Houston happenings for March 03, 2010
The Daily News
Published March 3, 2010
Planning a weekend trip to Houston? Here are some events that struck us as interesting. Have suggestions? Mail them to newsroom(at)galvnews.com.
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Bullish Nights For Dancers
After a hard day at the Houston Rodeo, you can head to new attraction The Hideout to dance the night away.
Any type of grounds admission to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo includes free admission to The Hideout for people at least 21 years old.
The Hideout, on the east side of Reliant Astrodome, will be open from 6 p.m. to midnight tonight, Thursday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, and from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday. The nightly lineup is: tonight, O’Shea; Thursday, Max Stalling; Friday, Black Heritage Day entertainment; Saturday, Todd Fritsch; Sunday, DJ music; Monday, Josh Ward Band; and Tuesday, Honky Tonk Heroes.
— Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
At A Glance
WHAT: Rodeo dancing
WHERE: The Hideout, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Reliant Astrodome
WHEN: Nightly
COST: Included in rodeo grounds admission
CONTACT: Rodeohouston.com
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Kids Brushing Up On Old Masters
For centuries, art academies required students to copy the work of the Old Masters. From drawings and prints, students learned to create lines, master shading and contour figures. From paintings they learned composition and how to develop visual narrative.
Kingwood Park High School art teacher Kara Czepiel’s advanced placement art students have revived the tradition and 16 examples of their work are on view in the Kinder Foundation Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s Caroline Wiess Law Building.
— Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
At A Glance
WHAT: “New Masters on Old Masters” exhibition
WHERE: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1001 Bissonnet St.
WHEN: Until June 27
COST: Free
CONTACT: 713-639-7300
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Two Faiths — One Outlook
Entering its final three weeks, one Holocaust Museum exhibit draws its name from Pope John Paul II’s 1993 appeal marking the 50th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, when he said: “As Christians and Jews, following the example of the faith of Abraham, we are called to be a blessing to the world. This is the common task awaiting us. It is therefore necessary for us, Christians and Jews, to first be a blessing to one another.”
The exhibit, created by Xavier University in Cincinnati, includes photos, video footage, documents and artifacts recording the extraordinary contributions of Pope John Paul II to relations between the two faiths, shattering the chain of 2,000 years of painful history between Roman Catholics and Jews.
— Holocaust Museum Houston
At A Glance
WHAT: “A Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People” exhibition
WHERE: Mincberg Gallery, Holocaust Museum Houston, 5401 Caroline St.
WHEN: Until March 21
COST: Free
CONTACT: 713-942-8000, Ext. 100, or exhibits(at)hmh.org
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Double Dip Into Academic Art
Hope is the theme expressed in an exhibition by mixed-media artist Mark Smith, who uses a variety of materials and techniques to create his works, on level 2 of the university’s Bayou Building.
Meanwhile, in the building’s art gallery, an exhibition of works created by faculty from Lone Star College-Tomball and Lone Star College-Kingwood is on view Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. to noon until March 25.
— University of Houston-Clear Lake
At A Glance
WHAT: “The Hope Suite” exhibition and “Lone Star College Faculty Art” exhibition
WHERE: Bayou Building, University of Houston-Clear Lake, 2700 Bay Area Blvd.
WHEN: Through March 25
COST: Free
CONTACT: 281-283-3446 or artgallery(at)uhcl.edu
