Folks: It's Art Car weekend. There is a preview tonight (Thursday) at Discovery Green if you want a sneak peak. Art Car is one of the most unique and fun events in Houston, get out of the house and go check it out! Other highlights for the weekend are M83, last weekend for Legally Blonde and the brand new Galapagos exhibit at the zoo.

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THURSDAY- APRIL 13

Workshop: Wearable Art @ MFAH @ 6:30PM Part of the Art Encounters community event series, this session focuses on creating wearable art made from recycled materials.

Artist Talk: Robert Longo @ Menil @ 7PM New York-based artist Robert Longo discusses his practice spanning drawing, sculpture,

Jazz Night @ Houston Symphony @ 7:30PM Houston Symphony Orchestra is joined by The University of North Texas’s world-famous One O’Clock Lab Band to hold a special evening of jazz music.

Nacho Redondo Stand Up @ Houston Improv @ 7:30PM *Event is in Spanish

Stephen Sanchez @ White Oak Music Hall @ 7PM

JD Pantoja & Kim Loaiza @ Warehouse Live @ 8PM

Sierra Hull & Justin Moses @ The Heights Theater @ 8PM

FRIDAY – APRIL 14

Gallery Concert @ MFAH @ 7PM Surrounded by masterworks of European art, Bach Society Houston presents the six instrumental works known as the “Brandenburg Concertos.” Tickets $50.

Feast with the Beasts @ Houston Zoo @ 6PM Enjoy cuisine from more than 30 of Houston’s best restaurants, live music throughout the Zoo, and exciting animal experiences.

Mexican Music and Dance Evening @ Miller Outdoor Theater @ 8PM Ballet Folklórico Los Angelitos brings the beauty of the Mexican culture and its history to life with colorful costumes and lively traditional music.

Rauw Alejandro @ Toyota Center @ 8PM *With Special Guest Jabbawockeez Ana Gabriel @ Smart Financial Centre @ 8PM

Charles Wesley Godwin @ White Oak Music Hall @ 8PM

Sullivan King @ Bayou Music Center @ 9PM

Wage War @ House of Blues @ 6PM

Madeline Edwards @ The Heights Theater @ 8PM

SATURDAY- APRIL 15

SaberCats vs Jackals @ AVEVA Stadium @ 7PM

Studio Saturday @ MFAH Rienzi @ 10AM Enjoy Rienzi’s gardens while you learn fundamentals of drawing, sketching, and composition! All supplies provided, regular tickets $10.

Ongoing – Saturday Stargazing @ George Observatory in Needville

Danza Espectacular @ Miller Outdoor Theater @ 8PM This show includes a variety of cultural and contemporary dance performances to showcase the amazing diversity of the greater Houston area.

Art Car Parade After Party @ Market Square Park @ 6PM After the annual Art Car Parade, head over to Market Square Park for an evening filled with local music and art.

M83 @ White Oak Music Hall @ 7PM

Seven Lions @ 713 Music Hall @ 9PM

Blippi @ Bayou Music Center @ 6PM

Narrow Head @ The Secret Group @ 8PM

90s & Y2K Dance Party @ The Secret Group @ 9PM

Ron Pope @ The Heights Theater @ 8PM

SUNDAY- APRIL 16

Bike for Birds @ Houston Zoo Help save local birds by biking to the Zoo to kick off Earth Week!

Show: Couples Therapy With Alan Adams & Friends @ Houston Improv @ 7:30PM

Badfish @ House of Blues @ 7PM

John Summit @ CLÉ Pool @ 2PM

Greater Northside Brewery Crawl @ Saint Arnold @ 12PM Saint Arnold is teaming up with three other awesome breweries in the area for the first ever Greater Northside Brewery Crawl.

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All weekend

FRIDAY & SATURDAY – Pete Holmes Stand Up @ Houston Improv

All weekend – Houston Art Car Parade Weekend The legendary festival is back for the 36th year. Enjoy a weekend of fun activities for the whole family!

All weekend – Astros vs Rangers @ Minute Maid Park *Friday Promo: Framber Valdez Consecutive Start Bobblehead Sunday Promo: Dusty Baker Sunglasses

All Weekend – Billy Wayne Davis Stand Up @ The Secret Group Billy Wayne Davis as seen on Last Comic Standing, Squidbillies on Adult Swim and Conan performing stand up comedy LIVE at The Secret Group!

All weekend – Disney On Ice: Frozen & Encanto @ NRG Park Experience Disney’s ‘Encanto’ and ‘Frozen’ brought to life like never before.

All weekend – MECUM Auction @ NRG Park The world leader in live auctions of collector cars, classic cars, corvettes, hot rods, street rods and muscle cars hits NRG Center.

All weekend – ‘Legally Blonde’ Musical @ The Hobby Center LAST CHANCE – Theater Under the Stars presents the fabulously fun and international award-winning ‘Legally Blonde – The Musical.’

All weekend – Chris Botti @ Houston Symphony Nation’s largest selling instrumental artist, Grammy-winning trumpeter Chris Botti is in Houston for three nights!

All weekend – ‘La Civil’ Screening @ MFAH Inspired by real life accounts, this film follows a woman’s diligent efforts to save her daughter who’d been kidnapped in Mexico.

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Ongoing Events

Ongoing – ‘The Curatorial Imagination of Walter Hopps’ Exhibition @ Menil The exhibition explores the influential vision of one of the most distinguished curators – Walter Hopps, and features artwork by Warhol, Kienholz, Gilliam, and many others.

Ongoing – 'Art of the Cameroon Grassfields' Exhibition @ Menil This exhibition celebrates the enduring artistic traditions from Cameroon and its global diaspora.

Ongoing – Wall Drawing Series: Mel Bochner @ Menil Drawing Institute The Menil Drawing Institute is proud to work with artist Mel Bochner on the fourth installment of the museum’s ephemeral wall drawing series. Continuously succeeding to blend traditional compositional devices with Abstract Expressionism, Bochner stands out as a one-of-a-kind artist whose art strives to make us more attentive to the unspoken codes that underpin our engagement with the world.

Ongoing – Walter De Maria: Boxes for Meaningless Work Exhibition @ Menil Highlighting De Maria’s varied and innovative approaches to media and scale, the exhibition includes a large group of conceptual drawings and photography, sculpture related to the development of the artist’s innovative land art projects of the 1970s, as well as examples of his sound and film work.

Ongoing – 2023 Core Exhibition @ MFAH Every year, the Core Residency Program at the Glassell School of Art awards residencies to artists and critical writers, culminating in the spring with an exhibition and yearbook.

Ongoing – Zen Paintings Exhibition @ MFAH Often playful, sometimes comical, and always profound, Zen paintings represent one of the world’s most fascinating religious and artistic traditions.

Ongoing – Golden Worlds Exhibition @ MFAH Showcasing the diversity and brilliance of ancient Colombian cultures, through figurative ceramics, ceremonial and ritual items, feather works, textiles, metal works, and historical documents, Golden Worlds invites visitors into a cultural dialogue that spans both space and time.