Event Calender

A curated list of the latest cultural happenings in Houston

March 28, 2024
  • Artist Talks: UH School of Art 46th MFA Thesis Exhibition

    March 28, 2024  12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
    Blaffer Art Museum, 4173 Elgin St, Houston, TX 77004, USA

    https://blafferartmuseum.org/events/artist-talks-46th-mfa-thesis/

    Tuesday, March 26
    Wednesday, March 27

    Thursday, March 28
    12:00pm—1:00pm

    Location:
    Blaffer Art Museum
    Livestream: YouTubeUH Streaming Media

    Held in-person at the Blaffer, MFA artist talks offer a valuable opportunity to hear from the UH School of Art 46th Masters of Fine Arts Candidates. Join us in the galleries Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, March 26-28 at 12pm—this event is free and open to the public.

    Each spring the Blaffer Art Museum and the University of Houston School of Art proudly presents the work of the Masters of Fine Arts degree candidates from the school’s five studio programs: Graphic Design, Interdisciplinary Practice and Emerging Forms, Painting, Photography/Digital Media, and Sculpture. The exhibition showcases highly developed bodies of work produced in a studio intensive environment over a three-year degree program.

    Tuesday, March 26

    Start Location: Blaffer 1st Floor High-Ceiling Gallery

    12:00-12:15 Adrienne Simmons, Photography and Digital Media

    12:15-12:30 Lau De Leon, Sculpture

    12:30-12:45 Marc Newsome, IPEF

    12:45-1:00 Blya Krouba, Photography and Digital Media

    Wednesday, March 27

    Start Location: Blaffer 1st Floor Low-Ceiling Gallery

    12:00-12:15 Mark Francis, Painting

    12:15-12:30 Garrett Griffin, Painting

    12:30-12:45 Julia Kidd, Painting

    Thursday, March 28

    Start Location: Blaffer 2nd Floor

    12:00-12:15 Madelyn Foutz, Painting

    12:15-12:30 Ian Williams, Graphic Design

    12:30-12:45 Phillip Pyle II, Photography and Digital Media

    12:45-1:00 Zulma Vega, Sculpture

    Learn more: blafferartmuseum.org/46th-mfa-thesis

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  • UH School of Art Speaker Series: Zora J Murff

    March 28, 2024  3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    Dudley Recital Hall, Houston, TX 77004, USA

    https://uh.edu/kgmca/art/events/speaker-series/

    Zora J Murff
    March 28, 3-5:00 pm, CT
    Dudley Recital Hall
    132D Fine Arts Building
    Speaker Series Archive on Youtube!

    Zora J Murff is an artist and educator living in Northwest Arkansas. In 2019, Murff was named an Aperture Portfolio Prize finalist, a PDN 30 honoree, and a Light Work Artist-in-Residence; he was one of eight artists chosen for the most recent iteration of the Museum of Modern Art’s New Photography series, Companion Pieces: New Photography 2020. His work was presented at the 2021 Rencontres d’Arles, France, as part of the Louis Roederer Discovery Award. His works are housed in many notable US institutions and collections including, Studio Museum, SFMOMA, LACMA, and MoMA.

    “Zora J Murff. He is Black; therefore, he is.”

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  • “Narrating Humanity” 2024 AAEF Ajouz Lecture in Literature

    March 28, 2024  5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    University of Houston, 4300 Martin Luther King Blvd, Houston, TX 77204, USA

    https://www.uh.edu/calendar/?view=e&id=643382#event
     
    University of Houston Honors College Commons (2nd floor) 212 M.D. Anderson Library
     

    Please join the Arab-American Educational Foundation Center for Arab Studies on Wednesday, February 28, from 5:00 - 7:00 pm for the 2024 AAEF Dr. Burhan and Mrs. Misako Ajouz Distinguished Lecture in Literature “Narrating Humanity: Life Writing and Movement Politics from Palestine to Mauna Kea” featuring Professor Cynthia G. Franklin (University of Hawai’i).

    Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2024
    Time: Reception: 5:00 pm, Lecture: 5:30 pm
    Location: Honors College Commons (M.D. Anderson Library, 2nd floor)
    Parking: Parking is available at the Welcome Center Garage

    Contestations over the status of the human are at the center of those supporting and resisting Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza against the Palestinian people. Taking up this context, Professor Cynthia Franklin explores the powerful role life narratives and movement politics play in struggles over who counts as human. Expanding on her 2023 publication Narrating Humanity: Life Writing and Movement Politics from Palestine to Mauna Kea, she considers the urgent need to practice decolonial ways to be human. As she does so, Franklin attends to narratives of human being and belonging that have emerged as part of movement building in Hawai‘i for a deoccupied Hawai‘i and Palestine.

    Cynthia G. Franklin is Professor of English at the University of Hawai‘i. She coedits the journal Biography and is author of Academic Lives: Memoir, Cultural Theory, and the University Today (2009), as well as Writing Women’s Communities: The Politics and Poetics of Multi Genre Anthologies (1994).

    Signed copies of Narrating Humanity will be available for purchase at the event.

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  • Artist Talk and Workshop: April Frazier

    March 28, 2024  6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    3219 Almeda Genoa Rd, Houston, TX 77047, USA

    https://www.eventbrite.com/e/familial-landscapes-reimagined-tickets-859677938857
     

    Opening Reception: Saturday, March 16, 2024, 2 to 5 p.m.

    Artist Talk and Workshop: March 28, 2024, 6 to 8 p.m.

    Archived photographs of her grand, great grand and second great grandparents are juxtaposed against portraits of herself, as she acknowledges her past while looking toward the future. Familial Landscapes is an introspective journey of remembrance of what came before on those lands, while (re)imagining the meaning of being present now, in place and time. 

    April is a photographic based artist and native Houstonian. She creatively combines ancestral photographs and decades of research tracing her roots in Texas to create environmental portraits on lands with familial connection from the time of enslavement to the present. Pairing artifacts left behind like jewelry, bricks and inherent knowledge, with visions of the current landscape, April weaves together her story of becoming the black woman she is. Her art practice converges at the four-way intersection of inherent memory, tethered connection to the landscape, ancestral and historical investigation and lived experience.

    In Familial Landscapes (Re)imagined, April shifts the traditional environmental gaze to (re)focus on the seven generations of her people which inhabited the rural lands Texas long before and aims to celebrate their stories through that lens. From discovering her second great
    grandfather Emanuel Roberts acquired over 200 acres of land in Wharton in 1893, to finding the final resting place in Muldoon of her fourth great grandmother Amanda, April strives to (re)imagine and (re)write the visual narrative of the African American in Texas. Familial Landscapes also intersects the work of The Witness Series, a female led and curated art experience which explores the profound historical connection that communities of color have with land and invites the (re)turn of those communities to the bounty of green spaces across Texas.

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  • M-K-T Sunset Market

    March 28, 2024  6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    M-K-T, 600 N Shepherd Dr, Houston, TX 77007, USA

    https://www.themkt.com/event-details/m-k-t-sunset-market-35

    M-K-T Sunset Market puts a weeknight, family-friendly spin on the typical farmers market. Enjoy charcuterie on M-K-T’s wave deck, enjoy live music and face-painting on the lawn, or grab a made-to-go meal by one of Houston’s favorite chefs. There is something here for all ages.

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  • Adult Book Club - The Blueprint

    March 28, 2024  7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    The Plant Project, 888 Westheimer Rd Ste 159, Houston, TX 77006, USA

    https://kindredstorieshtx.com/collections/book-clubs/products/march-2024-adult-book-club-march-28-7pm

    The bookclub meeting is on March 28, 2024 at 7 PM. We're be hanging out with our friends at The Plant Project (in the Montrose Collective). Be sure to show up with the book read (or partially read) but you are always welcome to just come and take up space. 

    ABOUT THE BOOK

    In the vein of Octavia E. Butler and Margaret Atwood, a harrowing novel set in an alternate United States—a world of injustice and bondage in which a young Black woman becomes the concubine of a powerful white government official and must face the dangerous consequences.

