monday november 14, 2016:

• houston urban gardeners . west gray multi service center . 6:30 – 8:30pm . FREE . i’ll be there !!!
• full moon peace walk . historic freemen’s town labryinth . 7-9pm . FREE
• texas filmmakers showcase – houston cinema arts festival . sundance cinemas . 7:30 – 9pm . $ // ?
• comedy open mic . rudyards . 7:30pm . FREE
• my so called mondays ep. 15 . rec room . 8-9:30pm . FREE
• november full / super moon gathering . midtown mojo manufactures . 8 – 11pm . FREE

tuesday november 15, 2016:

• anti-feeding ordinance – houston city council meeting . houston city hall . 1:30 – 4:30pm . FREE
• double feather: artist studio program & lawndale live . lawndale art center . 6-8pm . FREE
• grown – up storytime #96 . rudyards . 7pm . FREE
• comedy open mic . boondocks . 9pm . FREE
• drake vs houston . barbarellas . 9 – 2:30am . FREE – nick, as part of our tuesday night standing date?

wednesday november 16, 2016:

• hump night . rec room . 8 – 9pm . FREE   *oh nick!!!

thursday november 17, 2016:

• instore: lol tolhurst (the cure) book reading / signing / Q&A . cactus music . 6pm . FREE
• anti – trump rally . houston city hall . 6-10pm . FREE
• in conversation (lecture) . CAMH . 6:30 – 7:30pm . FREE
• houston interfaith thanksgiving service . rothko chapel . 7-9pm . $ // ?

friday november 18, 2016:

• show: trust me daddy v. 1 (lots of music / art) . location TBA . 10pm – 4am . FREE
• peter case “30th anniversary solo album celebration” . cactus music . 5:30 – 6:30pm . FREE
• TOMO grand opening & project space: vera mishurina . tomom mags (next to siphon) . 7 – 11pm . FREE . UHHH nick – i bet you’ll be too busy with daddy issues – if not …

saturday november 19, 2016:

• yoga . discovery green . 9-10am . FREE
• 2016 artcrawl . downtown houston . 10am – 7pm . FREE
• flea style houston show . silver street studios . 12 – 4pm . $ // ?
• jim and sam in-store performance . cactus music . 1-2pm . FREE
• zine fest houston 2016: year of the ama-zines! . lawndale art center . 2 – 8pm . FREE . YAY YAY YAY finally – go see nick and get yourself a copy of the newest daddy issues !!! (here’s another link)
• in-store: thunderSOUL . cactus music . 3-4pm . FREE
• flea by night . discovery green . 6-10pm . FREE
• phase launch party, issue 01 . TOMO mags . 7-10pm . FREE

sunday november 20, 2016:

on going this week:

• WHAM: 11th annual winter holiday art market . winter street studios . 18 – 20 . FREE saturday / sunday . this is one of my favorite houston holiday traditions !!! can’t wait !!!

what the election night plan friends?!?!

monday november 7, 2016:

• my so called mondays: episode 14 . rec room . 8pm . $ // ?
• the judgment of fools HTX . rec room . LAST NIGHT = TONIGHT . $ // nick THIS is the thing you were talking about huh?

tuesday november 8, 2016: ELECTION DAY AND ALL THE POLL WATCHING PARTIES

• election night party . under the volcano . 5 – 11pm . FREE
• yoga . discovery green . 6:30 – 7:30pm . FREE
• bad hombres & nasty women election watching party . cafe brasil . 7-10pm . FREE
• political science 3000: election day final frontier . rec room . 7-10pm . FREE
• election watch party . axelrad . 7-11pm . FREE
• countdown tuesday . the secret group . 7-2pm . FREE
• NICK – WHERE TO SPEND OUR TUESDAY NIGHT DATE NIGHT?!?!

wednesday november 9, 2016:

transfigured night: kinetic . turrell skyspace . 7:30 – 8:15pm . FREE (date night?)

thursday november 10, 2016:

• now that’s what i call zine fest houston 23 . matchbox gallery . 7 – 11pm .FREE (nick? ride bikes?)

friday november 11, 2016:

• art openings . lawndale . 6 – 8:30pm . FREE (art opening gang? interested)
• houston no limits football & freedom movie night . discovery green . 6-9pm . FREE
• an evening with robert ellis . the orange show . THIS one because the one tomorrow night sold out
• movie night: lost in translation . market square park . 7-10pm . FREE
• the australian bee gees show . miller outdoor theatre . 7:30 – 10pm . FREE
• the sacks (podcast) with microsatan . midtown bar and grill . 9pm – 12 . FREE

saturday november 12, 2106:

• yoga . discovery green . 9-10am . FREE
• in-store: raceway . cactus music . 1-2pm . FREE
• in-store: bad sun-ins performance . cactus music . 3-4pm . FREE
• an eventing with robert ellis . the orange show . 7-11pm . $
• ice box 2016 (box 13 art space winter formal) . box 13 art space. 7-10pm . $ (it looks SO cute !!!)
• screen on the green: grease : sing-a-long . discovery green . 7-10pm . FREE (AHHH my FAVORITE !!!)
• ILuminate . miller outdoor theatre . 7:30 – 10pm . FREE
• show: nakatani . kava kabana . 7:30 – 10:30pm . $

sunday november 13, 2016:

on going events this week:

• 27th annual native american pow wow . saturday // sunday
• for the community 12 . saturday // sunday

hi hi it’s dena. i’m back HOME IN HOUSTON. my trip to italy was perfect-o but now it’s nice to be home and get back into my routine. don’t be mad BUT i went out to watch the anthony bourdain houston show last night instead of working on this dang calendar. AND tonight’s halloween so yikes, i’ll work on it at some point.* DID IT !!!

monday october 31, 2016:

• movie: night of the living dead (1968) . miller outdoor theatre . 7:30 – 10pm . FREE
• free radicals halloween dance party . avant garden . 10 – 11pm . FREE

tuesday november 1, 2016:

• yoga . discovery green . 6:30pm . FREE (does the new owner of a red yoga mat i scavenged from my evicted neighbor want to bike there with me?)
• show : frank freeman / mccullough ferguson . ladybirds . 7 – 11pm . FREE      !!! GO FRANK GO !!!
• open mic at the shed . 5312 pease st . 8:30 – 12midnight . FREE + BYOB

wednesday november 2, 2016:

• free show (with all the bands) . notsuoh . 8pm – 2am . FREE

thursday november 3, 2016:

• i think i’m going on a MFAH movie date … what about y’all ?

friday november 4, 2016:

• movie night: the good dinosaur . discovery green . 7:30 – 10pm . FREE
• vinyl ranch country club . ladybirds . 9pm – 2am . FREE (mixin’ classic country tunes all night !!!) (anyone want to go have a beer and do some dancing )
• dia de los muertos celebration . avant garden . 10pm – 2am . FREE

saturday november 5, 2016:

• yoga . discovery green . 9am . FREE
• girl crush holiday market . tout suite . 12noon – 6pm . FREE YAY !!!
• in-store: birthday club . cactus music . 1 – 2pm . FREE
• callisemica (calligraffiti // lettering // typeart art opening) . visionary heights 1331 nicholson st . 6 – 10pm . FREE (i’m SO interested in this !!!)
• art opening . the jung center . 5-7pm . FREE
• methods of survival: amongst other things book release! 2608 dunlavy . 7 – 11pm . FREE
• movie: star wars the force awakens . discovery green . 7-9pm . FREE
• show: tommy tine tonight . miller outdoor theatre . 7:30 – 9:30pm . FREE

sunday november 6, 2016:

• intermediate sewing class . rec room . 1 – 5pm . $$$ but WORTH IT !!!
• public auditions for public poetry’s PM show . rudyards . 2-4pm . FREE
• in-store: blink owls . cactus music . 3-4pm . FREE
• narcissism: a look into the life of someone you prob don’t know – art opening . insomnia video game culture . 5 – 9pm . FREE

on going events this week:

• EARLY VOTING !!!
• dia de los meuertos short film exhibition . lawndale art center . october 28 – november 5 . FREE

dawww, look how adorable we were last nye. (ask dena to tell you the story of mak trying to find her on the front lawn of the party that night.) anyway, here are the events happening this week. if you’re looking for spooky theme parties, cover bands with pun names, and block parties with costume contests this is DEFINITELY your week.

monday october 24, 2016:

• standup open mic . pjs. 8-12pm . FREE

tuesday october 25, 2016:

• lambda nextgen happy hour . pearl bar . 6-9pm . FREE
• you know the drill. double trouble! (wait, dena, will you be back TOMORROW?)

wednesday october 26, 2016:

• art talk: the steins and picasso before fame . menil collection . 7:30pm . FREE (dang. wish i could go !!!)
• microsatan presents : spooky standup spectacular . midtown bar & grill . 9:30 – 11:00pm . FREE (fingers crossed nick scarywether will be dracula again)

thursday october 27, 2016:

• free professional headshots . project row houses . 5-8pm . FREE (really cool project from jay mays)
• art talk: susie rosmarin + valerie cassel oliver . camh . 6:30pm . FREE
• film screening: blacula . uhd . 7pm . FREE
• i’s not invisible (intersex film screenings // stories) . pilot on navigation . 8pm . pay what you can

friday october 28, 2016:

• art show: monster show x . hardy & nance studios . 7-11pm . FREE
• film screening: little shop of horrors . discovery green . 7:30pm . FREE
• halloweening iv (cover bands w/ pun names) . walters . 7:30pm – 2:00am . FREE w/ costume
• improv: dark matter . station theater . 10:00pm – 11:30pm . $ // ?

saturday october 29, 2916:

• book tour: revolutionary mothering . solidarity houston . 2pm . FREE
• hallo-zine making workshop (ft. our fave ever zine queens) . diverseworks . 4pm . FREE but rsvp required
• halloween street party . white oak dr . 6pm – 2am . FREE
• east end horror (bands // standup // artists) . seven east end venues . 6pm – 2am . FREE
• art show: the art of horror . el rincon social . 8pm – 2am . $10
• cherry limeade (fat tony dj set) . arlos . 10pm – 2am . FREE (dena, i have a new hat now! think fat tony will like it as much?)

sunday october 30, 2016:

• kpft fundraiser : dia de los muertos bash . last concert cafe . 2pm – 12am . $10
• good vibes only block party ft. talib kweli . alley kat . 3-10pm . FREE
• watch party: anthony bourdain’s parts unknown (the episode when he was in houston !!!) . axelrad . 5-8pm live music // 8-9pm watch party . FREE
• hollerween . barbarella . 9pm – 2am . FREE w/ costume

on going events this week:

• dia de los muertos festival . meca . saturday// sunday . FREE

hey y’all! dena is in italy for two weeks, and who even KNOWS what she is doing over there because i have received zero snaps. (dena, are you seeing this spooky hunter la luna tonight from italy?) hmm. i bet a certain muscular and adventurous boy has received some news, and maybe he can update us in the comments? (please oh please!) anyway, here’s what is happening this week!

monday october 17, 2016:

• my so called mondays : ep. 12 . rec room . $ // ?

tuesday october 18, 2016:

• HUE at the waughford . the waughford . 5:30pm – 9pm . $ // ?
• grown-up storytime 95 . rudyards . 8pm // 10pm . $5
• i’m gonna do the crossword at double trouble and be wishing dena was there. come buy our favorite bar boys danny and edward a shot.

wednesday october 19, 2016:

• gayest & greatest awards : 20th annual (a gay houston who’s who. you’ll meet fran watson and ray hill) . rich’s . 5-9pm . FREE
• final debate watch party . axlerad . 8-9:30pm . FREE

thursday october 20, 2016:

• movie screening: suffragette . u of h college of architecture . 6pm . FREE
• eastext (cool art thing that’s complicated to explain) . galleryHOMELAND . 6:30pm – 8:30pm . FREE
• halloween craft night & flashlight tour . lawndale. 6:30pm – 8:30pm . $13 members // $18 non-members (kinda expensive tbh. what do you think, dena?)

friday october 21, 2016:

• art lecture: liberate tate (about the successful campaign to remove oil sponsor bp from tate galleries) . art league . 7-9pm . FREE
• show: shellshag // the ancient gods // kemo for emo . notsuoh . 9pm. $5
• comedy: haywire with zac brooks . midtown bar & grill . 10pm . $10 (get there early to get a seat by patricia!)
• a fistful of soul : 7th anniversary . continental club . 10pm – 2am . FREE

saturday october 22, 2016:

• gulf coast toy show . ripley center . 10:30am – 3:30pm . FREE
• sonic bikes (dang, so cool! interactive musical bikes) . historic firestation #2 . 12-6pm . FREE
• art show: free beer, free pizza, free stickers (that’s really the name?) . midtown bar & grill. 1-6pm . FREE + free beer and pizza
• art opening: round 45 opening + market . project row houses . 2pm artist talks // 4-7pm art opening . FREE
• wicked music showcase . five east end venues . 2-11pm . $20 + open bar (wow, dumb name but so, so many bands + dollie barnes // gio chamba!)
• mutant tailgate (parking garage party) . 1366 preston . 7pm – all night . $ // ?
• east end bike ride : 2nd annual cemetery gates ride . d&w lounge . 7pm . FREE
• rainbow music cabaret . the pilot on navigation . 11pm – 2am . $10 (queer-based performance art. ok REALLY.)

