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Wondering what to do with that lingering Ike debris in your driveway? Why not channel your electricity-less energy and create 'Made From Ike' art for a chance to win some cash-money? We know you've got mad chainsaw skillz these days...

The sun rose on a beautiful, windy day on Sunday. In the whispers of the wind, you could almost hear the encouragement, and smell the impending victory. Your valiant Houstonist staff would soon convene to take on the Houston Arts & Media Houston History Road Rally (HAMHHRR) for the sake of honor, historical preservation, and cheap beer.

They tell us we should always dance as if no one is watching, but this weekend a big group of dancers will be dancing away at the Rice Student Union Center (6100 Main) with or without you in the audience.

While you might correlate cabinet gazing with weekend antiquing with your mom, tonight's Mambo Jambo exhibit opening at Rice Gallery (6100 Main St.) might just change your mind.

So if you've been following our easy, no-fuss no-muss primer on learning about art and local artists, etc. now is your chance to show off your new knowledge! This weekend brings us Spacetaker's 2007 Holiday Sale, featuring all kinds of work from local artists. They'll have everything from jewelry to paintings to sculpture for purchase AND 75% of the proceeds benefit the artist while 25% goes to Spacetaker, which helps nurture the Houston arts community!...

On Monday, we told you about the super groovy Houston: It's Worth It campaign, the brains behind it, and the accompanying photo book that will be released tonight at a special event at Lawndale. Check. So what else is happening tonight? Glad you asked. Hey, we can't do it all, we need your help in this fight to cover the mean streets of the H. Now get out there and get your event on. The...

Do you find yourself a little scared to venture downtown these days, for fear of what you may or may not find? We'll admit, it's not out first pick for happy hour, what, with all the awesome parking opportunities and diverse bars, clubs, and retail? So we are looking forward to giving it a chance tonight, as ArtsHouston hosts a Meet & Greet (Hello, downtown, my name is ______) tonight at Butterfly High (705 Main...

::Danielle Reich Trio at King Biscuit:: We saw this and we couldn't remember the last time we stopped by Height's area neighborhood pub & grub, King Biscuit. So we decided to swing back by tonight to see jazz artist, Danielle Reich. It's been too long. They probably miss us. Right? Riiiiiight. A regular at The Black Swan in the Omni Hotel, Danielle plays weekly with a trio at King Biscuit in The Heights. A veteran...

Bayou City Arts Festival - Downtown Need tickets to this weekend's Bayou City Arts Festival? We gotcha covered. We scored a few pairs, so drop us an email at monica (@) houstonist dot com and we'll hook you up. (And not like the time we tried to hook you up with our boyfriend's 3rd cousin. Sorry about that.) This all can be yours, for the low, low price of free (aka send an email to...

Check this, yo. Do you love you some literary salon each month? Well here it is a again, and an excellent pair of peeps for tonight's reading. Join Houston Arts Alliance tonight, from 7PM -8PM at space125gallery for an evening of poetry, scenes and literature. "Meet the Authors" reception begins at 6:30PM. Featured Authors: >>John Pluecker, samplings from his poetry and short stories: John has worked with various community organizations, popular campaigns, and artistic...

While browsing through some of the many Houston art sites, we stumbled across a nicely laid out map of all of Houston's galleries, museums, and art spaces on the Arts Houston website. And we likey. And yes, we know that "likey" is not a word. So save it for yo momma. ArtsHouston Magazine, which has recently seen a facelift courtesy of Frank Rose, "aims to fill a need for a media voice dedicated to performing...

Literary Salon @ space125gallery Join Houston Arts Alliance on tonight. August 2nd, from 7PM -9PM at space125gallery for an evening of poetry and literature. "Meet the Authors" reception begins at 6:30PM. Featured artists: Laurie Clements Lambeth PhD, University of Houston Creative Writing Program Houston Arts Alliance Individual Artist Award Recipient Winner 2006 National Poetry Series Open Competition Cambor Fellowship Recipient, Inprint David Stuart MacLean MFA, New Mexico State University Fullbright Scholar Mary Gibbs and...

Old is New: Opening Night Reception Opening tonight, Thursday, June 14, 2007 and running through July 26th, Houston Arts Alliance (HAA) offers Houstonians a fresh look at some old artistic techniques in space125gallery with its exhibition, Old is New, featuring the work of HAA Fellowship artists Catherine Colangelo, Anthony Thompson Shumante and Robbie Austin. In a nod to art’s history, Old Is New explores innovative ways of presenting old techniques and themes — transforming...

Houston Arts Alliance Literary Salon Tonight, longtime Texas singer/songwriter and current Poet Laureate of Texas, Steve Fromholz will take the stage at Houston Arts Alliance’s (HAA) Literary Salon, and this time he will be without his guitar. Fromholz will speak at the event and read from a collection of his poetry. With a career spanning more than 40 years and involving the likes of Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, John Denver and Jerry Jeff Walker, Fromholz’...

Houston Arts & Media Fundraiser + Silent Auction @ Saint Arnold's Brewery There are very few combinations that we can think of better than BEER and ART. No, we're not talking about the Beer Can House, but we ARE refering to the Houston Arts & Media Fundraiser @ Saint Arnold's Brewery tonight. Admission is only $20, a small price to pay for all the beer, food, music, and fun you can stand. Perfomring will be...

space125gallery presents UrbanScape: Opening Reception Join the Houston Arts Alliance tonight (Thursday) as they open the doors of space125gallery to present an unexpected new visual art exhibit, Urbanscape, with works by Lillian Warren, Katy Anderson, and Patrick Medrano. Half of the new exhibit takes every-day, ordinary sights and elevates them to stunning works of art. The second half of the exhibit transforms everyday pieces into sculptural art; however, both halves work in tandem and...

Weekend Festivities Kick-off World Premiere of Houston-inspired film A few months ago, Houstonist ran across a unique website that encourged Houstonians to leave comments and mark favorites places on a map of the city. We later learned, the site (www.hottowncoolcity.org) was one part of a treasure map of Houston’s hidden gems presented in two parts, website and film, as described and suggested by Houstonians. This weekend, the film portion of the project is being premiered...

The Bayou City Art Festival is happening this weekend (Friday-Sunday) at Memorial Park, and Houstonist has two free tickets to give away. The Bayou City Art Festival has been held by the Art Colony Association since 1996, but traces of it date back to 1971. It is consistently one of the top-rated festivals in the country and it was rated one of AmericanStyle Magazine's top 5 fairs and festivals in 2005. The festival is held...

Space 125 Gallery, in conjunction with "Dance USA On Tour" presents "flashDance: photography of Houston choreographers & dancers", beginning November 9th and running through December 22nd. The showing is free and open to the public. The exhibit will feature the works of David A. Brown, Jim Caldwell, Louie Saletan, Amitava Sarkar and Jennifer Leigh Wood. The opening on November 9th is from 6 pm - 8 pm. Regular gallery hours are Mon-Fri from 10 am...