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Houston Grand Opera Presents:
Giacomo Puccini’s Madame Butterfly
Houston Grand Opera proudly presents Giacomo Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, January 23, 2015 - February 8, 2015, at the Wortham Theater.
Sung in Italian with projected English translation.
When Puccini heard the story of a young Japanese girl who sacrifices
everything for a faithless U.S. Navy lieutenant, he knew he had found a
winning idea for a new opera and immediately began work on Madame
Butterfly. It would become one of the most beloved operas of all time.
Puccini’s score, infused with atmospheric Eastern motifs, is mesmerizing.
From the passionate Act I love duet, to Butterfly’s steadfast declaration of
her love, “Un bel di,” to the tender, anticipatory beauty of the “Humming
Chorus,” this is opera for the ages.
Stationed in Nagasaki, American Lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton enters into a
temporary marriage with Cio-Cio-San (Butterfly), a fifteen-year-old Japanese girl. Butterfly naively supposes that the marriage is permanent;
when her husband leaves her, he promises to return and she believes
him. When he does come back three years later, it is with his new American wife, Kate; they have learned through Sharpless, the American consul, that Butterfly has borne Pinkerton’s son—and they have come to take
the child. Butterfly responds in the only way her sense of honor will allow.
Tickets are available for purchase online until 4 p.m. CST on the day
of the performance (Noon CST on the day of a matinee performance).
Please call 713-228-OPERA (6737) or 800-62-OPERA (800-626-7372)
if you have questions or have other ticketing needs. Tickets can also be
purchased in person at the HGO box office located at 550 Prairie Street.
Box office hours during HGO Season Repertory: Monday-Friday 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday–Noon to curtain (performance days only).
TUTS presents the world premiere of Waiting for Johnny Depp, January 22-31, 2015. This one-woman musical follows the zany adventures of struggling New York actress Rita Donatella in her desperate
attempts to land the role of a lifetime - to star in a film with Johnny
Depp! Join Rita on her heartfelt and spirited journey through the
highs and lows of wishing to be famous, and realizing that sometimes we let our goals get in the way of the important things in life.
Visit www.tuts.com, or call 713-558-2600. photo by Claire McAdams
Broadway Across America presents The Book of Mormon. The New York Times calls it “the best musical of this century.” The Washington Post says, “It is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals.” And Entertainment Weekly says, “Grade A: the funniest musical of all time.” Jon Stewart of The
Daily Show calls it “a crowning achievement. So good it makes me angry.” It’s The Book of Mormon,
the nine-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical from the creators of South Park, coming to Houston’s
Hobby Center, January 20 through February 8, 2015. For information, call 713-622-7469 or visit the web
www.houston.broadway.com. Photo from the National Tour of The Book of Mormon, © Broadway.com.
Kinky Boots
Debuts in Houston
The Music of Rock Legend Elton John
Takes Center Stage in Love Lies Bleeding
Kinky Boots is making its Houston
debut right here at TUTS, February 10 - 22, 2015! The high-heeled
hit show has more “sole” to offer
than what’s found in the iconic red
boots. With universal messages
of love and acceptance, we also
learn you can change the world
when you change your mind.
On Friday, January 30 and Saturday, January 31, 2015, Houston Ballet presents Alberta Ballet as part of the Cullen Series. One of the missions of the Cullen Series is to introduce the city to exciting contemporary
dance makers. Under the artistic direction of Jean Grand-Maître, Alberta
Ballet will perform Love Lies Bleeding, a celebration of the music of rock
legend Sir Elton John and his writing partner Bernie Taupin. This wild and
spectacular work features 14 classic songs, including Goodbye Yellow
Brick Road, The King Must Die, and Rocket Man. It explores the trials,
victories and sacrifices of achieving super stardom with an unforgettable
story of rock and roll, drama, passion and, above all, love.
Kinky Boots is the exhilarating
Broadway musical that will lift your
spirits to new high-heeled heights!
Inspired by a true story, Kinky
Boots features a joyous, Tony-winning score by Cyndi Lauper. Come
join the sold-out audiences who’ve
discovered why – sometimes – the
best way to fit in is to stand out!
Visit www.tuts.com, or call 713558-2600.
After Alberta Ballet’s performances, Houston Ballet heads to Alberta from
April 30 - May 9, 2015, to complete the exchange. The company will
perform Mr. Welch’s epic ballet La Bayadère in Edmonton and Calgary.
This model of reciprocal exchange is one of the innovative ways Houston
Ballet and Alberta Ballet are keeping large-scale touring of dance alive.
“Love Lies Bleeding is a work that’s thrilling to watch, and it beautifully
captures the magic of Sir Elton John’s music” remarks Mr. Welch.
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Books, Picks and Gifts
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions:
by Randall Munroe -- From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, hilarious
and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask.
Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe’s iconic webcomic.
His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have a large
and passionate following. Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. What
if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light? How fast can you
hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there was a robot apocalypse, how long
would humanity last? In pursuit of answers, Munroe runs computer simulations, pores
over stacks of declassified military research memos, solves differential equations, and
consults with nuclear reactor operators. His responses are masterpieces of clarity and
hilarity, complemented by signature xkcd comics. They often predict the complete annihilation of humankind, or at least a really big explosion. The book features new and
never-before-answered questions, along with updated and expanded versions of the
most popular answers from the xkcd website. What If? will be required reading for xkcd
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The Bone Clocks: A Novel: by David Mitchell -- Following a terrible fight
with her mother over her boyfriend, fifteen-year-old Holly Sykes slams the door on her
family and her old life. But Holly is no typical teenage runaway: A sensitive child once
contacted by voices she knew only as “the radio people,” Holly is a lightning rod for
psychic phenomena. Now, as she wanders deeper into the English countryside, visions
and coincidences reorder her reality until they assume the aura of a nightmare brought
to life. For Holly has caught the attention of a cabal of dangerous mystics—and their
enemies. But her lost weekend is merely the prelude to a shocking disappearance that
leaves her family irrevocably scarred. This unsolved mystery will echo through every
decade of Holly’s life, affecting all the people Holly loves—even the ones who are not
yet born. A Cambridge scholarship boy grooming himself for wealth and influence, a
conflicted father who feels alive only while reporting on the war in Iraq, a middle-aged
writer mourning his exile from the bestseller list—all have a part to play in this surreal, invisible war on the margins of our world. From the medieval Swiss Alps to the
nineteenth-century Australian bush, from a hotel in Shanghai to a Manhattan townhouse in the near future, their stories come together in moments of everyday grace
and extraordinary wonder. Rich with character and realms of possibility, The Bone
Clocks is a kaleidoscopic novel that begs to be taken apart and put back together by
a writer The Washington Post calls “the novelist who’s been showing us the future of
fiction.” An elegant conjurer of interconnected tales, a genre-bending daredevil, and
a master prose stylist, David Mitchell has become one of the leading literary voices of
his generation. His hypnotic new novel, The Bone Clocks, crackles with invention and
wit and sheer storytelling pleasure—it is fiction at its most spellbinding.
