monday october 14, 2013

• movies houstonians love screening: mrak wawro picks muscle shoals . MFAH . 7pm . $9
• mondays with the free radicals . avant garden . 9:45 – 11pm . FREE + pizza out front

tuesday october 15, 2013

• sketching in the garden . bayou bend collections + gardens 1 westcott st . 1:30pm . $5
• yoga . disocvery green . 6:30pm . FREE
• dr. lois zamora visits . st marks between the bayous 1230 houston ave . 7-9pm . FREE
• hang out . discovery green . 8-11pm . FREE
• nude figure drawing . avant garden . 9-11pm . $8 (bring your own supplies)

wednesday october 16, 2013

• beth yeshurun day school hosts “the market” . beth yeshurun 4525 beechnut st . 8am-6pm . FREE
• rock-otber lunchtime concerts: grandfather child . discovery green . 11:30am . FREE
• AIAH urban design committee hosts: houston bayous in the works: greenways 2020 & bffalo bayou . architecture center houston 315 capitol suit 120 . 5:30pm . FREE
• green film series: restoring buffalo bayou . rice media center . 6:30pm . $5 donation
• lecture: ellen fullman . CAMH . 7pm . FREE
• rosalie mid month . 1505 rosalie . 7pm . FREE

thursday october 17, 2013

• myhouston2040: tactical urbanism – a diy approach to enhancing the built environment . rudyards . 5-7pm . FREE
• art opening + reception . museum of printing history . 5:30pm . FREE
• sip & stroll evening at bayou bend 2013 . bayou bend collections and gardens . 6pm . $15 (includes 2 drinks)
• artful thursday lecture: marigolds & skulls . MFAH . 6:30pm . FREE
• free show: shemekia copeland . discovery green . 6:30pm . FREE
• lecture: the fight for public education . rothko chapel . 7pm . $10 suggested donation
• unload . dance from the heart 3221 houst ave . 9-11pm . $5-10

friday october 18, 2013

• sprawl speaker series . houston center for contemporary craft . 12noon . FREE
• fith annual barkitecture houston tour and charity auction happy hour . green street 1201 fannin . 5pm . FREE
• film screening: 200 years of texas newspapers . museum of printing history . 6pm . FREE
• lecture: franklin sirmans: prospect. 3 . the menil collection . 7pm . FREE
• this is the 70s . miller outdoor theatre . 7:30pm . FREE
• houston burlesque revue presents: hollywoods dead . numbers night club . 7:30pm . $10 in advance
• green film series: in organic we trust . discovery green . 7:45pm . FREE + come early for food + alcohol samples

saturday october 19, 2013

• bayou city outdoors farmers market bike ride . onion creek . 8am . FREE
• yoga . discovery green . 9am . FREE
• st marks united methodist church’s fall festival . 600 pecore st . 9am . FREE
• urban harvest class: backyard poultry . private residence . 9-11am . $36
• korean festival houston 2013 . discovery green . 10am . FREE
• 2013 east end street festival . navigation blvd at st. charles st . 11am . $7
• fith annual barkitecture houston tour and charity auction . green street 1201 fannin . 12noon . FREE
• annual beer bike bash . onion creek . 12noon – 7pm . $25 scavenger team tickets
• artist talke . fresh arts 2101 winter st studios B11 . 1pm . FREE
• houston zombie walk . jones plaza . 2:30pm . $15 donation
• flea by night . discovery green . 6pm . FREE
• two star symphony presents: the cabinet of dr. caligari (movie + music) . the ornage show 2402 mungar . 7pm . $15 in advance
• aurora picture show presnts: kino b: contemporary cinema by berlin based artists . aurora picture show 2442 bartlett . 7:30pm . $10
• bootown presnts: hug the world . various locations . 8pm . donations (i went last week and it was SO good, if you’re free check it out!)
• urth haus halloween party . urth house 1917 ruth st . 9pm . FREE

sunday october 20, 2013

• better block houston 2013: re-imagining telephone road . bohemeo’s parking lot 708 telephone rd . 12noon – 5pm . FREE
• houston SLAB festival . macgregor park 5225 calhoun . 1pm . FREE

 

on going events for october 14-20, 2013

plays + performances:

• polynesian paradise dancers presents: postcards from paradise . frenetic theatre 5102 navigation . friday at 7pm + saturday at 7:30pm . $15
• teresa chapman presents” shifting spaces” . friday + saturday at 8pm . barnevelder theatre 2201 preston . $18
• stark naked theatre company presents: all girls by anna greenfield . lots of dates + times . studio 101 at spring street studios . $10-20
• catastrophic theatre presents: the pine . the catastrophic theatre 1119 east freeway . lots of dates at 8pm . pay-what-you-can

festivals + events:

• texas renissiance festival
• pumpkin patch + fall festival . russ pitman park 7112 newcastle . satuday + sunday at 11am . FREE
• 18th annual east wood historic home tour . saturday + sunday at 12noon