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MFAH Special Presentation Film Series presents The British Television Advertising Awards. Brimming with creativity and chosen by top advertising executives and producers across the globe, [this year's] sly, sexy, hilarious, and thought-provoking British spots include dancing marionettes, monkeys, and nudists as well as American celebrities Snoop Dogg, Rob Lowe, and Anjelica Huston hawking products to UK audiences.
You'll also catch an '80s flashback for Virgin Airlines and highlights from the history of 20th-century Britain condensed into 120 seconds for a bread commercial. Among the standouts this year is a spectacular skydiving stunt for Honda that was broadcast live. BUY TICKETS NOW |
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Master Class - Main Street Theater
Main Street Theater : Houston Maria Callas is teaching a master class. She's glamorous, commanding, larger than life-and incredibly funny. An accompanist sits at the piano, at the ready. Callas' first "victim" is Sophie, a ridiculous, overly-perky soprano. Before the girl can sing a note, Callas stops her-she can't stand hearing music massacred! And now what has started out as a class has become another stage for Callas herself. She glories in her own career, dabbles in opera dish and flat-out seduces the audience. MST's production will star Celeste Roberts as Callas. Dates Available: Saturday, January 09 @ 8:00 PM Sunday, January 10 @ 3:00 PM Thursday, January 14 @ 7:30 PM FULL PRICE : $20.00 - $30.00 OUR PRICE : $10.00 - $15.00 |
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ComedySportz 4 Kidz
ComedySportz Arena : Houston Created for our younger fans and their families, our ComedySportz 4 Kidz show features three all-star performers who invent the performance with the help of the audience. Dates Available: Saturday, January 02 @ 4:00 PM Saturday, February 06 @ 4:00 PM FULL PRICE : $8.00 OUR PRICE : $4.00 |
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Vic Dunlop Live at Laff Spot Comedy Club
Laff Spot Comedy Club : Houston Veteran comedian Vic Dunlop first forged new ground for comics on the classic 1970's TV game show "Make Me Laugh" and he hasn't stopped since. His high energy, fast paced act will have you holding your sides. He's a lean, mean comedy machine! Get your tickets today! Dates Available: Friday, January 01 @ 8:00 PM Friday, January 01 @ 10:30 PM Saturday, January 02 @ 7:00 PM FULL PRICE : $15.00 OUR PRICE : $7.50 |
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Movies Houstonians Love - Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe
MFAH - Brown Auditorium : Houston Introduced by Robert Del Grande, RDG + Bar Annie. An international all-star cast populates this comic mystery in which the best chefs of Europe are being murdered one by one. Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Philippe Noiret, and George Segal are among the suspects. Dates Available: Monday, February 22 @ 7:00 PM FULL PRICE : $7.00 OUR PRICE : $3.50 |
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Movies Houstonians Love - Scott Tycers Favorite Film: La grande bouffe
MFAH - Brown Auditorium : Houston Introduced by Textile's Scott Tycer. Four bored, middle-aged men (Marcello Mastroianni, Philippe Noiret, Michel Piccoli, and Ugo Tognazzi) meet at a secluded mansion for one last fling and resolve to eat themselves to death. Dates Available: Monday, January 25 @ 7:00 PM FULL PRICE : $7.00 OUR PRICE : $3.50 |
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Movies Houstonians Love - Anita Jaisinghani's Favorite Film: Mostly Martha
MFAH - Brown Auditorium : Houston Introduced by Indika's Anita Jaisinghani. When a headstrong chef (Martina Gedeck) becomes the temporary guardian of her equally stubborn eight-year-old niece, tensions mount at home and in the kitchen until an Italian sous-chef (Sergio Castellitto) arrives to lighten the mood. Dates Available: Tuesday, January 05 @ 7:00 PM FULL PRICE : $7.00 OUR PRICE : $3.50 |
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Film Presentation: Sufjan Steven's - 'The BQE' Project
MFAH - Brown Auditorium : Houston Commissioned by Brooklyn Academy of Music�s Next Wave Festival and released by Microcinema, Inc., The BQE is a cinematic suite inspired by New York�s labyrinthine Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. The eye-popping visuals feature animation, time-lapse photography, and classic 16mm imagery cascading on three simultaneous screens, accompanied by an idiosyncratic soundtrack evoking a romanticized musical choreography. Dates Available: Friday, January 08 @ 7:00 PM FULL PRICE : $7.00 OUR PRICE : $3.50 |
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The British Television Advertising Awards - MFAH Special Presentation Film Series
MFAH - Brown Auditorium : Houston Brimming with creativity and chosen by top advertising executives and producers across the globe, [this year's] sly, sexy, hilarious, and thought-provoking British spots include dancing marionettes, monkeys, and nudists as well as American celebrities Snoop Dogg, Rob Lowe, and Anjelica Huston hawking products to UK audiences. Dates Available: Friday, January 01 @ 3:00 PM Saturday, January 02 @ 3:00 PM Saturday, January 02 @ 5:00 PM FULL PRICE : $6.00 OUR PRICE : $3.00 |
