Would you swallow your pride for a week like this? Luckily, you don’t have to because it’s happening regardless. Don’t believe me? Well, swallow that doubt and turn it inside out because you’ll find nothing but faith in the Hidden Agenda.

Monday, 04/13

They, Who Sound | 7:00 PM

Lawndale Art Center | 4912 Main St

They, Who Sound is back at Lawndale to kick the week off with another couple of sets. First up is local duo Aaron Mills and Rylee Mills, working up some electro-acoustics and electronics, followed by Michael Gallope out of Minneapolis on keys.

Tuesday, 04/14

Stitch & Bitch | 6:00 PM

Brazos Bookstore | 2421 Bissonnet St

Every second Tuesday, Brazos Bookstore hosts some folk who want to shoot the shit as they stitch with Scout and Skein. It’s a community craft night where you can connect with your fellow knitters or whatever, which is pretty cool.

A Conversation With Sharon Louden | 6:00 PM

The Jung Center | 5200 Montrose Blvd

It’s a DiverseWorks x Archway Gallery x the Jung Center collab to bring artist/author Sharon Louden to town for a forum on how to make the life of an artist more stable, covering sustainability, resilience, and intergenerational collaboration. Get in there, mix it up, and maybe even craft a collective solution for a better way forward.

Introduction to the City of Houston Budget | 6:30 PM

Zoom | Wherever you have an internet/data connection

A city’s budget is vast and layered, covering information in a whole bunch of data. Luckily, Alice Liu of West Street Recovery and Jaison Oliver of HouArts in Action are hosting this webinar to help you understand your role as a Houstonian and how you can make your interests heard, whether you want to support the arts and libraries or have something to say about flooding or the cops. Jack into their matrix and learn, learn, learn.

Wednesday, 04/15

Left: Vian Sora, detail of ‘Floodgates,’ 2021. Mixed media finished w/oil on canvas. Courtesy of Kentucky Performing Arts Foundation. Right: Nevine Mahmoud, ‘Fruit’ (Wet Chord), 2020. Calcite, glass, steel, and paint. Collection of Sarah Stoker.

Opening Reception for Two Shows | 6:00 PM

Asia Society | 1370 Southmore Blvd

Head on over to Asia Society to check out the newly opening exhibitions, Vian Sora: Outerworlds and Nevine Mahmoud: Second Nature. Vian Sora brings layered abstraction in her paintings, her first museum solo in the US, and Nevine Mahmoud renders uncanny sculptures of fruit from stone.

Thursday, 04/16

Lecture: Dr. Christine Kondoleon | 7:00 PM

Menil Collection | 1533 Sul Ross St

Dive deeper into the latest showing of work by Cy Twombly in this lecture by Dr. Christine Kondoleon. The good doctor will highlight Twombly’s engagement with antiquity through his work, offering a new perspective on the exhibition.

Friday, 04/17

An Evening of Sound and Verse | 6:00 PM

FotoFest | 2000 Edwards St

Advocates of a Latino Museum of Cultural and Visual Arts & Archive Complex in Houston, Harris County, or just ALMAAHH because yowza, is working with FotoFest to put on An Evening of Sound and Verse, an interdisciplinary performance inspired by the biennial.

Saturday, 04/18

The Films of Roy Fridge | 4:00 PM

Aurora Picture Show | 5601 Navigation Blvd

Spend your late afternoon or early evening or however you define it with the rarely-seen experimental works of Roy Fridge, featuring an introduction “by his friend and gallerist Betty Moody and Aurora’s Peter Lucas.” Fridge’s film art was made across the late 50s and early 70s but hasn’t really been showcased, so here’s your chance to see 8 short films.

Sunday, 04/19

Eve 6 & Fastball | 7:00 PM

House of Blues | 1204 Caroline St

Ready for some nostalgia? Eve6 and Fastball take the HoB stage for an evening of hits from the late 90s and early 00s and probably some other stuff, too.

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