my gosh sorry. this weekend was polish pickle + polka dancing fun and – not that you really care but then a friend from the dominican republic came into town last night and then the fun just kept going. so anyway blah blah here is this week’s calendar. not all that much going on – just maybe just hang out by the pool or read or something.

monday june 27, 2016:

• cactus instore: new madrid . cactus music . 5:30pm . FREE
• supreme court decision day happy hour . R bar . 7-10pm . FREE
• drake vs houston . barbarella . 9pm . $5 after 10pm

tuesday june 28, 2916:

• yoga . discovery green . 6:30 – 7:30pm . FREE

wednesday june 29, 2016:

• well huh …

thursday june 30, 2016:

• cultured cocktails benefitting experiential action . boheme . 5-8pm . FREE
• end of season par-tay . OKRA charity saloon . 7-11pm . FREE
• concert series: kermit ruffins and the barbeque swingers + the hustlers brass band . discovery green . 7-9:30pm . FREE
• movie screening: star wars: the force awakens . miller outdoor theatre . 8:30pm . FREE
• thursday night beta block . 8pm nobody’s yeti // 9pm max // 10pm ladies nite . BETA theatre . $6

friday july 1, 2016:

• instore: the nightowls . cactus music . 5:30pm . FREE
• movie screening: jurassic world . miller outdoor theatre . 6pm . FREE

saturday july 2, 2016:

• really free yoga class . menil park . 9-10:30am . FREE
• yoga . discovery green . 9-10am . FREE
• instore: mark may . cactus music . 3pm . FREE
• art opening: HCWE presents: through the viewfinder volume 2 . east end studio gallery . 6pm . $1a
• el bambi opening party . el bambi 4721 n main st . 7-10pm . FREE – it’s emily the brown hair bootown girl’s new shop !!! so excited !!!
• johnny rivers . miller outdoor theatre . 8:30pm . FREE
• as for me – doing something out of “my” ordinary and oh so excited about it …

sunday july 3, 2016:

• houston area NOW (national organization of women) july meeting . montrose center . 2:30 – 4:30pm . FREE

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)

posted this a whole day early – look at me !!!

monday june 13, 2016:

• HoustonUrbanGardners: andrew cobb: permaculture farm apprentice & organic garden installer . west gray multi-service center . 6:30 – 8:30pm . FREE come see me + support andrew !!!

tuesday june 14, 2016:

• the moth “fathers”  . warehouse live: the ballroom . 6:30pm . $ // ?
• yoga . discovery green . 6:30pm . FREE
• richie ramone (the freakin’ drummer from the ramones !!!) // talk sick brats // the turnaways  // anciet gods . satellite bar . 7pm . $ // ?
• documentary night: dj screw: soldiers united for cash . cafe brasil . 8-10pm . FREE
• * note to self * garden pot luck
• if you’re going somewhere with me on bikes at night i’m very VERY excited to meet you in real life . just btw .

wednesday june 15, 2016:

• visionary and self-taught art in the community . menil collection . 7pm . FREE

thursday june 16, 2016:

• edible academy: a teaching workshop . gregory lincoln education center 1101 taft . 8am – 3pm . $ // ?
• cultured cocktails and trivia with zine fest houston . bar boheme . 5-8pm . FREE
• thursday concert series: havana NRG & mango punch! . discovery green  7-9:30pm . FREE
• houston maker meetup . winter street studios . 7pm .FREE
• movie: iggy pop: live at basal 2015 . river oaks theatre . 7-10pm . $ // ?

friday june 17, 2016:

• french toast mafia . 1310 nance st . 7pm – 2am . $12
• a bollywood night . discovery green . 8 – 11pm . FREE
• summer symphony nights: scottish fantasy . miller outdoor theatre . 8:30pm . FREE
• drakefest: houston . eastdown warehouse . 9pm – 2am . $ // ?
• haywire comedy night with avery moore and more . midtown bar & grill . 10pm . $ // ?

saturday june 18, 2016:

