c.u.there is a weekly events post of various things going on in and around Houston. entirely subjective. entirely rad.
I’ll be at ACL fest in Austin this weekend for a much needed getaway, and I’m totally beside myself just thinking about seeing Them Crooked Vultures on Thursday night. Must. clam. down. Holler if you’re gonna be out there, and i’ll c.u.t.here! Peace, Love + Sound, Peeps! Speaking of, I’ve got a gCal for upcoming shows that you can access here. Have at it. Soon to be one for events as well. Stay tuned. c.u.there, peeps!
I’ve mentioned that I’ve been invited to join the Architypes board. This is one of the great programs they’ve got coming up this season. You can learn more about membership here.
Facebook, Twitter, Wiki, Blogs, Forums, LinkedIn, and everything else you’ve ever wondered about. What is social media, what it means to you and how you can use it.
Panelists:
Filo Castore, AIA LEED AP
Fayza Elmostehi (Schipul – The Web Marketing Company)
Jeromy Murphy, AIA
Craving your country fix? Stop by Mango’s for some pre-ACL celebration as Robert Ellis and the boys infuse this local music joint with some honky tonk blues.
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Elizabeth Irvine Lunchtime Lecture Series
I recently finished a site redesign for Elizabeth Irvine. Beth is an amazing mentor and friend. She’s most definitely positively impacted my life in the short time that I’ve known here. She’ll be doing 2 lunchtime series this fall the first one in October is focused on creating balance and well-being. In November, she will lead lunchtime meditation at Bright Sky Press. Stressed out? You seriously need this like I do!
Thursdays in October: 1, 8 and 15, 12 noon – 1 p.m COST: $100 for series, $40 for individual lecture. Lunch provided
Three Simple Ways To Create Balance in Everyday Life
Thursday October 1, 2009 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Beth shares ideas of how to relieve stress and replace it with balance and well being. How do I deal with the frustration of mundane tasks day after day? What can I do to have more energy and clarity? What are three things I can do to improve my diet? Do I really enjoy what I do?
6 – 9pm | First Cumberland Presbyterian Church (2119 Avalon Place) | facebook invite | $20
I’ve recently found out about Divergence and met the lovely Misha Penton. I’d be here if i weren’t in Austin. Check it out!
Boundary-defying performances featuring historic and new opera, art song, piano works, theater, dance, and multimedia arts. Contemporary staging, a progressive attitude to repertoire selection, and an exciting fusion of interdisciplinary arts characterizes our non-traditional approach to opera and classical vocal works. Artistic Director: Misha Penton. www.divergencevocaltheater.org
An ethereal October eve of contemporary art song in English, piano & harp works, with sitar music, film, butoh inspired dance, & shadow play. Music of Dominick Argento, Philip Glass, Meredith Monk, Jake Heggie, Benjamin Britten, and more…
Friday, October 2nd, 8pm
Saturday, October 3rd, 8pm
Kicking off it’s 14th season on September 24th, Opera in the Heights! adventurously takes on the unique double bill of Il Tabarro with Pagliacci, two unforgettable stories paired together to heed the tale of unfaithful women, jealousy and revenge which result in their untimely death. Could these be the desperate housewives of a century ago?
Opera in the Heights! is a professional regional opera company that exists to provide a stage for emerging performers and to bring affordable opera to the greater Houston area. All operas are presented in the original language with English surtitles in Lambert Hall, 1703 Heights Blvd. located in the Houston Heights, with easy and convenient parking. Experience these traditional productions in an intimate, historic setting, where the audience can enjoy the performance up close! Ticket prices start at a mere $10 per performance, with the best seats in the house for only $45. Restrictions apply, call 713-861-5303 or visit www.operaintheheights.org for more information. See you UP CLOSE!
2995 continues their free concert series at the Continental Club this week with one of my fav local bands, Buxton. Listen to some of their tracks here. Or just show up. It’s free. duh. You won’t regret it.
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C2 Creative presents Hous(e)ton: the photography of Shannon Duncan and Ben Desoto
Please join the C2 Creative community in opening their newest show at Caroline Collective Friday, October 2nd from 7pm to 9pm. The show features work from local Houston photographers Shannon Duncan and Ben Desoto.
