Computer Luv, SXSW Interactive,March 12, Malverde, AUSTIN, TX
March 1, 2010
Iconoclash Media and theblvdmag.com have teamed up to open famed South by Southwest Music Festival with ComputerLuv: an interactive party designed to bring the hottest people in technology, media, fashion and entertainment together for one night full of networking, reuniting, drinking and dancing.
Be sure to come and meet two of the hottest young nationwide digital companies.
Iconoclash Media is a Brooklyn-based web, mobile and social media integration creative collective. They design the hottest iPhone applications and have a full team of professionals that integrate all elements interactive into your company’s media strategy.
theblvdmag.com inspires, informs and entertains the residents of the Greater Houston Area, and those interested in learning about the area. By serving as a living document the magazine not only provides timely information and relevant content, but also chronicles the history of as it is happening with sharp, thoughtful commentary and analysis.
Sneak Attack Austin, Austin’s premier sneaker boutique will also be in attendance.
Network with digital, homies, lovers, and friends as we party into the night. After the hangover, we hope to see you at the sessions. Click here for all the details for SXSW Interactive
DATE: Friday, March 12. 6-10pm
LOCATION: Malverde, 400 West 2nd St, Austin, TX, 78701
Disposable People Feb. 19th @ the Gaslight Gallery
February 10, 2010
Disposable people will be a duet art show featuring corky artist, Anna Spradley and new comer to the houston scene, Emily Akins. Spradley is known for her creative style that some have described as cartoon-like portraiture. In her paintings you will often find apparent biblical undertones as they are often inspired by a spiritual battle. Akins also has a uniques style, specializing in painting playful skeletons. This will be her first show, so come out and show support for an upcoming artist and an unforgettable show!
When: February 19, 2010
8-11 pm
Where: Gaslight Gallery
1416 Westheimer Rd.
Houston, TX 77006
Real Role Models Book Signing w/ Joah Spearman
February 4, 2010
Join us as we welcome debut author, Joah Spearman. He will discuss and sign his book, Real Role Models: Successful African Americans Beyond Pop Culture, featuring role models from Houston and the rest of the country.
Thursday, Feb. 11 at Blue Willow book shop at 7pm.
Blue Willow Book Shop
14532 Memorial Drive
Houston, TX 77079
(281) 497-8675
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joah.typepad.com: Follow Joah @joahs
Art by Juvenile Defenders, Feb. 4th @ Premium Goods
February 1, 2010
The Children’s Prison Arts Project (CPAP) will be showcasing Art by Juvenile Defenders entitled “Making A Difference for a Better Tomorrow”. CPAP is a non-profit arts education organization whose strives to introduce juvenile offenders in correctional facilities and shelters to an innovative educational theater and visual arts forum where they can express themselves in a productive way. Come experience the art from young souls with a true artistic vision.
When: February 4, 2010
8-10pm
Where: Premium Goods
2416 Times Boulevard, Houston, TX 77005
Shades of Blackness presents…Freestyle Open Mic, Feb. 5th @ The Shrine of the Black Madonna Culutral Center
February 1, 2010
Known as one of Houston’s longest running open mic/spoken word set. Shades of Blackness welcomes all poets and freestyle lyricists to hop on the open mic. The event will be hosted by Mouton Bazile. Calling all artists…come express yourself.
When: February 5th
Where: The Shrine of the Black Madonna Cultural Center and Bookstore
5309 Martin Luther King Boulevard
Houston, TX 77021
Free Admission
Black History at HCC, Feb 26, 2010
January 19, 2010
Houston Community College Cordially Invites You To Its 2010 Black History Gala
Award Winning Director and Actor Spike Lee will be the Keynote Speaker.
Where: Friday, February 26, 2010
The Reception is @ 6pm and the Gala begins @ 7pm
Located at the Hilton Americas-Houston Hotel
For more info on tickets click here
Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool in Houston, Starts Jan. 30th @ The Contemporary Arts Museum
January 19, 2010
Barkley Hendricks’s stylistic renderings connect the art movements of American realism and post-modernism while touching upon many of the art movements of the 1960s and 1970s—pop art, photorealism, minimalism, even black aesthetic nationalism. Join Hendricks and organizing curator Trevor Schoonmaker, curator of contemporary art at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, for a discussion of the artist’s work. This exhibition is comprised of 57 paintings, including fullfigure portraits and lesserknown early works.
When: January 30, 2010-April 18, 2010
2:00 pm
Where: Contemporary Arts Museum
5216 Montrose
Houston, TX 77006
American Menu
January 19, 2010
I think that one of things I found very interesting is that people from that time period – that were growing up during that era as young adults – when they see the play they mention to me, “Wow, this is my story. This is exactly my story. This is exactly why I left the South and came to New York so many years ago.” – Interview with American Menu Playwright Don Wilson Glenn
Previews: 1/30, 1/31, 2/3
Opening Night: 2/4
PG/Regional Premiere
It’s May 1968, shortly after the murder of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and a month before the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. Five Black kitchen workers at a segregated lunch counter are forced to engage in painful self-examination brought about by the senseless death of a young boy. Through passionate conversations, these women face the realities of life on the cusp of change. Jammed in a hot, airless room they must battle prejudice, poverty, ignorance and each other as they search for inspiration.
Raising Boys Documentary, Jan. 9th, Shrine of the Black Madonna Cultural Center
January 7, 2010
This documentary sheds light on the increasing lack of men for the head of black families. Deric Muhammad addresses the struggle and offers solutions to single mothers raising boys today.
Where:
Shrine of the Black Madonna Cultural Center & Bookstore
5309 Martin Luther King Blvd.
Houston, TX 77021
When: January 9, 2010 @ 2 pm
100 Monkeys feat. Jackson Rathbone, Jan. 6th @ Warehouse Live
December 30, 2009
The unsigned band from Los Angeles, featuring Twilight actor Jackson Rathbone, will be showcasing their eclectic sound at Warehouse Live. The group is named after the Hundredth-Monkey Effect, in which involves an instantaneous spreading of an idea or ability to the remainder of the population. This phenomenon is illustrated by their unique sound.
When: January 6, 2009
Where:
Warehouse Live
817 St. Emanuel Street
Houston, TX 77003
