Mercury Orchestra Blasts Off, with Fun Retro-Space-Age Gala and Supporters Like Lynn Wyatt

Jeff Gremillion

ONE OF HOUSTON'S most prestigious performing arts organizations, the Mercury orchestra, threw a fabulous “Retro-Futuristic” gala at the Post Oak Hotel, complete with a space-themed musical presentation and a top-tier guest list including Lynn Wyatt.

Using Old Photos, Knickknacks and Other Found Objects, Artist Transforms Gallery Into Space 'to Remember'

Chris Becker

“I’M INTERESTED IN the things left behind,” explains found-object and performance-based installation artist Viktor Givens, whose lovingly crafted installation Coffee/Kool Aid and the Tabernacle of (Re)Memory is on view through April 23 at Community Artists’ Collective.
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B'Way Star Celebrates Houston Homecoming with Holiday Cabaret Show at Stages

OVER THE COURSE of her career, Houston-born actress, singer, and dancer DeQuina Moore has starred in roles ranging from iconic jazz singer Billie Holiday, to disco diva Donna Sumner, to Elle Woods’ sorority sister Pilar in the original Broadway cast of Legally Blonde: The Musical. Beginning Friday at Stages, Moore takes on what might be her most challenging role yet.

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At Record-Breaking Final Festari Fash Bash, Athletes and Other Notables Strut Runway for Charity

ONE OF THE hottest tickets on the fall social calendars for 25 years — Debbie and Rudy Festari’s “Una Notte in Italia,” both a boisterous dance-party gala and a men’s fashion show featuring pro athletes and other notable gents from the community — has come and gone for the last time.

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