The works collected here from the talented Houston Artists Ben Desoto and Shannon Duncan speak about home, house, and Houston – home to us all. Each artist has chosen to explore the shadowy axioms of house, home and Houston. That’s not to say in a derogatory manner, but to say from the inverse. Each of their subjects is shown without house, or home. Their work shows us the oft-overlooked side of our fair city. Shannon’s works painstakingly reveals the beauty in the everyday mundane detritus of urban life while Ben’s work forces us to confront the very human realties of homelessness. Each set however has an optimism that far outstrips the meager realities of the objects or people shown. Together each artist elevates the inverse, the shadows of our homes, houses and Houstonians to a place of touching poignancy. And together each photographer reminds us that every great image, and maybe every great story, starts with a negative. Light refreshments will be provided.
I’ve been hearing so much buzz about this performance, I can’t wait to make it out to see this. Naked people, sex on stage, and Amsterdam. I’m so there. Warning: this performance is not for the easily embarrassed or squeamish. OK, see, now you’re intrigured and you’re gonna go, right?
September 24, 25, 26; October 1, 2, 3 & 8, 9, 10
All shows at 8:00 pm
General admission price: $15 first weekend; $20 second & third weekends; Student price: $10 per ticket per student ID & must be purchased at door;
Tickets available now at http://horseheadtheatre.org/tickets and will be available at the door.
Horse Head Theatre Co. presents Red Light Winter as its premiere production running September 24 to October 10 at Frenetic Theater. Written by Adam Rapp, Red Light Winter has not been seen in Houston before. Horse Head Theatre hopes to bring an exceptionally new and engaging theatre-going opportunity for Houston audiences by creating a completely designed experience. Horse Head Theatre’s goal with all of its shows is to create a theatrical presentation that reinvigorates the soul and reawakens the human spirit. Horse Head productions begin and end with ceremonial rituals and create opportunities for audiences to break the traditional code of theatre etiquette.
The story of Red Light Winter centers on misplaced affections between long time friends Matt and Davis, and an enigmatic Amsterdam prostitute, Christina. All three characters have flaws that they are aware of but do nothing to change. Because of this, emotions are propelled in a tragically wrong direction, creating an end sequence that rips out your heart with rage, disgust, pity, and complete stupor.
A few things you should know about RED LIGHT WINTER:
• Don’t expect a traditional theatre experience.
• Red Light Winter audiences will not sit in standard theatre chairs in rows. You are encouraged to sit, stand, lounge, spread out and move around any time you’d like during the course of the show. There will be no intermission.
• Red Light Winter contains nudity, explicit language, drug references, strobe effects and fog. Cigarette smoking will take place on stage during the course of the show.
• No one under 18 will be admitted due to the content of the show.
• Photography or video of any sort is not permitted.
• Drinks and snacks will be available before, during and after the show. Please bring cash for the bar and vendor stand.
• You can party, drink and lounge before and after the show. The Frenetic Theater lobby will open at 7:00 pm.
• Smoking is not permitted.
• Please turn off your cell phones.
Every 1st Sunday my buddy Jim mParsons leads this fantastic walking tour of Buffalo Bayou. Jim will be the first to remind you I haven’t bene yet. But I still know it’s fantastic if he’s involved.
Architecture Center Houston (ArCH) with the cooperation of Buffalo Bayou Partnership invite you to a stroll along Buffalo Bayou Parkway for an overview of downtown Houston’s history and architecture from it’s beginnings in 1836 to the efforts to revitalize the central city today. ArCH docents will lead you on this 2 hour architectural tour.
WHEN: Every First Saturday of the month – 10am-noon *(weather permitting) These tours will take place every First Saturday of the month. Reservations are not required but appreciated.
WHERE: Architecture Center Houston 315 Capitol Street, Suite 120
FEE: $15, $10 for AIA Houston, ArchiTypes, and Bayou Buddies members. Cash/check only at the door. Credit card purchases must be in advance. Call 713.520.0155 for tickets.
PARKING: Theater District and Hobby Center parking garages recommended due to 2 hour limited street parking.
