{"id":61910,"date":"2025-07-13T09:41:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T09:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/61910\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T09:41:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T09:41:29","slug":"best-bets-the-week-of-july-10-16-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/61910\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Bets the Week of July 10-16, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n It\u2019s National Pi\u00f1a Colada Day<\/a>, so grab one \u2013 or your drink of choice \u2013 before heading out to enjoy one of this week\u2019s best bets. We\u2019ve got a couple of timeless classics on local stages, the U.S. debut of an English sleuth, and a French holiday celebrated right here in Houston. Keep reading for these and more events below.\n <\/p>\n

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We are a mere 113 days away from Halloween, but if the wait is too much to bear, you can get your temporary horror fix on Friday, July 11, from 7 to 11 p.m. at Hardy & Nance Studios<\/a> when Insomnia Gallery<\/a> presents Summer Slashers: One Night Art Tribute to Horror<\/a>. More than 50 local artists are confirmed to display their work at the annual art show, all of which will pay tribute to all things horror. In addition to the artwork, you can expect horror-themed music, films, a costume contest, food vendors, and free drinks from Eureka Heights Brewing Company<\/a>, Bad Astronaut Brewery<\/a>, Equal Parts Brewing<\/a>, City Orchard<\/a>, and new sponsor 8th Wonder<\/a>. The show is free to attend, and all ages are welcome.\n <\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re one of those folks anxiously awaiting the next Wicked film, you can get a temporary L. Frank Baum fix on Friday, July 11, at 7:30 p.m. when A.D. Players<\/a> opens their production of The Wizard of Oz<\/a> at The George Theater. Jayme McGhan<\/a>, the executive artistic director of A.D. Players, recently told the Houston Press<\/a>, \u201cWe wanted to have a show in the season that was nostalgic, that had a little bit of magic, that could test our production value and our production team a little bit and stretch our muscles theatrically. It’s a really big cast, a really big crew, really big designs.<\/a>\u201d Performances will continue at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through August 10. Tickets are available here<\/a> for $25 to $61.25.<\/p>\n

Miss Jane Marple, for the first time since her character appeared in an Agatha Christie short story back in 1927, will appear on a U.S. stage when the Alley Theatre<\/a> opens the U.S. premiere of The Mirror Crack’d<\/a> on Friday, July 11, at 7:30 p.m. Speaking to the Houston Press<\/a>, Susan Koozin, who will play Miss Marple in the production, says that though Miss Marple \u201cappears to be grandmotherly<\/a>,\u201d what makes her \u201cfascinating is she’s quite often the brightest in the room. I think she\u2019s underestimated; she’s overlooked. And then she ends up being the brilliant guide to these cases.<\/a>\u201d Performances will continue at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, and 2 and 7 p.m. Sundays through August 17. Tickets are available and can be purchased here<\/a> for $50 to $108.<\/p>\n

\n In Harper Lee\u2019s To Kill a Mockingbird<\/a>, Atticus Finch, a small-town lawyer and father with a strong moral compass, defends a Black man falsely accused of a crime in the Deep South. It\u2019s one of the most famous courtroom dramas of all time, and who better than members of Houston\u2019s legal community \u2013 judges, attorneys, law students, and more \u2013 to mount a production? That\u2019s exactly what you will find when Cone Man Running Productions<\/a> opens Christopher Sergel\u2019s adaptation in Studio 101 at Spring Street Studios<\/a> on Friday, July 11, at 8 p.m. Performances will continue through July 26 at 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays, and Thursday, July 24, 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 14, and 3 p.m. Sunday, July 20. Tickets are available here<\/a> for $15 to $ 50.\n <\/p>\n

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Summer Symphony Nights return to Miller Outdoor Theatre.<\/p>\n

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Following their star-spangled performance at Miller Outdoor Theatre<\/a> last week, Houston Symphony<\/a> will return on Friday, July 11, at 8:30 p.m. for the first of four Summer Symphony Nights<\/a>. The first night, under Conductor Gonzalo Farias<\/a>, will feature one movement from Carlos Simon<\/a>\u2019s Four Black American Dances, Sergei Rachmaninoff\u2019s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, and Ludwig van Beethoven\u2019s Fifth Symphony, a work so famous it\u2019s \u201ccome to represent Classical Music and modern Western Culture in general.<\/a>\u201d The performance is free, and you can reserve a ticket here<\/a> starting at 10 a.m. today, Thursday, July 10, or you can plan to sit on the Hill<\/a> \u2013 no ticket required. Summer Symphony Nights will continue at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, July 12<\/a>, Friday, July 18<\/a>, and Saturday, July 19<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n Looking for a classic whodunit parody? Well, Main Street Theater<\/a> will open Patrick Barlow\u2019s adaptation of the John Buchan novel (turned Alfred Hitchcock film), The 39 Steps<\/a>, on Saturday, July 12, at 7:30 p.m. Chris Szeto-Joe<\/a>, who will play nine characters in the production, spoke to the Houston Press<\/a> and attributed the continued popularity of the show \u2013 despite its well-known ending \u2013 to \u201cthe chaos, the humor, the spectacle of getting there<\/a>,\u201d adding that \u201cthe way it satirizes the very popular spy thriller genre just tickles people. It delivers a lot of those same conventions but at the same time, it’s not afraid to laugh at itself.<\/a>\u201d Additional performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays through August 10. Tickets can be purchased here<\/a> for $45 to $64.<\/p>\n

The storming of the Bastille prison in 1789 is an event that is acknowledged as the start of the French Revolution and is celebrated in France with festivities similar to the Fourth of July. If you want a taste of the party right here in Houston, join the celebration during Bastille Day<\/a> with Alliance Fran\u00e7aise Houston<\/a> on Sunday, July 13, from 4 to 9 p.m. DJ Barbara Butch, who performed during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, will headline the evening with a concert, but you can also expect an official ceremony with a flag procession, French food vendors, family-friendly activities, a French market, p\u00e9tanque competitions, a drone show, and more. Admission to the event is free with prior registration here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n The story of Leo Frank, a Jewish American businessman tried, convicted, and eventually lynched for the murder of a 13-year-old in 1913, will come to the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts<\/a>, courtesy of Broadway at the Hobby Center<\/a>, on Tuesday, July 15, at 7:30 p.m. as Tony Award-winning musical Parade<\/a>. Christopher Shyer, who plays the Georgia governor who commutes Frank\u2019s sentence, described the show\u2019s relevance to the Houston Press<\/a> as \u201ca moral lesson about the importance of standing up for justice and the need to remember the dangers of prejudice and ignorance.<\/a>\u201d \u00a0Performances will continue at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, and 1:30 and 7 p.m. Sunday through July 20. You can buy tickets here<\/a> for $53.25 to $128.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s National Pi\u00f1a Colada Day, so grab one \u2013 or your drink of choice \u2013 before heading out…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":61911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[40968,54,4345,975,44449,5039,9221,358,1148,35789,3187,16314],"class_list":{"0":"post-61910","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-bastille-day","9":"tag-horror","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-musical","13":"tag-play","14":"tag-stage","15":"tag-texas","16":"tag-theater","17":"tag-ticket-prices","18":"tag-tx","19":"tag-visual-art"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114845272222230324","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}