here’s our calendar of houston events for the week of june 3-10, 2012. (mak made the calendar and i took the turtle pictures) as ALWAYS houston is hot and hoppin this week, hope to see you guys at some of these events. and please feel free to share some of your own events by leaving us a comment.

sunday june 3 2012

day two of freepresssummerfest. robert ellis and willie nelson here i come. (says dena who is a Keep Sharing Free advocate all weekend, if you see her please sign her petition)

bike to the ball park – Do you like sports? Do you like to ride your bike? Then do both at the same time! Yeah! (Registration appears to be closed, but ride your bike anyway!)

Houston Food Not Bombs. 7pm. in front of the downtown library. bring a vegetarian/vegan dish to share, or just come help out

monday june 4 2012

radical mental health group, east side social center 7pm – Mental Health from an alternative point of view. Some of you may know I am involved in mental health, and I’m super interested to see how this group pans out. I’m not going to be able to go to this meeting, but hopefully I will be able to attend soon. I think they are using the  Icarus Project as their model. They produce a workbook I want to read.  If anyone has resources about their project, let me know!

Houston Food Not Bombs. 8pm. in front of the downtown library. bring a vegetarian/vegan dish to share, or just come help out

tuesday jun 5 2012

City Council Public Session 1:30 PM, City Hall – Is there a problem in Houston you think you can fix? Need help from the city? Want to raise awareness about an issue, concern, or event that effects Houston? Come to public session! Schedule a time to speak by contacting the city secretary’s office. (And don’t forget your city council member is only a phone call away!)

food not bombs –keepsharingfree– meeting at taft street coffee. 7:30pm. come to find out where we stand with all the legal action stuff.

wednesday june 6 2012

8:00 pm film screening at domy books/brasil – SLAPSHOT. Looks night a neat film about hockey. Check out the trailer!

Houston Food Not Bombs. 8pm. in front of the downtown library. bring a vegetarian/vegan dish to share, or just come help out

ladies nights at wild west houston (dena will be there showin those cowboys how to dance) if you’ve never been there, its worth the culture shock!

thursday june 7 2012

“Whisper of the Heart” at MFAH, 2pm – FREE screening of Whisper of the Heart, a kids movie. If your summer job involves taking care of kids, you might consider this!

Summer Dreams Studio Event (Hosted by Kelley Devine Art), Winter Street Studios, 4pm – 8pm – Free snacks! Free art!

Conversations With Holocaust Survivors, Holocaust Museum, 6pm – Free, but advanced registration is suggested.

Y.E.Torres belly dance – yoga fusion donation class at tango cielo. 6-7 pm. (dena will be there!)

friday june 8 2012

Houston Food Not Bombs. 8pm. in front of the downtown library. bring a vegetarian/vegan dish to share, or just come help out. cook with the group at Down Together House!

8:30 pm film screening at domy books/brasil (in conjunction with Occupy Wall Street Houston) – The Corportation. Do you know what a corporation ACTUALLY is? Corporations, how do they work? Then you should see this film! If you can’t make the film, consider a business minor, you’ll learn all about corporations he he he (just kidding).

Joe Pug at Fitzgeralds $12 – Joe pug is one of my all time favorite favorite favorite folk singers. Fun story: Dena went with me to see him our freshman year at Mangos (before it got weird). I expected the crowd to be full of hipsters. Nope, full of guys in polos and backwards hats and north face jackets. That was a weird. Check out my favorite song by him. 

“And I Feel Fine” at Obsidian Art Space, 8pm – $10. I saw Hotel Tropicana there and it was really entertaining. And no, it had nothing to do with me being on my 3rd date with this guy I was enamored with.

saturday june 9 2012

roller derby 6pm – $15. Go see some roller girls! Even better, Anise Parker will be there at the beginning of the bout! Cool! Don’t forget you can see her for free at city council public session!

7pm naked bike ride, departs from super happy fun land – Kind of like a risque critical mass!

sunday june 10 2012

hoop dancing at discovery green. 10:30 am

followed by… ananda yoga at discovery green. 12 noon (dena’s FAVORITE free yoga class in Houston)

Houston Food Not Bombs. 7pm. in front of the downtown library. bring a vegetarian/vegan dish to share, or just come help out. cook with the group at Down Together House!

(dena says:) for all you wondering, this is one of the many box turtles at my parents house. we keep most of them in a fenced out portion of our back yard where they have room to frolic and play.this little guy would likely squeeze through the cracks so he’s living on the back porch until he grows up a little. we found him loose in the backyard when he was the size of a sliver dollar, so freakin’ cute are baby turtles. while taking these pictures my mom fed him a worm (from the compost) and a roach (we found inside the house) so, don’t worry, i take good care of my pets.