About Architecture Center:
Architecture Center Houston (ArCH) houses offices of the American Institute of Architecture, Houston Chapter, the Houston Architecture Foundation, a gallery for rotating architecture-related exhibitions, meeting rooms, and a terrace overlooking Buffalo Bayou. ArCH aims to promote awareness, understanding, and appreciation of the ways in which architecture and urban design influence and enhance the quality of life in our community. For general inquiries, please call 713.520.0155, or visit www.aiahouston.org online.
About Buffalo Bayou Partnership:
The Buffalo Bayou Partnership is a non-profit organization that oversees Buffalo Bayou improvements. The Partnership coordinates the integration of major amenities into the Bayou greenbelt and seeks ways to increase community involvement through pedestrian, boating and biking amenities, permanent and temporary art installations, and other natural and built attractions. For general inquiries, please call 713.752.0314, or visit the Partnership online at www.buffalobayou.org.
Recovering from the stomach flu….ugh. Sorry, for missing {c.u.t.here} last week AGAIN. It’s here now. Deal. AGAIN. life is crizzazy right now. On to the fun stuff!
GIVEAWAY! This week’s c.u.t.here features a ticket giveaway. Oh like I’m gonna just tell you what event it’s for. Keep Reading.
HP Rocks Off presents Movie Nite at the Mink. Free, every Tuesday night. Tonight’s movie is Fight Club. Stop by Continental Club next door to check out Umbrella Man and score a free hot dog. Ah, jeah.
It’s Tuesday, people. Now Hear this.
Jim James, Conor Oberst, M. Ward and Mike Mogis , a.k.a., Monsters of FolkAlbum Release Today. They’ll also be on Conan, Thanks, Brent! In other music news, I can hardly function day by day with my excitement of seeing Them Crooked Vultures play at ACL pre-show next Thursday. Are you headed to ACL? Are you gonna be at the Vultures show? Um, yes and yes, right?
I’m super excited to be a part of this year’s ArCH Committee. I’ve always been a fan of their programming and am looking forward to great upcoming events, including this one Wednesday.
Elsewhere, TX exhibition features significant architectural projects completed after the year 2000 through Texas and beyond, some of which may have been overlooked by publications or design awards. The projects are located outside of Houston’s city limits and were designed by architects whose practices are based outside of Houston as well. This show honors our peers throughout Texas as they visit us during the 2009 Texas Society of Architects Convention.
Music Makers Mixer
6-8pm | Warehouse Live (813 St. Emanuel)
The Music Maker Mixer is back! An awesome opportunity to mix and mingle with music industry professionals.
The Music Makers Mixer is a music industry night in Houston sponsored by The Recording Academy Texas Chapter, SugarHill Studios and the Houston Press. Our venue sponsor is Warehouse Live. ArtsHound calls the event the “one of the hottest gatherings in town.” Event admission is free and open to members of the music industry at large. Please join us right where it began!
One of my very favorite events of last year! Looking forward to this immensely. Get your tickets today, they will sell out by Thursday.
Eat. Drink. Chill. Cheer a cocktails + culture crawl benefiting Fresh Arts Coalition and Houston Young People for the Arts.
5 different stops. 5 different drinks. 5 different bites.
Via Colori artist Matthew Manalo | Center Court | 6-9 pm
Aurora Picture Show | In the Chill Room | 6-9 pm
Opera in the Heights | Pete’s Dueling Piano Bar | 6:30 pm
Main Street Theater | Pete’s Dueling Piano Bar | 7 pm
Runaway Sun | House of Blues | 9 pm
Enjoy complimentary signature drinks and food pairings from III Forks Steakhouse, Guadalajara del Centro, House of Blues, McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant & Pete’s Dueling Piano Bar. Self-parking and complimentary valet parking available on Fannin.Purchase tickets at www.downtownhouston.org or call 713-658-8938. Only 300 tickets available!
Celebrate our local art scene each Thursday with Spacetaker and Boheme. Join us at Boheme from 5-10PM, when a portion of the proceeds benefits a new local non profit arts organization each week.
