Welcome to the
Houston Events Page. Here you will find all the upcoming events in Houston. From
ballets to concerts, you will find just about any event that is happening in
Houston.
Wonderland.
Jan 15-Feb
14. A modern-day Alice must
journey to Wonderland to find the love and everyday magic that reside in us all.
Houston events at the Alley Theatre. Call 713-220-5700 for more info.
Houston Grand
Opera - Tosca. Jan 22-Feb 7.
Renowned soprano Patricia Racette makes her role debut as the passionate Floria
Tosca in Puccini’s timeless drama. Tenor Marcus Haddock is the painter Mario
Cavaradossi, whom Tosca adores and Raymond Aceto sings the menacing Baron
Scarpia who will stop at nothing to destroy the object of Tosca’s affections.
Houston events at Wortham Center. Call 713-228-OPERA for more info.
Alley Theatre
- Intelligence-Slave. Jan 22-Feb 21.
The story of Curt Herzstark, a concentration camp prisoner who was kept alive by
the Nazis because he was rumored to have invented the world's first hand-held
four function calculator - a great prize if it could be re-created. Houston
events at Alley Theater. Call 713-228-8421 for more info.
Stages
Theatre - A Picasso. Jan 27-Feb 21.
It's 1941, the Nazis have rolled into Paris, and Pablo Picasso has been ushered
into a storage vault to authenticate three works of art the Germans have
recently "acquired". The father of cubism, a virtuoso who poured his soul out
onto the canvas, faces off with an enigmatic young female officer and suddenly
finds himself forced to choose between art and politics, creativity and
survival. Houston events at Stages Theatre. Call 713-527-0123 for more info.
Houston Grand
Opera - The Turn of the Screw. Jan 29-Feb 13.
In this operatic thriller two children are pulled toward the world of the dead
by the ghosts of their prior governess Miss Jessel and her lover Peter Quint.
Internationally acclaimed soprano Amanda Roocroft plays the governess whose
obsessive efforts to protect the children may prove more of a threat than the
spirits themselves. Houston events at Wortham Center. Call 713-228-OPERA for
more info.
Houston Auto Show. Jan
30 - Feb 7. Houston events at Reliant Center. Call 832-667-1400 for
more info.
Houston
Symphony Pops - Red Carpet Oscar Party.Feb
5-7. February means the Academy Awards®! Walk the red carpet into
Jones Hall in your Oscar® Night best for an evening of lights, glitz and
glamour. Remember your favorite Oscar-winning blockbusters with music from
Lawrence of Arabia, Exodus, Ben Hur and Titanic – as well as 2010 Oscar
hopefuls. Dress to impress – you never know when the paparazzi will snap your
picture. Houston events at Jones Hall. Call 713-224-7575 for more info.
Da Camera of
Houston - Ben Allison and Man Size Safe. Feb 6,
8pm. Cited in the “Best Bassist” category of the 2007, 2006 and 2005
Down Beat Readers’ Poll. Allison’s Man Size Safe quintet mixes joyous exuberance
and good-humored irreverence with textured grooves and an occasional political
jab. Houston events at Wortham Center. Call 713-524-5050 for more info.
Lunar
New Year Celebration at Children's Museum of Houston.
Feb 7, 1pm-5pm. General Admissions: $7.
Theatre Under
The Stars - Miss Saigon.Feb 9-21.
This modernized version of the classic love story MADAME BUTTERFLY has all the
timeliness of a country at war--making the character’s choices and struggles
newly relevant. With soaring songs like “The Last Night of the World” and
roaring production numbers that show a different kind of “American Dream”,
thrill with TUTS to this contemporary classic musical smash. Houston events at
Hobby Center. Call 713-558-TUTS for more info.
Dominic Walsh
Dance Theater - Romeo & Juliet. Feb 11, 13-14.
A reprise of the smash hit that brings together the worlds of contemporary
ballet, baroque music, opera and theater. Houston events at Wortham Center. Call
713-652-3938 for more info.
Da Camera of
Houston - The Spirit of England. Feb 12, 8pm.
Two gems of the British chamber music repertoire are featured in this English
tribute: Vaughan Williams’s atmospheric settings of A.E. Housman poems and
Elgar’s majestic Piano Quintet. Tenor Andrew Kennedy, known for his dramatic
performances in song and opera, and celebrated rising-star Orion Weiss make
their Da Camera debuts. Houston events at Wortham Center. Call 713-524-5050 for
more info.
Texas Home
and Garden Show. Feb 12-14.
Thousands of ideas, products and services for your home decor, gardening,
landscaping and outdoor living needs! Houston events at Reliant Center.
Soc. For the
Performing Arts - STOMP. Feb 12-14.
STOMP, the international sensation, is making its triumphant return to Houston.
The return of the percussive hit also brings some new surprises, with some
sections of the show now updated and restructured and the addition of two new
full-scale routines, utilizing props like tractor tire inner tubes and paint
cans. Five performances scheduled. Houston events at Jones Hall. Call
713-227-4SPA for more info.
2010
Chinese New Year Festival. Sat.,
Feb 13, 10AM - 4PM. Come out to the biggest celebration in Houston
and celebrate the Year of the Tiger. Lots of entertainment, food, music, and
more. Houston events at the Chinese Community Center, 9800 Town Park, Houston,
TX 77036. FREE ADMISSIONS AND PARKING. (MAP)
Mercury
Baroque. Feb 13. The group stages a
ballet version of Romeo and Juliet set to Vivaldi’s music with the Dominic Walsh
Dance Theater. Houston events at the Wortham Center. Call 713-533-0080 for more
info.
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