Mercury Orchestra Blasts Off, with Fun Retro-Space-Age Gala and Supporters Like Lynn Wyatt

Jeff Gremillion

ONE OF HOUSTON'S most prestigious performing arts organizations, the Mercury orchestra, threw a fabulous “Retro-Futuristic” gala at the Post Oak Hotel, complete with a space-themed musical presentation and a top-tier guest list including Lynn Wyatt.

Using Old Photos, Knickknacks and Other Found Objects, Artist Transforms Gallery Into Space 'to Remember'

Chris Becker

“I’M INTERESTED IN the things left behind,” explains found-object and performance-based installation artist Viktor Givens, whose lovingly crafted installation Coffee/Kool Aid and the Tabernacle of (Re)Memory is on view through April 23 at Community Artists’ Collective.
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Spring Break Family Fun: Dreamy, Immersive Installations Now Open at MFAH

View of Pipilotti Rist installations (photo by The Storyhive)

NO DOUBT YOU’VE noticed your kids’ schoolteachers grinning from ear-to-ear today, which means spring break is upon us, and the time is right for the young and young at heart to head to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston for the return of Pipilotti Rist’s dreamy, thoroughly immersive light and video installations, Pixel Forest and Worry Will Vanish. Both works opened this weekend and will stay up through Labor Day.

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Tomorrow: A Secret Pop-Up Farmer's Market Is Offering Free Produce!

A BELOVED SNACK brand is being extra kind by bringing its first — free! — Secret Farmers Market to M-K-T Heights this Saturday. Houstonians will have a chance to fill up their baskets with fresh whole foods including veggies, fruits, nuts and grains on a first come, first served basis March 11 from 9am-3pm.

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