    Solenne Bonet lives in Texas where choice no longer exists. An algorithm determines a Black woman’s occupation, spouse, and residence. Solenne finds solace in penning the biography of Henriette, an ancestor who’d been an enslaved concubine to a wealthy planter in 1800s Louisiana. But history repeats itself when Solenne, lonely and naïve, finds herself entangled with Bastien Martin, a high-ranking government official. Solenne finds the psychological bond unbearable, so she considers alternatives. With Henriette as her guide, she must decide whether and how to leave behind all she knows.  

    Inspired by the lives of enslaved concubines to U.S. politicians and planters, The Blueprint unfolds over dual timelines to explore bodily autonomy, hypocrisy, and power imbalances through the lens of the nation’s most unprotected: a Black girl.

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  • Film Screening: Mahogany

    March 28, 2024  7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
    Houston Museum of African American Culture, 4807 Caroline St, Houston, TX 77004, USA

    https://cinemahtx2024.eventive.org/schedule/65ca6943fc24e30062be7c97

    The Houston Cinema Arts Society (HCAS) and the Houston Museum for African American Culture (HMAAC) are teaming up with the DeLUXE Theater for a screening of Mahogany. Come dressed in your best 1970s fashion and join us in honoring the DeLUXE Theater's history of being a premier Black movie theater and celebrating classic Black Cinema.

    All ticket proceeds from this event will go directly towards the DeLUXE Theater equipment fundraiser, and additional donations are appreciated. Learn more about this initiative here.

    50% off tickets available for HCAS Members, HMAAC Members, Students, and Teachers! To claim your discount code, please email boxoffice@cinemahtx.org.

    Mahogany
    Tracy, an aspiring designer from the slums of Chicago puts herself through fashion school in the hopes of becoming one of the world's top designers. Her ambition leads her to Rome spurring a choice between the man she loves or her newfound success.

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March 29, 2024
  • Brush and Brunch

    March 29, 2024  12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
    Blaffer Art Museum, 4173 Elgin St, Houston, TX 77004, USA

    https://blafferartmuseum.org/events/bauer-brush-and-brunch-door-dash/

    Join us Friday March 29th for an unforgettable exploration of creativity, inspiration, and cultural enrichment at the Blaffer Art Museum. Immerse yourself in the transformative power of art as you also get to eat from DoorDash’s food table and enjoy the experience with your friends.

    Please review the available tour slots here, starting at 1:00 pm and ending at 2:30, and click on the button to sign up.

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  • Beyonce Renaissance Act II Party at The Rink: Rolling at Discovery Green

    March 29, 2024  7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    Discovery Green, 1500 McKinney St, Houston, TX 77010, USA

    https://www.discoverygreen.com/beyonce-renaissance-act-ii-party-at-the-rink-rolling-at-discovery-green/
     

    Grab your friends and head to Discovery Green’s outdoor roller skating rink for a Beyonce album listening party on Friday, March 29 from 7 – 9 pm. Come dressed ready to celebrate your favorite Beyonce album era. DJ Monstaa will be playing the new album in its entirety as well as some of her odes to Houston and other hits through the years. Plus, learn more about the UHD Thursday Night Concert series at Discovery Green which kicks off in May and features Texas and Houston artists of all genres.

    Music by DJ Monstaa, a light show and roller skating make for FUNomenal Friday nights. It’s a party at The Rink: Rolling at Discovery Green!

    ABOUT THE RINK: ROLLING AT DISCOVERY GREEN

    This spring, visitors can enjoy seven weeks of roller-skating fun at Houston’s only outdoor roller rink. Let the good times roll at this Instagram-worthy spot that’s fun for all ages. Admission is $12 plus tax and includes skate rental. Proceeds support Discovery Green Conservancy’s mission, park maintenance and free cultural programs. For more information including hours, special events and to purchase tickets visit discoverygreen.com/therink.

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  • Film Screening: Joyland

    March 29, 2024  7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    Rice University, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005, USA

    https://events.rice.edu/event/358356-joyland
     
    Sewall Hall, 301  

    Presented by Rice Cinema

    Joyland

    Directed by Saim Sadiq
    (Pakistan, 2022, 127 min.)

    Friday, March 29 7:00 PM

    Winner of the Prix du Jury and the Queer Palm at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. The youngest son in a traditional Pakistani family takes a job as a backup dancer in a Bollywood-style burlesque and quickly becomes infatuated with the strong-willed trans woman who runs the show. “The right way to feel love, and the right way to feel part of a family, are the insoluble difficulties at the heart of this mysterious, sad and tender movie from Pakistan, a drama brimming with life and novelistic detail, directed by the first-time film-maker Saim Sadiq… This is a movie about people who find their inner lives and sense of themselves don’t match up to what is expected of them. Their feeling of wrongness is part of what they have to suppress, from day to day” — Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

    Discounted parking is available at Founder’s Court, a $6 flat rate, credit card is required.

    Open to the public.

    Free

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March 30, 2024
  • Houston Plant Market

    March 30, 2024  10:00 am - 3:00 pm
    Houston Botanic Garden, 1 Botanic Lane, Houston, TX 77017, USA

    https://hbg.org/event/houston-plant-market-3/

    The Houston Plant Market will bring a variety of local plant, craft, art, and food vendors to the Garden, just in time for spring shopping season.

    Access to the Houston Plant Market is included in general admission to the Garden. Members can use the number of free admissions associated with their membership level to shop the market at no additional charge.

    Houston Botanic Garden offers free parking for most events, which are often held in climate-controlled environments, rain or shine. If you have specific questions, please email education@hbg.org

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  • Market Square Park Farmers Market

    March 30, 2024  10:00 am - 2:00 pm
    Market Square Park, 301 Milam St, Houston, TX 77002, USA

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  • Ladies First Collective Market

    March 30, 2024  11:00 am - 4:00 pm
    Crumbville, TX, 3409 Emancipation Ave, Houston, TX 77004, USA

    https://www.facebook.com/events/720301546931693


    You're Invited to the Ladies First Collective Market!
    Celebrate Women's History Month with amazing female-owned businesses!
    Join us for the Ladies First Collective Market, featuring 6 inspiring women showcasing their talents. Shop, sip, and support at Crumbville Bakery on Saturday, March 30th from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
    Here's who you'll meet:
    Ella of Crumbville, TX - Owner of Crumbville Bakery that specializes in Vegan, Gluten-Free & Non-Vegan Baked Goods
    Kissed By A Bee Organics Urban Apothecary: Natural and organic products for your well-being.
    Bar Magic - Mobile Bartender and Bar Alchemist: Craft cocktails to tantalize your taste buds.
    Carla Sue - Keep Houston Dope (Dope City Collective): Unique and stylish apparel.
    Emerge N Seed - The Plant Medic: All things plants - greenery and guidance.
    Scent of Serentiy By Iesha - The Candle Crafter: Hand-poured candles to fill your home with fragrance.
    Team Jemini - BadAss Merch for the BadAss in You: Apparel and accessories that celebrate your inner strength.
    Empower yourself and other women by supporting their businesses!
    Mark your calendars and spread the word!
    Date: Saturday, March 30th
    Time: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    Location: Crumbville Bakery
    See you there!

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  • Film Screening: Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain)

    March 30, 2024  7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1001 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005, USA

    https://www.mfah.org/calendar/amelie/202403301900

    In one of the most beloved and acclaimed romantic comedies ever made, Audrey Tatou plays a naïve Montmartre waitress who performs random acts of kindness for others, but privately leads a lonely, melancholic life bereft of love. The imaginative, whimsical masterpiece from the director of Delicatessen and City of Lost Children is also set to a distinctive soundtrack by Yann Tiersen.

    Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain)
    Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
    (France, 2001, 122 minutes, in French with English subtitles)
    Brown Auditorium Theater, digital restoration

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  • Film Screening: Israelism

    March 30, 2024  7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    Rice University, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005, USA

    https://events.rice.edu/event/358357-israelism
     
    Sewall Hall, 301  

    Co-sponsored by Rice SJP and Rice Cinema

    Israelism

    Directed by Erin Axelman and Sam Ellertsen
    (US, 2023, 84 min.)

