Things to do in Houston this weekend – September 8th – 11th
Things to do in Houston this weekend! Enjoy the weather (and mosquitos.)
All weekend
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 – 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.
All weekend – Peter Von Kant Screening @ MFAH @ 7PM FRI/SAT @ 5:30PM SUN François Ozon's latest work features a retelling of a melodrama 'The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant,' a classic about love, film, and complex relationships.
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.
All weekend – Peter Pan Ballet @ Brown Theater @ 7PM FRI/ @ 7:30PM SAT @ 2PM (SUN) Escape to Neverland with Wendy, John, Michael and Peter on their daring adventures in Trey McIntyre’s Peter Pan!
All weekend – Cirque De La Symphonie @ Houston Symphony at Jones Hall @ 8PM (FRI/SAT) @ 2:30PM (SUN)
THURSDAY – SEPTEMBER 8
Sasha Alex Sloan @ House of Blues @ 7PM
Jackopierce @ The Heights Theater @ 8PM
FRIDAY – SEPTEMBER 9
Astros vs Angels @ Minute Maid Park @ 7:10PM Promotion: Flashback Friday – 60 Year Celebration
Fall ExtravaDance @ Miller Outdoor Theater @ 8PM Fall back into dance with an evening bursting with energy, music and the intoxicating spirit of dance brought by Houston Metropolitan Dance Center. Tickets available September 9 @ 10AM.
Bill Burr @ Toyota Center @ 7PM
Nascar Aloe @ Warehouse Live @ 8PM
The Wilder Blue @ The Heights Theater @ 8PM
SATURDAY – SEPTEMBER 10
Astros vs Angels @ Minute Maid Park @ 6:15PM Promotion: Kyle Tucker King Tuck Bobblehead
Dynamo vs Kansas City @ PNC Stadium @ 7:30PM
(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.
Ongoing – Stargazing @ George Observatory in Needville
Plants in the Park After Dark @ Market Square Park @ 5PM The market takes place at Market Square Park with a curated selection of vendors offering a diverse range of products including rare plants, beginner-friendly plants, soaps, candles, earrings, jewelry, ceramics and cement pottery, plant accessories/supplies, snack foods, and honey! Hot food vendors include tacos, barbecue, and more.
Coffe 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.
Somi @ Miller Outdoor Theater @ 8PM Join Some, a Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist, for a musical evening brought by DACAMERA. Tickets available September 9 @ 10AM.
Panic! At The Disco @ Toyota Center @ 7PM
Tommy "C. Thomas" Howell @ Warehouse Live @ 8PM
Jack Harlow @ 713 Music Hall @ 7:45PM
Alec Benjamin @ Bayou Music Center @ 8PM
Stereolab @ White Oak Music Hall @ 8PM
Katie Boyle Stand Up Show @ The Secret Group @ 8PM
SUNDAY – SEPTEMBER 11
Astros vs Angels @ Minute Maid Park @ 1:10PM Promotion: First Responders Day
Texans vs Colts @ NRG Stadium @ 12PM
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