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.

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