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AvantGarden (formerly Helios)

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Helios is now AvantGarden (as of summer 2007).

AvantGarden is the home to local live music, the visual arts, writing, private parties, video, film, theater, performance art, serving Houston Texas.

"There are five dimensions to this small, two-story house: Downstairs, upstairs, front porch, backyard and patio. At any given time there could be two or three simultaneous events taking place. Performance art, dance pieces, puppet shows and even wrestling matches have been staged here.

Don't get too distracted and forget to order one of their many unique mixed drinks. Their most famous concoction, "Night Helios" is a fiery combination of dark rum, orange liqueur, 151 and a splash of lemon juice. Helios is an art gallery, bar, coffeehouse, music venue and a bohemian hangout rolled into one cozy house".
City Search 2003.

 

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    AvantGarden (formerly Helios)

    411 Westheimer
    Houston, TX 77006

    Phone: 832-287-5577   |   Email   |   Official Website

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  • • Current Events

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  • • Upcoming Events

      02/10/12	Downtown and Whiskey - Monuments and Melodies - East of August AvantGarden (formerly Helios) Downtown and Whiskey - Monuments and Melodies - East of August Presented by AvantGarden (formerly Helios) at AvantGarden (formerly Helios) February 10, 2012 AvantGarden presents Downtown and Whiskey - Monuments and Melodies - East of August. Downtown Whisky consists of Kevin Diaz, Jared Harvey, Carlos Hidalgo, and Sang Ly. The style is a mixture of individual writing techniques that each of the members have developed over the years by playing together and separately in different projects (ranging from Metal, To Rock, To Ambience, To Indie, Etc...). ''..with Downtown Whisky we're trying to play simply what we feel....
      02/13/12	They, Who Sound: Bob Hoffnar & Lucas Gorham/Damon Smith AvantGarden (formerly Helios) They, Who Sound: Bob Hoffnar & Lucas Gorham/Damon Smith Presented by They, Who Sound at AvantGarden (formerly Helios) February 13, 2012 They, Who Sound presents They, Who Sound: Bob Hoffnar & Lucas Gorham/Damon Smith,  Monday, February 13 at AvantGarden. Another in a Houston series for experimental sound-making, improvised music, free jazz, underground noise, electro-acoustic performance, psychedelia, improvised dance, and "musique brut." The Lineup for Monday, February 13 is: Bob Hoffnar and . . . Lucas Gorham/Damon...
      02/13/12	Courtney Marie Andrews, Hearts of Animals, Lindsey Simard AvantGarden (formerly Helios) Courtney Marie Andrews, Hearts of Animals, Lindsey Simard Presented by AvantGarden (formerly Helios) at AvantGarden (formerly Helios) February 13, 2012 AvantGarden presents Courtney Marie Andrews, Hearts of Animals, Lindsey Simard, Monday, February 13 at 9pm. COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS (Phoenix/Seattle/all over) World traveling singer-songwriter, fresh off a tour with Jimmy Eat World, plays Houston for the first time. A five-piece band will back the indie-folk artist who makes life’s impossibilities seem worth the trouble.
      02/20/12- 02/27/12	Speakeasy with The Jazz Marauders (Mondays) AvantGarden (formerly Helios) Speakeasy with The Jazz Marauders (Mondays) Presented by AvantGarden (formerly Helios) at AvantGarden (formerly Helios) February 20-February 27, 2012 AvantGarden presents Speakeasy with The Jazz Marauders, Mondays February 20 and 27. Listen Here you Nightlife Aces, Players, Debonair Debutantes, Vamps, & Villians!  'Ya Monday Nights in Houston Have Taken an Antiquated Pace. A Step Back in Time in the Old Age.  The Age of Prohibition. The Time When our Beloved Spirits & Intoxicants were outlawed...
      02/24/12	Bros Grymm (Brothers Grymm) AvantGarden (formerly Helios) Bros Grymm (Brothers Grymm) Presented by AvantGarden (formerly Helios) at AvantGarden (formerly Helios) February 24, 2012 AvantGarden presents Bros Grymm (Brothers Grimm). "Come enjoy the evening with Brothers Grymn ( a new favorite...assembled entirely with veterans of the Houston music scene ) as they recapture and declare the commanding style of funk that was so popular here in the 90's. " An army of sound is emerging from the tired and war-torn troops, determined to breathe life back into the Battle of Conventionality, wake...
      03/07/12	Free Radicals AvantGarden (formerly Helios) Free Radicals Presented by AvantGarden (formerly Helios) at AvantGarden (formerly Helios) March 7, 2012 AvantGarden presents Free Radicals. Free Radicals is an American jazz, funk, hip-hop, avant-garde, ska, reggae, African music, Indian music, punk, klezmer, polka and latin jazz group based in Houston, Texas. Drummer Nick Cooper founded the group in 1996, with a goal of specializing in improvised music. In 2000, The New Yorker wrote "The horn-heavy, continually evolving collective Free Radicals produces a wildly...
      03/31/12	Queering the Pitch: Justin Dougherty, Violoncello AvantGarden (formerly Helios) Queering the Pitch: Justin Dougherty, Violoncello Presented by AvantGarden (formerly Helios) at AvantGarden (formerly Helios) March 31, 2012 AvantGarden presents Queering the Pitch: Justin Dougherty, Violoncello. Saturday, Mar. 31, 2012, 8 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. Cellist Justin Dougherty will present a recital of music by gay composers at AvantGarden. The recital, which features music for solo cello by gay composers Benjamin Britten, Robert Muczynski, Ned Rorem, and Houston composer Dominick DiOrio, is the first in a...

