my gosh there are so so SO many good things this week. i’m not even being dramatic, there is something you HAVE to see every single weekday this week. and then the weekend don’t even get me started, i don’t know how i’ll do it all. (but don’t worry, i’m the queen of not missing out – i’ll find a way to DO IT ALL)

also, it was so nice to meet all those new friends this past week. every now and then i get stuck in my own head and think i’ve met all the people there are to meet in houston and then out of the clear blue sky i’ll meet someone great. so thanks yall for having a birthday and letting me play shuffleboard with you and for drinking free drinks during a windy fundraiser and playing all those hits until 4am while i danced with my twin and doing your comedy show and seeing me after and making me go rock climbing, even if my arms do end up falling off. and if you were out of town this weekend welcome home!

monday may 2, 2016:

• comedy: open mic . rudyards . doors 7:30pm . FREE
• show: L.A. witch // sugar candy mountain // mojave red // ak’chamel . walters downtown . 8pm . $7 in advance // $10 at the door (i just LOVE the first 2 band’s names so. yep.)

tuesday may 3, 2016:

• neo benshi 20 . pj’s sports bar . 8pm . $5 (basically the highlight of each month) (if we did this + $2 margaritas last month let’s do it again // if i met you at black hole and you want to get into the comedy scene – come to this // if i sat next to you at a registration table for a fancy garden party – come to this !!!)
• level 2 improv (scene work + tools) . BETA theatre . 7pm . $ // ?
• movie screening: taxi zum klo . cafe brasil back patio . 8pm . FREE

wednesday  may 4, 2016:

• instore // wristband event: graham nash . cactus music . 1pm . FREE with wristband ….
• ready to ride night with tour de hood . tour de hood 2305 wheeler . 5pm . FREE (bike tune ups // how to change a flat lesson // commuting tips // group ride)
• art opening: jacob spacek . pseudoscience . next wall gallery 1717 michigan st . 6-9pm . FREE

thursday may 5, 2016:

• educate not incarcerate rally . corner of holman and cullen blvd . 3-5pm . FREE
• mid main first thursday: bike houston !!! . 3700 block of main st . 5pm . FREE (wanna ride bikes there with me)
• cinco de chamba (gio chamba aww yeah)  . the nightingale room . 5-8pm . FREE
• concert: musiqa presents “mark flood: greatest hits” . CAMH . 6:30pm . $ // ?
• jazz show . discovery green . 6:30 – 9pm . FREE
• movie screening: three amigos . market square park . 7pm . FREE
• art opening . she works flexible (next to cafe brasil) . 8pm . FREE
• cinco de mayo . arlos . 10pm . FREE (nick … we always want to go on a week night and one of the half naked dj boys from saturday night is dj-ing. just saying)

friday may 6, 2016:

• art opening . lawndale . 6-9pm . FREE (these are always SO good)
• art opening: array by {exurb} . art league . 6-9pm . FREE (gotta go to them all)
• art opening: thinking of a master plan . mercantile montrose . 8-11pm . FREE
• show: swervy’s birthday show: nosferatu // dress code // sexpill // existencia // lace // wild thing . wire up 1318 telephone rd .  $5 (i’ve heard about this guy and his name for some time – so thought i’d just post this because i mean. come on. “swervy” !!!)
• veryjazzed presents: children of pop “what does 69 mean?” album release party w/ bang bangz + austin smith (jerk) . raven tower . 7-11pm . $ // ?
• comedy: haywire w/ dale cheeseman . high bar live 415 w gray . 10pm . $ // ?
• fun house comedy in houston . BETA theatre . 10pm . $ // ?

saturday may 7, 2016:

• mining the HMNS: may 7 “toxic tour” . meet at project row houses 2521 holman st . 10am – 12:30pm . RSVP + $ // ?
• menilfest . menil collection . 11am – 5pm . FREE (friends? bike to this?)
• menilfest: collaborations students print sale . houston center for photography . 11am – 5pm . FREE
• instore: matt anderson . cactus music . 1pm . FREE
• public poetry reading series 5th anniversary – may . houston public library . 2pm . FREE
• instore: fea . cactus music . 3pm . FREE
• madness on main music festival 2016 . continental club . 4pm – 2am . $15 (mom, you like so many of these bands !!!)
• FYHA spring bash (dj + food truck + free drinks + tattoos) . 2315 commerce st suit 4 . 6-11pm . FREE + after party at little dipper
• TAD talks 2.0 . station theatre . 6:45 – 8pm . $5 + BYOB (yep yep yep yep yep)
• beta’s 3 year anniversary show . BETA theatre . 8pm .  (once again, if you and your friend drank beer and made fun of my book club book at black hole last week – lemme suggest this show to ya)
• SO FREAKIN EXCITED ABOUT HALF WAY MINUS ONE WEEK TO HALLOWEEN HOUSE PARTY (were you cool enough to get an invite?)

sunday may 8, 2016:

• the 3rd floor notsuoh anniversary party (performance // gallery // installation) . notsuoh . 9:30 – 11pm . FREE (oh nick, how did i KNOW you were already rsvped to this??!?)
• secret show bridge party . 12am . ? ? ?

on going events this week:

• 5th annual star wars art festival: revenge of the fifth! . 4300 harrisburg . saturday + sunday . 12noon – 6pm each day . $5 a day // $8 for both days
• houston ballet: season series . miller outdoor theatre . friday // saturday // sunday . 8pm . FREE (DAD!)