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| Don't Fight It With Dave Wrangler, Piss Heavy, Young Squaddy Boondocks | Fri., November 21, 10:00pm | Montrose | |
 Don’t Fight It! was intended to be part dance night, part cultural study and all party. “The initial goal was more of a social experiment: to use music as a merger between curious ‘outer-Loopers’ in Polo shirts and ‘hipster elitists’ in skinny jeans,” says DJ... More >> |
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| Home Grown Motion Discovery Green Conservancy | Fri., November 21, 7:00pm | Downtown-Midtown | |
 Local dancers from every background come together for an impromptu arts festival at Home Grown Motion. There’ll be hip-hop, contemporary, jazz and international dance performances by HIStory, FLY Dance and Fyasko. You’ll also see Lisa Hernandez Flamenco and Wyld Styl. This is a chance... More >> |
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| An Evening of Playback Theater The Jung Center | Fri., November 21, 7:30pm | Montrose | |
 The folks behind An Evening of Playback Theater go on stage with little more than an openness to new ideas. The small group of improvisational performers listens to the personal stories from the audience and, taking just a sentence or a phrase as a starting point, turns them into scenes that... More >> |
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| MFAH Films: Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costume Design: Coming to America Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | Fri., November 21, 7:00pm | Kirby-West U | |
 Coming to America is arguably Eddie Murphy’s funniest film. The 1988 comedy is the story of Prince Akeem (Murphy), who ditches Africa and the luxuries of royal life to find a potential princess in these United States. His sidekick Semmi (Arsenio Hall) comes along for the fun. Along with... More >> |
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| Tomie dePaola Author of Brava, Strega Nona! Children's Museum of Houston | Fri., November 21, 4:00pm | Third Ward | |
 It seems like yesterday we were circled up on the magic carpet with our fellow kindergartners as our teacher turned the pages of a Tomie dePaola book. The beloved children’s author/illustrator has created more than 200 stories in his 40-year career and garnered awards such as the Caldecott... More >> |
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| B.B. King House of Blues |
Fri., November 21 more dates/times |
Downtown-Midtown | |
 Audiences first encountered B.B. King in the '50s, thanks to the blues guitarist and singer’s relentless touring of the so-called "chitlin’ circuit" and a series of memorable recordings. But that was just the beginning: By crossing over to a rock audience in the '60s and '70s, King... More >> |
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| Carlos Hernandez: "Day of the Dead Rock Stars" Cactus Music and Video | Daily from Sat., November 1 until Thu., January 15 | Lower Shepherd-Kirby | |
 Not even Hurricane Ike could stop artist Carlos Hernandez from finishing the paintings for his “Day of the Dead Rock Stars” exhibit. (Although, he admits, the lack of electricity did slow him down a bit.) The exhibit includes portraits of deceased music icons Bob Marley, Bo Diddley,... More >> |
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| Dan Cummins Laff Spot Willowbrook |
Thu., November 20, 8:00pm more dates/times |
Outer Loop - NW | |
 Dan Cummins has appeared on The Late Late Show and Live at Gotham. He also had his own special on Comedy Central and has opened for the likes of Ron White, Jim Gaffigan and Dave Attell. He’s been able to snag these ace gigs with jokes about crossbreeding animals (he wants a squirrelador,... More >> |
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| Eddie Griffin The Improv |
Fri., November 21, 8:00pm more dates/times |
Outer Loop - NW | |
 You know Eddie Griffin once you see him. He’s a familiar face, even if his name sometimes escapes fans. Griffin starred in the television series Malcolm & Eddie (as Eddie, duh), as well as in the films Undercover Brother and Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo. And you saw him in Scary Movie 3.... More >> |
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| NEW DATES: Houston's Original Greek Festival Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral | Daily from Thu., November 20 until Sun., November 23 | Outside Houston | |
 Sure, Houston may not have the whitewashed windmills of Mykonos or the towering columns of Delphi, but you don’t need to pay airfare to get a heady dose of Greek culture. (The Parthenon’s covered in scaffolding right now, anyway.) Put on your best whites and blues and head for the... More >> |
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| Stop Making Sense Landmark River Oaks Theatre |
Fri., November 21, 11:55pm more dates/times |
River Oaks | |
 Any Talking Heads fan that hasn’t seen Stop Making Sense should plan to stay up late today (or tomorrow). The concert movie directed by Jonathan Demme is considered one of the finest examples of the genre this side of heaven. Filmed at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles in 1983, the new... More >> |
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| Rachmaninoff: Harvest of Sorrow Russian Cultural Center Our Texas |
Fri., November 21, 7:30pm more dates/times |
Kirby-West U | |
 Get an inside look at the life of Sergei Rachmaninoff, one of Russia’s most loved composers, in Harvest of Sorrow. The documentary includes Russian and American concert footage, home movies and interviews that reveal both the composer and the private man. The film features readings by Sir... More >> |
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| "Tête-á-Tête" Art League of Houston | Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Fri., November 7 until Sat., December 27 | Montrose | |
