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This weekend at Galveston’s East Beach, the Houston chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) will host its annual Sandcastle Competition

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/arts-culture/2025/09/12/530783/annual-galveston-sandcastle-competition-begins-saturday/

#ArtsCulture #Galveston #Local #LocalArts #News #AIASandcastleBuildingCompetition #GalvestonSandcastleCompetition #Recycling #Sustainability

David Adickes, a Houston-based artist whose works include the 67-foot statue of Sam Houston in his native Huntsville, died Sunday night, according to his publicist. He was 98 years old.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/arts-culture-news/2025/07/14/526379/houston-artist-david-adickes-whose-works-include-67-foot-sam-houston-statue-dies-at-98/

#ArtsCulture #Houston #Local #LocalArts #News #Obituary #DavidAdickes #HoustonArtists #SamHoustonStatue #VirtuosoSculpture #WeLoveHoustonSign

The Fourth of July holiday is this Friday, which means cities and venues across the Houston area will be offering fun and exciting ways to celebrate -- including fireworks displays. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/events/2025/07/01/525432/ten-houston-area-fourth-of-july-events-for-2025/

#ArtsCulture #CityOfHouston #Events #Houston #Local #LocalArts #News #4thOfJuly #FourthOfJulyHoliday #FourthOfJulyInHouston #FreedomOverTexas #ThingsToDoInHouston #ThingsToDoInHoustonFor4thOfJuly

https://www.9th-hour.ca/gleanings-frankenstein-ai I receive regularly newsletters from George Dutch/ JobJoy, because I find his insights can be helpful to share with my students. He shared in today’s email information about an upcoming #ottawa #theatre production he is involved with. I checked the details and found another acquaintance involved too.
So I’m sharing, I’ll be teaching the evening of the show, so I cannot attend, but if you like to support #localArts , let me know how it goes!

Grant funding will help Houston’s iconic Rothko Chapel restore a series of decades-old artworks that were damaged last summer during Hurricane Beryl.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/arts-culture-news/2025/05/12/521121/rothko-chapel-damaged-artwork-repair-grant-bank-of-america-houston/

#ArtsCulture #Houston #Hurricane #Local #LocalArts #News #BankOfAmerica #HoustonArts #HurricaneBeryl #MarkRothko #MontroseNeighborhood #RothkoChapel

Scott Gertner, a musician and the owner of several Houston nightclubs, has died, according to his family. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/arts-culture/2025/05/02/520393/scott-gertner-houston-nightlife-legend-and-grammy-nominated-musical-artist-has-died/

#ArtsCulture #ArtsCultureBusiness #Houston #Local #LocalArts #Music #News #HoustonLiveMusic #HoustonNightclubs #RhythmRoom #ScottGertner #ScottGertnerDeath #SkyBarHouston

A sculpture that will function as a work of art, a public pavilion, a sundial and a solar energy generator is expected to start taking shape at Houston’s Mason Park over the next several years.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/04/23/519586/houston-east-end-mason-park-arch-of-time-solar-art-structure/

#ArtsCulture #CityOfHouston #EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Local #LocalArts #News #ArchOfTimeHouston #CongresswomanSylviaGarcia #EastEnd #JoaquinMartinez #LandArtGeneratorInitiative #MasonPark

Aris Kian, Houston’s 2023-2025 Poet Laureate, shares how poetry can lead to community building and change, and she reads her poem, “Angels Fly to My Place for Dinner."

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/series/voices-and-verses/2025/04/23/519246/national-poetry-month-angels-fly-to-my-place-for-dinner-by-aris-kian/

#ArtsCulture #Education #HoustonMatters #Literature #LocalArts #News887 #TexasArts #VoicesAndVerses #ArisKian #HoustonPoetLaureate #NationalPoetryMonth #Poetry

Art on wheels will roll slowly into downtown this weekend for the 38th annual Houston Art Car Parade & Festival. The parade is Saturday, and there are several other events today through Sunday.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/arts-culture-news/2025/04/10/518444/houston-art-car-parade-2025-annual-event-includes-weekend-full-of-festivities/

#ArtsCulture #Events #Houston #Local #LocalArts #News #ArtCar #ArtCarParade #HoustonArtCarParade #HoustonArtCars #OrangeShowCenterForVisionaryArt #ThingsToDoInHouston

Houston residents taking a stroll near The Commons at Hermann Park this month may be startled to see a herd of wooden elephants.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/arts-culture/2025/04/03/517710/a-herd-of-100-life-sized-elephants-is-currently-on-display-at-hermann-park/

#ArtsCulture #Houston #Local #LocalArts #News #HermannPark #HermannParkConservancy #HoustonArtInstallations #TheGreatElephantMigrationInstallation