• aquaponics class followed by work&learn . last organic outpost . 1-3pm . $ // ?
• instore: evelyn rubio . cactus music . 1pm . FREE
• we are paper towel: a cultural construction performed by sheila pepe . diverse works . 3pm . $ // ?
• instore: young girls . cactus music . 3pm . FREE
• instore: colonial blue . cactus music . 5pm . FREE
• house party comedy with special guest daniel johnston . 1509 stuart st . 6:30pm . $ // ? (WHAT WHAT WHAT !!!)
• sketch ’em all: a pokemon art show . insomnia video culture . 7-11pm . FREE
• parallel kingdom . station museum . 7pm . $ // ?
• LEAN, BLEAK. night one: at HOMEcore ::: an evening of music, language, and weather . 2010 commerce . 8-11pm . FREE
• summer symphony nights: dvorak and tchaikovsky . miller outdoor theatre . 8:30pm . FREE

sunday june 19, 2016:

• the mixt&ape: houston . grandprize . 8pm- 12am . FREE (oh hey y’all lindsay is making a drink based on my main girl Nikki Lane’s song All of Nothing)

on going events this week:

• midnight madness: howl’s moving castle . river oaks theatre . friday // saturday night . $ // ?

monday june 6, 2016:

• comedy: level three class recital . BETA . 8pm . $ // ?
• comedy: open mic . pjs sports bar upstairs . sign up at 7pm  show 8pm – 12midnight . FREE

tuesday june 7, 2016:

• yoga . discovery green . 6:30pm . FREE
• neo benshi 21 . pjs sports bar upstairs  . 8pm . $5
• saves the tuesday . barbarella . 9pm . $5 after 10pm

wednesday june 8, 2016:

• well heck ….

thursday june 9, 2016:

• ben and jerry’s ice cream FREE SAMPLES . discovery green . 2-9pm . FREE
• mid main houston: Writers In The Schools . 3700 block of main st . 5pm . $5 // ?
• comedy: recital level 1 . BETA . 7pm . $ // ?
• the quebe sisters . discovery green . 7pm . FREE (oh man, they play real good western swing / country danceable music)

friday june 10, 2016:

• screen on the green: jurassic world . discovery green . 6:30pm . FREE
• east end table . finca tres robles . 7-10pm . $$$
• comedy: good evening: live from supermax prison . midtown bar & grill . 9:30 – 11:30pm . $6 // ?
• comedy: vice squad . BETA . 10pm . $10

saturday june 11, 2016:

• yoga . discovery green . 9am . FREE
• pop shop houston . 2000 edwards st . 11am – 7pm . $8
• carnival houston 2016 . 1150 la branch . 12noon – 8pm . $ // ?
• houston free thinker’s: houston garden crawl . market square park . 12noon – 9pm . FREE
• instore: the wiggins . cactus music . 1pm . FREE
• instore: young girls . cactus music . 3pm . FREE
• comedy: BETA’s sketch comedy thing . market square park . 6:30pm . FREE
• rainbow on the green . discovery green . 7-10pm . FREE

sunday june 12, 2016:

• pop shop houston . 2000 edwards . 11am – 7pm . $8 (free after 4pm on sunday)

sorry y’all. i was out of town for the memorial day weekend and ekkk – didn’t even realize i missed posting until tuesday night. HA. and yes i had a muco bueno weekend with someone i like thanks for asking.

wednesday june 1, 2016:

• instore: robert ellis . cactus music . 5:30pm . FREE

thursday june 2, 2016:

• mid main first thursday: WITS writers in the schools (featured nonprofit) . mid mian 3700 main st . 5pm . $ // ? (usually like $5)
• thursday concert series: robert ellis . discovery green . 7pm . FREE (guess there are two event pages)
• submit: bill converse (dark entries – atx) // john calero // joshua cordova . arlos . 10pm – 3am . FREE

friday june 3, 2016:

• film screnning: ronald l. jones . box 13 artspace . 7-9pm . $ // ? FREE ? (he’s a houston guy !!!)

saturday june 4, 2016:

• really really free market . menil park . 1-5pm . obviously FREE
• a group photo show: no perfect future . wired up 1318 telephone . 6pm . FREE
• screen on the green: jurassic world . discovery green . 6:30pm . FREE
• accordion kings & queens . miller outdoor theatre . 7pm . FREE (can’t wait for this !!!)
• a show (art // music // comedy ) . khon’s rooftop . 8pm – 2am . FREE (there are actually some good bands / acts hummm)
• la pachanga con bombom . fox hollow . 9pm – 2am . FREE if you rsvp to the fb page before friday at midnight
• fat tony + iLL faded . arlos . 10pm – 2am . FREE
• sauce-and-swerve presented by FPH and houstonow . 1218 spring st . 11pm – 4am . $20 (i’m thinking this is the summerfest afterparty …)

sunday june 5, 2016:

• the montrose print market . saint arnold brewing company . 2 – 7pm . FREE (this looks SO GOOD)
• spectrogram with john plucker and sharbreon plummer . project row houses . 2-3:30pm . FREE
• lisa chow’s girl crush launch party . myth & symbol . 3-6pm . FREE + rsvp + donation of diapers/ feminine products
• houston has a labor history? project row houses . 5-7pm . FREE // ?
• days n daze homecoming // home leaving with mini-fest with friends! . eastdown warehouse 850 mckee st .7pm . $7 with canned food // $10 without
• trivia box
• . box 13 . 7-9pm . $5  ($25 for groups of 6)

spent all day today at work, duh, and for “brain work” i spent a lot of energy getting back on solid ground in regards to my emotional state. there had be a real big hole in my heart this past year and i tried hard to fill it with all sorts of things that didn’t fit and now i think finally, after this weekend, finally all is good again. i can exhale and continue moving forward.

monday may 23, 2016:

• lecture / public / talk: monsters inside me (pint of science houston)  . axelrad . 7-9pm . FREE
• show: eileen and the in-betweens (an environmentally conscious folk band from new mexico) . solidarity houston . 7pm . $ // ?
• comedy: open house . rudyards . doors at 7:30pm . FREE

tuesday may 24, 2016:

• yoga . discovery green . 6:30 – 7:30pm . FREE
• show: the 9th street stompers + skrla steel trio . rudyards . 8pm . $ // ? (it’s hannah’s band y’all !!!)
• love isn’t real and we all die alone . continental club . 8:30pm . $ pay what you can $

wednesday may 25, 2016:

• i’m getting my hair cut by stacey aww yeah!
• blanket bingo . market square park . 6-9pm . $10
• FPSF 2016 painting party w/ patrick renner . raven tower . 7-10pm . FREE
• minimalism film . edwards on I-10 . 7:30pm . $ // ?
• film: those excruciating ’80s with the A/V geeks . numbers nightclub . 7:30pm . $ // ?

thursday may 26, 2016:

• listening party: catfish and the bottlemen “the ride” . cactus music . 5pm . FREE
• bike month finish line party . axelrad . 6-8pm . FREE
• concert series: the last bandoleros . discovery green . 7-9:30pm . FREE

friday may  27, 2016:

• rhi-asana: fun yoga flow to the tunes of rihianna . yoga EADO . 7-8pm . $ // ?
• comedy: the triple header . BETA . 8pm . $ pay what you can $
• B Y O Beamer . menil collection . 8:30 – 10:30pm . FREE (it’s the raincheck one) (also, here is another event page for it)

saturday may 28, 2016:

• yoga . discovery green . 9-10am . FREE
• girls rock camp houston picnic in the park . menil park . 2pm . FREE // ?
• art opening . box 13 . 7-9pm . FREE
• art opening: caint stay too long : a solo exhibition by blake jones . tomo mags . 7pm . FREE
• comedy: expert matters with adolfo rodriguez . BETA . 8pm . $ // ? (probably pay what you can)
• comedy at the gimp room . the gimp room at the glass peacock . 8pm  and 10pm . $ // ?
• dykon fagatron . pearl side bar . 9pm . FREE
• sell your body art show (this looks so so fun and funny and probably a little uncomfortable but YAY) . BETA . 10pm . $10

sunday may 29, 2016:

• yoga w/ black swan . raven tower . 12noon . FREE
• instore: nada surf . cactus music . 12:30pm . FREE
• pizza box art show & guerilla pizza pop up . cutthroat eastside . 4pm . FREE

on going events this week:

• dancin’ in the street motown & more revue . miller outdoor theatre . thursday // friday // saturday // sunday . 8:15 pm . FREE (this is gonna be so so so cool)
• chocolate and art show houston . thursday / friday . 8pm – 2am . $15 // ?

monday may 16, 2016:

