HYPA Picks: Things To Do In Houston’s Art Scene | 3/4 - 3/9
Thursday, March 4
5 pm - 8 pm | Bayou Bend Collection & Gardens Spring Twilight Tours
Bayou Bend, 1 Westcott Street, mfah.org/bayoubend
$10
Each Thursday in March, the historic home and grounds will be open to allow visitors a chance to see the gardens in the early evening light, enjoy a stroll through the house with an optional audio tour, and relax with light refreshments afterward. Enjoy Audio Tours of the Bayou Bend Collection & see the gardens at dusk in this rare and special oppurtunity to view Miss Ima Hogg´s historic home at night.
Friday, March 5
7:30 pm | Houston Ballet’s La Bayadère at Wortham Theater Center, houstonballet.org
Stanton Welch’s La Bayadère is receiving rave reviews from the local press. Molly Glentzer of the Houston Chronicle states, “Houston Ballet’s corps, looking its best ever, danced the scene with a compelling air of otherworldly detachment…” Read the entire Chronicle review. You may also read Houston ArtsWeek’s blog review and CultureMap’s review.
Saturday, March 6
7 pm | Jennifer Grassman CD Release Concert
Dowling Music Hall, 2615 Southwest Frwy at Kirby Drive, jennifergrassman.com
$10
Jennifer Grassman will perform a piano/vocal concert to celebrate the release of her 3rd album on at Dowling Music Recital Hall. It is also her first live concert DVD shoot. Grassman composes original piano and vocal songs which embody her own haunting and idiosyncratic style. A reception follows at Black Labrador.
Sunday, March 7
3 pm | Russian Spring Celebration w/ Russian Cultural Center Our Texas
Volcano, 2349 Bissonnet, ourtx.org
$10
celebrate the end of winter in tradition of Russian folk holiday - Maslenitsa or Pancake week. An essential and delicious element of the celebration- bliny or Russian pancakes, popularly taken to symbolize the sun. Round and golden, they are made from butter, eggs, and milk, and will be on sale at the festival! Flying Balalaika Brothers will provide the entertainment. The group plays various music: from Russian folk to bluegrass, country and rock. The Flying Balalaika Brothers, originally from Russia, made their United States debut in 1995.
Tuesday, March 9
7 pm - 10 pm | Amin Safari at SoVino Bistro & Wine Bar, 507 Westheimer sovinowines.com, amin-safari.com
Free.
Amin Safari brings his Flamenco sounds fused with exotic Middle Eastern tunes plays in SoVino’s dim, candlelit interior. Enjoy tapas and their new Spanish red wines and escape to a faraway place.
7:30 pm | Opening Night of Jewish Film Festival: The First Basket
Jewish Community Center, 5601 S. Braeswood, www.jcchouston.org
Prices vary
The Annual Houston Jewish Film Festival, a collaborative venture with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and new this year the Holocaust Museum Houston, exposes the community to current documentary, feature and short films with meaningful Jewish or Israeli content as well as Israeli-made films with contemporary themes.
Events to check out in the Houston Arts Scene
We appreciate your patience as we get back to our normal arts event promoting schedule! I Dream of Maharani was an amazing evening — we’ll send out a comprehensive e-mail of images, etc. beginning of next week.
Thursday, February 18
6 - 9 pm
RealCity : Literacy - Mixing People, Letters & Cocktails / Improving Literacy Benefiting The Youth Development Center
Sophisticated, soulful sounds of Kristine Mills recognized as “Best Female Vocalist” (Houston Press 2009) for her fresh take on jazz tunes, sassy bossa nova and original music. To complement the sensual scene, a perfectly-paired assortment of wine, beer, gourmet meats and cheese selections will be served. Tickets are $60.
13 Celsius, 4000 Caroline. 13celsius.com.
Friday, February 19
Mie Olise Opening at Barbara Davis Gallery
6:30 - 8:30 pm
Danish artist Mie Olise: A Fugitive Crosses His Tracks – Departure is an exhibition of new paintings, installation, and video. The exhibition is the culmination of a two-year long journey and is based upon the idea of “departure,” leaving behind all that you know to propel yourself into a free fall of unexpected possibilities in search of a world better than the one you left. Mie Olise’s heroic paintings of flying ships, houses that travel over land, and falling suitcases speak of the experience of the voyage and call to mind the distance of a journey, the feeling of traveling over land or sea, your body moving through a landscape. www.barbaradavisgallery.com for more info. Free. Barbara Davis Gallery, 4411 Montrose.
Da Camera Young Artists’ at Avant Garden
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Da Camera goes beyond the stage with this free nightclub performance featuring musicians from Da Camera’s Young Artists Program. For the program, visit here. Free. Avant Garden, 411 Westheimer. dacamera.com.
Saturday, February 20
11 am - 5:30 pm: AISD ShowRise at Commerce Towers. ASID (American Society of Interior Designers) showcases 4 beautifully designed apartments in Commerce Towers. $18 door or $15 in advance. For more details call 713-626-1470. Commerce Towers, 914 Main Street.
7-9 pm: Two Star Symphony at Elder Street Gallery. Houston’s most unusual string ensemble performing all original music will be entertaining at Elder Street Gallery, located in the haunted Old Jeff Davis Hospital. Wine and hors d’oeuvres including in ticket price of $25. Secure tix by e-mailing elderstreetgallery@gmail.com. Elder Street Galler, 1110 Elder Street, Suite 109. p.s. Two Star Symphony heads to SXSW in March! Don’t miss them before it’s too late.
