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SHAPE’s 45th Annual Pan-African Cultural Festival

S.H.A.P.E. Community Center 3815 Live Oak, Houston, TX, United States

Welcome to SHAPE’s 45th Annual Pan African Cultural Festival! Join us at the S.H.A.P.E. Community Center for a day filled with vibrant performances, delicious food, and the celebration of culture. Immerse yourself in traditional dances, music, and art from various countries. This FREE in-person event is a fantastic opportunity to [...]

Free

Celebrating Black History!

Children’s Museum of Houston 1500 Binz, Houston, TX, United States

From Ancient Africa to Modern Day Houston, we celebrate the important people and events in Black History using music, dance and kid-friendly poetry. Featuring original poetry by two Houston Poet Laureates, Deborah DEEP Mouton and Outspoken Bean. 100% interactive and very fun for people of all ages and backgrounds!

$19.95

Celebrating Black History!

Museum of Fine Arts – Rienzi 1406 Kirby Drive, Houston, TX, United States

A special celebration for Juneteenth! From Ancient Africa to Modern Day Houston, we celebrate the important people and events in Black History using music, dance and kid-friendly poetry. Featuring original poetry by two Houston Poet Laureates, Deborah DEEP Mouton and Outspoken Bean. 100% interactive and very fun for people of [...]

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Celebrating Black History!

Museum of Fine Arts – Rienzi 1406 Kirby Drive, Houston, TX, United States

A special celebration for Juneteenth! From Ancient Africa to Modern Day Houston, we celebrate the important people and events in Black History using music, dance and kid-friendly poetry. Featuring original poetry by two Houston Poet Laureates, Deborah DEEP Mouton and Outspoken Bean. 100% interactive and very fun for people of [...]

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Transient Vistas: Foreclosure

Join us for a live performance inside FLAT’s current exhibition: Transient Vistas! Foreclosure is a captivating, improvisation-centered performance by: Anthony Almendárez, Juan Garcia, Gabriel Martinez, and Paty Lorena Solórzano Doors at 7pm, performance at 7:30 “Foreclosure” responds to the exhibition Transient Vistas, using sound, movement, and text to explore the [...]

Día de los Muertos and Artisan Market: Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts

Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts 6815 Cypresswood Drive, Spring, TX, United States

The Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts invites the community to its fourth annual Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) event and Artisan Market from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, November 2 at the museum. Admission is free. This family-friendly event will include a public ofrenda, dance [...]

Free

Día de los Muertos and Artisan Market: Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts

Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts 6815 Cypresswood Drive, Spring, TX, United States

The Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts invites the community to its fourth annual Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) event and Artisan Market from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, November 2 at the museum. Admission is free. This family-friendly event will include a public ofrenda, dance [...]

Free

Soulsista Art Foundation Presents “Soundscapes and Stanzas Festival”

The Pop Up Place 4306 Almeda Rd, Houston, TX

The Soundscapes and Stanzas Festival is a unique celebration of music and poetry, bringing together local artists, musicians, and performers for a day of immersive cultural experiences. Set against the vibrant backdrop of Houston, Texas, the festival features a mix of live performances, DJ sets, seminars, and interactive showcases that [...]

free

Make & Take 2024

The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art 2334 Gulf Terminal Drive, Houston, TX

The Make & Take 2024 Festival will take place at the Legendary Orange Show on Sunday, December 8th from noon – 4 PM! Make & Take is a nomadic gathering place for community, sharing, and artful experimentation. Make & Take brings together artists and arts organizations to share their craft [...]

Free

Looking to Move: Dancing and the Visual Arts

Frame Dance Studio 2426 Bartlett St. Ste. D, Houston, TX

In this workshop led by Kerri Lyons Neimeyer, dancers will use lines, shapes, and related themes in visual art pieces as inspiration for building dance with their bodies. Dancers will explore movement within their own kinesphere and in the shared space of the studio, working individually and collaboratively to create [...]

pay-what-you-can

Movies Houstonians Love: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Museum of Fine Arts – Audrey Jones Beck Building 5601 Main Street, Houston, TX, United States

Presented by Laurence Unger, MFAH Film Subcommittee and Ultimate Film Buffs member. Howard Hawks’ Technicolor musical comedy is anchored by the performances of Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe as Jazz Age lounge singers on a Transatlantic ocean liner to Paris. Based on the 1949 Broadway musical of the same name, [...]

$9

Group Acorde @ Archway Gallery

Archway Gallery (Dunlavy) 2305 Dunlavy, Houston, TX, United States

The company’s signature collaborative and improvisational work between contemporary dance and experimental live music will fill the gallery space and its art with live, original music and dance drawing from classical to avant-garde. The performers will create in the moment shapes, sounds and space on site, inviting the audience to [...]

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