Houston Events:Family-friendly Entertainment

If you prefer advice from a real person on real fun-loving Houston events rather than just a calendar full stuff, you’re in the right place. I’ll try to help you avoid 3 types of events:

• Those where you have to park miles away
• The ones where have to stand in line for hours
• Places where rowdy fans can spoil your day

Those where you have to park a mile away, The ones where have to stand in line for hours Places where rowdy fans can spoil your day

Once you throw out all those events, you pretty much eliminate the lackluster entertainment that ends up costing you way too much while providing very little value in return.

You are still left with plenty of opportunity for exciting, enjoyable and enriching times with friends and family. I put all of the events that happen in H-town into several categories:

• Annual shows
• Special events
• Cultural activities
• Houston Weekend: things to do

Houston Weekend: things to do

There is nothing weak about Houston’s weekly events. I’m not talking about the acts and shows that pass through. This is way cooler stuff to do in Houston that’s happening every weekend. If you are interested in stimulating a harmonious balance within your mind body and spirit, head over to Discovery Green, for a group activity.

Every week you can shape your booty and boost your chakras in the park by joining a fun-loving group of other participants for Yoga, Zumba and other stress eliminating exercises.

Sometimes if the weekends are the only free time n you have, then check out some of these other funtastic things to do in Houston.

• Farmers market
• Second Saturday Buffalo Bayou Boat Rides!
• Recycling Saturdays
• Hermann Park (hike-bike trails-Japanese garden-boat/train rides)
• Plant and Vegetable Gardening Classes

What makes me an expert on events in Houston? I’m glad you asked. It’s that I work here, live here and I've been there and done that, at just about every kind of event happening in the city and a few around the state as well.

Houston's Annual Celebrations

• The Houston Rodeo
• Home And Garden Show
• New Years Celebration
• New Years Celebration
• Chevron Marathon

Special Events in Houston

• Bayou City Art Festival
• Art Car
• Houston Mardi Gras
• Restaurant Week
• DockDogs: Discovery Green
• Buffalo Bayou Regatta
• Free Museum Day
• Tuesday Afternoons Free @ Houston Zoo

Houston Events:Cultural Activities

There is no culcha gap in this city nor a shortage of representation of the diverse ethnicity in H-town. Early Texas settlers were primarily of Irish, Scottish, German and African American descent. Today’s wave of people seeking a new beginning in the Lone Star State are from all over the world. Many of them love to show off the dance, dress and drama, as well as other exciting and entertaining aspects of their cultural heritage.

• ST Patrick's Day
• Juneteenth
• Greek Festival
• Chinese New Year
• Dragon Boat Festival
• Battle of San Jacinto-reenactment
• Black Book Festival
• More Houston Festivals

Thank you for letting me share my knowledge and experience with you about Houston events. You may have a different take on some of the events that’s cool too. Feel free to take time to leave a comment below and share your opinion.

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Kwanzaa Activities

Some of the exciting events in Houston this week are the celebrations surrounding The 45th Season of Kwanzaa. The African American celebration ends just as the International Year of People of African Descent is getting underway in January 2011. The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed this event to promote a greater knowledge of and respect for the rich and diverse African heritage’s and cultures.

Here’s some of the events in Houston where you can participate in the 2010 Kwanzaa activities in the local community.

• Shape Community Center
• Third Ward Multi-purpose Center
• Project Row House
• Blue Triangle Multi-Cultural Center
• Shrine Of The Black Madonna

Kwanzaa has origins in the African first-fruit harvest celebrations and modern roots in a celebration first held in California, in 1965 by US, a cultural organization founded by Dr. Maulana Karenga.

Since the inception of the holiday, Kwanzaa ceremonies have been formal occasions for African Americans to honor their ancestors and the ancient African tradition of spreading the good, the joy and the justice they want to see in the world.

The holiday’s main focus is on seven guiding principles, the “Nguzo Saba”. Each day a separate principle is discussed. They are considered the foundations of building healthy personal relationships and a strong African American community.

The Swahili concepts that make up the 7 tenants of the “Nguzo Saba” are listed below.

• Umoja (Unity): Unity of the family, community, nation, and race.
• Kujichagulia (Self-Determination): The inalienable right to name, define, create and speak for ourselves.
• Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility): To work, build and maintain our community together recognizing that our brothers' and sisters' problems are our problems, and we can solve them together.
• Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics): To build, maintain and own businesses that benefit the community.
• Nia (Purpose): The recognition of the larger vision of collective vocation. The building and developing the greatness within the African American community.
• * Kuumba (Creativity): To inspire others and become innovate so that the community is more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it.
• * Imani (Faith): To believe with all our heart in ourselves, the success of our people, and to respect our parents, our teachers, our leaders.

