Arts & Humanities Events

All events are virtual until further notice

Please refer to LoneStar.edu/CoronaVirus for updates

Trans Rights Are Human Rights: A Panel Discussion of Trans Rights, Social Media, and Technology
November 10, 2020 | 2:00 - 3:30 PM (CST)
This will be a panel discussion and Q&A in preparation for Transgender Awareness Week and Transgender Day of Remembrance. In keeping with this year's ReadUP theme, it will focus on the role of technology and social media in transgender communities and transgender rights campaigns.

Students, staff and faculty are welcome to join the Webex. Faculty may click the link below to enroll in this professional development course.

Beth Kephart: The Teaching of Memoirs
November 13, 2020 | 2:45 - 3:45 PM (CST)
Beth Kephart will offer insights into the ways memoir might be taught (and learned), challenge the way you think about the form, and engage you in quick writing prompts.

Students, staff and faculty are welcome to join the Webex. Faculty may click the link below to enroll in this professional development course.

Team Human: Statement #85: Community and Connection     
November 20, 2020 | 10:00  - 11:00 AM (CST)
“Solidarity begins with place” (p.200). We will talk about the politics of our lived experience within our schools, our communities, our workplaces. Do our locally lived concerns become watered down by a technology culture that replaces human conversation with large media platforms? What kinds of distortion occur in the process? 

Students, staff and faculty are welcome to join the Webex. Faculty may click the link below to enroll in this professional development course.

A Christmas Carol Radio Play
December 1, 2020 | 7:00 PM (CST)
Charles Dickens’ timeless holiday tale returns as a radio broadcast from the 1940s, featuring commercial breaks for some of your favorite fictional products from a time before. Listen as our cast  Listen as our cast comprised of current and former students, faculty, staff, community members, and professional actors brings to life the ever-so-familiar story. Three ghosts will take Ebenezer Scrooge on a heart-changing adventure that reminds us all of what truly matters during Christmas time. Rejoice with family and friends as the most beloved time of the year returns.

The virtual performance premieres on December 1, 2020 and will stream December 2-5.

Virtual Author Visit
February 23, 2021 |  2:00 - 3:30 PM (CST)
Please join us for this very special WebEx event with renowned author, Douglas Rushkoff. Named one of the “world’s ten most influential intellectuals” by MIT, Douglas Rushkoff is an author and documentarian who studies human autonomy in a digital age. His new book, a manifesto called Team Human, calls for the retrieval of human autonomy in a digital age.

Box Office

Tickets can be purchased online, over the phone, or in the Fine Arts Suite B12.1. Tickets purchased online can be printed from home or picked up at the box office prior to the event. We accept cash and all major credit cards. For questions, please call 281.290.2742.

Please arrive at least 10 minutes before your event's start time. There is NO late seating for Black Box Theatre events.  All events are subject to change or cancellation.

Directions

Lone Star College-University Park is located at 249 and Louetta. Please park in Garage 11 and take the elevators between Garage 10 and 11 to the second floor. Walk past the security desk to the end of the skybridge, and turn left.  From there, follow the instructions for the venue listed:

• Black Box Theatre (B12.135): Continue down the hallway until you reach the elevators between buildings 12 and 13.  Take them down one floor, make a right out of the elevators and head to the end of the hallway.  
• First Floor Atrium (B12.1): Continue down the hallway until you reach the elevators between buildings 12 and 13.  Take them down one floor and they'll open onto the First Floor Atrium.
• The Multipurpose Room (B13.210): Continue down the hallway toward buildings 12 and 13.  Just past the elevators, you'll see the Multipurpose Room on your right behind glass doors.
• East Dining and West Dining (W): Turn right down the first long hallway you see, and follow it all the way back.  Head to the left for East Dining (it's just to the left of Abby's, the cafeteria) or to the right for West Dining.