An Art-infused Open Mic featuring Community and the sounds of Marium Echo!

7:30 PM - 8:00 PM... THE MIXER 

Experience the sound of DJ LoQi spinning the hottest Neo Soul, R&B music that will stimulate your mind, body, and soul as you arrive for your heART&SOUL experience.

8:00 PM... THE EXPERIENCE

"Acoustic Soul featuring the sounds of Marium Echo"

Experience the sounds of Marium Echo as she brings an acoustic experience NOT TO BE MISSED!. This experience will also feature an open mic of artists who will leave the audience inspired and covered with ashes; this mic will bring the heat.

SPOKEN WORD + MOVEMENT + SONG + VISUAL ART = Where the ARTS merge!Read more

Hunter Dance Center presents their annual Student Program recital featuring ballet, modern, aerial, hip hop and circus arts performances by Hunter Dance Center student ages 3 - 18 and special appearances by Hunter's professional company in residence Open Dance Project and its pre-professional dance company in residence, ODP2.

Hunter Dance Center provides exceptional dance training from the ground up for absolute beginners to experienced professionals. We foster a love of dance and movement in all its forms through our stellar faculty of dance artists who are actively involved in the professional field. Creative classes for preschoolers, a rigorous pre-professional program for aspiring young dancers, open dance classes for teens and adults, aerial dance, Pilates reformer sessions and mat classes, barre, and dance related fitness classes can all be found inside our four state of the art studios.

Hunter Dance Center is home to the professional dance theater company Open Dance Project (opendanceproject.org) whose season of world-class dance theater performance is developed and rehearsed at Hunter. Open Dance Project company members teach throughout our levels and programs, directing their expertise and passion towards the training of the next generation of innovative dance artists in Houston and making dance theater more accessible and meaningful to the general public.Read more

Tour the world with MHLV Dance through dance and aerial arts!Read more

Athena Dance Academy’s annual recital, Leap into Spring!

Leap into spring with us through jazz, ballet, hip hop, contemporary, and flamenco dancing. The Academy is excited to be able to showcase the talents of both their recreational classes and award winning competitive dance team. Started in the Spring 2020, Athena Dance has offered comprehensive dance programs for students of all ages and levels. Here, dedicated, enthusiastic and professional teachers hailing from all over the world—from various language and culture backgrounds— are fully committed to students’ dance training and development. Under the ownership and direction of Athena Anwar, who has thirty years of extensive dance training and performance experience, the school and staff are committed to empowering diverse students through arts and strive to support each student in their dance journey.Read more

The Mythical Omnipresence is a performance that leads the audience through an interpretation of Greek Mythology, and the difficulties some of the God's and Goddess had to face. This performance will display just how much greed, jealousy and narcissistic behavior God's and Goddess had.Read more

SPECIAL HOUSTON SCREENING WITH CAST AND CREW

In 1979 Houston, Texas was a Boom town fantasy city, but also the murder capital of America. Colombian Cocaine Cowboys made Houston, Texas a murder land. Five Mexican American detectives where tasked with stopping this epidemic of drug violence, and missing children. Based on a true story.Read more

Bayou City Ballet Youth Company presents a weekend of contemporary and classical ballet, featuring the premiere works by internationally recognized choreographers Katlyn Addison, Randall Flinn, and Nao Kusuzaki. Read more

Louder Than Words is a one-night-only cabaret featuring the vocal talent of Houston locals David Allen III, Daniel Edwards, and Ronna Mansfield. The three performers will take the audience on a journey of personal stories tied to topics such as love, friendship, loss, and mental health. Audiences can expect to hear music by artists such as Alanis Morisette, Sia, and Ben Rector, and songs from musicals such as Waitress, Dreamgirls, and Tick, Tick… Boom!. The concert will be laid out as if you are in the performer’s living rooms, having a chat about life over a glass of wine or coffee. Attendees will listen to personal stories from each performer, who will then sing a song that they feel conveys their emotions. 

The performers are no strangers to The Garden Theatre stage. Audiences will recognize David Allen III from his work as The Narrator in Into The Woods, a performer in White Rabbit Red Rabbit, and a featured singer in Not A Day Goes By. Daniel Edwards has been seen on The Garden Theatre stage in New Beginnings, White Rabbit Red Rabbit, and as Greg McConnell in Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical. Ronna Mansfield has been seen as The Baker’s Wife in Into The Woods, appeared in The Beltfest, and was a featured singer in Not A Day Goes By. Read more

Black Butterfly is a dance theater production that uses performing arts to celebrate Houston's Black Pride week. Conceived and Directed by Harrison Guy, this performance will highlight dance, live music, and poetry featuring performers from the Black LGBTQ community. The piece aims to pay tribute to those who give us wings to fly.Read more