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"Hasta La Basura Se Separa [artcrush]" BOX 13 ArtSpace	Every week Saturday from Sat., November 21 until Thu., December 31, 1:00pm-5:00pm	East End	Art Free Events Off The Wall
The 13 artists of "Hasta La Basura Se Separa [artcrush]" are in the business of resurrection. For the sculpture-centric exhibit, they've transformed mostly found or recycled objects from anonymous detritus into meaningful commentary on object identity and border politics. The show was conceived... More >>

Ben Tecumseh DeSoto: "Understanding Poverty" City Hall	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from Thu., November 5 until Mon., November 30	Downtown/ Midtown	Art - Ongoings Free Events Photography
Ben Tecumseh DeSoto won two Houston Press Best of Houston¨ awards earlier this year; he snagged Best Photographer, and his "Understanding Poverty" show at DiverseWorks was named Best Art Show (an honor he shared with collaborator Ann Walton Sieber). The exhibit has been retooled slightly... More >>

"Halloween Monster Show 4" Domy Books	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., October 31 until Thu., December 3	Montrose	Art Free Events Off The Wall
For Domy Books' "Halloween Monster Show 4," a simple call for entries leads to a diabolically diverse assortment of art. "I just ask my friends, and people that I like their work, to send drawings of monsters," Domy manager Russell Etchen says. "Everybody has a different take on it. I don't... More >>

"The Growth Experiment" Art Exhibit Darke Gallery	Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Sat., November 14 until Mon., November 30	Heights	Art Free Events
Melanie Schlossberg literally drew her subjects from the ground up for "The Growth Experiment." "I begin with a young plant and continue to paint the same plant as it grows over days and months, adding new phases of its growth to the original depiction," says the artist in an e-mail. She... More >>

"Stenciling Power" Rice University	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from Mon., November 16 until Tue., December 15, 10:00am-5:00pm	Kirby-West U	Art - Openings & Events Cultural Events Free Events
Mormonism and South American leftist politics don't exactly mix like chocolate and peanut butter, but Rice student Michael Adair-Kriz will bring them together for his multimedia show "Stenciling Power." The anthropology doctoral candidate - who, as a gay Mormon and former Young Republican,... More >>

James Hime: Where Armadillos Go to Die Murder by the Book	Sat., November 21, 4:30pm	Kirby-West U	Free Events Literary Events
Dallas author James Hime likes telling Texas stories, and his latest book, Where Armadillos Go to Die, is no different. It's the third title in his series featuring retired Texas Ranger and rancher Jeremiah Spur. Armadillos chronicles Spur's attempts to find a missing Brenham resident. It seems... More >>

Dieter Balzer Art Exhibit Gallery Sonja Roesch	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Sat., November 7 until Sat., January 2	Third Ward	Art Free Events
Dieter Balzer is known for his complex, clean-lined art objects - boxes on top of boxes and fun layers of primary blues and reds. The sculptural work, a mixture of geometry and ornament, is going up at Gallery Sonja Roesch. Roesch thinks the work is "marvelous, absolutely marvelous, because in... More >>

"rock, scissors, paper" Houston Center for Contemporary Craft	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Thu., October 29 until Sun., January 10	Downtown/ Midtown	Art Free Events
The new exhibit "rock, scissors, paper" features collages, installations, illustrations and even paper clothing created by a quintet of artists using commercially printed found paper. Lisa Qualls, Inca Pan, Renata Lucia, Claire Brewster and Wonil Suh fold, cut, layer, stitch and collage the... More >>

Matthew Day Jackson: "The Immeasurable Distance" Contemporary Arts Museum Houston	Fri., October 16, 7:00pm-10:00pm more dates/times	Montrose	Art - Museums Free Events
There's an idea that culture and innovation advance most during times of duress. (Translation: Pain is inspiring.) That's the driving force behind Contemporary Arts Museum Houston's "Matthew Day Jackson: The Immeasurable Distance," an exhibition of sculptures, constructed paintings, objects and... More >>

"Obsession of the Essential" Art Exhibit Art League Houston	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Fri., November 13 until Thu., December 31	Montrose	Art Art - Galleries Free Events
In "Obsession of the Essential," artist Brent Kollock reminds society that it rarely fixates on what matters. "You know, life, love and the woes and the joys," he says. His somber mixed-media works feature dense, dark collages made of cutout face parts - eyes, ears, noses, teeth - shaped like... More >>

"Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews during the Holocaust" Holocaust Museum Houston	Every week Saturday, Sunday from Sat., July 18 until Sun., February 7, 12:00pm-5:00pm more dates/times	Third Ward	Art Cultural Events Free Events Photography
In "Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews during the Holocaust," Norman Gershman's soulful black-and-white photography and first-hand oral history illuminate a part of the Holocaust that, until recently, went unexplored. The title comes from the response Gershman received when he asked Albanian Muslims... More >>

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An'Tony De'Shay: Pledge or Die Talkin-Headz Hair Studio	Mon., November 23	Outer Loop - SW	Literary Events Free Events Cultural Events

Delicatessen Domy Books	Mon., November 23, 8:30pm	Montrose	Film - Repertory & Special Screenings Free Events

Poultrygeist Domy Books	Wed., November 25, 8:30pm	Montrose	Film - Repertory & Special Screenings Free Events

Hellraiser Domy Books	Fri., November 27, 8:30pm	Montrose	Film - Repertory & Special Screenings Free Events

Female Trouble Domy Books	Mon., November 30, 8:30pm	Montrose	Film - Repertory & Special Screenings Free Events

"Deck the Walls" Opening Reception John Cleary Gallery	Sun., December 6, 6:00pm-8:00pm	Lower Shepherd-Kirby	Art Free Events

NANO Reading Series at Kaboom Books Kaboom Books	Tue., December 8, 7:30pm	Heights	Literary Events Free Events Literary Events