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Public Poetry Reading Series Featuring Celina A. Gomez, Diego Nguyen, Elina Petrova, jo reyes-boitel

Houston Public Library - Central (Jesse H. Jones) 500 McKinney, Houston, TX, United States

Join us ONLINE on Saturday, January 6, from 2-4pm CDT, for our monthly poetry reading and open mic! Our host Võ Đức Quang will introduce our featured poets: Elina Petrova, Celina A. Gomez, jo reyes-boitel, Diego Nguyen. And of course, all attendees are welcome to join the open mic portion of the event to read […]

Free

Apollo Chamber Players Presents: Revised

Holocaust Museum Houston 5401 Caroline St., Houston, TX, United States

Apollo collaborates with two Houston Poet Laureate Emeriti for a genre-fusing musical conversation about peace, poetry, and Revisionism as a means to Black censorship. The program features a new commission by award-winning poet, activist, and educator Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton and Emmy-winning composer Jasmine Barnes, with vocal guests from Houston Ebony Opera Guild. Program Deborah D.E.E.P. […]

Writespace Reading and Open Mic

Antidote Coffee 729 Studewood St , Houston, TX, United States

TIME: Friday, February 23, 7–9:30 p.m. CST LOCATION: Antidote Coffee, 729 Studewood St, Houston, TX 77007 (map) FEATURING: Kendra Preston Leonard, Ph.D. COST: Free for members. $5.00 for nonmembers. Become a member here. REGISTRATION: To become a reader sign up here. Sign-ups are open to all and on a first come, first served basis. Please […]

$5

Public Poetry Reading Series Featuring Raneem Bakir Alia, Jeremy Eugene, Lupe Mendez, Kaitlin Rizzo

Alief Neighborhood Center 11903 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, TX, United States

Join us IN-PERSON at the Alief Neighborhood Center on March 2, from 2-4pm, for our monthly poetry reading and open mic! Our host Võ Đức Quang will introduce our featured poets: Raneem Bakir Alia, Jeremy Eugene, Lupe Mendez, Kaitlin Rizzo. And of course, all attendees are welcome to join the open mic portion of the […]

Free

Workshop Houston Spring Showcase

Workshop Houston's Dance Shop 3615 Sauer St, Houston, TX, United States

Come celebrate another 6 week Showcase with the youth of Workshop Houston! The will be performances, food, music, and good vibes as demonstrate all of their hard work from the last 6 weeks.

Free

The Love Project Live- Act IV

Anderson Center for the Arts 13334 Wallisville Rd., Houston, TX

Sha Davis Unveils "The Love Project Live- Act IV" Exhibition at The Anderson Center for the Arts Houston, TX — February 29th, 2024 — Acclaimed artist Sha Davis is set to launch her highly anticipated exhibition, "The Love Project Live- Act IV," at The Anderson Center for the Arts on April 6th, 2024. This captivating […]

Free

Kronos Quartet and Sam Green: A Thousand Thoughts

Jones Hall for the Performing Arts 615 Louisiana St., Houston, TX, United States

Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Sam Green (The Weather Underground), in collaboration with Emmy Award®-winning writer and editor Joe Bini (Roman Polanski Wanted and Desired, Grizzly Man), takes the stage with the legendary group Kronos Quartet to create a “live documentary” that chronologically unfolds the quartet’s groundbreaking, continent-spanning, multi-decade career. Wildly creative and experimental in form, A Thousand […]

Event Series Book Reading – Clayton Sparks Leaves His Mark

Book Reading – Clayton Sparks Leaves His Mark

The Health Museum 1515 Hermann Drive , Houston, TX, United States

Abby Gray is the author of Clayton Sparks Leaves His Mark and an advocate for organ donation. Abby’s husband, Reid Gray, received a directed donation liver transplant in January of 2019 from Clayton Sparks. After developing an amazing relationship with Clayton’s parents and learning what a kind and giving person he was, Abby was inspired […]

Free
Event Series Book Reading – Clayton Sparks Leaves His Mark

Book Reading – Clayton Sparks Leaves His Mark

The Health Museum 1515 Hermann Drive , Houston, TX, United States

Abby Gray is the author of Clayton Sparks Leaves His Mark and an advocate for organ donation. Abby’s husband, Reid Gray, received a directed donation liver transplant in January of 2019 from Clayton Sparks. After developing an amazing relationship with Clayton’s parents and learning what a kind and giving person he was, Abby was inspired […]

Free
Event Series Book Reading – Clayton Sparks Leaves His Mark

Book Reading – Clayton Sparks Leaves His Mark

The Health Museum 1515 Hermann Drive , Houston, TX, United States

Abby Gray is the author of Clayton Sparks Leaves His Mark and an advocate for organ donation. Abby’s husband, Reid Gray, received a directed donation liver transplant in January of 2019 from Clayton Sparks. After developing an amazing relationship with Clayton’s parents and learning what a kind and giving person he was, Abby was inspired […]

Free

Iconoclast Sessions at Houston reVision!

Houston reVision Community Center 6856 Bellaire Blvd., Houston, TX, United States

Come join us for a night of community, poetry and a celebration of the arts!

Free

BIPOC Book Fest

Asia Society Texas Center 1370 Southmore Blvd., Houston, TX, United States

The annual BIPOC Book Fest presented with Inprint, is a celebration centered on underrepresented voices through a showcase of literary works that feature Black, Indigenous, people of color, and other creatives of marginalized communities. Curated with diversity in mind, the festival combines the nostalgia of the book fairs we knew and loved as children with […]

$10