Houstonist loves to check out movies in the Brown Auditorium of the Museum of Fine Arts because it makes us feel oh-so-artsy, and tonight’s showing of the remastered Diva, directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, is certain to leave our culture tanks full. Diva is a story about a postman, Jules, who becomes obsessed with the famous opera singer Cynthia Hawkins. The quirky and elusive soprano refuses to be recorded, thus making her even more tantalizing.......

We first wrote about Glass Candy last November. If you went to the show, you probably burned a hole in the sole of your shoes when what should have been a show turned into a synth-fueled dance party. Currently featuring both John Alexander: A Retrospective and Learning by Doing: 25 Years of the Core Program, the Museum of Fine Arts and Starbucks' Mixed Media Series is keeping with the Texas theme. The Portland-based Glass Candy......

The Starbucks Mixed Media Music Series at the Museum of Fine Arts hosts a new event tonight. In addition to enjoying the complimentary Starbucks coffee, you can also check out indie pop sensation Voxtrot supported by Car Stereo (Wars) and Houston's own The Mathletes. Spinning at the DJ booth is Skull Gang Disco. This all happens in conjunction with John Alexander: A Retrospective, an exhibition of the artist's politically charged landscape and abstract paintings. And......

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......

::SNEAK PREVIEW: Dance Salad:: Get a sneak peak tonight of the fourth annual Dance Salad Festival as the MFA hosts a Choreographers’ at 6:30 p.m. in the MFAH’s Brown Auditorium, Caroline Wiess Law Building. This free event highlights the creative process of making dance and is a wonderful opportunity to understand some of the work being presented at Dance Salad Festival from the choreographers’ perspective. A reception to meet the panelists follows the program,......

Internationally acclaimed artists, architect, and weirdo Vito Acconci will be lecturing at the MFA tonight. Over the course of his almost fifty year career in the art world Vito has stuffed marbles in his face, bitten himself, and whispered lewd remarks to strangers while inappropriately touching himself in public for the sake of his art. In the 1990's Vito turned his artistic talents to the fields of architecture and landscape design. And has developed......

::Miwa Yanagi Panel Discussion: A Conversation about Feminine Beauty:: Well, our eyes popped out of our skulls when we saw this, not just for the topic and the photography, but also because sharp-as-a-tack Peggy Orenstein is coming to town to be a part of this panel at the MFAH. She and several Houston experts will discuss Miwa Yanagi's photography and the themes it encapsulates: gender, identity, body image, age, feminism, and beauty, and how......

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::MFA Projection Bomb!:: We caught wind of this earlier this week and couldn't resist reposting. Introducing the first guerrilla drive-in theater on the roof of the MFA parking garage this Thursday night. Be part of a smart mob for a 20 minute projection bomb. Bring a car full! Details below, poster attached. (Good attendance would really help my thesis project). Thanks! Clint - - - - - - - - - - - - -......

Houston's Museum of Fine Arts continues to present to the public significant films from film makers who shaped the industry. Their currently running Homage to Antonioni is no exception. Michelangelo Antonioni, who died at the age of 94 on July 30th, was a film maker from an era when films were more about the craft of film making, acting and provocative screenplays. His seminal films are portraits painted with characters of men and women in......

Today’s Photo of the Day comes from flickr user and Houstonist photo contributor cybertoad who wraps up this weeks black and white theme with this wonderful image from Bayou Bend Gardens. Houstonist would like thank everyone who submitted black and white images for this week's unexpected and unannounced theme. We'll get back to mixing up our photo of the day next week. Keep reading Houstonist and keep sending in photos! We thank you for......