2011-02-14/20 Weekly LOVIEE

posted 2011-02-14T03:45 last mod. 2011-02-14T23:44

This week features the last of the Valentine’s Day themed events, the last few days of an art exhibit, and the next-to-last week of two others. Spring is soon to be upon us, and with it will come the return of outdoor events infeasible to hold during the winter.

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Continuing This Week

Parody of Light, DiverseWorks, 1117 East Freeway, Wed-Sat noon-6pm. Patricia Hernandez critiques the business practices of Thomas Kinkade, “Painter of Light,” in this installation which resembles the interior of a home and shopping mall. Exhibit continues through February 26. 11-DWPARODY

I Shot Rock: The Music Photography of Mark C. Austin, Block 7 Wine Company, 720 Shepherd Dr., 6-8pm. A showcase of works from the renowned local photographer who specializes in music concert photography. If you are at all a fan of the Houston music scene, it’s almost certain you’ve seen at least a few of his pictures somewhere (most likely in the Houston Press or on the walls of the Green Room at Warehouse Live). Exhibit continues through February 27. 11-SHOTROCK

syntaxerrors, UH Project Gallery, UH Fine Arts Building (directions from UH website), hours not posted. A collection of works by Jeremy DePrez which show perceived missteps and one-offs, all together under one roof. Exhibit continues through February 17. Last week. 11-SYNERR

Monday 02-14

8 Seasons, Wortham Center, 500 Texas, $20-55 (tickets available online), 8pm. Mercury Baroque performs the Four Seasons by Vivaldi and the Four Seasons by Argentinean tango composer Astor Piazzolla. 11-M02-3

%$*# Love Party, (New) Dirt Bar, 1209 Caroline, 6pm-2am. The Dirt Bar’s annual “tribute” to Valentine’s Day, and their first at the new location since leaving 222 Yale. 11-W07-1

Wednesday 02-16 Through Saturday 02-19 (And Continuing)

Paradise Hotel, DiverseWorks, 1117 East Freeway, Wed-Sat 8pm. Catastrophic Theatre presents Paradise Hotel, a play by Richard Foreman which is described as “a frank, experimental play about the nature of physical and emotional satisfaction and the bipolar nature of American sexuality.” This play is intended for mature audiences. 11-CTPARADISE

Thursday 02-17

Broken Social Scene, Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel, 8pm, $18 (advance)/$20 (day of). Indie rock band based around the greater Toronto, Ontario, area. Also featuring Zeus, another indie rock act hailing from the Toronto area (note: this is not the better-known Dutch band Zeus, which is on hiatus at the time of this writing). 11-W07-2

Answers to Questions, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 5216 Montrose, 6:30pm, free admission. Musiqa in conjunction with the Mitchell Center for the Arts present a world premiere featuring the work of composer Bill Ryan, and performed by violinist Todd Reynolds. 11-W07-3

Friday 02-18

Ambassador of Rock Battle of the Bands, Hard Rock Cafe, 502 Texas, 8-11pm. Featuring OSIRIS, Adelaine, and two other bands to be announced. 11-W07-4

Saturday 02-19

Chase Hamblin/Al Staehly (of Spirit)/Mitch Jacobs, Continental Club, 3700 Main, $10 (tickets available at ticketlagoon.com), 21+. Presented by Steady Boy Records, this is the release party for Chase Hamblin’s album A Fine Time. 11-M02-4

Anarchists vs. Nativists: The Struggle Against SB 1070, Sedition Books, 901 Richmond, 7pm. Joel Olson, an Associate Professor at Northern Arizona University, leads this talk about the grassroots struggle against Arizona’s notorious anti-immigrant law, focusing on the work of the Repeal Coalition. 10-W07-5

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2011-02-08/13 Weekly LOVIEE

posted 2011-02-08T14:50

With the approach of Valentine’s Day each year comes events geared towards the occasion. And this year is no different. There’s no doubt that love is in the air once again, even if not every event fits the theme, and one flies right in the face of it.

