HOUSTON EVENTS CALENDAR: NOVEMBER 12 – 18, 2012

so me + mak + the bf spent the weekend in dallas/fort worth and now WE’RE BACK HOME and ready to share the best of this week’s events with you here on the blog. i never got around to taking pictures for the calendar, so thought i’d just use some photos i took saturday at the dallas arboretum Chihuly exhibit. so enjoy the post and check back tomorrow for a full-er thispastweekendroadtrippost.

monday november 12, 2012

• free radicals and more mondays . avant garden . 7:30 – 12 midnight . 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
• jim pirtle is forrest gump movie screening . avant garden 411 westheimer . 9:30pm . FREE

tuesday november 13, 2012

• sustainability movie series: no impact man . liberty station 2101 washington ave . 7pm . FREE
• bike houston november happy hour . rudyards british pub 2010 waugh . 6-8pm . FREE . RSVP
• art, indie’s & apparel . cafe 4212 almeda . 7pm – 1am . FREE

wednesday november 14, 2012

• break down the barricades with scott crow . east side social center 4202 canal st . doors at 6pm / presentation at 7pm . FREE
• UST FSA fundraiser . ten thousand villages 2424 rice blvd . 6-8pm . FREE
• houston 48 hour music video project . 14 pews 800 aurora st . $5
• the wasps ( classical theatre company ) . brazos bookstore 2421 bissonnet st . 7-9pm . 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

thursday november 15, 2012

• houston PBS community cinema documentary:  solar mamas . julia ideson library 500 mckinney st . 6pm . FREE
• november spanish movie night: pan’s labyrinth . east side social center 4202 canal . 7:30pm . FREE/ donations
• interfaith thanksgiving service . rothko chapel 1409 sul ross st . 7pm . FREE
• movie night: the artist is present . 1724 leona st . 9pm – 12am . FREE

friday november 16, 2012

• art opening + reception + artist talk . diverse works midtown 4102 fannin st . 6pm . FREE
• in store performance: peter case reading . cactus music . 6:30pm . FREE
• douglas kearney live at STACKS . art league houston 1953 montrose blvd . 6-9pm . FREE
• art opening + reception: STACKS curated by robert pruitt . art league houston 1953 montrose blvd .6 -9pm . FREE
• art opening + reception: flying solo curated by jennie ash . art league houston 1953 montrose blvd . 6-9pm . FREE
• 7th annual fresh arts winter holiday art market (WHAM) preview party . winter street studios 2101 winter st . 6pm . $10
• art opening + reception: neo pop street funk 4 . gallery M squared 339 w. 19th st . 7-10pm . FREE
• movie screening: the godfather part II . market square park . 7pm . FREE
• bootown: damn the man . cactus music . 8pm . pay-what-you-can
• 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
• mixed media party . MFAH . 8pm . $
• weird weeds and plutonium farmers show . fresh arts 2101 winter st suit B11 . 10pm . $5

saturday november 17, 2012

• fotofest and artcrawl’s bike scramble . meet at fotofest headquarters 1113 vine st . 9:45am – 4pm . FREE
• 20th annual HOUSTON ART CRAWL . motherdog studios + tons of other “open house” studios . 10am – 9pm . FREE
• 7th annual fresh arts winter holiday art market (WHAM) . winter street studios 2101 winter st . 11am – 8pm . FREE
• douglas kearney wokshop – innocative poetry and song lyrics  WORKSHOP . project row houses 2521 holman st . 1-4pm . FREE
• art opening + reception + artist talk . diverse works midtown 4102 fannin st . 2pm . FREE
• in store performance: scorpion child . cactus music . 2pm . FREE
• in store performance: glass the sky . cactus music . 4pm . FREE
• montrose rock revel – encore RE-MIX . dan electro’s guitar bar 1031 E 24th st . 6pm . $ ?
• art opening + reception: raised in the wild: memories of a bad unicorn . east end studio gallery 708 telephone rd. ste. C . 6-9pm . FREE
• art opening + reception . 18 hands gallery 249-B w 19th st . 6pm . FREE
• art opening + reception: 12 x 12 show . betz gallery 3500 summer st . 6pm . FREE
• nick hennies: compositions for vibraphone and large ensemble . fresh arts 2010 winter st. ste. B11 . 8pm . $5
• ERS benefit art show . el rincon social 3210 preston . 8pm – 2am . FREE

sunday november 18, 2012

• 7th annual fresh arts winter holiday art market (WHAM) . winter street studios 2101 winter st . 11am – 4pm . FREE
• 7th annual coffee porter party . 900 block of winbern . 4pm . FREE
• first FREE performance art workshop of continuum’s live art series . avant garden 411 westheimer rd . 5-8pm . FREE
• art opening + reception: chuck ivy . 14 pews 800 aurora st . 6pm . FREE
• 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