spent the weekend in austin doing some outsider art stuff + eating at hip places + making fun of basically everything not houston. so glad to be home and my gosh so many good things this week, like literally every single day there’s something SO good.

monday february 22, 2016:

• GOP debate protest banner making . UofH cougar-village . 5-7pm . FREE
• comedy: open mic . rudyards . doors at 7:30pm . FREE
• show: grand old grizzly // ohioan // ruckus // kelly doyle trio . satellite bar . 8pm . $ // ?

tuesday february 23, 2016:

• in-store: nothing but thieves . cactus music . 5:30pm . FREE
• bike houston annual meeting . the health museum . 6-8pm . FREE
• show: wonky power super secret show . the nightingale room . doors at 7pm . FREE
• comedy: the HOU show hosted by mill-mccoin + antoine culbreath . rudyards . 8pm . $ // ?
• performance art night . notsuoh . 9pm . $5 (nick. any comment? oh, just nothing. just, no comment?)

wednesday february 24, 2016:

• artist talk: jason moran . CAMH . 6:30pm . FREE
• class: bellydance body series with ms. YET . the barn 2201 preston . 6:30 – 8pm . $15 cash drop in at door
• lecture: the conversations project: the radical inclusivity of radical feminism . rice university: space science 106 . 7-9pm . FREE

thursday february 25, 2016:

• university of houston republican debate PROTEST . moores school of music UofH . 5pm . FREE
• wow, there are so many protest FB events. all seem to have the same idea but worth a look if you’re interested in going: THIS // THIS // THIS // THIS
• frankenthrift (i can’t explain it – but it sounds weird-cool) . lawndale . 6-8pm . FREE
• countercurrent preview party . mongoose vs cobra . 7-9pm . FREE
• writefest showcase + open mic . axelrad . 7:30 – 10pm . FREE
• max turns one show . BETA theatre . 9pm . $ // ?

friday february 26, 2016:

• art opening: the interview: red, red future . CAMH . 6:30pm . FREE
• art opening: moving away : eyesore + darcy rosenberger . catacomb 2315 commerce studio 7 . 7pm . FREE
• common house open studio no. 4 + one year anniversary party . common house 2108 common st . 8pm – 12midnight . FREE
• a reading : the failure to identify series . TOMO mags 1206 hawthorne st . 8:30pm . FREE

saturday february 27, 2016:

• art opening: russel etchen’s mural “about____ rocks” . lawndale . 1-3pm . FREE (this guy is the former director of domy books btw)
• lecture: in conversation: artist MPA with curator dean daderko . CAMH . 2pm . FREE
• fundraiser show: confronting global capitalism: with a bunch of bands playing . solidarity houston . 6733 harrisburg . 5pm . $5 donation
• art opening: i’m not like you — race and power in america . texas art asylum 1719 live oak st . 5-7pm . FREE
• art opening: apocalypse dreams . scott charmin gallery 504 78th st . 6-10pm . FREE
• art opening: atelieristas : a group exhibition of educators for the arts . the mariago collective 1707 waugh drive . 6-9pm . FREE
• art opening: 2016 ratio . el rincon social . 7pm . FREE
• show: the eastern sea // dollie barnes // grand child // race to the moon . satellite bar . 8pm . $ // ?
• dykon fagatron (dj + bar + dance party) . pearl side bar . 10pm . FREE

sunday february 28, 2016:

• lei low bar 2nd anniversary party . lei low . 2pm – 12midnight . FREE
• basic bike repair workshop . the urban bicycle gallery 4814 nett st . 4:30 – 6pm . FREE – it’s tara’s thing y’all
• heaven, hell, or houston podcast LIVE . double trouble . 8:30pm . FREE (so excited about this !!!)