 For the exhibit “Tete-a-Tete,” Houston artist Lisa Qualls focused on the changing of cultural identities. In New Moon, we see the image of a man dressed in African garb, a fat baby on his knee. Two text narratives overlay the image. In Liberty, we see an indigenous-looking woman in... More >> |
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| The Body Code Houston Museum of Natural Science | Daily from Fri., November 21 until Thu., January 8, 12:00pm | Kirby-West U | |
 Want to see your eye from the inside out? Or see how DNA bosses all the other cells around? Check out The Body Code at the Planetarium to see all that and more. You’ll shrink (via movie magic) into a speck and fly through a heart, out a carotid artery and around the brain. You’ll... More >> |
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| A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story of Christmas Alley Theatre | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., November 21 until Sun., December 28 | Downtown-Midtown | |
 The Alley Theatre helps melt the cheese factor in holiday happenings. The company’s annual take on Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol — A Ghost Story of Christmas includes some voodoo flavor — perfect for those who are tired of the same old humbug hem and haw. Sure, Scrooge... More >> |
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| Beau Chamberlain CTRL Gallery | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Sat., November 1 until Sat., January 3, 10:00am-6:00pm | Downtown-Midtown | |
 Beau Chamberlain creates fantastical foliage. His acrylic paintings and dioramas feature colorful clusters of Dr. Seuss-esque branches, trees, leaves, flowers, sticks and stones. It’s almost as if the Lorax or a Sneech is going to pop out from one of his enchanting environments. The... More >> |
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| "Developing Houston: Photographic Treasures from the Cecil Thomson Collection" San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site | Daily from Sat., May 24 until Sun., May 24, 9:00am-6:00pm | Outside Houston | |
 See what Houston looked like in the early part of last century at the “Developing Houston: Photographic Treasures from the Cecil Thomson Collection.” Thomson was one of Houston’s first professional photographers, and his street scenes from the late 1920s to the mid 1950s capture... More >> |
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| A Fertle Holiday Radio Music Theatre |
Every week Thursday, Friday from Thu., November 20 until Sat., January 10, 8:30pm more dates/times |
Lower Shepherd-Kirby | |
 Radio Music Theatre’s A Fertle Holiday has been selling out shows for more than two decades. That’s because the silly charmer is riotously funny and as sweet as the butter pie the characters of this story gobble up every season. The extensive Fertle family and their friends are all... More >> |
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| The Nutcracker Wortham Theater Center |
Fri., November 14, 7:30pm more dates/times |
Downtown-Midtown | |
 We all know the story behind the ballet The Nutcracker: The Nutcracker Prince takes young Clara on a dreamy journey through the Land of Snow and the Kingdom of Sweets, where she meets a slew of characters with delicious monikers — most importantly, the Sugar Plum Fairy.
Okay, we... More >> |
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| "Echoes in the Ice" Houston Museum of Natural Science | Daily from Sat., September 6 until Sun., January 18 | Kirby-West U | |
 Documentary filmmaker Rik van Glintenkamp explores the mysteries of the Arctic and Antarctic in “Echoes in the Ice.” The exhibit takes viewers through 500 years of polar history, with revealing looks at the brave (and sometimes bizarre) explorers who risked everything to reach the... More >> |
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| “Qatar Narratives: A Country Expressed by Its Own Voices” Deborah Colton Gallery | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Thu., October 23 until Sat., December 13, 10:30am-5:00pm | Heights | |
 Arabic tradition is interpreted by modern minds in “Qatar Narratives: A Country Expressed by Its Own Voices.” The exhibit features artists from the Arab Gulf Region who preserve the writings, teachings, images and history of their motherland in contemporary masterpieces. Ali Hassan... More >> |
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| Ron White Verizon Wireless Theater |
Fri., November 21, 7:30pm more dates/times |
Downtown-Midtown | |
 If you can’t tell by his accent that Blue Collar Comedy Tour star Ron White is from Texas, just listen to a few of his jokes: “If you come to Texas and kill somebody, we will kill you back. There’s a bill in the legislature right now that says if there are three witnesses who saw... More >> |
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| "Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art" Texas A&M Univ.-Memorial Student Center Galleries | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Tue., November 11 until Sun., December 14 | Outside Houston | |
 At the exhibit “Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art,” you’ll see the ABCs of basketry: artistry, beauty and creativity. Crossing 300 years of African and American history, the exhibit features coiled basketry from both continents. Simultaneously art and craft, the... More >> |
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| Ad Deum Dance Classes West University Dance Center | Daily, 9:15am-10:45am | Kirby-West U | |
| Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Alamo Drafthouse Cinema-West Oaks | Daily | Outer Loop - SW | |
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