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2018
DECEMBER - JANUARY

26 - 8
 
 FEATURED EVENT

Tuesday, January 8
Session 1: 5 - 6:30 PM
Session 2: 6:30 - 8 PM, Spanish
FREE
Register for Session 1
Register for Session 2
@ Talento Bilingue de Houston

Artists of all disciplines are encouraged to attend.
 
Join Fresh Arts and GONZO247  for a FREE workshop and introduction into the cutting edge program  Artist INC-Houston .  In this workshop, we will share "What Works/What Doesn't" for artists to create sustainable careers. Attendees will receive the What Works Workbook that challenges you to begin identifying your goals and crafting a plan following the workshop... more details 

MON
DECEMBER 26 - 31


Last Poetry Open Mic of 2018
@ Write About Now
December 26 // 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM // $5 - $6

This is the last open mic of the year! Watch as local poets bring their favorite poems from 2018 to share with everyone. The best of the best...    more details



Cultured Cocktails benefiting Group Arcode
@ Boheme Cafe & Wine Bar
December 27 // 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM // Free
 FRESH ARTS EVENT 

Join Fresh Arts for drinks and conversation at Boheme Cafe & Wine Bar when a portion of the proceeds from all drink sales during happy hour will support Group Arcode...  more details



New Releases: Tea with the Dames
@ MFAH | Brown Auditorium
December 27 // 7:00 PM // $7 - $9

Longtime friends meet for a weekend in the country to reminisce and share their candid thoughts on everything from art to aging to love to a life in the spotlight. Bursting with devilish wit and film clips from their stage and screen careers, Tea With the Dames...   more details



The SpaceCat Show: The Improvised Musical
@ Station Theater
December 27 // 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM // $8 - $10
 ARTS DISTRICT EVENT 

Thursday night is for comedy at Station Theatre! Join these cool cats as they create an improvised musical inspired by a suggestion from the audience!..   more details




Holiday Glass Blowing Ornament Making Class
@ Heights Art Studio & Gallery
December 29 // 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM // $125

Learn to make hollow ornaments in this introductory flameworking class. An instructor will guide you through the process of shaping clear and color molten glass into various shapes then attach a loop to be displayed anywhere!..  more details




Christina Wells Live at Magpies & Peacocks
@ Magpies & Peacocks
December 29 // 6:30 PM // $40

A night of fashion, music and art featuring America's Got Talent breakout star, Christina Wells and her full live band. The night also features an exclusive preview of the Magpies & Peacocks Non-Profit Design House's sustainable zero-waste collection that will premiere at London Fashion Week AW19...  more details



Heights Morning Market
@ 3106 White Oak Dr
December 30 // 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM // Free

Shop & Brunch every Sunday at the Heights Morning Market. We are gathering local talented artisans, farmers, and entrepreneurs to bring you the Heights Morning Market located at 3106 White Oak Dr. in the Onion Creek Cafe parking lot. Stop by to shop and stay to brunch, drink mimosas, and listen to live music at Onion Creek...  more details



Filming America: Wanda
@ MFAH | Brown Auditorium
December 30 // 5:00 PM // $7 - $9

Set in a soot-choked Pennsylvania landscape, and shot in an intensely intimate vérité style, the film introduces the distant and soft-spoken Wanda (Loden), who has left her husband and lost custody of her children...   more details



Between Sounds Open Mic
@ Axelrad
December 30 // 5:00 PM // Free

We will provide the backline drum kit, keyboard, and guitar/bass amps. Between Sounds will have special rotating hosts every Sunday! All performers are welcome - even full bands and of course we welcome solo performers, duos, acoustic acts, comedians, spoken word artists...   more details



Josh and Marie Present: Party with a Purpose!
@ White Oak Music Hall
December 30 // 7:00 PM // $10

Featuring Tyler Barber with supporting acts Doyle & the Lazarus Road and SEXXES. All proceeds go to Houston based non-profit Kids Meals kidsmealsinc.org Lets party hard to help feed these babies!..   more details



Mini Paintings Classes: Succelents | Geode Collection
@ Honey Art Cafe
December 30 & January 4  // 8:00 PM // $35

Featuring Tyler Barber with supporting acts Doyle & the Lazarus Road and SEXXES. All proceeds go to Houston based non-profit Kids Meals kidsmealsinc.org Lets party hard to help feed these babies!..   more details




MON
JANUARY 1 - 8
                                                 
Renewal - New Year's Day Crystal Bowl Meditation
@ Rothko Chapel
January 1 // 12:00 PM // $10

Begin the New Year with a sense of "Renewal" with a crystal bowl meditation led by Dana Shamas of Bayou Bliss...  more details





