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Tasty news! Back again by popular demand, Rec Room Arts, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) arts organization, will host its 3rd Annual Beer & Ice Cream Social on Saturday, March 31st from 7 pm - 12 am at Rec Room in downtown Houston.

MUSIQA, two-time winner of the Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, presents Playing Havoc, featuring the Houston premiere of Kate Soper's Voices from the Killing Jar for soprano, ensemble and electronics.

Upon receiving the inaugural Bridge Award (Premio Puente) at Sin Muros, the Latina/o Theater Festival held at Stages Repertory last February, Gente de Teatro (Houston, TX) celebrates its 23rd season with a second comedy from Catalan playwright Jordi Galceran: Cancun.

The Houston Symphony and Music Director Andres Orozco-Estrada performed the third concert in their eight-city tour through Europe on Monday, March 12, in Berlin, Germany.

Da Camera of Houston brings Mingus Big Band, with Houston natives Helen Sung, piano and Frank Lacy, trombone, to the Cullen Performance Hall on the University of Houston campus on Saturday, March 24, 2018, at 8 PM.

The Houston Symphony and Music Director Andres Orozco-Estrada continued their eight-city European tour Sunday, March 11, in Essen, Germany, performing in front of an enthusiastic crowd of more than 1,300 at the Philharmonie Essen.

The Houston Symphony and Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada began the first leg of their eight-city European tour Friday, March 9, during the opening concert of the renowned Klarafestival, a music festival held each March in Brussels, Belgium.

Main Street Theater continues its 42nd Season with the Regional Premiere of Daisy by Sean Devine.

Christine Weems, the director of Boiling Point Players' all-female production of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, knows what she likes - comedy, '80s music, dance numbers, crazy fight scenes and fun costuming.

The Ensemble Theatre presents "Eighth Day of The Week," a play that shines a light on Alzheimer's by Cleveland State University Professor and playwright Prester Pickett and directed by Ensemble Theatre Artistic Director Eileen J.

 On April 10, 2018, 250 guests will fill the Junior League of Houston with enthusiasm as they raise funds for Young Audiences of Houston, an organization that has been at the forefront of arts education in Houston for 62 years.

Houston-based Splice Records is thrilled to announce the upcoming album release of 'After You,' by Americana musician Arthur Yoria on Saturday, March 31.

Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) is excited to bring Houston two fun-filled shows this summer at Miller Outdoor Theatre.

Houston Chamber Choir has announced that the honorees for its 2018 gala All That Jazz are long-time benefactors Sally Anderson Clark and Michael Clark.

Ars Lyrica Houston's A Roman Feast Gala, Honoring Rhonda and Donald Sweeney chaired by Drs.

Renowned experimental, often-controversial opera and theater director Peter Sellars will join Debbie McNulty, director of Mayor Turner's Office of Cultural Affairs, and Patrick Summers, artistic director of Houston Grand Opera, in a public conversation about art and activism moderated by th

Continuing with its mission to support Latin@/x playwrights, the 50 Playwrights Project (50PP) has released its second annual list of recommended unproduced Latin@/x plays.

Antoine Plante, Artist Director, and Brian Ritter, Executive Director, announce Mercury's 2018-2019 season featuring a diverse range of masterpieces, from the Renaissance to the Romantic.

On Saturday, March 10, 2018 at 8 p.

The Houston Early Music 2017-18 season will close with a momentous occasion: Heinrich Biber's daunting "The Mystery Sonatas," also known as the Rosary Sonatas, one of the most extraordinary sets of music ever written for the violin.

Bright Star, the new musical from Grammy, Emmy and Academy Award-winning Steve Martin and Grammy Award-winning Edie Brickell, is coming to Houston from Theatre Under The Stars beginning March 13 through March 25 at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts.

Stages Repertory Theatre brings a searing and powerful drama to Houston with the regional premiere of We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as South-West Africa, From the German Sudwestakfrika, Between the Years 1884 - 1915, running from March 14 - April

Houston Ballet Artistic Director Stanton Welch AM and Houston Ballet Academy Director Vicki Attard are pleased to announce that the Academy's own Lower School Principal Melissa Bowman has been named as Houston Ballet Academy's next Director, overseeing a variety of programs designed to take students

As part of the tradition of "bringing the world's best to Houston," Society for the Performing Arts, (SPA) in partnership with the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center, presents a series of innovative dance master classes.

Ars Lyrica Houston presents the 2017/2018 Artful Women season concert, Long Live the Queen on Saturday, April 7th 2018 at 7:30pm in Zilkha Hall at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts.