Welcome to the Tundra, We've Got Fun and Games...
The cold mornings make it hard to get out of bed. The floor stings your feet with the sharp bite of winter as you finally emerge from your cocoon. Navigating the morning routine you trip over the gallons of water that you bought anticipating a failure in the grid. At least you will be hydrated. Pull down that beanie and don't forget to let your engine warm up before you hit the road. We wanted brisk sweater weather and well here we are. It might be a frozen landscape laid out before us but there is much to bring warmth upon us. Button up that cardigan this is a hustling week in Houston and here is your Hidden Agenda.
Tuesday, 1/27
The Voice of Hind Rajab | 11:00AM & 1:30PM
River Oaks Theater | 2009 W. Gray
Now more than ever we need to pay attention. Right here is real life and real lives. Tune in and pay attention.
The film follows an emergency call in Gaza. A 6-year old girl calls from a car she is trapped in. Under fire from Israel Defence Forces, she begs for help. The Red Crescent volunteers work together to desperately race the clock to get emergency responders to her. Based on a true story.
Wednesday, 1/28
Time for a reset. Take a deep breath and exhale.
Thursday, 1/29
Author Talk: Lois Zamora, Beyond Individualism | 7:00pm - 9:00PM
Basket Books & Art | 115 Hyde Park Blvd.
Basket Book invites you to join for an evening discussion. Houston’s beloved book store continues to impress with their support of their artists and featured authors. “Beyond Individualism examines the portrayal of collective identities over two centuries in Latin American literature and visual art. Lois Parkinson Zamora shows that many authors and artists are less concerned with singular selves than with selves-in-relation: less with individual autonomy than with communal affiliation. Zamora calls this new Latin American form “archetypal realism” because its characters represent entities larger than themselves”.
https://www.basket-books.com/events/4270820260129
Brassaï, Girl Playing Snooker, Montmartre, 1933, 1933, printed 1973. Gelatin silver print, 11 7/8 × 9 1/2 in. (30.2 × 24.1 cm). The Menil Collection, Houston. © Estate Brassaï-RMN
On Photography and the Menil
Wendy Watriss and Michelle White in Conversation | 7:00PM - 8:00PM
The Menil Collection | 1533 Sul Ross St.
Senior Curator Michelle White talks with Wendy Watriss to explore photography, Watriss’s curatorial and artistic perspective, and the evolution of the medium. Presented in conjunction with Photography from The Menil Collection, this evening event is one to put on your calendar.
Friday, 1/30
Gulf Coast Afternoon Conversation
Contemporary Italian & Italian American Literature | 1:00PM - 3:00PM
Basket Books & Art | 115 Hyde Park Blvd.
Another compelling conversation with Jennifer Scappettone, Andrea Bajani, and Kaitlin Rizzo. The dialog examine Italian Americans' role in literature and the important role the Italian American voices have in contemporary writing.
Saturday, 1/31
Ping Zheng | Soft Interference | 2:00PM - 5:00PM
Seven Sisters | 805 Rhode Place Suite 500
This Saturday Seven Sisters opens Soft Interference with artist Ping Zheng. Zheng investigates landscape as a site of perception and interiority. Creating images of remembered experiences, Zheng shifts through an ethereal chromatic field. Another radiant series from Ping Zheng who continues to explore and build on the romance within escape.
DACAMERA: Stop, Look, Listen | 3:00PM - 4:00PM
Menil Collection | 1533 Sul Ross St.
Saturday and music is in the air. DACAMERA’s young artist respond to Robert Rauschenberg's exhibition on view at The Menil Collection.
“It is neither Art for Art, nor Art against Art. I am for Art, but for Art that has nothing to do with Art. Art has everything to do with life, but it has nothing to do with Art”. - Robert Rauschenberg
https://www.menil.org/events/dacamera-stop-look-and-listen-3
Sonja Roesch | 35 Years | 6:00PM - 8:00PM
Gallery Sonja Roesch | 2309 Caroline St.
Rumble in the Jungle…Of Midtown! Celebrating 35 years!
Participating artists are Alfred TME, Raimund Girke, Ariane Roesch, Dirk Rathke, J.A. Moser, Myke Venable, Peter Kalkhof, Hills Snyder, Susanne Ackermann, Don Glentzer, Knopp Ferro, Ernesto León, Mac Whitney, Madeleine Dietz, Mario Reis, Perla Krauze, David Simpson, Mokha Laget, Harald Schmitz-Schmelzer, Nicholas Bodde, Jonathan Leach, Ruth Pastine, Alma Tischler, Soledad Arias, Taney Roniger, Dieter Balzer, Aldo Chaparro, John Clement
Sunday, 2/01
Sophie Asakura on Robert Rauschenberg Archival Material | 3:00PM - 3:30PM
Menil Collection | 1533 Sul Ross St.
This Sunday join in the Menil Library for this compelling conversation led by associate curator for modern and contemporary art as the works and archival excavation of Rober Rauschenberg are discussed. In conjunction with the current exhibition on view, Robert Rauschenberg: Fabric Works of the 1970s, this is an event we hope you will be able to attend.
https://www.menil.org/events/curator-talk-sophie-asakura-on-robert-rauschenberg-archival-material
Sunday Brunch with Lawndale | 11:00AM - 1:00PM
Lawndale Art Center | 4912 Main St.
Support Lawndale’s vibrant exhibitions and artists by joining Sunday Brunch! The annual daytime event celebrates with cocktails, music, and a silent auction of artwork from the 2025 Lending Library, and of course BRUNCH. Come celebrate and support so many amazing programs from an equally spectacular arts non profit.
“The Lawndale Lending Library connects Houston art lovers with artists from our community, fostering the lifelong pursuit of having original art in your home. The 2025 collection features approximately 50 artworks by local and regional contemporary artists”.
Follow the link for tickets and details. https://lawndaleartcenter.org/event/sunday-brunch-with-lawndale-8/
