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22nd Annual TXU Energy
Houston Turkey Trot
Neighborhood Centers, Inc. and TXU Energy invite runners, walkers,
families and kids to join them bright and early on Thanksgiving morning
for the 22nd Annual TXU Energy Houston Turkey Trot benefiting seniors
and children served by Neighborhood Centers Inc.
Registration is available online at www.HoustonTurkeyTrot.org, with early registration fees available through November 22nd.
The TXU Energy Houston Turkey Trot is the second-largest footrace in
the greater Houston area, with about 20,000 runners, walkers, wheelchair racers, volunteers and supporters.
The event includes competitive and non-competitive 10K, 5K and wheelchair races, as well as a Kids’ Fun Run/Walk.
The post-race celebration includes free food, music, a kid’s area and
other fun family activities. Supporting the TXU Energy Houston Turkey
Trot benefits more than 192,000 seniors and children that Neighborhood
Centers serves each year. The Trot begins at Dillard’s by the Galleria on
Westheimer and Post Oak, Thanksgiving Morning, Thursday November
27, 2014.
Neighborhood Centers Inc. brings resources, education and connection
to more than 528,000 people throughout Texas each year. For more than
a century, Neighborhood Centers has offered innovative solutions to help
low-income families in emerging neighborhoods get a foothold in the region’s economy. The organization works with residents in more than 70
service locations to help them discover the strengths and skills necessary to become productive, prosperous and self-sufficient. Building on
the strengths of individuals and communities, Neighborhood Centers is
transforming them. FOR GOOD. Neighborhood Centers Inc. is a United
Way agency. For more information, visit www.iamforgood.org.
All Hail the Queen! Queen Victoria’s Reign will be showcased at
Galveston’s 41st Annual Dickens on the Strand Festival, held December 5-7, 2014. Tickets are available online at www.dickensonthestrand.org, by calling, 409-765-7834 or at all area Randall’s
stores. Attendees in Victorian costume are admitted for ½ price.
The 22nd Annual TXU Energy Houston Turkey Trot will be held Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, November 27, 2014. Houston Turkey Trot benefiting seniors and children served by Neighborhood Centers Inc. The Registration is available online at www.HoustonTurkeyTrot.org, with early registration
fees available through November 22nd.
Dickens on the
Strand Festival
All hail her majesty, the Queen!
The 41st annual event, produced
by Galveston Historical Foundation, will feature influences from
the colonies of Great Britain during
the time of Charles Dickens. This
year’s festival begins Friday, December 5 with free admission from
5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and continues Saturday, December 6, from 10 a.m.
to 9 p.m. and Sunday, December
7, from 12 to 6 p.m. Tickets purchased before December 5 are
$12 for adults and $6 for children
ages 7-12. Tickets purchased at
the gate are $14. Discounted tickets for GHF members are available for $9 for Saturday or Sunday. Tickets are available online at
www.dickensonthestrand.org, by
calling, 409-765-7834 or at all area
Randall’s stores. Attendees
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Ice Age Coming to Moody Gardens
Moody Gardens presents Ice Age from November 15, 2014 to May 10,
2015. Ice Age is an exciting and educational exhibition that invites you to
travel back in time to discover a frigid world, covered in ice and occupied
by mammoths, saber-toothed cats, bears, gigantic birds, cave people
and more.
Ice Age features life-sized animatronic animals, real fossils, some of
which can be touched by our guests, and cast skeletons set within elaborate Ice Age scenery.
The exhibition begins 2.5 million years ago when the Earth witnessed a
major environmental disruption, one that lead to dramatic evolutionary
changes to Earth’s life forms and forever shaped human history. Guests
then travel through galleries exploring the Megafauna, or giant Ice Age
animals; the Ice People, including Neanderthals and Cro Magnons; the
Tar Pits, the death traps of the Ice Age creatures; and the Megafaunal
Extinction, exploring the theories for why many animals of the Ice Age
became extinct.
This exhibition provides a unique and exciting walk through the Ice Age
epoch for families and visitors of all ages, closing with poignant discussion topics about Earth’s fragile climates and possible return of the Ice.
The Ice Return Gallery explores the prediction for another glacial period
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Books, Picks and Gifts
The Pecan Man: by Cassie Dandridge Selleck -- The Pecan Man is a work
of Southern fiction by Florida native Cassie Dandridge Selleck. Its first chapter was
the First Place winner of the 2006 CNW/FFWA Florida State Writing Competition in the
Unpublished Novel category. In the summer of 1976, recently widowed and childless
Ora Lee Beckworth hires a homeless old black man to mow her lawn. The neighborhood children call him the Pee-can Man; their mothers call them inside whenever he
appears. When he is arrested for murder, only Ora knows the truth about the man she
calls Eddie. But truth is a fickle thing, and a lie is self-perpetuating. Ora and her maid
Blanche soon find themselves in a web of lies that send an innocent man to prison
for the rest of his life. Twenty-five years later, Ora sets out to tell the truth about the
Pecan Man. Listen as she begins her story: “Blanche worked for me through birth and
death, joy and sorrow and Lord knows we had a lot of sorrow in all the time we spent
under this roof. Most people figured she was crazy to put up with me all those years,
but Blanche and I had an understanding. It was a vow we made back in 1976. Neither
of us spoke of it afterwards, but it hung between us like a spider web, fragile and easy
to break, but danged hard to get shed of once the threads took hold.”
All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel: by Anthony Doerr -- From the highly
acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the beautiful, stunningly ambitious
instant New York Times bestseller about a blind French girl and a German boy whose
paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.
Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where he
works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind
and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize
it by touch and navigate her way home. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris
and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s
reclusive great-uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might
be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel. In a mining town in Germany,
the orphan Werner grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they
find. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments,
a talent that wins him a place at a brutal academy for Hitler Youth, then a special assignment to track the resistance. More and more aware of the human cost of his intelligence, Werner travels through the heart of the war and, finally, into Saint-Malo, where
his story and Marie-Laure’s converge. Doerr’s “stunning sense of physical detail and
gorgeous metaphors” (San Francisco Chronicle) are dazzling. Deftly interweaving the
lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, he illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try
to be good to one another. Ten years in the writing, All the Light We Cannot See is a
magnificent, deeply moving novel from a writer “whose sentences never fail to thrill”
(Los Angeles Times).
Big Little Lies: by Liane Moriarty -- Sometimes it’s the little lies that turn out
to be the most lethal... A murder… a tragic accident... or just parents behaving badly?
What’s indisputable is that someone is dead. But who did what? Big Little Lies follows
three women, each at a crossroads: Madeline is a force to be reckoned with. She’s
funny and biting, passionate, she remembers everything and forgives no one. Her exhusband and his yogi new wife have moved into her beloved beachside community,
and their daughter is in the same kindergarten class as Madeline’s youngest (how is
this possible?). And to top it all off, Madeline’s teenage daughter seems to be choosing Madeline’s ex-husband over her. (How. Is. This. Possible?). Celeste is the kind
of beautiful woman who makes the world stop and stare. While she may seem a bit
flustered at times, who wouldn’t be, with those rambunctious twin boys? Now that the
boys are starting school, Celeste and her husband look set to become the king and
queen of the school parent body. But royalty often comes at a price, and Celeste is
grappling with how much more she is willing to pay. New to town, single mom Jane
is so young that another mother mistakes her for the nanny. Jane is sad beyond her
years and harbors secret doubts about her son. But why? While Madeline and Celeste
soon take Jane under their wing, none of them realizes how the arrival of Jane and her
inscrutable little boy will affect them all. Big Little Lies is a brilliant take on ex-husbands
and second wives, mothers and daughters, schoolyard scandal, and the dangerous
little lies we tell ourselves just to survive.
