Please join Houston Center of Contemporary Craft for Martini Madness!, a chic cocktail fundraiser benefitting HCCC and featuring mad glassware, bottomless martinis, sizzling snacks, retro-lounge sounds and a cash raffle.  The $40 reservation fee includes admission to the party and applies to the purchase of your very own artisan martini glass to use and take home (prices range from $40 - $350).

For more information and to make reservations online, click here.

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It’s a gorgeous weekend in Houston and what better way to enjoy than to spend it outside?

Saturday, September 27, 8 pm, Opera Vista: Trouble in Tahiti at Bayou Bend.  One of Houston’s most elegant backdrop sets the stage for a magical evening with Opera Vista honoring the 90th birthday of late composer Leonard Bernstein.  Evening includes a selection of Bernstein favorites as a prelude to the main act.  Gardens open at 7:15 pm and the central hall of the house will be open for touring until 7:45 pm.  Bring lawn chairs or blankets and cash bar will be available.  Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, 1 Westcott.  Tickets $25 or $20 for MFAH members.  www.operavista.org.

Sunday, September 28, 3 pm to 5 pm, Sundays in the Park @ Discovery Green

Sideshow Tramps consider themselves to be the stewards of past musical eras with a specialty in turn of the century Americana and its migrant influences.  One might compare the music they create to a days proceedings on Ellis Island where the interviews involve chords instead of words.  Free.  www.discoverygreen.com.

Also!  Sunday, September 28 marks the close of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s exhibition:  END GAME - British  Contemporary Art from the Chaney Family Collection — I am going to have to make a run there myself as I will finally have a chance to check it out.  www.mfah.org.