holy smokes. i am so freakin’ excited for this week to happen. i mean 45+ events !!!! i don’t think we’ve ever had so many FREE things in houston go down in a 7 day span. a few things to expect this week: a half dozen art openings a.k.a. an excuse to dress up and sample free cheese and wine, FNB taking it down to city council to talk in front of annise parker, free music at Cactus -another free alcohol event, movie night, free poetry all over town, performance art, musicals, and, although it fits into the art opening category, it deserves to have it’s own shout out: Y.E.Torres + lisa chow’s closing reception at spacetaker. i’m the official “stage manager” and let me just say, from what i’ve head so far its going to be the show of the year !!!

makenzie and//0r myself will be making an appearance at the events in purple. and as always send an email (panchoandleftey@gmail.com) for any other events you would like highlighted.

monday august 13, 2012

• houston urban gardeners (HUG) meeting .topic: what to plant now . houston garden center . 6:30pm . FREE
• HTX rad mental health meet up . ESSC . 7-10pm . FREE
• book reading + release tour . kaboom books . 7:30pm . FREE
• houston food not bombs . in front of the downtown public library . 8pm . bring a vegetarian/vegan dish to share or just come help out . FREE
• word around town poetry tour . the artery . 8pm . FREE
• last free show before FREE RADICALS go on break . avant garden . 10-11:30pm .

tuesday august 14, 2012

• free to give: speaking at city council (come support houston food not bombs + your right to serve food to needly people in houston) . houston city hall . 1:30pm  . call in advance to reserve 1 minute of speaking time: 832 393 1100 . FREE
• 9/11 explosive evidence . bayland park community center . 6:30pm . FREE
• core focused yoga . discovery green . 6:30pm . FREE
• bayou city outdoors + REI: running -roads, trails and gear 101 . REI store . 7-8:30pm . FREE
• sustainability series movie night hosted by: between-the-bayous . liberty station . 7pm . FREE
• andrew weathers // stephan s // paul a // and others . vinal edge . 7:30pm-ish . FREE
• word around town poetry tour . boomtown heights . 8pm . FREE
• tea time movie screening . fox & hound . 8pm . FREE (?)
• open mic . bohemeos . 8:30pm . FREE
• bayou flesh (a final reading) . Khon’s bar . 9pm . FREE

wednesday august 15, 2012

• zumba! . discovery green . 6:30pm . FREE
• artist SPEAKeasy: lisa chow + Y.E. Torres . spacetaker gallery . 6:30-8:30pm . FREE (free pizza +beer)
• houston food not bombs . in front of the downtown public library . 8pm . bring a vegetarian/vegan dish to share or just come help out . FREE
• free aikido . east side social center . 7pm . FREE
• word around town poetry tour . eat gallery . 8pm . FREE
• beatle’s open mic . bohemeos . 8:30pm . FREE

thursday august 16, 2012

• tunnel fukking: performance art in the downtown houston tunnels . 11:30am – 5pm . FREE (aww yea houston performance artists !!!)
• airport system portable art work collection art opening  . houston art alliance gallery . 5:30-7:30 pm . FREE
• kelley devine: hard, soft view . art opening . 101 winter street studios . 5:30 . FREE
• summer night salsa . discovery green . 6:30pm . FREE
• word around town poetry tour . secret word cafe . 8pm . FREE
• Annie . miller out door theatre . 8pm . FREE

friday august 17, 2012

• art opening + reception: glass graphica . houston center for contemporary craft . 5:30pm . FREE
• art opening + reception: its because i love you . hosted by: bluedozencollective . 6-11pm . east end studio gallery . FREE
• houston food not bombs . in front of the downtown public library . 8pm . bring a vegetarian/vegan dish to share or just come help out . FREE
• word around town poetry tour . baker-ripley neighborhood centers . 8pm . FREE
• Annie . miller out door theatre . 8pm . FREE

saturday august 18, 2o12

• slow flow yoga . discovery green . 9am . FREE
• MedMob houston: august 2012 . tranquility park . 10am – 12:30pm . FREE
• the trisha’s . cactus music . 12 noon . FREE (free beer !!!)
• art opening + reception: red hot like summer . jomar visions at hardy & nance studios . 12noon . FREE
• recreational aesthetics with Emily Sloan . Darke gallery . 2-4pm . FREE
• stick’em up filmakers tony reyes + alex luster signing/Q&A . cactus music . 2-4pm . FREE (free beer !!!)
• sundown at the grove . the grove . 6pm . FREE
• flea market . discovery green . 6-10pm !!! . FREE
• 2012 summer studios opening reception . project row houses . 6-8pm . FREE
• once there was, once there wasn’t: closing reception: lisa chow + Y.E. Torres . 7-10pm . spacetaker gallery . for mature audiences . FREE . (i’m the stage manager for this visual/performance art show – you MUST come, it’s going to be out of this world)
• urban movement 2012 . 7pm . studio fitness in the heights . $10 donation (FREE food/drinks/danceparty inside)
• word around town poetry tour . dean’s credit clothing . 8pm . FREE
• the big band: tribute to pop, gospel, and a touch of broadway . miller outdoor theatre . 8pm . FREE
• experimental eye: shot film series . aurora picture show . 8pm . $10

sunday august 19, 2012

• houston food not bombs . in front of the downtown public library . 7pm . bring a vegetarian/vegan dish to share or just come help out . FREE
• word around town poetry tour . bohemeo’s art house . 8pm . FREE