    Saturday, March 30, 7:00 PM

    Co-sponsors are Rice SJP and Rice Cinema

    In 2023, two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the brutal way Israel treats Palestinians, and their lives take sharp left turns. With co-filmmaker Nadia Saah, they join a movement of young American Jews battling the old guard to redefine Judaism’s relationship with Israel, revealing a deepening generational divide over modern Jewish identity. A provocative and personal documentary, nominated for a Brooklyn Film Festival Spirit Award. “A powerful and honest exploration of the changing Jewish attitudes towards Israel” — Jacobin

    Discounted parking is available at Founder’s Court, a $6 flat rate, credit card is required.

    Open to the public.

    Free

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  • Concert: Amaarae - Fountain Baby Tour

    March 30, 2024  7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
    White Oak Music Hall, 2915 N Main St, Houston, TX 77009, USA

    https://www.ticketmaster.com/amaarae-fountain-baby-tour-houston-texas-03-30-2024/event/3A005F21C0A03BF2

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April 4, 2024
April 6, 2024
  • Brunch & Screw

    April 6, 2024  12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    Sanman Studios, 1109 Providence St, Houston, TX 77002, USA

    https://www.whatstba.com/e/brunchscrew
     

    In collaboration with the HTX Hip-Hop Museum we present Brunch & Screw! 

    Embark on a journey through beats, bites, and community as we celebrate the life and legacy of DJ Screw. "Brunch & Screw" is not just an event; it's a cultural experience that pays homage to screw music & Houston culture while bringing people together in an atmosphere of shared appreciation, great food, and unforgettable music.

    A fine dine experience curated by The Spice Boyz will feature a southern diaspora cuisine with a watermelon salad as a starter; your choice of entree Fried Chicken & French Toast or Catfish & Grits. Bottomless mimosas mixed with Grand Marnier. Custom brunch cocktails are available on site.

    Doors Open at 12pm 

    Dining begins at 1pm

    Powered by: Grand Marnier 

    Energy by: Big Ace

    Florals: Floralera

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  • Eclipse Your Mind: Sun, Moon & Space Trivia

    April 6, 2024  1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
    Houston Botanic Garden, 1 Botanic Lane, Houston, TX 77017, USA

    https://hbg.org/event/eclipse-your-mind/

    Prepare to broaden the horizons of your scientific knowledge with our Eclipse Your Mind trivia, in anticipation of the upcoming solar eclipse. Although Houston may have missed the path of totality for the eclipse by a few hundred miles, the Garden invites you to join us for a cosmic journey through space facts and celestial wonders in celebration of this rare natural phenomenon, which will still be a “can’t miss” moment in local history. Test your expertise on everything from lunar phases to interstellar phenomena in this fun and informative event. Here is your chance to shine brighter than the stars and win some cool prizes.

    Non-member fee of $25 includes admission to the Garden. Members receive a $15 discount.

    Houston Botanic Garden offers free parking for most events, which are often held in climate-controlled environments, rain or shine. If you have specific questions, please email education@hbg.org.

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  • Neighborhood Community Day

    April 6, 2024  1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    The Menil Collection, 1533 Sul Ross St, Houston, TX 77006, USA

    https://www.facebook.com/events/869964608264960/


    Join us for the Menil Collection’s annual Neighborhood Community Day.
    Enjoy an afternoon of art, music, poetry, and family activities in celebration of the museum’s vibrant neighborhood.
    Participating organizations include DACAMERA, Houston Center for Photography, Inprint, The Menil Collection, Plant It Forward, Rothko Chapel, Watercolor Art Society, and Writers in the Schools (WITS).
    Artist workshops include paper-folding with Joan Son and Pysanky egg painting with Nestor Topchy.
    This event takes place outdoors at the Menil Collection. Please bring your own picnic blankets or lawn chairs. Menil green space policies apply.

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  • Tay Butler

    April 6, 2024  2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1001 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005, USA

    Meet artists featured in the exhibition Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage as they lead conversations in the galleries. The four-part series begins this Saturday with Houston-based artist Lovie Olivia, who discusses her work and the landscape of contemporary Black collage.

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  • Memory Fleet: A Return to Matr, Land Listening No. 27

    April 6, 2024  2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
    African American History Research Center, 1300 Victor St, Houston, TX 77019, USA

    https://www.diverseworks.org/in-the-works/exhibtion-performance/memory-fleet-the-return-to-matr/
     

    Memory Fleet: A Return to Matr is a performance, installation and archive that preserves the living memories of eight Black matriarchs of the North and South sides of Houston, TX. Their shared stories will be the source for original sound scores, choreographies, and garments experienced as an installation, performance, album, feast, online archive, anthological catalog, and responsive interdisciplinary practice.

    The project is set to premiere in Houston in April 2024. Hearn is currently developing a memory-keeping practice that will tour Pittsburgh, PA, and New York, NY as a way to archive the living memories of their dance mothers within their communities.

    Memory Fleet is created for the people and places that have mothered Jasmine. It is for all Black people who mother. The project began with Hearn’s return home and a solo performance, MEMORY KEEP(H)ER (2016), made with their grandmother, Claudette Nickens Johnson, to build an alternative archive for her stories as Johnson began to lose her ability to remember.

    For direct inquiries to the artist about the project please email memoryfleet@gmail.com. For press inquiries please email eva@diverseworks.org.

    SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

    SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2024

    2:30 PM – MEMORY FLEET: A RETURN TO MATR, LAND LISTENING NO. 27
    Location: Outside of The Gregory School, the African American Library,
    1300 Victor St, Houston, TX 77019.
    Approximate run time: 30 minutes
    Free admission, no tickets required.

    7:00 PM – PERFORMANCE MEMORY FLEET: A RETURN TO MATR
    Location: Houston Met Dance, 4916 Main St #100, Houston, TX 77002
    Approximate run time: 1 hour, no intermission
    Pay-what-you-wish. Suggested $25. Get Tickets

    SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2024

    12:30 PM – INSTALLATION WALK-THROUGH WITH LOVIE OLIVIA
    Location: Houston Met Dance, 4916 Main St #100, Houston, TX 77002
    Free admission, no tickets required.

    2:00 PM – PERFORMANCE MEMORY FLEET: A RETURN TO MATR
    Location: Houston Met Dance, 4916 Main St #100, Houston, TX 77002
    Approximate run time: 1 hour, no intermission
    Pay-what-you-wish. Suggested $25. Get Tickets

    ABOUT THE ARTIST

    Jasmine Hearn – They/Them was born and raised on occupied lands now known as Houston, TX. They studied dance with a multitude of teachers including their sister, cousins, aunties, teachers, and friends at family events, church, and at the Houston Metropolitan Dance Center Jasmine is an internationally touring interdisciplinary artist, director, choreographer, organizer, doula, performer, director, and a Rome Prize Fellow with Athena Kokoronis at the American Academy in Rome. Jasmine has also been awarded three Bessie Awards for Outstanding Performance (2017) with skeleton architecture, Outstanding Performance (2021), and Outstanding Production (2021) with the cast and crew of The Motherboard Suite. 

    Jasmine has creatively collaborated with artists Solange Knowles, Alisha B. Wormsley, Vanessa German, Marjani Forté-Saunders, Maria Bauman, Lovie Olivia, Ayanah Moor, Staycee Pearl, Holly Bass, Li Harris, and companies, Urban Bush Women, David Dorfman Dance, and Helen Simoneau Danse, which have produced solo and collective dance choreography for performances at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York Live Arts, the Guggenheim Museum, the Getty Center, the 2019 Venice Biennale, the Ford Foundation, Danspace Project, BAAD!, Kelly Strayhorn Theater, and other internationally acclaimed art spaces such as the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and the Carnegie Museum of Art. Their commitment to performance is an expansive practice that includes dance, embodied sound, garment design, painting, and the archiving of matrilineal memory. Jasmine gives gratitude to Spirit, their mothers, and all the mothering Black people, who have supported their dreaming dancing moving remembering body.

    Website: https://www.jasminehearn.com
    Instagram: @jasminehearncollaborates
    Instagram: @memory_fleet

    SUPPORT

    Memory Fleet: A Return to Matr is presented and produced by DiverseWorks in collaboration with Houston Met Dance.