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Being Jewish In France - MFAH Premiere Film Series
MFAH - Brown Auditorium : Houston This award-winning new documentary explores the rich and complex history of Jews in France, the first country to grant Jews citizenship. Beginning with Revolutionary cries of Vive la France in Yiddish, the film explores the explosive Dreyfus Affair, the Vichy government�s collaboration with the Nazis (Part I), and the absorption of Sephardic Jews from Arab countries in the decades after WWII (Part II). Dates Available: Friday, January 15 @ 5:00 PM Friday, January 15 @ 6:30 PM Saturday, January 16 @ 6:00 PM FULL PRICE : $7.00 OUR PRICE : $3.50 |
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Thunder Rock - A Fascinating And Inspirational Drama
The Company OnStage : Houston A Lake Michigan lighthouse is safe haven for a disillusioned war veteran who elects to isolate himself from society. The imagined ghosts from a shipwreck on the lake ninety years earlier give him the confidence to reconnect with the world he deserted. A fascinating and inspirational drama. Dates Available: Friday, January 15 @ 8:00 PM Saturday, January 16 @ 8:00 PM Friday, January 22 @ 8:00 PM FULL PRICE : $15.00 OUR PRICE : $7.50 |
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Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs
The Company OnStage : Houston Watch one of your favorite stories brought to life on the stage, with all the memorable characters: beautiful Snow White, the handsome Prince, the jealous Queen and seven kind, hard-working dwarfs. This fairy tale joyfully reminds us that kindness and compassion can overcome wickedness. Dates Available: Saturday, January 16 @ 11:00 AM Saturday, January 16 @ 1:30 PM Saturday, January 23 @ 11:00 AM FULL PRICE : $8.00 OUR PRICE : $4.00 |
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HSS January 2010 West Houston Area Party
713 Lounge : Houston Old Man Winter is Here & it's a Brand New Year! And we, at Houston Single Source, have only one resolution - providing fun and frolic to singles all over Houston! So come on out, West Houston and meet all of the singles in your area. Mingle with new members in your 'hood while enjoying light appetizers and a fun icebreaker game that will have you moving and meeting everyone at the party! Dates Available: Thursday, January 14 @ 6:30 PM FULL PRICE : $10.00 OUR PRICE : $5.00 |
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KOLD Radio, Whitefish Bay at Theatre Suburbia
Theatre Suburbia : Houston Lars is the host of a radio show called "Crappie Talk," devoted entirely to the narrow subject of ice fishing. Martha hosts "Book Beat" and has all the listeners and advertisers. When Lars loses his only advertiser and his fish out-of-water Brooklyn Italian boss fires him, he has his work cut out for him. He needs his job and his dignity, but more importantly, he needs Martha. Dates Available: Friday, January 08 @ 8:30 PM Saturday, January 09 @ 8:30 PM Friday, January 15 @ 8:30 PM FULL PRICE : $14.00 OUR PRICE : $7.00 |
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Houston Friends Of Music Presents Borromeo String Quartet
Rice University : Houston Since their explosive debut in 1989, the Borromeo has been regularly heard in the world�s most illustrious concert halls. Besides performing regularly in distinguished chamber music series across the United States and abroad, the Borromeo String Quartet has had residencies at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, the New England Conservatory of Music, the Tenri Cultural Institute in New York, Dai-Ichi Semei Hall in Tokyo and the Taos School of Music. Dates Available: Tuesday, January 19 @ 8:00 PM FULL PRICE : $55.00 OUR PRICE : $27.50 |
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Musiqa Presents - FOCUS
Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall : Houston In collaboration with Aurora Picture Show, Musiqa presents the second of its 2009-10 subscription concerts. The program features Mark Kilstofte's Ballistic Etude 3.1, Oliver Knussen's...upon one note..., Marcus Maroney's Mouvements Caches, Mark-Anthony Turnage's Two Baudelaire Songs and the world premiere of Anthony Brandt's Focus, a collaboration with lighting designer Christina Giannelli. Dates Available: Saturday, January 09 @ 7:30 PM FULL PRICE : $16.00 - $32.00 OUR PRICE : $8.00 - $16.00 |
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Wonder Of The World - Presented by Theatre Southwest
Theatre Southwest : Houston 7-year marital itch and a shocking revelation prompt wife to leave her marriage to do all the things she's itching to do; joining forces with some real characters along the way, for a wild ride over Niagara Falls in a barrel of laughs. Dates Available: Friday, January 01 @ 8:00 PM Friday, January 08 @ 8:00 PM FULL PRICE : $15.00 OUR PRICE : $7.50 |
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Houston Single Source Woodlands - People, Parties, Possibilities...