Continuing This Week

Parody of Light, DiverseWorks, 1117 East Freeway, Wed-Sat noon-6pm. Patricia Hernandez critiques the business practices of Thomas Kinkade, “Painter of Light,” in this installation which resembles the interior of a home and shopping mall. Exhibit continues through February 26. 11-DWPARODY

Snowman Poker League hosts free Texas Hold’em poker tournaments at bars and pubs across the greater Houston area. Featured games this week: Nick’s Sports Bar & Grill, 1448 Wilcrest, Fri 7pm & 10pm; Barney’s #20, 8539 Gulf Freeway, Wed/Sat 7pm & 10pm. Z-SMP

I Shot Rock: The Music Photography of Mark C. Austin, Block 7 Wine Company, 720 Shepherd Dr., 6-8pm. A showcase of works from the renowned local photographer who specializes in music concert photography. If you are at all a fan of the Houston music scene, it’s almost certain you’ve seen at least a few of his pictures somewhere (most likely in the Houston Press or on the walls of the Green Room at Warehouse Live). Exhibit continues through February 27. 11-SHOTROCK

syntaxerrors, UH Project Gallery, UH Fine Arts Building (directions from UH website), hours not posted. A collection of works by Jeremy DePrez which show perceived missteps and one-offs, all together under one roof. Exhibit continues through February 17. 11-SYNERR

Thursday 02-10

Cultured Cultured Cocktails, Boheme Cafe and Wine Bar, 307 Fairview, 5-10pm. Presented by Spacetaker. This week, Frame Dance Productions is featured; back in 2010 May, Frame Dance was founded by Lydia Hance to connect Houston’s vibrant art community to the emerging Web 2.0 social media infrastructure. 11-W06-1

Thursday 02-10 Through Saturday 02-12

“Second Course – Winter Mixed Rep” by Dominic Walsh Dance Theater, Hobby Center, 800 Bagby, 7:30pm (all three nights), $25/$39/$52, student/senior discount $15/$29/$42, tickets available online. Featuring Swedish choreographer Mats Ek’s Pas de Dans along with Walsh’s own The Afternoon of a Faun and Victor Frankenstein (the latter of which is a world premiere). 11-W06-2

Friday 02-11

Second Annual F*ck Love, Let’s Party: An Anti-Love Celebration, Frenetic Theater, 5102 Navigation, $10/$25/$50 (GA/VIP/VIP+). Featuring DJ’s, food, drink, Shoot Your Ex, craft table, and numerous other attractions. Just don’t expect a kissing booth. 11-W06-3

Opening Friday 02-11

Paradise Hotel, DiverseWorks, 1117 East Freeway, Fri-Sat 8pm. Catastrophic Theatre presents Paradise Hotel, a play by Richard Foreman which is described as “a frank, experimental play about the nature of physical and emotional satisfaction and the bipolar nature of American sexuality.” This play is intended for mature audiences. 11-CTPARADISE

Saturday 02-12

8 Seasons, Wortham Center, 500 Texas, $20-55 (tickets available online), 8pm. Mercury Baroque performs the Four Seasons by Vivaldi and the Four Seasons by Argentinean tango composer Astor Piazzolla. 11-M02-3

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A brief note in light of Houston Snowpocalypse 2011

posted 2011-02-04T22:09 last mod. 2011-02-04T22:11

Hopefully most of you follow the Twitter account and Facebook page and caught my earlier note about double-checking to see if the events scheduled for this week were still happening. I try my best to update the actual LOVIEE for events that get cancelled after I post. However, I am not always successful.

Beyond a couple of things, I’m not sure what got cancelled and what went on as planned. I only briefly had time to attempt to contact Walter’s on Washington tonight (regarding the Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights/Truth & Salvage Co/Placid Blue show, 11-W06-1), and nobody answered the phone at the time I called. In the absence of any announcement that the show was cancelled I can only assume it went on as scheduled. I only knew of one Snowman Poker League (Z-SMP) venue cancelling their Friday night game (Gulf Greyhound Park) and the league’s owners did send an email blast out to existing players with an email address on file.

That leaves three ongoing exhibits (I Shot Rock, syntaxerrors, and Parody of Light), which there’s still plenty of time to catch, and the 2600 Magazine meeting (Z-14), which is informal enough not to have a central contact point.