Our productions merge repertoire from both opera and art song sources with dramatic text-based works from classical theater, original theater making, and poetry. We’re driven by a fascination and commitment to the incredible gems of Western classical music and theater literature traditions: from medieval to modern to wholly original.
Opera in the Heights Opening Night: Il Tabarro + Pagliacci
It’s finally here! Opening night of Opera in the Heights 2009/10 Season!
Kicking off it’s 14th season on September 24th, Opera in the Heights! adventurously takes on the unique double bill of Il Tabarro with Pagliacci, two unforgettable stories paired together to heed the tale of unfaithful women, jealousy and revenge which result in their untimely death. Could these be the desperate housewives of a century ago?
Opera in the Heights! is a professional regional opera company that exists to provide a stage for emerging performers and to bring affordable opera to the greater Houston area. All operas are presented in the original language with English surtitles in Lambert Hall, 1703 Heights Blvd. located in the Houston Heights, with easy and convenient parking. Experience these traditional productions in an intimate, historic setting, where the audience can enjoy the performance up close! Ticket prices start at a mere $10 per performance, with the best seats in the house for only $45. Restrictions apply, call 713-861-5303 or visit www.operaintheheights.org for more information. See you UP CLOSE!
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Steel Lounge Underground
8 – 11pm | Contemporatry Arts Museum (5216 Montrose) | facebook invite | FREE
DJ Pooks and Josh Zulu host the next edition of Steel Lounge Underground Friday September 25th at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (5126 Montrose, 77006) from 8pm-11pm. This is a special Steel Lounge Underground sponsored by Premium Goods (www.premiumgoods.net). Premium Goods is celebrating their 5th year anniversary.
Steel Lounge Underground is a monthly event featuring Houston based musical artists who create entertaining & inspiring soundscapes within a visual environment that is synergistic with their particular music style.This is a free event!
This month’s musical line-up features The ARE, Jaekim, Baby Jae plus a live performance by Neon Collars.
Musical Lineup:
The ARE
Jaekim
Baby Jae
Neon Collars
Exhibits on view in the museum:
In The Brown Foundation Gallery: No Zoning: Artists Engage Houston
On view: May 9 – October 4, 2009
This Saturday, a few of my friends are putting on Houston’s first Wine Conference! Featuring very special guest Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV!
I’ve got 2 tickets to give away to this event! Shoot me an email with your best wine hangover story, and the best story wins the tickets. #subjectivityrocks
“Coach to Cure” Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
all day Saturday | Bubba’s Sports Bar & Grill at (6225 Washington Ave)
Earlier this year, a friend of mine’s child was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. A heartbreaking disease that is a severe recessive X-linked form of muscular dystrophy characterized by rapid progression of muscle degeneration, eventually leading to loss of ambulation and death. This affliction affects one in 3500 males, making it the most prevalent of muscular dystrophies. Read more on the Houston Chronicle here.
In an effort to raise money for research and awareness, this Saturday a national event that will take place called ‘Coach to Cure’. College football coaches across the nation will wear ‘Coach to Cure’ patches on their arms this day to increase awareness for Duchenne. National commercials will air about Duchenne. Also, around the nation on this day, families and groups will be holding tailgating parties to raise awareness for Duchenne. Attached is a 3-minute video about Duchenne and ‘Coach to Cure’. Although it is sad, we have to get the message across. This disease is ruthless. Please watch it and share it with all your friends. The video will ask you to donate $5 by texting the word “CURE” to 90999 on your phone.
With the help of family, friends, Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, The Houston Chronicle, The University of Houston, and Academy…one the Houston area tailgating parties will be held at Bubba’s Sports Bar & Grill at 6225 Washington Ave (near Memorial Park). Bubba’s has agreed to donate 10% of all food sales from that day to Duchenne MD.
Please help us increase awareness for Duchenne and support ‘Coach to Cure’. Come out to Bubba’s the 26th to watch your favorite college football game, share the ‘Coach to Cure’ video with friends, or just tell someone you know about Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Small things can equal a big impact! Click here to watch the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufeNxXto4a4
If you’re headed out on Saturday to watch some football, or just for lunch, head over the Bubba’s for a great cause. Thank you for your support!