Make It Ahead: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook: by Ina Garten -- For the
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answers the number one question she receives from cooks: Can I make it ahead? If
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secrets! Thanks to twenty years of running a specialty food store and fifteen years
writing cookbooks, she has learned exactly which dishes you can prep, assemble, or
cook ahead of time. Whether you’re hosting a party or simply making dinner on a hectic
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instructions for what you can do ahead of time, and how far in advance, so you can
cook with confidence and eliminate last-minute surprises. Make a pitcher of Summer
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you have a delicious drink to offer your friends the minute they arrive. Simmer a pot of
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Ina also includes recipes for the biggest cooking day of the year—Thanksgiving! Her
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January 2015
The Music of Rock Legend Elton John
Takes Center Stage in Love Lies Bleeding
Harlem
Globetrotters
continued from p. 1
Love Lies Bleeding is a spectacular dance triumph that is a sensationally
entertaining. The production takes audiences on a wild ride, an emotional
rollercoaster of theatrically dynamic tableaux. The non-stop parade of
over 150 dazzling costumes by Martine Bertrand provides a glorious riot
of color and invention. Audience members can expect to see stylized sequined Dodger uniforms, glittery Egyptian loincloths and a roller-skating
“Rocket Man” outfit complete with flashing lights and fireworks.
The world famous Harlem Globetrotters return to Houston January
23-25, 2015, at NRG Arena. The
Harlem Globetrotters have been
thrilling families and millions of
fans for 89 years, all the while innovating the game in exciting new
ways.
The show is not a typical story ballet. “It’s more a dance spectacular
than a ballet,” Mr. Grand-Maître says. “Some of it [the movement] is Bob
Fosse-inspired; there’s cabaret, contemporary, athletic movement. We
weaved in Rollerblading and flying like Cirque du Soleil. The whole spectrum is there. It’s quite a hybrid,” he adds. “It’s like a Broadway-slashVegas show with ballet.”
Tickets start at just $20 and are
available at all Ticketmaster Outlets, by phone at 800-745-3000,
at www.ticketmaster.com and at
the NRG Stadium South Ticket
Windows during normal business
hours. Children who are 2 years of
age and older must have a ticket to
enter the Arena. For additional information, visit www.nrgpark.com.
Although rooted in the life and career of the British pop icon, Love Lies
Bleeding is more than a simple biographical narrative; it’s also a probing
examination of the cult of celebrity and the triumphs and challenges of
superstardom. The main character is an obsessive Elton John fan and
the ballet itself is a fantasy in which he experiences the highs and lows
of his idol’s roller-coaster career. Set in a vast, dark theatre littered with
mementos, artifacts, and remembrances of past glories, the ballet poetically depicts the dramatic landscapes of a classic series of Elton John/
Bernie Taupin songs which have deeply inspired billions of music lovers
around the world.
“I am proud of what Alberta Ballet has created,” comments Sir Elton John.
“It’s a strong, contemporary choreography that entertains and challenges
new audiences with its new esthetics and its powerful fusion of art mediums.”
Alberta Ballet, led by Artistic Director Jean Grand-Maître, is Canada’s
third largest dance company. Founded in 1966, Alberta Ballet has developed a distinctive repertoire and performance quality that has brought it
to the forefront of both its home and international stages. The company
comprises 31 classically-trained professional dancers.
For information, visit the website at www.houstonballet.org or call the box
office at 713-227-2787.
Inprint Reading Series
Presents Karen Russell
Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series presents Karen Russell,
Monday, January 26, 2015, at 7:30 p.m. (doors open 6:45 p.m.), at Cullen
Theater, Wortham Center, 501 Texas Avenue.
General admission tickets are $5.
Karen Russell “is arguably our greatest fantasist writing serious fiction
today,” declares NPR, and People magazine writes, “Karen Russell is
a storyteller with a voice like no other.” Her debut story collection St.
Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, published when she was in her
twenties, was called “original and astonishing, joyful and unsettling” in
a starred Booklist review. Her novel Swamplandia! was a finalist for the
2012 Pulitzer Prize and selected by The New York Times as one of the
10 Best Books of 2011. Her other works include Vampires in the Lemon
Grove and Other Stories and the e-book Sleep Donation: A Novella. Time
Out Chicago calls Vampires “dazzlingly strange .... vacillating between
horror and humor, Russell’s writing recalls both George Saunders and
vintage Stephen King, sometimes simultaneously.” Michiko Kakutani
in The New York Times writes, “[Russell] has fashioned a quirky, textured voice that is thoroughly her own: lyrical and funny, fantastical and
meditative.” Russell was the youngest of the 2013 MacArthur Foundation
“genius” fellowship recipients, and she has been included in The New
Yorker’s 20 Under 40, the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35, and
among Granta’s Best Young American Novelists.
The Reading will be followed by an on-stage interview, book sale and
signing. The event will be held at the Wortham Center. For additional
information, visit the web at www.inprinthouston.org/karen-russell or call
713-521-2026.
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Houston Auto Show
The 2015 Houston Auto Show is
shifting into high gear with over
700,000 square feet of the latest
vehicles from the world’s top automakers. The show will be held
January 21-25, 2015, at NRG Center, One NRG Park.
For more than 30 years, the Houston Auto Show has brought the
automotive world to Texas, allowing consumers to see, touch, drive
and experience the industry’s latest and greatest offerings.
The Houston Auto Show has
grown to include much more. Now,
visitors can explore the Aftermarket Exhibit area, entertain children
in the Kid’s Fun Zone and learn
what’s new in automobile innovation at the Energy Pavilion.
Show Hours: Wednesday through
Friday, Noon - 9:30 p.m.; Saturday
10:00 am. - 9:30 p.m.; and Sunday,
10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dreamed for us to live in a world where
we would “not be judged by the color of [our] skin, but by the
content of [our] character.” Take a trip to the Children’s Museum
of Houston on January 19, 2015, to honor civil rights leader, Martin
Luther King, Jr., and his acclaimed “I Have a Dream Speech” which
rocked the nation during the Civil Rights Movement in 1963. Join
our special performers in the auditorium and don’t forget about your
own dreams! Children’s Museum of Houston is located at 1500 Binz.
MLK DAY SPECIAL HOURS: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Special MLK Day admission: $5 per person. Children under one and Museum Members
receive free admission. For more information, visit the website at
www.cmhouston.org or call 713-522-1138
Tickets are $12 for adults, $5 for
children 6 to 12 years old. Children 5 and under are free when
accompanied by an adult.
Tickets go on sale Monday, January 5, 2015 at all Ticketmaster Outlets, by phone at 800-745-3000,
at www.ticketmaster.com and at
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Windows during normal business
hours.
This year, on day of show sales
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Comfort and the
Eighteenth-Century
Interior at Rienzi
Rienzi presents Comfort and the
Eighteenth-Century now through
February 1, 2015.
The 18th century marked the birth
of comfort as an everyday concept,
evidenced by innovations in everything from furniture trends to sartorial styles. Objects from the period
were increasingly designed to improve people’s physical or emotional wellbeing simply by making
life more comfortable. Rienzi’s fall
exhibition, Comfort and the Eighteenth-Century Interior, draws from
the Museum’s permanent collections to showcase porcelain, silver,
furniture, textiles and works on paper that demonstrate the idea as
it was developed through art and
material culture.
