Sausage & Opera Festival

Sausage & Opera Festival

Saturday, June 1, 2013 3pm-10pm.

For the second year, the French-American Vocal Academy (FAVA) is launching its festival Opera Without Fences at Elgin, TX (next to Austin).

PROGRAM:

3pm : Beginning with an Art Contest among all Bastrop County Middle Schools and High Schools. 60 pieces of artwork will be exhibited on Main Street and the public will vote to select the winning school.

5:30pm : EMS & EHS choirs performance.

6:30pm : Meyer’s Smokehouse and Southside Market will satisfy the palates of guests with a plethora of famed Elgin sausage at Depot Square.

8pm : the Franco-American Vocal Academy opera singers along with a chamber orchestra will perform “La Vie Parisienne” by Jacques Offenbach, at the FAVA studio on Depot Square in downtown Elgin.

For more info about the FAVA, visit their website www.favaopera.org

Puccini’s La bohème at the Miller Outdoor Theater

May 17th & 18th – 8 pm

 

Rodolfo (Scott Quinn), a poet, and Mimì (Natalya Romaniw) meet by chance in his atelier and fall immediately in love. They weather break-ups and inevitable reunions, but their love proves fragile as the light of a single candle when they confront the realities of bohemian life.

 

Ticket: required for the covered seated area (available at the Theater box office between 10:30am-1pm). Free on the hill

 

For more information, visit the Miller Outdoor Theater website: milleroutdoortheatre.com

 

The Alliance Francaise de Houston 90th Anniversary!

This year, The Alliance Francaise de Houston, one of the oldest in the country or world, if not THE oldest, marks its 90th Anniversary with a French Soiree and will celebrate it on:

May, 11th 2013 – 7pm.

Music of Edith Piaff, Brel, Aznavour, Lama, Jonasz, Duteil and much more, performed by the international cabaret performer, Deborah Boily.

Location: 427 Lovett Boulevard, Houston 77006.

 

A buffet a la francaise will be served before the show and desert after.

Tickets: $25 (include dinner, show and wine – only 100 seats available). Purchase at thefrenchsinger.com/buy-tickets

Walk-ins: $35

 

Optical Spaces: The Art of Victor Vasarely

The Museum of Printing History invites you to an opening reception for

Optical Spaces: The Art of Victor Vasarely

next THURSDAY, April 25, 2013 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.

 

In collaboration with the Museum of Geometric and MADI Art in Dallas, the Museum of Printing History is pleased to present Optical Spaces: The Art of Victor Vasarely, organized by Houston-based artist Orna Feinstein. Victor Vasarely (1906—1997), a Hungarian born artist active in France throughout the twentieth century, is considered to be one of the pioneers of the Op-Art movement. Through his studies at the ‘Mühely’ Academy (also known as the Budapest Bauhaus), Vasarely was introduced to geometric abstraction, which provided the foundation for his work as a painter and graphic artist. By augmenting basic geometric forms and combining them with principles of color theory, Vasarely destabilized the pictorial surface creating the illusion of depth and movement. His work went on to influence a generation of young artists in the 1960s and created a lasting impact on poster and fabric design.

Drawing from works in the MPH collection, as well as from private collections in Houston, this exhibition will present a striking overview of Vasarely’s oeuvre (in print and sculptural form) dating from the mid 1950s to the 1980s.

French Cultures Festival

Every March since 2008 the French Consulate in Houston has coordinated a Francophonie festival–a celebration of all things French. The French Cultures Festival (FCF) brings people together across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.

The FCF collaborates with many institutional and cultural partners, including diplomatic representations from Switzerland, Canada and Belgium, as well as museums, universities, international schools and local businesses and associations.  Featuring events such as lectures, films, shows, concerts, encounters with artists, scientific conferences, talks, degustations, and parties, the 2012 FCF  successfully introduced over 60 different cultural events in the main cities of the three states.

Condensed down to 17 days, the 2013 French Cultures Festival runs from March 8th-25th and is launching with a concert at Discovery Green Park in downtown Houston on March 8th. The concert will feature both French and local musicians, and is free to the public. French food and wine as well as other beverages will be available for purchase.

For more information, visit their colorful website: www.frenchculturesfestival.com