monday january 18, 2016:

• MLK parade “no more bloodshed” . minute maid park . 8am – 12noon . FREE
• the rev dr. martin luther king jr day audio installation . rothko chapel . 11am // 1pm //3pm //5pm . $10 suggested donation
• comedy: open mic . rudyards . 7:30pm . FREE

tuesday january 19, 2016:

• grand opening + music: the raven tower grand opening . 310 north st . 6pm . FREE (it’s that weird tower building thing on 45 north before you get to the heights, it’s the first part of the new white oak music hall !!!) (girl? want to go before GUST?)
• bootown presents: grown up storytime #86 . rudyards . 8pm // 10pm . $5 (perfect date night with a cutie or a friend or be nice and take yourself – i look forward to GUST every freakin’ month!!!)

wednesday january 20, 2016:

• jewelry class: hammered brass bangles . houston maker space . 6-9pm . $ (kaila is teaching it – we LOVE her!!!)
• film screening: just eat it: a food waste story . rice media center . 6:30 -9pm . $5 (chris pollard, want to go? like old times)
• herb society meeting . garden building in hermann park centennial garden . 6:30 – 9:30pm . FREE
• live music: positive disturbance . the nightingale room . 7pm . FREE
• film screening: ghare baire (the home and the world) . she works flexible 1709 westheimer  (probably in the back patio of cafe brasil) . 7:30pm . FREE
• lecture (?) erasing towers: how visual language enforces hierarchies (and then how to break them) . she works flexible 1709 westheimer . 7:30 – 9pm . $ //?

thursday january 21, 2016:

• instore: saintseneca . cactus music . 5:30pm . FREE music + beer
• show: saintsenca // des ark // football etc . satellite bar . 7pm . $12
• movie screening: rocky . discovery green . 7-8:30pm . FREE
• sound + vision presents: no one’s home “a new, houston art thing” . the boulevardier lounge . 9pm . FREE ?
• show: son of bitch . voodoo queen . 10pm . FREE (i’ve gone the past 2 weeks and oh man – surf rock – SO good!!!)

friday january 22, 2016:

• BLM HTX-TSU: collisions, connections & intersections . TSU . 6pm . FREE + rsvp
• art opening . lawndale . 6-8:30pm . FREE (there’s going to be three naked body casts, guess which one is nick’s!!!)
• presentation // reception // film screening “ingrid bergman” in her own words . rice cinema . 6:30 // 7pm . FREE
• mfah mixed media . MFAH . 8pm-12midnight . $
• y2k presents infinite sadness with tontons djs set (asli omar // andrew henderson) // josiah gabrial // third world TV // XLO //ty tripp . satellite bar . 8:30pm . FREE

saturday january 23, 2016:

• wood working basics: simple table . houston maker space . 2-5pm . $$
• show: mojave red // whit // mind shrine // big coat . satellite bar . 7pm (really scott? that’s kinda of early) . $5
• film screening: gaslight (ingrid bergman) . rice cinema . 7pm . FREE
• art opening: note to selves: a photocopy show . the hardy & nance studios . 8-11pm . FREE

sunday january 24, 2016:

• instore: the black lilies . cactus music . 2pm . FREE music + beer

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