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UH EVENTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC – AUG.
8 – 21, 2005
TUESDAY, Aug. 9
Blaffer Gallery
Blaffer Gallery’s latest exhibition, POPulence, features
50 works by 19 internationally known contemporary artists. The
exhibit will be on display through Aug. 27. Blaffer Gallery, 120
Fine Arts Building, Entrance 16 off Cullen Blvd. Gallery hours,
10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Tuesday – Saturday. Closed Sunday and
Monday. Free. 713-743-9528. www.hfac.uh.edu/blaffer.
Operation School Supplies
The University of Houston Alumni Office is teaming up with the
HEB and the Houston Astros for this year’s annual Operation
School Supplies Collection. Over 17,000 Houston-area children
from 24 local school districts benefit each year from this drive.
Donate your school supplies to on your way into Minute Maid Park
before the Astros play. 5 p.m., Aug. 9. Minute Maid Park. Tram
Chau, 713-582-7767.
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10
Operation School Supplies
The University of Houston Alumni Office is teaming up with HEB
for this year’s annual Operation School Supplies Collection.
Over 17,000 Houston-area children from 24 local school districts
benefit each year from this drive. Donate your school supplies
to HEB on the Gulf Fwy. 6 a.m. – 1 p.m., Aug. 3. HEB, 3111
Woodridge at the Gulf Fwy and 610 S. Loop. Tram Chau, 713-582-7767.
Theater: Houston Shakespeare Festival
Director Carolyn Boone brings Shakespeare’s tragedy “Hamlet”
to Houston audiences for five performances. Cosponsored by the
University of Houston’s School of Theatre and the City of
Houston, The Houston Shakespeare Festival at Miller Outdoor Theatre
is in its 31st season. 8:30 p.m. Aug. 10, 12. Miller Outdoor Theatre,
Hermann Park. Free, but tickets are required. Four tickets per
person available the day of each performance at the Miller box
office between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. and one hour before curtain.
713-284-8352. http://www.class.uh.edu/theatre/Performance/hsf.htm
THURSDAY, Aug. 11
Theater: Houston Shakespeare Festival
Director Sidney Berger stages Shakespeare’s comedy “As
You Like It” for Houston audiences for five performances.
Cosponsored by the University of Houston’s School of Theatre
and the City of Houston, The Houston Shakespeare Festival at Miller
Outdoor Theatre is in its 31st season. 8:30 p.m. Aug. 11, 13.
Miller Outdoor Theatre, Hermann Park. Free, but tickets are required.
Four tickets per person available the day of each performance
at the Miller box office between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. and one
hour before curtain. 713-284-8352. http://www.class.uh.edu/theatre/Performance/hsf.htm
SATURDAY, Aug. 13
Operation School Supplies
The University of Houston Alumni Office needs help in sorting
and boxing the donated goods to Operation School Supplies. Over
17,000 Houston-area children from 24 local school districts benefit
each year from this drive. 8 a.m. – noon, Aug. 13. Athletics/Alumni
Center. Entrance 16 off Cullen. Tram Chau, 713-582-7767.
SUNDAY, Aug. 21
Sacred Harp
Houston’s Scared Harp a capella singers gather monthly to
sing hymns, odes and anthems based on the mid-19th century book
“The Sacred Harp” by B.F. White. 3 – 5 p.m.,
Aug 21. A.D. Bruce Religion Center, Entrance 13 off Cullen Blvd.
Free. 713-910-7855 or 713-743-5050. www.fasola.org.
For more information about UH visit the university’s ‘Newsroom’ at www.uh.edu/admin/media/newsroom.
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