    Memory Fleet: A Return to Matr’s presentation in Houston is supported in part by an Arts Projects grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Hollyfield Foundation, and the Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts.

    Memory Fleet: A Return to Matr is a 2022 Creative Capital and 2022 National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund Project co-commissioned by DiverseWorks in partnership with Chocolate Factory Theater, Queens, NY, Kelly Strayhorn Theater, Pittsburgh, PA, New York Live Arts, New York, New York. Memory Fleet was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and the Mellon Foundation.

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  • Memory Fleet: A Return to Matr, Land Listening No. 27

    April 6, 2024  7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Houston Metropolitan Dance Center, 4916 Main St #100, Houston, TX 77002, USA

    https://www.diverseworks.org/in-the-works/exhibtion-performance/memory-fleet-the-return-to-matr/
     

    Memory Fleet: A Return to Matr is a performance, installation and archive that preserves the living memories of eight Black matriarchs of the North and South sides of Houston, TX. Their shared stories will be the source for original sound scores, choreographies, and garments experienced as an installation, performance, album, feast, online archive, anthological catalog, and responsive interdisciplinary practice.

    The project is set to premiere in Houston in April 2024. Hearn is currently developing a memory-keeping practice that will tour Pittsburgh, PA, and New York, NY as a way to archive the living memories of their dance mothers within their communities.

    Memory Fleet is created for the people and places that have mothered Jasmine. It is for all Black people who mother. The project began with Hearn’s return home and a solo performance, MEMORY KEEP(H)ER (2016), made with their grandmother, Claudette Nickens Johnson, to build an alternative archive for her stories as Johnson began to lose her ability to remember.

    For direct inquiries to the artist about the project please email memoryfleet@gmail.com. For press inquiries please email eva@diverseworks.org.

    SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

    SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2024

    2:30 PM – MEMORY FLEET: A RETURN TO MATR, LAND LISTENING NO. 27
    Location: Outside of The Gregory School, the African American Library,
    1300 Victor St, Houston, TX 77019.
    Approximate run time: 30 minutes
    Free admission, no tickets required.

    7:00 PM – PERFORMANCE MEMORY FLEET: A RETURN TO MATR
    Location: Houston Met Dance, 4916 Main St #100, Houston, TX 77002
    Approximate run time: 1 hour, no intermission
    Pay-what-you-wish. Suggested $25. Get Tickets

    SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2024

    12:30 PM – INSTALLATION WALK-THROUGH WITH LOVIE OLIVIA
    Location: Houston Met Dance, 4916 Main St #100, Houston, TX 77002
    Free admission, no tickets required.

    2:00 PM – PERFORMANCE MEMORY FLEET: A RETURN TO MATR
    Location: Houston Met Dance, 4916 Main St #100, Houston, TX 77002
    Approximate run time: 1 hour, no intermission
    Pay-what-you-wish. Suggested $25. Get Tickets

    ABOUT THE ARTIST

    Jasmine Hearn – They/Them was born and raised on occupied lands now known as Houston, TX. They studied dance with a multitude of teachers including their sister, cousins, aunties, teachers, and friends at family events, church, and at the Houston Metropolitan Dance Center Jasmine is an internationally touring interdisciplinary artist, director, choreographer, organizer, doula, performer, director, and a Rome Prize Fellow with Athena Kokoronis at the American Academy in Rome. Jasmine has also been awarded three Bessie Awards for Outstanding Performance (2017) with skeleton architecture, Outstanding Performance (2021), and Outstanding Production (2021) with the cast and crew of The Motherboard Suite. 

    Jasmine has creatively collaborated with artists Solange Knowles, Alisha B. Wormsley, Vanessa German, Marjani Forté-Saunders, Maria Bauman, Lovie Olivia, Ayanah Moor, Staycee Pearl, Holly Bass, Li Harris, and companies, Urban Bush Women, David Dorfman Dance, and Helen Simoneau Danse, which have produced solo and collective dance choreography for performances at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York Live Arts, the Guggenheim Museum, the Getty Center, the 2019 Venice Biennale, the Ford Foundation, Danspace Project, BAAD!, Kelly Strayhorn Theater, and other internationally acclaimed art spaces such as the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and the Carnegie Museum of Art. Their commitment to performance is an expansive practice that includes dance, embodied sound, garment design, painting, and the archiving of matrilineal memory. Jasmine gives gratitude to Spirit, their mothers, and all the mothering Black people, who have supported their dreaming dancing moving remembering body.

    Website: https://www.jasminehearn.com
    Instagram: @jasminehearncollaborates
    Instagram: @memory_fleet

    SUPPORT

    Memory Fleet: A Return to Matr is presented and produced by DiverseWorks in collaboration with Houston Met Dance.

    Memory Fleet: A Return to Matr’s presentation in Houston is supported in part by an Arts Projects grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Hollyfield Foundation, and the Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts.

    Memory Fleet: A Return to Matr is a 2022 Creative Capital and 2022 National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund Project co-commissioned by DiverseWorks in partnership with Chocolate Factory Theater, Queens, NY, Kelly Strayhorn Theater, Pittsburgh, PA, New York Live Arts, New York, New York. Memory Fleet was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and the Mellon Foundation.

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  • The Love Project Live - Act IV

    April 6, 2024  7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
    Anderson Center for the Arts, 13334 Wallisville Rd, Houston, TX 77049, USA

    https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-love-project-live-act-iv-tickets-853941541137

    Acclaimed artist Sha Davis is set to launch her highly anticipated exhibition, "The Love Project Live- Act IV" at The Anderson Center for the Arts on April 6th, 2024. This captivating theatre event promises to be an immersive and unforgettable experience, combining live music, mesmerizing visuals, spoken word, and the raw emotions of real-life love interviews.

    "The Love Project Live- Act IV" is a unique theatrical endeavor that intertwines the

    authentic narratives of love from the documentary series "The Love Project" with live music composed by the brilliant John Mgbeike. Lead artist and performer Sha Davis has

    written a compelling lyrical script that will guide audiences through the highs and lows of

    falling in love, enhanced by the poetic narration of award-winning spoken word artist

    Red Lion.

    Audiences can expect to embark on a heartfelt journey, delving into the depths of human

    emotion and connection. The immersive experience will be further heightened by

    mesmerizing on screen visuals provided by Bellatronica, and set design by art collective

    House of HER. The show is further enhanced by a therapeutic sound bowl element,

    ensuring that every moment resonates deeply with attendees.

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April 7, 2024
  • Hermann Park Conservancy Kite Festival

    April 7, 2024  10:00 am - 3:00 pm
    Hermann Park, 6001 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030, USA

    https://www.facebook.com/events/2116227295411242/

    On Sunday, April 7, 2024, Hermann Park Conservancy's Kite Festival will bring a day full of fun and, of course, kite-flying to Hermann Park.
    From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Miller Hill and along the Jones Reflection Pool, activities will include live music, a DJ, interactive games and activities, face painting and more.
    This community-favorite event is made possible through contributions from our host committee members and sponsors. A special thanks to them for their support in making this truly special day happen in Hermann Park!

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  • Memory Fleet: A Return to Matr, Land Listening No. 27

    April 7, 2024  12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
    Houston Metropolitan Dance Center, 4916 Main St #100, Houston, TX 77002, USA

    https://www.diverseworks.org/in-the-works/exhibtion-performance/memory-fleet-the-return-to-matr/
     

    Memory Fleet: A Return to Matr is a performance, installation and archive that preserves the living memories of eight Black matriarchs of the North and South sides of Houston, TX. Their shared stories will be the source for original sound scores, choreographies, and garments experienced as an installation, performance, album, feast, online archive, anthological catalog, and responsive interdisciplinary practice.

    The project is set to premiere in Houston in April 2024. Hearn is currently developing a memory-keeping practice that will tour Pittsburgh, PA, and New York, NY as a way to archive the living memories of their dance mothers within their communities.

    Memory Fleet is created for the people and places that have mothered Jasmine. It is for all Black people who mother. The project began with Hearn’s return home and a solo performance, MEMORY KEEP(H)ER (2016), made with their grandmother, Claudette Nickens Johnson, to build an alternative archive for her stories as Johnson began to lose her ability to remember.

