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Theater

Main Street Theater
Superfudge
Apr. 21 - May. 19, 2012
Based on the book by Judy Blume

Theater

Main Street Theater
Richard III by William Shakespeare
Apr. 21 - May. 13, 2012
The villain everybody loves to hate...

Theater

Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts
Dionysia 2012: The Frogs
Apr. 26 - May. 1, 2012


Music

Social Event

Visual Arts

Orange Show Center for Visionary Art
Mid Main First Thursday benefiting The Orange Show
May. 3, 2012 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Eat, Shop, Rock and Drink for a good cause!

Dance

Dominic Walsh Dance Theater
Dominic Walsh Dance Theater´s Spring Mixed Rep
May. 3 - 5, 2012
A sensational mixed rep program celebrating a decade of dance.

Music

Social Event

Opera Vista
Opera 101: Let´s Build an Opera
May. 4, 2012 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM


Music

ROCO: River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
ROCO Chamber Series at Gremillion & Co Fine Art
May. 6, 2012 4:00 PM
The final of four ROCO Chamber Series events hosted by Gremillion & Co Fine Art, features a performance by ROCO Founder and priniciple oboist, Alecia Lawyer.

Literature

DiverseWorks
Slinging Ink at Big Star Bar
May. 8, 2012 7:30 PM
DiverseWorks presents Slinging Ink - a live war of words centered around a given theme. This round´s theme: Babysitting for Fun and Profit. At Big Star Bar, 1005 West 19th Street, Houston.

Music

Mercury Baroque
Heroic Beethoven
May. 10 - 11, 2012
Join us for our riveting Season Finale — Mercury Baroque´s spin on two magnificent Beethoven symphonies.

Orange Show Center for Visionary Art
Art Car Workshop with Jared Nicholson
May. 16, 2012 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Learn about how to use "Skratch" - an eco-dough created by Jared Nicholson - to create amazing art!

Dance

Music

Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts
On Vanishing
May. 17 - 18, 2012
May 17 & 18, 5:30pm

Film

Music

Musiqa
Spring Loft Concert: Alternate Tracks
May. 17, 2012 6:30 PM
This free concert is held in conjunction with Contemporary Arts Museum Houston´s exhibition Perspectives 178: CINEPLEX.

Social Event

Visual Arts

DiverseWorks
Luck of the Draw 2012
May. 18, 2012 6:30 PM - 10:30 PM
DiverseWorks ArtSpace, a visual and performing arts center, presents its annual fundraiser, Luck of the Draw, on Friday, May 18, 2012 beginning at 6:30 pm. DiverseWorks has invited artists from Houston and beyond to create and donate 7 x 9 inch works of art which will be exhibited and for sale by lottery to event attendees who purchase Art Chance Tickets, starting at $125. The exhibition will remain on view to the public through June 2, 2012.

Theater

Main Street Theater
The Witches
May. 18 - 20, 2012
performed by kids for families

Dance

Film

Music

Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts
Insight | Out
May. 19 - 20, 2012
May 19 - 20

Theater

Main Street Theater
My Wonderful Day by Alan Ayckbourn
May. 19 - Jun. 17, 2012


Film

Aurora Picture Show
Scoot-In Outdoor Screening
May. 19, 2012 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Take a ride on your two-wheeler and join Aurora Picture Show for a one-of-a-kind Scoot-In screening at this unique drive-in event as part of Insight|Out Festival in Sesquicentennial Park.

Film

Orange Show Center for Visionary Art
Houston Art Car Parade Hour-Long TV Special
May. 20, 2012 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Re-live the 2012 Houston Art Car Parade on Sunday May 20th at 6pm CST on KIAH-TV CW39

Theater

The Catastrophic Theatre
American Falls
May. 25 - Jun. 9, 2012
Fat, dead, magic, broken, saved.
American Falls.

Theater

TBH CENTER (Talento Bilingüe de Houston)
Kiss of the Spider Woman
May. 31 - Jun. 17, 2012
Manuel Puig, weaves a sharply provocative tale of love, victimization, fantasy, and friendship that develops between two strikingly different men who share an Argentinean prison cell. In collaboration with Unhinged Productions, TBH Center presents this play, adapted by Puig from his own novel, El beso de la mujer araña written in 1976.


Community Artists Collective
Surrounded by Giants
Apr. 5 - May. 5, 2012
Photography exhibition by Jason Woods. Opening reception Thursday, April 5, from 7 to 10 p.m. Artist talk April 14 at 2 p.m. followed by Curator Michael K. Taylor discussing early African American photography in the United States.

Aurora Picture Show
Extremely Shorts 15 (Call for Entries)
Apr. 16 - May. 1, 2012
Started in 1998, the Extremely Shorts Festival is a juried competition of adventurous three-minute or shorter films and videos from around the world. Each year a different juror (esteemed filmmaker, film programmer or arts curator) selects 20-25 mini-masterpieces to be shown at a two-day screening event in June. Audience Choice cash awards are given for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. The short format of the festival encourages innovative approaches to filmmaking in a range of genres including narrative, art, experimental, documentary and animation.

DiverseWorks
34th School of Art Masters´ Thesis Exhibition
Apr. 28 - May. 12, 2012
The University of Houston School of Art, Blaffer Art Museum and DiverseWorks are proud to present the 34th School of Art Masters´ Thesis Exhibition, on view from April 28—May 12, 2012 at DiverseWorks.

Orange Show Center for Visionary Art
Mid Main First Thursday benefiting The Orange Show
May. 3, 2012 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Eat, Shop, Rock and Drink for a good cause!

Orange Show Center for Visionary Art
Art Car Parade Retro 1986 by George Hixson
May. 4, 2012 5:30 PM - 8:00 AM
Official artist reception for George Hixson´s photography of the unofficial art car parade in Houston in 1986 that was the inspiration for the Houston Art Car Parade, now in its 25th year.

Orange Show Center for Visionary Art
Mask Workshop with Dennis McNett
May. 5, 2012 11:00 AM
Create your own original, amazing paper mask with legendary artist Dennis McNett, and walk with him in the Houston Art Car Parade on May 12th!

DiverseWorks
UH School of Art Masters´ Thesis Exhibition: GALLERY TALK 1
May. 5, 2012 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Gallery Talk with University of Houston School of Art 2012 MFA candidates (1 of 2)

Orange Show Center for Visionary Art
Uptown Park Art Car Preview Show
May. 6, 2012 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Enjoy and sneak peek of 10 of this year´s Houston Art Cars and light bites from Houston restaurants - fun for the whole family!

DiverseWorks
UH School of Art Masters´ Thesis Exhibition: GALLERY TALK 2
May. 12, 2012 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Gallery talk with UH School of Art 2012 MFA Candidates (2 of 2)

Orange Show Center for Visionary Art
Art Car Workshop with Jared Nicholson
May. 16, 2012 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Learn about how to use "Skratch" - an eco-dough created by Jared Nicholson - to create amazing art!

DiverseWorks
Luck of the Draw 2012
May. 18, 2012 6:30 PM - 10:30 PM
DiverseWorks ArtSpace, a visual and performing arts center, presents its annual fundraiser, Luck of the Draw, on Friday, May 18, 2012 beginning at 6:30 pm. DiverseWorks has invited artists from Houston and beyond to create and donate 7 x 9 inch works of art which will be exhibited and for sale by lottery to event attendees who purchase Art Chance Tickets, starting at $125. The exhibition will remain on view to the public through June 2, 2012.