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Only at the Alamo: The Kings of Summer Fest

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - Mason : 7:00 p.m. May 27

There are two things you can do when you realize that if you don't get away from your family, you will lose your mind: A) Leave. B) Buy some ''this is what I'm wearing to the insane asylum'' shoes. (We have several pairs, in a variety of pastel colors.) Jordan Vogt-Roberts's debut comedy film,... More >>

Katy Film

Walter Mosley: Little Green

Murder by the Book : 4:30 p.m. May 29

Life isn't so easy for Easy Rawlins. The private investigator was almost killed in his last outing (Blonde Faith), and now he's tasked with finding a missing man in the Sunset Strip. All he has to do is sort through the various hippies, shady characters and beautiful women who cruise the area.... More >>

Kirby-West U Literary Events, Arts

Limp Bizkit

House of Blues : 8:00 p.m. May 29

With an upcoming album, Stampede, and a new single that just dropped featuring none other than Lil Wayne, Fred Durst and company are pulling out all the stops for their aim at resurgence. Seems that they might be defying the odds and pulling it off, too. Their Houston tour date at the House of... More >>

Downtown/ Midtown Music

Angry Birds Space Encounter

Space Center Houston : Daily

How big is Angry Birds, the addictive catapulting video game? Almost 2 billion copies have been downloaded and countless T-shirts, books and assorted paraphernalia sold. A feature film is set to join the recently launched video channel. And now the Finland-based company is moving into the... More >>

Clear Lake Museum Exhibits and Events, Family Events, Games

Chinglish

Asia Society Texas Center : 2:00 p.m. every Sun. until May 26

Lots of folks in Houston don't find anything funny about the Enron scandal; Tony Award® winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist David Henry Hwang, however, found a way to weave it into his comedy Chinglish. The Broadway hit follows Daniel Cavanaugh, an American businessman to China where he... More >>

Greenway Plaza Theater, Performing Arts, Arts

''Anointed and Adorned: Indian Weddings in Houston''

Houston Arts Alliance : Every Wed., Thu., Fri. until July 12

Pat Jasper, a member of the Houston Arts Alliance's Folklife + Traditional Arts Program, plays down her role in putting together ''Anointed and Adorned: Indian Weddings in Houston.'' It wasn't rocket science to figure out that we could do a pretty spectacular exhibition once we got a good look... More >>

River Oaks Arts

Pink Martini

Jones Hall For the Performing Arts : Daily until May 26

The band Pink Martini has a reputation for being wild, jazzy and hip. When it takes the stage with the Houston Symphony, the group will be joined by The Von Trapps. It seems The Von Trapps, made up of the great-grandchildren of Captain and Maria von Trapp (yes, from The Sound of Music), would... More >>

Downtown/ Midtown Performing Arts, Music, Arts

MFAH Film Revivals: Little Fugitive (60th Anniversary Re-release)

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston - Brown Auditorium Theater : 4:00 p.m. May 26; 2:00 p.m. May 27

See the movie that François Truffaut claims paved the path for the French New Wave movement when the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston screens Little Fugitive (1953). Filmmakers used a concealed, custom-made 35mm camera to capture New York's Coney Island, the setting for the poetic story of a... More >>

Kirby-West U Arts, Film - Repertory and Special Screenings

Sister Act

Hobby Center for the Performing Arts : Every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. from May 28 until June 2

Ta'Rea Campbell, appearing as Deloris in the musical Sister Act, says she and Deloris are both a little ''sassy,'' but while Deloris still pretty much says anything that's on her mind, Campbell says she learned awhile back that isn't always the best strategy. Sister Act, running for a week at... More >>

Downtown/ Midtown Performing Arts, Music, Arts, Theater

Little Joe Washington

Boondocks : 9:00 p.m. every Tue.

Out of a Third Ward blues guitar school that has now graduated to the great beyond Albert Collins, Johnny Clyde Copeland, Johnny Guitar Watson and Joe Guitar Hughes, Little Joe Washington is the last man standing. And he’s hardly standing still: He’s also pedaling his Schwinn from... More >>

Montrose Music

Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds

Arena Theatre : 8:00 p.m. May 26

Despite being best known for his solo R&B career, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds has actually been a big player on the music scene since the late '70's and early '80's, contributing to the creation of new jack swing by writing and producing for big names like Bobby Brown, Paula Abdul, and Sheena... More >>

Outer Loop - SW Music

Guns N' Roses

House of Blues : 10:00 p.m. May 28

Whether Guns N' Roses' current tour across the nation's House of Blues venues is simply a naked cash grab – general-admission tickets start at $135 – or an up-close way for Axl Rose to connect with his more affluent fans, the fact remains plenty of GN'R lovers will pay that much... More >>