    For direct inquiries to the artist about the project please email memoryfleet@gmail.com. For press inquiries please email eva@diverseworks.org.

    SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

    SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2024

    2:30 PM – MEMORY FLEET: A RETURN TO MATR, LAND LISTENING NO. 27
    Location: Outside of The Gregory School, the African American Library,
    1300 Victor St, Houston, TX 77019.
    Approximate run time: 30 minutes
    Free admission, no tickets required.

    7:00 PM – PERFORMANCE MEMORY FLEET: A RETURN TO MATR
    Location: Houston Met Dance, 4916 Main St #100, Houston, TX 77002
    Approximate run time: 1 hour, no intermission
    Pay-what-you-wish. Suggested $25. Get Tickets

    SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2024

    12:30 PM – INSTALLATION WALK-THROUGH WITH LOVIE OLIVIA
    Location: Houston Met Dance, 4916 Main St #100, Houston, TX 77002
    Free admission, no tickets required.

    2:00 PM – PERFORMANCE MEMORY FLEET: A RETURN TO MATR
    Location: Houston Met Dance, 4916 Main St #100, Houston, TX 77002
    Approximate run time: 1 hour, no intermission
    Pay-what-you-wish. Suggested $25. Get Tickets

    ABOUT THE ARTIST

    Jasmine Hearn – They/Them was born and raised on occupied lands now known as Houston, TX. They studied dance with a multitude of teachers including their sister, cousins, aunties, teachers, and friends at family events, church, and at the Houston Metropolitan Dance Center Jasmine is an internationally touring interdisciplinary artist, director, choreographer, organizer, doula, performer, director, and a Rome Prize Fellow with Athena Kokoronis at the American Academy in Rome. Jasmine has also been awarded three Bessie Awards for Outstanding Performance (2017) with skeleton architecture, Outstanding Performance (2021), and Outstanding Production (2021) with the cast and crew of The Motherboard Suite. 

    Jasmine has creatively collaborated with artists Solange Knowles, Alisha B. Wormsley, Vanessa German, Marjani Forté-Saunders, Maria Bauman, Lovie Olivia, Ayanah Moor, Staycee Pearl, Holly Bass, Li Harris, and companies, Urban Bush Women, David Dorfman Dance, and Helen Simoneau Danse, which have produced solo and collective dance choreography for performances at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York Live Arts, the Guggenheim Museum, the Getty Center, the 2019 Venice Biennale, the Ford Foundation, Danspace Project, BAAD!, Kelly Strayhorn Theater, and other internationally acclaimed art spaces such as the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and the Carnegie Museum of Art. Their commitment to performance is an expansive practice that includes dance, embodied sound, garment design, painting, and the archiving of matrilineal memory. Jasmine gives gratitude to Spirit, their mothers, and all the mothering Black people, who have supported their dreaming dancing moving remembering body.

    Website: https://www.jasminehearn.com
    Instagram: @jasminehearncollaborates
    Instagram: @memory_fleet

    SUPPORT

    Memory Fleet: A Return to Matr is presented and produced by DiverseWorks in collaboration with Houston Met Dance.

    Memory Fleet: A Return to Matr’s presentation in Houston is supported in part by an Arts Projects grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Hollyfield Foundation, and the Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts.

    Memory Fleet: A Return to Matr is a 2022 Creative Capital and 2022 National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund Project co-commissioned by DiverseWorks in partnership with Chocolate Factory Theater, Queens, NY, Kelly Strayhorn Theater, Pittsburgh, PA, New York Live Arts, New York, New York. Memory Fleet was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and the Mellon Foundation.

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  • Memory Fleet: A Return to Matr, Land Listening No. 27

    April 7, 2024  2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    Houston Metropolitan Dance Center, 4916 Main St #100, Houston, TX 77002, USA

    https://www.diverseworks.org/in-the-works/exhibtion-performance/memory-fleet-the-return-to-matr/
     

    Memory Fleet: A Return to Matr is a performance, installation and archive that preserves the living memories of eight Black matriarchs of the North and South sides of Houston, TX. Their shared stories will be the source for original sound scores, choreographies, and garments experienced as an installation, performance, album, feast, online archive, anthological catalog, and responsive interdisciplinary practice.

    The project is set to premiere in Houston in April 2024. Hearn is currently developing a memory-keeping practice that will tour Pittsburgh, PA, and New York, NY as a way to archive the living memories of their dance mothers within their communities.

    Memory Fleet is created for the people and places that have mothered Jasmine. It is for all Black people who mother. The project began with Hearn’s return home and a solo performance, MEMORY KEEP(H)ER (2016), made with their grandmother, Claudette Nickens Johnson, to build an alternative archive for her stories as Johnson began to lose her ability to remember.

    For direct inquiries to the artist about the project please email memoryfleet@gmail.com. For press inquiries please email eva@diverseworks.org.

    SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

    SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2024

    2:30 PM – MEMORY FLEET: A RETURN TO MATR, LAND LISTENING NO. 27
    Location: Outside of The Gregory School, the African American Library,
    1300 Victor St, Houston, TX 77019.
    Approximate run time: 30 minutes
    Free admission, no tickets required.

    7:00 PM – PERFORMANCE MEMORY FLEET: A RETURN TO MATR
    Location: Houston Met Dance, 4916 Main St #100, Houston, TX 77002
    Approximate run time: 1 hour, no intermission
    Pay-what-you-wish. Suggested $25. Get Tickets

    SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2024

    12:30 PM – INSTALLATION WALK-THROUGH WITH LOVIE OLIVIA
    Location: Houston Met Dance, 4916 Main St #100, Houston, TX 77002
    Free admission, no tickets required.

    2:00 PM – PERFORMANCE MEMORY FLEET: A RETURN TO MATR
    Location: Houston Met Dance, 4916 Main St #100, Houston, TX 77002
    Approximate run time: 1 hour, no intermission
    Pay-what-you-wish. Suggested $25. Get Tickets

    ABOUT THE ARTIST

    Jasmine Hearn – They/Them was born and raised on occupied lands now known as Houston, TX. They studied dance with a multitude of teachers including their sister, cousins, aunties, teachers, and friends at family events, church, and at the Houston Metropolitan Dance Center Jasmine is an internationally touring interdisciplinary artist, director, choreographer, organizer, doula, performer, director, and a Rome Prize Fellow with Athena Kokoronis at the American Academy in Rome. Jasmine has also been awarded three Bessie Awards for Outstanding Performance (2017) with skeleton architecture, Outstanding Performance (2021), and Outstanding Production (2021) with the cast and crew of The Motherboard Suite. 

    Jasmine has creatively collaborated with artists Solange Knowles, Alisha B. Wormsley, Vanessa German, Marjani Forté-Saunders, Maria Bauman, Lovie Olivia, Ayanah Moor, Staycee Pearl, Holly Bass, Li Harris, and companies, Urban Bush Women, David Dorfman Dance, and Helen Simoneau Danse, which have produced solo and collective dance choreography for performances at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York Live Arts, the Guggenheim Museum, the Getty Center, the 2019 Venice Biennale, the Ford Foundation, Danspace Project, BAAD!, Kelly Strayhorn Theater, and other internationally acclaimed art spaces such as the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and the Carnegie Museum of Art. Their commitment to performance is an expansive practice that includes dance, embodied sound, garment design, painting, and the archiving of matrilineal memory. Jasmine gives gratitude to Spirit, their mothers, and all the mothering Black people, who have supported their dreaming dancing moving remembering body.

    Website: https://www.jasminehearn.com
    Instagram: @jasminehearncollaborates
    Instagram: @memory_fleet

    SUPPORT

    Memory Fleet: A Return to Matr is presented and produced by DiverseWorks in collaboration with Houston Met Dance.

    Memory Fleet: A Return to Matr’s presentation in Houston is supported in part by an Arts Projects grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Hollyfield Foundation, and the Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts.

    Memory Fleet: A Return to Matr is a 2022 Creative Capital and 2022 National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund Project co-commissioned by DiverseWorks in partnership with Chocolate Factory Theater, Queens, NY, Kelly Strayhorn Theater, Pittsburgh, PA, New York Live Arts, New York, New York. Memory Fleet was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and the Mellon Foundation.

