical environment in which to develop skills in orchestral, chamber...

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Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition

Experience Titanic 100 Years Later On April 15, 1912, Titanic, the world's largest ship, sank after colliding with an iceberg, claiming more than 1,500 lives and shaking the world's confidence in th...

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Warriors, Tombs, and Temples: China’s Enduring Legacy

Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China’s First Emperor, declared one of the top 10 museum exhibitions by Time Magazine, set attendance records during its stint in the U.S., including a blockb...

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Acoustic Open Mic Night

  • June 26, 2012
  • Location: Flora & Muse
  • Address: 12860 Queensbury Lane, Houston, TX 77024
  • Location: Flora & Muse
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Join us for open-mic night at Flora & Muse! Our Master of Ceremonies, Wasi Townsend is sure to create an enticing atmosphere. Playing soulful rock jazz rhythms on the guitar, his span of acous...

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Bodies Revealed

  • March 09, 2012 to September 07, 2012 (Recurring every week day)
  • Location: Moody Gardens
  • Address: Seven Hope Blvd., Galveston, TX 77554
  • Location: Moody Gardens
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Be among the first to explore the inner workings of the human body at the Bodies Revealed Exhibit. This fascinating exhibit is unlike anything seen at Moody Gardens before, with real and carefully pr...

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Celebrity Mystery Theater

  • February 04, 2012 to November 10, 2012 (Recurring daily)
  • Location: Actor's Gem Productions
  • Address: 901 W. Commerce St., Houston, 77002
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Imagine yourself enjoying dinner socializing with friends, having a few drinks ....when suddenly a murder is committed. Let the wacky antics of two famous detectives, never seen together before any w...

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Cells: The Universe Inside Us

  • January 28, 2012 to August 26, 2012 (Recurring daily)
  • Location: The Health Museum
  • Address: 1515 Hermann Drive, Houston, TX 77004
  • Location: The Health Museum
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Cells is a traveling exhibit from the Maryland Science Center. This interactive exhibit explores the complexity of the human body at the cellular level. The human body is made up of millions of ce...

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Contemporary Asian Art: Texas Connections

  • May 04, 2012 to September 16, 2012 (Every Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday)
  • Location: Asia Society Texas Center
  • Address: 1370 Southmore Boulevard, Houston, TX 77004
  • Location: Asia Society Texas Center
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"Contemporary Asian Art: Texas Connections," one of the Texas Center's compelling inaugural exhibitions, showcases work by Asian and Asian American artists who have lived in Texas or whose ...

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Creme de la Creme Watercolor Artists Exhibition & Silent Auction

  • June 05, 2012 to July 05, 2012 (Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday)
  • Location: Watercolor Art Society-Houston
  • Address: 1601 W. Alabama, Houston, TX 77006
  • Location: Watercolor Art Society-Houston

The Water Color Art Society of Houston is pleased to announce their Signature Members Show in June. This is a special exhibition of paintings from the artists at WAS-H who have earned the designatio...

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Driving Miss Daisy

  • June 15, 2012 to July 01, 2012
  • Location: Pasadena Little Theater
  • Address: 4318 Allen Genoa Rd., Pasadena, TX 77504
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By Alfred Uhry Directed by Julie Owen A warm-hearted story of the unlikely relationship between an aging, crotchety, white Southern lady, and a black man in the deep south in 1948. Note: We do ...

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Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York

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...

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Galveston Ghost Tours: Haunted Silk Stocking Historic District

  • September 07, 2011 to December 22, 2012 (Recurring daily)
  • Location: Ghost Tours Texas.com
  • Address: 911 24th St., Galveston, TX 77550
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Step through the shadows, gather your courage and discover the chilling and ghastly tales of murder, revenge, passion, heartache and breath-taking history! This exciting Ghost Tour in Galveston takes...

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Ghost Tour Haunted Heights

  • September 17, 2011 to December 23, 2012 (Recurring daily)
  • Location: Ghost Tours Texas.com
  • Address: 3911 W. 19th Street, Houston, 77008
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Haunted Heights Ghost Tour takes you on a 90 minute fascinating walking tour through the historic and haunted Heights district featuring the spirits "living" within the fine Victorian homes...

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Impressions: Print Group Exhibition for PrintHouston at Wade Wilson Art

  • June 01, 2012 to July 07, 2012 (Recurring daily)
  • Location: Wade Wilson Art
  • Address: 4411 Montrose Blvd., Houston, TX 77006
  • Location: Wade Wilson Art
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Artists: Lucinda Cobley, Jill Moser, Ellen Orseck, Althea Murphy-Price, Joelle Verstraeten, Robert Ryman, Mark Williams, Joan Winter, and Nazar Yahya Wade Wilson Art is proud to announce that they...

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Instructables: Made In Your Mind Exhibit Debut

Made in Your Mind is a new hands-on, do-it-yourself exhibit that strives to instill the importance of problem-solving in kids through a hands-on, step-by-step process based on the concept of the Inst...

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Outdoor Activities Theaters & Performing Arts

Journey Through China II

  • June 25, 2012 to June 26, 2012 (Recurring daily)
  • Location: Miller Outdoor Theatre
  • Address: 6000 Hermann Park Drive, Houston, TX 77030
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Take an amazing "Journey through China" with Dance of Asian America. Visit many of China's 56 ethnic groups and learn about their cultures, traditions and history. Each dance is accom...

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Kemah Ghost Tours: A Haunted Walking Tour of Legend, History and Mysteries

  • January 07, 2012 to November 07, 2013 (Recurring daily)
  • Location: Ghost Tours
  • Address: 603 Bradford Ave., Kemah, 77586
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Take a journey through time to experience legend, history, and real life supernatural mysteries with Kemah's Ghost Tours. Enjoyable for all...skeptics and believers alike, this is not a haunted ...

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Modern and Contemporary Masterworks from Malba - Fundación Costantini

In celebration of the 10-year anniversaries of the MFAH Latin American art department and MALBA, MFAH permanent collection works went on view at MALBA in fall 2011 and MALBA (Museo de Arte Latinoamer...

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston - Tuesday Tea + Tour “The Treasures of Kenwood House, London”

These afternoon events are presented in celebration of the exhibition "Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London" with high English fare and tea. Each eve...

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Myke Venable Painting Exhibit

  • May 10, 2012 to July 06, 2012 (Recurring daily)
  • Location: Public House
  • Address: 2802 White Oak, Houston, TX 77007
  • Location: Public House
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Public House Heights will host a reception for local artist Myke Venable. The exhibition of Venable’s work is the first of many full-scale exhibitions planned at the bar. Venable, a Houston...

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Kid-friendly Outdoor Activities
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Nature Trekkers Summer Camps at Houston’s Arboretum

  • June 04, 2012 to August 10, 2012 (Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday)
  • Location: Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
  • Address: 4501 Woodway, Houston, TX 77024
  • Location: Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
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Join Houston Arboretum & Nature Center Naturalist teachers for fun-filled week long camps that explore the natural world through active hands-on indoor & outdoor adventures at this 155-acre n...

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