This exhibition is organized by
Christine Gervais, Associate Curator of Decorative Arts and Rienzi,
and Misty Flores, Curatorial Assistant. Accompanying the exhibition is Rienzi’s 15th Anniversary
Symposium, Creatures of Comfort:
1650-1950.
Rienzi, the MFAH house museum
for European decorative arts and
paintings, is situated on four acres
of wooded gardens in the historic
River Oaks neighborhood, about
five miles from the main MFAH
campus and about two miles from
Bayou Bend, the MFAH house museum for American decorative arts
and paintings.
For additional information, visit the
web at www.mfah.org/visit/rienzi or
call 713-639-7800.
Houston Rose
Society
The Houston Rose Society is the
largest local rose society in the
United States, with approximately
one thousand members. Membership costs $15.00 per calendar
year. If you choose to receive the
Rose Ette by email only, membership is reduced to $12.00. If you
grow roses in Houston it is the best
gardening value in the city. Your
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It gives monthly advice geared for
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Houston.
The Houston Rose Society meets
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month at St. Andrew’s Episcopal
Church at 1819 Heights, Houston,
Texas 77008-4925.
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website at www.houstonrose.org.
January 2015
Inner Loop
Samurai: The Way of the Warrior
at Houston Museum of Natural Science
Houston Museum of Natural Science reveals samurai brigandine, a sort
of light armored vest that samurai wore under their suit of armor for extra
protection in battle, as one of 80 exquisite objects on display in Samurai:
The Way of the Warrior at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.
The special object is a unique piece and must have been made for a
high-ranking member of the warrior class due to the use of extremely
expensive silks and dyes and the innovative tailoring methods employed
when compared to the standards in use at that time in Japan. In fact,
during the restoration, sewing techniques were discovered that were very
different from those commonly used in similar garments during this time
period; techniques that turned out to be very close to those used at the
time in the Western world.
The battle gear of the samurai was an important signifier of leadership,
authority and social position, even when worn in peacetime. The samurai
may be gone; but why does the fascination with this elite echelon of society live on? David Temple briefly explains the fascination and the history
behind this specific suit of armor, such as the alleged place where it was
made, the name of its owner, the weaponry associated with it, and, finally,
when and where it was used during this unique opportunity to photograph
the Brigandine.
The Houston Museum of Natural Science—one of the nation’s most
heavily attended museums—is a centerpiece of the Houston Museum
District. With four floors of permanent exhibit halls, and the Wortham Giant Screen Theatre, Cockrell Butterfly Center, Burke Baker Planetarium,
and George Observatory, and as host to world-class and ever-changing touring exhibitions, the Museum has something to delight every age
group. With such diverse and extraordinary offerings, a trip to the Houston Museum of Natural Science, located at 5555 Hermann Park Drive in
the heart of the Museum District, is always an adventure.
Also at the Museum... Shark! Get to know sharks in an interactive, informative live touch tank experience. See what it’s like to get up close and
personal with sharks at the live shark touch tank, track great white sharks
swimming in the Gulf of Mexico in real time, and see what’s happening with sharks all over the world through amazing conservation efforts
led by top marine biologists. Sharks are not always given the credit they
deserve, but that will all change when you experience Shark!, on exhibit
through March 22, 2015.
“Sharks are misunderstood. The hype in the classic horror film Jaws and
misinformation in other movies and documentaries have had a huge impact on the perception of this very important group and their role in our
oceans and relationship with people,” said Wes Tunnell, curator of marine
biology at HMNS. “This fictional representation has caused most people
to fear the oceans and not want to enter into the shark’s environment. It is
true that there are shark attacks on people in small numbers each year;
however, the real threat is now in the opposite direction.”
Sharks are in a state of crisis all over the world as a result of man’s activities. The over-exploitation of shark resources, along with human-induced
damage to the marine ecosystem globally, has grave implications for
shark populations everywhere. Shark!, a special exhibition, educates visitors about the important role of sharks in the world’s oceans, with special
reference to sharks in the Gulf of Mexico.
At the beginning of the exhibition, visitors feel as if they are in a shark cage
that is in the ocean. Shark cages have evolved from being equipment
originally built many years ago to protect divers while working in “shark
infested” waters, to protective cages for movie and documentary filming,
as well as research, and most recently, in ecotourism diving to see sharks
in their natural environment. There is some controversy about their use
today, since guides within the ecotourism industry usually “chum” the waters around their boats and shark cages to attract sharks. Chumming is
the practice of throwing shark food, usually fish or fish parts, in the water
to bait or attract sharks. Learn more about this practice and experience a
great photo-opportunity that most people will never have in nature.
Experience two shark touch tanks – low aquariums made specifically to
give museum goers the opportunity to see small sharks up close. The
tanks are 9 feet in diameter and contain 700 gallons of seawater each,
with two kinds of sharks in them.
Shark! is organized by the Houston Museum of Natural Science with the
Texas State Aquarium and assistance from OCEARCH and the Harte
Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M UniversityCorpus Christi. For additional information, call 713-639-4629.
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January 2015
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ROCO Presents Divas and Ballerinas
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra continues its ROCO Unchambered series with a performance on January 25 at 5:00 p.m. titled Divas and Ballerinas featuring ROCO violist Tawnya
Popoff, with pianist Charles Tauber. The concert includes revered pieces from the most
beloved composers of ballet and opera, but what unites the pieces are their ability to tell a
story. “As I’ve performed throughout the world, my eyes have opened to the universality of
the ‘human story’ as told through different cultures and different people,” said Ms. Popoff.
The performance includes music from Puccini, Bizet, Prokofiev and Stravinsky plus
Beethoven’s Variations on Magic Flute and music from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. Ms.
Popoff concludes, “I seem to gravitate toward the storytelling side of the performing arts.”
In keeping with the spirit of the evening, the concert takes place inside the dance studio
of Fred Astaire Dance Studio at 3601 Westheimer. Tickets for the performance are $25 for
General Admission and $15 for Students. To purchase tickets, or for more information, visit
www.rocohouston.org or call 713-665-2700.
ROCO is a professional chamber orchestra of 40 select musicians, distinguished guest
conductors and dynamic composers who come together from all over the world to present
engaging performances of classical and original compositions. Founded in 2005 by oboist,
Alecia Lawyer, ROCO is currently celebrating its 10th Anniversary Season with its ongoing
commitment to shape the future of classical music by energizing, modernizing and personalizing the orchestral experience. www.rocohouston.org.
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The Elixir of Love at Moores Opera Center
Moores School of Music presents The Elixir of Love by Gaetano Donizetti, Thursday January 29, 2015, 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. at Moores Opera Center.
A shy young man wins the girl of his dreams with a little help from a bottle. If only it were that
easy in real life! A charming comedy set in the Italian countryside that was a favorite of both
Pavarotti and Caruso. It will become yours as well. Sung in the original Italian with English
surtitles.
