CULTURE SCENE
All shows are free unless otherwise noted.
Galleries
Anya Tish Gallery: “Orna Feinstein: Asherah,” through April 15; 4411 Montrose; 713524-2299, anyatishgallery.com. Art of the World Gallery: Julio Larraz, through April 15; 2201 Westheimer; 713-526-1201, artoftheworldgallery.com. Art Palace: “Raychael Stine: Higher Love,” through April 15; 3913 Main; 832-390-1273, artpalacegallery.com. Archway Gallery: “Becoming Paint,” works by donna e. perkins, opens 5 p.m. Saturday, artist talk at 6:30 p.m.; through May 4; 2305 Dunlavy; 713-5222409, archwaygallery.com. Barbara Davis Gallery: “In the Mix,” group show, through April 15; 4411 Montrose; 713-5209200, barbaradavisgallery.com. BlueOrange Art: “Ryder Richards: There’s no ‘I’ in ‘Win,’ ” through April 14; 1208 W. Gray; 713-527-0030, blueorangehouston.com. Capsule Gallery: “Experiments in Form and Fiction: Liz Hickok and Shiyuan Xu,” through Saturday; 3909 Main; 713-8077065, capsulegallery.com. Catherine Couturier Gallery: “In With the New: Recent Works and Acquisitions,” through Saturday; 713-524-5070, catherinecouturier.com. Cindy Lisica Gallery: “Natural Flexibility,” group show, through April 15; 4411 Montrose; 713807-7760, cindylisica.com. Clarke & Associates: “James Surls: Thought Wave — Drawings From Matter and Mind,” through April 15; 301 E. 11th; 713-254-2998, jamessurls. com. David Shelton Gallery: “Cheryl Donegan: Recent Work,” through April 15; 4411 Montrose; 713-393-7319, davidsheltongallery.com. Deborah Colton Gallery: “Miriam Medrez: Inverted Dresses,” opens 5:30 p.m. Saturday, artist talk 11 a.m. Sunday; through April 23; 2445 North Blvd.; 713-869-5151, deborahcoltongallery.com. Devin Borden Gallery: “Selections on Paper,” through April 18; 917 Main; 713-5292700, devinborden.com. Gallery Sonja Roesch: “David Simpson: Interference Paintings,” through May 27; 2309 Caroline; 713-659-5424, gallerysonjaroesch.com. Gray Contemporary: “Udona Boerema: Transience,” through Saturday; 3508 Lake; 713-8624425, graycontemporary.com. Hiram Butler Gallery: “Eric Aho: Ice Houses,” through April 29; 4520 Blossom; 713-8637097, hirambutler.com. Hooks-Epstein Galleries: “Ellen Berman: Three. Two. One.,” through Saturday; 2631 Colquitt; 713-522-0718, hooksepsteingalleries.com. Inman Gallery: “Linarejos Moreno: Art Forms in Mechanism,” through April 22; 3901 Main; 713-526-7800, inmangallery.com. Jonathan Hopson Gallery: “Slow-Moving Eyes,” photographs by Taka NonakaHill and Toby Kamps, through April 16; 904 Marshall; 832-8192918, jonathanhopsongallery. com. Koelsch Haus: “w. tucker: all that matters is the getting back up,” through Friday; 801 Richmond; 713-862-5744, koelschgallery.com. Laura Rathe Fine Art: “Roi James: Evocations,” through Tuesday; 2707 Colquitt; 713705-5044, laurarathe.com. Moody Gallery: “Liz Ward: Watershed,” through Saturday; “Gael Stack: Untitled (Tinies), through April 13; 2815 Colquitt; 713-526-9911, moodygallery. com. Nicole Longnecker Gallery: “Industrialism in the 21st Century,” through Saturday; 2625 Colquitt; 713-591-4997, longneckergallery.com. Samara Gallery: “Carlos Canul: Excursions Into the Unknown,” through April 22; 3911 Main; 713999-1009, samaragallery.com.
Sicardi Gallery: “Clemencia Echeverri: Sin Cielo,” through May 4; 1506 W. Alabama; 713529-1313, sicardigallery.com Texas Gallery: “Lynda Benglis, Alan Shields, Peter Young,” through Saturday; 2012 Peden; 713-524-1593, texgal.com. William Reaves | Sarah Foltz Fine Art: “Mary Baxter: Painting Far West Texas,” opens Friday, through April 29; 2143 Westheimer; 713-521-7500, reavesart.com. Williams Tower Gallery: “The Art of Found Objects-redux!,” group show, through April 14; 2800 Post Oak; 713-553-5060. Zoya Tommy: “Your Presence Is Required,” group show, through April 8; 4102 Fannin; 832-6495814, zoyatommy.com.
