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Thursday, October 22
Halloween Edition: OUT & About Mixer
The Greater Houston LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce celebrates LGBTQ+ History Month with a Halloween edition of its networking mixer. Come dressed as your favorite LGBTQ+ icon for a costume contest with prizes. Craft beer and food trucks round out the night. Members get in free with advance registration ($25 at the door); guests pay $25 in advance, $30 at the door. 5–7 p.m., Eureka Heights Brew Co., 941 W. 18th St.
Beyond the Binary: Crafting Night
Beyond the Binary, the Montrose Center’s discussion group for nonbinary, gender-nonconforming, and trans people, hosts its monthly night of arts, crafts, and conversation. Bring a project you’re working on or start something new. Open to anyone whose identity falls outside the gender binary. Ages 18 and older. 6:30–9 p.m., the Montrose Center, 401 Branard St. Free.
Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen
Patrick Myers brings Freddie Mercury’s larger-than-life stage presence to Houston in a concert celebrating Queen’s greatest hits, from “Bohemian Rhapsody” to “Somebody to Love.” Doors 7 p.m., Arena Theatre, 7326 Southwest Fwy., 713-772-5900.
Friday, October 23
Slaybill: Halloween Drag and Voter Education
The Montrose Center mixes drag, comedy, and nonpartisan voter education for a Halloween night that leaves you ready for the ballot box. Expect drag performances, a comedy sketch about a vampire’s first time voting at the modern polls (including which IDs you can bring), ballot help from the League of Women Voters’ nonpartisan Voters’ Guide, and free food. Ages 21 and older. 6–9 p.m., Pearl Bar, 2811 Washington Ave. Free.
ROCO Connections: From Silence to Sound
ROCO gets into the Halloween spirit with silent film and live chamber music at the River Oaks Theatre. Guest conductor and composer Andrew Earle Simpson leads the ensemble through his new score for the 1925 horror classic The Phantom of the Opera, played live alongside the film. The program also includes a new arrangement of Carl Stalling’s score for Disney’s The Skeleton Dance, with Bohuslav Martinů’s La revue de cuisine as the entr’acte. 8 p.m., River Oaks Theatre, 2009 W. Gray St. $45.
Alley All New Festival
The Alley Theatre’s festival of new work returns with three days of staged readings by Liz Duffy Adams, Jake Brasch, Gloria Majule, and Luis Quintero. Since 2016, the festival has been a launching pad for world premieres, including Majule’s Uhuru, now running at the Alley. Majule returns this year with African Moms’ Book Club. Through October 25, Alley Theatre, 615 Texas Ave., 713-220-5700.
Saturday, October 24
Families with Pride
Harris County Attorney Abbie Kamin and the Greater Houston LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce host the fifth annual celebration of LGBTQ+ families at Discovery Green. Expect a kids’ costume party, Pride Storytime, arts and crafts, face painting, mini golf, live music, and community resource booths. 10 a.m.–1 p.m., Discovery Green, 1500 McKinney St. Free.
Hocus Pocus & High Heels
Halloween comes to Montrose Collective, and Gayest & Greatest Most Divine Drag Queen winner Queen Persephone is bringing the witchy glamour. Expect live drag performances and a costume contest with prizes, so dust off your best Sanderson sister. Grab a bite or browse the shops before the show. Ages 18 and older. 6–8 p.m., Montrose Collective, 888 Westheimer Rd. Free.
Sunday, October 25
Community Yoga at the Montrose Center
JuJu leads a free weekly class of mindful movement, meditation, and breathing in an affirming space for all identities and body types. All levels welcome. Bring your own mat. 9:30–10:30 a.m., the Montrose Center, Room 107, 401 Branard St. Free.
Mrs. Doubtfire: Final Performances
Theatre Under the Stars wraps its run of the musical based on the Robin Williams film. An out-of-work actor disguises himself as a Scottish nanny to stay close to his kids, and the complications pile up from there. Final day, Sarofim Hall, Hobby Center, 800 Bagby St., 713-315-2525.
Tituss Burgess in Concert
The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Moulin Rouge! star kicks off the Hobby Center’s Beyond Broadway series with musical theater hits plus songs by John Mayer, Shirley Bassey, Bette Midler, and more. Demand was high enough that the Hobby Center added a second show. Saturday, Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 25, 1 p.m. Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center, 800 Bagby St. 713-315-2525.
Pearlesque: Fright Night
Pearl Bar’s burlesque show goes Halloween. Host and producer Bailey Bunnie leads a lineup of burlesque, drag, and aerial acts featuring Eddie Divas, Crybaby Cass, Ms. Honey, Bek LeDane, and Jinxy Nyx. Tables and VIP booths with champagne are available. 7–10 p.m., Pearl Bar, 2811 Washington Ave. Tickets start at $7.
Ongoing
Yoshitaka Amano: Big Bang
Asia Society Texas presents about 40 works by Japanese artist Yoshitaka Amano, whose fantasy imagery helped shape Speed Racer, Vampire Hunter D, and the Final Fantasy games. The show surveys three decades of his paintings in ink, oil, and automotive paint. $8; free on Thursdays. Through February 7, 2027, Asia Society Texas Center, 1370 Southmore Blvd., 713-496-9901.
Ongoing
Uhuru
Who belongs on the mountain? Tanzanian playwright Gloria Majule’s world-premiere satire follows a Tanzanian-American tourist, two missionaries, and their guide on a “Tanzanian-only” climb of Mount Kilimanjaro. Directed by Shariffa Ali. Expect language and sexual situations. Opens Friday, Oct. 16, and runs through Sunday, Nov. 8. Neuhaus Theatre, Alley Theatre, 615 Texas Ave. 713-220-5700.
We the People: UH LGBT History Exhibit
LGBTQ+ History Month is the perfect excuse to visit this exhibit tracing Houston’s LGBTQ+ community from the 1940s to today. It’s built from photos, handwritten letters, artwork, clothing, and ephemera in UH Libraries’ LGBT History Research Collection, and includes material from the Diana Foundation and PFLAG Houston. Read our story on the exhibit. Through Thursday, Dec. 31. MD Anderson Library, first floor, University of Houston.
The Woodlands Pride Festival
Oct. 31: Pride meets Halloween at the ninth annual Woodlands Pride, a free, all-ages festival with live entertainment, local vendors, food trucks, and family activities. Costumes are encouraged. Saturday, Oct. 31, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Town Green Park, 2099 Lake Robbins Dr., The WoodlandsOngoing
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