The Moores School boasts an extraordinary faculty of internationally recognized artist/
teachers, composers, music educators, and musicologists and theorists. We offer a variety
of strong programs leading to the Bachelor and Master of Music degrees, as well as the Doctor of Musical Arts and a non-degree postbaccalaureate Certificate in Music Performance.
For additional information and tickets, visit the webstie at www.uh.edu/class/music, or call
713-743-3009.
Forgotten Gateway:
Coming to America Through Galveston Island
The Heritage Society Houston presents Forgotten Gateway: Coming to America Through
Galveston Island now through January 31, 2015 at the Heritage Society Museum Gallery.
From 1845 to 1924, the Port of Galveston was a major gateway for American immigration.
This exhibition is the first of its kind to explore Galveston’s legacy as a port of entry on a national scale. It brings to light the little-known, yet rich, era of Galveston’s history and importance to the growth of Texas and the American Midwest. While Ellis Island’s location in New
York made it a natural port for Europeans, Galveston attracted a diverse group of people
from Europe, Mexico, South and Central America, and even Asia. The exhibition highlights
enduring themes in the history of immigration including the dangers of the journey, making
a life in a new land, navigating bureaucracy, and confronting discrimination. Forgotten Gateway: Coming to America Through Galveston Island is a traveling exhibition by the Bullock
Texas State History Museum presented in partnership with Humanities Texas. The Museum
Gallery is open Tuesday-Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission is free. Visit the website
at www.heritagesociety.org. The museum gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tours of the historic structures are available at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m.
& 2:30 p.m. An admission charge applies. For more information please call 713-655-1912.
The Heritage Society parking lot is open for Heritage Society visitors 8:30 a.m.−5 p.m., Monday−Saturday. The Heritage Society is located at 1100 Bagby Street.
From Dowland to Britten:
Nicholas Phan, tenor; Eliot Fisk, guitar
Two world-renowned artists and Da Camera favorites team up for an intimate program of
English music, January 27, 2015, 7:30 p.m., The Menil Collection. When not composing
his large operas, Benjamin Britten was an avid explorer of traditional folk songs, arranged
primarily for his life partner, tenor Peter Pears. Here, Britten is set in the context of his
earlier musical compatriots. His deep ties to the exquisitely moving works of Elizabethan
composer John Dowland shed light on his own musical path. The theme of love weaves a
thread through the centuries.
The performance will be held at 1533 Sul Ross. For information, call 713-524-5050 or visit
the website at www.dacamera.com.
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Discovery Green is proud to host
Field of Light, a dazzling art installation by internationally-acclaimed
artist Bruce Munro. The vivid, temporary, site specific installation
will be exhibited along the Brown
Promenade now through February
8, 2015 and will be illuminated at
dusk until 11 p.m. daily.
The
Greater
Heights
Area Chamber of Commerce will present Dr.
Robert W. (Bill) Gilmer
at its 11:00 a.m. – 1:30
p.m. Economic Forecast
Luncheon on January 22,
2015. The event will be
emceed by Eye Witness
News Reporter Ted Oberg
of ABC, Channel 13. Want
a heads-up on Houston’s economy?
Want
to know about the energy environment? What’s the overall outlook for
commerce? Dr. Gilmer will provide all these answers plus many more.
His presentation will cover: The outlook for Houston Business; Interest Rates; Energy; and Employment.
Dr. Gilmer is Director of the Institute for Regional Forecasting at the University of Houston’s Bauer College of Business. The Institute monitors
the Gulf Coast business cycle, including the influence of the national
economy, energy and global expansion on Houston area growth. Prior
to joining the Institute, Gilmer served the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas for 23 years, retiring from the bank as a Senior Economist and Vice
President. Gilmer’s work on the Texas economy has been recognized by
such publications as the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and Forbes.
He holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Texas
at Austin.
Bruce Munro is noted for his immersive site-specific installations
that employ light to evoke emotional response, often in an outdoor context and on a monumental
scale. His practice is a mediation of
memory and of moments of shared
human connection, and incorporates a fascination for components
and an inventive urge for reuse.
For more information visit the website at www.discoverygreen.com.
Discovery Green Conservancy is
a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
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Greater Heights Area Chamber of
Commerce Economic Forecast Luncheon
Born in 1959, Bruce Munro completed a B.A. in Fine Arts at Bristol Polytechnic, England. Shortly
thereafter he moved to Sydney,
where he learned about design
and lighting, inspired by Australia’s natural light and landscape.
Returning to Southwest England in
1992, he settled in Wiltshire.
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Munro originally conceived the idea
for Field of Light in 1992 during a
trip through the red desert of central Australia, when he sketched
a landscape of illuminated stems
that would wait like dormant seeds
in a dry desert, to bloom at night.
The idea remained in his sketchbook until 2004, when he finally
had space and resources to execute it. It has since been specifically re-imagined for sites across
the globe. The Discovery Green
Field of Light comprises 4,500 radiant, frosted glass spheres atop
slender stems connected by illuminated fiber optic. The spheres and
stems wait quietly until dusk and
then bloom with gentle rhythms of
colored light as darkness falls over
the park.
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Sponsorships for this luncheon are available for the following levels: Platinum sponsorships - $2,500; Gold sponsorships - $1,000; Silver sponsorships - $500. (All sponsorships include a table of eight). Individual
tickets are $65.
For more information, reference our event webpage at this hyperlink.
Early reservations for sponsorships and the luncheon are suggested.
Reservations may be made online at www.heightschamber.com, by calling 713-861-6735, or emailing to Trish Gardiner at events@heightschamber.com.
The ICE at Discovery Green
The ICE at Discovery Green uses recycled water from Kinder Lake to
create a 7,716 square-foot ice skating surface, making it the largest outdoor skating rink in the Southwest. Lace up your skates and get ready for
a memorable winter experience at Discovery Green now through February 8, 2015!
ICE Rink Admission: $13 includes skate rental and tax. Skating time
limited to 1.5 hours all school holidays and weekends. A portion of tickets
sales goes to support Discovery Green Conservancy’s free year-round
programming. Tickets are available for purchase in-person at the ICE.
$25 Speed Pass includes priority entrance, skate rental and tax. Speed
Pass tickets are available for purchase online only.
Special Events at The ICE include: Discovery Green Flea - Vendors
selling vintage clothing, antiques, jewelry and more! Saturday, January
10, 11 a.m. 5 p.m.; FROSTIVAL! - An ICE smack down with four nationally renowned Ice carvers including Reverend Butter and the DLG Ice
Factory. Includes skating demos, ice sculptures, ice ping-pong table, an
ice graffiti wall, ice throne for pictures, snowball fights, live music and the
ArtX Art Car glow procession. Sunday, February 8, 4-8 p.m.
For more information visit the website at www.discoverygreen.com. Discovery Green Conservancy is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
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January 2015
HIM Food Pantry in
the Heights
Society for the Performing Arts
January Calendar of Events
The HIM food pantry is an interfaith
coalition of churches and many
neighborhood volunteers have
volunteered 8,300 hours to serve
more than 6,000 families, which
equates to meals for approximately
24,000 individuals. The pantry has
become a community effort, with
gardeners from St. Mark’s United
Methodist Church providing fresh
fruits and vegetables, local Boy
Scout and Girl Scout troops volunteering their time, the children of
Travis Elementary collecting and
delivering more than 1,800 cans of
food, weekly bread and other food
donations from local Kroger and
Fiesta stores and generous donations by the Fraternal Order of Police, local churches and neighbors.
