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From local Houston headlines, we bring you these weekend news bits... • There's an Amber Alert for a missing teenager from Fort Bend Co. • Houston Dynamo knock off FC Dallas to advance in MLS Western Conference Playoffs • Local authorities have released artist renderings of Baby Grace • An HPD office was hurt overnight in an accident on the Gulf Freeway. • The Museum of Fine Arts has raised over 3 million dollars...

Good morning, Houston. It's always nice to see our fair city get some love from outside — so we were happy to hear that Lester Holt and a crew from the Today show were in town filming yesterday for the show's "Cities They Love" segment. The point of "Cities They Love" is to showcase off-the-beaten-path attractions, so Today visited the Beer Can House, took a ride along Buffalo Bayou and checked in at the...

Rice Design Alliance's Fall Lecture Series, Design Activism: Agents of Change will present conscientious designers from across the country who focus on socially responsible design. These professionals believe social accountability shapes the physical environment. Their work integrates civic-mindedness within design practice and education. Each practitioner seeks to establish livable cities and towns, thereby creating a sense of community. Speaking tonight is John Peterson, Principal, Peterson Architects, and Founder, Public Architecture, San Francisco, CA. The...

It would if it were Christmas in July, right? Or at least the temps might climb down to a mild 75? See what the air is like at the Contemporary Arts Museum tonight, where ArtsHouston sponsors Steel Lounge Underground. Instead of carols, there will be DJs Majora y Minora in from Austin, spinning electro, disco, techno, house, and all other forms of I.B.M. (Intelligent Booty Music). And for holiday fare: free sushi and veggie...

The Museum of Fine Arts is opening a huge contemporary show this Sunday called Red Hot: Asian Art Today, all from the private collection of the Chaney family. This is big news not only because contemporary Asian art is (as the title suggests) about the hottest thing going, but also because seven other galleries in Houston are presenting contemporary Asian art *at the same time.* In combination, this is probably the largest collection of...

In 1974, a young muscian from New Jersey traveled to play a show in a small music venue in the South. He subsequently wrote a lyric immortalizing the venue: "Hey Frank, won't you pack your bags And meet me tonight down at Liberty Hall." The song was "This Hard Land." The city: Houston. And the young muscian was none other than The Boss, Bruce Springsteen. “Now Playing Houston: The Liberty Hall Poster Show” will display...

MFA's Designer Jewelry Trunk Show With Mother's Day two days away, we hope that by now you have come up with tons of ideas on how to celebrate the woman who brought you into the world. However, if you are like some of us, you are still drawing a blank. Well, you are in luck. The Museum of Fine Arts has aptly timed its 2007 Designer Jewelry Trunk Show for this weekend. Designs from Bobbie...

Tonight, the group of galleries on Colquitt near Lake St. (known as Gallery Row) will hold openings for several exciting new art exhibits. That means art, drinks, and hor d'oeuvres - and lots of them. Here's a preview of just a few of the exhibits that open tonight (receptions from 6-8). >> Hooks-Epstein Galleries - Teresa Dunn's debut exhibition of paintings and drawings titled In Dreams opens today. Dunn uses oils and graphite to create...

Latin Wave Film Festival and Kick-Off Party Join the Museum of Fine Arts Houston tonight as they host the Kick-Off Party for the Latin Wave Film Festival. The "Latin Wave" festival is a window to the newest and most original new films from Latin America. The high quality and the creativity of the films have made them one of the jewels of modern world film production. This second and larger edition presents nine films...

Salon Series features French Exhibit, French Films If you haven't made it to the MFA to view the Masterpieces of French Painting on loan from MET (um, whatcha waiting for?), this weekend's Salon Series would be a good time to get that taken care of before the exhibit leaves Houston on May 6th. On select Saturday evenings (beginning this weekend), Starbucks transforms the Audrey Jones Beck Building of the MFAH into a French Salon....

Architecture & Museum Lecture Series: Barry Bergdoll, "At Home in the Museum" Tonight the Menil Collection and Rice University Lecture Series "Architecture and Museums" present Barry Bergdoll "At Home in the Museum" at 7:00 pm at RIce University. Barry Bergdoll is the Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. He joined the faculty of Columbia University's art history and archeology department in 1985. A specialist in European...

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...

Movies Houstonians Love @ MFAH: Barbara Bush presents Life is Beautiful 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 minutes, subtitled) Show Times: Mon., Jan. 29 7:00 PM Purchase Tickets Roberto Benigni´s Holocaust melodrama is a tribute to the endurance of family love. Benigni and his real-life wife,...

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...

"Design Gone Mainstream" Lecture Series: Suzanne Trocme The Rice Design Alliance will be hosting their annual Spring Lecture Series on how companies like Target and Ikea have made design "mainstream." All lectures will be held in the Brown Auditorium at the MFAH. The series is kicked off tonight with Suzanne Trocme's lecture. Suzanne Trocme is the Special Projects Editor at Wallpaper, a magazine which presents a "design-conscious lifestyle" and is read by the general public....

So you still haven't checked out A Night at the Museum...at the museum? Only 3 weeks left to see it on the big, uh BIG, screen. In the ultimate case of art imitating life, the Houston Museum of Natural Science brings A Night At The Museum to the Wortham IMAX Theater. Finally, a chance to see Ben Stiller's head true size. Adapted for the screen by Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon (of MTV's The State...

A broken water line is causing delays on the MetroRail line today in the Museum District. The break is at the corner of San Jacinto and Hermann Drive at the north end of Hermann Park; it washed out support from under the track nearby, which will require repair after today's rush hour service. The Museum District northbound platform on San Jacinto between Binz and Ewing is the only one affected by the leak. Until it's...

Wednesday Mary Gauthier released her critically-acclaimed CD Mercy Now last year, and if you’ve heard it, you know how wonderfully dark and personal it is. The forty-something Louisiana native brings her haunting whiskey-ridden voice to the Duck tonight. When you hear her sing “I Drink,” it will sober you up quick. 7:30 p.m. at McGonigel’s Mucky Duck | info Thursday Colorado’s Big Head Todd & the Monsters are still touring on their 2004 CD...

If you've ever wondered what Mayor Bill and the missus pop in the DVD when they're lounging around Chez White, here's your chance to find out: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is screening the mayor's favorite movie, The Last Picture Show, tonight. The Last Picture Show, based on the novel by Larry McMurtry, chronicles the rites of passage of two teenagers in a one-horse Texas town in the early 1950s. The movie features a...