sunday october 23, 2016:

• pumpkin carving contest . axelrad . 2-4pm . FREE  (mak, they’re doing a puppy costume contest too! what is cloud gonna be for halloween?)
• who R U? menil children’s costume party . menil collection . 3-5pm . FREE

on going events this week:

• splendid china XI . miller outdoor theatre . saturday // sunday . 7:30pm . FREE
• HUE mural festival . all over . all week . FREE
• trill comedy festival . station theater . thursday // friday // saturday . $ // ?
• mr. texas eagle competition + houston leather pride festival . the eagle . friday // saturday // sunday . FREE (hello, daddy!)

so sorry about last week. i was out of town and then just kind of uhh, got busy or at least distracted i guess. and YIKES don’t get mad but i’m actually leaving for Italy on friday. yay me. so, i’m not going to be publishing while i’m out of town BUT i have a best best friend who said he’s always wanted to take over my events calendar so … nick? you up for it next week?

monday october 10, 2016:

• arts + culture houston oct ’16 happy hour party . grand prize . 5-7pm . FREE
• houston urban gardeners : will sanders of dragonhorse . west gray multi service center . 6:30 – 9:30pm . FREE – i’ll be there
• comedy open mic . rudyards . show at 8 . FREE
• upstairs comedy presents: open mic . pjs sports bar . 8 – 12midnight . FREE

tuesday october 11, 2016:

• in-store: rachael yamagata . cactus music . 5:30 – 6:30pm . FREE
• yoga . discovery green  .6:30 – 7:30pm . FREE – and with this great weather !!!
• AIGA houston cocktails with creatives: october . axelrad . 7-9pm . FREE
• film screening: love is all you need? the montrose center . 7-9:30pm . $ // all proceeds of tickets go to the montrose center
• taste of houston: discovery discussions . discovery green . 7-8:30pm . FREE THIS LOOKS SO COOL – it’s a panel of a bunch of hot houston chefs !!!

wednesday october 12, 2016:

• in-store: adam torres . cactus music . 5:30 – 6:30pm . FREE

thursday october 13, 2016:

• show: nikki hill . discovery green . 7-9pm . FREEs

friday october 14, 2016:

• gulf coast reading series . rudyards . 7-10pm . FREE
• dia de la hispanidad – aymee nuviola . miller outdoor . 7pm . FREE
• hot mess : a montrose social & dance party . grand prize bar . 10pm – 2am . FREE
• FREE SHOW: microsatan mag: a zine release . midtown bar and grill . 10pm – 12midnight . FREE

saturday october 15, 2016:

• east end street festival !!!
• art market . discovery green . 10am – 5pm . FREE
• korean fest . discovery green . 11am – 9pm . FREE – dang boy, wish we were both here to go and eat bibimbap together !!!
• in-store: annika chambers . cactus music . 1-2pm . FREE
• art opening + reception : 10th annual day of the dead rock stars – ten years gone . cactus music . 6-9pm . FREE
• lunada 2016 . miller outdoor . 7:30pm . FREE
• shakin’ all over! 60s rock n roll dance party . satellite bar . 10pm – 2am . FREE THIS LOOKS SO FUN !!!

sunday october 16, 2016:

• art market . discovery green . 10am – 5pm . FREE

monday september 19, 2016:

• in-store: jesse dayton . cactus music . 5 – 6pm . FREE
• instore: kylie odetta . cactus music . 5:30 – 6:30pm . FREE
• instore: aaron lewis performance & wristband signing . cactus music . 7-10pm . FREE
• but how are there so many back to back to back instore shows at cactus?
• comedy open mic . rudyards . doors at 7:30pm . FREE
• my so called mondays : ep. 9 . rec room . 8-9pm . $ // ?
• ari alvarado – poison girl tiny concert . poison girl . 9pm – 2am . FREE

tuesday september 20, 2016:

• yoga . discovery green . 6:30 pm . FREE . (when you come back to houston say you’ll go with me !!!)
• discovery discussions: dynamic conversations . discovery green . 7pm . FREE (this is such a cool thing they’re doing)
• grown up storytime 94 . rudyards . 8 + 10pm . $5 – who want to go with me?
• performance art night . notsuoh . 9pm . $5

wednesday september 21, 2016:

• herb society meeting . herman park garden club . 6:30pm . FREE – come sit with me and my mom !!!
• shibari performance @ RAW houston . stero live . 7 – 11pm . $ // ?
• comedy open mic . darwins pub . 8pm – 2am . FREE

thursday september 22, 2016:

• movie night: tommy boy . market square park . 7:30 – 9pm . FREE . makenzie !!! fat guy in a little coooaaaaaaattttttt !!!
• le film festival de mobile phone .  rec room . 8 – 10pm . $ // ?
• fat tony dj set . arlos ballroom . 10pm . FREE

friday september 23, 2016:

• art opening : craft texas 2016 . houston center for contemporary craft . 5:30 – 8pm . FREE
• comedy gold . aurora picture show . 6:30 – 9:30pm . $ // ?
• art opening: irreversible inspiration : new painting by michael abramowitz . cardoza fine art . 7 – 10pm . FREE
• houston maker meetup . root lab . 7 – 10pm . FREE
• MET dance 21st season open . discovery green . 7:30 – 10pm . FREE

saturday september 24, 2016:

• really really free market . menil park . 1 – 5pm . obviously FREE
• craft texas roundup . houston center for contemporary craft . 7 – 10pm . $ // ?
• relationshit with guest fat tony . rec room . doors at 8:30 // show at 9 . $10 . all these people YESSSS!!!!

sunday september 25, 2016:

• but i haven’t got a stitch to wear . el bambi . 2 – 5pm . FREE
• counter coven meetup . rec room . 5-7pm . FREE (go girls go !!!)

on going events this week:

• FREE LIVE music athttps://www.facebook.com/NightingaleRoom/ the nightingale room basically every night this week

sorry y’all – it was the barbarella 3 year anniversary last night. so guess you know what my priorities are! anyway here are the monday events and i’ll do the rest when i get home after school today.

monday september 12, 2016:

• the four noble truths . houston zen center . 6:30 – 8:30pm . $ // ?
• houston urban gardeners meeting . west gray multi-service center . 6:30 – 8:30pm . FREE – see you there !!!
• comedy open mic . rudyards . doors at 7:30pm . FREE
• pjs comedy open mic . pjs sports bar . 8pm . FREE
• my so called mondays . rec room . 8 – 9:15pm . $ // ?

tuesday september 13, 2016:

• yoga . discovery green . 6:30 – 7:30pm . FREE
• sounds of houston: discovery discussion (this sounds real cool!) . discovery green . 7-8:30pm . FREE
• aurora night (evening benefiting aurora picture show) . double trouble . 7:30 – 10pm . FREE (uhh oh nick)
• comedy: the HOU show . raven tower . 8-10pm . $ // ?

wednesday september 14, 2016:

• scrabble in the city literacy advance fundraiser for me and nick !!!

thursday september 15, 2016:

• blanket bingo . market square park . 6-9pm . $10+
• concert: musiqa presents: right here, right now: houston . CAMH , 6:30 – 7:30pm . FREE
• los skarnales . discovery green . 7-9pm . FREE (MOM!!!)
• film: porch stories (story of elders living in 3rd ward) . MATCH . 7-10pm . $ // ?

friday september 16, 2016:

• deep cuts tour kick off // 7″ release + other bands . arlos . doors at 7pm . $5
• show: squirrel nut zippers + shinyribs . miller outdoor theatre . 7:30 – 10pm . FREE . YESSSSSSS!!!!!
• meenie weenie (and expose of texan minimal electronic soundscape) . 5201 mulford st . 8pm . $5
• show: case hamblin // ben stalets // the beyonders . the waughford . 8 – 12midnight . $10
• movie: iron jawed angles . discovery green . 8-10pm . FREE

saturday september 17, 2016:

• bike fest 2016 . market square park . 10am – 6pm . FREE
• exhibition walk-through with zachary gresham . art league houston . 11-12noon . $ // ?
• yes, indeed! music festival 2016 . 813 st emanuel . 4 – 12midnight . $ // ?
• comix gauntlet 2016 showcase & book release . alabama song . 7-10pm . FREE
• black kite album release . walters . 8 – 12midnight . $10
• phare cambodian circus: khmer village . miller outdoor theatre . 8-10pm . FREE

sunday september 18, 2016:

• deep end records one year anniversary party . deep end records . 12noon – 10pm . FREE
• big star bar end of summer vinyl sale n swap . big star bar . 4-8pm . FREE // CASH only
• book drive & lazy afternoon open house party . solidarity houston . 4- 8:30pm . FREE

on going events this week:

• houston vintage festival 2016 . friday // saturday . 1940 air terminal museum . $ // ?