This happened last year as well around this time, so I’ll just summarize with three points:

  • If you are running an event and need to cancel due to inclement weather, get the word out as soon as you know you’re cancelling. If you’re in charge of the venue, and it is at all possible, have someone or something answering the phone, even if it’s an answering machine in greeting only mode saying something along the lines of: “Thank you for calling the Brand X Club. Tonight’s show featuring the Solar Flares and Metal Mouths has been cancelled due to the inclement weather and will be rescheduled for sometime in the spring. If you bought advance tickets from StubBlubber contact them for a refund.” You get the idea… Of course, there are cases where that is impossible (e.g., power outage of length that happens 10 minutes before doors open).
  • If you are planning to attend an event and the weather’s looking really bad, double-check before leaving if possible if you have any doubt the event is still going on. (Area schools cancelling after-school activities, even if not the actual classes themselves, should be enough to trigger a double-check.) Check the websites, Twitter account and/or Facebook page for the venue and the performers, or if you can’t find those, there’s always the phone. (Voice, not text.)
  • It never hurts to have a backup plan, bad weather or not; many other things can happen to cause a show or event not to go on as scheduled.

Hopefully spring will be here soon. The groundhog has been wrong before, though.

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2011-02-01/07 Weekly LOVIEE

posted 2011-02-01T12:00 last mod. 2011-02-03T17:21

First things first. I’d like to welcome all the new readers, and acknowledge the community of existing readers who have stuck around for the past year and change. Which, I might add, is rapidly approaching a year and a half if you count the time prior to the official wide launch.

Due to some schedule conflicts making it impossible for me to post yesterday, I am moving the weekly LOVIEE back to Tuesday through Monday for this week only (there were no events to include for Monday 2011 January 31). Next week’s will be Tuesday through Sunday, after which I will revert back to Monday through Sunday.

I also have another important announcement I will be making in the next couple of days, which I am delaying so as to not flood everyone with posts all at once.

Continuing This Week

Snowman Poker League hosts free Texas Hold’em poker tournaments at bars and pubs across the greater Houston area. Featured games this week: Mezzanine Lounge, 2200 Southwest Freeway #150, Thu/Sun/Mon 7:30pm & 10:30pm; Griff’s Tavern, 3416 Roseland, Wed 7pm & 10pm; Lone Star Club, 2900 South Shaver (Pasadena), Sun 6:30pm & 9:30pm. Z-SMP

Parody of Light, DiverseWorks, 1117 East Freeway, Wed-Sat noon-6pm. Patricia Hernandez critiques the business practices of Thomas Kinkade, “Painter of Light,” in this installation which resembles the interior of a home and shopping mall. Exhibit continues through February 26. 11-DWPARODY

Wednesday 02-02 and Continuing

Reception for I Shot Rock: The Music Photography of Mark C. Austin, Block 7 Wine Company, 720 Shepherd Dr., 6-8pm. A showcase of works from the renowned local photographer who specializes in music concert photography. If you are at all a fan of the Houston music scene, it’s almost certain you’ve seen at least a few of his pictures somewhere (most likely in the Houston Press or on the walls of the Green Room at Warehouse Live). Exhibit continues through February 27. 11-SHOTROCK / 11-M02-1

Thursday 02-03 to Thursday 02-17

syntaxerrors, UH Project Gallery, UH Fine Arts Building (directions from UH website), hours not posted. A collection of works by Jeremy DePrez which show perceived missteps and one-offs, all together under one roof. 11-SYNERR

Friday 02-04

Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights/Truth & Salvage Co/Placid Blue, Walter’s on Washington, 4215 Washington, 8pm, $10, advance tickets available at TicketWeb. 11-W06-1

Saturday 02-05

4th Annual Rory Miggins Irish Stew Cookoff, starting at noon. Featuring The Blaggards and Come See My Dead Person. 11-M02-2

Sunday 02-06

Smith Westerns/Yuck, Fitzgerald’s, 2706 White Oak, 8pm, $8 (advance)/$10 (day of), tickets available online at StubWire. 10-W06-2

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