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The Women of Thrive! Photo taken by Ben Tecumseh DeSoto
6:30pm
DiverseWorks and Friends of Women’s Studies invite you to THRIVE REMIX!Come see the show everyone’s talking about and enjoy holiday cheer, libations, and tasty treats!
Through December 20, 2008
Notions of time play through the work of 16 notable artists from Houston in Thrive, an exhibition organized in conjunction with a conference at University of Houston: “Gender, Creativity and the New Longevity.” The exhibit and accomanying programs are a co-presentation of DiverseWorks and Women’s Studies program at University of Houston. Artists include Elia Arce, Laura Bennett, Ellen Berman, Suzanne …
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Dec. 6-7, 11-14, 18-21, 2008
Sunday performances at 2pm
Thursday-Saturday performances at 8pm
DiverseWorks Theater
As part of the DiverseWorks Houston Performing Arts Residency Series,Asian Pacific American Heritage Association (APAHA) & Nova Arts Project present The Gate of Heaven. Written by playwrights Lane Nishikawa and Victor Talmadge, The Gate of Heaven is a compelling story of friendship and tolerance between two men of diverse backgrounds, Japanese-American soldier Kiyoshi “Sam” Yamamoto and Leon Ehrlich, an East European Jew rescued by Yamamoto from the Dachau concentration camp at the end of the Second World War.
The Gate of Heaven opens Friday, December …
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Friday & Saturday, Nov. 21 & 22, 2008
8pm
Commissioned by DiverseWorks with Danspace Project and The National Performance Network (NPN)
Making its regional debut, Jonah Bokaer’s Invention of Minus Oneinfuses technology into an exhibition that propels dance and motion-capture techniques into new realms of innovation. While with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Bokaer began using state-of-the-art digital software to develop new movement vocabularies and performance possibilities. Through motion-capture research compiled from a year of epic investigation, Bokaer with his collaborators (video: Michael Cole; costumes: Isaac Mizrahi; sound: Christian Marklay) examines the actual and …
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Curated by Mary Ross Taylor
November 14 – December 20, 2008
Opening Reception: Friday, November 14, 2008 – 6-8pm
Notions of time play through the work of 16 notable artists from Houston in Thrive, an exhibition organized in conjunction with a conference at University of Houston: “Gender, Creativity and the New Longevity.” The exhibit and accomanying programs are a co-presentation of DiverseWorks and Women’s Studies program at University of Houston. Artists include Elia Arce, Laura Bennett, Ellen Berman, Suzanne Bloom, Joanne Brigham, Kathy Hall, Roberta Harris, Rachel Hecker, Mary Jenewein, Lauren Kelley, Charles Mary Kubricht, Lynn Randolph, Debra Rueb, …
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Special Preview: Thursday, October 16 (see details below)
Thursday – Saturday, October 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31
November 1, 6, 7, 8
8pm
Written by Mickle Maher
Directed by Jason Nodler
“Mr. Lehrer, were you aware that I am a lover of the theater?”
One of the books on President Bush’s 2006 vacation reading list was Albert Camus’ absurdist tale of senseless murder, The Stranger. In hopes that the French philosopher might shed some light on the recent political clime – or vice versa – Mickle Maher’s new play The Strangerercollides several of …
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featuring Elia Arce, Ben Tecumseh DeSoto and Matthew Siegel
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
6:30pm
WinterStreet Studios, 2101 WinterStreet- Studio 11B
Admission is Free and Open to the Public
DiverseWorks is excited to partner with Spacetaker for The Artist SPEAKeasy in October. Every third Wednesday of the month at The Artist SPEAKeasy, Spacetaker hosts two to three artists from varying disciplines (visual, performing, literary, etc.) to present, in an informal atmosphere, creative dialogs/talks/presentations about their work followed by a question and answer session where the audience can glean further insight into the artist, the artist’s aesthetic and creative process.
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Via Connect the Dots
2nd Annual Conference to Educate and Empower Womens’ Advocates in Houston
Saturday, October 4, 2008
10am
WHAT: The Second Chance Project explores our cultural heritage through creative mediums (such as sharing stories from essays and journals) that reflect issues specific to women who have experienced domestic violence, homelessness, or incarceration through the Counseling via Arts Workshops. The Second Chance Project also encourages healing through the Connect-the-Dots Workshops that not only discuss the problems we face, but also demonstrate how those problems are interconnected.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
WHEN: DAY TWO of the …
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(POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE)
September 24 and October 22, 2008
7:30pm
SEATS ARE EXTREMELY LIMITED!!!
Indulge your appetite for food and art in a casual outdoor setting with Ad Hoc, brought to you by DiverseWorks and New Living. This Fall’s Ad Hoc dinners—held at Aerosol Warfare’s This Old House, a traffic-stopping project commissioned by DiverseWorks in Midtown—will feature some of Houston’s rising chefs and finest artists collaborating to bring you a five-senses art and culinary experience that you won’t soon forget.
If you are interested in purchasing tickets or would like additional information, please contact Shawna …
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DiverseWorks Food Drive
September 19 – November 1, 2008
In conjunction with Understanding Poverty, DiverseWorks will hold a food drive to collect non-perishable food items for SEARCH (Service of the Emergency Aid Resource Center for the Homeless.) Food Donations can be dropped off during gallery hours, Wednesday- Saturday from noon to 6pm.
Non-perishable food is essential to the clients of SEARCH; especially those in the housing and education departments. SEARCH tries their best to provide them with enough food to take home for themselves and their family. Suggestions for non-perishable food items include canned meats, juices, canned vegetables, rice, cereal, applesauce, crackers, …
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