Walking on Water: A Novel: by Richard Paul Evans -- In this fifth New York
Times bestseller in the Walk series, Richard Paul Evans’s hero Alan Christoffersen
must say some painful goodbyes and learn some important lessons as he comes to
the end of his cross-country walk to Key West. After the death of his beloved wife, after
the loss of his advertising business to his once-trusted partner, after bankruptcy forced
him from his home, Alan Christoffersen’s daring cross-country journey—a walk across
America, from Seattle to Key West, with only the pack on his back—has taught him
lessons about love, forgiveness and, most of all, hope. Now Alan must again return
west to face yet another crisis, one that threatens to upend his world just as he had
begun to heal from so much loss, leaving him unsure of whether he can reach the end
his journey. It will take the love of a new friend, and the wisdom of an old friend, to help
him to finally leave the past behind and find the strength and hope to live again.
Books available at www.amazon.com,
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November 2014
Miller Outdoor Theatre Performances
There’s something for everyone on stage at Miller Outdoor Theatre in
Hermann Park. From daytime programs especially for young children to
family friendly evening performances of music, dance, theatre and more,
this is Houston’s best entertainment value. Admission is free! For a complete schedule, visit www.milleroutdoortheatre.com. Free tickets for evening performances are available on a first-come first-served basis (four
per person over age 16 while they last) at the Miller Outdoor Theatre box
office the day of the performance between the hours of 10:30 a.m.—1
p.m. for assigned seating under the canopy.
A Man’s Requiem – SEOP Dance Company of Korea, Nov. 7 at 7:30
p.m. The Texas premiere of one of Korea’s finest dance companies,
SEOP uses both traditional and contemporary Korean dance techniques
to create a stunning display of sound, color and movement. A Man’s Requiem premiered at the World Festival of National Theatres in Korea and
has since toured nine countries and extensively through South Korea.
This composition explores the powerful them of “when a sinner dies, he
must be judged.”
FROGZ, Nov. 8 at 6:30 p.m.: Since 1979, the wildly inventive, Oregonbased Imago Theatre has produced tantalizing, transformative theatre
that crosses boundaries traditionally associated with language, age and
the physical realm. Drawing inspiration from a wide variety of artistic mediums — vaudeville, comedy and illusion, to name a few — Imago is
able to construct surreal landscapes through movement and sound. The
troupe’s kaleidoscopic approach to its art is unparalleled; of their work,
the New York Times has stated, “Theater like this opens the eyes to the
possibilities of exploration in the vast realm of imagination.” Not easily
pigeon-holed, Imago has repeatedly proven unique in its ability to create critically acclaimed, family-oriented productions — their smash hit,
FROGZ, effortlessly weaves mime, dance and acrobatics into a must-see
spectacle for the entire family.
Community Health Choice Movie Night at Miller: The Lego Movie,
Nov. 9 at 6:30 p.m.: Join Community Health Choice for a special, onenight-only viewing of The Lego Movie. Boasting beautiful animation, a
charming voice cast and laugh-a-minute gags, this 2014 smash hit is
colorful fun for all ages.
The Ultimate Michael Jackson Experience, Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m.: Entertaining and electrifying, this high energy production is a tribute to the
music and dance of the iconic Michael Jackson. Starring and choreographed by the remarkably talented Joby Rogers – who bears a striking
resemblance to Jackson – this exhilarating production features worldclass singers and dancers performing Michael’s timeless pop classics
and maneuvering his masterful, intricate dance moves, while preserving
the legacy and spirit of the King of Pop.
Yemen Blues, Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m.: The passionate Yemeni-born Israeli
singer Ravid Kahalani leads a roaring group of musicians that merge West
African rhythms, ancient Jewish Yemeni melodies, mambo and funk. This
performance is generously underwritten by The Maurice Amado Foundation. The group appeared in Paste Magazine’s list of 10 International
Acts to Watch and performed a captivating, star-making set at the 2012
globalFEST—the most prestigious world music festival in America. The
band is currently working on the follow-up to their stellar 2011 debut. With
members hailing from Israel, Finland, Uruguay and the US, Yemen Blues
captures myriad global influences, blending them in to a seamless, soulful and raucous stew.
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Alley Theatre’s A
Christmas Carol
Houston holiday favorite, A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story of
Christmas returns this season with
previews beginning November 21,
2014, opening November 25, 2014
through December 24, 2014. Performances will be held at University of Houston.
A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story
of Christmas returns this year with
a re-telling of Charles Dickens’
classic story, which follows Ebenezer Scrooge’s journey with the
three ghostly spirits that visit him
on Christmas Eve. A Christmas
Carol instills a powerful message
about redemption and the spirit of
the holiday season.
All children must have a ticket and
be able to sit in their own seat for
the entire length of the performance without disturbing those
around them. Children ages 5 and
younger are not permitted at any
time.
For tickets and information, call
713-220-5700. Visit the website at
www.alleytheatre.org.
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Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2014: Sons de L’âme, Nov. 16 at 6:30
p.m. Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2014 and Houston Ballet present
the documentary dance performance film Sons de L’âme (“Sounds of
the Soul”) choreographed by Houston Ballet Artistic Director Stanton
Welch and set to piano pieces by Frédéric Chopin performed by Lang
Lang. Taped in Paris, and broadcast on television in several European
countries, Houston Ballet’s performances premiered to standing ovations
at the historic Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, France in October 2013. Reviewing Sons de L’âme for the Houston Press, critic D.L.
Groover observed, “Welch has pared his distinctive choreography to
match the refined music. The overall mood is clean and elegant, technically brilliant and powerfully emotive. Is there another contemporary choreographer who can move dancers on and off stage with such proficiency
and know-how? The classical vocabulary he uses doesn’t only express
the music but also illuminates. He makes us see Chopin. The view is
hypnotic.”
Metropolis!, Nov. 21 & 22 at 7:30 p.m.: 30 performers direct from Houston’s sister city Shenzhen (China) bring you this entertaining Broadwaystyle musical that bridges Chinese and Western performing arts with
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Houston Rose
Society Meeting
The Houston Rose Society will
hold its Fall Rose Show on November 8th from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at
South Main Baptist Church, 4300
Beltway 8, Pasadena, TX. Gardeners from around the state will
bring their best blooms to compete
for trophies. Expert consulting rosarians will be on hand to answer
questions, share tips, and make
recommendations. Come to see
beautiful roses and learn how easy
it is to grow them. Free admission.
More information at www.houstonrose.org.
Da Camera
Jazz Series
Da Camera continues its jazz series with the Houston debut of vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, Saturday, November 8, 2014 at 8:00
p.m. at Cullen Theater, Wortham
Theater Center. Cécile McLorin
Salvant has dazzled audiences
around the world with her expressive style and masterful technique.
Da Camera’s jazz series continues with Latin jazz vocalist Claudia
Acuna on December 6; pianist Jason Moran’s Da Camera-commissioned Rauschenberg Project on
February 7; Houston native drummer Kendrick Scott’s Oracle on
March 7; and saxophonist Branford Marsalis on April 18.
Tickets for Cecile McLorin Salvant
are $67.50, $52.50, and $37.50
and are available by contacting
Da Camera, 1427 Branard, at 713524-5050, or by visiting the website
at www.dacamera.com. Tickets for
students, teachers and senior citizens are always half-price.
