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"Dirty Honey" With DJ Brett Koshkin Boondocks	Sat., July 4	Montrose	Music
DJ Brett Koshkin’s monthly “Dirty Honey” sounds like a gritty soul-drenched jukebox, doused with a gallon of the best funk of the past century and set ablaze with by the fiery voice of Mr. James Brown. On the first Saturday of each month at Boondocks, Mr. Koshkin lays down... More >>

"Houston Symphony: Star-Spangled Salute" Miller Outdoor Theatre	Sat., July 4	Outer Loop - SE	Fourth of July Free Events Music
Detest Mozart? Cringe at Copland? Keel over at the sound of Strauss? Even you can't help but enjoy the exuberant sounds of a symphony orchestra on the Fourth of July. Today, the Houston Symphony puts on its annual spectacular at the Miller Outdoor Theatre in the form of "A Star Spangled... More >>

10th Annual Lindale Park 4th of July Parade Lindale Park	Sat., July 4	Heights	Fourth of July
Start today with an old-fashioned family-friendly Independence Day at the Lindale Park 4th of July Parade. Located just east of the Heights, Lindale Park has hosted an annual parade and celebration for a decade now. 10 a.m. Irvington and Eleanor. For information, call 713-697-0088. Free. More >>

2nd Annual Independence Day Festival MECA	Sat., July 4, 5:00pm-10:00pm	Heights	Festivals
Independence: A Tour of America, MECA's Fourth of July celebration, has plenty to aid your pursuit of holiday happiness. Saint Arnold's beer, hot dogs, music, dancing, a great view of the fireworks downtown - what else could you ask for on our country's birthday? The event will feature a slate... More >>

Beyonce Toyota Center	Sat., July 4, 7:00pm	Downtown/ Midtown	Music
What better way to celebrate our country’s birthday than with Mrs. Jigga herself, Beyonce Knowles? Lady B comes home to Houston to wow all the single ladies with songs from last year’s massive I Am… Sasha Fierce. Who knows, maybe Shawn Carter will be sipping something strong... More >>

Washington-on-the-Brazos Fireworks Washington-on-the-Brazos	Sat., July 4, 8:00pm	Outside Houston	Family Events
How better to celebrate the 4th of July than at the historic Washington-on-the-Brazos Fireworks display? (Yeah, yeah, Texas independence, American independence, not quite the same thing, but for the sake of partying, it’s close enough.) The festivities include a western swing concert... More >>

Germán Herrera: "Book of Mirrors" De Santos Gallery	Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Sat., June 13 until Sat., July 25	Lower Shepherd-Kirby	Art Art - Galleries Free Events
Explore the thin line between the metaphysical and the physical in Germán Herrera's "Book of Mirrors," the newest exhibit at De Santos Gallery. Mexican-born photographer Herrera uses black-and-white, fragmented images, bathroom tile and a potted plant to create realistic-looking - but... More >>

"Fragmento" Station Museum of Contemporary Art	Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Wed., June 3 until Fri., July 31 more dates/times	Third Ward	Art Free Events Multi-Cultural
Get ready for a surprise at the Station Museum of Contemporary Art’s latest exhibit, “Fragmento,” by Peruvian sculptor Carlos Runcie-Tanaka. This time the tiny museum isn’t taking on the usual geopolitical issues it’s known for; instead, the exhibition explores... More >>

"Texas Heat Music Fest" With The Rapture (DJ Set), RJD2, People Under The Stairs, Peekaboo Theory, Glasnost, Hot Pink Delorean Jones Plaza	Sat., July 4, 12:00pm more dates/times	Downtown/ Midtown	Music
Houston’s sweltering summer weather sounds like a peculiar way to promote a festival (or anything, really), but the Texas Heat Festival could prove aptly named indeed. Shades of the old Party on the Plaza with a decided indie-rock, laptop-dance and underground hip-hop twist, the two-day... More >>

The Big Sleep Museum of Fine Arts, Houston	Sat., July 4, 3:00pm more dates/times	Kirby-West U	Film - Repertory & Special Screenings
If you can't make sense out of Raymond Chandler's whodunit novel The Big Sleep, join the club. Nobel Prize laureate/screenwriter William Faulkner, along with co-screenwriters Leigh Brackett and Jules Furthman, couldn't make sense out of it either. They called author Chandler to have him explain... More >>

Company OnStage: Reckless Company OnStage	Every week Friday, Saturday from Fri., June 26 until Sat., July 25, 8:00pm	Outer Loop - SW	Performing Arts Theater
Company OnStage’s latest production, Reckless, might be a little out of season (the story starts on Christmas Eve), but the message is timeless: It’s not why tragedies happen that matters, it’s how you respond to them. It takes Rachel, the show’s lead, a few turns at bat to... More >>

"Facing Mars: Would You Survive the Journey" The Health Museum	Daily from Thu., June 25 until Mon., September 7	Downtown/ Midtown	Children's Events Multimedia Museum Exhibits & Events
Humankind has often looked to the Red Planet, curious about what it might be like to walk its surface. But one serious moment spent thinking about how much it would actually suck to careen through the cold vastness of space for three years or so, stuck in a claustrophobic tin can of a... More >>

