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Houston Thursday, February 1 Events
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Dominic Walsh Dance Theater - Today's Visionaries. 7:30pm. At the Hobby Center, 800 Bagby. Experience the new and now! Choreographers Michele Merola and Enrico Morelli are driving forces of the contemporary ballet scene in Italy. DWDT will present the US premieres of Morelli’s Funabula, a fresh creation with breathtaking moments of unique simplicity, along with Merola’s wonderful and whimsical Con le Labbra Dipinte (With Painted Lips). Call 713-315-2525 for more info. Event ID:2/3
Swing: Big-Band Ballroom is back. Hosted by Theater Under the Arts (TUTS). Call 713-558-8888 for special discount tickets. Event ID: 2/11
Houston Grand Opera - La Cenerentola. At the Wortham Center, 501 Texas. American mezzo-soprano and HGO Studio alumna Joyce DiDonato sings Angelina, the title role in Rossini’s setting of the classic Cinderella story. Call 713-228-OPERA for tickets. Event ID:2/11
Houston Auto Show. At Reliant Center. Largest auto show in the southwest featuring auto manufacturer's newest models and concept cars. Call 832-667-1400 for more info. Event ID: 2/4.
Houston Grand Opera - Faust. Gounod’s Faust is wonderfully Romantic and colorful retelling of this great story, containing some ravishingly beautiful arias, duets, and choruses. At Wortham Center, 501 Texas. Call 713-228-OPERA for more info. Event ID: 2/3
Subject to Fits. At Alley Theater, Neuhaus Stage. Call 713-220-5700 for more info. Event ID:2/18.
Stages Theatre - Amy's View. A riveting, bitterly funny drama by esteemed British playwright David Hare. Houston events at Stages Theatre, 3201 Allen Parkway. Call 713-527-0123 for more info. Event ID:2/4.
A Moon for the Misbegotten Performance. At the Ally Theater, Hubbard Stage. On one moonlit night, the possibility of love becomes real. Call 713-220-5700 for more info. Event ID:2/4
One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now. At Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston. The title is drawn from the 1978 Blondie hit. The show features new paintings, sculptures, installations and video works by 17 emerging Asian-American artists born in the late 1960s and 1970s, including Michael Arcega, Xavier Cha, Patty Chang, Binh Danh, Mari Eastman, Ala Ebtekar, Chitra Ganesh, Glenn Kaino, Geraldine Lau, Jiha Moon, Laurel Nakadate, Kaz Oshiro, Anna Sew Hoy, Jean Shin, Indigo Som, Mika Tajima, and Saira Wasim. While the song/exhibit title is indicative of the visible influence of popular culture on these artists’ work, it also hints at the cultural duality informing each artist’s life and the degree to which this duality may or may not inform their practice. Event ID:3/31
Houston Fine Arts Events
Hélio Oiticica: The Body of Color. At the Museum of Fine Arts, 1001 Bissonnet. The Body of Color traces the conceptual and technical processes that led to Oiticica´s emancipation of color into space. The exhibition displays the different series created throughout the artist´s career, shedding light on the various contexts and influences that nurtured their production, and demonstrating the rigor of his aesthetic inquiry. Call 713-639-7300 for more info. Event ID: 4/1/07
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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