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• Current &
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  • Current Events

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  • Upcoming Events

    02/10/12	Downtown and Whiskey - Monuments and Melodies - East of August AvantGarden (formerly Helios) Downtown and Whiskey - Monuments and Melodies - East of August Presented by AvantGarden (formerly Helios) at AvantGarden (formerly Helios) February 10, 2012 AvantGarden presents Downtown and Whiskey - Monuments and Melodies - East of August. Downtown Whisky consists of Kevin Diaz, Jared Harvey, Carlos Hidalgo, and Sang Ly. The style is a mixture of individual writing techniques that each of the members have developed over the years by playing together and separately in different projects (ranging from Metal, To Rock, To Ambience, To Indie, Etc...). ''..with Downtown Whisky we're trying to play simply what we feel....
    02/13/12	They, Who Sound: Bob Hoffnar & Lucas Gorham/Damon Smith AvantGarden (formerly Helios) They, Who Sound: Bob Hoffnar & Lucas Gorham/Damon Smith Presented by They, Who Sound at AvantGarden (formerly Helios) February 13, 2012 They, Who Sound presents They, Who Sound: Bob Hoffnar & Lucas Gorham/Damon Smith,  Monday, February 13 at AvantGarden. Another in a Houston series for experimental sound-making, improvised music, free jazz, underground noise, electro-acoustic performance, psychedelia, improvised dance, and "musique brut." The Lineup for Monday, February 13 is: Bob Hoffnar and . . . Lucas Gorham/Damon...
    02/13/12	Courtney Marie Andrews, Hearts of Animals, Lindsey Simard AvantGarden (formerly Helios) Courtney Marie Andrews, Hearts of Animals, Lindsey Simard Presented by AvantGarden (formerly Helios) at AvantGarden (formerly Helios) February 13, 2012 AvantGarden presents Courtney Marie Andrews, Hearts of Animals, Lindsey Simard, Monday, February 13 at 9pm. COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS (Phoenix/Seattle/all over) World traveling singer-songwriter, fresh off a tour with Jimmy Eat World, plays Houston for the first time. A five-piece band will back the indie-folk artist who makes life’s impossibilities seem worth the trouble.
    02/20/12- 02/27/12	Speakeasy with The Jazz Marauders (Mondays) AvantGarden (formerly Helios) Speakeasy with The Jazz Marauders (Mondays) Presented by AvantGarden (formerly Helios) at AvantGarden (formerly Helios) February 20-February 27, 2012 AvantGarden presents Speakeasy with The Jazz Marauders, Mondays February 20 and 27. Listen Here you Nightlife Aces, Players, Debonair Debutantes, Vamps, & Villians!  'Ya Monday Nights in Houston Have Taken an Antiquated Pace. A Step Back in Time in the Old Age.  The Age of Prohibition. The Time When our Beloved Spirits & Intoxicants were outlawed...
    02/24/12	Bros Grymm (Brothers Grymm) AvantGarden (formerly Helios) Bros Grymm (Brothers Grymm) Presented by AvantGarden (formerly Helios) at AvantGarden (formerly Helios) February 24, 2012 AvantGarden presents Bros Grymm (Brothers Grimm). "Come enjoy the evening with Brothers Grymn ( a new favorite...assembled entirely with veterans of the Houston music scene ) as they recapture and declare the commanding style of funk that was so popular here in the 90's. " An army of sound is emerging from the tired and war-torn troops, determined to breathe life back into the Battle of Conventionality, wake...
    03/07/12	Free Radicals AvantGarden (formerly Helios) Free Radicals Presented by AvantGarden (formerly Helios) at AvantGarden (formerly Helios) March 7, 2012 AvantGarden presents Free Radicals. Free Radicals is an American jazz, funk, hip-hop, avant-garde, ska, reggae, African music, Indian music, punk, klezmer, polka and latin jazz group based in Houston, Texas. Drummer Nick Cooper founded the group in 1996, with a goal of specializing in improvised music. In 2000, The New Yorker wrote "The horn-heavy, continually evolving collective Free Radicals produces a wildly...
    03/31/12	Queering the Pitch: Justin Dougherty, Violoncello AvantGarden (formerly Helios) Queering the Pitch: Justin Dougherty, Violoncello Presented by AvantGarden (formerly Helios) at AvantGarden (formerly Helios) March 31, 2012 AvantGarden presents Queering the Pitch: Justin Dougherty, Violoncello. Saturday, Mar. 31, 2012, 8 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. Cellist Justin Dougherty will present a recital of music by gay composers at AvantGarden. The recital, which features music for solo cello by gay composers Benjamin Britten, Robert Muczynski, Ned Rorem, and Houston composer Dominick DiOrio, is the first in a...

