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Oktoberfest, a British Pop Star and Julia Child Set to Music — Your Houston Weekend Guide

5 Great Things to Do

BY // 09.21.19

Houston weekends are packed full of events, but how many of them are truly worthy of your time? PaperCity’s new events calendar offers a curated look at all the best things to do in the area. But everyone can still use a guru — or two.

PaperCity Weekend Gurus Matthew Ramirez and Virginia Reynolds cull our calendar for your weekend must dos in this weekly series.

Karbachtoberfest

We’ve waited a whole year, and it’s finally back. That’s right, people, Oktoberfest is upon us. The extended excuse to drink massive steins of beer, eat an almost sickening amount of sausage, and (God forbid) slip on that Lederhosen that you bought that one time. We don’t judge.

While there are a number of events and deals throughout the city to celebrate this cherished German holiday (German heritage not required), Karbach will be hosting three entire weekends of festivities with its free event, Karbachtoberfest.

The brewery kicked off the extended party this week and will keep it going through the weekend of Thursday, October 3. Let’s just say you can expect fresh brews, stein hoisting competitions, oompah bands, live music and wiener dog races. True. Authentic. German.

Go to the full PaperCity events calendar listing.

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9th Annual Houston Modern Home Tour

Houston is a city ripe with incredible architecture. Whether you like a timeless, classic style, or prefer  something a little more edgy, the Bayou City has got it all. But this weekend will be one to showcase the more modern side of Houston, as the Houston Modern Home Tour returns for its ninth year.

The event, hosted by Modern Architecture + Design Society, will highlight eight different homes in neighborhoods and areas across the city, including Bellaire, Emancipation Park, University Place, Shady Acres, the Galleria area, Garden Oaks, Memorial Park and Southside Place. Home designers include Origin Architects, refuGe Design Studio, studioMET Architects, Charles Todd Helton, Collaborative Design Group, 2Sclae Architects, MASA Studio Architects and Intexture Architects.

Take a stroll through any of the homes featured on the tour, and meet the architects, builders and designers who contributed to each. There is no specific order for the tour, so visit each home as you please and at your own pace. Day-of tickets are $50. VIP are $55.

Go to the full PaperCity events calendar listing.

Da Camera Opening Night: Bon Appetit!

Whether you grew up with her or came to know her through the 2009 award-winning film Julie and Julia, American-born, culinary legend Julia Child seems to have a special place in all of our hearts. Her love for life in the kitchen served as inspiration for her two-volume cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and television program, The French Chef.

This weekend, Da Camera will bring the story of the cherished chef back to life for their opening night production of Bon Appetit! The show will be a comic take on Child’s television show, and is set to be a musical masterpiece with a full lineup of top-notch musicians and wind accompaniment ready to take the stage.

Jula Child recipe
Julia Child is a legend for a reason. Following her lead in the kitchen is never a bad idea.

If you want to get the full Julia Child experience, then go ahead and purchase tickets to the post-concert dinner, which will feature a three-course Child-inspired menu curated by James Beard Award-winning chef Robert del Grande.

Tickets to the show start at $37.50, with dinner tickets going for $250.

Go to the full PaperCity events calendar listing.

Morrissey/Interpol

If you’re a music nerd of a certain age, the music of Morrissey and The Smiths probably meant a lot to you in your younger years. Same thing with NYC new wave band Interpol, although they are of a different, later generation (early aughts vs. the eighties). Regardless, fans of introspective, hearty rock of the new wave/post-punk persuasion unite this Saturday at White Oak Music Hall.

Morrissey’s public life has been kind of an embarrassing mess this decade, but he’s still a living icon and the chance to see him live is not one to take for granted. Interpol released their best album since at least 2004 with last year’s Marauder, and have always been an interesting band probing a classic post-punk sound with modern lyrical affectations. Doors open at 6 pm; tickets are $59.50. – Matthew Ramirez

Charli XCX

British popstar Charli XCX has been on my radar since 2013’s True Romance was introduced to the world with the glitchy, post-dubstep sound of “You (Ha Ha Ha),” and she’s had an interesting career since. She sang the hook on one of my least favorite songs ever recorded, Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy,” and the album she released off “Fancy’s” world-dominant heels, Sucker, was kind of a disappointment for me. (I was not a fan of “Boom Clap” that saw her played on Top 40 stations.)

Yet: Charli surprised me by bouncing back from tepid flirtations with the mainstream to cooler, weirder, slightly avant sounds, first with 2017’s Pop 2, which was the kind of record that should have reached Top 10 lists that year had it not been released in December’s final days. Her just-released third album, Charli, while not quite a masterpiece (and lacks some of Pop 2‘s more interesting textures), is definitely a singular statement, which is an odd thing to say about an album defined by its duets with acts like: Haim, Doja Cat, Sky Ferreira, Troye Sivan, Kim Petras, Clairo, even Lizzo.

It’s good, nearly great, and I want to be at White Oak Music Hall this Monday, September 23, to yell the words to “Cross You Out” in front of strangers. Doors open at 7 pm; tickets are $35. –Matthew Ramirez

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