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Artist Talk: Wardell Milan

The Menil Drawing Institute 1412 W. Main St., Houston, TX, United States

Wardell Milan delivers an Artist Talk on the occasion of the Menil’s display of "Pulse", in the exhibition "Fragments of Memory" at the Menil Drawing Institute. Milan is known for his drawings and collages of paradisiacal landscapes inhabited by composite, fragmented figures.

Free

In Conversation | Vincent Valdez and Mimi Swartz

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) 5216 Montrose, Houston, TX, United States

Join artist Vincent Valdez and writer and executive editor at Texas Monthly, Mimi Swartz for a discussion about the exhibition Vincent Valdez: Just a Dream… They will discuss Valdez’s childhood in San Antonio and influences on his work in the exhibition. Tickets This is free to attend but RSVP is required. Tickets for CAMH Members […]

Free

Annual Book Festival

Fort Bend County Libraries - George Memorial Library 1001 Golfview, Richmond, TX, United States

Fort Bend County Libraries (FBCL) will feature this year’s “Community Reads” author Stacey Swann as the headliner at the annual Book Festival 2024, which takes place on Saturday, November 16, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, at George Memorial Library (1001 Golfview) in Richmond, Texas. The keynote address by Stacey Swann will take place from […]

Free

Architecture Walk: University of Houston

University of Houston - Lyndall Finley Wortham Theatre 3351 Cullen Blvd, Houston, TX

"Houston's University" was founded in 1927 as a night school meeting in borrowed rooms, but it quickly grew into a four-year university and is now a major urban research institution. Our 90-minute docent-guided tour of the UH campus traces the university's history and the people who made the school what it is today, including oilman […]

$7 – $10

Inprint Ta-Nehisi Coates Reading

Wortham Theater Center 501 Texas at Smith, Houston, TX, United States

Inprint presents MacArthur Fellow TA-NEHISI COATES who will read from his new book THE MESSAGE, followed by an on-stage conversation with celebrated author and Rice University faculty member Kiese Laymon. The evening will conclude with a book sale provided by Kindred Stories. The event is presented as part of the 2024/2025 Inprint Margarett Root Brown […]

$35

In Conversation with Victor Costa

Italian Cultural Center - Milford House 1101 Milford Street, Houston, TX, United States

Following the recent release of his tell-all memoir Copycat, ICCC Houston is thrilled to welcome famed Texas fashion designer Victor Costa to the Italian Cultural & Community Center for an author talk and book signing. The conversation will be moderated by Houston-based fashion blogger Roz Pactor and followed by a Q&A portion. After the talk, […]

Time’s Echo with author Jeremy Eichler; pianist Sarah Rothenberg and DACAMERA Young Artists

The Menil Collection 1533 Sul Ross Street, Houston, TX, United States

Author Jeremy Eichler; Sarah Rothenberg; DACAMERA Young Artists Celebrating the DACAMERA Young Artist Program Astrid Nakamura, violin; Chris Ellis, cello; Sarah Rothenberg, piano The author of Time’s Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance comes to Houston for an evening of music and conversation. Time’s Echo, a genre-blurring meditation on […]

Free

A Voice in the Wilderness

Lambert Hall 1703 Heights Blvd, Houston, TX, United States

Join the Axiom Quartet and University of Houston professor Howard Pollack (author of award-winning biographies of George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, and Samuel Barber) for A Voice in the Wilderness, a lecture-performance exploring the life and work of the important Swiss-American composer Ernest Bloch (1880-1959). Best remembered today for his masterpiece for cello and orchestra, Schelomo, […]

$35.00

A Conversation with Amor Towles

Jones Hall for the Performing Arts 615 Louisiana St., Houston, TX, United States

An evening of discussion with the celebrated author of A Gentleman in Moscow Towles is the author of the bestsellers Rules of Civility, A Gentleman in Moscow (newly adapted for television by Paramount+ and Showtime), and The Lincoln Highway, which debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, as well as the forthcoming […]

$39

A Conversation with Tan France

Wortham Theater Center - Cullen Theater 501 Texas Ave., Houston, TX, United States

The star of Netflix's Queer Eye and one of the world's most sought-after personal stylists For Tan France, makeovers are about more than clothes—the experience addresses real issues, change, and acceptance on all sides. Join the fashion designer, star of Netflix’s Emmy-winning sensation Queer Eye, author of the New York Times best-selling memoir Naturally Tan, […]

$39