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| Artcrawl @ Mother Dog Studios Mother Dog Studios | Sat., November 22, 10:00am-8:00pm | Downtown-Midtown | |
 Downtown’s warehouse district is a hip haven for creative types. Artists of every trade have set up shop there, and once a year they open their doors to un--underground types for ArtCrawl 2008. The annual tour de art allows enthusiasts an all-access pass (well, almost all-access) to the... More >> |
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| Downtown Holiday Walk & Rail Tour Tipping Point | Sat., November 29, 7:00pm-9:30pm | Downtown-Midtown | |
 Stroll through Houston turned into a winter wonderland during the Downtown Holiday Walk & Rail Tour. Sandra Claus (a.k.a. tour guide Sandra Lord) and her elves take you on a nighttime ramble with stops at the Discovery Green ice rink, the City Hall Reflection Pool’s Tree of Lights, and... More >> |
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| HEB Thanksgiving Day Parade Minute Maid Park | Thu., November 27, 9:00am | Downtown-Midtown | |
 What we now know as the H-E-B Thanksgiving Day Parade started back in 1949 when Santa drove his sleigh from Houston’s Union Station to a downtown department store. It’s a bit larger these days — quite a bit. So start your Turkey Day by checking out the parade’s hundreds of... More >> |
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| Home Grown Motion Discovery Green Conservancy | Fri., November 21, 7:00pm | Downtown-Midtown | |
 Local dancers from every background come together for an impromptu arts festival at Home Grown Motion. There’ll be hip-hop, contemporary, jazz and international dance performances by HIStory, FLY Dance and Fyasko. You’ll also see Lisa Hernandez Flamenco and Wyld Styl. This is a chance... More >> |
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| In Flames, All That Remains, Gojira, 36 Crazyfists House of Blues | Sun., November 30 | Downtown-Midtown | |
 This tour brings together four artists representing a range of approaches to the project of fusing death metal with melody and pop songwriting. Openers 36 Crazyfists have been together since 1994, but as bands from Houston’s so-called "cultural wasteland" will no doubt understand, their... More >> |
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| Mixteco Ballet Folklorico Wortham Theater Center | Sat., November 29, 7:00pm | Downtown-Midtown | |
 Jose Sada’s Mixteco Ballet Folklorico had to wait a few weeks to celebrate its sweet 16 thanks to Ike, but the storm is over and Fiesta Folklorica is back on. Last year’s celebration including flamenco and traditional Mexican folk dances from various regions, with musicians joining... More >> |
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| Song and Dance Ensemble of West Africa Jones Hall | Sat., November 22, 8:00pm | Downtown-Midtown | |
 “Out of many, one” was never so true. The Song and Dance Ensemble of West Africa, inspired by the folk traditions of the hundreds of ethnic groups of Mali, mixes Congolese soukous with bits of other folk styles from around the world, including Moorish, Latin, Caribbean and other West... More >> |
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| Underoath, Saosin, The Devil Wears Prada Verizon Wireless Theater | Sun., November 23 | Downtown-Midtown | |
 Seeing is believing, particularly in Underoath’s case. Whatever your feeling about their thunderous, increasingly complex and dynamic metalcore tsunami, their performances are a sight to behold. Writhing and shaking as though in the midst of a full-body seizure, the Florida six-piece... More >> |
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| Usher House of Blues | Mon., November 24 | Downtown-Midtown | |
 Dallas-born Usher Raymond IV has been charming fainting ladies and making the guys heads bob for almost a decade now with his own brand of smooth R&B and soulful confessions. Oh, and he dances like a young James Brown, if that’s not enough. His breakthrough was 1997's "You Make Me Wanna",... More >> |
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| Yarn People Houston Public Library | Mon., December 1, 12:00pm | Downtown-Midtown | |
 Love all things yarn? Drop by the monthly Yarn People get-together and meet with other worsted enthusiasts to exchange handmade holiday ornaments. You’ll add to your own collection and meet other yarn-sters who share your passion for dye lots and filaments. Noon. Central Library, 500... More >> |
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| B.B. King House of Blues |
Fri., November 21 more dates/times |
Downtown-Midtown | |
 Audiences first encountered B.B. King in the '50s, thanks to the blues guitarist and singer’s relentless touring of the so-called "chitlin’ circuit" and a series of memorable recordings. But that was just the beginning: By crossing over to a rock audience in the '60s and '70s, King... More >> |
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| A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story of Christmas Alley Theatre | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., November 21 until Sun., December 28 | Downtown-Midtown | |
 The Alley Theatre helps melt the cheese factor in holiday happenings. The company’s annual take on Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol — A Ghost Story of Christmas includes some voodoo flavor — perfect for those who are tired of the same old humbug hem and haw. Sure, Scrooge... More >> |
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| Christmas Cruises on Buffalo Bayou Buffalo Bayou Park |
Sat., November 29, 4:00pm-8:00pm more dates/times |
Downtown-Midtown | |
 Santa turns boat captain for the Buffalo Bayou Christmas Cruise. You’ll see a special view of downtown’s holiday decorations and the lush banks of Buffalo Bayou during the 30-minute cruise. If you’re looking for something nontraditional to do this season, this might be just the... More >> |
