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Houston Saturday, April 21 Events
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Houston International Festival. Annual outdoor event, over two weekends, highlighting China this year. Saturday hours are 1:00 to 10:00 and Sunday hours are 1:00 to 8:00. Free lunchtime concerts with Chinese musicians and local performers will be held 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on April 20 and 27 at the City Hall Reflection Pond area. Visit Houston iFest Concert Schedule for more info. Event ID: 4/22, 4/29
East Meets West: Heaven and Earth. Houston events at the Hobby Center, 800 Bagby. Dance of Asian America and China’s national top-ranking dancers from the Shanghai Theatre Academy Dance Academy presents Heaven and Earth which tells the story about a girl. Selene, who lives in Heaven – a place where sadness and imperfection does not exist. Call 713.315.2525 for more info. Event ID:4/22
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
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.
4/21
星期六
- 客家會郊遊活動。11am。281-980-3914。地點﹕Lost Creek Park. 3703 Lost Creek Blvd.
- 太極拳班。9:30-11:30am。文化中心。
- 首都銀行暨蕭邦藝文書廊主辦〝三精華同調法〞。2-4pm。地點：首都銀行社區服務中心
- 亞美舞蹈暨上海青年舞蹈團演出“天堂與人間”。7:30pm. 地點﹕Hobby Center. 713-315-3524
- 休士頓國際節。地點﹕休士頓城中區及Sam Houston Park. www.ifest.org
- 工商婦女企管協會“中文演講比賽” 832-607-5038. 地點﹕West Side High School
- 美華天主教堂“性格型態研習會”。281-655-7296
- 角聲癌症協會“提昇免疫及抗癌力”。10am-11:15am。
- “太極操”和“癌友及家屬互助小組” 11:15am-12:45pm。713-677-1363。地點﹕First Colony 圖書館
- “2008年返台投票手續說明會”。2pm。281-242-6655 地點﹕僑教中心
- 西南華人浸信柔道會, 2-4 pm , 地點: 12525 Sugar Ridge Blvd., 281-495-1511
- 免費英語會話班, 10-11am ﹐地點﹕陽花園 Club House, 713-271-5600
- 國際體育舞蹈中心舞會。8:30-12pm。9730 Town Park