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October Features


Allora & Calzadilla: Specters of Noon

Menil Collection, Main Building, 1533 Sul Ross Street, Houston, 77006

Free, but admission is limited due to Covid, please visit the Menil website for more information

Sep 26, 2020 – Jun 20, 2021

House of Cards at Discovery Green

Through Oct. 11. Timed, free reservations are required for weekend viewing, and social distancing measures will be implemented.

Discovery Green, 1500 McKinney | Houston, Texas 77010

NEW! Houston Botanic Garden Opening Season:

Celebrating Asia

The new Houston Botanic Garden welcomes visitors to a special outdoor educational demonstrations on ikebana, the art of Japanese flower arrangement, by Audrey Charlton from the Houston Chapter of Ikebana International. We’ll also offer a virtual lecture on Vietnamese gardens in Houston, from Roy Vũ, Ph.D., a history professor at Dallas College, performances by Dance of Asian America, children’s activities, and more.

Friday, October 02, 2020

Free, with admission

Houston Botanic Garden, One Botanic Lane, Houston, TX 77017

Houston Center for Photography Class: Creating A Website For Your Portfolio

Instructor: Lou Benjamin
Dates: Tuesdays, Oct 13 - Oct 27
Registration & Fees: $175

Inprint Presents: Marilynne Robinson Reading

Monday, October 5, 2020, 7:00 pm - Livestream

$30

Marilynne Robinson will give a short reading from her new novel Jack, followed by a conversation with novelist and physician Chris Adrian.

Houston Haunted Historical Tours

Offering 10 different Haunted Tours in Houston throughout October.

Tours start at 7 pm

$100 or less per person, discounts for more people in a group

Art League Houston:

Virtual Gala

Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop Virtual Gala

Friday, October 16, 7 p.m.

$50 and up

Carmen Herrera: Estructuras Monumentales

The Buffalo Bayou Partnership’s exhibition in City Hall Park in Houston will run concurrently with an exhibition of Herrera’s works at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, beginning October 21. The museum exhibition runs through January 18, 2021. Carmen Herrera: Structuring Surfaces, will include more than 30 of Herrera’s works from the 1960s to the present, including paintings, drawings, prints, wall structures and objects.

Aurora Picture Show Presents: Sundance Shorts 2020

Online program available October 7-11, 2020

$10 / Free for Aurora members with code

Moonstruck Drive-In Cinema at East River

Thursday-Sunday: Gates at 7:00, first feature at 8:30

100 Bringhurst Stree, Houston, 77020

$25/car, with up to 6 people per vehicle

Visit the website for movie features

Zumba at Levy Park

Tiny Fitness presents Zumba Fitness

October 18, 9 - 10 am

Free

3801 Eastside Street, Houston, 77098

States of Mind: Art and American Democracy featured artist Catherine Opie

Moody Center for the Arts presents a conversation with the artist.

Thursday, October 22, on Zoom, 6:00 - 7:00 pm

Free, Registration required

Yue Nakayama: NONPLUS

A large-scale video installation and sculptural intervention

October 29, 6:30 pm

Free, Reservation required

Water Works at Buffalo Bayou Park, 105 Sabine Street, Houston, Texas, 77007

 

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