Downtown/ Midtown Music

The Features

Fitzgerald's : 8:00 p.m. May 30

After coming to terms with their Christian-rock past on 2011’s We Are All Where We Belong, an album that was both gut-wrenching and exhilarating and swept the 2012 Austin Music Awards, Quiet Company seems resolved to lighten up a little on its brand-new album, A Dead Man on My Back. Gone... More >>

Heights Music

.38 Special

Arena Theatre : 8:00 p.m. May 31

Believe it or not, MTV is partially to thank for the solidification of Blue Oyster Cult's spot in pop culture. It was the heavy rotation of "Burnin' for You" that contributed to the mainstream popularity of these guys, who also brought us freakin' awesome tracks like "(Don't Fear) The Reaper"... More >>

Outer Loop - SW Music

A Flock of Seagulls

Concert Pub (North) : 8:00 p.m. May 31

Ever heard of a little ditty known as "I Ran (So Far Away)?" You might remember it from the days that it ran across the screen of MTV literally every ten minutes, setting a record for number of video plays. And even if you don't remember the music from A Flock of Seagulls, who in their right... More >>

Jersey Village Music

Wade Bowen

Mo's Place : 8:00 p.m. May 31

Wade Bowen, a regular on the Texas Country/Red Dirt music scene, has become one of the more popular singer-songwriters to emerge in recent years.The Waco native has progressed both personally and professionally over the years, leaving the band West 84 to step out on his own in 2001. He has... More >>

Katy Music

Killswitch Engage

House of Blues : 6:30 p.m. June 1

Formed thanks to the dissolution of Overcast and Aftershock in the late '90s, the metalcore gods known as Killswitch Engage have been growling, screaming, and (sometimes) singing their way into critical acclaim ever since. Known whidely as one of the founding bands of metalcore, Killswitch... More >>

Downtown/ Midtown Music

Mobb Deep

Warehouse Live : 9:00 p.m. June 1

Mobb Deep has put aside that whole feud thing they had goin' on in 2012, reuniting for not only for their new album, but also for a 20th anniversary tour. Yeah, it seems pretty crazy that they've been around that long, I know. As one of the most successful rap duos in hip-hop, Mobb Deep knows a... More >>

East End Music

White Ghost Shivers

McGonigel's Mucky Duck : 9:30 p.m. June 1

The White Ghost Shivers, a seven-piece act from Austin, are some ruckus-loving, kazoo and jug-harmonizing, skirt-lifting, naughty little things. From throwing whistles to causing blushed faces with their twinkling innuendo-laced lyrics, these musicians love to have a good time with the... More >>

Lower Shepherd-Kirby Music

Max Gomez

McGonigel's Mucky Duck : 6:00 p.m. June 2

Max Gomez is but a wee baby in terms of age -- clocking in at all of 23 years old -- but he's already got the poise and the chops to be a hard-hitter on the singer-songwriter scene, being compared to the likes of Townes Van Zandt in terms of his unassuming, wise demeanor. From the murky,... More >>

Lower Shepherd-Kirby Music

Iceage

Mango's : 9:00 p.m. June 3

Not even out of their teens, Denmark’s Iceage caused quite a stir within the indie-punk world a couple of years ago with New Brigade, an album that was almost pure id. With one nihilistic fuzz-bomb after another, it caused some critics to suggest a latter-day Joy Division with an even... More >>

Montrose Music

Fleetwood Mac

Toyota Center : 8:00 p.m. June 5

Imagine 40 million of anything. If it’s dollars, that’s a fortune; if people, a nation the size of Argentina. If album sales, that’s how many Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours has racked up since its February 1977 release, a number matched by few in music history apart from... More >>

Downtown/ Midtown Music

Cody Simpson

Bayou Music Center : 6:00 p.m. June 6

Although you may not recognize his name, Cody Simpson is a mega-star in the eyes of teenage girls across the globe. The Australian singer, whose journey to fame began with the uploading of some videos of his covers of songs like Jason Mraz's “I'm Yours,” has skyrocketed well past... More >>

Downtown/ Midtown Music

Fall Out Boy

Bayou Music Center : 8:00 p.m. June 7

Fall Out Boy, the emo-pop band that took the airwaves by storm in the early '00s, is back and apparently ready to save rock and roll, according to the title of their new album, anyway. They've taken the past few years off to pursue other endeavors, but now that they've hit the touring scene on... More >>

Downtown/ Midtown Music

Juanes

Bayou Music Center : 8:00 p.m. June 8

There's a little known fact about the multi-Latin Grammy winning artist Juanes that perhaps you should know: he used to head the hell out of the heavy metal band Ekhymosis before turning to a life of pumped-up Latin rock hits. Does it give him more street cred? Probably not, but he doesn't need... More >>

Downtown/ Midtown Music
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