Plant It
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Urban farms for Houston, small
businesses for refugees, Plant It
Forward offers economically disadvantaged refugees an opportunity
to become self-sufficient through
growing, harvesting and selling
produce from a sustainable urban
farm within the city of Houston.
Each farm will have the potential
to generate a fair wage for a family of four while providing premium
brand sustainably-grown produce
to Houstonians.
Plant It Forward secures land, selects, trains, and mentors farmers
and establishes each on their own
urban farm to sell under the Plant
It Forward brand. Call 713-5998445 or visit the website at:
www.plant-it-forward.org/.
November 2014
Inner Loop
Dance Source Houston Birthday Bash
Ten years ago, a group of artists and art-lovers had a wonderful idea:
“Let’s create a hub for the dance community that will serve as a connection
between companies and artists, and as a central advocate for contemporary dance in Houston.” With that goal in mind, Dance Source Houston
was born. Beginning with straightforward and necessary services such
as the Dance Card, a printed dance calendar found in playbills across
the city, Dance Source has grown, now managing The Barn – Dance
Source Performing Arts Space, providing performance opportunities and
offering a large variety of marketing and support services geared toward
helping the Houston dance community thrive. Christina Giannelli, Dance
Source Houston’s Founder and Board Chair, is “extremely pleased and
a bit astonished to find ourselves at this Anniversary. In it’s first ten years
Dance Source has developed into a stable organization with creative and
visionary leadership. For a long time it was Houston’s virtual home for
dance, with the addition of The Barn it is now able to offer a whole new
collection of programs to support and encourage Contemporary Dance in
Houston. How sweet is that!”
Dance Source kicks-off the anniversary celebration on November 6, 2014
from 7-9 p.m., with a unique fundraising event at Dance Source Houston’s facility, The Barn. The celebration will feature music, food, drink,
and the debut of Truck Dances. Lydia Hance, Artistic Director of Frame
Dance Productions has been commissioned to create a new work using
two box trucks as her stage. The new piece will debut at the November
6 event and will launch the use of trucks as a mobile stage that can take
artists directly to dance audiences throughout the city.
For Ms. Hance, the choreographic challenge presents an amazing opportunity, “When I heard about the Truck Dances piece I couldn’t sit still.
It makes perfect sense to have dance in a box truck. Four musicians,
three dancers, two trucks. I love the limits of the space, and the intrinsic
suggestions of movement and confinement. The shape of the truck is a
frame for the eye, and the challenge for me is: how do these two trucks
relate to each other, and how can the walls connect, not separate, the
dancers?”
Dance Source Houston’s Anniversary Celebration will take place on
Thursday, November 6 from 7-9 p.m. at The Barn, 2201 Preston St,
Houston, TX 77003. Tickets are $100 advance purchase; $125 at the
door. Limited number of tickets available. To purchase tickets visit the
web at www.dancesourcehouston.secure.force.com/ticket/. For more information, call 713-224-3262 or visit www.dancesourcehouston.org.
Dance Source Houston is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to
creating audiences and appreciation for contemporary dance in Houston
and beyond. Dance Source Houston publishes The Dance Card – Houston dance event listings and The Dance DiSH online magazine. Dance
Source also manages The Barn – Dance Source Performing Arts Space,
a 7200 square foot facility housing 2 large dance studios and a 120-seat
black box theatre dedicated to supporting Houston’s dance community.
These activities are supported in part by a grant from The City of Houston
through the Houston Arts Alliance, Houston Endowment, Inc., The Heimbinder Family Foundation and the Nightingale Code Foundation.
Frame Dance Productions is a fresh and energetic presence on the
dance scene in Houston. Frame Dance Productions’ mission is to engage audiences with dance in meaningful ways through creating innovative and vulnerable works for the screen and stage. Over the past three
years, you may have seen the Framers dance at the Contemporary Art
Museum, Miller Outdoor Theater, Jones Plaza, the Pennzoil Place building, the Photobooth on Montrose, the Port Boliver ferry, Big Range Dance
Festival, art galleries, and on screens in film festivals all over Houston,
Virginia and Berlin. www.Framedance.org.
Urban Harvest Digs Houston
Sow the seeds for a garden and you may be surprised at what grows
alongside the vegetables and fruits. Little minds sprout and flourish.
Friendships blossom. Communities thrive. Harvest the garden and it
nourishes the body and mind, provides revenue, and instills respect for a
greener, sustainable environment.
From this simple concept grew Urban Harvest, a nonprofit organization
with three hardworking programs at its core: Community Gardens, gardening and youth Education, and Farmers Markets. Urban Harvest inspires and empowers people of diverse backgrounds to grow and share
healthy foods, in the process enriching the city we all call home. Visit the
website at www.urbanharvest.org.
Inner Loop
November 2014
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Children’s Museum of Houston Unwraps
The Grinch’s Holiday Workshop
Join Cindy-Lou Who, the lovable dog Max and the “Mean One” himself, The Grinch, at The
Grinch’s Holiday Workshop, a new interactive experience opening at the Children’s Museum
of Houston. Inspired by Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and developed by the
Children’s Museum of Manhattan with the permission of Dr. Seuss Enterprises, The Grinch’s
Holiday Workshop opens November 22, 2014 and runs through January 5, 2015.
“Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a beloved holiday classic children and their
families enjoy together year after year,” said Tammie Kahn, the Children’s Museum of Houston’s Executive Director. “The Grinch’s Holiday Workshop will bring that story and characters of Who-ville to life.”
To step into The Grinch’s Holiday Workshop is to walk into the pages of Dr. Seuss’ classic holiday tale. Gallery walls, wrapped in scenes from Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole
Christmas! pop with Who-holiday spirit. See Cindy-Lou Who at the Who-ville holiday feast,
where the transformed Grinch carves the “roast beast.” At the center of it all is old “Grinch
Claus” and his oversized, interactive sleigh tethered to his unwitting “Rein-Dog,” Max. Hop
in and steer Max all the way to Who-ville! Activity areas buzz with laughter and creative
energy as you take part in Grinch-related holiday programming.
The Grinch’s Holiday Workshop will host daily and weekly programming. Look for clues in
The Workshop to answer scavenger hunt questions; dive into fun, two-sided Grinch masks;
get the Grinch stuck down a chimney with the “Grinch in a Pinch” tree ornaments; create
your own Who-ville character to add to a community mural and invite everyone out for a
Who-Ville feast; create Grinch finger puppets to convey this holiday classic in a puppet
theatre; and gather around for storytelling with the Children’s Museum of Houston staff and
special guests who will read How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special appearances will be
made by the Grinch himself. Bring your camera!
““We’d like to invite Houston families to celebrate the holidays among the most cherished
children’s author of all time,” said Kahn. “Celebrate creativity, spark a lifelong love of reading and have yourself a merry, little Grinchmas!”
Theodor “Seuss” Geisel is quite simply the most beloved children’s book author of all time.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1984, an Academy Award, three Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards, and three Caldecott Honors, Geisel wrote and illustrated 44 books for children.
Hundreds of millions of copies have found their way into homes and hearts around the world.
While Theodor Geisel died on September 24, 1991, Dr. Seuss lives on, inspiring generations
of children of all ages to explore the joys of reading. For more information about Dr. Seuss
and his works, visit www.Seussville.com.
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Joint Pain Seminar
You’re invited to learn about the latest and most advanced treatments from
some of Houston’s leading experts on orthopedic medicine. In these
one-hour seminars, you’ll receive information about overcoming
joint pain and returning to an active lifestyle.
