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......

It's baaaaack. We can't believe it's been nearly six months since the last installment of the MFA's kick arse series, "Movies Houstonians Love." How the heck did we cope for this long with out it? Must be those doses of Mixed Media that held us over. Tonight marks the return of a new slew of presentations of some of Houston's own professing their love for their favorite flix. This series includes flick pix from the......

Back in February of this year, Houstonist attended a screening of the 1983 ground-breaking documentary Style Wars, as part of the MFA's "Movies Houstonians Love" series. The film, presented by one half of UGK,Bun B, was screened to a sold out crowd of Houstonians, and was followed by more than an hour's worth of conversation surrounding Houston's underground music and art culture, that was co-led by Style Wars star and DJ legend, Kay Slay.......

After you get your groove on at the MFA's Mixed Media Series tonight, head over to The Proletariat for some late night worship with Houston's own ice sculptor extraordinaire and general wild man, The Reverend Butter. The Reverend will be doing what he does best, performing one of a kind, live ice sculpting shows. There will also be giveaways and music by DJ Trainwreck. The Reverend reminds everyone coming out to the show not......

Mixed Media Series at MFA It's baaaaaack! Yep, for the last few months every time an email from the MFA popped up in our inbox we hoped and prayed it was an annoucement of a new Mixed Media series. This week we were rewarded! Whoo-hoo! [The Deets] Find where art and music intersect on select Saturday nights at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. DJs spin and bands play against an arresting backdrop of......

Saturday, March 31: Mixed Media @ MFA Prince Language, one of NYC's premier underground DJs and producers brings his famed remixes to the third segment of the Starbucks Mixed Media Music Series at the MFAH featuring Hélio Oiticica: The Body of Color. With performances by DJ Franki Chan with iheartcomix out of LA, Austin-based DJ New Berlin, local favorite resident DJ Ceeplus Bad Knives, and the Brazilian Arts Foundation, after hours access to the Hélio......

Saturday: MFAH Mixed Media Series It's back! Quickly becoming a Houstonist favorite, Mixed Media Series returns this weekend with a Brazilian flare. This month's musical artists include: The Juan Maclean | NYC / DFA Records / Astralwerks / EMI / thejuanmaclean.com Cassiano & DJ Sujinho | NYC / Brazil / I Love Baile Funk mix cd / nossadesign.com Ceeplus Bad Knives | 90.1 KPFT / ReprogramMusic.com / Le Crash Club Jeffery Mac | Hard......

Before we get into this week's calendar, here are some upcoming concerts recently added that you may want to snag tickets for in advance: Yo La Tengo – 4/6 @ Warehouse Live Gwen Stefani/Akon/Lady Sovereign – 5/6 @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion Son Volt – 5/6 @ Continental Club Two special events this week that are worth checking out: Rice University radio station KTRU will be presenting their Battle of the Bands, featuring many......

Saturday: MFAH Mixed Media Series Once in a while, an event comes along that makes even us proud, art-loving citizens feel lucky. We are quickly learning to play with the big boys of the art world, and more and more often people are taking notice of the untapped energy in this city's metropolis. Last year's Starbucks Mixed Media Series at the Museum of Fine Arts was evidence that Houston is bursting at the seams......

No matter your stance on NAFTA (Houstonist is of two minds when it comes to the 27% duty on softwood) the importing of Canadian music is a fine, fine thing, be it your New Pornographers, Arcade Fires, or Social Scenes of the Broken variety. So its with great excitement that we're telling you that the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in association with Starbucks, are bringing Chromeo, Montreal's greatest disco/funk/breakdancing mannequin band ever, to Houston.......

If the Mixed Media Music Series at the MFAH a couple of weeks ago didn't quench your thirst for getting your groove on in the Museum Disrict, take heart: You have another chance tonight, and every Friday through Aug. 25, at the Houston Museum of Natural Science's Mixers, Elixirs & IMAX series. The party starts at 6 p.m. in the museum's Grand Hall with a DJ from Opus, followed by the main attraction at 7:......

If somebody were to stop you on the street and ask you what's wrong with hip-hop in 2006, odds are you'd say something like "There aren't enough good role models." or "The Streets." You probably wouldn't say "There aren't enough quilts." Wait, you would? Wow, then does the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston have a show for you! After the huge success of their Beats of Basquiat series earlier this year, the MFAH, in association......