happy pride month, and in particular pride weekend. it’s always the same as my dad’s hometown polish pickle festival, so i’ve never gone. but yall go and have fun and post all about it. in other news, happy summer solstice tuesday and wow – who’s excited about the leandro elrich installation opening at the MFAH. treat yourself and look up his work!
monday june 20, 2022:
- i recently head beers at the west alabama ice house are extra cheap on mondays, so that’s a date idea!
tuesday june 21, 2022:
- HST-STU: herbs for the summer solstice . westbury community garden . 6:30pm . FREE – I’ll be there !!
- SWAMP salon: subair al awadi . the orange show . 7-9pm . FREE
- horni tonk tuesdays . the big top lounge . 7-11pm . FREE
wednesday june 22, 2022:
- sketch club . the orange show . 6-9pm . FREE
- HIIT workout . discovery green . 6:30-7pm . FREE
thursday june 23, 2022:
- art reception: w. tucker: be still . koelsch haus . 5-8pm . FREE
- pilates . discovery green . 6:30-7:30pm . FREE
- in conversation: pete gershon & edouard kopp on visionary artists joseph e. yoakum and jeff mckissick . the menil drawing institute . 7-8pm . ?
- film: mariah garnett: TROUBLE . aurora picture show . 7:30-9pm . ?
- sonia flores: ascendants from the future . the orange show world headquarters 2334 gulf terminal dr . 8-10pm . FREE
- luba dvorak’s brooklyn twang . the big top lounge . 9pm . ?
friday june 24, 2022:
- moonstrike produced by apollo chamber players . miller outdoor theatre . 8:30pm . FREE
saturday june 25, 2022:
- hatha yoga . discovery green . 9-10am . FREE
- art reception: carly allen martin and lucrecia waggoner: wanderlust . laura rathe fine art – houston . 5-8pm . FREE
- romance produced by the houston latin american chamber orchestra . miller outdoor theatre . 8:30pm . FREE
- houston pride parade !!!
sunday june 26, 2022:
- on view: leandro erlich . MFAH . 12-5pm . $
on going events this week:
- main street theatre: chitty chitty bang bang . MATCH . $
- fade to black play festival . MATCH . $
- gianni schicchi by giacomo puccini . MATCH . $
hello houstonians. Another week where I’m in town and Nick is living it up in the north-east. it’s also another week were the heat won’t stop this city from planning lots of fun and free events. I’m most excited about the public pool, but you might catch me at at few other events too – see y’all out there!
monday june 13, 2022:
- houston urban gardeners gathering . west gray multi-service center . 6:30pm . FREE
- tai chi in the barrio . the orange show . 7-8pm .
tuesday june 14, 2022:
- core yoga . discovery green . 6:30pm . FREE
wednesday june 15, 2022:
- pride happy hour with pride chorus houston . moody center for the arts (RICE) . 5-7pm . FREE
- the third ward monopoly club 10 year reunion tournament . project row houses . 6-8pm . FREE
- buffalo bayou wellness walk . buffalo bayou waterworks . 6:30-8:30pm . FREE
- HIIT class . discovery green . 6:30pm . FREE
thursday june 16, 2022:
- pilates . discovery green . 6:30pm . FREE
- blanket bingo. market square park . 7pm . $ for bingo sheets and daubers
friday june 17, 2022:
- the moody’s wellness series: yoga (enjoy the artwork of Baseera Khan while participating in a free wellness series open to the public) . the moody center for the arts at rice university . 12noon . FREE
- juneteenth 2022 . project row houses . 5 pm . FREE
- art opening: the big show 2022 . lawndale art center . 5-9pm . $
- proceed: produced by houston contemporary dance company (ft. choreoraphic works by robbie more – PVA grad y’all !!) . miller outdoor theatre . 8:30pm . FREE
saturday june 18, 2022:
- monthly volunteer day at buffalo bayou . 8:30 – 11:30am . FREE
- hatha yoga . discovery green . 9am . FREE
- family capoeira . midtown houston park . 10 – 11am . FREE
- sound healing meditation . buffalo bayou waterworks . 10-10:45am . $15
- mosaic workshop for beginners . smither park (the orange show) . 10am – 1pm
- discovery green flea . 6-10pm . FREE
- road to river revival music fest: featuring the texas gentlemen and hector ward & the big time . market square park . 7:30pm . FREE
- bayou bat boat tour . allen’s landing . 7:40-9:10pm . $30
- David Lee Murphy (anyone remember the 90s country song “dust on the bottle” heck yeah!) miller outdoor theatre . 8:30pm . FREE
sunday june 19, 2022:
- juneteenth: the journey to freedom . miller outdoor theatre . 8pm . FREE
on going events this week:
hello hello. it’s dena again. for everyone following along on my instagram story journey, my fiancé michael and i finally made it home from oaxaca city, mexico. we LOVED the trip, i’ll for sure be making a list of our favorites to share with anyone planning a trip there and oh hey. maybe i’ll just make a blog post about it, that’d be an easy way to compile it all in one place.
in other news, nick is in Massachusetts this week and next weekend for a wedding. summer is such a nostalgic time for trips and we’re so fortunate we both get to explore. now on to events for this week. if you have anything to add, please leave a comment!
monday june 6, 2022
- tai chi in the barrio . the orange show . 7-8pm .