Museums
Art Car Museum: “Tim Glover: Working in the Margins” and “Randall McCabe: Drawings From the Equinox,” through April 23; 140 Heights; 713-8615526, artcarmuseum.com. Art League Houston: “The Space Between Grief and Morning: Prince Varughese Thomas,” “How Do I Say Her Name?” group show, and “Dysfunctional Systems: J. Pouwels,” through May 6; 1953 Montrose; 713-523-9530, artleaguehouston.org Asia Society Texas Center: “Modern Twist: Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Art,” through July 30; $5; 1370 Southmore; 713-496-9901, asiasociety.org. Box 13 Artspace: “Soliloquy/ Jill Bedgood,” “Mirror, Mirror: Mockingly Minute” and “Low Tide: Rachel Fischer,” through April 22; 6700 Harrisburg; box13artspace.com Contemporary Arts Museum Houston: “Origins of the Self: CAMH Teen Council,” through May 7; 5216 Montrose; 713-2848250, camh.org. Galveston Arts Center: David Aylsworth’s “Either/And,” Steve Fisher’s “Galveston: Spare Beauty” and WAKE’s “In our Wake: A Collective’s Collected Objects,” through April 16; 2127 Strand, Galveston; 409-7632403, galvestonartscenter.org. Holocaust Museum Houston: “A Celebration of Survival by Barbara Hines,” through May 30; “Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program, 1942-1964,” through May 14; $12; 5401 Caroline; 713-942-8000, hmh. org. Houston Center for Contemporary Craft: “United by Hand: Work and Service by Drew Cameron, Alicia Dietz and Ehren Tool” and “Future Tradition: Melissa Cody,” through May 28; 4848 Main; 713-529-4848, crafthouston. org. Houston Museum of AfricanAmerican Culture: “i found god in myself: a celebration of Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls,” through April 15; 4807 Caroline; 713-526-1015, hmaac. org. Houston Center for Photography: “Her Feet Planted Firmly on the Ground” and “Picturethis!,” through May 7; 1441 W. Alabama; 713-5294755, hcponline.org. Jung Center Houston: Leslie Field’s “Field Explorations” and Priscilla Frake’s “As Above, So Below: Inner and Outer Images of the Cosmos,” opens Friday, through April 28; 5200 Montrose; 713-524-8253, junghouston.org. Lawndale Art Center: “2017 Core Exhibition,” “Hold: Denise Liebl” and group show “One Stone and the Rain,” through April 22; 4912 Main; 713-5285858, lawndaleartcenter.org. The Menil Collection: “The Beginning of Everything,” through June 18; “ReCollecting Dogon,” through July 9; and Francis Alÿs’ “The Fabiola Project,” through May 13; 1533 Sul Ross; 713-525-9400, menil. org. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: “Adios Utopia: Dreams and Deceptions in Cuban Art Since 1950,” through May 21; “Ron Mueck,” through May 29; “Colors of the Oasis: Central Asian Ikats,” through June 4; $7.50-$23; 5601 Main; 713-639-7300, mfah.org. Moody Center for the Arts: Olafur Eliasson’s “Green light — An artistic workshop,” through May 6; Thomas Struth’s “Nature & Politics,” through May 29; Dana Thater’s “The Starry Messenger”; teamLab’s “Flower’s and People, Cannot be Controlled but Live Together — A Whole Year per Hour,” through Aug. 13; Rice University, 6100 Main; 713-348-4772; moody.rice.edu. Project Row Houses: “Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter at Project Row Houses,” through June 4; 2521 Holman; 713-526-7662, projectrowhouses.org. Rice Gallery: Sol LeWitt’s “Glossy and Flat Black Squares,” through May 14. Sewell Hall, Rice University, 6100 Main; 713348-6069. Watercolor Art Society: “40th International Exhibition,” through April 6; 1601 W. Alabama, 713-942-9966, watercolorhouston.org.
Theater
An Act of God: David Javerbaum’s witty play about religion. Presented by the Alley Theatre. 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays, 2:30 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Sundays, 7:30 p.m. TuesdaysWednesdays, through April 16; 615 Texas; $60-$103, 713-2205700, alleytheatre.org. Grand Concourse: Presented by Main Street Theater. 7:30 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays, through April 30; Rice Village, 2540 Times; $37-$42; 713-524-9196, mainstreettheater.com. Footloose: The 1998 musical about the power of dance. Presented by HITS Theatre. 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, through April 8. Miller Outdoor Theatre, 6000 Hermann Park Drive; free; 832-487-7102. Five Course Love: Gregg Coffin’s musical about five dates. Presented by Stages Repertory Theatre. 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays, 2:30 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sundays, 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, through April 16; 3201 Allen Parkway; $30-$75; 713-527-0123, stagestheatre. com. Antony and Cleopatra: Modern interpretation of Shakespeare’s play. Presented by Obsidian Theater and Standing Room Only Productions. 8 p.m. ThursdayFriday, 3 p.m. Sunday. $20-$30; 3522 White Oak; 832-889-7837, obsidiantheater.org. A Heroine Free Summer: Drama about drug use, by Janet Lowery. Presented by Mildred’s Umbrella. 8 p.m. ThursdaysSaturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays, through April 15; Studio 101, 1824 Spring; $25; 832-4630409, mildredsumbrella.com.
Classical/Opera
Beethoven’s Fidelio: Houston Symphony presents this opera with narrator Phylicia Rashad. 8 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Sunday; Jones Hall, 615 Louisiana; $25-$136; 713-224-4240, houstonsymphony.org. Double Trouble: Steven Jarvi conducts premiere of ROCOmoji and others. Presented by River Oaks Chamber Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. Friday at The Woodlands United Methodist Church, 2200 Lake Woodlands, The Woodlands; 5 p.m. Saturday at The Church of St. John the Divine, 2450 River Oaks Blvd.; $35; 713-665-2700, rocohouston.org.
Dance
The Sleeping Beauty: The pre-professional company BalletForte presents its version of Peter Tchaikovsky’s classic fairy tale. 7 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday; Stafford Centre, 10505 Cash, Stafford; $17.50-$25; 281799-7554; balletforte.org.