monday january 12, 2015:

• houston urban gardeners meeting . houston multi-service center (west gray across from tj max) . 6:45pm . FREE (andrew cobb won’t be speaking, but his japhet creek landlords will!)

tuesday january 13, 2015:

• book reading and signing: murder and mayhem in houston + murder most texas . brazos bookstore . 7pm . FREE
• ulysses reading group . bohemeos . 7pm . FREE
• conversation with 2 professors + bun b: the influence of gandhi and king on hip-hop culture . the menil . 7pm . FREE

wednesday january 14, 2015:

• houston grand opera presents: this muddy water: voices from the houston ship channel . julia ideson library 500 mckinney st . 5:30pm . FREE
• city council hearing on the anti-feeding ordinance . food not bombs: 521 lamar . 6:30pm . FREE

thursday january 15, 2015:

• artful thursday lecture: still, rothko, newman and the triumph of american painting . MFAH . 6:30pm . FREE
• freedom singer rutha mae harris performs freedom songs . rothko chapel . 7pm . FREE

friday january 16, 2015:

• food truck park festival . 1311 leeland . 6pm – 12 midnight . FREE
• music . khons . 9pm-12midnight . FREE

saturday january 17, 2015:

• houston makerspace maker market and open house . houston makerspace . 12noon . FREE (go to this mom and dad, so you can see where i make my jewelry)
• art opening: mel chin . CAMH . 4pm . FREE
• art opening . mcmurtrey gallery 3508 lake st . 6pm . FREE
• bayou city burlesque & circus arts festival . warehouse live . 7pm . $20+
• art: degrees of separation . station museum . 7pm . FREE
• adult owl prowl . houston arboretum . 7:30 – 9:30pm .  $15+

sunday january 18, 2015:

on going events this week:

• PMT productions presents: tick, tick…boom (another play written by the guy who wrote Rent) . alley kat bar & lounge . thursday / friday / saturday at 9pm + saturday at 3pm . $10-25