UPCOMING EVENTS
Throughout the month:
- DJ Screw and the Rise of Houston Hip Hop exhibition open to the public
Now Monday, March 19 – Friday, September 21; library hours
Location: M.D. Anderson Library, Central Campus
Price: Free
Contact: 713-743-1050 -
Guest Master Classes at the Moores School of Music are free and open to the public. For more information, please call
713-743-3313.
Monday, April 2: Leone Buyse - Flute
5:30 p.m. in the Choral Recital Hall
Wednesday, April 4: Christos Galileas - Violin
11 a.m. in the Choral Recital Hall
Thursday, April 5: Brandt Fredrikson - Piano
11 a.m. in Room 237 of the Moores School of Music Building
Thursday, April 5: Wendy Williams - Flute
4:30 p.m. in the Choral Recital Hall
Friday, April 20: Christina Jennings - Flute
5 p.m. in the Choral Recital Hall
APRIL 1 - 7
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Opera: Der Rosenkavalier Music by Richard Strauss
Sunday, April 1; 2 p.m. and Tuesday, April 3; 7:30 p.m.
Location: Moores Opera House, Entrance 16 off Cullen Boulevard
Price: $20 reserved seating; $15 UH faculty, staff and alumni; $10 students and seniors
Contact: 713-743-3313
First Friday Poetry Reading: Donald Mace Williams presented by Inprint
Friday, April 6; 8:30 p.m.
Location: Inprint House, 1520 West Main, one block south of the Menil Collection, one block east of Mandell, in the Museum District of Houston
Price: Free
Contact: Robert Clark, who may be e-mailed at
houstonfirstfri@aol.com
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Guest Recital: Christos Galileas, violin; Brandt Fredrikson, piano
Wednesday, April 4, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Dudley Recital Hall
Price: Free Admission
Contact: 713-743-3313
APRIL 8 - 14
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Guest Recital: The Three Reeds Duo
Monday, April 9, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Dudley Recital Hall, Entrance 16 off Cullen Boulevard
Price: Free Admission
Contact: 713-743-3313
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Concert: AURA Contemporary Ensemble
Wednesday, April 11, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Moores Opera House, Entrance 16 off Cullen Boulevard
Price: $10 general admission; $5 students and seniors
Contact: 713-743-3313
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Lecture: "Primarily Murray" features the perspective of Richard Murray, Bob Lanier Professor of Urban Public Policy, on the 2012 U.S. presidential primary races. Presented by the Houston Seminar.
Thursday, April 12; 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Location: Briar Club, 2603 Timmons Ln., Houston, 77027
Price: $25
Contact: 713- 666-9000
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Symposium: Texas Tribune Festival On the Road presents Energy & the Environment
Friday, April 13; 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Location: Wortham Theatre in the UH Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts Building
Price: Free, but an RSVP required
Contact:
rsvp@texastribune.org or
http://bit.ly/Hgvd6V
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Gulf Coast Reading Series: Zack Bean, Ian Stansel and Rebecca Wadlinger
Friday, April 13; 7 p.m.
Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet, Houston, 77005
Price: Free
Contact: 713-743-3223
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Fundraiser: An Afternoon with the Artists featuring School of Theatre & Dance alumni Brett Cullen, Cindy Pickett, Dennis Quaid and Robert Wuhl and benefitting the Cecil J. Pickett Scholarship Endowment Fund
Saturday, April 14; 1 p.m.
Location: Wortham Theatre, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, Entrance 16 off Cullen Boulevard
Price: $20, $40 or $60
Contact: 713-743-2929
APRIL 15 - 21
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Concert: Percussion Ensemble
Monday, April 16, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Moores Opera House, Entrance 16 off Cullen Boulevard
Price: $10 general admission; $5 students and seniors
Contact: 713-743-3313
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Concert: Jazz Orchestra/Jazz Ensemble
Wednesday, April 18, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Moores Opera House, Entrance 16 off Cullen Boulevard
Price: $10 general admission; $5 students and seniors
Contact: 713-743-3313
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Folklore Colloquium: The Art of Folk Spirit - Community religious expressions and traditions of "expressing the inexpressible"
Thursday, April 19; 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Location: Honors College Lounge, 2nd Floor M.D. Anderson Library
Price: Free
Contact:
lindahcarl1@gmail.com
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Awards Luncheon: Jack J. Valenti School of Communication 2012 Awards Luncheon featuring keynote speech "Memorial Herman's live heart surgery: The tweet read around the world" by Natalie Camarata, digital marketing manager at Memorial Hermann
Healthcare Center.
