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Texas Events Calendar Here are the results of your search: You searched for: Houston 29 matches were found Location Houston     Event Date: September 24 - January 03, 2010 Joaquin Torres-Garcia: Wood Constructions The Menil Collection Website: http://www.menil.org Phone: 713-525-9400 Location Houston     Event Date: October 22 - November 08, 2009 Mary Poppins Hobby Center for the Performing Arts Website: http://www.broadwayacrossamerica.com Phone: 713-693-8387 Location Houston     Event Date: October 23 - November 01, 2009 Texas Senior State Games Athlets 50-plus compete. Website: http://www.houstonseniorgames.com Phone: 713-729-3200 Location Conroe     Event Date: November 06 - November 07, 2009 13th Annual Houston Open Judo Tournament The Lonestar Convention Center Website: http://www.houstonopenjudo.com Phone: 713-248-0089 Location Liberty     Event Date: November 07 - November 21, 2009 Liberty Opry Nov. 7, 14 and 21. Includes Fantastic '50s & '60s Show on Nov. 7, Inspirational All Gospel Show on Nov. 14, award-winning Country Western Show on Nov. 21. 1816 Sam Houston Avenue. Website: http://www.libertyopry.com Phone: 877-729-9103 Location Houston     Event Date: November 11 - November 15, 2009 2009 Midwestern Sectional Figure Skating Championships Skaters who place in the top four at a sectional qualify for the U.S. Championships. Website: http://www.mids2009.org Phone: none Location Houston     Event Date: November 11 - November 15, 2009 Houston Cinema & Media Arts Festival Enjoy cinema, music, interactive installations, and Internet-designed and generated movies, as well as international films and videos. Website: http://www.cinemartsociety.org Phone: none Location Humble     Event Date: November 13 - November 15, 2009 Houston Gem & Mineral Society 56th Annual Gem & Mineral Show Humble Civic Center, 8233 Will Clayton Parkway Website: http://www.hgms.org Phone: none Location Houston     Event Date: November 14   Prairie Plant-a-thon Day Come prepared to dig in the dirt and learn about the native tall grass prairie. Begins at 8:30 a.m. Sheldon Lake State Park. Phone: 281-456-2800 Location Houston     Event Date: November 14 - November 15, 2009 20th Annual Texas Championship Powwow Includes colorful tribal dance contests, Indian artists and traders, honoring ceremonies, dancing, singing and more. Traders Village. Website: http://www.tradersvillage.com Phone: 281-890-5500 Location Castroville     Event Date: November 14   Market Trail Day Houston Square Website: http://www.castroville.com Phone: 830-538-2316 Alt Phone: 830-931-2161 Location Houston     Event Date: November 15   Walk MS: Houston Walk, run or skate a 1-mile of 5K route. Downtown Houston. Website: http://www.walkmstexas.org Phone: 800-344-4867 Alt Phone: 713-526-8967 Location Houston     Event Date: November 21 - November 22, 2009 Via Colori: A Street Painting Festival Watch more than 17 artists. Enjoy music, food and children's activities. Sam Houston Park and surrounding streets. Website: http://www.houstonviacolori.com Phone: 713-523-3633 Location Round Top     Event Date: November 21   Doctors Orchestra of Houston Begins at 3 p.m. International Festival Institute at Round Top. Website: http://www.festivalhill.org Phone: 979-249-3129 Location Houston     Event Date: November 21   Birding Walk & Talk Begins at 8:30 a.m. Sheldon Lake State Park. Phone: 281-456-2800 Location Houston     Event Date: November 21   Houston Championship Chili Cook-Off Champion chili cook teams compete for the title of Houston's Best Chili Cook. Traders Village. Website: http://www.tradersvillage.com Phone: 281-890-5500 Location Houston     Event Date: November 27 - December 27, 2009 The Nutcracker Wortham Theater Center Website: http://www.houstonballet.org Phone: 713-523-6300 Location Houston     Event Date: November 28 - December 20, 2009 Holiday Market with Santa Claus Traders Village Website: http://www.tradersvillage.com Phone: 281-890-5500 Location Liberty     Event Date: December 01   Country Christmas Night parade begins at 6 p.m., from the football stadium parking lot to Travis and Sam Houston streets. Enjoy wagon rides, pictures with Santa at the gazebo, musical entertainment, snow field for younger children, and more. Downtown Square. Website: http://www.libertydaytonchamber.com Phone: 936-336-5736 Location Houston     Event Date: December 01 - January 01, 2010 Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet Features 50 colorful, super-sized globes designed by artists to depict everyday solutions to global warming. Discovery Green. Website: http://www.coolglobes.com Phone: none Location Houston     Event Date: December 01 - December 20, 2009 Holiday Market with Santa Claus Traders Village, 7979 N. Eldridge Road Website: http://www.tradersvillage.com Phone: 281-890-5500 Location Houston     Event Date: December 01 - December 24, 2009 Celebrating Our Creative Spirit: Texas Federation of Fiber Artists See a wide range of exceptional fiber art -- quilts, embroidery, collage, tapestry, sculpture and more. Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Website: http://www.crafthouston.org Phone: 713-529-4848 Location Houston     Event Date: December 01 - December 24, 2009 Texas Masters Series: Rachelle Thiewes Thiewes, a jeweler and metal artist, has created works that have made an instrumental difference to the field of art jewelry. Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Website: http://www.crafthouston.org Phone: 713-529-4848 Location Houston     Event Date: December 01 - December 27, 2009 A Christmas Carol -- A Ghost Story of Christmas A re-telling of Charles Dickens' classic story that follows Ebenezer Scrooge's journey with the three ghostly spirits that visit him on Christmas Eve. Alley Theatre. Phone: 713-228-9341 Location Houston     Event Date: December 01 - December 27, 2009 The Nutcracker Set in 19th-century Germany, the ballet opens at a charming Christmas party at which the mysterious Dr. Drosselmeyer gives his little niece Clara a magical toy. Wortham Theater Center. Website: http://www.houstonballet.org Phone: 713-523-6300 Location Houston     Event Date: December 01 - December 27, 2009 The Santaland Diaries Recommended for mature audiences due to language and subject matter. Alley Theatre. Phone: 713-228-9341 Location Houston     Event Date: December 01 - January 03, 2010 A Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II & the Jewish People The exhibit includes photographs, video footage, documents and artifacts recording the extraordinary contributions of Pope John Paul II to relations between the Catholic and Jewish faiths. Holocaust Museum Houston. Website: http://www.hmh.org Phone: 713-942-8000 Location Houston     Event Date: December 01 - January 03, 2010 Joaquin Torres-Garcia: Wood Constsructions The Menil Collection, 1515 Sul Ross Website: http://www.menil.org Phone: 713-525-9469 Location Houston     Event Date: December 01 - January 03, 2010 Panto Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty is at home in Houston with a nasty curse on her head. In the tradition of British Pantomime, this twist on the classic tale will delight audiences. Stages Repertory Theatre. Website: http://www.stagestheatre.com Phone: 713-527-0220 Location Houston     Event Date: December 01 - January 03, 2010 Arts of Ancient Viet Nam: From River Plain to Open Sea Approximately 110 objects dating from the first millennium B.C. through the 17th century, on rare loan from Vietnam's leading museums, will be on view. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Phone: 713-639-7300 Location Houston     Event Date: December 01 - January 03, 2010 Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean Photography Features large-scale photographs by 40 Korean artists, many of whom have never before exhibited in international museum exhibitions. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Phone: 713-639-7300 Location Houston     Event Date: December 01 - February 07, 2010 Besa Muslims Who Saved Jews During the Holocaust In a five-year project, Colorado-based photographer Norman Gershman set out to collect the names of righteous, non-Jews who saved Jews during the Holocaust. He discovered that some of the names were of Albanian Muslims. Holocaust Museum Houston. Website: http://www.hmh.org Phone: 713-942-8000 Location Houston     Event Date: December 01 - February 14, 2010 Cy Twombly: Treatise on the Veil The painting will be shown with a significant group of related drawings on loan from the artist's private collection. The Menil Collection. Phone: 713-525-9400 Location Houston     Event Date: December 01 - February 14, 2010 Your Bright Future: 12 Korean Artists The exhibition features work by a generation of artists who have emerged since the mid-1980s working on the cutting edge of international art trends and within a distinctly Korean context. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Phone: 713-639-7300 Location Houston     Event Date: December 01 - February 28, 2010 Body in Fragments Drawn from the Menil's collection, the exhibit explores the manner in which the human form is dissected and reconfigured in the art of various times and places, conveying spiritual, physical and intellectual notions of personhood. The Menil Collection. Phone: 713-525-9400 Location Houston     Event Date: December 01 - January 24, 2010 Cool Moves Features more than a dozen fun, interactive activities that allow visitors to discover the beauty in motion. Children's Museum of Houston. Phone: 713-522-1138 Location Houston     Event Date: December 01 - January 18, 2010 The Ice at Discovery Green Skate among the downtown skyline. Discovery Green. Phone: 713-400-7336 Location Houston     Event Date: December 01 - January 10, 2010 The Moon: "Houston, Tranquility Base Here. The Eagle Has Landed" Includes photos, artworks, early scientific instruments, books, moon globes, maps and objects from NASA. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Phone: 713-639-7300 Location Houston     Event Date: December 02   Sound of Music Sing-Along This will offer something special in the shape of interactive props for audience participation. Angelika Film Center. Website: http://www.tuts.com Phone: 713-558-2600 Location Houston     Event Date: December 03   Holiday Heart Strings Bowfire returns for a theatrical holiday production featuring a Celtic Christmas, multicultural music-making, stepdancing and more at 7:30 p.m. Jones Hall. Website: http://www.spahouston.org Phone: 713-227-4SPA Location Houston     Event Date: December 04   Jubilee of Dance Features shorter works, showcasing the current and future stars of the Houston Ballet. Website: http://www.houstonballet.org Phone: 713-227-2787 Alt Phone: 713-523-6300 Location Houston     Event Date: December 04 - December 05, 2009 2009 Houston Heights Association Holiday Home Tour Visit five homes. Docents will be available to point out the rich history, architecture and unique holiday decorations of each home. Website: http://www.houstonheights.org Phone: 713-861-4002 Location Houston     Event Date: December 04 - December 13, 2009 The Nutcracker - Bay Area Houston Ballet & Theatre An amazing journey begins when young Clara is given a nutcracker by mysterious Dr. Drosselmeyer. University of Houston-Clear Lake's Bayou Theatre. Website: http://www.bahbt.org Phone: 281-480-1617 Location Castroville     Event Date: December 05   Old-Fashioned Christmas More than 250 vendors provide a variety of gifts and arts & crafts, as well as food and drink. Santa will pay his annual visit at 1 p.m. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Houston Square. Website: http://www.castroville.com Phone: 830-538-3142 Alt Phone: 800-778-6775 Location Houston     Event Date: December 08 - December 20, 2009 The Sound of Music Theatre Under the Stars. Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. Phone: 713-558-2600 Alt Phone: 888-558-3882 Location Houston     Event Date: December 11 - December 12, 2009 47th Annual Candlelight Tour See the interiors of Houston's most historic structures, each decorated to portray an era in the city's history. Enjoy staged performances inside the historic structures. Includes carolers, storytellers and crafters. Hours are 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sam Houston Park. Phone: 713-655-1912 Location Castroville     Event Date: December 12   Market Trail Day Features arts & crafts, woodworking, plants, clothes and more. Houston Square. Website: http://www.castroville.com Phone: 830-538-2316 Alt Phone: 830-931-2161 Location Round Top     Event Date: December 12   Gay Men's Chorus of Houston: A Twisted Holiday Familiar holiday tunes and not-so-familiar "twisted" tunes will bring laughter to begin the holiday season. Festival Hill. Website: http://www.festivalhill.org Phone: 979-249-3129 Alt Phone: 979-249-3086 Location Liberty     Event Date: December 12   Liberty Opry Christmas Show Begins at 7 p.m. 1816 Sam Houston Avenue. Website: http://www.libertyopry.com Phone: 877-729-9103 Location Houston     Event Date: December 12   Wildlife Christmas in the Park Bring the family to make special ornaments designed for wildlife. Holiday music and treats will be provided. Hours are 1 to 4 p.m. Sheldon Lake State Park. Phone: 281-456-2800 Location Galveston     Event Date: December 12 - December 13, 2009 The Nutcracker Features the City Ballet of Houston. Shows are 2:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. The Grand 1894 Opera House. Website: http://www.thegrand.com Phone: 800-821-1894 Location Houston     Event Date: December 13   The Rose Ensemble in Celebremos el Nino -- A Mexican Baroque Christmas Minneapolis-based vocal group performs a rare collection of early Mexican music, including Christmas dances, ballads and villancicos. Christ Church Cathedral, 1117 Texas Avenue. Website: http://www.HoustonEarly Music.org Phone: 713-432-1744 Find tickets to sports events, concerts, rodeos and other fun events at Lone Star Tickets on Texana Looking for clothing or collectibles for Texas Longhorns, Texas A&M Aggies or Texas Tech Red Raiders? Jackets, jerseys, caps and more are at the Texas Sports Store on Texana

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