Caroline Wiess Law Building Events Month of Sunday, May 12, 2024-Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Jacolby Satterwhite: A Metta Prayer Through October 13, 2024
In the expansive multimedia installation A Metta Prayer, Jacolby Satterwhite fuses choreography, video, animation, lighting, and music to reimagine a kaleidoscopic, computer-generated world.
08 Jun Sat / 2024
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Saturday Members Tour | 100 Years of Art at the MFAH
Gallery Talk/Tour Audrey Jones Beck Building Caroline Wiess Law Building Nancy and Rich Kinder Building11:30 a.m.—12:15 p.m.MFAH members are invited on this tour marking the centennial anniversary of the Museum’s opening. Works of art throughout the campus reflect the incredible growth of the MFAH collections over the past century.
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Elis and Tom (Elis & Tom, só tinha de ser com você)
7 p.m.—8:45 p.m.In 1974, one of the prime architects of bossa nova—Antonio Carlos Jobim (Tom)—worked with popular Brazilian singer Elis Regina to record what would become one of the most iconic albums in the history of Brazilian music.
09 Jun Sun / 2024
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Drop-in Tour | Albert and Ethel Herzstein Gallery for Judaica
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.This tour explores the collection of the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Gallery for Judaica.
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Dial M for Murder
5 p.m.—7 p.m.70th Anniversary Revival / An ex-tennis pro wants to have his wealthy wife murdered so he can get her inheritance. When he learns she is having an affair, he comes up with the perfect plan to kill her.
14 Jun Fri / 2024
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Space Is the Place
7 p.m.—8:30 p.m.Calling planet Earth! “Jazz on Film” presents a special 50th-anniversary screening of the Afrofuturist classic Space Is the Place. This unique iteration of Ra’s musical concepts and social commentary is a blend of science fiction B-movie, blaxploitation flick, and concert documentary.
15 Jun Sat / 2024
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Saturday Members Tour | 100 Years of Art at the MFAH
Gallery Talk/Tour Audrey Jones Beck Building Caroline Wiess Law Building Nancy and Rich Kinder Building11:30 a.m.—12:15 p.m.MFAH members are invited on this tour marking the centennial anniversary of the Museum’s opening. Works of art throughout the campus reflect the incredible growth of the MFAH collections over the past century.
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International Sweethearts of Rhythm | Maxine Sullivan: Love to Be in Love
7 p.m.—8:30 p.m.This screening presents two short documentaries by filmmakers Greta Schiller and Andrea Weiss that spotlight often unsung women of jazz.
19 Jun Wed / 2024
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Educators Event | “Learning Through Art” Summer Institute | Secondary Teachers
11:30 a.m.—4:30 p.m.Educators: Empower your teaching through this three-day event for secondary teachers that focuses on promoting growth mindsets in all subject areas.
21 Jun Fri / 2024
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Jazz Films by John and Faith Hubley
7 p.m.—8:30 p.m.Between the 1950s and 1970s, animators John and Faith Hubley made their own independent films with intelligence, passion, humor, and great music. Their poetic sensibility and whimsical, impressionistic visual style fit perfectly with jazz music.
22 Jun Sat / 2024
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Saturday Members Tour | 100 Years of Art at the MFAH
Gallery Talk/Tour Audrey Jones Beck Building Caroline Wiess Law Building Nancy and Rich Kinder Building11:30 a.m.—12:15 p.m.MFAH members are invited on this tour marking the centennial anniversary of the Museum’s opening. Works of art throughout the campus reflect the incredible growth of the MFAH collections over the past century.