Houstonist has always been fascinated by cyborgs. From The Bionic Man to Data, we've often wondered about the possibilities of combining human intelligence with technology. So we're intrigued by this description of this weekend's upcoming DiverseWorks performance The Invention of Minus One: Jonah Bokaer's The Invention of Minus One infuses technology into an exhibition that propels dance and motion-capture techniques into new realms of innovation. Bokaer began using state-of-the-art digital software to develop new movement......

The 2008-2009 DiverseWorks season opens on September 19 with Understanding Poverty, a multimedia exhibition by Houston-based photojournalist Ben Tecumseh DeSoto. The exhibition will feature DeSoto's 20-year investigation into Houston's homeless and working poor, with field reporting contributed by Ann Walton Sieber and a special light installation by Sarah Whatley Ayers. DeSoto began documenting life on the streets in Houston after meeting two homeless Houstonians, Ben White and Judy Pruitt. Over the past two decades......

If you're anything like Houstonist, you loved Mad Libs as a kid (noun...snot! adjective...stupid! verb...fart! and so on). And if you're not too cool to admit it, you probably still love them now (although, hopefully your vocabulary has expanded somewhat since your playground days). DiverseWorks and the Houston Center for Photography are giving you a forum to flex not only your Mad Lib skills but also your photography skills, whether amateur or professional. This Friday,......

::Love/Reflection/Protest:: Opening tonight atDiverseWorks , "Love / Reflection / Protest," a concert featuring modern art song by Dutch, South African, and American composer, will be presented by the Foundation for Modern Music. Internationally-recognized artists, soprano Julia Bronkhorst and pianist Maarten Hillenius in The Amsterdam based duo will present an evening emphasizing tolerance, healing, and understanding, while uniquely expressing the complex and entwined relationship between the cultures represented within the program. Bronkhorst, an authority in Dutch......

::Diverseworks Exhibit Opening Night: Two exhibits we are particularly looking forward to seeing both open tonight at Diverseworks. An opening reception will feature a special performance by Brent Green's 3 Piece Band, MK Guth's Ties of Protection & Safe Keeping Interactive Sculpture, and the DiverseWorks Silk Screen Station where you can build you own t-shirt. And everyone loves t-shirts. Flicker Fusion Since 1914 when the first animated film was made, artists across the globe have......

::Diverseworks Presents Jean Baptiste André: Comme En Plein Jour:: If you've picked up the Novemeber issue of ArtsHouston, you may have noticed the "clown" in the corner on the cover. No, it's not a mime. It's French performance artist Jean Baptise André. Tonight, the Texan-French Alliance for the Arts and its presenting partners Global Quality Imports, Inc. help welcome Jean Baptiste André's performace of Comme En Plein Jour to Diverseworks, for a two night engagement......

Look, we're gonna make this one real easy for you. No thinking involved. Music. Art. Community. And a scientist who raps about space travel to a power point presentation. See? Simple. Houston, Our Ears Depend on You, this Saturday at Diverseworks, materializes Rice Radio's KTRU's presentation of Ashmathitic Kitty's 4th Unusual Animals party. Huh? See, we told you we were gonna make it simple. Just trust us. Or, just keep reading. DiverseWorks is excited to......

::Maurice Manning and Emily Fox Gordon Poetry Reading at Diverseworks:: Giving Houstonians a chance to hear tomorrow’s great writers today. The Inprint Studio Series, presented by Inprint in association with the University of Houston Creative Writing Program and Diverseworks, features some of the best young writers in the country, as well as alumni from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program and leading local authors. Now in its second season, the 2007-2008 Inprint Studio Series,......

Looking for art tonight? We gotcha covered. It's all over. Tons of it. Tonight, and all weekend long. Check out openings tonight at Diverseworks, Vine Street (Fotofest), UH Downtown (O'Kane), CTRL Gallery, Inman, Finesilver, Kinzelman, Glassell, Blaffer, Art League, and much, much more. We just got tired of typing. See: help wanted. b.s. Artblog has a nicely coordinated list here, and ArtsHouston weighs in with their picks here. Seems like the top of everybody's list,......

August in Houston is horrific enough, but why not give yourself an old-fashioned scare this weekend. Really old-fashioned. As in 88 years old. Considered to be the first horror flick ever, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919) has got all the wacked-out trappings of German Expressionism but no sound. Last fall, Houston's Two Star Symphony Orchestra played its own original soundtrack alongside a screening to a sold out show at the MFAH. This weekend, they're......

It's too darn hot for a lot of things, but see what you think of these. Don't forget to email and yell at us if we missed something you wanted to see here ... Friday, August 4 Noisefest 2006: Metal acts from the Houston area. At $8 a day, beginnig today at 6 and tomorrow at 5 pm, the price is right to come headbang and enjoy some upandcoming acts. You saw them before they......