The primary focus of Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. is to protect the integrity of the Dr. Seuss
books while expanding beyond books into ancillary areas. This effort is a strategic part of
the overall mission to nurture and safeguard the relationship consumers have with Dr. Seuss
characters. Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) said he never wanted to license his characters to anyone who would “round out the edges.” That is one of the guiding philosophies of
Dr. Seuss Enterprises. Audrey S. Geisel, the widow of Dr. Seuss, heads Dr. Seuss Enterprises as CEO. Learn more about Dr. Seuss at www.facebook.com/Dr.Seuss.
November 11, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Bart Kendrick, M.D., and Rick Nixon, M.D.
Knee and Hip Pain
Founded in 1980 and housed in a whimsical building designed by internationally acclaimed
architect Robert Venturi, the Children’s Museum of Houston offers a multitude of innovative
exhibits and bilingual learning programs for kids ages birth to 12 years. The Museum serves
more than 1,100,000 people annually and operates as a 501(c)(3) under the direction of a
Board of Directors. It is located at 1500 Binz in Houston’s Museum District. Admission is $9
per person and $8 for seniors 65 years and older and for members of the military. Children
under one and Museum Members receive free admission.
November 13, 6 to 7 p.m.
Bart Kendrick, M.D., and Rick Nixon, M.D.
Knee and Hip Pain
For more information, please visit www.cmhouston.org or call 713-522-1138.
HIM Food Pantry in the Heights
The HIM food pantry is an interfaith coalition of churches and many neighborhood volunteers have volunteered 8,300 hours to serve more than 6,000 families, which equates to
meals for approximately 24,000 individuals. The pantry has become a community effort,
with gardeners from St. Mark’s United Methodist Church providing fresh fruits and vegetables, local Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops volunteering their time, the children of Travis
Elementary collecting and delivering more than 1,800 cans of food, weekly bread and other
food donations from local Kroger and Fiesta stores and generous donations by the Fraternal
Order of Police, local churches and neighbors.
The pantry is open on Thursdays from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m.-noon. Supporting member churches are Christ the King Catholic Church, St. Mark’s United Methodist
Church, the Vineyard Church and Zion Lutheran Church. For more information or to volunteer, visit the website at www.himfoodpantry.org.
November 12, 6 to 7 p.m.
Raj Shani, M.D., and Alysia Bedgood, M.D.
Preventing and Treating Common Sports Injuries
Memorial Hermann
Northwest Hospital
West Pavilion entrance
Classrooms B & E
1610 North Loop West
Houston, TX 77008
To register, call 713.222.CARE (2273). Refreshments will be provided.
Validated parking is available in Garage One off the access road and Ella.
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Our City • Our Home • Our Mission
™
November 2014
Dickens on the
Strand Festival
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in Victorian costume are admitted
for ½ price.
OurMission.org
“It’s exciting for us to offer a new
twist to the annual Dickens event,”
states GHF Executive Director,
Dwayne Jones. “This year we
bring back some old favorites for
those who come annually but we
are adding a distinctive historical
theme that will add new attractions
and cultural experiences.”
The annual holiday street festival,
based on 19th-century Victorian
London, features parades, nonstop entertainment on six stages,
strolling carolers, roving musicians, bagpipers, jugglers and a
host of other entertainers. Costumed vendors peddle their wares
from street stalls and rolling carts
laden with holiday food and drink,
Victorian-inspired crafts, clothing,
jewelry, holiday decorations and
gift items.
Two descendants of Charles Dickens will once again grace the festival as GHF welcomes Lucinda
Dickens Hawksley, great-greatgreat-granddaughter of Dickens,
and Jane Monk, great-greatgranddaughter. Both women will
be at numerous events throughout
the weekend.
With over 150 vendors throughout
the festival, Dickens on The Strand
is your opportunity to get a head
start on your holiday shopping. In
addition to our numerous new craft
and specialty vendors, our daily
parades will also host new groups
and excitement from all of the colonies of Britain!
The festival weekend also hosts
a multitude of spirited fun with
events such as the crowd favorite
Whimsical Whisker Revue, a facial
hair contest for the bearded and
the dandy; the Dickens Victorian
Bed Races; Victorian Costume
Contest; Civil War living history
encampments and daily parades
through Galveston’s National Historic Landmark Strand District.
In addition, new and expanded
events are planned for all days.
For more information on Dickens
on The Strand, Galveston Historical Foundation, or to purchase
advance tickets, please visit galvestonhistory.org or call 409-7657834.
For more festival information,
please contact Will Wright, Director of Communications and Special
Events at 409-765-3404 or will.
[email protected].
Entertainment • Dining
The Galleria Tree Lighting Festivities
On Saturday, November 15, The 26th Annual Ice Spectacular at The
Galleria will kick off the holiday season with the lighting of its 55-foot
Christmas tree, featuring 450,000 twinkling lights and 5,000 ornaments
in a variety of colors and shapes. The 45-minute tree-lighting show will
also feature dynamic ice and musical performances, culminating with the
lighting of the tree by Skating Santa and a fireworks display.
Throughout the day, guests can enjoy in-store retailer activities, face
painting, balloon art and live entertainment throughout the property.
The event is free and open to the community. The skating component
of the evening will be highlighted by a spectacular group of professional
skaters including Aaron Gillespie, Erin Reed, Angie Vandermissen and
ice dancing pair, Kim Navarro and Brent Bommentre.
Beginning at noon, you’ll find family and children’s activities, live entertainment and special in-store events. At 6 p.m. the Ice and musical performances begin with countdown to the grand lighting of the tree followed
by fireworks.
The Galleria – Ice is located at The Galleria, 5085 Westheimer. Please
call 713.622.0663 or visit www.simon.com/mall/the-galleria.
Ice Age Coming to Moody Gardens
continued from p. 1
in the current Ice Age, how global warming might tip the balance of nature
in a swifter, more dangerous direction, and what people can do to help
the planet.
“This new exhibit will take guests on an exciting journey through prehistoric times to encounter lifelike mammoths, saber-toothed cats, bears
and other creatures,” said John Zendt, president and CEO of Moody Gardens. “The animatronics and information engage us and allow us to have
fun as we learn more about the latest scientific discoveries from the Ice
Age.”
Ice Age was created by Imagine Exhibitions and Aurea Productions and
is curated and advised by world-renowned vertebrate paleontologist Dr.
Gregory M. Erickson. Professor Erickson is a leading expert on the biology of extinct organisms, mammals and dinosaurs in particular. He has
published nearly 100 professional papers, and participated in over 25
paleontological expeditions around the world.
Come experience firsthand the Ice Age animals of past and present, meet
the early humans that lived among them, and learn about the scientific
theories regarding the future of our planet. Ice Age is open daily to the
public. Admission is $14.95 for adults, $11.95 for seniors and $8.95 for
children. For more information and to buy tickets online, please visit www.
moodygardens.org.
Moody Gardens is a public, non-profit, educational destination utilizing
nature in the advancement of rehabilitation, conservation, recreation and
research.
Entertainment • Dining
November 2014
Uptown Houston Holiday Lighting -A Thanksgiving Night Celebration
On Thanksgiving night, November 27, Post Oak Boulevard will be the site
of the 29th Annual Uptown Houston Holiday Lighting celebration. Festivities will begin at 4 p.m. with holiday music and concessions. The free
event attracts an audience of more than 200,000 people that fill Post Oak
Boulevard between Westheimer and San Felipe Roads.