Diavolo – Architecture in Motion, 8 p.m., Friday, January 9, 2015,
Jones Hall, Tickets: $25-$75: Diavolo’s dancers, gymnasts, athletes
and actors brilliantly explore the space where reality ends and imagination
begins. Under Artistic Director Jacques Heim, who has choreographed
works for Cirque du Soleil, the company reinvents dance, re-imagines
theatre and redefines thrills. With outrageous and surrealistic sets playing
an intrinsic role in each work, Diavolo takes movement, athletics and daring to the extreme to create abstract narratives of the human condition.
For its return to Houston, the company will perform the final work of a trilogy created specifically for the Hollywood Bowl, titled Fluid Infinities, as
part of its program. Choreographed to Philip Glass’ Symphony No. 3, this
work is set on an abstract dome structure on which performers explore
metaphors of infinite space, continuous movement and humanity’s voyage into the unknown future. The dome’s organic pattern – which evokes
the craters of the moon, a honeycomb of bees, a shifting brain or an undiscovered starship – transports Diavolo’s performers and audiences into
a space that is otherworldly.
The pantry is open on Thursdays
from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. and Saturdays
from 10 a.m.-noon. Supporting
member churches are Christ the
King Catholic Church, St. Mark’s
United Methodist Church, the Vineyard Church and Zion Lutheran
Church. For more information or to
volunteer, visit the website at www.
himfoodpantry.org.
Plant It
Forward Farms
Urban farms for Houston, small
businesses for refugees, Plant It
Forward offers economically disadvantaged refugees an opportunity
to become self-sufficient through
growing, harvesting and selling
produce from a sustainable urban
farm within the city of Houston.
Each farm will have the potential
to generate a fair wage for a family of four while providing premium
brand sustainably-grown produce
to Houstonians. Plant It Forward
secures land, selects, trains, and
mentors farmers and establishes
each on their own urban farm to
sell under the Plant It Forward
brand. Call 713-599-8445 or visit
www.plant-it-forward.org/.
Urban Harvest
Sow the seeds for a garden and
you may be surprised at what
grows alongside the vegetables
and fruits. Little minds sprout and
flourish. Friendships blossom.
Communities thrive. Harvest the
garden and it nourishes the body
and mind, provides revenue, and
instills respect for a greener, sustainable environment.
From this simple concept grew
Urban Harvest, a nonprofit organization with three hardworking
programs at its core: Community
Gardens, gardening and youth Education, and Farmers Markets. Urban Harvest inspires and empowers people of diverse backgrounds
to grow and share healthy foods, in
the process enriching the city we
all call home. Visit the website at
www.urbanharvest.org.
The Hot Box Girls in The Hot Box Girls’ Crown Jewels, 7 & 9:30
p.m., Saturday, January 10, 2015, On Stage at Jones Hall, Tickets:
$60: Get ready for an intimate theater experience unlike any other on the
Jones Hall stage when New York City’s premier all-singing, all-dancing
burlesque troupe, The Hot Box Girls, comes to Houston for the first time.
The Hot Box Girls are a new generation of burlesque starlets who sing,
dance, flirt and tease their way onto the stage and into your hearts. The
Hot Box Girls’ Crown Jewels features beloved jazz and musical theater
tunes with a burlesque twist. The audience will be immersed in a Prohibition-era vaudeville atmosphere where they will not only be privy to
clandestine affairs and backstage gossip, but will also be unwitting accomplices in a crime caper that threatens to shut the whole gin joint down
before the night is over!
Amadéus Leopold, Violin, Edward Violinhands, 8 p.m., Friday, Jan.
23, 2015, Cullen Theater, Wortham Center, Tickets: $23-$63: Experience the surprising drama of classical music artist Amadéus Leopold
who, in 2011, became an overnight sensation in New York City with his
haunting solo series Soliloquy for Andy Warhol at The Museum of Modern
Art (MoMA) in Manhattan. The Juilliard graduate and Itzhak Perlman protégé is a head-turning musician who harnesses performance art, technical prowess, powerful emotion and dynamic staging to transport classical
music into pop culture. Formerly known as Hahn-Bin, the virtuosic and
stylish performer changed his American name to Amadéus Leopold as
homage to two of his musical heroes: Wolfgang Amadéus Mozart and
renowned violinist Leopold Auer. Joining Amadéus Leopold on stage for
his Edward Violinhands program will be pianist John Blacklow.
For tickets or more information on any of these performances, call 713227-4772 or visit the website at spahouston.org.
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Fangs, Feathers and Fins:
Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art
Stages Presents
Character Man
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents Fangs, Feathers and Fins:
Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art, now through January 25,
2015. Throughout history, humanity has been fascinated with the creatures that populate the world. In the ancient Americas, wildlife such as
jaguars, harpy eagles, and killer whales became symbols of divinity and
rulership and played significant roles in religion and society. The inventive ways in which animals were depicted in art provide a window into the
beliefs and practices of long gone cultures that never developed written
language and left few traces other than their art.
Stages Reperatory Theatre presents Character Man, by Jim Brochu, January 24 - February 15
2015.
Drawing from the Museum’s significant Pre-Columbian collection, and
spanning nearly 5,000 years, the exhibition Fangs, Feathers, and Fins:
Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art is the first time that these remarkable artworks-dating from 3300 BC to 1550 AD-will be brought together thematically at the Museum. More than 200 artworks in the exhibition demonstrate how the peoples of the ancient Americas viewed
themselves and the world around them. A 1,000-year-old feather tunic
from the Nasca people of Peru, intricate gold ornaments from the Tairona
culture of Colombia, and evocative ceramic vessels and stone monuments made by the Maya and Olmec of ancient Mexico will be revelationsm to many.
The Museum is located at 1001 Bissonnet. For information, call 713-6397300 or visit the website at www.mfah.org.
Bayou City Outdoors -A Walk in the Woods
Bayou City Outdoors will host A Walk in the Woods at Memorial Park, on
January 18, 2015. A Walk in the Woods meets at 8:45 a.m. and leaves
at 9:00 a.m. Participants will meet in the Rugby Parking lot N Picnic Lane
Houston, TX 77007. Memorial Park, known as the Central Park of Htown, is an amazing 1466 acre park (one of the largest in the county) right
inside the loop! Trails are a mix of hard packed dirt, sand, trees and tree
roots. It is wooded and wild in the middle of the city!
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some of the lesser-known (and more adventuresome) trails the park has
to offer. Wear tennis shoes or hiking boots, it’s easy to bang a toe on
a tree root. And, there’s some “elevation” in the park that you wouldn’t
expect from just driving by. Remember to bring water; there are no water
fountains along the trails.
