houston events calendar: june 16 – 22, 2014

monday june 16, 2014:

ensemble theatre national stage reading: for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf . ensemble theatre 3535 main st . 6pm . $10 (i liked this play in highschool – anyone want to join me for this?)
bum-ba toning . discovery green . 6:30pm . FREE (girl? i mean … i’d go if you’d go)

tuesday june 17, 2014:

bootown presents grown-up storytime season seven . rudyards . 8 & 10 pm . last one of the season = $7(or maybe $5)(now that i have a “the moth” under my belt, guess i need to hit up grownup storytime)

wednesday june 18, 2014:

memorial park criterium series . memorial park south picnic loop . 5pm . FREE . cool houston bike tradition since the 1990s – don’t really understand, but looks cool
“negativeland live” (experimental music art group) . aurora picture show 2442 bartlett st . 7pm . $15
film screening: cloud 9 . 14 pews 800 aurora st . 7:30pm . $pay-what-you-can$
free write about now poetry open mic in memory of alice alsup . avant garden . 7:30-10:30pm . FREE

thursday june 19, 2014:

cactus instore: crazy & the brains . cactus music . 5:30pm . FREE
BLANKET BINGO . market square park . 6pm . $10 for bingo sheets (i’m so excited for this! who will go with me? makenzie get off work! halie? chirs paula?)
artful thursday lecture: fosse snacks door prizes . MFAH . 6:30pm . FREE
concert on the green: skyrocket (70s 80s band) . discovery green . 6:30pm . FREE
summer sounds on the plaza: sara hickman and family . rothko chapel . 7pm . $10 donation FREE st. arnold’s beer
houston institute for culture presents: houstons juneteenth celebration . miller outdoor theatre . 7pm . FREE
one year anniversary of odd thursday . super happy fun land . 8pm – 12:30am . $ online or $10 at the door
improve comedy: structure presents “the crash atlas” . station theatre 1230 houston ave . 8:30pm . $6
summer symphony nights 2014 . miller outdoor theatre . 8:30pm . FREE

friday june 20, 2014:

art opening reception . art league of houston . 6pm . FREE (they used to have really good snacks here, haven’t noticed recently)
rainbow on the green . discovery green . 6:30pm . FREE
film screening: friday night creature features: Them! . way out in tomball – depot plaza 201 south elm st . 8pm . FREE (this is way out, but if golden era sci-fi movies are your thing, it’d be worth the drive)
bootown presents: platahontas . cactus music . 8:30pm . $pay-what-you-can$ (saw this last weekend. you should go support them)

saturday june 21, 2014:

summer solstice observation . rothko chapel . 6:20 AM !!! . FREE suggested donation (i think there is going to be live music yoga) (if this is too early, there is a sunset one too)
iron skillet’s first annual summer solstice street tour: “a one day traveling musical event” . canyon creek 6603 westcott . 9:30 – all night . FREE
3rd annual summer street arts festival . summer street studios 2500 summer st . 2pm – 2am . $15 (free drinks once inside!)
girls rock camp picnic // info session . menil park . 2pm . FREE
cactus instore: the ugly beats . cactus music . 3pm . FREE
world refugee day houston 2014 . raindrop turkish houston 9301 w bellfort st . 3pm . FREE (entertainment food exhibits)
art opening reception . moody gallery 2815 colquitt . 5pm . FREE
flea market . discovery green . 6pm . FREE
art opening reception . art car museum . 7pm . FREE
film screening: space is the place: sun ra . MFAH . 7pm . $9 (i just found out about sun ra!)
5th annual sk8&rock concert series . lee and joe jamail skatepark 103 sabine st . 7pm . FREE
summer symphony nights 2014 . miller outdoor theatre . 8:30pm . FREE
sketch comdey: stag comedy with feelings and brian zeolla (some group from austin) . station theatre 1230 houston ave . 8:30pm . $6
bootown presents: platahontas . cactus music . 8:30pm . $pay-what-you-can$
summer solstice observation . rothko chapel . 8:30pm . FREE donation (more yoga live music fire ceremony)

sunday june 22, 2014:

on going events in houston this week:

mildred’s umbrella theatre company presents: five women wearing the same dress . studio 101 spring street studios 1824 spring st .thursday // friday // saturday 8pm . $pay-what-you-can$