- when you thought no one was looking, the bayou was there: an archival collage in three parts . 1018 westheimer . 9pm .
tuesday june 7, 2022
- core focused yoga . discovery green. 6:30 – 7:30pm . FREE
wednesday june 8, 2022
- moose tracks ice cream’s 10,000 scoop challenge benefiting the salvation army . discovery green . 7am – 10pm . FREE ICE CREAM
- HIIT work out class . discovery green . 6:30 – 7:30pm . FREE
thursday june 9, 2022
- neobenshi . PJ sports bar . 6-9pm . $5
- pilates . discovery green . 6:30 – 7:30pm . FREE
- neo benshi . pj’s sports bar . 8pm . $5
friday june 10, 2022
- the moody’s wellness series: meditation (enjoy the artwork of Baseera Khan while participating in a free wellness series open to the public) . the moody center for the arts at rice university . 12noon . FREE
- art opening reception . reeves art + design . 4-8pm . FREE
- art opening reception: hugh hayden: boogey men . blaffer art museum . 6-9pm . FREE
- without architecture film screening . project row houses . 8pm . FREE
- movies under the stars: a rasin in the sun . market square park . 8:30pm . FREE
- wonka! a dance theatre romp . produced by open dance project . miller outdoor theatre . 8:30pm . FREE
saturday june 11, 2022
- hatha yoga . discovery green . 9 – 10am . FREE
- asiafest . asia society . 11am – 5pm . FREE
- art opening reception: renewal . jan golden studio and gallery . 1-6pm . FREE
- art opening reception: jewel brown: a legacy . the community artists’ collective . 3-5pm . FREE
- art opening reception: roberta march & tony parana . monterroso gallery . 4-6pm . FREE
- art opening reception: ink & image 2022 . archway gallery . FREE
- twilight boat tours: buffalo bayou partnership . buffalo bayou . 5:30 – 8:30 . $7
- pride chorus houston . emery/ weiner school . 8pm . $
- west side story & huapango: produced by aperio, music of the americas . miller outdoor theatre . 8:30pm . FREE
- movie: sing 2 . discovery green . 9pm . FREE
sunday june 12, 2022
- on view: elaine’s junk . bill’s junk . 10am – 4pm . FREE
- one love music festival . discovery green . 12noon – 6pm . FREE
- cheer live (as in the cheerleading show on netflix – i’m sorry – WHAT !!!) . the moody center . $
on going events this week:
dena and michael are in oaxaca this weekend touring rug co-ops and mezcal distilleries. hopefully she’ll post some pics when she does the calendar next week, which is when i’m headed up to massachusetts. (dena, see you someday??)
monday may 30, 2022:
- conversation about portraiture, identity, and community . mfah . 3-4pm . FREE
- movie night: pulp fiction . axelrad . 8pm . FREE
tuesday may 31, 2022:
- yoga . discovery green . 6:30 – 7:30pm . FREE
wednesday june 1, 2022:
- book reading: unsettled land . brazos bookstore . 6:30pm . FREE
thursday june 2, 2022:
- lecture: self-taught artists . menil collection . 7-8pm . FREE
friday june 3, 2022:
- opening reception: weight on history . moody center for the arts . 6-8pm . FREE
- christopher harris short films . aurora picture show . 7:30pm . $10
saturday june 4, 2022:
- hands on houston: quilt patterns in felt . hccc . 11am – 3pm . FREE
- artist talk & zine workshop with phung huynh . asia society . 1-3pm . $10
- curator tour of ‘legacy of jubilee quilt circle’ exhibition . hccc . 3-4pm . FREE
- menil collection’s 35th birthday !!! . menil collection lawn . 4-6pm . FREE
- live music: mikey and the drags . axelrad . 7pm . FREE
- accordion kings & queens . miller outdoor theatre . 7pm . FREE . you KNOW dena will be there !!
sunday june 5, 2022:
- tulip market . raven tower . 5-10pm . FREE . in addition to the usual market stuff, it’ll also have a photo show curated by the brilliant sweethearts at flats.