Uptown Houston Holiday Lighting is the official kick off for the holiday
season and is free of charge. Beginning at 5 p.m. emcees Dave Morales,
Susan O’Donnell and KSBJ’s Coppelia will welcome the crowd and introduce a Merry Holiday Stage Show. The show features live performances
by the Houston Concert Band, Houston Choral Showcase, Salvation
Army Harbor Light Choir, Mixteco Ballet Folklorico and A.D. Players,
among others. While awaiting the arrival of Santa, attendees can enjoy
holiday beverages and treats available from concession stands and food
trucks. As the excitement grows, a traditional countdown is Santa’s signal to illuminate half a million twinkling lights on 80 trees along Post Oak
Boulevard and surrounding Uptown area building tops. The spectacular
fireworks extravaganza begins at 7 p.m.
The Hilton Houston Post Oak adds to the holiday cheer with the annual
Balcony Decorating Contest. Each year families participate in this competition by decorating their balconies with creative holiday decorations
including lights and holiday garlands. A team of local celebrity judges
will select the top three balconies and announce the winners before the
night’s end.
Free parking is available throughout Uptown at the following locations:
Centre at Post Oak, Dillard’s Garage, Williams Tower, Four Oaks Place,
The Galleria, Post Oak Plaza and Post Oak Central.
A percentage of concession sales will benefit Be An Angel, a non-profit
organization helping children with multiple disabilities or profound deafness, and the Houston Area Urban League, a non-profit organization
dedicated to helping African Americans and other minorities secure economic self-reliance, power and civil rights.
For more information visit www.uptown-houston.com, call the information
hotline at 713-621-2504.
A.D. Players Presents Mass Appeal
A. D. Players presents Mass Appeal now through November 16, 2014 on
their Grace Theater stage, as the second show of the company’s 20142015 season.
One Sunday, seminarian Mark Dolson interrupts Father Tim Farley’s sermon to challenge his stance on the ordination of women. This comedydrama focuses on the conflict between a complacent Roman Catholic
pastor and an idealistic young deacon who is assigned to Father Tim’s
affluent, suburban church. Each man has something to teach the other in
an ultimate search for spiritual truth.
“Mass Appeal will not only entertain you, it will also challenge you with
questions no one should hide from.' Joey Watkins, Director
The cast of Mass Appeal includes A. D. Players’ resident actors Ric Hodgin and Braden Hunt.
The production team features scenic and lighting design by Mark A.
Lewis, properties design by Abigail Kehr, costume design by Patty Tuel
Bailey, and sound design by Zach Varela. Directed by Joey Watkins and
assistant directed by Chip Simmons.
A. D. Players’ Grace Theater is located at 2710 W. Alabama, 77098.
Performances are Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00
p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. There will be one Wednesday matinee on
November 12, 2014 at 2:30 p.m. and one Saturday matinee on November 8 at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets may be purchased online at www.adplayers.org, at A. D. Players’ Box Office, 2710 W. Alabama, or by calling 713-526-2721. Ticket
prices range from $20-$40 for single tickets. Group, student, and senior
discounts are available. Following each performance, the audience is
invited to stay and visit with the cast and creative team about the play.
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Heights Library
The Heights Neighborhood Library
is located at 1302 Heights Blvd,
77008. Call 832-393-1810, or visit
www.houstonlibrary.org.
The Library will be closed on Tuesday, November 11 in observance
of Veterans Day and on Thursday,
November 27 and Friday, November 28 in observance of the
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Children’s Programs:
• Mondays, 12 noon - Baby Time
(6-18 months old) - An interactive
storytime featuring books, songs
and fingerplays with playtime.
• Tuesdays - 10:30 a.m. - Pre-K
Storytime (Ages 3 and up).
• Thursdays, 10:15 and 11:15 a.m.
- Toddler Time (18-36 months old)
stories, songs, crafts, and playtime.
• Thursdays – 2 p.m. - Baby Yoga
– Connect with your baby through
gentle movement. This program is
designed for babies who are prewalkers. Participants please bring
folding blanket, pillow, or carrier.
Teen Programs:
• Mondays – Thursdays – 4 p.m. After School Zone: Video Games
and Crafts.
• Thursday, November 6 – 4 pm
– Teen Craft: Colorful Fuse Bead
Creations.
• Thursday, November 13 – 4 pm –
American Robotics Academy: Robotics Workshop.
Adult Programs:
• Monday, November 3 – 6:15 p.m.
– Heights Library Readers Group.
• Monday, November 10 – 6 p.m. –
Houston Writers Guild.
• Monday, November 17 – 6:30
p.m. – Literary & Classics Book
Club – Book discussion.
• Tuesdays and Wednesdays – 1
pm – 3 p.m. and Fridays – 1 p.m.
– 4 p.m. - National Novel Writing
Month – Aspiring novelists write a
novel in 30 days. Join like-minded
writers at our “Write-Ins” in our
WiFi-equipped conference room.
• Wednesday, November 5 – 6:30
p.m. – Roaring 20s/30s Book Club
– Young Adult book discussion.
• Wednesdays, November 12 & 26
– 6 p.m. - Needlework & Conversation Society.
• Saturday, November 22 – 2 p.m.
- Needlework & Conversation Society .
• Wednesday, November 19 – 6
p.m. – Heights Poetry Open Mic –
Come read your own original poetry and hear readings of poetry by
great poets born during the month.
Refreshments will be provided.
• Saturdays, 11 a.m. – Laughter
Yoga - Playful, yogic breathingbased laughter yoga exercises. No
mats or exercise clothing needed.
• Saturday, November 8 – 2 p.m.
– Heights Great Books Group –
Book discussion .
• Saturday, November 15 - 2 pm Mystery on the Boulevard - Monthly mystery book discussion selected by group members.
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Theatre Suburbia Productions
Dear Santa by Rob Frankel and directed by Elvin Moriarty. This hilarious and touching Christmas show runs October 31 - November 29, 2014
with auditions on September 14 and 15. This is a Dear Santa you’ve not
seen before! An exploration of the many views of Santa from the various
stages of belief - and disbelief! Find out how Santa’s power transcends
the boundaries of race, gender, and religion. Do you believe?
Don’t Talk to the Actors by Tom Dudzick and directed by Sam Martinez.
This look into the drama behind the drama runs January 9 – February 7,
2015 with auditions November 2 and 3, 2014. It’s young playwright Jerry
Przpezniak’s dream come true when his play heads for Broadway. But
Jerry and his fiancé find that manipulation, diva-like behavior, and chaotic
abandon are the things theatrical nightmares are made of.
Murder by Natural Causes by Tim Kelly and directed by Doris Merten.
A murder mystery, adapted from the television play by Richard Levinson
and William Link, which runs February 7 – March 28, 2015 with auditions
on January 11 and 12. This story features Arthur Sinclair, a world-famous
mentalist in the tradition of Dunninger. A murder plot, twists and turns,
and nothing is as it seems. It will take all of your mental powers to solve
this wildly clever and entertaining thriller!
Assisted Living by Deirdre O’Connor and directed by Judy Reeves. A
profoundly moving drama running April 17 - May 16, 2015 with auditions
on March 1, 2. Anne Kelly is pushing forty and still lives with her mother.
Her deadbeat brother won’t help and the old family home is falling down
around her. When a younger man with a troubled past comes into her life,
Anne begins to see the upside of not always being the grown-up. Join us
for this funny and surprising look at the struggle to discover where our
families end and where we begin.
Authors Anonymous by Carl L. Williams and directed by Ann Richie &
Arnold Richie. A literary comedy running June 5 - July 4, 2015 with auditions April 19 and 20. When four authors meet at the home of a reclusive
heiress to compete for a $100,000 grant: Roscoe Drake writes toughguy detective fiction; Charlotte Ascot writes romance novels; T.Y. Myers
writes murder-mysteries; and Wallace Crandall writes high-brow literary
work. But it’s the writers’ real lives that prove stranger than their fiction.
