well i never saw so many events on a monday. and it’s a full moon AND the solstice, all the YAYs.

monday june 20, 2016:

• bootown: puppets, whiskey & okra . OKRA charity saloon . 7-9pm . FREE
• charge potluck and retirement party . project row houses . 7pm . FREE
• show: migraine // no love less // tearful moon // no come  . bruja mansion . 7pm . $5-ish donation
• supreme court decision day happy hour . R bar . 7-9pm . FREE
• summer solstice celebration . live oak friends meeting 1318 w 26th . 7:45 – 9:30pm . FREE
• artist’s choice film series – space, land and time . cafe brasil . 8pm . FREE
• summer solstice celebration . rothko chapel . 8-9pm (performance 8:25)  . FREE

tuesday june 21, 2016:

• international day of yoga celebration . discovery green . 5:30 – 8pm . $ // ?
• grown-up story time 91 – season 9 BEST OF! . rudyards . 8  + 10pm . $7 . YES YES YES YES YES YES YES times a million !!!!!!!!!!!! (def get there early for this one)

wednesday june 22, 2016:

• workshop: do you love your houseplants to death?  . hermann park family gardens . 6 – 7pm . FREE (i’ll be there !!!)

thursday june 23, 2016:

• summer sounds on the plaza: dana azteca taxcayolotl . rothko cahpel . 7-8pm . FREE
• airwave 80s and the swatchmen . discovery green . 7 – 9:30pm . FREE (a band who plays 80s favorites !!! ahhh !!!)
• BLM HTX general meeting . st. johns downtown . 7-8:30pm . FREE

friday june 24, 2016:

• thank you houston group show II . east end studio gallery . 6-10pm . FREE
• art opening: daily lunch special (alex larsen) . capitol street gallery 6701 capitol st . 6:30 – 9:30pm . FREE
• self taught artists . discovery green . 7:30 – 10:30pm . FREE
• comedy: the triple header . BETA . 8-9:30pm . $10
• revolutionary feminism: “the orgins of an orthodoxy”, week 1 . 401 branard st . 7 – 8:30pm . FREE
• comedy: haywire takeover show . midtown bar and grill (upstairs) . 10pm . $5

saturday june 25, 2016:

• PRIDE CELEBRATION // FEST // PARADE . houston city hall . 12noon – 11pm . FREE
• really really free market . menil park . 1-5pm . FREE
• FUNomenal family festival . discovery green . 1-6pm . FREE
• artist talk + opening: your name here: time kerr & friends . hardy & nance street studios . 6-9pm . FREE
• so much pride it’s hubris // dykoN gafatroN . arlos . 8pm – 3am . FREE + all donations support my friend’s LGBTQ young adult’s center in central arkansas !!! support this !!!
• expert matters with andrew afra . BEAT . 8 – 9:30pm . $10
• WIM: volume two: a polaroid show . TOMO mags . 8 – 11pm . FREE
• 8th wonder beer & ice cream social + debut of their newest room / venue “rec room” . rec room 100 jackson st . 8 – 11pm . $20
• comedy: so like basically with kathryn way . BETA . 10 – 11pm . $ // ?
• official pride houston after party . south beach houston . 11pm – 2am . $ // ?

sunday june 26, 2016:

• ham cycles 5 year anniversary / alleycat races . ham cycles 2309 dunlavy . 1pm . $ // ?
• film screening: daisies . solidarity houston . 1-4pm . $ // ? (a czech feminist film from the 60s btw)
• show: molly burch // dollie barns // cowboy crisis . walters downtown . 8pm . $7 in advance + $10 at the door (all these guys are so so good)

on going events this week:

• houston fiber fest . berry center 8877 barket cypress rd . friday + saturday . $ // ?
• castle of dreams: a studio ghibli tribute art show . texas art asylum . satrday + sunday . FREE
• summer symphony nights: the firebird . miller outdoor theatre . friday + saturday . 8:30 – 10:30pm . FREE
• 3rd annual literally short film festival . 5425 renwick dr . friday // saturday // sunday . $ // ? ( i don’t know anything about this – but i liked the name … so yep)