hello, it’s me – dena. nick and I are back to trading off posting, so it’s an on week for me. I juuuuust got back from NOLA today and am headed out to Oaxaca next week, so enjoy these events for me while I’m gone.
monday may 23, 2022:
- tai chi in the barrio . smither park . 7pm . $ donation
- movie night: reservoir dogs . axelrad . 8pm . FREE
tuesday may 24, 2022:
- core focused yoga . discovery green . 6:30-7:30pm . FREE
wednesday may 25, 2022:
- show: mitch jacobs and company . reHab bar . 8pm . FREE
thursday may 26, 2022:
- webinar: what’s up with the prices at the pump . rice university, virtual webinar . 3-4:15pm . FREE + RSVP
- Re: tempt contempt . the orange show . 6-7:30 .
- pilates . discovery green . 6:30 – 7:30pm . FREE
- concert series: las fenix // morena roas . discovery green . 7-9:30pm . FREE
- Beetle . continental club . 7-10 . $10 donation
- sergio trevino + kay weathers + swarming branch . continental club . 10pm .
- the motown and more show . miller outdoor theatre . 8:30pm . FREE (thursday – saturday)
- show: Sergio Trevino/Kay Weathers/Swarming Branch . continental club .
friday may 27, 2022:
- art opening: summer 2022 exhibitions . art league houston . 6-8pm . FREE . our new friend jasmine zelaya is one of the featured artists !!
- an evening with the blues: a sip and say . project row houses . 7-9pm
- the motown and more show . miller outdoor theatre . 8:30pm . FREE (thursday – saturday)
saturday may 28, 2022:
- She asked her mother … closing concert . project row houses . 11-12:30
- brooklyn twang fest . continental club . 12noon . $30 (cash only)
- artist talk: summer 2022 exhibition artists . art league houston . 2pm . FREE
- houston drink and draw . coral sword . 5-9pm . FREE
- closing reception and concert Re: tempt contempt . the orange show . 6-7:30 .
- the motown and more show . miller outdoor theatre . 8:30pm . FREE (thursday – saturday)
sunday may 29, 2022:
- couldn’t find anything, if you know of something – put it in the comments
On going events this week:
- The Museum of Printing History is moving to a new location after 40 years on West Clay, this week is your last chance to visit them where they’ve been for our whole lives!
- Re: tempt contempt . the orange show . Thursday – saturday .
- Entry Points: site specific environmental works by six houston artists . The Orange Show
- sound healing meditation . buffalo bayou park .
monday may 9, 2022:
- ???
tuesday may 10, 2022:
- convergence research w/ andrew lynch . blaffer art museum . 6-7pm . FREE
- author talk: jazmina barrera . brazos bookstore . 6:30pm . FREE
- yoga . discovery green . 6:30 – 7:30pm . FREE
- the moth . warehouse live . 7pm . $15
wednesday may 11, 2022:
- art conversation: witnessing worlds in transition . menil collection . 7-8pm . FREE
thursday may 12, 2022:
- panel: leveraging ruth bader ginsburg’s legacy . holocaust museum . 6 – 7:30pm . FREE
- outspoken bean’s poetraits . mfah . 6:30 – 7:30pm . FREE . houston’s poet laureate’s multimedia performance inspired by obama portraits
- live music: girl ultra and teevee . discovery green . 7pm – 9:30pm . FREE
- neobenshi !! . pj’s sports bar . 8pm . $5
friday may 13, 2022:
- art opening: for ellen . hardy & nance studios . 5-11pm . FREE . sooooo many local artists showing
- author talk: mark haber . palmer memorial episcopal church . 7pm . FREE
- movie showing: rock n’ roll high school . the orange show . 8-11pm . $5
- houston ballet at miller . miller outdoor theatre . 8pm . FREE
saturday may 14, 2022:
- empty bowls fundraiser . hccc . 10am – 3pm . FREE
- mala market grand opening . mala market . 12-4pm . FREE . lots of our sweet friends have booths here
- dionysus film festival . rec room . 2pm . $15
- 2022 garden marty . art league houston . 6-9pm . FREE
- ‘moxie’ film screening w/ author talk . the orange show . 7-10pm . $10 . zine fest houston will have a collage workshop before the movie !!
