WEDNESDAY 03.25.2026

6–11 PM MUSIC EVENT Ice House Radio at The Car Wash (underneath Echoes) – this evening's lineup features Flash Gordon Parks (6 PM) and Brother Jackson (9 PM); check out the rest of the schedule for Thursday through Saturday below!

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

THURSDAY 03.26.2026

8–10 PM SCREENING + LIVE PERFORMANCE Burlesque at River Oaks Theatre – weirdest and wackiest burlesque dancers with this 2010 cult classic starring Cher, Christina Aguilera, Alan Cumming; tickets $21

FRIDAY 03.27.2026

5–8 PM OPENING RECEPTION 48th MFA Thesis Exhibition at Blaffer Art Museum

5–8 PM MEET THE ARTIST Tom Everhart: Recent Works at Off The Wall Gallery – also on Saturday, March 28, 5–8 PM

6–8 PM OPENING RECEPTION Allegiance to the People: Kandy G. Lopez + Eden: Clarence Heyward + World: Photographs by Dr. Jay Murthy at Houston Museum of African American Culture

7–9 PM POETRY NIGHT Launch of Hot Poets' Spring Issue of Equinox featuring Jamie Frontiera of Worlds Colliding and Just Bent, Not Broken? at Wolfsmiths Lindale Park (201 Woodard St. Houston 77009) – readings start at 7:30 PM; espresso drinks and tacos alongside motorcycles

7–10 PM ART EVENT The Happening at The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art – featuring David Dove and Una Behdi, Wrestlers Court, Indigo Dewdrop, Pigeon Situation, Karen Lovelady

SATURDAY 03.28.2026

10 AM–12 PM ART EVENT FotoFest and Reel Quick Film Lab present Photo Walk at Eden Plant Co. (1123 Providence St.) – two-mile exploratory walk guided by Chelsea Jones

12–6 PM ART EVENT 21st Annual Frida Festival at MECA Houston (1900 Kane St., Sixth Ward) – local artists, artisan vendors, live entertainment, art exhibits, and community programming

12:30–2 PM ARTIST TALKS Roots in Motion: From Theory to Practice at Glassell School of Art | Orton Gallery

1–2 PM ARTIST TALK Weight On / Weight Off: Avisheh Mohsenin at Heidi Vaughan Fine Art

1–3 PM RECEPTION + GALLERY WALKTHROUGH Jim Richard: Modern Fragments at Inman Gallery

3–5 PM OPENING RECEPTION Stephanie Boone: SANATEE at Basket Books & Art

4–6 PM OPENING RECEPTION Lorena Molina: a place to hold you at Lawndale Art Center

6–8 PM OPENING RECEPTION Mark Wade: Long Division at Andrew Durham Gallery

6–8 PM ARTIST CONVERSATION Kandy G. Lopez with author and art historian Lisa Farrington at Houston Museum of African American Culture

6–9 PM ARTIST RECEPTION Francophone Wanderings / Déambulations Francophones: Fikry Botros at Alliance Française de Houston

6–9 PM ART EVENT Night at the MFAH: New, Now at Museum of Fine Arts Houston – $40 per person Free for MFAH members $35 for guests of MFAH members

7–8:30 PM MULTIMEDIA TALK Getting Back Our Ancestors: Cressandra Thibodeaux at Aurora Chapel

8–10 PM ART EVENT Aurora Picture Show and Buffalo Bayou Partnership present NIGHT LIGHT 2026 at Allen’s Landing

SUNDAY 03.29.2026

10 AM–6 PM ART EVENT Bayou City Art Festival in Downtown Houston at Sam Houston Park – also on Saturday, March 28, 10 AM–6 PM; tickets required

1–3 PM BOOKSIGNING Ernesto Marenco: The True History of the Objects, La Verdadera Historia de los Objetos at Heidi Vaughan Fine Art

2–5 PM ART EVENT Frida Look-Alike Day at MFAH – art activities, fashion show, music

5–7 PM CONCERT Jazzy Sundays in the Park: Cimafunk with The Culture Society Orchestra at Discovery Green – free

MONDAY 03.30.2026

5–7 PM RECEPTION Collective Lens at Glassell School of Art Bucher Gallery – curated by Melody Locke

7:30–9:30 PM MUSIC EVENT Nameless Sound's They, Who Sound: Violette Bule & Randi Long | Gabriel Martinez | Justin Rodriguez-Jones & Ronnie Yates at Lawndale Art Center