The Houston Press and Rocks Off Music Blog present The Beatles RockBand Rock Off! Celebrate the release of The Beatles Rock Band edition and be the first to play on Wednesday, September 9th at Coffee Groundz (2503 Bagby). Free Event! Enjoy Beatles inspired cocktails while you rock out. Prizes awarded for the highest score in each skill level and the best Beatles costume. Sign up your band starting at 6pm. Rock off competition starts at 7pm.
Hotel Sorella monnalisa lounge launch party
6:30-8:30pm | Hotel Sorella (800 West Sam Houston Parkway North (between I-10 and Memorial Drive) |facebook invite
I had a chance to check out this place a few weeks back and was hella impressed. If you find yourself outside the loop, don’t panic. Head here for come luxurious pampering. The pool is small and quaint, and once the restaurants get built up around the area, we may even find ourselves heading OTL more often. Gasp!
Totally stoked about this exhibit. My worlds collide = social media + art. They’ve got tons of events in conjuction with the exhibit, including a social media panel discussion that I will be sitting on Oct 7th at FotoFest.
The increasingly pervasive, user-created content of online social media – tweets, confessional video, status updates, online gaming – are these subjects for art? In online parlance a poke is a virtual gesture intended as interaction without any specific purpose, usually interpreted as “hello.” POKE! is also a new FotoFest exhibition featuring eight technologically savvy artists who explore online social media and its evolving relationship with the public, the media, and art.
On view September 10 – October 24, 2009, POKE! explores the inter-personal intentions of social media technology and the nature of modern internet-mediated relationships with work that references and uses source material from popular online social media websites such as Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, Craigslist, and YouTube.
FREE dance, theatre and poetry performances; an instrument petting zoo, poetry booth, costume dress-up trunk, scratch film project and after-dark film screenings. A festival celebrating Houston’s alternative art scene.
FREE food provided by Strip House.
5-6PM: Educator’s Preview – Open to all educators! Come see what Houston´s alternative art scene has to offer you and your students! Incorporate arts into your classroom or come to us! You´ll also be treated to a free dance workshop from Dance Houston and performance from Main Street Theater.
6-8:30PM: FRESH FEST
Performances from U of H Dance Ensemble, Travesty Dance Group, Michael Khalil, Dance of Asian America, Mildred’s Umbrella and Main Street Theater; film screenings from Aurora Picture Show; scratch film project from SWAMP; an instrument petting zoo, costume dress up trunk and more!
It’s finally here! It was worth the wait, Houston.
HIWI: IKE tells the story of the hurricane that hit Houston last year through real stories and images. Late Friday, September 12, 2008, Hurricane Ike hit Galveston Island and the Texas Gulf Coast and continued its track inland through Houston, Dallas and as far north as Indianapolis. Many Galveston residents chose to remain on the island despite the National Hurricane Center’s warning of “certain death” for those who did so. Likewise, after witnessing the disastrous mass exodus preceding Hurricane Rita three years earlier, Houstonians were inclined to hunker down too. And hunker down they did. Houstonians met their neighbors while preparing for the storm, stayed together with friends and family during the storm, worked and cleaned up together after the storm, and endured the days, even weeks, without electricity. Without air conditioning. In Houston. At the end of summer. Together. In the spirit of HIWI: The Book, Houston. It’s Worth It. asked Houstonians to submit their accounts of Ike. This result is a personal perspective from some of those who experienced it, to remind Houstonians that, despite the occasional natural disaster, our city is very much still “worth it.” And while there were plenty of photos of destruction (with apologies, not all submitted photos of fallen trees are included), the camaraderie and support brought about in the storm’s aftermath was well documented in photographs and words, proving yet again that it takes more than a big storm to break the spirit of a Houstonian or of our neighbors to the south in Galveston.
DJ Josh Zulu, cocktails, giveaways, and a photo booth named Queso.
Join us for the DiverseWorks season kick off as we celebrate the opening of Now That I’m by myself,” she says, “I’m not by myself, which is good” in the Main Gallery and I found myself an innovator in the flickerlounge. Plus, we will have lots of other surprises. too!