- houston ballet at miller . miller outdoor theatre . 8pm . FREE
sunday may 15, 2022:
- family day at bayou bend . bayou bend collection . 1-5pm . FREE
i’ll be in san francisco for most of this week and next, so please, please, please go to the screening of ‘great freedom’ at the mfah on friday and then the art show at blue rose gallery after. drop your address in the comments if you want a postcard from california !!
monday april 25, 2022:
- they, who sound . lawndale art center . 7:30 – 9:30pm . FREE
- movie night: friday . axelrad . 8pm . FREE
tuesday april 26, 2022:
- yoga . discovery green . 6:30 – 7:30pm . FREE
wednesday april 27, 2022:
- art talk: the spiritual landscapes of joseph yoakum . menil drawing institute . 7-8pm . FREE
thursday april 28, 2022:
- space city grand slam . mfah . 6-8pm . FREE . the largest youth poetry slam in texas !!
friday april 29, 2022:
- art opening: ‘para morir en junio con la lengua afuera‘ . blue rose gallery . 6-10pm . FREE . curated by our brilliant friend junior fernandez !!
- film screening: dune . rice university . 7pm . FREE
- queer film and panel talk on history of cruising in houston . mfah . 7pm . $9
- movies at miller: encanto . miller outdoor theatre . 8pm . FREE
saturday april 30, 2022:
- eldorado ballroom art unveiling . eldorado ballroom . 10-11am . FREE
- houston’s dog festival . market square park . 10am – 3pm . FREE
- tie dye party . brazos bookstore . 12-2pm . FREE . they’ll have the dye, bring your own fabric !!
- neighborhood community day . menil collection . 12-5pm . FREE
- art talk: unpicking the many lives of quilts . bayou bend collection . 1pm // 3pm . FREE . part of a day of programming titled ‘the evolving lives of objects’
- artist tour of ‘nothing goes to waste’ . hccc . 3pm – 4:30pm . FREE
- black queer af music festival . stampede . 3-7pm . $15
- live music: heart . miller outdoor theatre . 8pm . FREE
- art performance: duty-free paradise . aurora picture show . 8pm . FREE
sunday may 1, 2022:
- kitchen towel block printing workshop . devil and the deep brewery . 1pm . $60
ongoing events this week:
- opera: hilma . moody center for the arts . april 27-28 . 7-8pm . FREE
hi friends !! this weekend is earth day, y’all, so ride your bikes to the OH SO MANY events this week !!
monday april 18, 2022:
- visiting artist lecture series: puppies puppies . rice university sewall hall . 7pm . FREE
- they, who sound . lawndale art center . 7:30 – 9:30pm . FREE
- htx free art meetup w/ live model . grand prize bar . 7:30pm – 10pm . FREE
- movie night: half baked . axelrad . 8pm . FREE
tuesday april 19, 2022:
- yoga . discovery green . 6:30 – 7:30pm . FREE
- grown up story time . rudyard’s . 8pm . $12 . our girl maria heg is reading !!
- live music: some folks we like . kohn’s . 8pm . $10
wednesday april 20, 2022:
- herb society: “the use of medicinal herbs in traditional mexican medicine” . lott hall at hermann park . 7pm . FREE
- warhol wednesdays . rice university . 8pm . FREE
thursday april 21, 2022:
- lecture: african american and mexican american experience of land theft . holocaust museum . 6:00 – 7:30pm . FREE
- concert: beethoven’s healing symphony . mfah . 6:30 – 7:30pm . FREE
- senior art show + student films . rice university . 7-9pm . FREE . awards ceremony at 6pm if you’re interested in that
friday april 22, 2022:
- gulf coast reading series . lawndale art center . 6:30pm – 9pm . FREE
- film screening: the curse of professor zardonicus . rice university . 7pm . FREE . filmed in houston in 2022 !!
- houston working artist collective earth day show . hardy & nance studios . 7-11pm . FREE
- noise poetry show: t lavois thiebaud . raven tower . 7:30pm . $10 . don’t miss this one, y’all !!
- skyspace dance performance . skyspace at rice university . 9-10pm . FREE
saturday april 23, 2022:
- workshop: altar making for self-care . project row houses . 1-3pm . FREE . open to black girls and women
- guided tour of “sawed, soldered, constructed” . hccc . 3-4pm . FREE
- ocean music action concert . moody center for the arts . 6-7pm . FREE
- art opening: never odd or even . galveston arts center . 6-9pm . FREE
- kickin’ kombucha 1 year anniversary party . kickin’ kombucha . 6-9pm . FREE
- an experiment in media archeology . rice university . 7pm . this seems rad for fans of houston history and film !!
