Wherever you may be headed tonight, make sure to at least do a fly-by at the Contemporary Arts Museum so you don't kick yourself later for missing Steel Lounge Underground. Held on the last Friday of every month, Steel Lounge Underground is a mad tonic of music and art featuring local DJs and musicians performing alongside the latest exhibit in the Contemporary Arts Museum's Zilkha Gallery. This month features Houston-based DJs Jessica Lozano and Cee......

Internationally recognized designer-extraordinaire Karim Rashid will be at the Brown Auditorium this Thursday, March 27th at 7pm. For those less than completely design savvy, Karim has designed everything from bottle stoppers to bar stools, from fine art to disposable fashion and his clients are among the largest and most established design houses in the world. But even if you had no prior knowledge of his extensive repertoire or list of clients, you may have......

Perspectives 159: Superconscious, Automatisms Now December 14, 2007 – March 9, 2008 Opening reception December 13, 2007, 6:30-9:00 p.m. Sigh. This is Houston's last hurrah with Senior CAMH Curator Paola Morsiani, and we are sad. Having been with the CAMH for over eight years, Morsiani is heading north to become Curator of Contemporary Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art, an internationally renowned encyclopedic museum in the midst of a $258 million renovation and expansion.......

::Steel Lounge Underground at the CAMH:: Did you miss the HIWI party last night at Lawndale? (Apparently some of us probably should have, given we mistook it for a drinking contest.) Well loyal readers, you are in luck. Two great things rolled into one awesome basement tonight: the Houston: It's Worth It folks will be hosting the final Steel Lounge of the year at the CAMH. In almost a deja vu of last night, DJ......

Calling all cool kids (or, just kids aiming to be cool at some point in the future...cool adults are fine, too...or, well, you know...)...Contemporary Arts Museum Houston brings us a Steel Lounge Underground Halloween Bash tonight with their friends at KTRU 91.7 Rice Radio. Come early for a special preview screening of the season premier of art:21, focusing on contemporary artists and romance, beginning at 8 p.m. in the Cullen Education Resource Room at......

When we’re out and about, rocking and rolling and what not, we meet a lot of people who say, “Gee, I’d really like to be into art, but, I just don’t know about any artists and I get really intimidated when I go to galleries because the attendants can totally tell I don’t know anything about art and I end up leaving in shame, lamenting that my old Monet poster and that STOP sign I......

Into art? How about dance? You like music? Theater? Have a thing for opera? Or maybe you just (pretend to) like “culture” in general to seem smart and hip and urban? Want to impress a date while not knowing a damn thing about the previously mentioned subjects? Boy, does Houstonist have a shindig for you. Tonight brings us Culture Collision II, hosted by a fleet of Museum and Theatre District young professionals' groups, including the......

Perspectives 158: Preview Reception at the CAM We've been thoroughy impressed this year with the diverse installations and programs that the CAMH has produced, and the next Perspectives exhibit, opening tonight, is no exception. Be among the first to see the latest Zilkha Gallery exhibition, Perspectives 158: Kelly Nipper, at a preview reception tonight, Sept 20th, with the artist. Kelly Nipper, the Southern California-based photographer and installation artist, will lead a tour of the exhibition......

Steel Lounge Underground Music Series at CAMH Well, we hope you all survived the storm of the century last night. Even if you did, looks like the labor day weekend's gonna be more of the same. Guess we should just chalk this whole summer up. Here's to a sunny 2008 summer! Of course, really the only event worth going to tonight is our Houston's B-day Pub Crawl Downtown, but of course that wouldn't be fair......

Unless you've been hiding under a rock out in the suburbs (no judgment!) you probably have already heard about this Saturday's 11th Annual Museum District Day. If you haven't, well look at us telling you something you don't know about! Yep, folks, that's what we're here for. Here's your chance to view gallery upon gallery of Houston's finest art, all for the low, low price of FREE. Saturday, August 18th, from 10am-5pm, 14 Houston museums......

