Cypress Creek Foundation for the Arts & Community Enrichment is offering $20 student tickets for Rhythmic Circus: Feet Don’t Fail Me Now! The regular price for tickets ranges from $30 to $60. Student tickets include ANYONE in school, elementary through college.
Infusing their unique style of hard-hitting tap, high-spirited humor, and finger-snapping tunes, this unforgettable show is guaranteed to leave audiences of all ages on their feet and dancing!!
The Houston Northwest Arts Alliance is running their ad today in the Houston Chronicle. Our Alliance typically runs an ad every 3rd Thursday of the month. We try to keep our most current ad posted on this blog as well under the Current Ad link on the right side of the screen. Check it out!
Seasons Greetings to everyone! Check out the Alliance’s various organizations on the right side of your screen – we each have shows and events that your family will love. Below is a small sample of what’s going on in Northwest Houston this holiday season…
Cypress Creek Christian Community Center
Dickens Market – Do your holiday shopping with a Victorian flair!
The 9th annual Dickens Christmas Market will take place on Friday, November 18 and Saturday, November 19 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Cypress Creek Community Center. Market attendees can look forward to high-quality crafts and merchandise and delicious food. Feel free to come and just browse – there is no admission price.
Cypress Creek Community Chorale Concert - ‘Hallelujah! Come, Let Us Adore Him!’
The Cypress Creek Community Chorale will present a holiday concert on Sunday, December 4 at 7:00 p.m. Admission is free!
Houston Dance Theatre
Houston Dance Theatre will present its elaborate 29th Annual Production of “The Nutcracker Ballet.” Performances will be held Thanksgiving weekend at the Geiger Performing Arts Center located at the Westfield High School campus. Reserved seating tickets are $20.
Symphony North of Houston
Their December concert on Saturday, December 3, will feature holiday favorites including ‘T’was the Night Before Christmas’ with a guest narrator. Concert to take place at Northwoods Presbyterian Church at 4 p.m. Free admission! Donations are always welcome & appreciated.
Big News in the North Houston Theater World! Over the past few months there has been a lot of buzz about the dual efforts of Applause and Houston’s Center Stage Theater. I have been working as Artistic Director for HCST for just over a year and have recently come on as Managing Artistic Director of Applause. What became immediately clear to me was that both companies share a common mission: Providing top quality training and productions for the many talented performers in the Houston area. For 15 years Applause’s focus has been on actors 18 and under. HCST has also done shows and camps for young actors, but their productions have included actors of all ages. Rather than competing with each other for talent and staff, HCST and Applause have decided to grow together, putting “community” back into community theater.
What does this mean for you? It means more options for future classes and camps, year-round performance opportunities, no “aging-out” of the system, families on stage together, performances in both intimate and large venues, higher quality training, and the combined efforts of the staff and outstanding volunteers from both houses. I am sure that you will agree that this is a win-win for everyone involved. We know that it is YOU who have made both organizations successful in the past and we are very excited about the future of theater in our community.
Over the coming weeks you may see several updates to our website and emails that you receive. Please check back often for all of the new and exciting things coming to HCST and Applause.
-Leslie Rhodes, Managing Artistic Director for Applause
The purpose of CreekFest: Urban Adventure Run and Festival of the Arts, a project of the Houston Northwest Chamber of Commerce, is to promote awareness and usage of the Cypress Creek Cultural District. The first annual CreekFest will take place on Saturday, October 8, 2011. Festival events will stretch from Collins Park to Cypresswood Landing Shopping Center to the Meyer Park Pond (all near the intersection of Cypresswood Drive and Stuebner Airline in Spring).
For a full list of events, please follow this link to the CreekFest website.
