Houston Symphony
The Houston Symphony has announced that two concerts, Thursday, September 18 at 8 pm at Jones Hall, and Friday, September 19 at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion at the Woodlands, have been cancelled.
The Saturday evening September 20 at 8:00 p.m. concert at Jones Hall with the orchestra, under the baton of music director Hans Graf and featuring violinist Gil Shaham as soloist, will be moved to Saturday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. in observance of the city-wide curfew. The Sunday afternoon September 21st 2:30 p.m. concert at Jones Hall will proceed as scheduled.
Patrons holding tickets to the Thursday evening concert will be contacted by the Symphony Customer Service Center to arrange changing them to either the Saturday or Sunday afternoon performance.
Patrons holding tickets to the Thursday evening concert will be contacted by the Symphony Customer Service Center to arrange changing them to either the Saturday or Sunday afternoon performance.
In addition, the Symphony announced that it will make available several hundred free tickets for both the Saturday and Sunday afternoon performances. The tickets will only be available on a first-come, first-served basis at the Jones Hall box office an hour before the 2:30 pm performances.
The Symphony Customer Service Center will re-open tomorrow morning September 16 at 10:00 a.m. The Centers telephone number is (713) 224-7575. www.houstonsymphony.org
George R. Brown Convention Center
Several functions scheduled for last weekend and early this week were postponed and have been rescheduled. Events scheduled for this weekend, September 18-22, including Theta Antiques Charity Show and Houston Antique Dealers, have been rescheduled.
For more information call 800-427-4697 or www.houstonconventionctr.com.
Downtown restaurants open
We’ll get a full report tomorrow; however, The Grove (1611 Lamar, 713-337-7321) will resume regular hours starting with lunch tomorrow.
The Lake House (1611 Lamar, 713-337-7321) will resume with regular hours starting tomorrow.
Stay safe and be careful coming into the city!