Friday, April 20; 11:30 a.m. reception, 12 p.m. lunch
Location: O'Quinn Great Hall in the Athletics/Alumni Center; Parking Lot 16 off Cullen Boulevard
Price: R.S.V.P. by Monday, April 16 at 713-743-8962
Contact: For special parking accommodations or dietary restrictions, call Renia Butler at 713-743-8163.
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Collaboration and Interdisciplinarity Conference: Immigration and the Immigrant Experience: Houston and Beyond
Friday, April 20; 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Location: UH Writing Center, 2nd Floor of Agnes Arnold Hall and KIVA Room, 1st floor of Farish Hall
Price: Free
Contact:
mchadwick@uh.edu
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Poetry Prize Reading: The three most recent winners of the Academy of American Poets/Brazos Bookstore prize will be reading from their recent work. Poets Karyna McGlynn and Russel Swensen and author Aja Gabel are graduate students in the
Creative Writing Program.
Friday, April 20; 7 p.m.
Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet, Houston, 77005
Price: Free
Contact: 713-523-0701
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Theater: The Cripple of Inishmaan by Martin McDonagh
Friday - Saturday, April 20 - 21; 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 22 and 29; 2 p.m.
Location: Quintero Theatre, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, Entrance 16 off Cullen Boulevard
Price: $10 students and seniors, $15 UH faculty and staff, $20 general admission
Contact: 713-743-2929
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Theater: Shakespeare on the Green: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Friday – Saturday, April 20-21; 7 p.m. and Sunday, April 22; 2 p.m.
Location: Discovery Green Park, downtown Houston
Price: Free
Contact: 713-743-2929
APRIL 22 - 28
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Inprint Brown Reading Series: W.S. Merwin
Monday, April 23; 7:30 p.m.
Location: Hubbard Stage of the Alley Theatre, 615 Texas Ave., Houston, 77002
Price: $5 general admission; free tickets for students and seniors at the door
Contact: 713-521-2026
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Concert: Percussion Ensemble II
Monday, April 23, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Moores Opera House, Entrance 16 off Cullen Boulevard
Price: $10 general admission; $5 students and seniors
Contact: 713-743-3313
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Release Party: The next issue of Houston History magazine will be released at a Blue Bell Ice Cream social hosted by The Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park.
Tuesday, April 24; 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Location: John B. Connally Plaza at Sam Houston Park, 1100 Bagby St. in downtown
Price: $15 subscription for three issues
Contact: Kristin Deville at
kdeville@Central.UH.EDU
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Concert: Concert Chorale, Concert Women's Chorus, University Men's/Women's Choruses
Thursday, April 26, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Moores Opera House, Entrance 16 off Cullen Boulevard
Price: $10 general admission; $5 students and seniors
Contact: 713-743-3313
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Concert: Symphony Orchestra with Clements High School Chamber Strings
Saturday, April 28, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Moores Opera House, Entrance 16 off Cullen Boulevard
Price: $15 reserved seating; $10 UH faculty, staff, alumni, students and seniors
Contact: 713-743-3313
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Reception: 34th Annual MFA Thesis Exhibition hosted by the School of Art, Blaffer Art Museum and DiverseWorks Art Space
Saturday, April 28; 6 – 9 p.m.
Location: DiverseWorks Art Space, 117 E. Freeway, Houston, 77002
Price: RSVP to 713-743-2830
Contact:
uh.edu/class/art
APRIL 29 - MAY 5
- The School of Art presents the 34th Annual MFA Thesis Exhibition
Saturday, April 28 - Monday, May 14; Noon – 6pm, Wednesday – Saturday
Location: DiverseWorks Art Space, 117 E. Freeway, Houston, 77002
Price: Free
Contact: 713-743-2830 or
uh.edu/class/art
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