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The weather should be "a glorious winter weekend" to quote Space City Weather on Saturday and Sunday. Enjoy!

THURSDAY – JANUARY 4th

Ongoing – Happy Hour @ MFAH @ 5PM Meet your friends at the MFAH for the best night of the week. Explore the campus, visit the galleries, and get a drink at the bar. General admission is free.

Kid Flicks Film Festival Screenings @ MFAH @ 11:30AM / 1PM See a compilation of highlights from the New York International Children’s Film Festival.

Slaughter Beach, Dog @ House of Blues @ 7PM With Sun June

Vortxz @ Warehouse Live Midtown @ 6PM

FRIDAY – JANUARY 5th

Rockets vs Timberwolves @ Toyota Center @ 7PM

‘Orlando, My Political Biography’ Screening @ MFAH @ 7PM This award-winning documentary is a personal essay, historical analysis, and social manifesto, inspired by Virginia Woolf’s work.

Protect Your Peace Live Event @ MATCH @ 7PM Curated by the inspirational Trent Shelton, this event allows guests to learn insight into how to create a better life, protect your peace, and discover your purpose.

Another Run @ White Oak Music Hall @ 7PM

Solido @ Warehouse Live Midtown @ 8PM With Los Carnalitos

SATURDAY – JANUARY 6th

Rockets vs Bucks @ Toyota Center @ 7PM Houston Rockets Rodeo Night – first 3000 fans receive a rockets cowboy hat

Ongoing – Saturday Stargazing @ George Observatory in Needville

First Saturday Arts Market @ Houston Heights @ 11AM Visit Houston’s original monthly outdoor arts event!

Coffee and Cars @ POST @ 9AM Come out and enjoy an amazing display of machines at POST!

‘Menus-Plaisirs’ Screening @ MFAH @ 2PM Acclaimed filmmaker Frederick Wiseman explores the daily lives of the family running renowned French restaurant La Maison Troisgros—which has held three Michelin stars for the past five decades.

Open Studio: Wallpaper Collage @ CAMH @ 2PM Using leftover wallpaper scraps and decorative paper, create a collage inspired by the work of Lisa Lapinsky on display at the museum.

Luke Null Stand Up @ The Secret Group @ 7PM

Meagan Jaynes @ White Oak Music Hall @ 7PM

LNY TNZ @ Stereo Live @ 10PM

Garden Grove – A Sublime Experience @ Scout Bar @ 9PM

SUNDAY – JANUARY 7th

‘Orlando, My Political Biography’ Screening @ MFAH @ 5PM This award-winning documentary is a personal essay, historical analysis, and social manifesto, inspired by Virginia Woolf’s work.

Tibetan Meditation in the Gallery @ Asia Society Texas @ 2PM Start the new year in deep guided meditation as Alejandro Chaoul utilizes simple Tibetan yoga movement and sound.

Galveston Symphony Orchestra: New Year’s Pops Concert @ The Grand @ 4PM This Latin music/dance-inspired program combines music, imagery, dance, and story-telling to produce an evening of pure magic. Enjoy the premier pf GSO’s new chamber ensemble – Fossekall.

Electric Love Temple @ Warehouse Live Midtown @ 2PM

All Weekend

FRIDAY & SATURDAY – Jared Freid Stand Up @ Houston Improv

All weekend – Swingin’ Sinatra: A New Year’s Celebration Concert @ Jones Hall Swing into the New Year as charismatic crooner Tony DeSare and the Houston Symphony Big Band perform all your favorite Sinatra standards.

All weekend – ‘Tina: The Tina Turner Musical’ @ The Hobby Center An uplifting comeback story like no other, ‘TINA’ is the inspiring journey of a woman who broke barriers and became the Queen of Rock n’ Roll.

Ongoing Special Events and Museum Exhibitions

Ongoing – Radiant Nature @ Houston Botanic Gardens More than 50 larger-than-life Chinese lantern installations come to life in stunning displays that showcase the beauty of nature and celebrate the promise of the Lunar New Year.

Ongoing – Magical Winter Lights @ Katy Mills Mall LAST CHANCE – This intricate and dazzling winter wonderland display that includes illuminated tunnels, sculptures, and interactive exhibits is sure to capture the essence of the festive season

Ongoing – Zoo Lights @ Houston Zoo LAST CHANCE – Enjoy the magic of the holiday season at Houston’s favorite holiday lights experience, presented by TXU Energy.

Ongoing – Green Mountain Energy Ice Rink @ Discovery Green

Ongoing – The Ice Rink @ The Woodlands Town Center

Ongoing – Winter Colorland @ Houston Color Factory Enjoy Color Factory's glimmering winter wonderland as they have decked out its immersive exhibition rooms for the winter season.

Ongoing – ‘Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence’ Exhibition @ MFAH Wiley’s monumental, large-scale paintings of Black and Brown individuals confront and challenge the silence surrounding systemic violence and injustice.

Ongoing – ‘Rembrandt to Van Gogh: Masterpieces from the Armand Hammer Collection’ Exhibition @ MFAH The exhibition showcases the renowned collection of the Hammer Museum at UCLA, including major works of art by Titian, Rembrandt, Cezanne, van Gogh, and others.

Ongoing – ‘Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America, 1955’ Exhibition @ MFAH LAST CHANCE – See the famous works by photographers Robert Frank and Todd Webb as they individually made their way across the country in 1955, capturing the real life and diversity of American landscapes and towns throughout.

Ongoing – ‘Six Scenes From Our Future’ Exhibition @ CAMHThis exhibition challenges the traditional ways of presenting art by offering unexpected pairings and debating the entrenched hierarchies between the fine arts and design.

Ongoing – ‘This Way: A Houston Group Show’ Exhibition @ CAMH The exhibition showcases new work from Black artists who are invited to examine innovative ways of storytelling of their legacy and heritage of Houston Freedmen’s Town.

Ongoing – ‘Hanne Darboven – Writing Time’ Exhibition @ Menil This exhibition explores the intertwining of writing and drawing that formed the core of German artist Hanne Darboven’s practice for over forty years.

Ongoing – ‘Chryssa & New York’ Exhibition @ Menil Greek-born artist Chryssa’s pioneering works combined industrial processes and traditional sculpture-making to create monumental art pieces that respond to our urban, everyday environments.

Ongoing – Nestor Topchy’s Portraits Exhibition @ Menil This exhibition presents more than one hundred portraits made over the past twenty years by Houston-based artist Nestor Topchy.

Ongoing – ‘Longing, Grief, and Spirituality: Art Since 1980’ Exhibition @ Menil The mini exhibition presents artists’ response to the precariousness of life through the expression of longing, grief, and spirituality.