WEDNESDAY 01.21.2025

6:30–8 PM COMMUNITY EVENT Urban Paths presents Wellness Walk at Buffalo Bayou Park near The Cistern (105 Sabine St.)

6:30–8:30 PM LECTURE Astro Year in Review & Preview at Houston Museum of Natural Science – an immersive presentation blending science, storytelling, and cosmic imagery, revisiting 2025’s standout space moments and previewing the year ahead. Tickets $12–$18.

7–9 PM SCREENINGS Houston Filmmaker Showcase at River Oaks Theatre – tickets $9 plus $2.30 service fee

7 PM–LATE MUSIC EVENT Jazz at Sanman Studios (1109 Providence St., Houston 77002) – enjoy local musicians, coffee and beignets at @keptsecret.htx, Velvet Sessions at @baldkittyhouston, Live from the Shelter at @buried.seeds

THURSDAY 01.22.2026

5–7 PM ART TALK In Conversation: Rothko Chapel President Abdullah Antepli with Resident Artist Marlon F. Hall at LaRucheHTX / RUBY Projects (1705 Ewing St., Houston 77004)

6–6:30 PM EXHIBIT TALK Flashpoint! Protest Photography in Print, 1950–Present at MFAH's Hirsch Library | Beck Building – free with museum admission

6–8 PM ART TALK Will Rawls // Visiting Artist Lecture Series at Rice University | Sarofim Hall

6:30–7:30 PM PERFORMANCE DACAMERA Young Artists presents Art and Life in Imperial Rome at MFAH | Beck Building (Level 1) – musicians Chloe de Souza, piano; Adam W. Sadberry, flute; and alumni artist Kelsey Sham, harp

7–8 PM ARTIST TALK Joan Jonas at The Menil – pioneering figure in video, performance, and contemporary art whose work has redefined the possibilities of drawing, time, and narrative

7–9 PM MUSIC EVENT 3 Flows: An Experimental Sound Performance with Garland Fielder, John Alan Kennedy, and Aga Zet at Throughline Collective – norMAL & unreMARKable: Henry G. Sanchez and Heather L. Johnson on view

7 PM–12 AM ART EVENT Eight Seconds Zine Release & Exhibition: Jahzeel Maldonado at The List Bookstore (201 Roberts St., 77003) – soft launch of the new bookstore featuring photographs that explore rodeo life from the perspective of an outsider, capturing its daily rhythms, overlooked details, and quiet moments.

7:30–8:45 PM FILM SCREENING Jim Henson: Early Experiments at Aurora Picture Show – Henson is widely known for his creative innovations in puppetry and playful sensibility, but less is known about his bold experimentation before the ubiquity of his Muppets and movies. $10 tickets (free for members)

FRIDAY 01.23.2026

12–1 PM ART TALK Art at Noon: Pete Gershon at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston – The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art’s Director of Programs and Chief Curator discusses Mario Ayala: Seven Vans now on view

12–7 PM ART EVENT Tokyo X: Kawaii Market at Asia Society Texas Center (also on Saturday 12–5 PM) – free anime-inspired market with kawaii crafts, collectibles, and artwork plus free museum admission

5:30–8:30 PM ART EVENT Collage for a Cause at University of Houston | Lyndall Finley Wortham Theatre – nighttime public art walk followed by hands-on collage-making

6–8 PM OPENING RECEPTION TSU Studios Showcase with Artist Talks at Project Row Houses | Community Gallery

6–8 PM OPENING RECEPTION Imaging After Photography at Moody Center for the Arts | Rice University – artistic response to transformative influence of artificial intelligence on photography

SATURDAY 01.24.2026

12–3 PM FOOD EVENT 18th Annual Chili Cook-Off at Odd Fellows Lodge #225 in the Houston Heights (115 E. 14th St., 77008)

12–4 PM EXHIBIT 11th Annual 10x10 Art Show at Hardy & Nance Studios

1–4 PM OPEN HOUSE Tim Braden: Small Works by McClain Gallery

2–3:30 PM ART TALK Talking Frida at MFAH | Brown Auditorium Theater – consulting curator James Oles with curators Miguel A. López and Tobias Ostrander, artist Amalia Mesa-Bains, and documentary filmmaker Trisha Ziff

3–4 PM ART TALKS Resident Artists: Roslyn M. Dupré, Lorena Morales and Grace Troxell at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft – learn about their artistic processes and visit their studios

5–7 PM PERFORMANCE ROCO presents Quartet for All Time at Texas Southern University | Charles P. Rhinehart Music Auditorium – joyful combination of sacred and secular music; pay-what-you-wish tickets ($45 suggested)

5–7 PM OPENING RECEPTION Susu Meyer: In Passing and Charlotte Siefert: Ordinary Time at Foltz Fine Art

5–7 PM OPENING RECEPTION Always There: Paintings by Lowell Boyers at The Jung Center – luminous, large-scale abstractions inspired by Vajrayana Buddhism

6–8 PM OPENING RECEPTION 35th Anniversary Show at Gallery Sonja Roesch

6–9 PM OPENING RECEPTION Hugo Regan: Night, For Now at OP Gallery – paintings of a couple’s journey through a forest with watchful shadows and otherworldly creatures

6–10 PM ART EVENT Renegade Carnies presents FLOWriety Fire Night at Orange Show Center for Visionary Art (next to Smither Park)

7–9 PM OPENING RECEPTION Place of Repose III: Group Exhibition at Mitochondria Gallery

7:30–9 PM PERFORMANCE World Premiere: Kodama ★ Echoes Across Time at Asia Society Texas Center (also Sunday, 2–3:30 PM) – tickets start at $35; Houston Contemporary Dance Company performs this original dance work that celebrates Japan's rich artistic legacy

SUNDAY 01.25.2026

2–4 PM LITERARY EVENT WiVLA presents The Wondrous Readers: Book Club at Coco's Donuts & Coffee Bar (2026 W. 34th St., 77018) – book selection: Lula Dean's Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller; open to non-members, too!

4–6 PM & 7–9 PM SCREENINGS It Was Just an Accident (Yek tasadef sadeh) at MFAH | Brown Auditorium Theater – high-stakes tension combined with unexpected flurries of humor and thoughts regarding persecution and revenge (2025 Cannes Film Festival award winner); tickets $8–$10

7–9:30 PM SCREENING All That's Left of You at River Oaks Theatre – deeply moving, multigenerational drama spanning seven decades that traces the hopes and heartaches of one uprooted family