Throughout the month:

• Post-show Discussion Series: Tom Stoppard's trilogy, The Coast of Utopia
  Sunday, January 15 – March 11; following the production's Sunday matinee
  Location: Main Street Theater – Chelsea Market, 4617 Montrose, Houston, 77006
  Price: Free with a purchase of matinee performance ticket; prices start at $26
  Contact: 713-524-6706
  
  Jan. 15 – Jeffrey Church, assistant professor of Political Science
  Jan. 22 – Robert Shimko, assistant professor of Theatre History and Dramaturgy
  Jan. 29 – Jeffrey Church, assistant professor of Political Science

JANUARY 15 - 21

• Cool Brains! Inprint Readings for Young People: Christopher Paul Curtis, author of The Mighty Miss Malone
  Sunday, January 15; 3 p.m. (doors open at 2:30 p.m.)
  Location: Johnston Middle School, 10410 Manhattan Dr., Houston, 77096
  Price: Free
  Contact: 713-521-2026

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
  Monday, January 16

• Spring Semester 2012 classes begin
  Tuesday, January, 17

• Vocal Master Class featuring Loronzo Copploa
  Thursday, January 19; 6 – 8 p.m.
  Location: Moores School of Music Room 160
  Price: Free
  Contact: 713-743-3388 or visit the web site at http://www.uh.edu/class/music/

• Gulf Coast Reading Series: David Lombardi, Olga Mexina and Allie Rowbottom
  Friday, January 20; 7 p.m.
  Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet, Houston, 77005
  Price: Free
  Contact: 713-743-3223

• Memorial Service commemorating the life and legacy of Dr. Carlos Monsanto
  Saturday, January 21; 10 a.m.
  Location: A.D. Bruce Religion Center on campus; reception will follow
  If you wish to contribute to Dr. Monsanto's memory, the family has suggested donations to the Monsanto Family Scholarship Fund-UH Honors College.
  Contact: 713-743-3007

JANUARY 22 - 28

• Inprint Brown Reading Series: Margaret Atwood
  Monday, January 23; 7:30 p.m.
  Location: Cullen Theater inside the Wortham Theater Center, 501 Texas Ave., Houston, 77002
  Price: $5 general admission; free tickets for students and seniors at the door.
  Contact: 713-521-2026

• University-Wide Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
  Tuesday, January 24; 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
  Location: Houston Room in the University Center, main campus
  Price: Free
  Contact: Renia Butler at rslusby@uh.edu

• Communograph Sidewalk Talk: "Parks, Green Spaces and Abandoned Spaces" in Third Ward hosted by Rebecca Novak, Wendell Taylor and JD Green
  Thursday, January 26; 6 – 8 p.m.
  Location: Project Row Houses, 2500 Holman, Houston, 77004
  Price: Free
  Contact: 713-743-5749 or 713-526-7662

• CAMH Artists/Scholars Talk: Jenni Sorkin, assistant professor of Contemporary Art and Critical Studies
  Thursday, January 26; 6:30 p.m.
  Location: Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 5216 Montrose, Houston, 77006
  Price: Free
  Contact: 713-284-8250

• Author Appearance: Christina Sisk, assistant professor of Hispanic Studies and author of Mexico, Nation in Transit
  Thursday, January 26; 7 p.m.
  Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet, Houston, 77005
  Price: Free
  Contact: 713-523-0701

• Opera: Tartuffe, music and libretto by Kirke Mecham
  Thursday, January 26; Saturday, January 28 and Sunday, January 29; 7:30 p.m.
  Location: Moores Opera House, 3271 Cullen Boulevard Houston, TX 77004
  Price: $10 students and seniors, $15 UH faculty and staff, $20 general admission
  Contact: 713-743-3388

• Opera: Amelia, music by Daron Hagen, libretto by Gardner McFall and story by Stephen Wadsworth
  Friday, January 27 and Monday, January 30 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, January 29 at 2 p.m.
  Location: Moores Opera House, 3271 Cullen Boulevard Houston, TX 77004
  Price: $10 students and seniors, $15 UH faculty and staff, $20 general admission
  Contact: 713-743-3388

JANUARY 29 - FEBRUARY 4

• Auditions: Aristophanes' Frogs adapted by John Harvey (Honors College) and directed by Aaron Landsman (Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts)
  Monday, January 30 and Tuesday, January 31; 7 - 10 p.m.
  Location: Honors College Commons, 2nd floor of the M.D. Anderson Library
  Price: Free
  Contact: John Harvey at jrharvey@mail.uh.edu

• International Piano Festival
  Friday, February 3 – Sunday, February 5; see schedule for times
  Location: Moores Opera House, 3271 Cullen Boulevard Houston, TX 77004
  Price: Range from $15 students and seniors to $85 general admission
  Contact: 713-743-3388;
  Complete schedule: http://www.uh.edu/class/music/events-performances/piano-festival/

• Public Poetry featuring Arte'Publico Press author Sarah Cortez
  Saturday, February 4; 2 – 3:30 p.m.
  Location: Park Place Regional Library, 8145 Park Place, Houston, 77017
  Price: Free
  Contact: 832-393-1313