monday june 16, 2014:

• ensemble theatre national stage reading:  for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf . ensemble theatre 3535 main st . 6pm . $10 (i liked this play in highschool – anyone want to join me for this?)
• bum-ba toning . discovery green . 6:30pm . FREE (girl? i mean … i’d go if you’d go)

tuesday june 17, 2014:

• bootown presents grown-up storytime season seven . rudyards . 8 & 10 pm . last one of the season = $7(or maybe $5)(now that i have a “the moth” under my belt, guess i need to hit up grownup storytime)

wednesday june 18, 2014:

• memorial park criterium series . memorial park south picnic loop . 5pm . FREE . cool houston bike tradition since the 1990s – don’t really understand, but looks cool
• “negativeland live” (experimental music + art group) . aurora picture show 2442 bartlett st . 7pm . $15
• film screening: cloud 9 . 14 pews 800 aurora st . 7:30pm . $pay-what-you-can$
• free write about now poetry open mic in memory of alice alsup . avant garden . 7:30-10:30pm . FREE

thursday june 19, 2014:

• cactus instore: crazy & the brains . cactus music . 5:30pm . FREE
• BLANKET BINGO . market square park . 6pm . $10 for bingo sheets (i’m so excited for this! who will go with me? makenzie get off work! halie? chirs + paula?)
• artful thursday lecture: fosse  + snacks + door prizes . MFAH . 6:30pm . FREE
• concert on the green: skyrocket (70s + 80s band) . discovery green . 6:30pm . FREE
• summer sounds on the plaza: sara hickman and family . rothko chapel . 7pm . $10 donation + FREE st. arnold’s beer
• houston institute for culture presents: houstons juneteenth celebration . miller outdoor theatre . 7pm . FREE
• one year anniversary of odd thursday . super happy fun land . 8pm – 12:30am . $ online or $10 at the door
• improve comedy: structure presents “the crash atlas” . station theatre 1230 houston ave . 8:30pm . $6
• summer symphony nights 2014 . miller outdoor theatre . 8:30pm . FREE

friday june 20, 2014:

• art opening + reception . art league of houston . 6pm . FREE (they used to have really good snacks here, haven’t noticed recently)
• rainbow on the green . discovery green . 6:30pm . FREE
• film screening: friday night creature features: Them! . way out in tomball – depot plaza 201 south elm st . 8pm . FREE (this is way out, but if golden era sci-fi movies are your thing, it’d be worth the drive)
• bootown presents: platahontas . cactus music . 8:30pm . $pay-what-you-can$ (saw this last weekend. you should go support them)

saturday june 21, 2014:

• summer solstice observation . rothko chapel . 6:20 AM !!! . FREE + suggested donation (i think there is going to be live music + yoga) (if this is too early, there is a sunset one too)
• iron skillet’s first annual summer solstice street tour: “a one day traveling musical event” . canyon creek 6603 westcott . 9:30 – all night . FREE
• 3rd annual summer street arts festival . summer street studios 2500 summer st . 2pm – 2am . $15 (free drinks once inside!)
• girls rock camp picnic // info session . menil park . 2pm . FREE
• cactus instore: the ugly beats . cactus music . 3pm . FREE
• world refugee day houston 2014 . raindrop turkish houston 9301 w bellfort st . 3pm . FREE (entertainment + food + exhibits)
• art opening + reception . moody gallery 2815 colquitt . 5pm . FREE
• flea market . discovery green . 6pm . FREE
• art opening + reception . art car museum . 7pm . FREE
• film screening: space is the place: sun ra . MFAH . 7pm . $9 (i just found out about sun ra!)
• 5th annual sk8&rock concert series . lee and joe jamail skatepark 103 sabine st . 7pm . FREE
• summer symphony nights 2014 . miller outdoor theatre . 8:30pm . FREE
• sketch comdey: stag comedy with feelings and brian zeolla (some group from austin) . station theatre 1230 houston ave . 8:30pm . $6
• bootown presents: platahontas . cactus music . 8:30pm . $pay-what-you-can$
• summer solstice observation . rothko chapel . 8:30pm . FREE + donation (more yoga + live music + fire ceremony)

sunday june 22, 2014:

• 10th annual houston asian pacific american film festival . asia society . 1pm . FREE with reservations

on going events in houston this week:

• mildred’s umbrella theatre company presents: five women wearing the same dress . studio 101 spring street studios 1824 spring st .thursday // friday // saturday 8pm . $pay-what-you-can$