October 6-30, 2011 – General Admission Tickets
WAIT UNTIL DARK by Fredrick Knott is a spine-tingling thriller that you won’t want to miss. A Broadway hit, this masterfully constructed thriller moves from one moment of suspense to another as it builds toward an electrifying, breath-stopping final scene. A cool-as-ice psychopath smooth talks his way into the home of an unsuspecting blind woman. Unbeknownst to Susie, she’s harboring a dangerous prize and he’ll use every trick to get it. Spend an evening on the edge of your seat with the genre that Hitchcock made classic. This psychological thriller probes which frightens us more – the evil you can see coming or the one you can’t…
Call the Texas Repertory Theatre Box Office at 281-583-7573 or visit their website here to order tickets.
Junior Art Workshop:
4:30-5:45pm, Sept. 27 – Nov. 15
Junior Art Workshop is the Pearl’s After-School Art Class for kids ages 8-12. The workshop series includes 8 classes (10 hours of instruction time) and all of the supplies to complete the projects. Classes begin September 27 and meets Tuesdays from 4:30-5:45pm through November 15. Tuition is $145 for non-members and $120 for members. Space is limited.
The theme for Junior Art Workshop this fall is the landscape. Inspired by the landscape paintings in the exhibition, The Landscape in Art, the junior artists will create a range of pieces that explore natural, historic, urban, and imagined landscapes. The junior artists will complete at least one project per class while exploring a variety of media and techniques.
Call the museum at 281.376.6322 or email rosemary@pearlmfa.orgThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view itto register.
Lalique, and Art Glass of the 19th and 20th Centuries with Tim Novak: 6:30pm, Thursday, Sept. 29
Pearl Director Tim Novak speaks on the topic of 19th- and 20th-century art glass in coordination with the exhibition, A Passion for Glass, organized by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) and on display at the Barbara Bush Library from September 12 through November 21, 2011.
Following the lecture, Curatorial Assistant in Modern and Contemporary Decorative Arts and Design at MFAH Rebecca Elliot will lead a special tour of the exhibition on the Barbara Bush Library 2nd Floor. A reception will follow in the Smith Foyer at the Pearl.
Pauling Piano Dedication Recital: 7pm, Saturday, Oct. 15
Join the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts as they mark a new chapter in their history with the dedication of the Dr. Fred and Wanda Pauling Piano. The Dedication Recital will feature pianists Dr. Roger Keele and John Hendrickson performing works by Ravel, Debussy, Brahms, and Beethoven on the new Steinway L-Series Grand Piano. In addition, Dr. Keele will premiere a new work composed for the Paulings during this special evening. Proceeds from this event will support music programming at the Pearl. The recital will take place in the Main Gallery and a reception will follow in the Smith Foyer.
Tickets: General Admission. Adults $20, Seniors $15, and Child/Student $10. Space is very limited.
Tickets are available through the Cypress Creek FACE box office (across the street from the Pearl), or by phone 281-440-4850. There is a $1 fee per ticket regardless of payment.
Cypress Creek Foundation for the Arts will kick off their 15th season at The Centrum with country singer John Michael Montgomery! Cypress Creek FACE looks forward to another amazing season!
Dons & Divas: La Traviata – 3 p.m., September 13, 2011
Excerpts to be peformed fromthe famous opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The title “La Traviata” means literally The Fallen Woman, or perhaps more figuratively, The Woman Who Goes Astray. It was originally entitled Violetta, after the main character. The opera has become immensely popular and it is second on the Operabase list of the most-performed operas worldwide, behind only The Magic Flute. Ticket: $6-12.
John Michael Montgomery – 8 p.m., September 17, 2011
Since the days when “Life’s A Dance” turned him from an unknown artist into a national star, John Michael’s rich baritone has carried that most important of assets–believability. Few artists in any genre sing with more heart than this handsome Kentucky-born artist. Tickets: $30-60.
Best of the NW Gala – 7 p.m., September 23, 2011
The Centrum Arts League will present the Best of the Northwest Gala, “Rope the Moon”, honoring Susan & David Diehl at 7 p.m. on Friday, September 23 at Champions Golf Club. Gala attendees will enjoy a delicious sit-down dinner, silent & live auctions, and entertainment. All proceeds raised support Cypress Creek FACE.
