Galveston Arts Center
6:30 p.m. Thursday, free
GAC’s “Intersections: Art, Science and Technology” season comes to an end with conversations with two Houston-based artists, Adela Andea and Pablo Gimenez-Zapiola. Andea will discuss the juxtaposition of nature and technology in her large-scale light installations in her presentation, Within the medium light, and Gimenez-Zapiola will explore the relationship viewers have with time and space as seen through his interdisciplinary work, which utilizes photography, video projections, text and computers in My Way Of Seeing + Merging the Analog With the Digital. Come ready to ask questions; the informal lectures will include slideshows and a question-and-answer portion to follow.
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir book signing
Murder By The Book
6:30 p.m. Thursday, free
Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich’s debut is part true crime, part memoir, a recounting of the visceral reaction her 25-year-old law student self had to confessed murderer Ricky Langley. The book follows her ten-year deep dive into not only the 1992 case – 30,000 pages of court transcripts and newspaper coverage, multiple trips to Louisiana, and hours of footage – but also her past, to reveal why this staunchly anti-death-penalty intern so desperately wanted Langley to die. Already drawing comparisons to Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, the book has made must-read lists in Entertainment Weekly, Buzzfeed and the Huffington Post for good reason.
14 Pews Film Academy: A Collection of Art Films
14 Pews
7 p.m. Friday, $10
The three Cressandra Thibodeaux-directed films on the program exemplify the 14 Pews Film Academy mission: to make films about Houston artists, particularly those underrepresented. Art & Activism centers on the relationship between artivists William Loyd and his transgender wife, Nikki Araguz-Loyd, as he attempts to create art while together they struggle for the right to be married. Thibodeaux takes a look at the influence of an iconic local artist in Nestor Topchy: Houston’s Phoenix, and follows art advocate Victoria Lightman in Houston Art Collectors, while also profiling artists like Dixie Friend Gay, Patrick Turk and Neva Mikulicz.
Kiss Alike – A Tribute to Kiss
Scout Bar
9 p.m. Friday, $10
Why shell out a hundred bucks to see Kiss when you can go down to Scout Bar to see Kiss Alike, Houston’s premier Kiss tribute band – also chosen one of our top ten tribute bands in 2016 – for a fraction of the cost? Overrated or not, the contagious joy that spreads through a room when everyone’s collectively lifted in song, shouting at the top of their lungs that they want to “Rock and Roll All Nite” – and party ev-er-y day – cannot be denied. Joining the band will be Tame Fury and Let It Rock – A Bon Jovi Tribute to fulfill all your “Livin’ On a Prayer” needs.
Honky Tonk Chili Challenge
Tomball Railroad Depot
11 a.m. Saturday, free
Fresh off the Rails & Tails Mudbug Festival, get ready to make the drive back to Tomball for the Honky Tonk Chili Challenge. Tony Booth, Doug Boggs, Liz Talley and Amber Digby & Midnight Flyer will supply the tunes, while chili masters from across southeast Texas compete for a spot at the Chili Appreciation Society International Championship in November. K-Star Country 99.7 will be on hand to host a Texas two-step contest (winners receive a weekend at Moody Gardens on Galveston Island), and there will also be a margarita “pour-off,” food and merchandise vendors, and a kids’ zone.