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TUTS (Theatre Under the Stars) has brought the two time Tony Award-winning Guys & Dolls to The Hobby Center playing Sept. 27 - Oct. 9, 2011.

Made popular by the film starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, Guys & Dolls follows a group of gamblers, gangsters and gals in the seedy, after-hours underworld of the city that never sleeps. Featuring all new scenery and filled with hits like "Luck Be A Lady" and "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat," this show is one the whole family will enjoy - you can bet on it!

TUTS cast of Guys & Dolls is a sure bet starring Susan Powell as the Save-a-Soul Mission's ultimate "good girl" Sarah Brown. Chasing after Brown's affection is Sky Masterson, performed by Joseph Mahowald. Acting in the role of loveable chronic gambler Nathan Detroit is Matt Merchant. Starring opposite Merchant is longtime Broadway professional Jen Cody as Miss Adelaide, Detroit's fiance of 14 years and lead entertainer at the Hot Box.

Groups save up to 30% on tickets to see Guys & Dolls! It only takes 10 tickets to book your group today! Call 713.558.888 for more information.

PLUS....and how DISHIE is this...
It's A Guys and Dolls Best of Havana Mojito Contest!
Celebrating Guys & Dolls, TUTS is partnering with local hot-spots in a Best of Havana Mojito Contest! We love the classic story of gambler Sky Masterson luring Sergeant Sarah Brown into a date in Havana where they drink delicious rum-infused "Cuban Milkshakes", and we're looking for an equally tempting Cuban cocktail in their honor. Test your taste buds at the selected restaurants September 8 - 26, then vote at TUTS.com/mojito for the best Mojito in town for the chance to win 4 tickets to opening night of Guys & Dolls. Participating locations include III Forks, Americas, Artista, Ava Kitchen and Whiskey Bar, Churrascos, Hard Rock Cafe, Monarch Bistro at Hotel ZaZa, Philippe Restaurant + Lounge, Samba Grille, Soma Sushi and The Flat.

CLICK HERE or on the photo above to purchace tickets!

DISH has seen it....have you? If not, make time to take a little fieldtrip for PEACE! It went up on the 5th of September in anticipation of the 10th anniversary of 9-11. The provocative artwork IMAGINE PEACE the billboard along highway I-45 and I-10 East going into downtown Houston.

The opening of Positive Perceptions exhibition at Colton & Farb Gallery is Saturday Sept 10, right before the first Houston Fine Arts Fair.

The Billboard is sponsored by Deborah M. Colton of Colton & FarbGallery in Houston in conjunction with their Positive Perceptions exhibition in which Yoko Ono is included. With a size of 14 by 48 feet, the starkly visible billboard will be seen by thousands of commuters everyday bringing and unexpected art experience to the daily commercial environment.

Yoko Ono produced IMAGINE PEACE for New York City in 2001, responding to September 11thWorld Trade Center tragedy. Deceptively simple with its basic black and white palette the billboard engages the thoughts of the viewer on an almost subliminal level, inevitably provoking discussion of current events. At a time now when the news, movies and videogames often draw audiences into seductive worlds of warfare, Ono offers us a refreshing reversal of perspective.

Ono created her first billboard piece, WAR IS OVER! IF YOU WANT IT, with her husband John Lennon in 1969 and posted it in 12 cities worldwide to protest the war on Vietnam. The concurrent Bed-In for Peace events where John and Yoko received visitors while lying in bed during their honeymoon took place in Amsterdam and again in Montreal, making their wedding a celebration of hope for peace throughout the world.  Since then Yoko Ono has been a leader in the PEACE movement through her art and music in all continents, with many important projects about to unfold this fall also.

This is not the first time IMAGINE PEACE has been to Houston. Deborah M. Colton had brought the IMAGINE PEACE billboard first to Houston at the same location September of 2006 at the time of the Gallery's WORD show. 

"We are delighted to be working with Yoko One and bringing the IMAGINE PEACE billboard to the city of Houston again... the fourth largest in the country where the arts are strong and in the State of Texas that is dynamic, entrepreneurial and vibrant,says Deborah Colton, founder of the Deborah Colton Gallery, now Colton & Farb Gallery in Texas.   "Ono's ability to subvert advertising for the purposes of art demonstrates the power that conceptual art can have."

The Positive Perceptions exhibition runs from September 10th to November 5th at the gallery on North Blvd in Rice Village.  The Billboard and the exhibition reveal that art is free for those who will engage with it in the minds and their hearts.  Positive Perceptions, featuring such artists as Robert Indiana, Ultra Violet, Jonas Mekasand Texas artists and a DISH fav McKay Otto, JD Miller and Philip J. Romano also, is about HOPE, LIGHT, LOVE...  and bringing more positive connectivity into our world's human condition.

As Colton states, "Yoko Ono's IMAGINE PEACE speaks on so many levels: peace in your own being, peace in your relationships or global peace. It comes back to John Lennon's song IMAGINE.  It's simple but powerful. It's not confrontational but it's about promoting positive change  This art piece like the others in this Positive Perceptions exhibition reveal that through our having the right perspective, we CAN all make a positive difference in the world, just by relating to each other in the right perspective."

Deborah Colton Gallery, which is the Colton Farb Gallery in Texas, is founded on being an innovation showcase for ongoing presentation and promotion of strong historical and visionary contemporary artists world-wide whose diverse practices include painting, works on paper, sculpture, video, photography, and conceptual future media installations. The gallery aspires to provide a forum through connecting Texas, national and international artists to make positive change.

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Nice art opening this evening at Wade Wilson and the galleries of 4411 launching Houston's exciting fall art season.

Jill Moser-Party LineLarge-Scale:  The Painting Show

Featuring grand works by artists: Tom Berg, Lucinda Cobley, Jill Moser, Peter Sacks, Mark Williams, and
new gallery artist
Zachariah Rieke.

Opening tonight Friday September 9th, 2011
6pm - 9pm 

Wade Wilson Art  

4411 Montrose, Suite 200b
Houston, Texas 77006
Tue-Sat 11am -5pm and by appointment

This Saturday is the 17th annual Sing for Hope benefit for Bering Omega Community Services.

Founded by internationally renowned opera singer and former Omega House volunteer, Camille Zamora, this event not only raises critical financial support for one of Houston’s most important and effective HIV/AIDS service providers, but also is one of the most unique and truly enjoyable evenings on Houston’s fall social calendar. Camille gathers a cast from around the nation to perform on the Wortham stage and deliver an evening of classical opera arias and popular Broadway show tunes.

The event is chaired by Angelica & Ed Chapman and Dr. Roland Maldonado & Joel Bickley and Gabriela & Daniel Dror will serve as this year’s Honorees for Sing For Hope. The gala will take place on Saturday, September 10, 2011, where the evening will include a Prelude dinner, Opera and an on-stage Encore! champagne reception for all sponsors. New this year we have our Sing For Hope After Party and we encourage everyone to join this exciting and fun crowd for some late nite bites, dancing and entertainment.

It's not too late to get tickets to the event itself and or just the after party. Celebrate the arts while raising money and awareness for those living with HIV/AIDS in the Houston Community. For tickets, email Elizabeth Wilson at ewilson@beringomega.org or call her at 713-341-3760.