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| Beau Chamberlain CTRL Gallery | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Sat., November 1 until Sat., January 3, 10:00am-6:00pm | Downtown-Midtown | |
 Beau Chamberlain creates fantastical foliage. His acrylic paintings and dioramas feature colorful clusters of Dr. Seuss-esque branches, trees, leaves, flowers, sticks and stones. It’s almost as if the Lorax or a Sneech is going to pop out from one of his enchanting environments. The... More >> |
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| "Thrive" DiverseWorks | Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Fri., November 14 until Sat., December 20, 12:00pm-6:00pm | Downtown-Midtown | |
 Women explore the tests of time in “Thrive.” DiverseWorks’ latest exhibit features an all-female (and all--Houston) lineup exploring the battle against the clock, in day-to-day life and in a lifetime. Debra Rueb’s black-and-white photos transform minutiae into masterpiece... More >> |
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| "Viewfinder: New Images from Texas Artists" FotoFest Gallery | Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Thu., November 6 until Sun., January 11 | Downtown-Midtown | |
 Take a break from the current political frenzy and check out “Viewfinder: New Images from Texas Artists,” a photography exhibition at FotoFest that displays the creative diversity of this big state. Part of the Talent in Texas exhibition series, the program brings together... More >> |
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| Glover Gill & the El Orbits Continental Club | Every week Monday, 8:00pm | Downtown-Midtown | |
 In the summer of 2004, the Continental Club came under fire from the Texas Lottery Commission for violating a class-three felony: hosting Monday-night bingo games without a license. The weekly events were popular with regulars, who came out to win worthless prizes and listen to perennial retro... More >> |
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| The Nutcracker Wortham Theater Center |
Fri., November 14, 7:30pm more dates/times |
Downtown-Midtown | |
 We all know the story behind the ballet The Nutcracker: The Nutcracker Prince takes young Clara on a dreamy journey through the Land of Snow and the Kingdom of Sweets, where she meets a slew of characters with delicious monikers — most importantly, the Sugar Plum Fairy.
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| Warren MacKenzie: "The Legacy of an American Potter" Houston Center for Contemporary Craft | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., August 30 until Sun., November 30 | Downtown-Midtown | |
 When 84-year-old potter Warren Mac-Kenzie was once asked what makes a good pot, he quoted a friend, the legendary Japanese artist Shoji Hamada: “The good pots are the ones I like…for me.” It’s easy to see why MacKenzie has been so successful as a potter: he hand-throws... More >> |
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| Paul English & Friends Magnolia Hotel | Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 5:00pm-8:00pm | Downtown-Midtown |
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| Ron White Verizon Wireless Theater |
Fri., November 21, 7:30pm more dates/times |
Downtown-Midtown | |
 If you can’t tell by his accent that Blue Collar Comedy Tour star Ron White is from Texas, just listen to a few of his jokes: “If you come to Texas and kill somebody, we will kill you back. There’s a bill in the legislature right now that says if there are three witnesses who saw... More >> |
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| Secret Order Alley Theatre | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., October 24 until Sun., November 23 | Downtown-Midtown | |
 Conspiracy theorists love it when they're right, and they might be right about big medicine, at least according to playwright Bob Clyman's The Secret Order. The play opens just as Dr. William Shumway, a brilliant but naive young researcher in the Midwest, may have found the cure for cancer. An... More >> |
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| Twelve Ways of Christmas Ensemble Theatre | Every week Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., November 22 until Mon., December 8 | Downtown-Midtown | |
 If holiday celebrations at your house consist of playing “Pull my finger” with Uncle Joe at the dinner table and arguing over which football game to watch on television, let the Ensemble Theatre’s annual production of The Twelve Ways of Christmas show you what you’re... More >> |
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| Tyler Perry's The Marriage Counselor Hobby Center for the Performing Arts |
Thu., November 20, 8:00pm more dates/times |
Downtown-Midtown | |
 Most people know Tyler Perry for his television sitcoms and films, including Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, Diary of a Mad Housewife and Madea’s Family Reunion. (The writer/producer/director is also the man inside the flowered housedress playing the famous matriarch Madea.) For all... More >> |
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| University of Houston School of Theatre: Metamorphoses Jose Quintero Lab Theatre |
Daily from Thu., November 13 until Sat., November 15, 8:00pm more dates/times |
Downtown-Midtown | |
 When Mary Zimmerman’s play Metamorphoses opened on Broadway in 2001, it was called “the most moving, intriguing and ultimately entertaining evening of theatre in New York.” Wowzer! That’s especially high praise for a play that is essentially a retelling of several of... More >> |
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