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  • Jazzy Sundays

    April 7, 2024  5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    The Water Works in Buffalo Bayou Park, 105-B Sabine St, Houston, TX 77007, USA

    https://epconservancy.org/jazzy24announcement/

    The Water Works in Buffalo Bayou Park, 105 Sabine Street

    April 7, 2024: Ghost-Note & Monterey Jazz
    April 14, 2024: Free Radicals & Hot Box
    April 21, 2024: Rainel Joubert & Lolade
    April 28, 2024: Chief Adjuah & Sal Capone

    All concerts will be held from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm and guests are encouraged to bring a blanket or lawn chairs. Food and drink will be available for purchase.

    From classic jazz to zydeco, blues and more, this year’s production kicks off at Emancipation Park on March 3 with tunes from R&B vocalist and song-writer, TK Soul, before moving to Buffalo Bayou Park on April 7, where parkgoers can sway to the progressive jazz hits from Grammy-winning musical duo, Ghost-Note. The programming concludes at Discovery Green, kicking off on May 5 with the Latin jazz ensemble, Tim Ruiz and Friends and featuring a performance by award-winning, MacArthur Genius Cécile McLorin Salvant on May 26.

    The full Jazzy Sundays in the Park line-up is listed below.

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April 11, 2024
  • CSWGS Martel Lecture - Naomi Oreskes

    April 11, 2024  6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
    Fondren Library, 6100 South Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA

    https://events.rice.edu/event/352230-cswgs-martel-lecture-naomi-oreskes
     
    Fondren Library, Kyle Morrow Room (3rd floor)  

    The Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Rice University
    presents a Marian Fox Martel Distinguished Lecture in Gender and Science

    “Epistemic Privilege and the Gender of Climate Change Denial”

    Naomi Oreskes
    Henry Charles Lea Professor of the History of Science
    Affiliated Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences
    Harvard University

    Thursday, April 11, 2024
    6:00pm Lecture

    Additional information forthcoming.

    A world-renowned earth scientist, historian and public speaker, she is the author of the best-selling book, Merchants of Doubt (2010) and a leading voice on the role of science in society, the reality of anthropogenic climate change, and the role of disinformation in blocking climate action.

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April 12, 2024
  • The Color Purple

    April 12, 2024
    Graville M. Sawyer Auditorium, 3100 Cleburne St, Houston, TX 77004, USA

    https://www.tsu.edu/academics/colleges-and-schools/colabs/vpa/news

    TSU Theatre Presents: " The Color Purple" The Musical About Love
    https://www.instagram.com/p/C48xkCEOM0W/

    Friday, 10am
    Friday, 7pm

    Saturday, 7pm

    Sunday, 3pm

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  • Exhibition Opening Reception: Mami Wata Afrofuturism

    April 12, 2024  6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Houston Museum of African American Culture, 4807 Caroline St, Houston, TX 77004, USA

    https://www.instagram.com/p/C48WzjFufNr/

    The Houston Museum of African American Culture(HMAAC) Presents: Mami Wata Afrofuturism: 500 Years Back to the [Afro][F]uture, curated by HMAAC’s Chief Curator Christopher Blay. Opening Reception is Friday, April 12, 6 - 8PM and the show will be on view through June 29. The exhibition envisions the future through the lens of the past and focuses on works by artists of the African diaspora who consider the transatlantic and trans-Mississippi delta journeys of black people across waters, carrying with them histories, mythologies, and cultures towards new futures.

    The exhibition includes paintings, photography, video, and sculpture from the following artists: Arnold J. Browne, Carla Jay Harris, Lewinale Havette, Miatta Kawinzi, Abi Salami, Lakea Shepard, and Raymond Thompson.

    A conversation with the artists, moderated by Chief Curator Blay, will be on Saturday, April 13, at 2PM at HMAAC.
    There will also be a Wednesday, April 24, 7PM screening of the movie Mami Wata by director C.J. ‘Fiery’ Obasi. The public is invited to register for free tickets for the film by clicking the link below or link in bio.

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  • School of Art Annual Student Exhibition-Opening

    April 12, 2024  6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Blaffer Art Museum, 4173 Elgin St, Houston, TX 77004, USA

    https://www.uh.edu/kgmca/art/events/calendar/?view=e&id=640405#event

    Join us for the opening reception of this year’s School of Art Annual Student Exhibition.
    Every spring this popular exhibition introduces the University of Houston campus and Houston audiences to the work of School of Art undergraduate seniors and first- and second-year graduate students. The show features works selected by School of Art faculty in consultation with student artists. More than 100 UH artists will present works during this exhibition—which has long served as a way to introduce rising artists to local patrons and provides students with the experience of presenting works in a professional museum.

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April 13, 2024
  • Dr. John T. Biggers 100th Birthday Celebration

    April 13, 2024  10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Blue Triangle Community Center, 3005 McGowen St #300, Houston, TX 77004, USA

    https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dr-john-t-biggers-100th-birthday-celebration-tickets-853076704387

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  • Artist Talk: Mami Wata Afrofuturism

    April 13, 2024  2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    Houston Museum of African American Culture, 4807 Caroline St, Houston, TX 77004, USA

    https://www.instagram.com/p/C48WzjFufNr/

    The Houston Museum of African American Culture(HMAAC) Presents: Mami Wata Afrofuturism: 500 Years Back to the [Afro][F]uture, curated by HMAAC’s Chief Curator Christopher Blay. Opening Reception is Friday, April 12, 6 - 8PM and the show will be on view through June 29. The exhibition envisions the future through the lens of the past and focuses on works by artists of the African diaspora who consider the transatlantic and trans-Mississippi delta journeys of black people across waters, carrying with them histories, mythologies, and cultures towards new futures.

    The exhibition includes paintings, photography, video, and sculpture from the following artists: Arnold J. Browne, Carla Jay Harris, Lewinale Havette, Miatta Kawinzi, Abi Salami, Lakea Shepard, and Raymond Thompson.

    A conversation with the artists, moderated by Chief Curator Blay, will be on Saturday, April 13, at 2PM at HMAAC.
    There will also be a Wednesday, April 24, 7PM screening of the movie Mami Wata by director C.J. ‘Fiery’ Obasi. The public is invited to register for free tickets for the film by clicking the link below or link in bio.

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  • Kaima Marie Akarue

    April 13, 2024  2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

    Meet artists featured in the exhibition Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage as they lead conversations in the galleries. The four-part series begins this Saturday with Houston-based artist Lovie Olivia, who discusses her work and the landscape of contemporary Black collage.

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  • Everyday People

    April 13, 2024  4:00 pm - 10:00 pm
    Warehouse Live Midtown, 2600 Travis St Suite R, Houston, TX 77006, USA

    https://www.everydayppl.nyc/events/ep-houston

    Houston! We are so excited to be back in the city and kicking off our 2024 with y'all.

    Saturday, April 13th @ Rise Rooftop. 4pm.

    Music by DJ Moma, WOMON & Special Guests

    Hosted by Gitoo, BlkpplChurch, Morgan, Hooliboy, Call Me Tight, Esi, Maine & Friends

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April 14, 2024
  • Music in the Garden Concert Series

    April 14, 2024  3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    Houston Botanic Garden, 1 Botanic Lane, Houston, TX 77017, USA

    https://hbg.org/event/como-la-flor-the-cristina-amaro-band/

    Como La Flor: Cristina Amaro and the CTS Band

    The annual Music in the Garden Concert Series provides a family-friendly outdoor cultural experience combining the sound of live music with the relaxing acoustics and visual beauty of nature.
    On Sunday, April 14, join us just days before the birthday of “the Queen of Tejano” for a tribute concert featuring the Cristina Amaro and the CTS Band.

    Each Music in the Garden Concert Series performance is included in the cost of general admission. Ticket prices on Sundays are $15 for adults and $10 for students (with current ID) and children age 3 and older.

    *Members can use the general admission(s) benefit associated with their level of membership toward the cost of a concert ticket(s).