Now That I’m by myself,” she says, “I’m not by myself, which is good”
Sept. 11-Oct. 24, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, Sept. 11, 6-8pm
Rachel Cook brings together Brian Bress, Wynne Greenwood, Laurel Nakadate and Yuki Okumura, all of which take isolated private experiences from within studio, within the empty landscape, within the feeling behind the gut, within the fantasy of an alien inside your head, and bring them into the public realm through video, photography, sculptural cutouts, and even drawings.
I found myself an innovator
Sept. 11 – Oct. 24, 2009
Opening Reception Friday, Sept. 11, 2009, 6 – 8pm
In partnership with Aurora Picture Show
In this installment of flickerlounge, a selection of films and video art works will feature artists from the upcoming panel Je me laver, Je regarde moi-même as well as other artists who use themselves as subjects in their work.
Join Ars Lyrica on Saturday, September 12th at the new Block 7 Wine Co. for a preview of the 2009/2010 Season, A Musical Grand Tour. Musicians will be on hand to showcase some of this season’s performances, as well as wine and food pairings from France, Italy and Germany, representing the many places this season’s programming will take you!
This event is free to the public and open to all. Block 7 Wine Co. holds free tastings every Saturday from noon-3pm.
In additional to previewing the season, subscriptions will be on sale at the event for up to 33% off regular ticket prices. Receive an extra ticket to any performance by purchasing a subscription at the party!
Wines included in the tasting are: 2003 Chateau Bellevue sur Vallee « Vin de Bob », Bergerac, France; 2007 J & H Selbach Bernkasteler Kurfürstlay Riesling, Mosel, Germany; 2004 Cantine Due Palme “Selvarossa,” Salice Salentino, Italy; 2006 Murinais “Caprice Valentine,” Crozes-Hermitage
Get ready to enjoy a free day in the Houston Museum District on Saturday, September 12 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Board a free bus shuttle at any participating museum and spend the entire day exploring favorite museums and discovering new destinations. Museum District Day will feature fascinating exhibitions, hands-on activities, demonstrations and performances throughout the day. Seventeen museums will waive their general admission fee to offer the community the opportunity to enjoy the District’s diverse displays of art, science, nature and history. For more details about Museum District Day please visit the website or (713) 790-1020.
Participating museums include:
Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum
Children’s Museum of Houston
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
Czech Center Museum Houston
The Health Museum
Holocaust Museum Houston
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
Houston Center for Photography
Houston Museum of Natural Science
The Jung Center
The John C. Freeman Weather Museum
Lawndale Art Center
The Menil Collection
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Rice University Art Gallery
Rothko Chapel
Picnic in the Park with Dominic Walsh Dance Theater
Before Dominic Walsh Dance Theater’s September 12th performance of The Trilogy: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, join us for the third annual Picnic in the Park at Miller Outdoor Theatre. Individual tickets are $25 and include cocktails, a boxed supper (vegetarian options available), and a reserved seat for the performance. Co-hosted by SNAP. Visit www.dwdt.org to purchase tickets today!
We’re jumping back into Houston Dr. Sketchy classtime with a RED HOT model – JenXer! An accomplished artist herself, she’s putting herself onstage for a color study in red.
What: Houston Sketchy September party goes red hot, hot, hot! When: Sunday, September 13th 2-6pm Where: Avant Garden (411 Westheimer) How much: $10 + model tips
Bring your sketchpads, drawing pencils and sass – this is one back to school Sketchy that will be blazingly etched into your memory and drawing pads alike.
The Architecture of Social Networking
Robert Ellis + the Boys at Mango’s
Elizabeth Irvine Lunchtime Lecture Series
Opera in the Heights: Il Tabarro + Pagliacci
Elsewhere, Tx
HYPA + FreshArts Culture Crawl
Steel Lounge Underground
The Wine Conference
“Coach to Cure” Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
HP Rocks Off hosts Beatles Rock Band Rock Off Contest
FreshArts FreshFest!
Ars Lyrica Season Kick-Off Party at Block 7
Picnic in the Park with Dominic Walsh Dance Theater