Audiences in Houston will have a fresh look at the radical London art scene when the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents END GAME — British Contemporary Art from the Chaney Family Collection. From the revolutionary Young British Artists (YBA) group of the 1990s to the dynamics of today's avant-garde, 21 major works by thirteen artists and artists? collectives from this influential generation will be on view at the Museum Of Fine Arts, Houston.

One of Egypt's most prominent contemporary artists, Farouk Hosny, who also serves as the country's Minister of Culture, will make his Museum of Fine Arts, Houston exhibition debut. Farouk Hosny: The Energy of Abstraction will include approximately 20 abstract, large format paintings, on view until September 1 at the museum's Caroline Wiess Law Building.

Inspired by the possibilities of painting in nature, rather than in the studio, artists traveled to the rugged Forest of Fontainebleau near Paris from the early 1820s to the mid-1870s forging innovations in art that would resonate for generations to follow. There, among the rural villages and the vast and varied wilderness, they laid the groundwork for Impressionism, influenced the development of landscape photography, and raised early advocacy for nature conservancy.

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens has acquired 11 examples of rare 19th-century Texas-made furniture, a gift of Houston collector William James Hill. Most of the pieces had been on loan to Bayou Bend and on view in the Texas Room and Texas Hall, including an elegant armoire attributed to the workshop of Johann Michael Jahn, the New Braunfels cabinetmaker who is celebrated as one of the state’s preeminent furniture makers.

The most celebrated musical of the 2006 Broadway season, THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, a completely original musical comedy, is coming to Houston at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts from May 20-June 1, 2008. Presented by Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS), the show is directed and choreographed by Tony Award nominee Casey Nicholaw (Spamalot) with music and lyrics by Tony Award winners Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and a book by Tony Award winners Bob Martin and Don McKellar.

It’s the perfect marriage between music and comedy! In honor of the five-time Tony Award- winning musical comedy THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS), The Perfect Wedding Guide and Al’s Formal Wear are giving away a fabulous wedding to a lucky engaged couple on May 24, 2008 at the stunning Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. TUTS’ wedding giveaway celebrates this hilarious tale about a celebrity bride and her uproarious wedding day.

Come join the Alley Theatre in celebration of the world premiere production of The Gershwins' An American in Paris. ActOUT, the Alley Theatre’s popular theatre group for gay and lesbian theatre fans and their friends hosts a night of fun and theatre with a fabulous party on May 8. Join us that evening in showing off your finest Parisian Couture.

Now is the time for singles, couples and groups who love the theatre to Mix & Mingle with other likeminded theatre buffs. Mix & Mingle, a mixer for patrons who attend performances “solo” for each regular Hubbard Stage production, hosts a party before the performance of The Gershwins’ An American in Paris on Wednesday, April 30.

After finding more than 300 surface faults in Harris County, a University of Houston geologist now has information that could be vitally useful to the region’s builders and city planners.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Presents First Look at Major Acquisition; The Scholar’s Eye: Contemporary Ceramics from the Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection Opens May 18, 2008.

Making the Unfamiliar Familiar: A Program for High School Students on View at the Museum Of Fine Arts, Houston through June 29, 2008

The Tony Award-winning musical comedy, THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, is coming to Houston's Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, presented by Theatre Under The Stars, March 25-April 6 for 16 performances. Single tickets for THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE are $29-$93.