this is panchoandleftey’s houston events calendar. each week i post as many free/almost free, local, cool, events going on in or near the 610 loop as i can find. i pretty much only post things i’d actually go to and in fact do attend a lot of them. if you have any more to add to the list please leave them in comment form below. enjoy houston.

monday august 12, 2013

• food not bombs houston . downtown library . 8pm . FREE 
• free radicals are back with vengeance . avant garden . 10-11:15pm . FREE

tuesday august 13, 2013

• summer kayak boat rides . discovery green . 12noon .  FREE
• core focused yoga . discovery green . 6:30pm . FREE
• greensmothiegirl’s medicine cabinet makeover class. nia moves . 6:30-7:30pm . FREE

• between the bayous: social justice movie night: the interrupters . st marks 1230 houston ave . 7pm . FREE
• chucho valdes & the afro-cuban messengers in concert . miller outdoor theatre . 8:30pm . FREE

wednesday august 14, 2013

• sketching in the galleries . rienzi 1406 kirby dr . 1:30pm . FREE  

•  art . diverse works . 6pm . FREE

• board game night . ESSC 4202 canal st . 7pm . FREE + donations
• film screening: the world before her . 14 pews . 7pm . $10
• tai chi . heights & 18th . 7pm . FREE

• food not bombs . downtown library . 8pm . FREE

• film screenings: secondhand lions . miller outdoor theatre . 8:15pm . FREE

thursday august 15, 2013

• art opening: HOUTX . public house 2802 white oak . 6pm . FREE
• aurora picture show’s adult lego workshop . aurora picture show 2442 bartlett . 6pm . $30
• artful thursday . MFAH . 6:30pm . FREE
• design now-houston lecture . CAMH . 6:30pm . FREE
• houston archeological society lecture: endangered historical and archeological sites along buffalo bayou . university of st. thomas: anderson hall bld 20 . 7pm . FREE

• houston harp show . baba yega 2607 grant st . 7-9pm . FREE

• broke ass pizza grand opening . houston salad factory 4245 richmond ave . 8pm-3am . FREE 
• sing-a-long movies: grease . miller outdoor theatre . 8:15pm . FREE

friday august 16, 2013

• swedish crayfish party and swedish soiree . IKEA . 4pm . FREE STUFF + pay for food
•  art opening . east end studio gallery 708 c telephone rd . 6pm . FREE
• art opening . avis frank gallery 1606 white oak dr . 6-8pm . FREE
• food not bombs . downtown library . 8pm . FREE

• robert glasper experiment in concert . miller outdoor theatre . 8:30pm . FREE

saturday august 17, 2013

• yoga . discovery green . 9am . FREE
• tai chi . heights & 18th . 9am . FREE
• panel discussion . anya tish gallery 4411 montrose . 1pm . FREE
• ink painting class . asia society . 2pm . $15  
• lecture . CAMH . 2pm . FREE
• art opening . project row houses 2521 holman . 6pm . FREE
• orange show presents: art car extravaganza movie . the orange show 2402 munger . 6pm . $15-20
• flea by night . discovery green . 6pm . FREE

• leo lion/lioness themed birthday celebration . avant garden . 9:30pm -2 am . FREE

sunday august 18, 2013

• meditation in the gallery . asia society 1370 southmore . 8:30am . FREE
• food not bombs . downtown library . 8pm . FREE

 

happening this week:

• bitters, brews, and beyond: houston history in a bottle exhibition . the heritage society 1100 bagby . tuesday – saturday . 10am-4pm . FREE
• dance of asian america: journey through china III . miller outdoor theatre . wednesday + thursday . 11am . FREE
• a bit of a stretch theatre company presents: myths and hymns . (hspva young grads) . monday + tuesday . 8pm . HSPVA . $20

• third annual ArCH film festival: boom and bust . thursday + friday + saturday . 7pm . architecture center 315 capitol suite 120 . $5-20
• mildred’s umbrella theatre company: foxfinder . lots of dates. studio 101 spring street studios . 8pm . $12-20 + mondays are pay what you can
• catastrophic theatre: tamarie cooper is old as hell . lots of dates . the catastrophic theatre 1119 east freeway . 8pm . pay what you can
• horse head theatre presents: the aliens by annie baker . lots of dates . boheme 307 fairview . 8pm . $10-20
• world performances: tale of kieu, a vietnamese epic poem . miller outdoor theatre . saturday + sunday . 8pm . FREE
• summer kayak boat rides . tuesday 12non . wednesday 6:30pm . thursday 12noon . friday 12noon . saturday 11am .  discovery green  .  FREE