Caroline Wiess Law Building Events Week of Sunday, October 27, 2024-Saturday, November 2, 2024

Pueblo (Acoma), Acoma Jar with Abstract Bird Design, early 1900s, clay, slip, and paints
Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery Through January 12, 2025

This traveling exhibition highlights Pueblo voices and aesthetics, offering an understanding of Pueblo pots as vessels of community-based knowledge and personal experience.

27 Oct Sun / 2024

  • The Shining Film Poster
    The Shining
    5 p.m.—7:30 p.m.

    In Stanley Kubrick’s terrifying adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) becomes caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado. He settles in along with his wife (Shelley Duvall) and his psychic son (Danny Lloyd), who is plagued by horrific premonitions.

30 Oct Wed / 2024

31 Oct Thu / 2024

  • Exhuma Film Poster
    Exhuma (Pamyo)
    7 p.m.—9:15 p.m.

    A wealthy family hires a renowned shaman and her protégé to investigate the disturbing supernatural illness affecting only the firstborn of each generation. They soon trace the affliction to a long-hidden family grave on sacred ground. This K-horror film is perfect for Halloween!

01 Nov Fri / 2024

  • Black Gospel Film Poster
    Black Gospel
    7 p.m.—9 p.m.

    Post-film Q&A with actor Yang Dong-geun. Actors and real-life friends Yang Dong Geun, Jung Joon, and Kim Yoo Mi join members of Heritage, a musical ensemble whose members co-founded the Heritage Mass Choir on a trip to Harlem in New York City.

02 Nov Sat / 2024

  • Paul Gauguin, Femmes de Tahiti (Tahitian Women)

    Paul Gauguin, Femmes de Tahiti (Tahitian Women), 1891, oil on canvas, Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Photo © TMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY

    Members Lecture | “Gauguin in the World”
    4 p.m.—5 p.m.

    SOLD OUT | MFAH members are invited to an exclusive lecture about the exhibition Gauguin in the World.

  • Handsome Guys Film Poster
    Handsome Guys (Haenseomgaijeu)
    7 p.m.—8:45 p.m.

    Misunderstood friends Jae-pil and Sang-gu appear to be tough guys, but are more often clueless. When they achieve their dream of buying a fixer-upper and living in the country, they come to the aid of a drowning girl yet are mistaken for kidnappers. The town is searching for the girl, police get involved, and a dark, ancient spirit is awakened in the men’s basement!