This weekend will definitely be an arty one.
Laura Rathe High quality Artwork may have an exhibition that includes artists who figuratively and actually blur the strains. Flatland Gallery brings meals to the desk with a West African meals artwork present. Reeves Artwork + Design presents a showcase of promising new expertise. Theater followers can get pleasure from classics from Shakspeare and Little Orphan Annie. This week’s column additionally features a breakfast celebrating native inside designers, a online game theater (sure, video video games will be artwork too!) at Metropolis Place, and a screening of absurdist superhero parody The Folks’s Joker on the MFAH.
So, stick out your chin and grin and take a look at what’s taking place.
Thursday, August 7
Laura Rathe High quality Artwork Houston presents Marcos Anziani, Matt Devine, and Sydney Yeager: “Line Tales” opening reception
“Line Tales” is an exhibition centering across the energy of line, gesture, and motion. Highlighting the work of Marcos Anziani, Sydney Yeager, and Matt Devine, the present explores the bigger narratives behind every artist’s use of line. Within the work of Anziani, Yeager, and Devine, line is greater than a proper gesture; it’s a thread that connects reminiscence, id, and expertise. Collectively, these three artists discover the emotional and structural potential of abstraction. By means of Sunday, September 7. 6 pm.
Improv Houston presents Christian Johnson
Clear comedian Christian Johnson shall be right here in Houston to provide you some profanity-free laughs. Since beginning his standup comedy profession, the Charlotte, N.C. native has labored with a number of the greatest names in comedy, together with Houston’s personal Ali Siddiq, Eddie Griffin, Damon Wayans, Damon Wayans Jr., Marlon Wayans, Sinbad, and extra. He’s identified for his viral comedic movies as “Uncle Nathaniel,” which has gained over 2.5 million followers on his social media platforms. 7 pm.
Houston Shakespeare Competition: As You Like It
The seek for real love takes Rosalind and Orlando on separate journeys into the enchanting Forest of Arden. Within the woods, every seeks refuge and journey solely to find a world of wit, friendship, transformation, and creativeness. Come early for nightly conversations close to the concession stand with HSF govt director Sharon Ott or creative director Jack Younger, as they discover Shakespeare’s work, his characters, historical past and background of the night’s efficiency. The manufacturing will run in repertory with Henry V. 8:15 pm.
Friday, August 8
Worldwide Inside Design Affiliation presents Leaders Breakfast
The Worldwide Inside Design Affiliation’s Leaders Breakfast is an annual occasion collection hosted by IIDA chapters that remember design’s significance within the world market by honoring the people who find themselves each the legacy and way forward for design. The keynote speaker shall be Maggie Jackson, an award-winning writer and social critic with a worldwide attain. A former columnist for The Boston Globe and international correspondent for the Related Press, Jackson additionally has written for The New York Instances and different publications. 7 am.
Flatland Gallery presents The Artwork of Fufu: fifth Anniversary Meals Artwork Present
The Artwork of Fufu: fifth Anniversary Meals & Artwork Present returns to Flatland Gallery, its inaugural Flatland Gallery residence, for its celebration of West African tradition, meals, and music. Visitors can style genuine fufu samples crafted by native cooks, discover vibrant meals‑impressed artwork items, and groove to stay Afrobeat music. Whether or not you’re a foodie, an artwork lover, or simply inquisitive about African tradition, that is an occasion you don’t wish to miss. Entry is free, however an RSVP is required. 7 pm.
The Museum of High quality Arts, Houston presents The Folks’s Joker
This reimaging of the “traditional coming-of-age story” Joker follows an unconfident, closeted trans woman as she strikes to Gotham Metropolis to make it large. As mainstream success eludes her, she unites with a workforce of misfits on a collision course with the town’s fascist caped crusader. Helmed by author, director, editor, and star Vera Drew utilizing her personal life experiences as a foundation for the movie, The Folks’s Joker (proven in superb 35mm!) is a deeply private journey that’s as a lot documentary as it’s parody. MFAH projectionist Baird Campbell will introduce the movie. 7 pm.
