Sometimes there's a man; sometimes, there's a man. Jason McElweenie of The Low End Theory is hosting the first annual Houston Lebowski Bash this Saturday, June 21st, at the Caroline Collective to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the day that man arrived on the scene. If you're a Big Lebowski-aholic, an entered Big Lebowski apprentice or simply a neophyte who's never heard of The Dude or The Jesus and simply wants to have a good......

::Sonja Roesch Gallery Talk: Jac Leirner:: “I try to find a place for things that don’t have a place.” - Jac Leirner Join art lovers and lovers of installation art for a gallery talk with Toby Kamps, Senior Curator at the Contemporary Art Museum, about Jac Leirner's exhibition at the Gallery Sonja Roesch: January 23, 2008, 6pm Jac Leirner creates installations, sculptures, and mixed media pieces using everyday objects like business cards, plastic bags, cigarette......

::Martin Luther King Jr. Grande Parade:: And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free......

::Spacetaker's Artist Saloon: Gene Morgan, Skeez 181, and Cory Wagner:: The salon and the saloon meet at the Winter Street Studios Gallery. Artists and art afficionados gather for drinks and an informal converstaion about art. Artists will present and give a short talk about their work. After the artist talk there will be the opportunity to ask questions/begin a dialogue with the artists. About The Artist Saloon Every third Wednesday of the month, Winter Street......

::KTRU DJ Night at the Proletariat:: Yes, folks the rumors are true. The Proletariat will officially be closing it's doors on Feb 3rd, 2008. We've had a few weeks to stomach the news, but still get a little misty-eyed when we think about those damn red walls being knocked down. Leading up to the closing, the Pro is hitting it hard, with some killer events scheduled to bring the prolific Houston dive down with......

In a special double-header edition today of the Daily -ist, the University of St. Thomas brings us TWO free events, beautifully displayed (and FREE) on their spiffy new website. Check it out! Always some great (mostly FREE) events going on at St. Thomas, and now the new site makes the events much easier to find. We likey. Lecture: Trying Galileo UST’s History and Philosophy Departments co-sponsor the lecture "Trying Galileo" at 4 p.m. Monday, April......