Amerigo's Grille : The Woodlands Mingle with new members in your 'hood while enjoying light appetizers and a fun icebreaker game that will have you moving and meeting everyone at the party! It's a New Year! Old Man Winter is Here & it's a Brand New Year! And we, at Houston Single Source, have only one resolution - providing fun and frolic to singles all over Houston! So come on out, social people of the Woodlands, and meet all of the singles in YOUR area of town. Dates Available: Friday, January 15 @ 6:30 PM FULL PRICE : $10.00 OUR PRICE : $5.00 |
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Laff Spot Comedy Club Presents Michael Mack
Laff Spot Comedy Club : Houston Michael Mack's songs and song parodies have played on radio stations across the country including "The Bob and Tom Show" and "XM Radio". He has twice appeared on ABC's "Americas Funniest People". He brilliantly uses music, light, impressions, and parodies. To produce a show starting in fun and ending with the crowd coming out of their seats in amazement. Don't miss this one of a kind event! Dates Available: Friday, January 08 @ 8:00 PM Friday, January 08 @ 10:30 PM Saturday, January 09 @ 7:00 PM FULL PRICE : $15.00 OUR PRICE : $7.50 |
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Billy Gardell - The Laff Spot Comedy Club
Laff Spot Comedy Club : Spring Billy is one of our most popular comedians and our audiences can't get enough of him. Billy has appeared on NBC's police drama Heist, CBS's Yes Dear, King of Queens, Desparate Housewives and in the movie . Dates Available: Friday, January 15 @ 8:00 PM Friday, January 15 @ 10:30 PM Saturday, January 16 @ 7:00 PM FULL PRICE : $15.00 OUR PRICE : $7.50 |
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Broomstick Adventure : Saturday Night Special
Discover Houston Tours : Houston Join Sandra Lord on a three-hour fun and fact-filled bus and walking tour. History buffs will learn about the city's earliest cemeteries, historic buildings, and famous (and infamous) citizens. Bring your digital cameras and EMF meters to capture the evidence of some of Houston's most famous ghosts & spirits. Dates Available: Saturday, January 09 @ 7:00 PM FULL PRICE : $40.00 OUR PRICE : $25.00 |
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Urban War Zone Paintball : Houston's Finest Paintball Field
urban war zone : houston Urban War Zone Paintball is downtown Houston's finest paintball field! Located deep in the heart of Houston, we are just 2 blocks off I-45 South - inside loop 610! The field is virtually minutes from anywhere in Houston. We have created an exciting paintball field - accessible to anyone in Houston metro area. We hope you'll enjoy playing our fields as much as we do. Dates Available: Sunday, January 03 @ 12:00 PM Sunday, January 10 @ 12:00 PM Sunday, January 17 @ 12:00 PM FULL PRICE : $27.00 - $44.50 OUR PRICE : $13.00 - $25.00 |
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Mystery Cafe's - Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre
Sheraton Suites Hotel : Houston Enter the glittering and cutthroat world of the professional Karaoke Singer in Mystery Cafe Houston's world premiere show! Someone is stalking the contestants of the Gulf Coast Regional Semi-Final Three Steps Before National Silver Microphone Karaoke Competition and it's up to you to find out who.....while there are still some crooners living! Dates Available: Saturday, January 09 @ 8:00 PM FULL PRICE : $54.95 OUR PRICE : $35.00 |
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ComedySportz Houston - Clean Comedy For Everyone
ComedySportz Arena : Houston Houston's longest running improv comedy show, ComedySportz features teams of improv comedians who compete for laughs as they make up scenes and songs on the spot. Not comedy about sports, but rather comedy played as a sport, similar to "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" on t.v. Dates Available: Friday, January 01 @ 8:00 PM Saturday, January 02 @ 8:00 PM Friday, January 08 @ 8:00 PM FULL PRICE : $16.00 OUR PRICE : $8.00 |
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