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    • Contemporary Salon: Johan Grimonprez

      March 23, 6:30PM

      Johan Grimonprez has achieved international acclaim with his film essay,
      Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y, followed by Looking for Alfred. In his films, Grimonprez mixes reality and fiction in an innovative fashion and presents contemporary history from multiple perspectives. {more info}



    • I AM THE ONE I ALWAYS WANTED TO MARRY: A One-Woman Performance by MilDRED Gerestant

      March 31, 6:30PM

      The University of Houston Womens, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program in collaboration with the UH Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, UH Womens Resource Center and UH LGBT Resource Center present I AM THE ONE I ALWAYS WANTED TO MARRY: A One-Woman Performance by MilDRED Gerestant... {more info}



    • AURA Dance Concert: Between the Lines

      April 15, 7:30PM

      An evening of world premiere choreography and contemporary chamber music with the UH Dance Ensemble, UH Saxophone Studio and AURA Contemporary Ensemble. Directed by Rob Smith and presented in collaboration with the Moores School of Music. {more info}



    • Screening: Veins in the Gulf

      April 27, 7:30PM

      Join Shrimp Boat Projects, poet Martha Serpas and filmmakers Elizabeth Coffman and Ted Hardin for a screening of Veins in the Gulf, a documentary that traces the history of rapidly disappearing bayous, the environmental crisis of southern Louisiana, and the international impact of Cajun culture. {more info}

    • Artist Talk with Deborah Stratman

      April 29, 7-8PM

      Deborah Stratman is a Chicago-based artist and filmmaker interested in landscapes and systems. Her films, rather than telling stories, pose a series of problems - and through their at times ambiguous nature...  {more info}  



    • TexHex: Pop Up Cinema

      May 21, 8pm

      The Mitchell Center and Buffalo Bayou Partnership present Tex Hex, an artist-made boat created by the design-build group Simparch. Coinciding with Houstons Art Car weekend, May 21 launches the first of many artists' projects aboard Tex Hex. For this one night only as it travels along the banks of Buffalo Bayou... {more info}



    • Marc Bamuthi Joseph - red, black and GREEN: a blues

      Fall 2011

      red, black and GREEN: a blues (rbGb) is a full-length, multimedia performance work designed to jumpstart a conversation about environmental justice, social ecology and collective responsibility in the climate change era. Combining dance, text and visuals in a new mode of kinetic performance... {more info}

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