Things to do in Houston this weekend

All weekend

All Weekend – M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity Screening @ MFAH @ 6pm (FRI/SAT) @ 2PM (SUN) Journey to Infinity looks at the legacy of world-famous Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher.

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 – Beauty and Ritual: Judaica from the Jewish Museum, New York @ MFAH The new, ongoing partnership between the MFAH and the Jewish Museum brings exceptional objects to Houston over a period of years. Beauty and Ritual explores the artistic, ritualistic, and cultural significance of more than 140 works.

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 – SEPTEMBER 1st

L’chayim: Bringing Sacred Objects to Life through Song @ MFAH @ 8PM This musical journey explores Beauty and Ritual: Judaica from the Jewish Museum, New York through its major themes: the Torah and Learning; the Restful and Radiant time of Shabbat; and the Light Inspired by Chanukah.

Kid Cudi @ Toyota Center @ 7PM

WILD KARD @ Bayou Music Center @ 7:30PM

Imagine Dragons @ The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion @ 6:45PM

LANY @ 713 Music Hall @ 7PM

FRIDAY – SEPTEMBER 2nd

Arooj Aftab Concert @ Miller Outdoor Theater @ 8PM This Labor Day weekend, join Asia Society Texas for a concert featuring Grammy-winning singer and songwriter Arooj Aftab. Tickets available September 1 at 10AM.

J-Letti @ Warehouse Live @ 8PM

Joy Division: A Celebration with Peter Hook & The Light @ House of Blues @ 7PM

Five Finger Death Punch @ The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion @ 6:30PM

Jungle @ White Oak Music Hall @ 8PM

SATURDAY – SEPTEMBER 3rd

Ongoing – Stargazing @ George Observatory in Needville

Centennial Saturdays @ Houston Zoo For its special 100-year anniversary, Houston Zoo hosts Centennial Saturdays where you can dive into the weekend with a Zoo visit and experience a variety of fun activities.

Coffee and Cars @ POST @ 9AM Come out and enjoy an amazing display of machines at POST! Every first Saturday of the month from 9am – 11am Coffee and Cars will be posted up in the East Parking Lot with 100’s of luxury and exotic vehicles.

Mercury Chamber Orchestra @ Miller Outdoor Theater @ 8PM Tickets available September 2 at 10AM.

Lauv @ 713 Music Hall @ 7:30PM

Circle Jerks @ White Oak Music Hall @ 7PM

SUNDAY – SEPTEMBER 4th

Motion City Soundtrack @ House of Blues @ 7PM

KoRn X Evanescence @ The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion @ 5:30PM