{c.u.t.here} sept 9-13
Sorry, for missing {c.u.t.here} last week week. It’s here now. Deal.
{Wednesday.09}
HP Rocks Off hosts Beatles Rock Band Rock Off Contest
6-10pm | Coffee Groundz (2503 Bagby) | facebook inviteThe 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!
{Thursday.10}
“POKE!” Opening Reception at FotoFest
6 – 9pm | FotoFest (1113 Vine St. | www.fotofest.org
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.
{Friday.11}
FreshArts FreshFest!
5 – 8:30pm | Discovery Green | facebook invite
Take a breath of Fresh Art.
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!
HIWI Book Launch Party!
7-10pm | Craft Salon -(2307 Dunlavy St) | facebook invite
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.
Diverseworks Season Kick-off
6 – 8pm | DIverseworks (1117 East Freeway)| facebook invite
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.
{Saturday.12}
Ars Lyrica Season Kick-Off Party at Block 7
noon-3pm | Block 7 Wine Co. (720 Shepherd) | facebook invite
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
Museum District Day
10am-5pm | Museum District | www.houstonmuseumdistrict.org
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
6pm-10pm | Miller Outdoor Theater | facebook invite
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!
{Sunday.13}
Back to School with Dr. Sketchy
2-6pm | Advant Garden (411 Westheimer) | facebook invite
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.
