Welcome to all the new readers, and thanks for sticking around if you’re a regular. Please do not forget the ongoing LOVIEE if nothing here really tickles your fancy.
Unfortunately I’m missing Facebook event links for all but one of these. As I find Facebook links I may add them if I have time, however time is at a premium right now.
Monday 11-09
Lucero at Meridian, 1503 Chartres St., 6:30pm, $15. This act from Memphis, Tennessee, has a unique brand of Southern rock (a la Lynyrd Skynyrd or The Stray Cats) with an unmistakable modern alt-rock twist. Show also features Cedric Burnside & Lightning Malcolm, The City Champs, and The Dirty Streets. 09-W46-1
Tuesday 11-10
Mojofromopolis at Shakespeare Pub, 14129 Memorial Dr., 9pm. An up-and-coming blues band with an album coming out soon. Check them out, you won’t be disappointed! 09-W46-2
Wednesday 11-11
Blaggards at Brian O’Neill’s, 5555 Morningside Dr., no cover, 9:30pm. An Irish-infused rock act that’s truly one-of-a-kind. 09-W46-3
Wednesday 11-11 through Sunday 11-15
Cinema Arts Festival — A contemporary film and multimedia arts event taking place over five days. Screenings take place at multiple locations throughout Houston including: Alabama Theatre; Angelika Film Center; Discovery Green; Miller Outdoor Theatre; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Rice Media Center; University of Houston; Warehouse Live; and others. See the event Web site for complete details. 09-M11-2
Thursday 11-12
Cultured Cocktails, Boheme Cafe and Wine Bar, 307 Fairview, 5-10pm. The featured non-profit of the week is Spacetaker’s Winter Holiday Art Market (WHAM), an arts and crafts sale and festival taking place on November 20th and 21st (a week from Friday and Saturday). 09-W46-4
Friday 11-13
Marcy Playground at Meridian, 1503 Chartres St., 6:30pm, $15. Too many music fans wrote off this band as a one-hit wonder, that one hit being the (in)famous “Sex and Candy” back in 1997. I own two of their albums, the eponymous album and Shapeshifter, and can say from listening to both of them seveal times there is so much more to this band that has gone largely unheard. This show also features special guests Margo and While You Were Gone. 09-W46-5
Society for the Performing Arts presents the Trey McIntyre Project, Wortham Theater Center, 8pm. $22+. The new company of Houston Ballet’s former choreographic associate makes its Houston debut. 09-M11-3
Houston Lebowski Bash, Discovery Green, 1500 McKinney, 7:30pm-midnight. Live music from Picture Book (British invasion tribute band), costume contest, trivia contest, and of course at 10pm, screening of the film The Big Lebowski. There is also a pre-party happy hour at Lucky Strike Lanes in the Houston Pavilions from 5-7pm. 09-W46-6
The Mighty Orq at Shakespeare Pub, 14129 Memorial Dr., 9pm. The local legends of Southern-infused rock are at it again. 09-W46-7
Saturday 11-14
Art Show/Auction at Blossom Street Gallery, 4809 Blossom St., 3-8pm. The auction is a fundraiser to preserve the legacy of Tom Kennedy and his art car “Ripper,” currently in storage in France after an appearance at an auto show in Germany. 09-W46-8 Facebook event page
Low Man’s Joe and Black Queen Speaks, Fitzgerald’s, 2706 White Oak, doors at 8pm, $10. I’m a huge fan of Low Man’s Joe, whose sound takes the best elements of 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s hard rock and updates them for the younger generation who weren’t born yet when songs like Bon Jovi’s “You Give Love a Bad Name” were topping the charts. Black Queen Speaks deserves equally kind words; the band draws obvious inspiration from Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath without being Yet Another Cover/Tribute Band. 09-W46-9
Sunday 11-15
Shawn Pander at Block 7 Wine Company, 7:30pm. No cover. Acoustic folk rock with jazz and blues influences; recently released an EP entitled “Claire” available for sale online. 09-W46-10