Museum of Printing History; “The Shell Prints of Jean Charles Chenu” Museum of Printing History	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Thu., May 14 until Sat., October 10	River Oaks	Art - Galleries
See some serious seashells in “The Shell Prints of Jean Charles Chenu.” The exhibit features a shellection (err, we mean selection) of original hand-painted, copperplate engravings from the French physician’s first book, Illustrations Conchyliologiques. These 150-year-old prints... More >>

“Blow Up Houston” Aerosol Warfare Gallery	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Fri., June 26 until Fri., July 31	East End	Art Free Events
Expect to hear a few booms at “Blow Up Houston,” a show of customized vinyl blow-up dolls. Wait, wait, these aren’t the plastic pretend sex-partners you buy off of X-rated Web sites. These dolls are nine inches tall and have heads shaped like explosives. Designer Jamungo created... More >>

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston: Gallery One Three Seven: "David McGee" Contemporary Arts Museum Houston	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Thu., July 2 until Wed., July 22	Montrose	Art Free Events
Curator Sharon Engelstein opens the new mini-show Gallery One Three Seven: "David McGee" today as part of the exhibit "No Zoning: Artists Engage Houston." The gallery's total area is just 1.37 square feet, making McGee forgo his usually large oil paintings and installations for miniature... More >>

Mark Todd: “Oh, Man.” Domy Books	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., June 13 until Thu., July 23	Montrose	Art Art - Galleries
Comic books, cars, fire, Kurt Russell — it’s no wonder Mark Todd calls his exhibition “Oh, Man.” Because that’s exactly the kind of stunned/amazed response his paintings and illustrations coax from viewers (mostly nerds). Todd re-creates vintage comic book covers and... More >>

"Genghis Khan" Houston Museum of Natural Science	Daily from Fri., February 27 until Mon., September 7	Kirby-West U	Museum Exhibits & Events
Talk about a guy with an image problem — even the PR geniuses of Mad Men couldn’t overcome Genghis Khan’s rep. Mostly because the name Genghis Khan immediately brings to mind a raping, pillaging barbarian with Dimebag Darrell-like facial hair. “I suspect that most of us... More >>

"The Nature of Diamonds" Houston Museum of Natural Science	Daily from Fri., May 8 until Mon., September 7	Kirby-West U	Museum Exhibits & Events
“A crystalline form of carbon.” That’s all a diamond is, really. But in its latest show, “The Nature of Diamonds,” the Houston Museum of Natural Science will offer visitors both substance and style. Learn about the world’s hardest material and the processes that... More >>

Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China's First Emperor Houston Museum of Natural Science	Daily from Mon., May 18 until Fri., October 16	Kirby-West U	Museum Exhibits & Events
You’ll be awed when you come face-to-face with the terra cotta warriors that were created by China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang. Meant to protect the emperor’s spirit after he died in 210 B.C., 14 of the warriors, which ride chariots, wield weapons and stand in battle-ready... More >>

Made in the USA Museum of Fine Arts, Houston	Daily from Thu., July 2 until Sun., July 5	Kirby-West U	Film - Repertory & Special Screenings
Although French cinemaster/provocateur Jean-Luc Godard always hinted that Made in the USA, his 1966 gangster movie, was an homage to Howard Hawks's 1946 The Big Sleep (playing concurrently at MFAH), it's really an outright homage to Godard himself. All Godard's tics of the trade are in... More >>

"Pioneers of Contemporary Glass from the Barbara and Dennis DuBois Collection" Art Exhibit Museum of Fine Arts, Houston	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., March 7 until Sun., July 26	Kirby-West U	Museum Exhibits & Events
Harvey Littleton is the guy who took glassmaking out of the factory and brought it into the studio — he’s considered the founder of the studio glass movement. And his work is one of the highlights of “Pioneers of Contemporary Glass: Highlights from the Barbara and Dennis DuBois... More >>

“Amy Blakemore: Photographs from 1988 to 2008” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sun., May 10 until Sun., September 13	Kirby-West U	Museum Exhibits & Events
Photographer Amy Blakemore considers her camera a tool for collecting bits and pieces of stories. “Instead of picking up stuff,” she’s said, “I leave with a flat, squared-off record of things and people in space.” The exhibit, “Amy Blakemore: Photographs 1988... More >>

“Body Language” Museum of Printing History	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Thu., June 25 until Sat., September 19	River Oaks	Art Free Events Women's Events
Talk about a loaded subject: Earlier this year, Women in the Visual and Literary Arts (WIVLA) asked local artists to submit prints and photographs that explore the theme of "Body Language" for an exhibit at the Museum of Printing History. Daunting, sure, until you recall that they're working... More >>

Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts: “Six Figure Artists” Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Thu., June 25 until Sun., August 2	Outer Loop - NW	Art Free Events
For the exhibit "Six Figure Artists," Tomball-area painters Liz Hill, Fred Hulser, Marty Hatcher, Lesley Humphrey, Dawn McKelvy and Howie Doyle painted the same model during one session, ending up with half a dozen similar yet distinctive works. (Each artist also created a second smaller... More >>

Luis Tomasello: "Recent Work" Sicardi Gallery	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Thu., July 2 until Sat., August 1	Lower Shepherd-Kirby	Art Free Events
Kinetic artist Luis Tomasello is currently enjoying a celebration of his art from the 1960s and '70s by collectors and critics alike. Work from earlier in his career could easily overshadow his latest pieces, except for this: His new work is equally impressive, as the exhibit Luis Tomasello:... More >>