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THIS WEEK IN HOUSTON

August 5–9, 2026


You can't do everything this week.


Good thing you don't have to.


Here are the exhibitions, films, artist talks, performances, and events we think are worth your time.


Hope to see you out and about.


Melissa Richardson Banks

Founder, Publisher & Editor

MUSED Houston

www.musedhouston.com


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WEDNESDAY 08.05.2026

4:15–5:45 PM FILM Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World at River Oaks Theatre – tickets $14; become a Cinema Savant and see it for free (service fees apply)


6–8 PM MUSIC Drop the Needle: Vinyl Series at Hotel Saint Augustine Lounge in the Listening Room

THURSDAY 08.06.2026

5:30–7:30 PM ART EVENT Open House at MFAH Glassell School of Art


5:30–8 PM DANCE Boot Scoot + Boogie for Clutch City Craft Closing at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft


6–8 PM OPENING RECEPTION Beyond Skin Deep: Tattoo Artist Showcase at Sabine Street Studios | East Corridor Gallery


6–8 PM OPENING RECEPTION Transformative Teal at Sabine Street Studios | South Gallery – over 20 artists, including Donna Carnahan, Romeo C. Robinson, Roxy Wuz Here Art, Justin Earl Grant, and XZZX


7–8 PM PANEL DISCUSSION Holding Freedom: Ghana in the Menil Collection at The Menil | Main Buiding


7–10 PM OPENING Con Sangre y Corazón | Portrait of Our Community (Casa de Cultura) at Fresh Arts Gallery (Winter Street Studios C-105) – portraits by photographer Violeta Alvarez with music by DJ Simmer Down of Chicano Boulevard

FRIDAY 08.07.2026

6–8:30 PM OPENING RECEPTION WiVLA presents Wild: Collaboration at Sabine Street Studios | North Gallery – readings at 6:30 PM


6–8 PM OPENING RECEPTION Endless Summer: Jeanne Jones, Sarah Luna, Ellen H Ray at Silver Street Studios | West Gallery | Door 4


6:30–8:30 PM OPENING RECEPTION Within Me: Landess Walker at Lanecia A. Rouse Gallery (Holy Family Episcopal Church) – beauty, change, and spiritual explorations of womanhood drawn from the connections between nature and birth; curated by Cydney Pickens


7:45–10:30 PM PERFORMANCE Houston Shakespeare Festival: The Tempest at Miller Outdoor Theatre

SATURDAY 08.08.2026

12–2 PM DOUBLE-FEATURE SCREENING The Mark of the Maker and Echizen Washi Documentaries at Central Library | Houston Public Library – post-screening talk by Kathy Gurwell of Fine Hand Made Paper; check out PrintHouston's PULLED X 2 exhibition on view


12–5 PM ART EVENT Casa de Cultura Chicano Art Market + Classic Car Display at Fresh Arts Gallery (Winter Street Studios C105)


2–3:30 PM ARTIST TALKS Annual Kinder HSPVA Juried Student Show at POST Houston


2–6 PM OPENING RECEPTION A Moment 2 Remember: Charles Louis Middleton III at Sanman Studios


3–4 PM ART TALK Resident Artists: Arden Carlson & Dominique Muñoz at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft


4–6 PM ARTIST RECEPTION Claire Loft: État d'esprit at Bay 200 Gallery at The Silos at Sawyer Yards


4–7 PM EXHIBIT OPENING Floyd Newsum Summer Studios at Project Row Houses – art on migration and memory by six artists: itZel Carrizales-Aguilar, Monae Jacobs, Elizabeth Martins, Oghenetega Okperuvwe, Izz Rosales, Jordan Shumard


5–7 PM OPENING RECEPTION Form and Figure: Rona Lesser at Bay 300 Gallery at The Silos at Sawyer Yards


5–8 PM CLOSING EXHIBIT WALKTHROUGH Frágil II at RUBY Projects (1705 Ewing St., 77004) – works by 17 Latin American artists curated by Luis Manuel Perea


5:30–9 PM ART EVENT La Escuelita de Magnolia Park Student Exhibition & Graduation at La Casita de Colores Gallery (7515 Avenue J, 77012)


6–9 PM ART EVENT Night at the MFAH: Book It at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston – free for members (must register); $40 public; explore literary and archival treasures in the Hirsch Library and all of the museum’s exhibitions, too

SUNDAY 08.09.2026

12:15–2:15 PM SCREENING The Piano at River Oaks Theatre – new restoration of this Academy Award-winning 1993 hauntingly beautiful film that redefined cinematic storytelling through silence, passion, and the power of the unspoken; tickets $14 (free for Cinema Savant members)


2–6 PM MUSIC Good Junk Vintage Records presents Houston Record Swap at Axelrad – free monthly gathering of music lovers & collectors to buy, sell & swap vinyl, CDs & tapes. All genres. All ages.


2–4:30 PM SCREENING The House in the Woods (La Maison des bois) at MFAH Lynn Wyatt Theatre | Kinder Building – three episodes of this newly restored 1971 French miniseries about the impact of World War I on a community north of Paris; tickets $9 public | $7 members

NOTE: Event details may change without notice. Confirm with the venue or event organizer before attending. Missed an opening? Visit exhibits during public hours.

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