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Shriners Hospitals for Children & Sunshine Kids Parade! Bring out the entire family for a day full of fun at Family Gras. The Shriners Hospitals for Children & Sunshine Kids Parade will begin at 12:00pm with festive floats and Shriners Clowns and Mini-Cars!
On view November 23rd- February 23rd at Galveston Arts Center will be “Amber Eagle: Nap Dreams.”
There will be an Opening Reception Saturday, November 30th, 6-9pm with an Artist Talk at 6:30pm.
Amber Eagle is an artist based in Houston, TX and San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. Eagle received an MFA from the California College of the Arts and a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. She was a Core Fellow with the Glassell School of Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and has been an artist in residence at The Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA, The McColl Center, Charlotte, NC, The Portland College of Arts and Crafts in Oregon, and Lawndale Art Center, Houston. Eagle has spent extensive time in Mexico following an initial award from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris County to research fiestas and sugar sculpting traditions. Her work has been featured in exhibitions throughout North America and is included in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Five Points Museum of Contemporary Art, Victoria, as well as public art installations in Houston’s East End and Cherryhurst House, Houston. Eagle is an accomplished art car artist whose cars Our Lady of Transportation and Rosebud have received awards at the Houston Art Car Parade. For more info on the artist, go to ambereagle.studio. For more information on this exhibition, please visit galvestonartscenter.org/exhibitions/ambereagle.
Galveston Arts Center continues on exhibit “Undercover,” a solo exhibition by Venezuelan-born and Houston-based artist Gerardo Rosales. Rosales explores issues of class, race, gender, and immigration to expose social inequalities experienced by immigrants coming from Latin America to the United States. Rosales appropriates ornamental aspects of folk art and geometric abstraction, infiltrated with elements that evoke adversity faced by these individuals looking for a better life, only to find themselves facing similar conditions of social and economic exclusion. His paintings include rich colors and patterns that juxtapose the harshness of the wilderness of the tropics with domestic imagery. His works mix conflict with playfulness as a means to exaggerate reality with irony. The exhibition will be on view through January 5th, 2020.
Also on view through November 17th is Erin Curtis’ “Night and Day” in the main gallery on the first floor. Curtis’ exhibition includes recent large-scale paintings that are dense with color and pattern. Her layered, cut-canvas works contain disrupted surfaces and reflect an interest in geometric abstraction and its historical roots in weaving, architecture, nature, and ritual. The paintings in “Night and Day” are nearly overwhelmed by an unreadable chaos that is pulled back to the edge of order by familiar patterns and forms. The exhibition will be on view through November 17th. For more info go to erinelizabethcurtis.com.
These exhibitions are supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Texas Commission on the Arts.
The galleries are open to the public Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-5pm, and Sunday 12 noon-5pm. Admission is free at all times.
Sunday Hootenanny 1-4PM: Weekly open jam in a family friendly setting. Jam is open for players of all skill levels. Come join us and swap tunes on fiddle, guitar, banjo, mandolin, steel guitar, etc.
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The 21st Annual Krewe of Barkus & Meoux Mardi Gras Parade is set for Sunday, February 23rd. Registration and check-in will begin at noon at Pier 21 (21st and Harborside Drive); with the parade commencing at 1:30pm at 20th & Harborside Drive. Parade Marshals are “Gerry Cat” and his “mom” – Concetta Maceo-Sims. Both were honored as the 2018 PAWS Gala’s Elite Pet and Elite Pet Owner.
For those eager to enter their favorite pet in the Pet Costume contest, it will be held from 12:15 -1:00 pm on the Pier. Winners will be announced and ribbons awarded prior to the start of the parade. Again, this year, pet lovers have a choice: Bring your pet and participate in the 21st annual Parade or enjoy watching all the frivolity and festivities at the 4th Annual ‘A Cat’s Eye View’ Parade Viewing Party from the balcony (2nd floor) of the Trolley Station Building, 20th & Strand. Not only will parade watchers get to enjoy the Krewe of Barkus & Meoux Parade, which begins at 1:30 pm, but attendees will also get to see the Shriners’ Hospitals’ for Children & Sunshine Kids Parade at noon, along with the beloved and popular Children’s Parade that begins following the Krewe of Barkus & Meoux Parade. Both the pet parade and the Balcony Party events benefit exclusively the Galveston Island Humane Society (GIHS.)
Advance registration for the Krewe of Barkus & Meoux Parade is $20; day of event registration – $30 per pet. You may purchase advance tickets online at www.galvestonhumane.org/barkus-meoux Tickets for the ‘Cats Eye View Party’ are $25 if purchased in advance; $35at the door. (Tickets include one drink ticket and light ‘munchies.’) No pets will be allowed at the viewing party per building rules. For advance tickets to the viewing party, visit www.mardigrasgalveston.com/parties/ and select Krewe of Barkus & Meoux “A Cat’s Eye View” Parade Balcony Party.
For more information, email GIHS at info@galvestonhumane.org , call the GIHS office at 409.740.1919, or visit online at www.galvestonhumane.org . The Galveston Island Humane Society, a 501c3 non- profit organization, is located at 6814 Broadway, Galveston, Texas 77554.
Come hear live music on stage!
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Sunday, February 23, 2020 @ 2:30 pm $40 pre-sale, $50 at the door |
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Join Maestro Trond Saeverud and the Galveston Symphony Orchestra’s string quartet in the Museum’s 1880s Belgian-designed iron and glass Conservatory for a groundbreaking concert. The string quartet will play selections which evoke the Museum’s world-class collection. Much like Texas and her wide open spaces, Saeverud selected “Pioneering Classics“ as the title of our inaugural concert since, “It gives lots of room, flexibility for both pioneering imagery – and classical music in a broader sense.” Musicians include Saeverud and Christina LeBlanc on violin, Tom Strauch on viola, and Naldo Posella on the cello. Music will be drawn from crucial periods of Texas history with a few vintage Hollywood themes. Each piece will be accompanied by a brief description of its Texas connection by the Maestro himself! |
Local firefighters and first responders host a parade dedicated to the families and children of Galveston with decorated floats and costumed kids.
The parade begins at 25th and Santa Fe Place, South on 25th, East on Postoffice, North on 19th Street, West on Strand, Parade ends 25th & Strand.
More details at www.childrensparade.org.
Every Sunday, join the fun and sing along!
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The only KARAOKE bar in Galveston County offering incredible karaoke shows every night of the week! We continue to bring our customers the highest quality karaoke shows ever! Conveniently located at 2411 Mechanic, we’re in the middle of the Downtown Historical Entertainment District. And that means we can rock and roll all night long…or at least until 2am.
Every Monday (1-3pm): Life Drawing Studio – Drawing the human figure from a live model is the foundation of nearly all studio art programs. If you have an interest in portrait painting, character design, comics/manga, game design, illustration, animation, fashion design, medical illustration, or just learning to “see” like an artist, this is for you! Live models pose for short “gestures” and longer poses of up to 90 minutes. Sessions are $15 and 3-month passes are available for $100.