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As long as it is cool out (70 or less), this is a dog friendly event that your
canines can enjoy too. They do need to be on leash and don’t forget your
doggy bags. After the hike, a group always goes out for breakfast and coffee. Please, check the meeting location map on the Bayou City Outdoors
site calendar event details: www.BayouCityOutdoors.com. For additional
information, call 713-524-3567 or e-mail: Kelly@bayoucityoutdoors.com.
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Birthrights Left Behind
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The Holocaust Museum Houston presents Birthrights Left Behind, now
through June 14, 2015. Determined to create a permanent impression
with her audiences, Washington, DC-area printmaker Pauline Jakobsberg uses her powerful prints -- full of tenderness, caring and humanity
balanced with pathos and grief -- both as a legacy to her relatives’ experiences during the Holocaust and to remind all that the human impulse to
remember our past cannot be fulfilled by giving universality to the individual history of specific people.
Inspired by memory drawings, journal sketches, artifacts and family tales
told by the Holocaust survivors of her husband’s family, Jakobsberg has
created art that leaves sweet, yet haunting memories, making her visions
a reality. By incorporating images from photographs and other documents
into her etched prints, she develops a story, reminding us of our inability
to grasp our past completely.
In Birthrights Left Behind, Jakobsberg poses the question: “Is it possible
to shape the future through memories of the past?” “Birthrights” is a selection of Jakobsberg’s work consisting of 20 original hand-pulled prints
using various printmaking techniques, ranging from engraving, etching,
silkscreen and collagraph.
For information, visit www.hmh.org, or call 713-527-1640.
Jim Brochu (Zero Hour, The Big
Voice: God or Merman?) returns
to Stages with his musical valentine to the Great White Way.
Character Man is a salute to the
memorable character actors of
Broadway’s Golden Age, including
Zero Mostel, Jack Gilford, Barney
Martin and Brochu’s own mentor,
two- time Tony Award winner David Burns. Packed with the iconic
songs from Meredith Willson, John
Kander and Fred Ebb, Jerry Bock
and Sheldon Harnick and Stephen
Sondheim, Character Man is part
cabaret, part oral history and all
heart.
Stages Repertory Theatre is located at 3201 Allen Parkway, Suite
101. Tickets start at $19. Contact
the box office at 713-527-0123, or
visit www.stagestheatre.com for
tickets or information.
14th Annual MLK
Battle of the Bands
The MLK Battle Of The Bands
Competition is one of the largest
High School Marching Band Competitions in the U.S. featuring 16
nationally acclaimed High School
Show Bands from across the nation competing in a friendly competition.
The 2015 MLK Battle of the Bands
Competition will originate in Houston’s Rice Stadium on January 18,
2015 beginning at 4 p.m. For additional informaiton, visit the web at
www.mlkgrandeparade.org or call
713-953-1633.
Canadian Brass
at Chamber
Music Houston
Chamber Music Houston presents
Canadian Brass, Tuesday, January
20, 2015, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Stude
Concert Hall, Shepherd School of
Music, Rice University.
“The world’s most famous brass
group” returns to the Chamber
Music Houston series with their
unbeatable humor and virtuoso
playing. In an entertaining and diverse program, audiences will see
firsthand why this quintet deserves
its impressive international reputation.
Call 713-348-5400 or visit the web
www.chambermusichouston.org.
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January 2015
From the day Stargirl arrives at Mica High, the hallways hum with texts
and whispers, and 11th grader Leo Borlock’s life is changed forever. Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli weaves a tense, emotional tale about first
love, the perils of popularity and non-conformity, and the acceptance of
others.
Recommended for Fifth Grade and up. Children under the age of 3 (including sleeping babies) are not allowed in the theater.
Ticket prices and discounts: $17 - $15 (Group rates (10 or more) available.) Advance tickets for ALL Main Street Theater Productions, are on
sale at the Main Street Theater Box Office: Main Street Theater – Rice Village, 2540 Times Blvd., or by phone at 713-524-6706, or online at www.
mainstreettheater.com.
Ice Age at Moody Gardens
Moody Gardens presents Ice Age from now through May 10, 2015. Ice
Age is an exciting and educational exhibition that invites you to travel
back in time to discover a frigid world, covered in ice and occupied by
mammoths, saber-toothed cats, bears, gigantic birds, cave people and
more.
Ice Age features life-sized animatronic animals, real fossils, some of
which can be touched by our guests, and cast skeletons set within elaborate Ice Age scenery.
The exhibition begins 2.5 million years ago when the Earth witnessed a
major environmental disruption, one that lead to dramatic evolutionary
changes to Earth’s life forms and forever shaped human history. Guests
then travel through galleries exploring the Megafauna, or giant Ice Age
animals; the Ice People, including Neanderthals and Cro Magnons; the
Tar Pits, the death traps of the Ice Age creatures; and the Megafaunal
Extinction, exploring the theories for why many animals of the Ice Age
became extinct.
This exhibition provides a unique and exciting walk through the Ice Age
epoch for families and visitors of all ages, closing with poignant discussion topics about Earth’s fragile climates and possible return of the Ice.
The Ice Return Gallery explores the prediction for another glacial period
in the current Ice Age, how global warming might tip the balance of nature
in a swifter, more dangerous direction, and what people can do to help
the planet.
“This new exhibit will take guests on an exciting journey through prehistoric times to encounter lifelike mammoths, saber-toothed cats, bears and
other creatures,” said John Zendt, president and CEO of Moody Gardens.
“The animatronics and information engage us and allow us to have fun
as we learn more about the latest scientific discoveries from the Ice Age.”
Ice Age was created by Imagine Exhibitions and Aurea Productions and
is curated and advised by world-renowned vertebrate paleontologist Dr.
Gregory M. Erickson. Professor Erickson is a leading expert on the biology of extinct organisms, mammals and dinosaurs in particular. He has
published nearly 100 professional papers, and participated in over 25 paleontological expeditions around the world.
Come experience firsthand the Ice Age animals of past and present, meet
the early humans that lived among them, and learn about the scientific
theories regarding the future of our planet. Ice Age is open daily to the
public. Admission is $14.95 for adults, $11.95 for seniors and $8.95 for
children. For more information and to buy tickets online, please visit www.
moodygardens.org.
Moody Gardens is a public, non-profit, educational destination utilizing
nature in the advancement of rehabilitation, conservation, recreation and
research.
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Productions
Don’t Talk to the Actors by Tom
Dudzick and directed by Sam
Martinez. This look into the drama
behind the drama runs January 9
– February 7, 2015. It’s young playwright Jerry Przpezniak’s dream
come true when his play heads for
Broadway. But Jerry and his fiancé
find that manipulation, diva-like behavior, and chaotic abandon are
the things theatrical nightmares
are made of.
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Main Street Theatre presents Stargirl, based on the novel by Jerry Spinelli at Talento Bilingue De Houston, 333 S. Jensen Dr., January 25, 2015
through February 8, 2015.
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Reeves. A profoundly moving drama running April 17 - May 16, 2015
with auditions on March 1, 2. Anne
Kelly is pushing forty and still lives
with her mother. Her deadbeat
brother won’t help and the old family home is falling down around her.
When a younger man with a troubled past comes into her life, Anne
begins to see the upside of not always being the grown-up. Join us
for this funny and surprising look at
the struggle to discover where our
families end and where we begin.