    Concessions, including beer and wine, will be available for purchase; outside food and drink are prohibited.

    NOTE: Bring your own lawn/camp chair(s) with General Admission. Reserved seating available at an additional charge.

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  • Jazzy Sundays

    April 14, 2024  5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    The Water Works in Buffalo Bayou Park, 105-B Sabine St, Houston, TX 77007, USA

    https://epconservancy.org/jazzy24announcement/

    The Water Works in Buffalo Bayou Park, 105 Sabine Street

    April 7, 2024: Ghost-Note & Monterey Jazz
    April 14, 2024: Free Radicals & Hot Box
    April 21, 2024: Rainel Joubert & Lolade
    April 28, 2024: Chief Adjuah & Sal Capone

    All concerts will be held from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm and guests are encouraged to bring a blanket or lawn chairs. Food and drink will be available for purchase.

    From classic jazz to zydeco, blues and more, this year’s production kicks off at Emancipation Park on March 3 with tunes from R&B vocalist and song-writer, TK Soul, before moving to Buffalo Bayou Park on April 7, where parkgoers can sway to the progressive jazz hits from Grammy-winning musical duo, Ghost-Note. The programming concludes at Discovery Green, kicking off on May 5 with the Latin jazz ensemble, Tim Ruiz and Friends and featuring a performance by award-winning, MacArthur Genius Cécile McLorin Salvant on May 26.

    The full Jazzy Sundays in the Park line-up is listed below.

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April 18, 2024
  • Opening Reception: Abbie Preston Edmonson

    April 18, 2024  5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
    Elgin Street Studios, 4224 Elgin St, Houston, TX 77004, USA

    https://www.uh.edu/kgmca/art/events/calendar/?view=e&id=640473#event

    Join us for the opening reception of MFA Sculpture candidate, Abbie Preston Edmonson, in Gallery 1 at Elgin Street Studios.

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  • Exhibition Opening Reception - Tay Butler

    April 18, 2024  6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Lawndale Art Center, 4912 Main St, Houston, TX 77002, USA

    https://lawndaleartcenter.org/exhibition/tay-butler-2/

    About the Exhibition

    A Friendly Game of Basketball in John M. O’Quinn Gallery is a solo exhibition by 2023/2024 Artist Studio Program participant Tay Butler. This multi-media exhibition presents Butler’s research of and art engagement with basketball’s racial history and contemporary anti-Black issues. Through various media—including installation, painting, drawing, photography, collage, music, and performance—Butler creates a multi-sensory environment which mirrors basketball’s pre-, post-, and in-game play.

    Statement by the Artist & Writer

    “‘The problem was “What shall we do with the Negro?…now the problem is “How can we get more of them?”’

    Andrew Carnegie,  Howard University, 1907. 

    “It is hard to argue against the opinion that basketball is king in the Black community. Difficult to assess or analyze statistically, it is something taken for granted.  Both an ‘if you know, you know’ assumption within the community, and a well-worn stereotypical trope outside of the community. Teenagers and twenty-somethings maintain a connection to the game, either through direct play, or aesthetic cultural references. Middle-aged men who grew up playing the game, continuing as occasional ticket holders and coaches of children who play. Elders who ‘used to be a monster back in the day’, telling anyone who will listen how the game was so much better back when. All while the mouths of city governments, law enforcement, sneaker companies, non-profit founders, college coaches and scouts salivate. But what does it all REALLY mean?

    “In 1891, Luther Gulick tasked his young assistant James Naismith with creating a game that could bring young, white boys back to Christianity. A game that could reverse years of ‘Victorian domesticity’ and promote manliness by utilizing physical fitness to enhance spirituality. This philosophical concept would become known as ‘muscular christianity’, and Naismith would fasten peach baskets to a beam randomly 10 feet high, merge the teamwork necessary in football, with the finesse and passing necessary other so-called primitive games, and ask players to toss a laced, leather ball into the basket. Several rule changes later, basketball was born. 

    “Today, basketball is one of the most popular sports in the world. As recently as 2022, The Fédération Internationale de Basketball, better known as FIBA, estimated worldwide players at 450 million. In American high schools, over 892,000 student athletes played. A whopping 55,498 student athletes played basketball for the NCAA that year. Even fewer make it to the pros, with 720 players playing at least one game in the NBA and WNBA during the 2022 season. These numbers are impressive, indicating a global game once thought incapable of replacing football or baseball in the hierarchy of American sports. Anywhere in America where Black people form a majority, the game is even more ubiquitous and suffocating. Arguably the biggest cultural force behind music and food, basketball has become a foundational pillar. 

    “In the sixteen years between its inception and when the first referee and spectator basketball game between all Black teams took place in Washington DC, basketball belonged to white society. Endorsed by President Theodore Roosevelt, a sport once thought ‘for sissies’ became useful, and universities, churches and athletic clubs created a world around it. Black teams were banned from the Amatuer Athletic Union and NCAA, while Black players were not eligible to play or coach against white teams in city leagues. Through the determination of Naismith’s only Black protege, John McLendon, and the actions of a handful of privileged and educated Black immigrants in New York and DC, basketball would slowly spread through a few small communities. It would not be until 1907 and after that basketball would become a tool for physical education, Black collaboration and collective economics. Today, the hold that basketball has on not just young, Black enthusiasts, but the imagined community as a whole, remains formidable. But lost in the frenzy of AAU tournaments, custom sneakers and celebration dances are the political ramifications of a sport now dominated by the Black body. 

    “In her book Black Scare/Red Scare, author and activist Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly theorizes the merging of both Cold War era anti-communist paranoia and Jim Crow era fear of a Black rebellion with the consistent suppression of Black radical left and anti-capitalist politics. These new ideas were packaged as ‘American patriotism’, deeming anything in opposition as communism and therefore, anti-American. Any and all Black citizens could be reprimanded or worse for anti-Americanism, but the Black leaders, entertainers, athletes and celebrities would face a special kind of treatment. Basketball and its players, with its large stake in Black culture, would be no different. 

    A Friendly Game of Basketball, a solo exhibition at Lawndale, finds Tay Butler concluding several years of research and art engagement surrounding the racial and political material within the sport. Comprising installation works, paintings, drawings, photography, collage, music and performance, viewers are welcomed into a multi-sensory environment mirroring elements of pre, post and in-game play. By taking the game and examining its historical archives and advertisements, identifying both its historical and contemporary anti-Black events, reintroducing the isolation and removal of its radical elements, and imagining a new application for the sport within the community, I am thinking critically about where the sport currently exists, and how it can do more to serve the community that loves it so much.” 

    -Tay Butler, Artist & Zora J Murff, Writer

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April 20, 2024
  • Lanecia A. Rouse

    April 20, 2024  2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1001 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005, USA

    Meet artists featured in the exhibition Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage as they lead conversations in the galleries. The four-part series begins this Saturday with Houston-based artist Lovie Olivia, who discusses her work and the landscape of contemporary Black collage.

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  • The Black & White Art Show 8.0

    April 20, 2024  5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    Hardy & Nance Studios, 902 Hardy St, Houston, TX 77020, USA

    https://hardyandnancestudios.com/event/the-black-white-art-show-8-0/

    Hardy & Nance Studios is pleased to announce our Call for Entries for “The Black & White Art Show 8.0” that coincides with our Third Saturday Open Studios on April 20, 2024 from 5-9pm. This call for entries is open to all artists in Houston and surrounding areas working in 2D & 3D media.
    THEME: Your artwork may be any subject and medium*. ALL art MUST be Black & White and shades of gray ONLY. No other color may be present in the artwork which includes signatures, frames, mats, etc.
    Stay as neutral as possible and avoid a grayscale that is too cool (towards blue/purple) or too warm (towards brown/sepia).
    Please do not use silver, gold, metallic, opalescent, iridescent, holographic or other colored mediums. Graphite is acceptable. Black, white, gray & clear are acceptable for all mediums including glass, beads, wire, etc.
    If artwork is on wood, please make sure the natural wood color is not seen and is painted black, white, or gray. If artwork is framed, the frames and mats must also be black, white and/or gray only. Please no silver, gold, natural wood, or other colored frames and mats.
    *Please no loose glitter or confetti. If using these two mediums, they must be completely adhered and sealed to the substrate so that they will not fall off. We do test this at drop off.
    SIZE RESTRICTIONS: 2D/Wall Hanging artwork can be no larger than 36” any side. Standalone 3D/sculptural work must fit through a standard door way.
    SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Artists can submit images and information for up to four (4) pieces no later than April 3, 2024 at 11:59pm. This is a curated show, so some pieces may not be chosen.
    ENTRY FEE: The entry fee for this show is $15 cash per accepted piece, due at drop off. There is no fee to submit images for consideration.
    There is NO commission fee involved and therefore artists are required to handle all sales transactions.
    More Details & Submission Form: https://form.jotform.com/HardyandNanceStudios/BWArtShow8

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April 21, 2024
  • Houston Reads Zora Neale Hurston

    April 21, 2024  1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    https://kindredstorieshtx.com/collections/book-clubs/products/houston-reads-zora-neale-hurston-by-project-row-houses-chanecka-kindred-stories
     

    Kindred Stories is proud to partner with Project Row Houses and Chanecka Williams to present Houston Reads Zora Neale Hurston.

