Memorial Day Weekend is upon us, schools are out, and the heat has been steadily growing, all of which means it is now officially summer. If everybody's headed to the beach, then the art will follow. Galveston's regularly scheduled ArtWalk just happens to be this Saturday night for those of you who will be bidding our city adieu for the holiday weekend. Our local galleries are getting into the partying spirit as well: The CAMH has pulled together some local musical artists for their Steel Lounge Underground event tonight (starting at 8pm) and Lawndale Art Center is holding their very own Night at the Ballpark on Wednesday (Astros v. Nationals), which sounds like the perfect excuse to support a team that needs it. G Gallery is working in conjunction with Apama Mackey for an impressive show of over 50 artists from Austin, Houston, and San Antonio. The show will be on view all day Saturday starting at 11am, with a reception starting at 6pm.
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This weekend there won't be so much running about town, but what's going on is an amazing concentration of events at some of Houstonist's favorite venues. On top of what are sure to be great opening parties at labotanica, The Joannex, and The Temporary Space, there are a number of great film, dance, and performance festivals going on this weekend. The Houston Fringe Festival continues its smorgasbord of events at various venues across town — check out their schedule. The Slant Film Festival returns for their tenth year to bring the city a selection of the best short films by up-and-coming Asian American artists. And the Palestine Film Festival is picking up where they left off last weekend and moving their show to the MFAH. And of course, if you haven't checked out Catastrophic Theatre's new production, it is a must see.
There's always a lot going on in Houston's arts community so Artlandish is moving a day earlier to cover it all. On top of the gallery fare we have a Palestine Film Festival being put on by Rice Media Center (there's a kick-off party tonight at Khon's bar in midtown, p.s.). DiverseWorks is hosting the run of a new dance performance which is supposed to be top-notch. Urban Market Houston is back this weekend for all antique-lovers out there. And let's forget about economic crises for a few days and celebrate the 15th Annual Festival of Greece which starts tonight and runs through Sunday at the St. Basil the Great Greek Orthodox Church. What Houstonist is most excited and will not forget about, however, is the new production by Catastrophic Theatre, The Designated Mourner, which opens tomorrow night at the Catastrophic offices across the street from the Menil Collection. Seating is limited so get your tickets while you still can.
In case you haven't heard, this weekend is full of all sorts of Art Car related activities but the art doesn't stop there. Objectif Magazine magazine is working with labotanica to present the New World Creole Festival which started yesterday and runs until Sunday, including the Caribbean Short Films screening going on tonight at 7pm.
Saturday night is going to be great for skipping through the rain and hopping to all the galleries across town. Or you can stay in one place and catch a series of performance-based art and art-based performance at the Frenetic Theater. Other big celebrations going on this weekend include the 4th Annual Polish Festival at Our Lady of Czestochowa Church on the North side of town and the 10th Annual Houston Dragon Boat Festival on the bayou downtown.
As long as the spring showers hold off, tonight's free multimedia presentation Murals Under the Stars at Discovery Green will be a nice way to end the week. Saturday and Sunday, Lawndale Art Center will be throwing its Design Fair 2010 (formerly the 20th Century Modern Market) for the curious and the collector alike, showcasing (and selling) the best of the modern and contemporary design scene: furniture, glass, ceramics, lighting, books, metalwork and fashion. A two-day pass for the weekend is only $5. And if you end up leaving with some classy new bookshelves, Friends of the Houston Public Library will also be holding their 32nd Annual Bargain Book Sale this weekend.
This weekend we've got the Japan Festival at Herman Park and the Traders Village 15th Annual Bayou City Cajun Festival to keep us cultured on top of all the other openings and events around town. Even better, the Aurora Picture Show will be hosting cocktails and cupcakes before tonight's outdoor screening of films from the Menil Archive in the park.
The Bayou City Art Festival starts today in Memorial Park. This year's featured artist is Vic Lee, a pop surrealist from New Mexico with a bit of a theological bent. This weekend also concludes the MFAH's Alain Renais retrospective with a screening of one of his classic films each night this weekend.
The gallery scene has settled down a bit from last weekend, but Houstonist knows you didn't go see everything you meant to. Openings (and closings) are still going to be around town, and with all the on-going shows, there's plenty to keep busy with. Rice Design Alliance has organized a self-guided tour of the city's Southgate neighborhood for those who want to stay out in the nice weather and get to know the city a little better. There's also the Houston Downtown Alliance's Dowtown Home Tour and
The next three days are packed with openings and events all over town. The fact that the FotoFest 2010 Biennial kicks off today is the reason behind most of the gallery activity, but it also just feels like the city is waking up to the new spring weather. The Museum of Fine Arts is hosting a number of outdoor activities all weekend long at their Rienzi outpost in Bayou Bend as part of the Second Annual Spring House & Garden Days and the Menil Collection has organized a Community Arts Festival during the day on Saturday in collaboration with the various art organizations around the Montrose neighborhood.
This past Friday night, a group of Houston artists made their way westward on I-10 to represent the city's art scene at San Antonio's LoneStar Studios. The artists exhibited at the one-night event included: Kelly Alison, J. Todd Allison, Michael Collins, Rene Cruz, DumpTruck (Cory Wagner & Mat Wolff), Jack Erickson, Lauren Moya Ford, Ryan Geiger, Maria Guzman, Lane Hagood, Bill Hailey, Rick Illingworth, Sharon Kopriva, El Franco Lee II, Cody Ledvina, Jonatan Lopez, Nick Merriwether, Neva Mikulicz, Rahul Mitra, Eric Pearce, Brian Rod, Troy Stanley, David Wang, and Bill Willis.
Crack open your smart phone's calendar entry for tomorrow and Sharpie this in: "Go check out 600 sq mi: Hidden opening reception at Xnihilo Gallery to shake ass, drink beer and appreciate art."
It's arguable that the culture of no zoning in Houston has anything to do with it, but Houston artists have worked and exhibited outside traditional museum and gallery settings for decades. No Zoning, now on view at the CAMH, documents the alternative art scene in Houston and the ideas, structures and projects that have emerged from our unique urban landscape.
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- 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. — Don't Fight It monthly DJ night at Boondocks, featuring Dave Wrangler. No cover and free champagne until 11 p.m. 21 and up only, though. 1417 Westheimer.