Authors Anonymous by Carl
L. Williams and directed by Ann
Richie & Arnold Richie. A literary
comedy running June 5 - July 4,
2015 with auditions April 19 and
20. When four authors meet at
the home of a reclusive heiress
to compete for a $100,000 grant:
Roscoe Drake writes tough-guy
detective fiction; Charlotte Ascot
writes romance novels; T.Y. Myers
writes murder-mysteries; and Wallace Crandall writes high-brow literary work. But it’s the writers’ real
lives that prove stranger than their
fiction.
Annual Summer Meller Drammer (TBA) directed by Suzanne
King. Runs July 24 – August 29,
2015 with auditions June 7 and 8.
Shows run Fridays & Saturdays at
8:30 p.m. each with several Sunday matinees at 3:00 p.m. Tickets
are $16 for adults, $13 for seniors
and students, and all tickets are
$12 on Sundays. Reservations can
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January 2015
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• Monday, January 12 – 6 p.m. – Houston Writers Guild.
• Wednesday, January 7 – 6:30 p.m. – Roaring 20s/30s Book Club –
Young Adult book discussion.
• Wednesdays, January 14 and 28 – 6 p.m. - Needlework & Conversation Society.
• Saturday, January 24 – 2 p.m. - Needlework & Conversation Society.
• Saturdays, 11 am – Laughter Yoga - Playful, yogic breathing-based
laughter yoga exercises. No mats or exercise clothing needed.
• Saturday, January 3 – 2 p.m. – Fitness for the New Year.
• Saturday, January 10 – 2 p.m. – Heights Great Books Group – Book
discussion.
• Saturday, January 17 - 2 p.m. - Mystery on the Boulevard - Monthly
mystery book discussion selected by group members.
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Heart and Seoul: Growing Up in Korea
at Children’s Museum of Houston
The growing popularity of all things Korean, from fashion and film to music and cuisine, has swept up the Children’s Museum of Houston. From
now to May 10, 2015, the Children’s Museum of Houston will ride “Hallyu”
(the Korean Wave) with the debut of a brand new exhibit that digs right
into the heart and soul of the culture. Heart and Seoul: Growing Up in
Korea aims to bring modern-day South Korea to Houston.
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and trendy, mindboggling, multisensory experience that is like living and
growing up in South Korea. In Heart and Seoul: Growing Up in Korea,
five modern-day Korean kids will open their hearts and invite you to take
an intimate look into their lives through their diverse interests, customs
and ambitions, including their love of K-Pop and Korean cuisine, their
habit of texting to communicate and even their dreams of being accepted
into a good college; their drive is what keeps them studying after school
at “hagwon” (or cram school) until midnight! You’re invited to connect to
the world’s “most wired country,” where there’s plenty of Wi-Fi and almost
everyone owns a Samsung cell phone!
South Korea is one of the fastest growing economies in the world and an
important trade and political partner for the United States and other nations. It is enjoying broader influence, and receiving greater recognition
for its contributions in the realms of arts, culture, and technology. Heart
and Seoul: Growing Up in Korea will immerse you in learning experiences
which build your understanding of Korean culture to see the differences
and similarities between your life and the lives of Korean people.
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For more information, please visit www.cmhouston.org or call 713-5221138. The Children’s Museum of Houston is A Playground for Your
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Stanley Lambchop is your ordinary, run-of-the-mill ten-year-old. But that’s
just the problem... For Stanley, life is too normal! He wants to travel the
world and do something amazing!! In this whirlwind musical travelogue,
Stanley is stamped and posted from Hollywood to France, to Honolulu
and beyond. Through his journey, Stanley learns that heroes come in all
shapes and sizes!
Recommended for Kindergarten and up. Children under the age of 3
(including sleeping babies) are not allowed in the theater.
Advance tickets for ALL Main Street Theater Productions, on sale at the
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Times Blvd., by phone at 713-524-6706 or via the webstie online at
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HPD is asking for your help in fighting bullying among kids.
HPD Senior Police Officer Joe Sanchez says there are three types of
bullying that parents should know
about: physical, emotional and cyberbullying.
Physical bullying involves someone physically assaulting a victim, whereas emotional bullying
involves an individual speaking
badly about someone, either by
hurting feelings or tarnishing one’s
reputation. Cyberbullying occurs
when a bully uses the internet or
social media to engage in emotional bullying.
Some of the signs a child is being
bullied include:
• The child doesn’t want go to
school. He or she may pretend to
be sick, offer excuses such as not
having done the homework, etc.
• The child comes home unusually hungry because a bully took
his/her lunch, money or the child
is scared to eat where the bully is
present.
• The child is depressed. The results of bullying can be serious. It
can cause children to isolate themselves, become depressed, and
give them a diminished sense of
self-worth.
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parents. Instead, parents are encouraged to speak to a school
teacher or counselor about their
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Fabergé: From A Snowflake To An Iceberg
at Houston Museum of Natural Science
John Atlas: A
Survey of Work
Fabergé: From A Snowflake To An Iceberg is on exhibit at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. With the addition of over 150 new pieces, this
exhibition showcases 500 jeweled treasures from the world-renowned
McFerrin Collection. The exhibition presents a historical overview of the
works of the House of Fabergé, as well as the remarkable Russian history relating to the objects on display. Dozens of personal treasures of the
Romanov Family including Imperial pieces owned by Nicholas II, Alexander III and their family are featured.
The Art Car Museum, Houston
presents the exhibition, John Atlas: A Survey of Work 1969-2014,
on exhbiti now through February
2015.
Inspired by the ancient Scythian treasures unearthed during archaeological digs in Kerch on the north coast of the Black Sea, Peter Carl Fabergé
(1846-1920) first won acclaim for his historical pieces during the PanRussian Industrial exhibition of 1882. New to the collection is a lion’s
head charm created by one of Fabergé’s first workmasters Erik Kollin.
Fabergé went on to create original, exquisite objects of luxury for the elite,
as well as impeccably designed everyday objects. You can see hundreds
of these items— predominantly made for and use by the royalty—in the
McFerrin Collection.
From elegantly simple to breathtakingly ornate, the jewelry, clocks, picture frames, snuff boxes, cigarette cases, desk accessories, flower studies and carved hardstone animals in this collection were thoughtfully selected to exemplify extraordinary materials and workmanship. New to the
exhibition is a hand-held fan belonging to Queen Victoria.
Today, the House of Fabergé is best known for crafting Easter eggs in the
late 19th to early 20th centuries. Visitors to the exhibition will be happy to
see these stunning pieces are still on exhibition, some complete with their
“surprise”—including the stunning Imperial Diamond Trellis Egg, Kelch
Egg and Nobel Ice Egg.
At its height, the House of Fabergé employed more than 500 craftsmen
and designers in their Moscow and St. Petersburg workshops and sales
branches in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, Odessa and London.
Fabergé: From a Snowflake to an Iceberg is organized by the Houston
Museum of Natural Science with the McFerrin Collection.
