Topic: Arts and Culture

The Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts OPENS in Spring Texas

The wait is now over ….  Spring Texas has its first Fine Arts Museum. The efforts of Clara Lewis and Rev. Glenn Wilkerson which started thirteen years ago have finally become a reality with the opening of the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts. The only Fine Arts Museum in the Houston TX area that is outside the Houston Museum district.

The museum came about its name in 2006 when The Fincher Family Trust made a major donation to the Museum of Fine Arts, Cypress Creek in honor of their mother, Pearl.  The museum is a smaller scale version of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts is an independent facility from MFAH but they have a strategic cooperative relationship which is certain to benefit the residents of Spring Texas. Read More »

Jazz takes center stage at The Centrum

On March 7th at 8:00 pm the joint a.k.a The Centrum will be a rocking to the sounds of big band swing jazz performed by Gordon Goodwin and his Big Phat Band.  

Comprised of L.A.’s finest musicians this 18-piece ensemble has quickly become one of the most hard swinging jazz ensembles around. The Big Phat Band’s debut album “Swinging for the Fences” received two Grammy nominations and Goodwin won a 2006 Grammy for Instrumental Arrangement of Incredits from the film, The Incredibles. Read More »

Pearl Fincher Museum hosts Student Art Competition

The Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts in Northwest Houston is hosting its second annual “Student Art Competition”. Students in the Aldine, Conroe, Klein, Magnolia, Spring and Tomball Independent School Districts are being encourage to produce their best original artwork. Read More »

Enjoy the Holiday Classic “A Christmas Story”

You are sure to delight in and laugh out loud as the Holiday classic, “A Christmas Story” is performed on stage in Northwest Houston. For a second year, the Texas Repertory Theatre Company brings to life the 1940’s story of Ralphie Parker’s quest to get a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. Read More »

Discover The Centrum in Spring TX

Are you looking to expand your horizons and enrich your life? If the answer is an affirming YES, then its time for you to discover the numerous performing arts venues that are located in Spring TX and Northwest Houston.  One of the largest performing arts venues in Spring Texas is The Centrum. Read More »

Lizards & Snakes: Alive Exhibit Opens!

The Lizards & Snakes: Alive! exhibit opened today at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. The exhibition features more than 60 live lizards and snakes from five continents. Read More »

The Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts to open in 2008!

Upon completion, The Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, The Pearl, will be the only fine arts museum in Northwest Houston outside the Houston Museum District. Read More »

Thursdays FREE at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston!

The saying goes that nothing in life is FREE but here is one thing that truly is FREE. Every Thursday, thanks to a gift from the Shell Oil Foundation, admission to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is FREE. Read More »