Week's not over yet! Here's your chance to catch some ongoing events standing on their last leg today. Out the door, now. Or you'll miss 'em. Events Closing Today: Black Light /White Noise: Sound and Light in Contemporary Art [Contemporary Arts Museum Houston | 'til 5pm] Lunch Films [Aurora Picture Show | 3pm] Houston International Jazz Festival [Jones Plaza | 5pm] Gallery Talk The Artist's Eye: On Robert Rauschenberg [Menil today @ 3pm] --- Photo:......

It would if it were Christmas in July, right? Or at least the temps might climb down to a mild 75? See what the air is like at the Contemporary Arts Museum tonight, where ArtsHouston sponsors Steel Lounge Underground. Instead of carols, there will be DJs Majora y Minora in from Austin, spinning electro, disco, techno, house, and all other forms of I.B.M. (Intelligent Booty Music). And for holiday fare: free sushi and veggie......

While running along Montrose Ave this morning, discovering the sidewalks (and subsequent ankle-twisting cracks) of a neighborhood we have often admired, but of recent become a resident, we got an upclose look at many of the establishment we have visited many a time, yet on foot were allowed to explore a bit more. In the effort of being visionaries, we've decided to name this strip of road SoMo (or South Montrose, for you slow pokes.)......

Oh, but it's good. Perspectives 156: Impulse! at the Contemporary Arts Museum has a note of urgency to it, a compelling one, and you may find yourself spending more time at the show than you expected. Excitation, the show's theme, is tapped into from so many different angles, making for a truly dynamic exhibition. Juried by Houston artist Francesca Fuchs, the show unites work from 26 area high school students. High school??! Gulp --......

Treasure Island Preview Party One of Houstonist's favorite holidays, "National Talk Like a Pirate Day", may still be three months away, but tonight we are happy to at least be able to dress like one without getting funny looks. Well, no more than usual. Join the Houston Museum of Natural Science, the Alley Theatre, and the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston tonight for a special pre-show party (with purchase of a $30 discounted ticket) for......

Champagne and Ribs The Contemporary Art Museum Houston is hosting their annual night of "casual elegance" supporting cultural diversity in Houston and art. This event has become a hit among Houstonians in the know, and tonight promises to be no different. According to www.camh.org, Champagne and Ribs was originally conceived by the African American members of the museum board. The same group contiues to host the annual event to celebrate "the Museum's long history of......

The Contemporary Arts Museum's Teen Council will host a music video night on the lawn in front of the museum at 6:30 tonight. To make an evening of it, Houstonist suggests visiting the Cullen Sculpture Garden and maybe dinner at nearby Cafe Express? Or maybe not. The showing will consist of music videos chosen especially by members of the Teen Council. The videos will be projected on a screen set up on the lawn in......

Ah, the (triumphant?) return of Fun for a Hamilton. We could tell you a horror story about why your favorite ten dollar bill has been missing from your lives lately, but merely rest assured that Hamilton's back now. (And since nobody emailed us to complain, we're not even sure you noticed he was gone). Without further ado... Friday, October 20 A production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at St. Thomas this evening updates the play......

It’s going to be hot and sticky outside this weekend with a fair chance of rain – a good time to do something indoors. Many museums are participating in Museum District Day, offering visitors free admission. So if you’ve always wanted to go to some of the museums in town and didn’t have the $5-10 to spend (you cheap bastards), this is a perfect opportunity for you! Over a dozen of museums are participating this......

The usual Hamilton crew begs your indulgence for going AWOL last week--we assume that you found lots of fun to do on your own, since we didn't get any emails (angry or otherwise). We're back now, though. We promise. Friday, August 18 Teatro Multimedia is the product of the second of three workshops held by Talento Billingue de Houston and led by Maria Angeles Romero, one of the most notable performance artists who makes use......

Sometimes Houstonist shakes its head up and down, as if to say "Yes! Yes! Yes! This rocks!" And it is with that approving nod that we're telling you about the latest entry in the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston's Perspectives series: It's Only Rock and Roll, a photography exhibit of some of the most influential moments of rock music history. Current rock count: five. The show, which rock fans just might call "seminal," starts Friday and......