• comedy: open mic . rudydards . 7:30pm . FREE + upstairs

tuesday may 17, 2016:

• yoga . discovery green . 6:30 – 7:30pm . FREE
• drink & draw zine-making workshop focused on self care . project row houses . 7-10pm . FREE
• grown-up story time 90 . rudyards . 8pm // 10pm . $5

wednesday may 18, 2016:

• (bike) ride of silence houston . meet at city hall . meet at 6:30pm ride at 7pm . FREE + please wear white clothes
• film + dinner + discussion: water blues green solution . rice media center . 6:30 – 9pm . $5 suggested donation
• diverse discourse lecture: sofia hernandez chong cuy . diverse works . 6:30pm . FREE

thursday may 19, 2016:

• blanket bingo . market square park . 6-9pm . $10
• womenability: an exploratory walk . meet in front of weights and measures . 6:30 – 8:30pm . FREE (this sounds WAY cool)
• thursday concert series: BUN B . discovery green . 7pm . FREE
• houston maker meetup . houston technology center . 7pm . FREE + rsvp
• benefit show: free radicals // the lories // BiZ . axelrad . 8pm . $10 suggested donation going to Oxfam international’s aid in syria

friday may 20, 2016:

• bike to work day !!!
• east end farm tour . houston food policy workgroup .  1:30 – 2:10 finca tres robles // 2:20 – 3pm sown and grown // 3:10 – 4:30 last organic outpost . FREE
• show: making movies // migrant kids // gio chamba // trippy cholo . wonky power live . 6pm . $10
• compassion party hosted by SOUPer houston . avant garden . 7pm . $5 to vote
• meltng pot of texas: an evening of american // korean // latin dancing and music . discovery green . 7:30 – 10pm . FREE
• a fistful of soul w/ ACSC djs . continental club . 10pm . FREE

saturday may 21, 2016:

• yoga . discovery green . 9-10am . FREE
• puppies for breakfast . market square park . 10am – 2pm . $5 suggested donation to help a local dog rescue
• adjuncts unite . project row houses . 11am – 1pm . $ // ?
• chickens 101 . last organic outpost . 1-3pm . $10 suggested class donation
• crafts // costumes // art supplies swap . solidarity houston . 1-3pm . FREE
• instore: john evans band . cactus music . 1pm . FREE
• art opening: merge visible 2 . wired up 1318 telephone . 2-10 pm . FREE
• it’s a birthday bash: edible houston turn’s 1 . finca tres robles . 4pm . $20
• micro farm work party and dinner . 3222 winburn . 5pm . FREE
• art opening: carbonation (peter lee) . HOMEcore gH 2010 commerce st // 160 st emanual st (are these places the same place?!?!) . 6-9pm . FREE
• comedy: stalk show: ella gale . BETA . 8pm . $ // ?

sunday may 22, 2016:

• yoga w/ black swan yoga . raven tower . 10am . FREE
• sunday streets: white oak . 12noon – 4pm . FREE
• industry bike ride #2 . meet at market square park . 2pm . FREE
• morrisseys birthday happy hour . little dipper . 4-7pm . FREE + drink specials
• calling in sick, a workshop focused on care . project row houses . 5-7:30pm . FREE but RSVP by monday may 16th !!!
• comedy: podcast: the stacks . the waughford . 8pm . FREE

on going events this week:

monday may 9, 2016:

• too soon? ninja ramen pop up . moving sidewalk . 7pm – 1am . $ // ?
• comedy: open mic . rudyards upstairs . doors at 7:30pm // show at 8pm . FREE
• movie night: princess bride . axelrad . 8pm . FREE
• grave city punk dj night . grand prize bar . 10pm . FREE

tuesday may 10, 2016:

• the moth “escape” . warehouse live . doors at 6:30pm show at 7:30 . $10
• UofH graphic design senior exhibition: twenty . MATCH . 6-9pm . FREE

wednesday may 11, 2016:

• special SPOT magazine release party . TOMO mags 1206 hawthorne . 6-8pm . FREE
• fat tony // genesis blu KTRU senior week show . valhalla . 9-11:30pm . FREE

thursday may 12, 2016:

