November
From: August 29, 2012 - September 23, 2012
Location: Alley Theatre
Address: 615 Texas Avenue, Houston, TX 77002
Phone:713-220-5700
As the 2012 Presidential election campaign continues, David Mamet's November offers audiences a fiendishly funny, over-the-top, no-holds-barred take on American politics. Unfolding in one day, just days before a national election and with poll numbers "lower than Gandhi's cholesterol," President Charles Smith (Alley Company Artist John Tyson), the most corrupt and inept buffoon to sit in the Oval Office, sets his sight on a second-term. With his usual acerbic wit and edgy social commentary, Mamet's latest masterpiece is a gleeful cornucopia of corruption and political incorrectness full of shady backroom schemes like Thanksgiving turkeys awaiting pardon and an American Indian lobbyist who wants to turn Nantucket into a gambling resort that will leave you laughing out loud. "Extremely funny" (The New York Times), November "rollicks from one politically incorrect punch line to the next" (San Francisco Chronicle).
Recommended for mature audiences due to language and thematic content.

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100 Year Starship 2012 Symposium
From: September 13, 2012 - September 16, 2012 (Recurring daily)
Location: Hyatt Regency Houston
Venue: Hyatt Regency Houston
Address: 1200 Louisiana, Houston, TX 77002
Times: Starts at 8 a.m. on the 13th and concludes at Noon on the 16th
Child Admission: Expo: $5; Children 6 and under are free; All children must be accompanied by an adult
Adult Admission: Symposium registration is $250; Expo Admission: $10
In 2012 the federal agency DARPA gave its stamp of approval to, and seed funded, 100 Year Starship®, a private organization to achieve perhaps the most daring initiative ever in space exploration: human travel beyond our solar system to another star within the next 100 years.
The initiative, led by former NASA astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison, kicks off with the 100YSS 2012 Public Symposium. This dynamic four-day event will bring together thought leaders, experts, trendsetters, space advocates and space enthusiasts, international space agencies, established businesses and start-ups, financiers and entrepreneurs, universities and many other groups, including the general public. All are all invited to join in this journey to explore the challenge, benefits, potentially enabling technologies, strategies and awesome potential of interstellar flight to another solar system.
Featured guests already on the roster for 100YSS include Nichelle Nichols (Star Trek's Lt. Uhura), Dr. Jill Tarter (retired Director of Center for SETI Research), Dr. Johnetta Cole (Director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American Art), LeVar Burton (actor, producer and host of Reading Rainbow), Dr. David Alexander (Director, Rice Space Institute).
In addition to multiple sessions on various topics surrounding the initiative, there will also be a public Expo that will bring space exploration to Downtown Houston. Expo features will include planetarium shows and short classes for the public on the solar system, astronomy, theories of "faster than light" travel and even philosophy and ethics of space exploration. The Edge, a unique exhibit brings to life the vision of 100 Year Starship. Other various exhibitor booths and displays will also be on site.
Two other special events will also be held as part of the symposium: a video presentation and dinner on Friday evening Golden Anniversary Salutes: JFK "Moon Speech" and Johnson Space Center as well as a dinner gala on Saturday evening, Accelerating Creativity: A Celebration.

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Houston Fine Arts Fair
From: September 14, 2012 - September 16, 2012
Location: Reliant Center
Times: Friday 11:00 a.m. - 7 p.m. Saturday 11:00 a.m. -7:00 p.m. Sunday 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Leading galleries from around the world including Texas, California and New York as well as Latin America, will offer a wide array of paintings, drawings, print editions, installations, sculpture, and photography.
The Opening Night preview on Thursday will benefit The Core Program of the Glassell School of Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
A special addition to the fair will be the "MFAH Core Factor" a curated exhibition featuring internationally-recognized Core graduates.
Special panels, speakers, and tours will appeal to both novice and experienced collectors.

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