Spacetaker: Culture when you want it. http://www.spacetaker.org Event information for day as featured on Spacetaker.org. Copyright &copy; 2005 Spacetaker. All rights reserved. , 20 Jul 2008 00:00:00 CST , 20 Jul 2008 00:00:00 CST en Spacetaker RSS 2.0 generator Houston Cultural Arts http://www.spacetaker.org/resources/images/org_spacetaker_common/logo.jpg Spacetaker: Culture when you want it. http://www.spacetaker.org <![CDATA[Red Bull Art of Can ]]> http://www.spacetaker.org/event/?event_id=8619&event_date=Sunday July 20 at 10:00am&event_cost=Free!&start_date=2008-07-20 10:00:00&end_date=2008-07-20 11:00:00 Art Opening Special Event Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:00:00 CST http://www.spacetaker.org/event/?event_id=8619 Spacetaker recommended

When: Sunday July 20 at 10:00am

Where: Galleria Mall, 5085 Westheimer , (Map)

Price: Free!

Description: More than rockets will launch in Houston this summer as the Red Bull Art of Can exhibit opens July 12-25, showcasing a wide variety of art made from recycled materials. The public exhibit curated by Wade Wilson of Wade Wilson ART will be housed at the Houston Galleria. The 47-piece collection includes a life-size bull kicking a china cabinet, a Houston Texan football helmet, a kinetic pinball machine and an aluminum portrait of Barack Obama.

“The Art of Can competition energizes and c

]]> <![CDATA[Defending Democracy]]> http://www.spacetaker.org/event/?event_id=9587&event_date=Sunday July 20 at 11:00am&event_cost=Free!&start_date=2008-07-20 11:00:00&end_date=2008-07-20 12:00:00 Art Exhibition Special Event Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:00:00 CST http://www.spacetaker.org/event/?event_id=9587 Spacetaker recommended

When: Sunday July 20 at 11:00am

Where: Station Museum of Contemporary Art, 1502 Alabama St , (Map)

Price: Free!

Description: DEFENDING DEMOCRACY, featuring the political art of Emory Douglas, ASARO from Oaxaca and Otabenga Jones & Associates from Houston. The title of the exhibit is self explanatory; each collective is expressing through their art a commitment to participatory democracy.

]]> <![CDATA[Geopalooza! A Hard Rock Anthology]]> http://www.spacetaker.org/event/?event_id=9530&event_date=Sunday July 20 at 12:00pm&event_cost=Free!&start_date=2008-07-20 12:00:00&end_date=2008-07-20 13:00:00 Art Exhibition Special Event Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:00:00 CST http://www.spacetaker.org/event/?event_id=9530 When: Sunday July 20 at 12:00pm

Where: Houston Museum of Natural Science, One Hermann Circle Drive, (Map)

Price: Free!

Description: Discover a new dimension of "ROCK" when Geopalooza! A Hard Rock Anthology, a new special exhibition created by the Houston Museum of Natural Science, debuts May 23 - August 24, 2008.

Marvel at massive amethyst and citrine geodes taller than a person, jammed with gleaming purple and golden crystals. Admire an array of huge mineral crystals, including a gargantuan gypsum crystal from Mexico's "Cave of Giants," home of the largest crystals ever found. Gaze upon intricate

]]> <![CDATA[Old Weird America--Closing Reception]]> http://www.spacetaker.org/event/?event_id=9823&event_date=Sunday July 20 at 12:00pm&event_cost=Free!&start_date=2008-07-20 12:00:00&end_date=2008-07-20 13:00:00 Art Exhibition Special Event Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:00:00 CST http://www.spacetaker.org/event/?event_id=9823 Spacetaker recommended

When: Sunday July 20 at 12:00pm

Where: Contemporary Arts Museum, 5216 Montrose Blvd., (Map)

Price: Free!

