Tuesday, Nov 16

BooTown Grown-Up Story Time @ Rudz (2010 Waugh), 10pm (video above)
You sent [them] stories, [they] picked the best ones, and then assigned them to [their] rotating crack squad of highly skilled story readers. They will, on Tuesday, surprise and delight us with their storytelling skillz.Come hang out! And bring $5.

AIA Houston presents Authors in Architecture
Hill Country Deco
Architecture Center Houston – 315 Capitol, Suite 120
7 p.m. – reception and book signing

GHPA staff members David Bush and Jim Parsons will be the featured speakers at Authors in Architecture at 6 p.m., Wednesday, November 17, at Architecture Center Houston (ArCH).

They will give a presentation on the Art Deco and Art Moderne architecture of Austin, San Antonio and the surrounding region. Following the program, they will sign copies of their new book, Hill Country Deco: Modernistic Architecture of Central Texas, published by TCU Press of Fort Worth. Books will be available for purchase at the event.
Hill Country Deco was a featured title at the 2010 Texas Book Festival. The book includes original color photographs, historic images and drawings of more than 120 buildings in Central Texas. It is a follow-up to GHPA’s book Houston Deco published in 2008.

Authors in Architecture is a free event and open to the public. ArCH is located at 315 Capitol, Suite 120, in the Bayou Place complex [map]. Limited on-street parking is available in the vicinity. Metered parking is free after 6 p.m. on downtown streets. Paid parking is available in nearby garages.

Black Angels + Black Mountain @ Warehouse Live

Thursday

Museum District Members Sale Nov 18-21

This is pretty rad. If you are a member of any museum, you can receive 20% at all Museum gift shops. Christmas is right around the corner, dude. I know, right? WTF happened to this year. Dang.

Friday

WHAM – Winter Holiday Arts Market

Celebrating 5 years in 2010!

Friday, November 19th: Exclusive Preview Party, 6 – 10 p.m. Purchase Tickets Here

Saturday, November 20th: 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. – Free admission

Sunday, November 21st: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Free admission

Winter Street Studios (2101 Winter Street, Houston TX 77007)

Orange Show Foamraiser with Saint Arnold Brewing Company, 7-10pm, The Orange Show (2402 Munger Street)

Colorful folk art, amazing music and delicious beer- three of our favorite things! This festival features music by Jimmy Pizzitola and Robert Ellis, and samplings of Saint Arnold brews- including a Foam Raiser exclusive special cask of Divine Reserve 10!!! Proceeds benefit the Orange Show Concert Series. 7-10 pm Tickets: $20 Pre-sale / $25 at the door (if available).

Tix here: http://www.orangeshow.org/en/cev/reg/45/

Saturday

WHAM - Saturday, November 20th: 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. – Free admission, Winter Street Studios (2101 Winter Street, Houston TX 77007)

ArtCrawl, 10am-9pm

The original cluster of artists warehouses in Downtown Houston annual open studios Artcrawl Houston 2010. This year we have over one hundred eighty artists and art organizations involved! Since 1992, the tradition of the artists “open studios” takes place on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Visitors have the opportunity to pARTicipate in the live/work/show spaces of these neighborhood”urban pioneers”. The mission of the ARTCRAWL is to assist the public in understanding contemporary art by directly involving the visitors in a dialogue with local artists in the Artist Warehouse District of Downtown Houston.

Sunday

WHAM – Sunday, November 21st: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Free admission, Winter Street Studios (2101 Winter Street, Houston TX 77007)

ArtCrawl, noon-5pm

SAINT ARNOLD BREWING’S FIRST EVER SCAVENGER HUNT

The good folks over at S.A. have put together a scavenger hunt with hidden clues embedded in a video. All of the items that you are seeking are in downtown Houston.

Watch the video below. The video will show specific objects with which you need to take a picture of yourself (i.e. have both you and the object in the same photo). All of the objects are in establishments where you can find good beer, and enjoying a Saint Arnold while on your quest may bring you enlightenment.

Once you have found all of the objects and taken the required photos, either upload the photos to a photosharing site (i recommend Flickr) and send Lennie with Saint Arnold the link to lennie@saintarnold.com –or– print the photos and get them to the brewery.

The deadline for us to receive the photos is Sunday, August 3 at 11:59 PM. (If you are trying to drop off photos at the brewery over the weekend, there is a little mail slot in our front door.) Make sure you include your name, email address and phone number. Only one person per photo so if a group of you are doing it, you each need to take individual pictures of yourselves with the objects.

At that party, we will draw one of these names and award that person a home kegerator. Um, sa-weet!

So, in summary:

The Prep: Watch the video posted below

The Proof: Take photos of yourself with each item shown in the video.

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