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Worldfest Houston International Film and Video Festival. Apr.20th-29th. 40th Annual WorldFest will screen just 55-60 feature film premieres, with a complete and absolute emphasis on the American and International Independent feature films and with a continuing annual spotlight on an individual country and its films. Houston events at AMC Studio 30, Dunvale @ Westheimer. Call 713-965-9955 for more info. Event ID:4/29
Friends of the Houston Library 2007 Annual Book Sale. Apr.20th-22nd. Houston events at Convention Center, 1001 Avenida de las Americas.We invite the community to the 29th Annual Bargain Book Sale. More than 80,000 books will be available to the public at “bargain” prices, with proceeds benefiting the Houston Public Library. Preview sale for members, 4:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Friday. 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday and 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. Sunday. Event ID:4/22
Berenstain Bears. Produced by the Omaha Theater Company, one of the nation’s leading professional children’s theaters, this spectacular show features stories from five of the most popular Berenstain Bear books. FRI at 7:30 and SAT at 3:00 and 7:00. Houston events at Miller Theater, In Hermann Park, 100 Concert Drive. Call 713-284-8352 for more info. Event ID:4/21
Soc. For the Performing Arts - Billy Collins, Poet Laureate. 8pm. The typical Collins poem opens on a clear and hospitable note but soon takes an unexpected turn; poems that begin in irony may end in a moment of lyric surprise. Houston events at Jones Hall, 615 Louisiana. Call 713-227-4SPA.
Stages Theatre - I Am My Own Wife. Winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play, this masterful one-man show includes 40 different characters and explores the astonishing true story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a German transvestite and celebrated antiques dealer who lived openly as a cross-dresser under the Nazi and Communist regimes. Houston events at Stages Theatre, 3201 Allen Parkway. Call 713-527-0123 for more info. Event ID:5/10
Houston Grand Opera - Aida. Verdi’s monumental Egyptian epic depicting the love triangle involving a slave girl, a military captain, and a princess. Houston events at Wortham Center, 501 Texas. Call 713-228-OPERA for more info. Event ID:5/5
To Kill A Mockingbird. Houston events at the Alley Theatre. Call 713-220-5700 for more info. Event ID: 4/29.
Corteo: Cirque Du Soleil. Houston events at Sam Houston Race Park under the Grand Chapiteau. Call 1-800-678-5440 for tickets.
Houston Fine Arts Events
The Masterpieces of French Painting from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1800-1920. MFAH is the only museum in the United States to host the Met´s treasured collection of French masterpieces while the galleries undergo renovation. This is an extraordinary display of 135 paintings, including masterpieces by van Gogh, Matisse, Picasso, Ingres, Bonnard, Renoir, Degas, Cézanne, Manet, Corot, Courbet, and Monet. At the Museum of Fine Arts, 1001 Bissonnet. Event ID: 5/6.
Bierstadt to O´Keeffe: Highlights from the Stark Museum of Art. MFAH exhibits many works of art from the Stark´s renowned collection of 19th- and 20th-century western American art through a series of exhibitions. As a celebration of this exciting and mutually beneficial relationship, this year´s exhibition will feature a selection of highlights from the Stark. At the Museum of Fine Arts, 1001 Bissonnet. Call 713-639-7300 for more info. Event ID: 4/23.
Frogs: A Chorus of Colors. See living frogs from around the world, marvel at their rainbow of colors, variety of sizes and beautiful sounds and learn how they have survived across the globe for more than 220 million years. Explore 15 diverse habitats and the fascinating frogs that call them home. At Museum of Natural Science, 1 Hermann Circle Drive. Call 713-639-IMAX for more info.
Brain: The World Inside Your Head. The first traveling exhibit to be open in the new Sue Trammell Whitfield Gallery. At the Health Museum, 1515 Herman Drive.
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星期五
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休士頓國際節免費午餐音樂會。地點﹕Sam Houston Park www.ifest.org
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國際體育舞蹈中心舞會。8:30-12pm。9730 Town Park