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Bayou City Art Festival. 10am-6pm. Held each year the second weekend of October, the Bayou City Art Festival Downtown welcomes the fall season and has created a new Houston Fine Art tradition.

U Theatre of Taiwan. 7:30pm. This stunning company has been described as a synthesis of theatre, percussion, martial arts and meditation. This premiere Houston performance will be one of only three U.S. engagements this year. Houston events at Miller Outdoor Theater in Hermann Park. Call 281-FREE-FUN for more info. Event ID: 10/18

Da Camera of Houston - Chopin in Paris: Epigraph for a Condemned Book. 8pm. A unique tapestry of sight and sound, Sarah Rothenberg’s Epigraph for a Condemned Book reveals the daring genius of Chopin’s piano works. In this original performance collage, fragments of Delacroix’s intense paintings, early photography and the provocative writings of Baudelaire interweave with Chopin’s music to magically evoke 19th-century Paris and its romantic spirit. Houston events at Wortham Center. Call 713-524-5050 for more info.

Stages Theatre - Wallflower. Frustrated by current conditions in America, geeky teenage Milena posts an angry video on the internet—and accidentally ignites a real revolution. As the movement gains steam, Milena learns just how powerful a single voice can be, and realizes that in the faceless age of the internet, no one is what they seem. Houston events at Stages Theatre, 3201 Allen Parkway. Call 713-527-0123 for more info. Event ID: 11/2

Houston Symphony - Tchaikovsky's Rococo. Tchaikovsky provided soloists brilliant and dramatic material in his famous piano and violin concertos. In his exquisite cello concerto—the Rococo Variations—you’ll not only hear this virtuosity but also Mozart...dance...charm...and love. Houston events at Jones Hall. Call 713-224-7575 for more info. Event ID: 10/19

Dominic Walsh Dance Theater - Titus Andronicus. 7:30 pm. Walsh offers a chilling abstract take on Shakespeare’s revenge tragedy set to an original score composed and performed live by Two Star Symphony with scenic and costume design by artist Frederique de Montblanc. Houston events Hobby Center. Call 713-622-7469 for more info. Event ID: 10/18

Texas Renaissance Festival.  Click here for more details. Event ID: 11/30

Alley Theatre - Cyrano de Bergerac: An Heroic Comedy. The soulful poet/philosopher and dazzling swordsman Cyrano, falls for the lovely Roxane, but ashamed of his large nose, Cyrano is unable to woo her. Instead, when he learns that Roxane loves the handsome but inarticulate Christian, Cyrano writes love letters to Roxane on Christian's behalf. She falls deeply in love with the author of the letters, unaware that Cyrano penned them. Houston events at Alley Theatre. Call 713-228-8421 for more info. Event ID: 11/2

Body Worlds 2. Houston events at the Museum of Natural Science. Exhibit features the latest neuroscience findings on brain development and function and more. The exhibit also incorporates 200 real human body specimens, including more than 20 full-body specimens in life-like, dramatic poses; healthy and unhealthy organs; body parts and slices—all preserved through a remarkable process called Plastination. Call 713-639-IMAX for more info. Event ID: 2/22/09

Imaginary Spaces. Artists and writers have long been intrigued with the idea of constructing imaginary space. The exhibition is inspired by a series of installations organized by John and Dominique de Menil in the late-1960s-that dealt with spatial constructs: from hypothetical and utopian environments to invisible cities to earth art projects. Houston events at Menil Collection, 1515 Sul Ross. Call 713-525-9400 for more info. Event ID: 3/1/09

Where Clouds Disperse: Ink Paintings by Suh Se-ok.  Over his 40-year career, Suh Se-ok has incorporated his traditional training with his Modernist sensibility to create dynamic works that embody his artistic vision. He has been especially transfixed by the figurative form and has continually explored and perfected it until it evolved into powerful formal gestures of simple lines that comprise his definitive pictorial vocabulary. Location: Museum of Fine Arts, 1001 Bissonnet. Call 713-639-7300 for more info.