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Meet the Artist Telling Stories About Family and Climate via Piñatas

Multimedia creator Sue Montoya’s captivating Rastros at Box13 ArtSpace celebrates her parents while examining her own climate change fears.

11/05/2024 By Meredith Nudo

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MECA’s Día de Muertos Festival Keeps Indigenous Cultures Alive

For a generation of Houstonians, the arts organization has offered an opportunity to learn about the Mexica roots of Day of the Dead celebrations.

10/29/2024 By Meredith Nudo

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Looking for a Wild Time? Go to Houston Zoo’s Meet the Keeper Chats.

Elephant baths and giraffe feedings are all in a day’s work for local zookeepers, and zoo visitors get a daily chance to watch them on the job.

10/21/2024 By Meredith Nudo

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$2sday Lectures at HMNS Get Visitors Psyched for Science

The monthly talks provide a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the museum’s exhibitions and holdings for only a couple bucks.

10/15/2024 By Meredith Nudo

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There’s Always Something New to Learn at Sawyer Yards’ Second Saturdays

The monthly initiative opens over 100 artist studios so Houstonians can see what’s being created at the 55-acre complex. And no two events are identical.

10/11/2024 By Meredith Nudo

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Bayou City Art Festival Continues to Impress Us Year After Year

The 50-plus-year-old Houston arts institution returns October 11–13, bringing in up to 20,000 people and raising money for local nonprofits.

10/07/2024 By Meredith Nudo

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Gear Up for Halloween with Death by Natural Causes at HMNS

Nothing says “spooky season” like learning about all the different ways the world might kill you…or actually be safer than you think.

10/01/2024 By Meredith Nudo

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4th Wall’s Swing State Asks Tough Questions Without Easy Answers

Ahead of the 2024 election, Rebecca Gilman’s Pulitzer Prize–nominated play examines how people build one another up…and all the ways these connections may crumble.

09/26/2024 By Meredith Nudo