Annual Summer Meller Drammer (TBA) directed by Suzanne King.
Runs July 24 – August 29, 2015 with auditions June 7 and 8.
Shows run Fridays & Saturdays at 8:30 p.m. each with several Sunday
matinees at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are $16 for adults, $13 for seniors and
students, and all tickets are $12 on Sundays. Group rates available for
parties of 15 or more payable 48 hours in advance. Reservations can be
made by calling 713-682-3525. For info visit www.theatresuburbia.org.
Houston Cinema Arts Festival to Host
Street Scenes Video and Photo Exhibition
The 2014 Houston Cinema Arts Festival (November 12-16) will host a
special Street Scenes multimedia gallery exhibition at the Brandon Gallery by Café Brasil, this year’s headquarters for Cinema on the Verge
media art installations and avant-garde screenings. Additional Cinema on
the Verge screenings and installations will take place at Rice University,
the Menil Collection, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston and Sundance
Cinemas.
Street Scenes: Street Photography and the Moving Image will be a gallery exhibition and screening series presenting works by major visual
artists James Nares, Ken Jacobs, Jem Cohen and Cheryl Dunn. Each
guest artist will display street photography and video works in the Brandon Gallery and present screenings at the Brandon, Menil Collection and
Sundance Cinemas.
The series takes a wide-ranging look at street life as it is stimulated and
captured by cameras. The film series begins with Everybody Street, Cheryl Dunn’s illuminating film of street photographers at work. Dunn is herself
a noted street photographer, and her exhibit at the Brandon will feature
her photographs and videos of street art and her street artist friends, including Mark Gonzales, Margaret Kilgallen and Chris Johanson.
The Street Scenes exhibition at Café Brasil will be on display from November 12 through December 12, with free admission. Brasil and the
Brandon will be site of the annual Cinema Arts Celebration at 10 p.m. on
For more information, please visit www.hcaf14.org.
Entertainment • Dining
Society for the
Performing Arts
Joshua Bell, Violin, 8 p.m.,
Wednesday, November 5, 2014,
Jones Hall, Tickets: $28-$103:
Often referred to as the “poet of the
violin,” Joshua Bell is one of the
world’s most celebrated violinists
who is known for his breathtaking
virtuosity, tone of sheer beauty and
charismatic stage presence. His
passion and universal appeal have
earned him the rare title of “classical music superstar.” Named
Music Director of the Academy of
St Martin in the Fields, Bell is the
first person to hold this post since
Sir Neville Marriner formed the orchestra in 1958.
Senegal St. Joseph Gospel
Choir, 8 p.m., Friday, November 7, 2014, Jones Hall, Tickets:
$28-$68: Direct from Dakar, Senegal, the Senegal St. Joseph Gospel Choir, a company of 15 singers and 4 traditional Senegalese
Drummers, makes its Houston
debut this season! The program
includes “Amazing Grace,” “The
Storm is Passing Over,” “Day Oh”
and more. Mr. Julien Jouga (19312001), the United Nations ESCO
Ambassador Artist for Peace,
founded the choir in 1950.
David Sedaris, 8 p.m., Saturday,
November 8, 2014, Jones Hall,
Tickets: $23-$73: One of America’s pre-eminent humor writers,
David Sedaris returns to Houston
to share readings of new and unpublished works. With his sardonic
wit and incisive social critiques,
Sedaris slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness
too observantly to address the human condition today. Sedaris is the
author Barrel Fever and Holidays
on Ice, as well as collections of
personal essays, Naked, Me Talk
Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family
in Corduroy and Denim, and When
You Are Engulfed in Flames, each
became a bestseller. Sedaris’s
pieces appear regularly in The
New Yorker.
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, A
Creole Christmas, 8 p.m., Friday,
Dec. 5, 2014, Jones Hall, Tickets:
$23-$88: Celebrate the holidays –
New Orleans-style – when Preservation Hall Jazz Band brings
A Creole Christmas to Houston
for the first time! This ensemble
will leave its famed French Quarter venue long enough to spread
some holiday cheer on this side
of the Sabine. Featuring performances of such favorites as “Blue
Christmas,” “Swingin’ in a Winter
Wonderland,” “Bells will be Ringin’”
and “The Dreidel Song,” this event
for the whole family is sure to turn
into one big party on stage!
For tickets or more information on
the performances, call 713-2274772 or visit spahouston.org.
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November 2014
“Our artists breathe new life into the music from an earlier era, giving the
audience an aural glimpse of how the music would have sounded in an
earlier time,” said Nancy Ellis, artistic director of Houston Early Music.
“The emotions that the musical works evoke resonate with modern audiences just as they must have with listeners for hundreds of years.”
Houston Early Music continues its commitment to its Emerging Artists
Series and Hispanic Heritage Series this season. Five of the six performances also feature a discussion program with ensemble members prior
to the performances, as part of Houston Early Music’s educational outreach initiative.
APOLLO’S FIRE, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra – Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610: Monteverdi forged a vivid, new musical style with
this choral masterpiece by evoking the struggle between the archaic and
the revolutionary. Led by Jeannette Sorrell, award-winning harpsichordist,
the Apollo’s Fire period orchestra, chamber choir and seven solo vocalists bring this rich, magnificent work to one of Houston’s most dramatic
concert settings. The concert is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Monday, November 10, 2014, at Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. A pre-concert talk
with Jeannette Sorrell starts at 6:45 p.m.
TAFELMUSIK – The Galileo Project: Explore a fusion of arts and science! Tafelmusik performs the music of Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Bach and
Handel, enhanced by poetic narration and choreography, with a backdrop
of high-definition images captured by the Hubble Telescope. This concert
is offered in collaboration with Da Camera of Houston. The program begins at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 13, 2014, at Cullen Theater at
Wortham Center. Houston Early Music subscribers receive a discount on
preferred seating for this concert. Single tickets will be available from Da
Camera of Houston, 713-524-5050 or dacamera.com. Free admission for
children does not apply to this performance.
Hispanic Heritage Series: EL MUNDO – Villancicos y Cantadas de Navidad: Houston audience favorite El Mundo returns with a celebration of
holiday music from Italy, Spain and her colonies in the New World. Join
director, Baroque guitarist and lutenist Richard Savino and the ensemble
for a festive multicultural extravaganza that includes newly discovered
vocal and instrumental works from the archives of the Los Angeles Archdiocese. The event is scheduled for 8 p.m., Friday, December 12, 2014,
at Christ Church Cathedral. A preconcert talk with Richard Savino begins
at 7:15 p.m.
CIARAMELLA – Make a Joyful Noise: Hear the joyful noise of shawms,
recorders, bagpipes and sackbuts improvising florid polyphony over
songs, dances and sacred chant. Praised for performing intricate 15thcentury counterpoint “with the ease of jazz musicians improvising on a
theme” (The Cleveland Plain Dealer), Ciaramella brings to life the music
of the Burgundian Alta Capella ensembles that piped across Renaissance
Europe. This is a main stage concert for the 2015 Houston Early Music
Festival. The performance begins at 3 p.m., Sunday, February 15, 2015,
at First Evangelical Lutheran Church. A preconcert talk by Ciaramella artists begins at 2:15 p.m.
