Boots & BBQ, one of The Arts Council's annual fundraisers that is low-key and offers a fun afternoon of music, art, and entertainment! Enjoy delicious BBQ and view recent work from our artists in residence. They’ll even have items for purchase to add to your home, give as a gift, or enjoy in your office!
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Empty Bowls, Jr. began in 2013 as a way to directly support local in-school food pantries and The Arts Council programs. Students and art educators from more than 25 Brazos Valley schools have created hundreds of handmade, artistic bowls to donate for this event with the purpose of “kids helping kids.” Due to Covid, this event is more important than ever! With your help families struggling to meet a basic need can afford food to feed their loved ones.
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Celebrate the Arts is The Arts Council’s largest and most important annual fundraiser. Proceeds raised during the event help The Arts Council achieve its mission of making the arts accessible to all citizens and visitors of the Brazos Valley. Over the past year alone, The Arts Council has awarded over $400,000 in direct funding support to non-profit arts, culture, and heritage organizations throughout the region.
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Mandela: The Official Exhibition
Mandela: The Official Exhibition is the major new global exhibition that explores the life of one of the world’s most famous freedom fighters and political leaders.
The Constructed Self by Karen Navarro
By Karen Navarro
September 19th – October 27th 2022
Participating space of FotoFest Biennial 2022
Artist Talk: Wednesday, October 5th 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Reception: Wednesday, October 5th 4:00–6:00 p.m.
Wright Gallery. Open to the public.
Crimes of the Heart
Lone Star Music Series Concert: Chubby Knuckle Choir, Brooke Graham, and Matt Harlan
KEOS 89.1 welcomes Chubby Knuckle Choir to the seventh annual Lone Star Music Series Concert at the Grand Stafford Theater in downtown Bryan on Thursday, September 29, 2022. Special guests for the evening will be Matt Harlan at 6 pm and Brooke Graham at 7:30 pm. Doors open at 5 pm, and Chubby Knuckle Choir will take the stage at 9 pm.
New Jazz Star: Samara Joy, Voice
The Friends of Chamber Music, Brazos Valley Jazz Society, and the Academy for the Visual & Performing Arts at Texas A&M University proudly present the NEW JAZZ STAR: SAMARA JOY, VOICE Thursday, September 29, 2022, at 7 pm at Rudder Auditorium. At just 22 years old, once-in-a-generation vocalist Samara Joy has already garnered critical acclaim for a voice that is, according to The New York Times, “as rich as custard” and a delivery that NPR Fresh Air called “disarming [and] unhurried,” just as she has built a devoted following on TikTok and made avowed fans of Regina King, LaKeith Stanfield, and others.
Over the River and Through the Woods
StageCenter Theatre presents Over the River and Through the Woods, September 29-October 15 at 7:30 pm with a 2pm matinee on October 9. Directed by Robin Sutton, Nick is a single, Italian-American guy whose new job would take him away from his four loving grandparents. Well, Frank, Aida, Nunzio and Emma do their level best to get him to stick around.
Hullabaloo
Visual Art Society's celebration of 50 years as a community art group with a member's art show titled, "Hullabaloo".
Supper Club
For our season opener, we’re treating you to a new play, written by local playwright, Clare Broun Johnson, from Brenham. The Supper Club captures the sisterhood of six lifelong best friends who form The Supper Club. After 30 years, unexpected plot twists unearth secrets that rock the group.
Captured: 2022
"Captured: 2022" Group Photography Exhibit is live online October 1-31,2022. Exceptional work by local photographers can be seen at https://www.visualartsociety.org.
Disney's Winnie the Pooh: The Musical Stage Adaption
The acclaimed, record-breaking run of Disney's Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Stage Adaptation, created and directed by Jonathan Rockefeller, is coming to Rudder Theatre at Texas A&M University for three performances. Presented by OPAS, the celebrated show for families of all ages, brings Pooh, Christopher Robin, and their best friends Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Rabbit, and Owl (and Tigger too!) to the Brazos Valley on Saturday, October 1 (2 PM and 6 PM) and Sunday, October 2 (2 PM).