WEDNESDAY 06.03.2026

12–1 PM ONLINE CONVERSATION Brooklyn Rail presents The New Social Environment on CAMH's Mary Ellen Carroll: How to Talk Dirty and Influence People via Zoom – the artist joins Chloe Stagaman for a conversation followed by a reading by Kathryn Scanlan; register HERE

7:30–9 PM FILM SCREENING Basquiat (black-and-white version) at River Oaks Theatre – this 1996 film stars David Bowie as a spot-on Andy Warhol with a murderers’ row of Hollywood legends and art lovers who lent their talents: Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Benicio del Toro, Parker Posey, Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe.

7:30–9 PM COMEDY EVENT Drunk Black History at Punch Line Houston

THURSDAY 06.04.2026

2–4 PM ART EVENT Erika Blumenfeld: Sky Stone Cycle at Blaffer Art Museum – tea and conversation with the artist working on site happens at this same time every Thursday in June

5:30–8 PM ART EVENT Cup of Cups: Ceramic Throwdown at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

6–8 PM AWARDS CEREMONY + JUROR TALK with sports commentator Glenn Davis for Ballet of the Masses at Sabine Street Studios

6–8 PM OPENING RECEPTION The 43rd Center Annual at Houston Center for Photography – juried group exhibition featuring the work of 35 artists from across the globe

6–10 PM PREVIEW EVENT Photomatica's Grand Opening of Photo Booth Museum HTX – space is limited, free admission requires RSVP here

6:30–7:30 PM ART EVENT Undercurrents: Sunset Poetry Reading with Aris Kian at Buffalo Bayou Cistern – tickets $15

6:30–8 PM MUSIC EVENT The Nameless Sound Ensemble: How to Listen and Be Influenced at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston – performance of an original score inspired by, and in response to, the work of Mary Ellen Carroll

FRIDAY 06.05.2026

6–8 PM ARTIST TALK Never Forgotten: Portraits of Missing Persons by HPD Forensic Artists at Sabine Street Studios

6–9 PM OPENING RECEPTION On The Brink: Erika Alonso in Bay 100 Gallery at The Silos at Sawyer Yards

SATURDAY 06.06.2026

4–5 PM ART EVENT Celebrating the Legacy of Alexander Pushkin at Our Texas Cultural Center – traditional tea party, poetry reading session, and engaging quiz on Pushkin's life and literary works; $20-$25

4–6 PM ART RECEPTION April Murphy: Show Your Cards at Silver Street Studios | West Gallery | Door 4

4–7 PM OPENING RECEPTION America @ 250 Photography Exhibition at Notsuoh

5–7 PM OPENING RECEPTION Temporal Musings: Lucinda Cobley, Shanti Conlan, and Cathie Kayser at The Jung Center

5–8 PM OPENING RECEPTION Ink & Image 2026 at Archway Gallery

6–8 PM OPENING RECEPTION Proximity: Constructed Relations at Spring Street Studios

6–8 PM OPENING RECEPTION El Ensayo: Nohelia Vargas Bolívar at TANK Space

6–8 PM OPENING RECEPTION Jasmine Rossi: Sublime at Sicardi | Ayers | Bacino

6–8 PM OPENING RECEPTION Jill Bedgood: Vestiges of Existence at Andrew Durham Gallery

6–8 PM ART EVENT Happy Hour at John Ross Palmer (1218 Heights Blvd.) – RSVP required via email

6–9 PM OPENING RECEPTION Rock Romano: This is That at Redbud Arts Center

6–9 PM ART EVENT Night at the MFAH: Kaleidoscope of Color at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

SUNDAY 06.07.2026

11 AM–2 PM COMMUNITY EVENT Spice Routes: The Cardamom Challenge at the Ismaili Center – tickets $75; chef-driven culinary showcase celebrating the global influence of cardamom through inventive sweet and savory dishes created by a curated lineup of chefs

2–6 PM ART EVENT Houston Drink & Draw at Betelgeuse Betelgeuse (2101 Washington Ave., Houston 77007)