The museum is located at 5555 Hermann Park Drive. For Information/
Tickets, call 713-639-4629 or visit the website at www.hmns.org.
Alley Theatre Presents As You Like It
The Alley Theatre Presents As You Like It by William Shakespeare, directed by Gregory Boyd, with previews beginning January 30, 2015. The
show runs February 4-22, 2015. Performances will be helt at University
of Houston. Suitable for general audiences.
“All the world’s a stage” in this masterpiece about romance and mistaken identity. Elizabeth Bunch, Chris Hutchinson and Todd Waite lead
the company in one of Shakespeare’s greatest comedies. As You Like It
traces the separate and intertwining journeys of Rosalind and Orlando,
who have each been banished from their home and family. Independently, they each set out with a faithful friend and loyal servant and make
their way through the Forest of Arden. Lovers discover lovers, fathers find
daughters, brothers reclaim brothers, people are transformed and evil is
converted in this delightful story of love.
For information or tickets, call the box office at 713-220-5700, or visit the
website at www.AlleyTheatre.org.
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John Atlas has been making art in
Houston, both painting and sculpture, for over four decades. This exhibition is the most comprehensive
show of his art assembled thus far
and spans his entire career from
his first serious work completed in
1969, to several large canvases
completed in the weeks leading up
to the installation of this show.
The exhibition consists of over
eighty paintings on canvas and
paper, and a number of sculptures
including wooden constructions
made as studies for objects that
appear in the paintings. Atlas’ mastery of color and composition, and
his ability to move from hallucinatory figuration to more surrealistic
and non-objective work is evident
throughout the exhibition.
John Atlas was born in 1952 in
Boston Mass. and moved to Houston with his family at age three.
His father, a doctor, worked in biomedical research for the National
Institute of Health in Boston, and
worked at the local V.A. hospital
upon arrival in Houston. He later
set up his private practice in Pasadena Tx. and commuted there from
Houston. Largely a self taught artist, Atlas dropped out of school at
age sixteen to pursue painting and
drawing full time. Over the years
his work has been shown here in
Houston at Sally Sprout Gallery,
Graham Gallery, Max Hutchinson
Gallery, as well as The Museum
of Fine Arts, Blaffer Gallery at the
University of Houston, and Sewall
Art Gallery, Rice University. He has
shown internationally in the exhibitions New Art from a New City:
Houston in Salsburger Kunstverein, Austria and Art from Houston
in Norway: 1982 Stavanger, Norway.
The Art Car Museum is located
at 140 Heights Blvd. and is open
Wednesday-Sunday,
11
a.m.
to 6 p.m. Admission is always
free. Please call to schedule tour
groups. For additional information,
call 713-861-5526 or visit the website at www.artcarmuseum.com.
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The hiking trails in Sedona, Arizona are
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All of the trails in Sedona are dog friendly,
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Galveston Historic Homes Tour
Galveston Historical Foundation will present the 37th annual Galveston
Historic Homes Tour Saturdays, May 7 and 14, and Sundays, May 8
and 15, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. This year’s Coastal Style tour includes 9
houses featuring a variety of styles from an 1871 Gulf Coast Cottage to a
traditional Craftsman Bungalow built in 1924. As visitors tour the homes
they will hear about Galveston’s unique and eclectic architecture styles
and the influential and everyday citizens that built the houses that still
stand today.
Advance tickets for the tour are $20 each and $25 per person during
tour weekends. Numerous separately ticketed special events are also
being held in conjunction with the Galveston Historic Homes Tour including the First Impression Preview Sunset Tour, Moonlight and Martinis at
the Garten Verein Pavilion, the 7th annual Linen and Lace Mother’s Day
Brunch, Basement to Attic Behind the Scenes Tours of Bishop’s Palace,
Bike through History, Sally Wallace Preservation Awards and the Antique
Treasures Preview Party and Sale. Tickets for the 2011 Historic Homes
Tour are available online at www.galvestonhistory.org.
Over 700 dedicated volunteers assist each year with the annual event.
To become a Homes Tour volunteer, contact GHF Volunteer Coordinator
Becky Maixner at 409-765-3431. For other questions or more information, including group discounts, call GHF at 409-765-3409.
Tickets are now available for the 2011 Galveston Historic Homes Tour. Visit www.galvestonhistory.org.
Pictured: Lemuel and Julia Burr House, 1876, at 1228 Sealy-- This elegant Southern town house is attributed to Nicholas J. Clayton, Galveston’s leading 19th century architect.
Edible Delights in the Heights
Kraftsmen Cafe & Kraftsmen Baking
Houston Ballet’s
Center for Dance
by Diane Mosier, longtime Heights resident & food lover
After telling Owner/Chef/Baker Scott Tycer that there’s nothing quite
like the smell and taste of hot just-from-the-oven bread with some real
butter or dipping sauce, he explained that it was an early socialization
experience stemming from a time when there might only be one kiln or
fire bricked oven for an entire village and folks would prepare their own
breads by hand and take them to the “baker” to cook them.
Houston Ballet’s sleek new Center
for Dance will hold a grand opening ceremony on Saturday, April 9
at noon with a ribbon cutting ceremony presided over by Houston
Mayor Annise Parker at 601 Preston Street in the heart of downtown
Houston’s Theater District. The
new, six-story, 115,000 square-foot
facility, designed with sustainable
features by globally-recognized architecture firm Gensler, will come
in around $46.6 million (an estimated $6.4 million under its original
projected budget of $53 million),
opening ahead of schedule. The
building will boast nine dance studios, a dance lab that seats 200 for
presentations as well as rehearsals, and artistic, administrative and
support facilities for Houston Ballet
and its academy. Houstonians are
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Well, in the Heights Village, I am very happy to report that Kraftsmen
Baking is an artisan baker with a great oven and now a terrific cafe.
The Zany Adventures Of An Actress Up For The Role Of A Lifetime
1. Publishing since 1986 now 28+ years in business!
2. Two papers and online to promote our Advertisers.
3. Opportunity to attend and review the
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT.
4. The Houston & Heights Tribune is the oldest
Monthly Newspaper in the City of Houston!
5. This publication can be developed into
a weekly or daily with the new forecast
for the exploding population in Houston!
6. Owner wants to retire and pass on
the torch to someone who enjoys
the Publishing Business !
7. Several websites to point to the Tribune are in place
and included in price along with racks & outdoor boxes.
$275,000
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The bakery and cafe are located in the in the old Textile Mill on W. 22nd
Street, about a half block west of Shepherd @ 22nd. You should drop
by just to see another outstanding renovation by Jonathan Grenader. Its
second life is perfect for a busy artisan bakery and cafe, striking the right
blend of functional yet upscale warehouse/loft type space.
Both Scott and his wife went to college on the West Coast, she earning
her MBA and Scott deciding on the Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary
Arts Portland after receiving his Bachelor’s Degree. All the while, Scott
worked in every type of restaurant job available, paying the bills and
learning his craft. After they both finished their graduate work, they
continued on p. 8
Houston Ballet’s New Center for Dance, located at 601 Preston St.,
hosts Grand Opening ribbon cutting on April 9th, at noon. Visit the
website at www.houstonballet.org.
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