Things to do in Houston this weekend – August 11th – 14th
As always please shoot me a message if you have anything you want to include next week or comment below for anything I missed this week. 🙂
All weekend – The Girl and the Spider Screening @ MFAH @ 7PM/ 5PM SUNDAY See this new Swiss drama from the acclaimed director duo Ramon and Silvan Zürcher. In German with English subtitles.
All Weekend – The Sound of Music @ The George Theater The A.D. Players presents the iconic musical written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, The Sound of Music, at the George Theater in Uptown.
Ongoing – Leandro Erlich @ MFAH Seeing Is Not Believing features two of Erlich’s most iconic installations: Bâtiment (Façade) and Le cabinet du psy (The Psychoanalyst’s Office). These immersive, room-size environments and a selection of additional works span the career of the acclaimed Argentinean artist, whose psychological subversion of the everyday seems to defy the basic laws of physics while challenging your sense of balance, space, and the absolute.
Ongoing – MC Escher Virtual Realities exhibit @ MFAH – The MFAH hosts the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of works by M.C. Escher ever presented. Virtual Realities features more than 400 prints, drawings, watercolors, printed fabrics, constructed objects, wood and linoleum blocks, lithographic stones, sketchbooks, and the artist’s working tools.
Ongoing – Meret Oppenheim: My Exhibition @ Menil Meret Oppenheim: My Exhibition is the Swiss artist’s first major transatlantic retrospective, and the first in the U.S. in more than twenty-five years.
Ongoing – Samuel Fosso: African Spirits Exhibition @ Menil Samuel Fosso: African Spirits features the artist’s fourteen, large-scale gelatin silver photographs from African Spirits.
Ongoing – Marcia Kure Exhibition @ Menil Drawing Institute The Menil Drawing Institute’s Wall Drawing Series presents a new monumental work by artist Marcia Kure, the third of an ongoing series of ephemeral, site-specific wall drawings.
THURSDAY – AUGUST 11
Astros vs Rangers @ Minute Maid @ 1:10PM Movie Day – Field of Dreams
Glassell Studio School Open House @ MFAH @ 5:30PM Interested in art classes? Want to learn more but don’t know where to start? Stop by the Open House at the Glassell School of Art! Studio School classes are open to adults at all levels, from beginner to advanced.
Tales of a Time Traveler @ HMNS @ 10:30AM Take an epic journey through all of time narrated by David Tennant.
Lecture – Mastery in Generations with Patrick Dreher @ HMNS @ 7:30PM The Dreher family is world renowned for their expertise in gemstone carving and Patrick Dreher is this generation's premier carving artist.
Father John Misty @ White Oak Music Hall @ 6PM
Aaron May @ Warehouse Live @ 8:30PM SOLD OUT
Celeste Barber Live Show @ 713 Music Hall @ 7PM
Corey Smith @ 7PM @ House of Blues
Foxing @ The Secret Group @ 8PM
Paul House @ The Heights Theater @ 8PM
FRIDAY – AUGUST 12
Dash vs Racing Louisville FC @ PNC Stadium @ 7:30PM
Astros vs Athletics @ Minute Maid @ 7:10PM Flashback Friday – 2000s
Mixers & Elixirs @ HMNS @ 7PM The smartest event in Houston is back! Rub elbows with the brainiacs and social butterflies on the dance floor, pick your potion at the cash bars, and enjoy food from the city's best food trucks.
Noche Caliente with Humberto Ramirez @ Miller Outdoor Theater @ 8:30PM Enjoy an evening of jazz music with grammy-nominated Humberto Ramirez and Tia Fuller. The show goes on rain or shine.
Del Castillo @ Warehouse Live @ 9PM
Chase Atlantic @ 713 Music Hall @ 8PM
Teyana Taylor @ Bayou Music Center @ 8PM
Jesse James Decker @ House of Blues @ 7PM
SANGUISUGABOGG @ The Secret Group @ 7PM
Jake Shimabukuro @ The Heights Theater @ 8PM
SATURDAY – AUGUST 13
Dynamo vs Montreal @ PNC Stadium @ 8PM
Texans vs New Orleans Saints @ NRG Stadium @ 7PM
Astros vs Athletics @ Minute Maid @ 6:10PM Astros Hall of Fame Weekend
Art Beyond Sight @ MFAH @ 11AM In this gallery program for visitors who are blind or partially sighted, trained educators use verbal description and hands-on materials to engage participants with the Museum’s collections and exhibitions.
A League of Their Own @ MFAH @ 2PM See Tom Hanks and Madonna in this 90s classic for its 30th anniversary revival at the Museum of Fine Arts.
Ongoing – Stargazing @ George Observatory in Needville
[Incredible India: A Cultural Kaleidoscope @ Miller Outdoor Theater @ 8:30PM] (https://www.milleroutdoortheatre.com/performance/incredible-india-a-cultural-kaleidoscopem-br-produced-by-indian-performing-arts-samskriti/?wcs_timestamp=1660422600) Immerse yourself in culture and history of India through dance with Indian Performing Arts Samskriti.Vanessa Zamora @ Warehouse Live @ 8:15PM
Calum Scott @ House of Blues @ 7PM
Samantha Fish @ The Heights Theater @ 8PM
SUNDAY – AUGUST 14
Astros vs Athletics @ Minute Maid @ 1:10PM
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