Tuesday, February 23
David Eagleman Signing at Murder by the Book
7:30 pm
Houston neuroscientist/acclaimed writer will discuss and read from the new paperback edition of Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives (Vintage; $13). The event will be filmed for a special to air on PBS’ NOVA ScienceNOW this fall. Murder By The Book, 2342 Bissonnet. murderbooks.com.
Houston Young People for the Arts + Advantage BMW Midtown invite you to an evening of splendour with I Dream of Maharani
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I Dream of Maharani
Houston Young People for the Arts’ Gala
Saturday, February 6, 2010, 7-10 pm
House of Blues Foundation Room
Purchase Tickets Here
Join us for an evening of splendour fit for a Maharajah and Maharani.
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Don’t miss I DREAM OF MAHARANI - Houston Young People for the Arts’ annual party on February 6!
Also, join us for our kick-off party, Saris & Samosas — more info HERE.
6 pm, Monday, January 4 - Inaugural Free Concert
Discovery Green, 1500 McKinney, discoverygreen.com
Archie Bell, Mango Punch, Yvonne Washington, Roy Head & Jennifer Holliday headline this free concert celebrating the inauguration of Mayor Annise Parker. Fireworks follow at 8:55 pm. In the event of severe weather, the festivities will take place in the George R. Brown Convention Center, right across the street.
7 pm - 9 pm, Tuesday, January 5 - First Tuesday at Houston Center for Photography
HCP, 1441 W. Alabama, hcponline.org
HCP invites you to bring your photographic work to share with other local photographers and gain insight from fellow participants. HCP Ed. Coordinator, Rachel Hewlett, will also let you know what’s going on at HCP and other photography venues around town incl. opportunities around the country. It’s first-come, first-serve with room for only 11, so get there on-time or early!
8 pm, Wednesday, January 6 - Master Class at Main Street Theater
Previews end tonight and performances run through January 24, 2010. Maria Callas is teaching a master class. She’s glamorous, commanding, larger than life—and incredibly funny. An accompanist sits at the piano, at the ready. Callas’ first “victim” is Sophie, a ridiculous, overly-perky soprano. Before the girl can sing a note, Callas stops her—she can’t stand hearing music massacred! And now what has started out as a class has become another stage for Callas herself. She glories in her own career, dabbles in opera dish and flat-out seduces the audience. MST’s production will star Celeste Roberts as Callas.
Being performed at the Chelsea Market location and PG-13. Call 713-524-6706 for tickets or more info or visit mainstreettheater.com. p.s. Tickets to the preview run about $26 less than other tickets…either way, this is going to be great!
7-10 pm, Thursday, January 7 - Celebrate Dance!
It’s Dance Month at the Kaplan Theatre 2010 with festivities kicking off and honoring Houston’s premier presenters who have helped cultivate the Houston dance community. Honorees include June Christensen (Society for the Performing Arts), Andrea Cody (Dance Houston + HYPA Steering Committee member), Christina Giannelli (Dance Source Houston), Nancy Henderek (Dance Salad), Sixto Wagan (DiverseWorks), Jennifer Wood and Louie Saletan (Barnevelder Movement/Arts Complex). Brad Marks (Champion Benefactor of Dance) will also be honored for underwriting I W Marks Master Class Series, which allows hundreds of students to take classes from dance masters around the world.
The party happens at Warehouse Live for a very inexpensive $25 to honor these outstanding individuals that bring so much to Houston’s art + dance community. Live world sounds from Moodafaruka, mixing Flamenco, Middle Eastern, Spanish and Western, along with guest performances in Bollywood by Mahira Dance Company, Samba by the Brazilian Arts Foundation, Tango with Luna Tango and more! Catering by Bowl Cafe.
Tickets and more information at jcchouston.org.
Congratulations to all of the honorees!
8 pm, Friday, January 8, 2010 - Bobbindoctrin’s 6th Annual Puppet Festival
Midtown Arts Center, 2414 LaBranch
Cost: $10 for evening shows; Sunday’s Fambly Day is pay-what-you-will.
Bobbindoctrin, once again, presents their most daring contemporary puppetry for adults (they do bring a “Fambly Day” to the mix on Sunday) and includes company members and local artists with live works of puppetry, along with short films from national and international puppetry artists, distributed by Heather Henson’s Handmade Puppet Dreams.
10 am, Saturday, January 9, 2010 - Ice Carving with the Magnificent 7
Discovery Green, 1500 McKinney, discoverygreen.com
Cost: $Free
Watch as ice artists from around the U.S. return to DG to transform blocks of ice into frozen masterpieces using chainsaws and blowtorches. Finished sculptures will be lit, displayed and judged by ice experts and park visitors (aka you). After the awards, Reverend Butter of DLG Ice Factory puts on an ice carvinig display set to music.
Sunday, January 10 - Project Row Houses
Open 12-5 pm, 2505-2521 Holman Street
Admission is free
It can get hot in these non-airconditioned row houses, so take advantage of the brisk weather and tour the latest installation, Round 31 Life Path 5: Action/Restlessness. You can also view a special traveling exhibition of Travis Whitfield, a landscape/portrait painter and photographer, that has created a multi-media installation that serves as a historic reflection and celebration of the lives of rural African-American residents in northwest Louisiana in the early 1970s. Exhibition includes original photographs and a repeating, 50-minute long video.
Monday, January 11 - Adult Beginner Ballet Class at Hope Stone.
6:30 pm - 8 pm, 1210 W. Clay, Suite 26, www.hopestoneinc.org
These classes are weekly and they also offer them for different levels but what better way to start out your new year? Go test it out for a nominal fee ($18 drop-in) to see if it is for you. Hope Stone also offers programs for children and adults in several disciplines aside from ballet. Visit their site for more information. Aside from being a board member, I’m also a student.
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