Emerging Artists Series: THE SEBASTIANS – Bach and Forth: The Sebastians took the Audience Prize at the 2012 Early Music America Baroque Performance Competition. Daniel S. Lee and Alexander Woods
(violins), Ezra Seltzer (cello) and Jeffrey Grossman (harpsichord) will
present a concert of dynamic trio sonatas by J.S. Bach, Handel, Buxtehude, Rosenmuller, Erlebach and Telemann. The event is set for 7:30
p.m. on Friday, March 27, 2015, at Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church.
The preconcert talk by The Sebastians at begins at 6:45 p.m.
QUICKSILVER – Stile Moderno, New Music from the 17th Century: Numbered among the cultural revolutions of the 17th century was music. Composers consciously created a stile moderno of dramatic oppositions and
vivid emotions. The event is set for 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 10, 2015, at
Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church. A preconcert talk by Robert Mealy,
Quicksilver co-director, begins at 6:45 p.m.
Full season subscriptions and individual tickets for the Houston Early Music 2014-2015 season are available now and can be purchased via the
web at www.HoustonEarlyMusic.org. Call 281-846-4222.
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Dirty Dancing -- The
Classic Story on Stage
Producers of Dirty Dancing – The
Classic Story on Stage announced
casting for the upcoming North
American tour, coming to Houston
and The Hobby Center on November 18 through 23. Samuel Pergande and Jillian Mueller will star
as Johnny Castle and Frances
“Baby” Houseman, the lead roles
in the stage musical of the worldwide smash-hit film.
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featuring six renowned early music ensembles. Dedicated to showcasing music from the Middle Ages through the 18th century, Houston Early
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true to the period. This season will encompass both masterworks and
little-known gems with the goal of inspiring audiences to reimagine the
past.
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In the Heights • Antiques • Nostalgia
November 2014
Opera in the Heights
Presents Hänsel und Gretel
Opera in the Heights takes a new look at some classic tales this season.
Enjoy lecherous villains, innocent girls, curses, tragedy and seduction; all
from the comfort of your seat in our cozy theatre.
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Hiram Butler Gallery
Presents Vernon Fisher:
FACES Exhibition
Hiram Butler Gallery presents Vernon
Fisher: FACES, now through November
29, 2014. This exhibition is comprised of
six signature paintings include trompe l’oeil
black boards, shaped canvases, and a
“quotation work.”
Fisher, born in Fort Worth, is Texas’ most
recognized artist having exhibited at the
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston;
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston as well
as the Whitney Museum of American Art;
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and
the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The
Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art recently
mounted a retrospective with a catalog by
the University of Texas Press.
Hiram Butler Gallery is located at 4520
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10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
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November 2014
Main Street Theater’s Madeline’s Christmas
Main Street Theater presents Madeline’s Christmas, playing November
16 – December 14 at Talento Bilingüe de Houston, 333 S. Jensen, 77003.
“In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little
girls in two straight lines.” This charming 1956 classic finds Madeline in
a Christmas crisis when all of her schoolmates are sick, including Miss
Clavel. Who will run the school? How will the girls get home for the holidays? Madeline must take charge! Madeline’s Christmas is a perfect reminder for audiences of all ages of this wonderful season of miracles.
Recommended for Pre-kindergarten and up. Children under the age of 3
(including sleeping babies) are not allowed in the theater. For tickets, call
713.524.6706 or visit www.MainStreetTheater.com.
On Saturday, December 20, MST will hold its Page to Stage Book Club
meeting at the Blue Willow Bookshop at 10 a.m. The club meets over the
course of the season to talk about the books the MST Theater for Youth
plays are based on, meet characters from the books, have a snack, make
crafts, and hear a reading from the book. Children can bring their own
copy of the book or purchase it at a discount at Blue Willow (located at
14532 Memorial Drive (at Dairy Ashford)). To RSVP for the book club,
send an email to [email protected]. FREE.
Psophonia Dance Company’s Fresh Cuts
This fall, Psophonia Dance Company presents Fresh Cuts, a collection of
new dances created by current and former PDC dancers. The show will
offer a diverse range of emerging choreographic voices featuring works
by Karin Celeste, Timothy Johnson, Kendall Kramer, Tory Pierce, Kristina
Prats, Arielle Tesia Rojas, Haylee Voogt and Danielle Koblinski. Fresh
Cuts premieres Friday and Saturday, November 14-15, 2014 at 8 p.m. at
Vault Houston.
Healing and recovery are the common threads that run through the dances created by Celeste, Johnson and Pierce. Karin Celeste’s work Remembrance stirs up the dreamlike second or two it takes to flood a soul
with emotions and images long tucked away. As those thoughts surface,
the work begins on how to deal with those memories.
Turning tragedy into triumph, Timothy Johnson’s newest work Shhh! reflects on his months spent in the hospital recovering from an automobile accident. He recalls, “I had the most difficult time sleeping because
nurses and doctors were coming in and out of my room throughout the
night. The only time I was able to sleep was when I listened to my music.”
In Cicatrix, Tory Pierce explores the scars left behind from the healing
process. Recovering from her own recent injury Pierce says, “the choreography has shown me that being still and moving at your own pace is the
best way to re-learn how to work with what you’ve got, especially when
even that is up for change.”
Haylee Voogt, Kristina Prats and Danielle Koblinski each tackle the subject of internal turmoil from different angles. Voogt’s pensive approach
delves into the struggle to find hope during the darkest moments. Set to
music by The Piano Guys, the piece moves from dark to light in the realization that all is not lost. Prat’s work takes a more playful slant asserting that laughter is the best medicine even when difficult times hold you
down. Koblinski draws inspiration from personal perspective in her solo/
duet work about resolving feelings of being alone or abandoned.
Rojas and Kramer investigate femininity and divination. Arielle Tesia Rojas interest lies in deciphering the mixed signals regarding women’s femininity and sexuality. Why is female sexuality overly expressed in some
cases yet viewed as non-existent or repulsive in other cases? In 62: The
small exceeding, Kendall Kramer consulted the I Ching Hexagram 62.
Kramer explains, “The solo deals with the dominance of small concerns,
sometimes obscuring the greater picture. From there, I leave the skeleton
of the piece to another form of divination - tarot card reading - from which
the soloist will create the sequence of events.”
Artistic Director Sophia L. Torres is both proud and excited to present
the work of these emerging choreographers. “I have had the privilege of
working with these young artists in my own work and am pleased that I
can offer them a outlet to share their own movement ideas.” Performing in
the evening program are Psophonia members Vi Dieu, Melissa Juneau,
Danielle Koblinski, Kendall Kramer, Tory Pierce, Kristina Prats, Arielle Tesia Rojas and Lauren Turner.
Show times are Friday and Saturday, November 14-15 at 8pm at Vault
Houston, 1824 Spring Street #124, Houston, TX 77007. Tickets are $15
in advance and $20 at the door. To purchase tickets, visit www.psophonia.com or 713/834-4162. For information, please visit the website at
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Young/Young at Heart
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Finding the perfect, unexpected
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the globe, people enjoy the pure
pleasure of giving a real, living
Florida manatee with a known history by adopting one or more online at savethemanatee.org, or by
calling the Club toll free within the
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An annual manatee adoption
costs $25 and includes an adoption certificate, photo of a real
endangered manatee, biography,
membership handbook, and newsletters throughout the year with
updated reports on the manatees
in the adoption program. View the
adoptees – Squeaky, Annie, Rocket, Whiskers, and many more of
these marvelous marine mammals
on the Club’s website at savethemanatee.org/adoptees. A personalized holiday message is offered
with each gift adoption. And each
new member who joins the AdoptA-Manatee® program online for a
$35 tax-deductible donation will
also receive a 24” x 12” full-color
2015 wall calendar. Shipping is
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Amy Senn from the Twin Cities has
a love for animals, including manatees. After following the adoptees
on the Club’s website and learning about each of them with her
young daughter Mia, Amy decided
to adopt Philip from the Club’s
Blue Spring State Park adoption
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the manatees because they’re so
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number of manatee deaths each
year.”