- hspva encore 50 performance . miller outdoor theatre . 8-10pm . FREE
sunday april 24, 2022:
- little BIPOC book fest . smither park . 10am – 2pm . FREE
ongoing events this week:
- performance: womb . diverse works . april 21-22 . 7pm . $5
- overlapping territories symposium . diverse works . april 22-23 . various times . FREE
- skyspace dance performance . rice university . april 22-23 . 9-10pm . FREE
hi everyone !! i was traveling for the last three weekends, so wasn’t able to put the calendar together. but we’re back, baby !! so let’s dive in…
monday march 7, 2022:
- architecture lecture: landscapes of resistance . rice university . 12noon . FREE
- movie night: rushmore . axelrad . 7pm . FREE
- they, who sound . lawndale art center . 7:30 – 9:30pm . FREE
tuesday march 8, 2022:
- french cultures festival kick-off concert . blaffer art museum . 6-7pm . FREE
- international women’s day celebration . central library . 6pm – 7:30pm . FREE
- yoga . discovery green . 6:30 – 7:30pm . FREE
- the moth . warehouse live . 7:30pm . $15
wednesday march 9, 2022:
- plant-it-forward workshop on urban farming . central library . 10-11am . FREE
- artist talk: leslie hewitt + alexandra kieffer . moody center . 7-8pm . FREE
- warhol wednesdays . rice university . 8pm . FREE
thursday march 10, 2022:
- performance art: maya stovall . blaffer art museum . 3-5pm . FREE . conceptual performance in three parts featuring writing, choreography, and an artist talk
- bamsa biannual art show . u of h student center . 5-7pm . FREE
- reception: 2022 core exhibition . glassell school . 5:30 – 7:30pm . FREE
friday march 11, 2022:
- film screening: collection of short films . menil collection lawn . 7pm – 8:30pm . FREE
- virtual reality film screening + artist talk . moody center . 7pm – 9:30pm . FREE . this looks so cool !! they’ll have vr headseats for you to screen a 24-minute vr film
- live music: hollaway . bohemeo’s . 7:30pm . $10 . local sweetheart ryan hollaway is playing and some other folks too
saturday march 12, 2022:
- vibe-n-write with houston’s poet laureate . central library . 11am – 12:30pm . FREE
- cups for y’all pop-up sale . hccc . 11am – 5pm . FREE + free coffee and snacks !!
- st. patrick’s day parade and block party . market square park . 12noon – 1:30pm . FREE
- curator talk: pluralism and cultural representation in museums . blaffer art museum . 3-4pm . FREE
- dacamera concert series . menil collection . 3-4pm . FREE
sunday march 13, 2022:
- and on the seventh day you rest…
it’s almost valentine’s day and love is in the air, y’all. (just ask dena !!) lots of rad stuff to do this week when you’re not crafting your valentine’s day cards to your sweeties.
monday february 7, 2022:
- movie night: true romance . axelrad . 7:30pm . FREE
- bARTenders art show . avant garden . 8pm . FREE . art show celebrating (and benefiting) local bartenders… adam scott’s got some pieces in it, so go check out our bb
tuesday february 8, 2022:
- artist talk: molly zuckerman-hartung . blaffer art museum . 6:30 – 8pm . FREE . yay, stacy and i are going !!
- the moth storyslam . warehouse live . 7:30pm . $15
- nearly naked yoga . numbers . 9pm . $10
- killin’ time country vinyl night . two headed dog . 9pm – 2am . FREE
wednesday february 9, 2022:
- warhol wednesdays . rice university . 8pm . FREE
thursday february 10, 2022:
- author talk: ‘hate speech’ . holocaust museum . 6-7:30pm . FREE
- history talk: ‘the shape of houston’ . discovery green . 6:30 – 7:30pm . FREE
- art opening: katherine huff . third space gallery . 7-9pm . FREE
- abundantly queer valentine’s celebration . wonky power . 7pm . $10
friday february 11, 2022:
- sound bath + sacred geometry workshop . moody center . 6-8pm . FREE
- ‘love you to death’ art show . insomnia gallery . 7-11pm . FREE
saturday february 12, 2022:
- witness series: the long arc . houston botanic garden . 10am – 12noon . $15 . event will explore the experiences of african-americans with the land of southeast texas through breakout sessions on a walk through the garden
- vibe n write poetry workshop . hpl central library . 11am – 12:30pm . FREE
- second saturday open studios . sawyer yards . 12noon – 5pm . FREE
- da camera young artists concert series . menil collection . 3-4pm . FREE
sunday february 13, 2022:
- super bowl sunday if that’s your thing… y’all already know i’m rooting for the bengals !!
- puppy bowl . axelrad . 1pm . FREE
- ‘cowboy take me away’ valentine’s market . grand prize bar . 8-11pm . FREE
on going events this week:
- j fest 4 . house of j . friday 11 – saturday 12 . $10 per day . so many freaking bands on a flyer i can’t read