    Zora Neale Hurston Meeting Schedule 

    November 19 - Jonah’s Gourd (1934)

    December 17 - Mules and Men (1935)

    January 14 - Their Eyes are Watching God (1937)

    February 18 - Tell My Horse (1938)

    March 17 - Moses, Man of the Mountain (1939)

    April 21 - Dust Tracks on a Road (1942)

    May 17 -  Seraph on the Suwanee (1948)

    June 23 - I Love Myself When I Am Laughing…Then Again (1979)

    July 21 - The Complete Stories (1998)

    August 18 - Every Tongue Got to Confess (2001)

    September 15 - Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” (2018)

    October 20 - Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick (2020)

    November 19 - You Don’t Know Us Negros and Other Essays (2022)

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  • Jazzy Sundays

    April 21, 2024  5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    The Water Works in Buffalo Bayou Park, 105-B Sabine St, Houston, TX 77007, USA

    https://epconservancy.org/jazzy24announcement/

    The Water Works in Buffalo Bayou Park, 105 Sabine Street

    April 7, 2024: Ghost-Note & Monterey Jazz
    April 14, 2024: Free Radicals & Hot Box
    April 21, 2024: Rainel Joubert & Lolade
    April 28, 2024: Chief Adjuah & Sal Capone

    All concerts will be held from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm and guests are encouraged to bring a blanket or lawn chairs. Food and drink will be available for purchase.

    From classic jazz to zydeco, blues and more, this year’s production kicks off at Emancipation Park on March 3 with tunes from R&B vocalist and song-writer, TK Soul, before moving to Buffalo Bayou Park on April 7, where parkgoers can sway to the progressive jazz hits from Grammy-winning musical duo, Ghost-Note. The programming concludes at Discovery Green, kicking off on May 5 with the Latin jazz ensemble, Tim Ruiz and Friends and featuring a performance by award-winning, MacArthur Genius Cécile McLorin Salvant on May 26.

    The full Jazzy Sundays in the Park line-up is listed below.

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April 23, 2024
  • YA Book Club for Adults

    April 23, 2024  6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
    Kindred Stories, 2304 Stuart St, Houston, TX 77004, USA

    https://kindredstorieshtx.com/collections/book-clubs/products/april-2024-young-adult-book-club-for-adults-april-23-7pm

    The bookclub meeting will take place on April 23, 2024 at 6:30 PM in the Kindred Stories' Reading Garden. Be sure to show up with the book read (or partially read). You are always welcome to just come and take up space. 

    ABOUT THE BOOK

    From the New York Times bestselling author of the Brown Sisters trilogy, comes a laugh-out-loud story about a quirky content creator and a clean-cut athlete testing their abilities to survive the great outdoors—and each other.

    Bradley Graeme is pretty much perfect. He’s a star football player, manages his OCD well (enough), and comes out on top in all his classes . . . except the ones he shares with his ex-best friend, Celine.
     
    Celine Bangura is conspiracy-theory-obsessed. Social media followers eat up her takes on everything from UFOs to holiday overconsumption—yet, she’s still not cool enough for the popular kids’ table. Which is why Brad abandoned her for the in-crowd years ago. (At least, that’s how Celine sees it.)

    These days, there’s nothing between them other than petty insults and academic rivalry. So when Celine signs up for a survival course in the woods, she’s surprised to find Brad right beside her.

    Forced to work as a team for the chance to win a grand prize, these two teens must trudge through not just mud and dirt but their messy past. And as this adventure brings them closer together, they begin to remember the good bits of their history. But has too much time passed . . . or just enough to spark a whole new kind of relationship?

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April 24, 2024
  • Film Screening: Mami Wata

    April 24, 2024  7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    Houston Museum of African American Culture, 4807 Caroline St, Houston, TX 77004, USA

    https://2024hmaacfilms.eventive.org/schedule/65c39fbbb6ddb40056443660

    Mami Wata

    In the oceanside village of Iyi, the revered Mama Efe acts as an intermediary between the people and the all-powerful water deity Mami Wata. But when a young boy is lost to a virus, Efe’s devoted but rebellious daughter Zinwe and skeptical protégé Prisca warn Efe about unrest among the villagers. With the sudden arrival of a mysterious rebel deserter named Jasper, a conflict erupts, leading to a violent clash of ideologies and a crisis of faith for the people of Iyi.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/C48WzjFufNr/

    The Houston Museum of African American Culture(HMAAC) Presents: Mami Wata Afrofuturism: 500 Years Back to the [Afro][F]uture, curated by HMAAC’s Chief Curator Christopher Blay. Opening Reception is Friday, April 12, 6 - 8PM and the show will be on view through June 29. The exhibition envisions the future through the lens of the past and focuses on works by artists of the African diaspora who consider the transatlantic and trans-Mississippi delta journeys of black people across waters, carrying with them histories, mythologies, and cultures towards new futures.

    The exhibition includes paintings, photography, video, and sculpture from the following artists: Arnold J. Browne, Carla Jay Harris, Lewinale Havette, Miatta Kawinzi, Abi Salami, Lakea Shepard, and Raymond Thompson.

    A conversation with the artists, moderated by Chief Curator Blay, will be on Saturday, April 13, at 2PM at HMAAC.
    There will also be a Wednesday, April 24, 7PM screening of the movie Mami Wata by director C.J. ‘Fiery’ Obasi. The public is invited to register for free tickets for the film by clicking the link below or link in bio.

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April 27, 2024
  • Bayou Blues Festival

    April 27, 2024  1:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    Houston Botanic Garden, 1 Botanic Lane, Houston, TX 77017, USA

    https://hbg.org/event/bayou-blues-festival/

    The annual Music in the Garden Concert Series provides a family-friendly outdoor cultural experience combining the sound of live music with the relaxing acoustics and visual beauty of nature.

    New for 2024, join us near the banks of Sims Bayou for an afternoon of soulful, roots music at the Bayou Blues Festival, curated by Houston’s own Annika Chambers.

    Festival Lineup:

     

    Like other Music in the Garden Concert Series performances, lawn seating for the Bayou Blues Festival is included in the cost of general admission. Ticket prices on Saturdays are $15 for adults and $10 for students (with current ID) and children age 3 and older.

    *Members can use the general admission(s) benefit associated with their level of membership toward the cost of a concert ticket(s).

    Concessions, including adult beverages, will be available for purchase; outside food and drink are prohibited.

    Special thanks to festival sponsor Saint Arnold Brewing Company.

    NOTE: Bring your own lawn/camp chair(s) with General Admission.

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  • Global Objects and the Need for Material Literacy

    April 27, 2024  1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
    Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 6003 Memorial Dr, Houston, TX 77007, USA

    In this lecture, Edward Cooke presents a new approach to examining historical objects. Instead of categorizing objects by geography or time, scholars can analyze raw materials and consider the objects’ functionality and origins. Cooke also talks about teaching material literacy so more people are engaged with object-driven histories.

    https://www.mfah.org/calendar/global-objects-and-material-literacy/202404271330

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