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Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Tonight on PBS is a moving documentary called “The Eyes of Me“. The film follows a group of teenagers through a year at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Austin. Part of the Independent Lens series, this is real must-see reality TV. Airing at 10pm, but check your local listings.
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
The Houston Center of Photography will be holding their annual print auction tonight, Thursday, February 25th. Artists works by local, national, and internationally acclaimed photographers will be available for purchase by both silent and live auction. The photographs that up for bidding have been on view for the past month and I’m sure gallery-goers have [...]
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Monday, February 22, 2010
Next to Boston and New York, Houston has one of the largest numbers of paintings by John Singer Sargent owned in private collections. Right now at the MFAH, you can see two exhibitions of Sargents work that include many of these local holdings. Currently on view are the shows Sargent and the Sea, and Houston’s [...]
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Monday, February 15, 2010
I’ve been waiting for this show to open for months- the Maurizio Cattelan exhibition has finally arrived here at the Menil Collection. One of the most important modern artists of our time- this fantastic show debuts in Houston, and it is the very first solo show of Cattelans work in Texas. Famous for his site-specific [...]
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Back in 1968, John Milkovisch, a retired upholsterer for the Southern Pacific Railroad, started on his epic project now known as The Beer Can House. Decorating his Houston home with over 50,000 beer cans after finishing the landscaping for his front and back lawns, Mr. Milkovisch was compelled to do this because he “got sick [...]
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Friday, January 29, 2010
Opening tonight at the Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston is a fantastic show called “Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of Cool“. Best known for his giant portraits of friends and local people from the artists hometown community in Connecticut, these oversize canvases portray everyday regular people on such a large scale that it elevates them to [...]
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Currently on view at the Houston Museum of Natural Science is a must see show called “Spirits and Headhunters: Vanishing Worlds of the Amazon“. The Amazon region is where over 200 Indian tribes reside, and the area holds some of the last tribes that remain untouched by the outside world. The exhibit consists of examples [...]
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010
I recently saw the movie The Hurt Locker and I just can’t seem to shake it. It’s an adrenaline rush of a film that will keep you on the edge of your seat from the moment it starts. Taking place in Iraq, the film tells the story of an elite Army bomb squad unit that [...]
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Monday, January 4, 2010
Looking for some New Years self improvement that doesn’t involve something boring like going to the gym? Improve your artistic skills by signing up with Dr. Sketchy for some life drawing fun! Billed as the “anti-art school” its everything that you wished took place in your old art classes. Check out this description from the [...]
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