Description: The Old, Weird America will be the first museum exhibition to explore the widespread resurgence of folk imagery and history in American contemporary art. Curated by Contemporary Arts Museum Houston senior curator Toby Kamps, the exhibition illustrates the relevance and appeal of folklore to contemporary artists, as well as the genre’s power to illuminate ingrained cultural forces and overlooked histories. The exhibition borrows its inspiration and title—with the author’s blessing

]]> <![CDATA[Discovery Green--Sundays in the Park]]> http://www.spacetaker.org/event/?event_id=9427&event_date=Sunday July 20 at 1:00pm&event_cost=Free!&start_date=2008-07-20 13:00:00&end_date=2008-07-20 14:00:00 Concert Special Event Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:00:00 CST http://www.spacetaker.org/event/?event_id=9427 Spacetaker recommended

When: Sunday July 20 at 1:00pm

Where: Discovery Green at Anheuser-Busch Stage, 1500 McKinney, (Map)

Price: Free!

Description: Sundays in the Park

Discovery Green Entertainment Series:

Relax in the park -- with great music, your favorite Sunday paper, activities for kids and dogs, garden tours and even Sunday Spa Tapas - available from the Four Seasons Hotel.

]]> <![CDATA[Oklahoma]]> http://www.spacetaker.org/event/?event_id=9796&event_date=Sunday July 20 at 2:00pm&event_cost=$25&start_date=2008-07-20 14:00:00&end_date=2008-07-20 15:00:00 Musical Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:00:00 CST http://www.spacetaker.org/event/?event_id=9796 When: Sunday July 20 at 2:00pm

Where: The Country Playhouse, 12802 Queensbury Lane, (Map)

Price: $25

Description: In its 52nd season, The Country Playhouse (Town & Country Village) presents one of America's most enduring musical theatre classics, OKLAHOMA!, which was the first collaboration between Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. More than just a complex love story set to music, the landmark 1943 musical was one of the first of its genre to use dance and song to convey plot and character. Although it is often produced, this is the first time The Country Playhouse has staged this blockbuste

]]> <![CDATA[SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN HOMECOMING]]> http://www.spacetaker.org/event/?event_id=9545&event_date=Sunday July 20 at 2:30pm&event_cost=$35&start_date=2008-07-20 14:30:00&end_date=2008-07-20 15:30:00 Theater Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:30:00 CST http://www.spacetaker.org/event/?event_id=9545 When: Sunday July 20 at 2:30pm

Where: A. D. Players Grace Theater , 2710 W. Alabama, (Map)

Price: $35

Description: It’s October 1945, and the Sanders Family is reuniting for the first time in four years at Mount Pleasant (where everything still smells like pickles). Dennis Sanders is home from the war and ready to step into the pulpit as Reverend Oglethorpe answers a call to go preach in Texas, with a very pregnant June in tow. The family has grown, but some things never change. Expect the ongoing Bible battle between the Reverend and Vera, loads of laughs, and more Bluegrass Gospel than you can tap

]]> <![CDATA[Ain't Misbehavin']]> http://www.spacetaker.org/event/?event_id=8419&event_date=Sunday July 20 at 3:00pm&event_cost=$18&start_date=2008-07-20 15:00:00&end_date=2008-07-20 16:00:00 Theater Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:00:00 CST http://www.spacetaker.org/event/?event_id=8419 When: Sunday July 20 at 3:00pm

Where: Ensemble Theatre, 3535 Main, (Map)

Price: $18

Description: It’s a vibrant musical revue and tribute to the black musicians of the early 1900’s. Highlighting the music of Thomas ‘Fats” Waller, a formidable composer and pianist with a legendary lust for life and one of the most prolific musicians of his time and an originator of swing music. Ain’t Misbehavin’ is sure to bring the house down with its wall to wall music, non-stop entertainment and American spirit.

Performances:
Thursdays 7:30pm, Fridays 8 pm, Saturdays 2pm

]]> <![CDATA[Disney’s When You Wish]]> http://www.spacetaker.org/event/?event_id=9268&event_date=Sunday July 20 at 8:15pm&event_cost=Free!&start_date=2008-07-20 20:15:00&end_date=2008-07-20 21:15:00 Musical Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:15:00 CST http://www.spacetaker.org/event/?event_id=9268 When: Sunday July 20 at 8:15pm

Where: Miller Outdoor Theater, 100 Concert Drive, (Map)

Price: Free!

Description: A supercalifragilisticexpialidocious new song-and-dance extravaganza featuring some of the best-loved Disney songs of all time.
Produced by Theatre Under the Stars

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