Houston Film Critics Society: Best of 2018
@ MFAH | Brown Auditorium 
January 3 // 7:00 PM // $7 - $9

Who will win? Local film critics come together for the 12th annual Houston Film Critics Society Awards to celebrate the best films of the past year. Find out the selections for the top cinematic achievements, chosen by professional movie reviewers and spotlighting the most-acclaimed films of 2018....  more details



 
 
 
 
"The Life We Live Here" Opening Reception
@ Redbud Gallery
January 4 // 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM // Free

The main theme of the work is the dichotomy between the backgrounds, which are mainly Currier and Ives prints which were meant to appeal to the broadest swath of the American public, and the figures in the foreground which are culled from mostly 60's under the counter pornography magazines or magazines appealing to homosexuals which were all very taboo...  more details



Discovering the Passionate of Luchino Visconti
@ MFAH | Brown Auditorium 
$7 - $9

January 4 @ 7 PM // Senso... more details
January 5 @ 3 PM // Ludwig... more details



 
 
Hands-On Houston: Paper Pods with Zoe Gross
@ HCCC
January 5 // 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM // Free

Learn how to translate a 2D idea into 3D, and practice your color-theory skills as you select complementary colors for your project. Experiment with repetition and multiplies as you arrange your paper pods into a composition, and discover how you can combine pods as a family unit to create a more complicated object...  more details



The Most Recent Work Ever - Group Reception
@ G Spot Gallery
January 5 // 6:00 PM -  8:00 PM // Free

The Most Recent Work Ever is an exhibition of works by nine artists with roots in Texas. For this exhibition, organizers Tommy and Casey Gregory have worked against the traditional paradigm that "everything is bigger in Texas." Instead, the featured work is unified by its small scale, while themes and art-making methods diverge greatly.....  more details



Open Studio | Future IDs
@ Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
January 6 // 2:00 PM -  4:00 PM // Free

Set a goal for the new year as you create an identification card for your future self, inspired by Walls Turned Sideways artist Gregory Sale....  more details





Reel Royals: A Man for All Seasons
@ MFAH | Brown Auditorium
January 6 // 2:00 PM // $7 - $9

Learn how to translate a 2D idea into 3D, and practice your color-theory skills as you select complementary colors for your project. Experiment with repetition and multiplies as you arrange your paper pods into a composition, and discover how you can combine pods as a family unit to create a more complicated object...  more details



Ezio Gribaudo: A Lifetime in Art
@ Italian Cultural & Community Center
January 8 // 7:00 PM -  9:00 PM // $10 - $15

Join the ICCC for a special presentation on the contemporary Italian artist Ezio Gribaudo, a painter, sculptor, and graphic artist, whose award winning production has been recognized with various international prizes...  more details




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ONGOING EVENTS

Christmas Village at Bayou Bend
@ Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Thru Jan. 5 // 5:30 PM, Wed. - Sun. // Free - $18

Discover an immersive Christmas experience at beautiful Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens. A dazzling bridge brings you into a winter wonderland featuring thousands of lights and activities for all ages throughout the 14-acre estate...   more details



Loop Houston
@ Avenida Houston
Thru Jan. 6  // Free

Bring the family to Avenida Houston and enjoy a new, interactive art installation! The work is inspired by the zoetrope, an optical toy invented in the 19th century. Loop is a cross between a music box, a zoetrope and a railway handcar. The retro-futuristic machine, more than two meters in diameter, creates animated fairy-tale Loops...   more details



The Enchanted Forest
@ Glade Arts Foundation
Thru Jan. 6 // Varies // $35

The Enchanted Forest is a multi-sensory light, dance and theatre installation that invites audiences to experience a magical winter forest. Audiences will move through the indoor outdoor installation as they encounter a story of timeless friendship and the magic of nature, in an enchanting, interactive world of lights, acrobatics and dance...   more details



People Generation presents Magical Winter Lights
@ Gulf Greyhound Park
Thru Jan. 6 // 5:00 PM  // $13 - $76

The 2018 Magical Winter Lights will features 8 sections, including The Kingdom, The Village, The Dino, The East, Houston, The Globe, The Ice and The Sea...   more details



Houston Zoo Lights presented by TXU Energy
@ Glade Arts Foundation
Thru Jan. 13 // 5:00 PM - 11:00 PM // $12.95 - $22.95

The Houston Zoo is transformed into a winter wonderland! Sip hot chocolate as you stroll through the beautiful Houston Zoo grounds and take in the sights and sounds of the season. Fifteen miles of earth-friendly LED lighting illuminate our ancient oak trees and decorate the paths to light your way...   more details



 


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