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Soc. For the Performing Arts - An Evening of Classic Lily Tomlin. 8pm. The incomparable Lily Tomlin, one of America's foremost comediennes, headlines SPA's season with her hilarious one woman show. Tomlin continues to venture across an ever-widening range of media, starring in television, theater, film, animation, and video. Houston events at Jones Hall, 615 Louisiana. Call 713-227-4SPA for more info.
DaCamera Society - Happy Birthday, Da Camera!. Opening night of the 20th season of Da Camera. Featuring the series debut of violin viruoso Cho-Liang Lin, performing Fauré's Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1, and close with new choreography from Houston Ballet's Stanton Welch to Brahms' "Liebeslieder Waltzes". Houston events at the Wortham Center, 501 Texas. Call 713-524-5050 for more info.
A Journey to Venezuela. 11am. Vibrant, colorful and exciting performances take audiences on a folkloric journey to Venezuela. Houston events at Miller Outdoor Theatre in Hermann Park. Call 281-FREE-FUN for more info.
Wings Over Houston Air Show. 10am. The 23rd annual Ron Carter Wings Over Houston Airshow presented by Ron Carter Dealerships takes flight with the precision aerobatics of the Canadian Air Force Snowbirds and powerful demonstrations by the F-18F Super Hornet, F-15E Strike Eagle and AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter, and more. Houston events at Ellington Field. Call 713-266-4492 for more info. Event ID:10/7
Greek Festival. Event ID:10/7
Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring. Houston events at the Alley Theatre. Call 713-220-5700 for more info. Event ID:11/4
City of Angels. Houston events at the Hobby Center. Set in the glamorous, seductive Hollywood of the 40's, the world of film studios and flimsy negligees, City of Angels is two shows in one. With essentially two different stylized sets of music by Cy Coleman, you will be, in fact, treated to a live version of a 1940s private eye film. Call 713-315-2525 for more info. Event ID:10/7
Houston Fine Arts Events
Treasures from Shanghai: 5,000 Years of Chinese Art and Culture. Featuring 77 sets of objects from the Neolithic period (circa 3,000 B.C.) to the Qing dynasty (1644-1911 A.D.), this incredible collection includes rare examples of oracle bones that represent the first form of Chinese writing, bronze vessels, polychrome potteries, sculptures, porcelains, paintings, jade/bamboo carvings and lacquer works. Location: Museum of Natural Science, 1 Hermann Circle Drive. Event ID:1/6/2008.
Lucy's Legacy: The Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia. Discover five million years of Ethipia's diverse history and culture. The exhibition will include the original fossilized remains of the 3.2 million-year-old hominid known as Lucy. With 40 percent of her skeleton intact, Lucy remains the oldest and most complete adult human ancestor fully retrieved from African soil. Location: Museum of Natural Science, 1 Hermann Circle Drive. Event ID:4/20/08.
RED HOT - Asian Art Today from the Chaney Family Collection. Drawn from the extraordinary holdings of Houston collectors Robert, Jereann, and Holland Chaney, the exhibition focuses on artists who emerged after the political and economic upheavals of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Call 713-639-7300 for more info. Showing at Museum of Fine Arts, 1001 Bissonnet. Event ID:10/10
The David Whiney Bequest. This exhibition celebrates the extraordinary bequest of works of art from the collection of David Whitney (1939–2005) to The Menil Collection. A curator, writer, art collector, and former trustee of The Menil Collection and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Whitney was a pioneer in modern and contemporary art scholarship. Houston Fine Arts events at Menil Collection, 1515 Sul Ross. Call 713-525-9400 for more info. Event ID:10/28
10/6
星期六
- 2007年休士頓地區 “根治乳癌”競走活動。713-988-4724或281-799-7574
- 光鹽社“血癌及淋巴腺癌的認識與預防”講座.2-4pm. 地點:華人聖經教會 (6025 Sovereign )
- 蕭邦書廊“癌症經驗與討論”座談。713-776-8916. 地點:首都銀行二樓社區服務中心
- 老人協會書畫展。僑教中心
- 雙十國慶杯釣魚比賽。7am-noon。281-343-5523. 地點﹕Flagship Hoel Fishing Pier at Galveston
- 太極班。10-11﹕30am。文化中心
- 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