this photo was from our spring break social at school. we had been collecting empty egg shells for month, filled them with paint, and let the children do what they wanted with them. regarding the events calendar, let me just say that FRIDAY IS MY 23RD BIRTHDAY! and that events i’m making an effort to attend will have an “*” following them.

monday march 17, 2014:

• conversation + book signing: in the midst of things: fred baldwin + wendy watriss . menil collection . 7-8pm . FREE
• cheap yoga . yoga one belliare 5427 bellaire blvd . 8:15pm . $5 donation class

tuesday march 18, 2014:

• yoga . discovery green . 6:30pm . FREE
• book club: a sand county almanac by aldo leopold . liberty station 2101 washington ave . 7:30pm . FREE

wednesday march 19, 2014:

• art opening: linear constellations . houston community college northline . 12noon – 2pm . FREE
• sketching in the galleries . rienzi 1406 kirby dr . 1:30pm . FREE (rachel currier go with me to this!) *
• art opening + reception: project B . raven grill 1916 bissonnet st . 5pm . FREE
• houston GREEN film series: bringing it home with director, linda booker (movie about industrial hemp) . rice media center . 6:30pm . FREE + free dinner + $5 donation recommended *
• film screening: rear window . market square park . 7:30pm . FREE (girl, do we need to remember why we liked this movie so much?) *
• acro from the heart (acroyoga-ness) . dance from the heart 3221 houston ave . 8:30- 9:40pm  . $15 drop-in

thursday march 20. 2014:

• authors in architecture (AIA) lecture + film screening: anonymization and concrete coast . architecture center 315 capitol suit 120 . 5:30pm . FREE
• book signing + reading: maximilian and carlota . brazos bookstore 2421 bissonnet st . 7pm . FREE
• film screening: stephanie barber . blaffer art museum UH . 7-9pm . FREE
• improv comedy: structure presents ” the monoscene” . station theatre 1230 houston ave . 8:30pm . $6

friday march 21, 2014:

• DENA’S 23rd BIRTHDAY!
• 8th wonder 1 year anniversary block party: a celebration of beer . 8th wonder brewery 2202 dallas . 6-11pm . FREE (?)
• art opening + reception: killing time by dianela edburg . anya tish gallery 4411 montrose blvd . 6pm . FREE (this sounds like a really good one!) *
• art opening + reception: nazar yahya: the truth . wade wilson art 4411 motrose blvd (next to anya tish). 6pm . FREE
• art opening + reception: encounters by sueraya shaheen . barbara davis gallery 4411 montrose blvd (next to the other 2 galleries) . 6:30pm . FREE
• art opening + reception: melanie smith . CAMH . 6:30 – 9pm . FREE
• performance installation . MECA 1900 kane st (watch out, theres automatic music that plays on that link) . 7pm . $7 in advance / $5 for students / $10 at the door
• art opening + reception: you can’t see the forest for the trees . jomar visionsat hardy & nance studios 902 hardy st . 7pm . FREE + free drinks
• green film screening: farmed and dangerous . discovery green . 8:15pm . FREE

saturday march 22, 2014:

• yoga . rothko chapel plaza . 9am . FREE
• architecture center houston walking tour: buffalo bayou . meet at SE corner of market square park . 10am . $10 general public
• garden class: farm babies by john berry . wabash feed & garden store 5701 washington ave . 1:30pm . FREE
• artist talk: melanie smith . CAMH . 2pm . FREE
• art opening + reception: a matter of kinship . akering imaging gallery 4708 lillian st . 6-9pm . FREE
• boo town presents: my last action feeling . the orange show 2402 munger . 8pm . $10 suggested donation + FREE beer *
• film screening: the hunger games: catching fire . discovery green . 8:15pm . FREE
• sketch & improve comedy: i don’t know words with chauntecleer . station theatre 1230 houston ave . 8:30pm . $6

sunday march 23, 2014:

• BreakfastYogaClub (facebook) . rienzi 1406 kirby dr . 9-11am . FREE (?)

on going this week, march 17 – 23, 2014, in houston:

• watershed market’s grand opening weekend “urban elements: sights, sounds, & floavors in east houston” . international promenade – east downtown 2322 polk st . 10am – 6pm . satuday // sunday . FREE (this look oh SO worth going to!) *
• edible earth resources hands-on garden bed workshop . houston makerspace 100 hutcheson st . wednesday 1pm //saturday 10am . $35 + email to sign up
• mildred’s umbrella theater company presents: Rome by john harvey . studio 101 at spring street . lots of days . 8pm . pay-as-you-can-mondays // $12 students // $20 regular admission
• 10th annual houston jewish film festival
• obsidian art space presents: ruined by lynn nottage . obsidian art space 3522 white oak dr . lots of days . 8pm . $10 – 20 .
• miracoco (30ft inflatable domes + pathways) . discovery green . 10am – 6:30pm // march 15- 23 . $10 (thanks hillary for the reminder!)