Cultural Arts and Performance Arts Essay

What to Experience Culturally in Houston and the Houston Area

The following is only a partial listing of cultural arts venues in the greater Houston area.

Museums and Exhibits

• Art Car Museum www.artcarmuseum.com (seasonal; check before you go)

• Buffalo Soldiers National Museum www.buffalosoldiermuseum.com

• Contemporary Arts Museum www.rice.edu/projects/cam/

• Czech Cultural Center Houston www.czechcenter.org

• DiverseWorks www.dverseworks.org/

• John C. Freeman Weather Museum www.wxresearch.org/

• The Health Museum www.mhms.org/

• The Heritage Society www.heritagesociety.org/

• Houston Center for Contemporary Craft http://www.crafthouston.org/default.asp?id=101

• Houston Center for Photography www.hcponline.org

• Holocaust Museum Houston www.hmh.org

• Houston Museum of Natural Science www.hmns.org

• Lawndale Art Center www.lawndaleartcenter.org/

• Lonestar Flight Museum www.lsfm.org/

• Menil Collection www.menil.org/

• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston www.mfah.org/

• Reinzi http://www.mfah.org/visit/rienzi/

• Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

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• National Museum of Funeral History www.nmfh.org/

• Project Row Houses www.projectrowhouses.org/

• Rice Gallery www.ricegallery.org/

• Rothko Chapel www.rothkochapel.org/

• Houston Zoo www.houstonzoo.org

• Orange Show www.orangeshow.org/

• Johnson Space Center (NASA) www.spacecenter.org

Performing Arts

• Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion www.pavilion.woodlandscenter.org

• Hobby Center for the Performing Arts www.thehobbycenter.org

• Houston Ballet www.houstonballet.org

• Houston Chamber Choir http://houstonchamberchoir.org

• Houston Friends of Music http://cohesion.rice.edu/shepherdschool/friends/

• Houston Grand Opera www.houstongrandopera.org/

• Houston Symphony Chorus www.choral.org/grou/hsc

• Houston Symphony Orchestra www.houstonsymphony.org

• Miller Outdoor Theatre www.milleroutdoortheater.com/

• Verizon Wireless Theater www.verizonwirelesstheater.com

• Shepherd School of Music at Rice University http://music.rice.edu/ • Moores School of Music at the University of Houston www.music.uh.edu/

• Wortham Theater Houston http://www.houstontx.gov/worthamcenter/index.htm

• Stafford Centre www.staffordcentre.com • Opera in the Heights www.operaintheheights.org

Theaters and Theater Companies

• A. D. Players www.adplayers.org/

• Alley Theatre www.alleytheater.org/

• Broadway Across America—Houston http://www.broadwayacrossamerica.com/houston

• Ensemble Theatre www.ensemblehouston.com/

• Main Street Theater www.mainstreamtheater.com

• Houston Society for the Performing Arts www.spahouston.org/

• Stages Repertory Theatre www.stagestheater.com/

• Theater LaB Houston www.theaterlabhouston.com/

• Theatre Under the Stars www.tuts.com/

• Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo http://rodeohouston.com/

• Houston International Festival http://www.ifest.org/

There are many more small theater venues in the greater Houston area. Check the listings in 29-95, the Houston Chronicle’s weekly guide to entertainment. Available online at www.29-95.com

Don’t forget the numerous Religious events and Cultural Festivals throughout the area.

What to experience along the Texas Gulf Coast: Fort Bend to Calhoun counties

Bayou City Art Festival http://bayoucityartfestival.com/

Texas Renaissance Festival http://texrenfest.com/press-room/2012-texas-renaissance-festival-season-announced

The Plaza Theater (Wharton) http://www.whartonplazatheatre.org/

Wharton County Historical Museum

20th Century Technology Museum (Wharton) http://www.20thcenturytech.com/

Wharton County Youth Fair (Wharton County Fair Grounds) http://www.whartoncountyyouthfair.org/

Community Actors of South Texas (Bay City) http://www.baycitycast.com/

Matagorda County Museum (Bay City) http://www.matagordamuseum.org/

Theater Victoria (Victoria) http://www.theatrevictoria.org/

Victoria Symphony (Victoria) http://www.victoriasymphony.com/

Museum of the Coastal Bend (Victoria) http://www.museumofthecoastalbend.org/

Victoria College Drama Department (Victoria) http://www.victoriacollege.edu/

Victoria College Music Department (Victoria) www.victoriacollege.edu/musicdepartment Cast Theatrical Company (Rosenberg) http://www.casttheatrical.com/Season_Synopsis.html

Rosenberg Railroad Museum (Rosenberg) http://www.rosenbergrrmuseum.org/

City by the Sea Museum (Palacios) http://www.citybytheseamuseum.org/

The Prairie Edge Museum (Eagle Lake) http://www.prairieedgemuseum.org/

Eagle Lake Depot Museum (Eagle Lake) http://www.eaglelakedepot.com/

Calhoun County Museum (Port Lavaca) http://calhouncountymuseum.org/

Brazoria County Fair (Angleton) www.bhfa.org

Texian Market Days (south of Richmond) http://www.texianmarketdays.com/

Don’t forget the numerous Religious events and Cultural Festivals throughout the area.