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 ...

Summer Chills 2012: Agatha Christie's Black Coffee

• July 06, 2012 to August 05, 2012 (Recurring daily)
• Location: Alley Theatre
• Address: 615 Texas Avenue, Houston, TX 77002
• Location: Alley Theatre
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In Agatha Christie's Black Coffee, the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot cunningly absorbs clues to solve the murder of Sir Claude Amory, an eccentric inventor of a new weapons formula.  ...

Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition

• March 16, 2012 to September 03, 2012 (Recurring daily)
• Location: Houston Museum of Natural Science
• Address: One Hermann Circle Drive, Houston, TX 77030
• Location: Houston Museum of Natural Science
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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...

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

• March 30, 2012 to September 03, 2012 (Recurring daily)
• Location: Houston Museum of Natural Science
• Address: 5555 Hermann Park Drive, Houston, TX 77030
• Location: Houston Museum of Natural Science
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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...

Art exhibition: FunkMotor

• July 14, 2012 to August 18, 2012 (Recurring daily)
• Location: Peveto
• Address: 2627 Colquitt, Houston, TX 77098
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FunkMotor, an exhibition curated by Andy Grotfeldt, brings together a network of four artists who originated from the Houston area and whose interrelated histories have produced shared, cooperative a...

Art exhibition: The Big Show

• July 13, 2012 to August 11, 2012 (Recurring daily)
• Location: Lawndale Art Center
• Address: 4912 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002
• Location: Lawndale Art Center
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The Big Show is Lawndale Art Center's annual open-call, juried exhibition. It has been an important venue through which emerging and under-represented Houston area artists gain exposure since the sho...

ArtHouston: Justin Garcia and Winston Lee Mascarehnas

• July 12, 2012 to August 18, 2012 (Recurring daily)
• Address: 4411 Montrose Boulevard, Houston, TX 77006
• Location: Wade Wilson Art
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Wade Wilson Art is proud to announce a joint exhibition featuring new and recent works by Justin Garcia and Winston Lee Mascarenhas. Both artists explore the translucent and the illuminated, along...

Asia Society Texas Center presents Family Day: Chinese Culture

• July 15, 2012
• Location: Asia Society Texas Center
• Address: 1370 Southmore Boulevard, Houston, TX 77004
• Location: Asia Society Texas Center
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Join us for Asia Society Texas Center's second Family Day in its new home. Adults and children of all ages can learn about Chinese culture through a range of activities. These include Chinese block pr...

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...

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...

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 ...

Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York

• June 26, 2012 to September 10, 2012 (Recurring daily)
• Location: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
• Address: 1001 Bissonnet, Houston, TX 77005
• Location: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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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...

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...

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...

High Caliber Gun and Knife Show

• July 14, 2012 to July 15, 2012
• Location: George R. Brown Convention Center
• Address: 1001 Avenida De Las Americas, Houston, TX 77010
• Location: George R. Brown Convention Center
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At this gun show you can do just about anything! Except shoot. Browse through all the discounted items of ammo, books, knives, knife sharpening, coines, camouflage and of course, new and old guns. Whi...

Houston Dynamo vs D.C. United

• July 15, 2012
• Location: Houston Dynamo
• Address: 2200 Texas Avenue, Houston, TX 77003
• Location: Houston Dynamo
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Instructables: Made In Your Mind Exhibit Debut

• May 29, 2012 to November 04, 2012 (Recurring daily)
• Location: Children's Museum of Houston
• Address: 1500 Binz, Houston, TX 77004
• Location: Children's Museum of Houston
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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...

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 ...

Messina Hof's TGI Wine Sunday

• July 15, 2012
• Location: Messina Hof Winery and Resort
• Address: 4545 Old Reliance Rd., Bryan, TX 77808
• Location: Messina Hof Winery and Resort
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Mix and mingle in the Wine Bar or head out to the deck for some fresh air and an amazing view. Wine, relaxation and good company are just what you need to soothe the upcoming Monday blues. Come re...

Modern and Contemporary Masterworks from Malba - Fundación Costantini

• April 22, 2012 to August 05, 2012 (Recurring daily)
• Location: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
• Address: 1001 Bissonnet, Houston, TX 77005
• Location: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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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...

Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London

• June 03, 2012 to September 03, 2012 (Recurring daily)
• Location: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
• Address: 1001 Bissonnet, Houston, TX 77005
• Location: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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This June the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will debut the exhibition Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London, as part of a three-venue national tour in the U.S. An ...

Returning: the Art of Samuel Bak

• February 17, 2012 to August 12, 2012 (Recurring daily)
• Location: Holocaust Museum Houston
• Address: 5401 Caroline, Houston, TX 77004
• Location: Holocaust Museum Houston
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Born in what is Lithuania today, Holocaust survivor Samuel Bak's artistic talent stood out at an early age. At nine years, he held is first exhibition in the Vilna Ghetto where he live...

Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey Circus

• July 12, 2012 to July 29, 2012 (Recurring daily)
• Location: Reliant Stadium
• Address: One Reliant Park, Houston, TX 77054
• Location: Reliant Park
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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus has an extraordinary show in store for this edition of The Greatest Show On Earth! This Circus will take you on a journey filled with imag...

Seasons In Ash - art installation by Damon Thomas

• May 25, 2012 to August 01, 2012 (Recurring daily)
• Location: Art League Houston
• Address: 1953 Montrose Boulevard, Houston, TX 77006
• Location: Art League Houston
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Art League Houston presents Seasons In Ash, an outdoor sculpture installation by Houston-based ceramic artist Damon J. Thomas, which explore themes of nature and transformation. The installation f...

The Impact of Racist Ideologies: Jim Crow and the Nuremberg Laws

• August 05, 2011 to July 22, 2012 (Recurring daily)
• Location: Holocaust Museum Houston
• Address: 5401 Caroline, Houston, TX 77004
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How does a tragic event like the Holocaust affect the racial attitudes of Americans here?  Come explore this complex and thought provoking issue and immerse yourself in life lessons that history ...