Stageworks Theatre presents Annie
Little orphan Annie charms everybody’s hearts regardless of a next-to-nothing begin in Nineteen Thirties New York Metropolis. She finds a brand new residence and household in billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his private secretary, Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy. Based mostly on the favored sketch by Harold Grey, Annie is a worldwide phenomenon that was the winner of seven Tony Awards, together with Greatest Musical. By means of Sunday, August 17. 7:30 pm (3 pm Sunday).
Saturday, August 9
DexaFit Grand Opening
Wind down your summer season by kicking off your well being objectives. DexaFit The Woodlands is internet hosting its grand opening this weekend, that includes a DJ warm-up, Orangetheory exercise, stay demonstrations, giveaways, and wellness distributors. RSVP & attend to be eligible for 25 giveaways, reductions and free DEXA scans. All attendees will get 10% with collaborating distributors within the month of August. 8:30 am.
Burmalicious X Underground Creamery cafeteria pop-up
CultureMap Tastemaker Award winners Suu Khin and Josh DeLeon are teaming up for a one-day solely pop-up at PX Cafe in Bellaire. In an Instagram publish, Khin guarantees a menu that features “rice, curries, and vibrant sides like the sort you’d discover at a avenue meals stall in Yangon, a Bangkok night time market or a Singapore hawker heart.” Tickets, $60, can be found on the hyperlink above. Seatings at 11 am and 12:30 pm.
FLUX Faculty of Artwork and Reeves Artwork + Design current FLUX SHOW 2025
FLUX Faculty of Artwork and Reeves Artwork + Design invite you to this annual showcase of rising expertise. This one-day exhibition presents a curated number of work, sculptures, and mixed-media works that mirror FLUX’s distinctive mix of conventional method and cultural exploration. Visitors will get pleasure from thriller artwork blind packing containers that includes unique scholar items, alternatives to satisfy the artists, and complimentary snacks and refreshments. Midday.
Regina Spektor in live performance
Anti-folk singer/songwriter/pianist Regina Spektor has launched eight albums in her profession, most lately House, Earlier than and After in 2022. Her 2002 self-released album, Songs, obtained an official launch on Warner Music in 2024. Let’s hope Houstonians may have a pleasant, good time having fun with the music of Spektor this weekend – and we received’t have any issues just like the drama she obtained at a latest Portland present. 8 pm.
The Man in Black: A Tribute to Johnny Money
Shawn Barker’s uncanny resemblance to the unique Man In Black revitalizes the true character and spirit of Johnny Money himself, certainly one of America’s best musical icons. The present options Barker in character as Money, strolling the viewers by every period of Money’s life and music, together with hits like “Folsom Jail Blues,” “I Stroll The Line,” “A Boy Named Sue,” “Harm” and “Ring of Fireplace,” full with a full backing band. 8 pm.
Sunday, Aug. 10
Metropolis Place presents Video Sport Theater
Expertise continuous motion as a high-tech online game theater rolls into Metropolis Place for an epic day of gaming enjoyable! That includes the newest consoles and prime video games (Tremendous Mario Bros., Name of Obligation, NBA 2K, and so forth.), the complimentary activation from Gulf Coast Players is ideal for gamers of all ages and ability ranges. Deliver your folks, problem your expertise, and dive into the last word gaming journey—utterly free. Midday.
Rooftop Cinema Membership Uptown presents The Father or mother Lure Film and Drag Present
Whereas Lindsay Lohan shall be again on multiplex screens this weekend with the legacyquel Freakier Friday, Rooftop Cinema Membership Uptown will display screen the 1998 Disney remake that launched her profession, throughout a night that may solely be described as “summer season camp.” Kick off the night with a drag present that’s excessive drama, excessive style, and simply the correct quantity of mischievous chaos. Then, settle in for the film – full with a fencing match, some Oreos and peanut butter, and the dream of getting your dad and mom again collectively. 6:15 pm.
Pleasure Yvonne Jones presents Cleopatra
Cleopatra is a cinematic play that fuses stay efficiency with pre-recorded movie components to inform the story of a contemporary Black queen navigating energy, love, and legacy. With a strong mix of classical language and up to date poetry, the manufacturing gives a recent, resonant tackle Cleopatra’s journey by a distinctly Black lens.The occasion is a part of a two-stage recording course of: a closed-set efficiency designed for clear cinematic seize, adopted by the stay efficiency in entrance of a studio viewers. 7 pm.