• Past
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  • Past Events

    02/03/12	The Beans AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    02/01/12	Free Radicals AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    01/30/12	They, Who Sound: Doyle/Gorham & Smith/Yom AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    01/09/12	They, Who Sound: Cogburn/Dove/Edwards & Cisneros/Jackson AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    12/19/11	They, Who Sound: Alcorn/Helton & Looney/Dove/Ewen/Smith AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    12/04/11- 12/05/11	They, Who Sound: Fernando Vigueras AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    11/23/11	Up Against You: the Sordid Path of Debra Matthes AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    11/11/11	Reading, Talk, and Unveiling: An Evening in Tribute to Cy Twombly AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    09/15/11	They, Who Sound: Legendary Drummer Alvin Fielder AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    08/26/11	Tiny Animals (CD Release Party) AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    08/25/11	They, Who Sound: Frode Gjerstad Trio + Damon Smith Solo AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    08/20/11	Cuban Pig Roast and Cigar Rolling Exhibition AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    08/08/11	They, Who Sound: Weasel Walter/David Dove/Sandy Ewen/Damon Smith AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    07/18/11	They, Who Sound & World Listening Day AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    05/13/11	Da Camera Young Artists Nightclub Show AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    04/29/11	What is HIVEHouston.org? AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    04/09/11	Absinthe: Revealed 2 - A Celebration of Tastings and Truths AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    01/27/11- 03/31/11	Avant Thursdays with Hilary Sloan AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    12/23/10- 12/24/10	The Manichean 'Lacerus Rising' CD Release AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    11/12/10	Impulse Artist Series: 2010 Alter Ego Season - Club Concert #3 – Phyllis Chen – Piano | Toy Pianos | Multimedia AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    09/25/10	Skydive Subtitle International Film Festival: 2 Filhos de Francisco AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    02/19/10	Da Camera Young Artists Club Show AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    01/09/10	A Birthday in Wonderland AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    12/13/09	Dr. Sketchy Burlesque Life Drawing Holiday Party AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    11/18/09- 11/19/09	AbsinthArt Fall Art Show AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    11/07/09	La Luna Loca - 10 Year Anniversary AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    10/31/09	The Chiara String Quartet Classical in a Club - Beethoven in Bars AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    10/11/09	Dr. Sketchy Life Drawing and Naughty Knitting AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    10/03/09	Blue Front Café AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    08/19/09- 03/16/11	VerbosCity-Houston Poetry Slam Showcase (Monthly, Every Third Wednesday) AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    08/12/09	AWAtini 2: The Watermelon Crawl AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    08/11/09	Belly Dance Garden with Almaazah and Friends AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    07/12/09	Houston Dr. Sketchy Life Drawing July Party AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    07/03/09	Starving Poets: Poetic House Party (Poetic Independence Eve) AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    06/14/09	Houston Dr. Sketchy life drawing - ninja style AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    05/16/09	Night of the Masters and Mystics AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    05/09/09	Once Upon a Blue Muse AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    03/03/09	The Morccoan Moon Belly Dance Show AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    02/21/09	Singles Mardi Gras Party AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    02/20/09	Starving Poets: Poetic House Party AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    02/06/09	Stage Beauty Happy Hour Launch Party AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    01/27/09	The Carnie Show AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    01/26/09- 03/02/09	MASSIVE IMPROV CLASSES: Intro to Longform (Monday nights) AvantGarden (formerly Helios)
    01/25/09	Lindsey McGill, Seth Paynter and Thomas Hetlon AvantGarden (formerly Helios)