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Art Lies is a contemporary arts quarterly journal based out of Houston. Every year, the journal pairs with The Menil to present a lecture from a notable art critic.

Houstonians curious about the more technical aspects of the arts might be interested in a lecture tonight at The Menil Collection by Chief Conservator Brad Epley. Epley will talk about the field of conservation, and how it relates specifically to contemporary art. He'll also discuss new conservation techniques and steps take over the past year to preserve works included in The Menil Collection.

You know how when you finish a really good book or a perplexing movie and you just want to discuss it with someone, anyone? Houstonist likes to flock to Wikipedia or IMDB in those instances when no one else is around to help break down pop culture.

. Tuttle is a three-dimensional artist who has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. In 2005 the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art organized a retrospective of his work. Tuttle will speak about human creativity as it relates to trauma (physical and emotional) and healing. Menil/Rice Lecture series presents Richard Tuttle
Admission: Free
Date and Time: 7:30 p.m. tonight
Location: Menil Collection, 1515 Sul Ross, 77006

Graphic design has taken the spotlight in the past few years thanks to a number of high-profile events. Most notably was the Obama campaign, a tour de force of branding both visually and personally. Obama's O logo was said by some to look like a slab of bacon and a donut, and is also rumored to be the inspiration behind Pepsi's recent makeover.

::NetSquared Meetup at Stag's Head::

Hear the talk: The Rice Design Alliance (RDA) kicks off this year's annual architecture tour today with an illustrated lecture from distinguished photographer Richard Cheek, nationally recognized for his landscape and architectural photography. Adding to an already long list of accolades, Mr. Cheek was most recently published in Houston's newest architectural compendium, The Country Huseses of John F. Staub (Texas A&M University Press), penned by our very own Stephen Fox (reviewed previously by the Houstonist here). Don't forget to bring your copy for the pre-lecture book signing with both Mr. Cheek and Mr. Fox.

Charles Waldheim, visiting Cullinan Professor at Rice, and Associate Dean and Director of the Landscape Architecture Program at the University of Toronto, will be at Anderson Hall on Rice's campus Monday, March 10th at 5:00pm. Professor Waldheim is known for his pioneering work in landscape architecture, and urbanism. He is editor of the Landscape Urbanism Reader, Post-Fordist Public Works, has published numerous articles, and spoken and lectured at major US and international universities.

::Holocaust Museum Guest Lecture::