ARTS & EVENTS

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First Saturday Arts Market Welcomes New & Returning Artists

Houston’s original monthly outdoor art market returns for holiday shopping on November 5, 2022, on the parking lot at 540 W. 19th St. The November edition features over 40 artists from the greater Houston area and Austin.

“Holiday shopping and the promise of cooler weather always maxes out the November and December markets,” market founder and manager Mitch Cohen said. “I’m excited new artists were able to join us for these popular markets, like art photographer Leslie Natale who turned her hobby of 15 years into a profession, this will be one of her first markets.”

“Wood craftsman Ron Martel calls himself The Yankee Woodturner and creates intricately turned bowls, vases, and goblets, highlighting the unique nuances of each piece of wood,” Cohen said. “The holiday markets also bring out artists we don’t often see during the year such as Magnolia, TX. painter Dana Spencer. Dana’s paintings cover many subjects but her whimsical, colorful style stands out, I love her barnyard animals and western scenes.”

Cohen, an artist and Heights resident, founded the market in 2004. The market has been on W. 19th St., since 2006 and today stands out as the only monthly, artist-curated outdoor market.

A complete artist roster, directions, photos and more is on the website, www.FirstSaturdayArtsMarket.com.

MUSEUMS

Asia Society Texas Center

Through EVERYTHING SHE HAS Nov 13 WITHIN HERSELF Through YŌKAI: SCENES OF THE Dec 17 SUPERNATURAL IN JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS

Museum Of Fine Arts, Houston

Through THE SUGAR SHACK Dec 32

Through GORDON PARKS: STOKELY Jan 16 CARMICHAEL & BLACK POWER Through PHILIP GUSTON NOW Jan 16 ’23

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

Through TROY MONTES MICHIE: Jan 29 ‘23 ROCK OF EYE Through DIANE SEVERIN NGUYEN: Feb 26 ‘23 IF REVOLUTION IS A SICKNESS AMOAKO BOAFO: SOUL OF BLACK FOLKS

Holocaust Museum Houston

Through CHARLOTTE SOLOMON: Dec 4 LIFE? OR THEATER?

Menil Collection

Through SAMUEL FOSSO: AFRICAN Jan 15 ‘23 SPIRITS

Through WALTER DE MARIA: BOXES Apr 23 ‘23 FOR MEANINGLESS WORK Through WALL DRAWING SERIES: Sep 23 ‘23 MEL BOCHNER

Houston Museum Of Natural Science

Special Exhibits

DREHER MATERWORKS1 BODY WORLDS & THE CYCLE OF LIFE KING TUT’S TOMB THEATER

ALLEY THEATRE

Nov 8- A CHRISTMAS CAROL Dec 30

Through EDWARD ALBEE’S Nov 13 SEASCAPE

Broadway Across America Hobby Center

Nov 8-20 SIX

Nov 8 through 20

STAGES REPERTORY THEATER

Through PLUMSHUGA: THE RISE OF Nov 13 LAUREN

Nov 24- PANTO SNOW WHITE AND Dec 24 THE SEVEN DORKS

Heights Epicurean Farmers Market Every First Saturday of the Month 1245 Heights Blvd Elanor’s Market Sat and Sun 9 am until 1 pm 2120 Ella Blvd.

MUSIC & DANCE by Philip Berquist Holiday Classical Music Returns Strong

Houston Symphony Orchestra

November brings some interesting programming. The Houston Symphony will have Gemma New as a guest conductor as well as Camille Thomas as a solo cellist.

Born in New Zealand, Ms. New is the new artistic advisor and principal conductor of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and the principal conductor of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. She also is currently the principal guest conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Last year Ms. New received the Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award.

Franco-Belgian Camille Thomas is truly a rising star and will be soloing in the Elgar Cello Concerto. She plays the Stradivarius “Feuermann” cello (1730).

The performances will begin with the U.S. premiere of “Bride of the Wind” by Firsova followed by the Elgar Cello Concerto. The concerts will conclude with “The Planets” by Gustav Holst. The women of the Houston Symphony Chorus, led by Allen Hightower provide the subtle background effect at the work’s conclusion.

November 11-13, 2022

Next up, also in November, features Thomas Photo: Katya Horner Søndergård conducting and Lise de la Salle as piano soloist. Søndergård, from Denmark, has just been named music director of the Minnesota Orchestra and will assume that position next season. French-born de la Salle is another performer bursting on the world’s musical scene. She will perform the Schumann Piano Concerto. The concerts open with “Of a Spring Morning” by Lili Boulanger, and will conclude with Brahms Symphony No. 3.

November 18-20 2022, 8:00 pm

Another holiday tradition continues in December with HSO performing Handel’s Messiah. Conducted by Matthew Halls, with Karina Guavin, soprano, Krisztina Szabo, mezzo-soprano, Lawrence Williforn, tenor, Tyler Duncan, baritone, and the Houston Symphony Chorus, Allen Hightower, director.

December 9-11 2022, 7:30 pm

All Houston Symphony performances are at Jones Hall. Houston Grand Opera

HGO begins its winter season with a return of “El Milagro Del Recuerdo” (The Miracle of Remembering) with music by Javier Martinez and libretto by Leonard Foglia. This is a Christmas tale, originally commissioned by Houston Grand Opera, deals with life-altering family decisions to stay in Mexico or to seek a better life elsewhere.

December 8-18 2022 Sung in Spanish with projected English translation. Performances at the Wortham Theater Center, Cullesn Theater

A special treat by HGO with its Annual Holiday Celebration at Discovery Green. “The company’s Carols on the Green Sing-Along, Transforming the Human Spirit through Song,” to take place on Saturday, December 3, 7:00 pm, Discovery Green - Hess Deck. It will be led by singers from El Milagro Del Recuerdo featuring holiday songs in English and Spanish.

Saturday, December 3, 2022, 7:00 pm

Discovery Green - Hess Deck

Free Houston Ballet

It is the holiday season and that means that Houston Ballet will be performing The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky. Thirty-three times!!

Friday, November 25 - Dec. 27 2022

All performances at the Wortham Theater Center, Brown Theater

Final thought - I attended the Sunday, September 25 Houston Symphony performance with Music Director Juraj Valčuha conducting Joshua Bell playing the Sibelius Violin Concerto, and the Shostakovich Symphony 5. Bell and the Sibelius was stunning, but Valčuha’s reading and interpretation of the Shostakovich was probably the best that I have ever experienced! His conducting and leadership skills are not to be missed. This is a most exciting new era for the Houston Symphony.

Let me continue to hear from you at classicalmusicberquist@gmail.com.

For updates go to www.houstonintown.com

The Community Artists' Collective celebrates its milestone 35th anniversary on Saturday, November 12, 2022! The evening, which begins at 6:00 p.m. with a Private VIP reception, will feature works by widely recognized visual artists, performing artists, dancing, a silent auction, food and libations at the Decorative Center of Houston

5120 Woodway Drive Houston, TX 77056

For 35 years, The Collective has been the catalyst that provides inspirational and educational sources for artists and citizens so that they can use their talents and creative abilities to solve economic, cultural and social challenges in the natural and built environments in which we live, work and serve. Join Us! www.thecollective.org