A man suspected of being involved in the March shooting of Houston rapper Sauce Walka was found dead, according to an announcement by police in Memphis, Tennessee. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/arts-culture/pop-culture/2025/04/01/517378/suspect-in-shooting-of-houston-rapper-sauce-walka-found-dead-in-houston/

#ArtsCulture #Crime #Houston #Local #LocalArts #Music #News #PopCulture #DeadlyShooting #HoustonRapper #MemphisPoliceDepartment #SauceWalka #SauceWalkaShooting

For the first time in the history of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo's school art competition, a private-school student was named as the grand champion. And her work sold for a record-setting amount.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/events/houston-livestock-show-and-rodeo/2025/03/17/516143/rodeo-houstons-school-art-champion-receives-record-breaking-276000-bid/

#ArtsCulture #Houston #HoustonLivestockShowAndRodeo #Local #LocalArts #News #HoustonLivestockShowAndRodeoArtCompetition #HoustonRodeoArtContest #RodeoSchoolArtAuction #Rodeohouston #TheKincaidSchool

Over the next few months, a series of free outdoor jazz concerts will be performed at three Houston parks in collaboration with local artists. The first event, scheduled for this Sunday, features a five-time Grammy Award winner.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/arts-culture/music/2025/02/25/514707/houstons-2025-jazzy-sundays-begins-this-weekend-with-grammy-winning-artist/

#ArtsCulture #Events #Houston #Local #LocalArts #Music #News #PerformingArts #DiscoveryGreen #EmancipationPark #HoustonJazz #JazzySundays2025 #RobertGlasper #TheWaterWorksInBuffaloBayouPark

A new collection of murals is decorating the streets of downtown Houston while expanding on an ongoing beautification initiative.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/arts-culture-news/2025/02/04/512997/new-murals-unveiled-in-downtown-houston-as-part-of-growing-collection/

#ArtsCulture #Houston #Local #LocalArts #News #VisualArt #BigArtBiggerChange #DowntownHouston #HoustonMural #HoustonMurals #HoustonStreetArt #StreetArtForMankind

The Beer Can House, an iconic Houston landmark located in the Rice Military neighborhood, has been recognized as a historical site by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/arts-culture/2025/01/30/512390/houstons-the-beer-can-house-receives-national-preservation-recognition/

#ArtsCulture #Houston #Local #LocalArts #News #HistoricalLandmarks #HoustonLandmark #NationalTrustForHistoricPreservation #OrangeShowCenterForVisionaryArt #RiceMilitaryNeighborhood #TheBeerCanHouse

The year of the snake will soon be upon us, and there will be plenty of ways for Houstonians to celebrate the Lunar New Year in the coming weeks. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/events/2025/01/23/511812/ten-houston-area-lunar-new-year-events-for-2025/

#ArtsCulture #Events #Houston #Local #LocalArts #News #ChineseNewYear #HoustonLunarNewYear2025 #HoustonLunarNewYearsEvents #SpringFestival #ThingsToDoInHouston

The 75th Annual H-E-B Thanksgiving Day Parade is this Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/arts-culture/2024/11/25/507101/houstons-75th-annual-h-e-b-thanksgiving-day-parade/

#ArtsCulture #Local #LocalArts #News #75thAnnualHEBThanksgivingDayParade #Houston #HoustonThanksgivingDayParade

"Vincent Valdez: Just A Dream," a collection of paintings about American history, will be on display through March at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/arts-culture-news/2024/11/15/506246/texas-artists-takes-over-contemporary-arts-museum-houston/

#ArtsCulture #Houston #Local #LocalArts #News #TexasArts #VisualArt #ArtExhibit #ContemporaryArtsMuseumHouston #HoustonArtGalleries #HoustonArtMuseums

Here are seven Día de los Muertos events happening this weekend in the Houston area.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/events/2024/10/31/504789/7-day-of-the-dead-dia-de-los-muertos-celebrations-in-houston/

#ArtsCulture #Events #Local #LocalArts #News #DayOfTheDead #DiaDeLosMuertos #HoustonDayOfTheDeadEvents #HoustonDADeLosMuertosEvents #HoustonLiveMusic

On Halloween, Houston’s highly anticipated Meow Wolf location will officially open to the public.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2024/10/29/504378/meow-wolf-opens-in-houston-this-week-as-an-interdimensional-radio-station/

#ArtsCulture #Houston #HoustonMatters #Local #LocalArts #News #VisualArt #GONZO247 #InstallationArt #MeowWolf #RadioTave

A new jazz venue hopes to bring life back to Houston's Iconic Tower Theatre.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/arts-culture/2024/10/08/502330/montroses-tower-theatre-will-soon-be-home-to-new-houston-jazz-club/

#ArtsCulture #Local #LocalArts #News #HoustonMusicScene #JazzTX #Montrose #SanAntonio #TowerTheatre