During Kwanzaa celebrations popular decorations and symbols designed to convey the seven principles are usually placed on a decorative mat.

A unity cup
A long candle holder
Hand made gifts
The tree of gratefulness
A straw mat
Ears of corn (yams or other produce can be used)
Hand made Zawadi (gifts)

These are some of the most popular symbols and Kwanzaa decoration used during events in Houston to illustrate the seven principles as well as posters of the seven principles, and a black, red, and green flag.

Kwanzaa activities serve as a reminder that that each of us have the capacity to use our life as a positive motivating force to impact the world we live in.

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Houston Festivals

People travel from around the world to attend popular Houston festivals and other events in Houston. What they don't realize is that Texans will use any excuse to get together or throw a party. That's why this list is sooo long and the main reason local events like, Bayou City art show, Juneteenth and Cinco de Mayo have been re-branded as week-long festivals.

H-town is a city with stellar reputation for being a fun and fantastic place to visit. If your family or group craves merry making and revelry take them to any of the community, ethnic or unique festivals in Houston.

City Of Houston Events

Some of the largest festivals are holiday celebrations sponsored by the City of Houston.
The Freedom Over Texas, held on the 4th of July,
Mayor's Holiday Celebration held during Christmas season. Some of the other cith functions include:

Veterans Day Parade.
Houston Children's Festival.
International Festival

Community Festivals

Local residents love to attend and hold festivals close to home in their neighborhood. It's an opportunity for neighbors to hang out together and participate in social events that can benefit local businesses, non-profits and popular causes. You'll enjoy yourself at any of the popular neighborhood festivals in Houston.

Westheimer Street Festival
HobbyFest
Historic Heights First Saturdays
Pasadena Strawberry Festival

Ethnic Festivals

Plenty of ethnic festivals are held in Houston. They're a natural by-product of the diverse cultural heritages that have helped to build Space City, Texas. These festivals are great places to learn and experience the food, histories and similarities of various cultures.

Here are a few of the ethnic festivals in Houston.


Juneteenth
Greek Festival
Cinco De Mayo
Houston's Polish Festival
Fiesta Italiana
Chinese New Year

Houston Art Fest

If you're an artist, art lover or patron of the arts, you'll find an ample selection of artistic events each year. They don't just bring out the local art crowd. Members of the art community from across the state show-up to show-off their talents and treasures at these annual festive occasions.

Westheimer Art Festival
Bayou City Art Fest.
Midtown Houston Art Festival
Art Crawl
Galveston Art Crawl

Music Festivals In Houston

Music influences everything. It can be heard everywhere you go in H-town. We have some big time celebrations that bring people together to jam, listen and dance to the music that they love. The summer season is packed full of music festivals.

Houston Jazz Festival
Houston Women's Music Festival
Texas Crawfish & Music Festival
Summer Fest 2010,
Houston Blues Festival
Juneteenth Zydeco & Crawfish Festival
Texas Crawfish & Music Festival
Annual Gospel Music Jubilee
How Sweet the Sound Gospel Choir Competition

Houston Book Events

Houston has a lots of Rodeos and barbecues, but books are part of our culcha too. The literary circles in the Bayou City love to throwdown and celebrate. Some of the literary festivals in Houston are:


Nuestra Palabra
Houston Indie Book Festival
National Black Book Festival

Cinema And Film

The number of film festivals in Houston are growing each year. They run the gambit from independent features and short films to foreign language film productions. Here's some of the celebrations where these cinematic treasures are showcased.

WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival
Houston Comedy Film Festival
Houston Palestinian Film Festival
Texas Black Film Festival
Cinema Arts Festival Houston

Unique Texas Festivals

There's more festivals than you can shake a stick at in Houston. Here are some really unique events that bear mentioning.

Houston Hot Sauce Festival
Via Colori® street painting festival
International Quilt Festival/ Houston
FotoFest
Texas FlyFishers Annual Fly Tying Festival

Local Food And Wine Events

If you're a connoisseur of fine foods, your taste buds will get excited at this list of Houston food festivals. It's a delight to tell you about this list of places to get your eat-on.

Bacon Takedown
French-American Wine and Food Festival
Houston Livestock Show Rodeo Chili Cook Off
Brenham Ice Cream Festival
Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival

Just in case for some strange reason you didn't find a Houston festival that suits your fancy, remember this list gets updated periodically and so check back often.

You can also find the latest details about each of the festivals by following the links to pages that are dedicated to coverage of the individual events on our blog.

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A moving forensic/art exhibit is one of the highlights you can discover during Black History Month in Houston. The Main St Theater, Buffalo Soldiers Museum, the Smithsonian and forensic sculptor Amanda Danning all have a piece to tell in a story that begins with a Buffalo Soldier, Thomas Smith.