Save the Manatee Club, an awardwinning international nonprofit
conservation and manatee welfare
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songwriter, Jimmy Buffett. Funds
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for sick and injured manatees,
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Holiday manatee gift adoptions are
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City Activities
Texas Rennaissance Festival
Celebrates 40 Years!
The Texas Renaissance Festival is the Nation’s largest, most acclaimed
Renaissance theme park. This year’s festival is open to the public every Saturday, Sunday, and Thanksgiving Friday, now through November
30th, and to students for School Days, Tuesday and Wednesday, November 4th and 5th, 2014.
The enchanted 55-acre village comes to life as all of Europe comes to
pay homage to the King and Queen with Eight Themed Weekends. Hundreds of costumed performers are showcased in over 200 daily performances. Visitors meander along shaded cobblestone walkways visiting
almost 400 shoppes overflowing with unique arts and crafts of offering
delicious foods and beverages. All ages will be amused by the games
of skill and human-powered rides. Revel in the sights, sounds, smells,
tastes and beauty of this authentically recreated 16th Century British village with lush landscaped grounds and vines. A perfect day ends as you
behold the burst of Royal Fireworks held above the Festival’s lake.
At the Texas Renaissance Festival, each of the weekends showcase
an exciting and unique theme. These Adventures have been fashioned
to spotlight those shows, characters, food, drink, shoppes, artists, and
games that will enhance your festival experience. Whether you are a
long-time patron or a first time guest, each Adventure itinerary serves as
a guide for exciting opportunities during your visit. For more information,
please visit www.texrenfest.com or like on Facebook/texrenfest.
12th Annual Houston Book Fair
The printed book is becoming a breed of extinction! Come browse and
buy some books of distinction. On Saturday, November 8th, from 10:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m., the twelfth annual Houston Book Fair at The Printing
Museum will delight visitors with a wide range of items from moderate
priced used books to rare and collectible volumes. Engage your senses
with the smell of aged books, the touch of printed pages, and the crackling sound of well worn spines. The fair will provide a great variety of
material for gift giving and personal enjoyment.
The program kicks off with free book appraisals by local book appraiser,
Kurt Zimmerman from 10:00am to noon. A limit of two per guest. At
1:00pm, “A Dealer Q & A Session on Book Collecting” featuring Dennis
Melhouse of First Folio (Paris, Tennessee), Peter Stern of Peter L. Stern
& Co., Inc., (Boston, Massachusetts), and Bud Plant of Bud Plant and
Hutchison Books (Cedar Ridge, California) will engage visitors in how
they entered into and continue to navigate the terrain of book collecting in
an increasingly digital era. And at 3:00pm, Ken Sanders, of Ken Sanders
Rare Books (Salt Lake City, Utah) and featured appraiser on Antiques
Roadshow, will present a talk on “What Makes a Book Valuable?”. Select
food trucks will be present on site for feasting and palatable enjoyment.
Throughout the day, a line-up consisting of approximately 20 dealers from
across the country will present an array of rare items, including children’s
books, Texana, mysteries, cookbooks, fine art and illustrated editions,
historical documents, out-of-print, first editions, comics, and more. Demonstrations will be conducted in the museum studios showcasing papermaking, letterpress printing, bookbinding and lithography. Visitors can
witness the rare occasion of our linotype machine in operation. Additionally, the TPM Book Arts Guild and the TPM Printers Guild will be selling
hand-made books and related crafts.
The entry fee is $5.00 at the door. Become a museum member for just
$50 and get into the fair for free, and receive a limited edition letterpress
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and the ways in which printing technologies have transformed lives. In
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wants a companion. He likes a
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all the love you can give and
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adopt at www.txlabrescue.org.
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Meet BRUNO
Bruno is a 2 year old Black Mouth
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Beverly’s Travels
Matera has gained international fame (not just from being in many movies) but for the ‘Old Town Matera’ known as “Sassi di Matera”, meaning
“stones of Matera”. The Sassi originated from a prehistoric settlement,
called troglodyte, and are thought to be the oldest human settlement in
Italy. The Sassi is what actually got dug into rock, (what we might refer
to as caves), resulting in shelters, cowsheds, sheepfolds, water cisterns,
wine-cellars, churches, and dwellings. These caves would be dug deep
into the rock, and often had several rooms. There was always a room
for the donkey which was to the early peoples’ lives what the automobile
is to ours today. The excavated stone from the caves was reused at the
front of the original digging entrance to build the outside of the structure,
linking various levels with steep staircases that went across the roofs of
the caves below, creating an interesting system for collecting rainwater.
Living conditions gradually deteriorated over the centuries, and in 1952
the Italian government was forced to pass a special law condemning the
entire area, and relocated all of the inhabitants of the Sassi into new specially built accommodations, (like projects) outside of the old town. The
Sassi became a ghost town and was completely neglected until 1986,
when the government passed new laws that led to the launch of a huge
restoration project that is still in progress today. This restoration and
revitalization project has led to the creation of first class hotels, top-notch
museums, lively bars and restaurants, and a wide-spread return of residents to the area.
One of the most unique hotels in the newly renovated area is Palazzo
Gattini, a remarkable restoration of a 20-room palace dating back to the
15th Century that belonged to the family of Count Giuseppe Gattini. All
of the guest rooms are named and there is a very charming historically
accurate story that describes each room and the role it played in the
Count’s home. Breakfast is not to be missed at Palazzo Gattini. Not only
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is the food delicious, the setting
for service in the cheese cellar is
very special. Also extremely note
worthy is the Casa Cava, the only
underground Cultural Center in the
world. For years it was used as a
waste dump, and now it is restored
and transformed into a Center for
Youth and Creativity, and is also as
an opera house, and theater.
A UNESCO World Heritage Site is
a place, such as a forest, mountain, lake, island, desert, monument, or, a building, a complex, or
a city to be listed by UNESCO as
having a special significance for all
humanity. In 1993, UNESCO declared the Sassi of Matera, Italy a
World Heritage Site, thus confirming the universal importance of the
largest dug out rock settlement in
the world. The town has also been
proposed as the European Capital
of Culture for 2019. I venture to
say we will all be seeing, hearing,
and reading, a lot more about the
Sassi of Matera, Italy.
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sites have been at one time or another, travel destinations for those seeking out history, art and culture. Perhaps a lesser known site, and one
never regarded as a travel destination in itself until recently, is the town of
Matera. Although Matera may not be so well known, you may have seen
it, even though you never physically visited the city allegedly founded by
the Romans in the 3rd Century. The crude and rustic beauty of the Old
Town and the landscape of the surrounding area have captured the imagination of many film producers from around the globe over the years and
Matera has been the natural setting for movies which have become part
of classic film history. Most of Mel Gibson’s 2004 film, “The Passion of
The Christ”, was filmed in the area, and “The Nativity Story” a film made
in Matera in 2006 depicts the story of Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem before the birth of Christ. During my recent visit to Matera, “Christ
the Lord: Out of Egypt” was in full production under the direction of acclaimed American director, Cyrus Nowrasteh. Based on the best-selling
novel by Anne Rice, “Christ the Lord” is a story of Jesus’ childhood, and
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