Brittanie Shey

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• Posted Weekendist Nov. 20-22: Art all day every day to Houstonist
  Oh my goodness, Houstonist is SO overwhelmed by everything that is happening this weekend. ALL WEEKENDSpacetaker's Winter Holiday Art Market, Friday, Saturday and Sunday (see link for hours). Winter Street Studios, 2101 Winter Street. Free to get in but bring cash if you want to shop.Via Colori Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Sam Houston Park, Allen Parkway and Bagby. Free to get in, but donation and proceeds go towards the...
• Posted Weekendist Nov. 14-15: The other things going on to Houstonist
  Block party blah blah blah. Fight the crowd if you feel like it. But if you don't, here are some other options. ALL WEEKEND2009 Houston Cinema Arts Festival — Tickets for most events are sold out but you can always hang around outside the venues in the hopes of running into her hotness Tilda Swinton. SATURDAY1 p.m. — Henry Darragh in-store at Cactus Music. Darragh's celebrating the release of his vocal jazz album Tell...
• Posted Daily-ist Tuesday: NANOFiction 3.1 reading to Houstonist
  NANOFiction, the Houston-based experimental literary journal founded by UH students, hosts the tenth installment of its reading series tonight at Kaboom Books in conjunction with the release of Issue 3.1 of the journal. The journal is published twice a year. The reading series takes place on the second Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. Tonight's reading will feature Sasha West, a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet, and Andrew Brininstool, who's works has been features in...
• Posted Weekendist Nov. 6-8: Uncle Charlie, 2010 Census, Via Colori to Houstonist
  FRIDAY 5-9 p.m. — POISSANT Gallery opening, "Filtered," featuring new work by three Houston artists, Felipe Contreras, Haden Garrett, and Carol Gerhardt, who's work with Barbies we *love*. Free, 5102 Center Street.6:30-9:30 p.m. — Via Colori sneak peak at Coffee Groundz. See prints from the VC ‘08 Photo Contest Winners and find out how to participate in the 2009 Photography Contest, learn how to promote The Center for Hearing and Speech fourth annual fall...
• Posted Get sticky at Lawndale's Sugar Skull workshop to Houstonist
  It's common knowledge that Lawndale has the best annual Dia de los Muertos art celebration in the city, but did you know you can get some hands-on experience in making a traditional symbol of the Latin American holiday? Sugar skulls are made from compressed sugar and water, and are decorated and then left as ofrendas at the graves or memorial sites of loved ones. They can also be eaten, if the decorations are consumable....