• screening and discussion: mark flood’s art fair fever . CAMH . 6:30 – 9pm . $ // ?
• WE, water, earth – a data visualization & mapping exhibition . cafe brasil . 6-8pm . FREE
• improv: thursday’s BETA block . BETA theatre . doors at 7:30 8pm: nobody’s yeti // 9pm MAX // 10pm ladies nite . pay what you want
• opening night: bootown presents: big benshi: love isn’t real and we all die alone . grand prize bar . 8pm . pay what you can // $10 suggested donation
• party like it’s 1999: tribute to prince! continental club . 9pm . $ // ? (i don’t necessarily love prince’s music BUT the songs are going to be played by all the big local houston bands – so that’s WAY FUN)

friday may 13, 2016:

• art opening . houston center for photography . 6:30 – 8pm . FREE
• secret walls x houston: art battle showdown houston . retrospect coffee bar (NE corner of la branch and alabama) (down the street from axelrad) . 7-11pm . $5 (unless you happened to FB rsvp before may 6th) anyway – this looks SO COOL
• microsatan presents: good evening presents: the trial of conner and billy . BETA theatre . doors at 9pm // show at 9:30 . $6
• vice squad . BETA . 11pm . pay what you can

saturday may 14, 2106:

• shipley do-nut dash 2 mile fun run . BBVA statium to 8th wonder . 9am . $ (now this would be my kind of race. only 2miles and beer and donuts at the end)
• empty bowls houston 2016 . center for contemporary craft . 11am – 3pm . FREE // $25 donation for hand made bowl to keep + lunch // 100% of all donations go to houston food bank
• texas taco music festival . navigation esplanade . 12noon – 9pm . $
• know your rights with the police . 6733 harrisburg . 2 – 6pm . FREE
• weekly improv jam . station theatre . 4-7 pm . FREE (this is like if you want to DO improv yourself)
• pop-up art show: locals only . hardy & nance studios 902 hardy st . 5pm . FREE
• farm dinner: taste of spring: cultivating change . finca tres robles . 5:30 – 10pm . $$ (but it supports a real great farm)
• the empty box: magic 8 ball (box 13 fundraiser) . box 13 artspace . 7-10pm . $ // ?
• BYOB (bring your own beamer) . menil lawn . 8-10pm . FREE
• bootown presents: big benshi: love isn’t real and we all die alone . college park cemetery 3525 west dallas street . 8pm . pay what you can // BYOB + chair // blanket whatever
• hip hop dance festival: h-town get down . miller outdoor theatre . 8pm . FREE

sunday 15, 2016:

• YOGA w/ black swan yoga . raven tower . 10 – 11am . FREE (but isn’t raven tower closed for a little bit … so who knows if it’s happening this week)
• nourishment: an afternoon at finca tres robles (presented by RDA) . finca tres robles . 4-6pm . $
• turkish coffee presentation and tasting . southside expresso . 5-7pm . $
• *personal note*book club*

on going events this week:

• houston greek fest 2016 . *st. basil the great greek orthodox church* y’all – this ain’t in montrose . thursday – sunday

my gosh there are so so SO many good things this week. i’m not even being dramatic, there is something you HAVE to see every single weekday this week. and then the weekend don’t even get me started, i don’t know how i’ll do it all. (but don’t worry, i’m the queen of not missing out – i’ll find a way to DO IT ALL)

also, it was so nice to meet all those new friends this past week. every now and then i get stuck in my own head and think i’ve met all the people there are to meet in houston and then out of the clear blue sky i’ll meet someone great. so thanks yall for having a birthday and letting me play shuffleboard with you and for drinking free drinks during a windy fundraiser and playing all those hits until 4am while i danced with my twin and doing your comedy show and seeing me after and making me go rock climbing, even if my arms do end up falling off. and if you were out of town this weekend welcome home!

monday may 2, 2016:

• comedy: open mic . rudyards . doors 7:30pm . FREE
• show: L.A. witch // sugar candy mountain // mojave red // ak’chamel . walters downtown . 8pm . $7 in advance // $10 at the door (i just LOVE the first 2 band’s names so. yep.)

tuesday may 3, 2016:

