Caroline Wiess Law Building Events Week of Thursday, July 4, 2024-Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples Through January 20, 2025
Exploring 3,000 years of spiritual belief and practice, the expansive Living with the Godsfeatures more than 200 objects from the MFAH collections, along with exceptional loans from museums and …
06 Nov Wed / 2024
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Celestial Conch Shell with Skulls, Huastec, Veracruz (Northern), Mexico, 900–1521, conch shell, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase funded by James C. Flores in honor of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. at “One Great Night in November, 2007.”
Drop-in Tour | “Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples”
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.Explore humanity’s relationship with the divine in this expansive examination of spiritual ideas and concepts.
07 Nov Thu / 2024
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Zoroastrian Afargan Altar, 20th century, silver, Zoroastrian Temple, Houston.
Divine Fire: Zoroastrianism and Ritual Purity
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.This gallery conversation, presented in conjunction with the exhibition Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples, is led by Vehishta Kaikobad, Zoroastrian Association of Houston and an MFAH docent.
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Tendaberry
7:30 p.m.—9:30 p.m.Houston Cinema Arts Festival
The opening-night selection is a kinetic portrait of Dakota (Kota Johan), a twentysomething New York City transplant adrift in post-pandemic Brooklyn. When her boyfriend (Yuri Pleskun) is called back to his native Ukraine to care for his ailing father, Dakota is forced to navigate the city and its hardships alone and pregnant.
08 Nov Fri / 2024
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Photograph by Lynn Lane, courtesy of Asia Society Texas Center
Celebrating the Year of Rama: Scenes from the Asian Ramayana
7 p.m.—8 p.m.Enjoy a classical Indian dance and music performance presented to complement the exhibition Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples.
10 Nov Sun / 2024
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Bird
5:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Houston Cinema Arts Festival
A striking coming-of-age tale that hides its magic in plain sight, Bird follows 12-year-old Bailey, who lives with her single father, Bug, and brother Hunter in a squat in North Kent. Bug struggles to find time for his children, leading Bailey to seek adventure elsewhere. Leaving the squat, she meets Bird, an eccentric dreamer who dares Bailey to spread her wings.
