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::Reflections of the Soul: A Legacy of Forbidden Music::

::Holocaust Museum Guest Lecture::

Some people consider Sunday the beginning of their week, we usually like to look at it as a great lazy way to wrap up a hectic 7 days, and prepare for the next round. We've decided to pull together a list of events that are ending today, so now's your chance to catch these before they are gone for ever. Kinda like last week. Bwah-ha-ha. Thoroughly Modern Millie | Playhouse 1960 The Sound of Music...

First Saturday in the Heights & Yale Street Arts Market Heights First Saturday is a day full of shopping, activities, and food designed to bring people from all over the city to the Heights area. This month, in addition to their usual self-proclaimed "small-town cool," will be featuring sign-up for spring classes at HITS Theater, a Heights area food pantry drive, and Buchanan's Blood Drive. Their website features more information about drop-off places for the...

God Sleeps In Rwanda: Movie Screening & Lecture Tonight at the Holocaust Musuem (yes, Houston has one of the best in the country), The Houston World Affairs Council will present a free screening of "God Sleeps in Rwanda," a documentary film by Kimberlee Acquaro and Stacy Sherman and narrated by Rosario Dawson. The film was an Academy Award nominee for best documentary short film in 2005. Acquaro will be on hand to answer questions...

Each week, Houstonist highlights a few of the more interesting events going on in the city. Check back each day for more details. Is that so much to ask?! Monday, Jan 29 Movies Houstonians Love @ MFAH: Barbara Bush The Museum of Fine Arts' series, Movies Houstonians Love is back. The former First Lady kicks things off with a guest lecture preceeding her favorite movie,Life Is Beautiful directed by Roberto Benigni (Italy, 1997, 116...

Hello again, Houstonians! Fun abounds this week, so check out all these exciting events. Friday, June 16 94.5 The Buzz's preparty for Buzzfest XVII should be lots of fun (see if you can spot Houstonist Karah Leigh!) You'll have chances to win tickets, and band 10 Years will be performing. It'll run 7-midnight at Scout Bar (18307 Egret Bay Blvd. in Clear Lake) Saturday, June 17 There'll be no quiz at "The Lesson Part Won:...

The Holocaust Museum Houston marked its 10th anniversary yesterday with ceremonies that included the unveiling of a 1942 German railcar that was most likely used to transport Jews to concentration camps. "It is a living reminder of a terrible journey that I do not remember but feel in my bones," said [holocaust survivor Chaja] Verveer, who was only three years old at the time. "Let it be a symbol that we today cannot afford to...