• neo benshi 20 . pj’s sports bar . 8pm . $5 (basically the highlight of each month) (if we did this + $2 margaritas last month let’s do it again // if i met you at black hole and you want to get into the comedy scene – come to this // if i sat next to you at a registration table for a fancy garden party – come to this !!!)
• level 2 improv (scene work + tools) . BETA theatre . 7pm . $ // ?
• movie screening: taxi zum klo . cafe brasil back patio . 8pm . FREE

wednesday  may 4, 2016:

• instore // wristband event: graham nash . cactus music . 1pm . FREE with wristband ….
• ready to ride night with tour de hood . tour de hood 2305 wheeler . 5pm . FREE (bike tune ups // how to change a flat lesson // commuting tips // group ride)
• art opening: jacob spacek . pseudoscience . next wall gallery 1717 michigan st . 6-9pm . FREE

thursday may 5, 2016:

• educate not incarcerate rally . corner of holman and cullen blvd . 3-5pm . FREE
• mid main first thursday: bike houston !!! . 3700 block of main st . 5pm . FREE (wanna ride bikes there with me)
• cinco de chamba (gio chamba aww yeah)  . the nightingale room . 5-8pm . FREE
• concert: musiqa presents “mark flood: greatest hits” . CAMH . 6:30pm . $ // ?
• jazz show . discovery green . 6:30 – 9pm . FREE
• movie screening: three amigos . market square park . 7pm . FREE
• art opening . she works flexible (next to cafe brasil) . 8pm . FREE
• cinco de mayo . arlos . 10pm . FREE (nick … we always want to go on a week night and one of the half naked dj boys from saturday night is dj-ing. just saying)

friday may 6, 2016:

• art opening . lawndale . 6-9pm . FREE (these are always SO good)
• art opening: array by {exurb} . art league . 6-9pm . FREE (gotta go to them all)
• art opening: thinking of a master plan . mercantile montrose . 8-11pm . FREE
• show: swervy’s birthday show: nosferatu // dress code // sexpill // existencia // lace // wild thing . wire up 1318 telephone rd .  $5 (i’ve heard about this guy and his name for some time – so thought i’d just post this because i mean. come on. “swervy” !!!)
• veryjazzed presents: children of pop “what does 69 mean?” album release party w/ bang bangz + austin smith (jerk) . raven tower . 7-11pm . $ // ?
• comedy: haywire w/ dale cheeseman . high bar live 415 w gray . 10pm . $ // ?
• fun house comedy in houston . BETA theatre . 10pm . $ // ?

saturday may 7, 2016:

• mining the HMNS: may 7 “toxic tour” . meet at project row houses 2521 holman st . 10am – 12:30pm . RSVP + $ // ?
• menilfest . menil collection . 11am – 5pm . FREE (friends? bike to this?)
• menilfest: collaborations students print sale . houston center for photography . 11am – 5pm . FREE
• instore: matt anderson . cactus music . 1pm . FREE
• public poetry reading series 5th anniversary – may . houston public library . 2pm . FREE
• instore: fea . cactus music . 3pm . FREE
• madness on main music festival 2016 . continental club . 4pm – 2am . $15 (mom, you like so many of these bands !!!)
• FYHA spring bash (dj + food truck + free drinks + tattoos) . 2315 commerce st suit 4 . 6-11pm . FREE + after party at little dipper
• TAD talks 2.0 . station theatre . 6:45 – 8pm . $5 + BYOB (yep yep yep yep yep)
• beta’s 3 year anniversary show . BETA theatre . 8pm .  (once again, if you and your friend drank beer and made fun of my book club book at black hole last week – lemme suggest this show to ya)
• SO FREAKIN EXCITED ABOUT HALF WAY MINUS ONE WEEK TO HALLOWEEN HOUSE PARTY (were you cool enough to get an invite?)

sunday may 8, 2016:

• the 3rd floor notsuoh anniversary party (performance // gallery // installation) . notsuoh . 9:30 – 11pm . FREE (oh nick, how did i KNOW you were already rsvped to this??!?)
• secret show bridge party . 12am . ? ? ?

on going events this week:

• 5th annual star wars art festival: revenge of the fifth! . 4300 harrisburg . saturday + sunday . 12noon – 6pm each day . $5 a day // $8 for both days
• houston ballet: season series . miller outdoor theatre . friday // saturday // sunday . 8pm . FREE (DAD!)