Sweaty Vibes and Busy Nights
I woke up with a stiff back. Slowly rolling to one side I let out a light groan. Some mornings I feel seventy and this is one of those days. I place my hand on the window and it feels like an oven. The dog days of summer are still upon us. Why isn't it October? I get dressed and make myself a coffee. God I miss the weeklies. As well I wish the New York Times would deliver to my house. Alas here I am scrolling through my phone for my miniature doses of the news. Maybe I'll pick up a paper nearby. Not even the coffee shops carry solid publications anymore. Getting dressed I grab my notebook and head out the door into the scorched earth which is Houston in the summer. Maine certainly would be a nicer place to spend the summer, I think to myself, my eyes mostly shut as the sun shines 40,000 lumens onto my face. There is shit to be done, I cannot run away to the NE, and here we all are grinding away. Already we are awaiting the next weekend to relax at a cold museum or chilly dark theater. We have a few more months till some more moderate weather, so let's stay hydrated, rock those cutoffs, and get stepping to our next Hidden Agenda.
Monday, 8/17
Bedrock City Comics Co Presents: Dick Tracy | 7PM
River Oaks Theatre | 2009 West Gray
Look I know we should be directing you to all the best documentaries and indie space, and well we do. However sometimes you just want some bright colors and explosions. So you can’t really go wrong with Warren Beatty’s 1990’s Dick Tracy. Breathless Mahoney, Mumbles, Big Boy Caprices played by a star studded cast. We love the River Oaks, so get your ass in a seat and start your week off right!
Tuesday, 8/18
Grown-Up Storytime | 7:30 PM
Continental Club | 3700 Main St.
It’s that time again for deep reflections, heart tugging vignettes, and hilarious contemplations. Yes it is Grown-Up story time 196! Host Monica Winston will set the tone as creatives and community members read stories written by writers, artists, and neighbors. There is always one story that hits deep within and all to bring a smile to your face once they conclude.
Grab your tickets early for $7 or day of for $10. Tickets Here
Girl on a Train | 7:30PM
Alley Theatre | 615 Texas St.
The Alley Theatre is one of the gems of the city presenting some of the best stage productions you’ll lay your eyes on. If the week is dragging than this production of the best selling novel and film Girl on a Train will spark your inner spirit. A suspenseful thrill ride as a popular review might say…if not, we say!
Wednesday, 8/19
Hump Day! Time to reset. Take a mid day nap, have a beer, then move ahead three spaces!
Thursday, 8/20
“Sing a Song of Achievement”: A History of the Limited Editions Club Publications | 6PM
Museum of Fine Arts Houston | 1001 Bissonnet
You have to choose on this day but this lecture looks quite compelling. Presented in conjunction with the Hirsch Library exhibition “Sing a Song of Achievement”: A History of the Limited Editions Club Publications
Joel Pelanne, technical services librarian and exhibition coordinator, details the history and development of American fine press publisher the Limited Editions Club through representative publications from across its decades of operation.
F for Fake / CAMH Cinema Club | 6PM
Contemporary Art Museum | 5216 Montrose Blvd.
F for Fake is a free form sort of documentary by the legendary Orsen Welles. Teetering the lines of the tenuous lines between illusion and truth, art and lies.
Doors open at 6PM, the film begins at 6:30PM. It will fill up quickly so RSVP to secure a seat.
Friday, 8/21
Jubilee Quilt Circle: In Living Color | 2PM - 4PM
Glassell School of Art | 5101 Montrose Blvd.
Remember the hit 90s TV show In Living Color? Well its as wild and off the cuff as that but with more quilting! Jokes aside, everyone loves a great fiber works show and we are here for it. Celebrating its second year in residency the Jubilees Quilt Circle, In Living Color explores the richness and energy of color, hue, and the saturation of vitality literally sewn into each quilter's work. It’ll be an interesting show and we expect you to be there!
Saturday, 8/22
Still from Terrebonne, 2025. Courtesy the artists Adriana Corral and Janaye Brown
Adriana Corral: As Long as Life Endures | 1PM - 4PM
Maria Gaspar: We Press Our Hands to the Steel Curtain
Blaffer Art Museum | 120 University of Houston Fine Arts Building
Adriana Corral works with a newly commissioned body of work and and exhibition inspired by the hymn Amazing Grace. Corral developes a body of work that considers the promises and failures of the laws, systems, and faiths that claim to safeguard society’s most vulnerable.
Maria Gaspar's work and activism challenges the prison's history, architecture, and psychology. Working with a realm of time based experiments and social practice. We Press Our Hands to the Steel Curtain brings together recent work that demonstrates how Gaspar engages with these carceral spaces, deploying time both as a tactic and material.
Sunday, 8/23
Camp Miasma | 5 Screening Times
River Oaks Theatre | 2009 West Gray
From the director of I Saw the TV Glow comes another wild ride of whimsical and mind bending film. An actress shrouded in mystery hidden away at the location of a popular vintage slasher film is brought out into the light once more from an inquisitive young woman investigating the horror films lore. Movies inside of movies inside of movies. This looks great, but there is also the new Anthony Bourdain biopic Tony and funny enough Anthony or as we call him The Godfather all playing this Sunday too. Treat yourself you lovely devil. You deserve it.
