TUESDAY, Oct. 17

Blaffer Gallery – ‘A Fiction of Authenticity: Contemporary Africa Abroad’
Blaffer Gallery’s latest exhibition featuring works by 11 African artists working in Europe and the United States. Works in painting, photography, sculpture and video highlight the exhibit, which runs through Nov. 11. Blaffer Gallery, 120 Fine Arts Building, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, Entrance 16 off Cullen Blvd. Gallery hours, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tuesday – Friday; 1 - 5 p.m. Saturday; closed Sunday and Monday. Free. 713-743-9528. www.blaffergallery.org.

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 18

TV Taping: ‘The After Party’
Take a tour of HoustonPBS station, KUHT-TV, and then attend the taping of the weekly show “The After Party” with Ernie Manouse. Get a behind-the-scenes look at how television shows are made and win door prizes. 1 – 3 p.m., Oct. 18. KUHT-TV, 4343 Elgin. 713-748-8888, www.houstonpbs.org.

FRIDAY, Oct. 20

Opera: ‘Street Scene’
“Street Scene,” based on Elmer Rice’s Pulitzer Prize winning play shows a gritty, realistic glimpse into the working class in New York City circa the early 1930s. Adapted for opera by Kurt Weill. 7:30 p.m., Oct. 20, 21, 23; 2 p.m., Oct. 22. Edythe Bates Old Theater, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, Entrance 16 off Cullen Blvd. $15 reserved seating, $10 students/seniors. 713-743-3313, www.uh.edu/music.

TUESDAY, Oct. 24

Film Series: ‘The Dupes’
The UH Department of Modern and Classical Languages Spring Film series continues with the conflicts in the Middle East and the film “The Dupes.” 2:30 p.m., Oct. 25. World Cultures and Literatures Seminar Room, 444 Agnes Arnold Hall, Entrance 14 off Cullen Blvd. 713-743-0900. langlab@mail.uh.edu.

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 25

Lecture: ‘Group Decision-Making in Honey Bee Swarms’
The University of Houston Graduate Department of Biology and Biochemistry welcomes Dr. Thomas D. Seeley from Cornell University. He will lecture on “Group Decision Making in Honey Bee Swarms.” 4 p.m., Oct. 25. Room 130, Science and Research Bldg., Entrance 14 off Cullen Blvd. Free. 713-743-2626.

Faculty Recital: ‘Happy Birthday, Mozart’
The Moores School of Music faculty members Andrzej Grabiec on violin and Timothy Hester on the Maene fortepiano present “Happy Birthday, Mozart” as they perform the six Mozart “Kurfurstin” sonatas. 7:30 p.m., Oct. 25. Dudley Recital Hall, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, Entrance 16 off Cullen Blvd. $10 general admission, $5 students/seniors. 713-743-3313, www.uh.edu/music.

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