You go behind the scene to see the science that drives forensic anthropology. It'll reveal some of the intricate details on how they work with sculptors to examine bones and bodies and uncover the identities and recreate the faces of unidentifiable human remains.

This display focuses on artifacts found at Fort Craig, New Mexico one of the outpost where the Buffalo Soldiers served after the Civil War. This incredible exhibit blends science and art to share the story of how once forgotten soldiers become the center of attention and admiration.

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4816 Main Street
Next To Museum Of Contemporary Crafts

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Free Film Screenings

Black History Month Events in Houston

Free Movie Night@Project Row House

Golf Tournament

Houston Storytellers Meeting



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Houston Area Alliance of Black School Educators (HAABSE)
Golf Tournament – Windrose Golf Club

Texas Southern University's Granville Sawyer Auditorium
The Alley Theatre’s “I Barbara …” Production and Reception
For ticket information call 713-313-7931

Tale Swap at 7 pm
At the Montrose Library, 4100 Montrose Blvd.
3rd Thursdays of each month
6:30 pm social and begin
Guests are always welcome and there is never a charge.These gatherings are open to anyone interested in listening to or telling stories.

Project Row House
2521 Holman St.
Fri., Feb. 12th
Event begins: 6:45 PM
2521 Holman St.

Film Screening
Lords of the Revolution

Following the movie, Ayanna Ade and Veron (Sensei) Benton, two Houston Alumni of the Black Panther Party, will lead a discussion on the significance of this historic organization and their commitment to keep its legacy alive

Rice Media Center
6100 Main St
Houston, Texas


The Eyes Of Me
Produced by Keith Maitland and Patrick Floyd
Animation by Jason Archer and Paul Becka

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Come and be a part of one of the exciting events in Houston happening this weekend at the downtown Houston public library. It's a free Yoga session with Sharon Miller. Other fun and relaxing activities happening in the Bayou City include, watching TUTS (Theater Under The Stars) at Millers Outdoor Theater, or if you prefer the comforts of an indoor venue, SWAMP (Southwest Alternative Media Project) has free movie screenings over at the U Of H College of Architecture.

Free Yoga In Houston

Yoga focuses on combining breathing exercises, meditation and with Yoga movements and poses to achieve a deeper state of relaxation to allow the brain to quiet and the body ceases to exert movement or effort.

In order to relax, you need to trigger your relaxation response. Many practitioners of Yoga claim that results from even a low to moderate level of yoga exercises provide a perfect stress fighting routine, after experiencing a challenging personal crisis or stressful daily event.

Yoga is not just a set of exercises but an entire philosophy of being with the goal of achieving peace of mind and body. A typical Yoga class begins with active poses and ends with a brief restorative pose, savasana, to prepare the student to re-enter the outside world.

Stress Prevention Exercises

The more you do it, the more it can work as a preventative measure rather than a cure. We're faced with stress, all around us. The daily events in Houston encountered by a typical urban dweller, makes us more sensitive to stress than others. The upside is that we can dramatically benefit from using Yoga, an ancient practice that's giving modern man a better way to deal with blues, blahs and stress in the 21st Century.

There aren't many events in Houston where you can actually leave feeling vibrant and recharged instead of physically and financially drained. This free Yoga class is one of them; it may just be the pick me up your mind, body and soul has been screaming for.

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I have a new list this week of some incredible events in Houston that are happening. I've named them the three T's. A couple of the affairs will take place during the evening, but if you have some time during the day to get out and about, I've got you covered too.

The Progressive Forum

The forum allows America's most notable speakers from every field of endeavor to share their unique views on today's hottest topics.

Their talks are the ideal place for professionals in Houston to exchange enlightening, enriching, ideas and network with others who support egalitarian values.

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Tuesday, the Baylor College Of Medicine invites you to participate in a Spirituality & Mental Health Forum & Dinner. Panelists include psychoanalyst and Director of Educational Programs at Baylor College of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry, James Lomax, MD, Rufus Smith and others to discuss the intersection of religion, spirituality, and healing.

This mental health symposium brings mental healthcare workers, friends and family members of people suffering from this ailment, up to speed on the latest developments in the industry.

Tours In Houston

The final "T" of this week is the guided tours in Houston. You'll walk the tunnel system, downtown Historic District, hitch a ride on the Metrorail Train and a lot more. The tours get started at 9:45 and last until after lunch.

Get more facts about this Houston event at Midtown Live Houston Tours section from earlier this month, detailing more facts about the various tours they offer periodically.

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Did you know Earth Day is actually this week on April 22. I know I know, the official Houston event was cerebrated a couple of weeks ago.

I guess you can say it was repurposed to a more convenient time. Well I don't make the decisions I just call'em like I see'em.

Just remember to recycle, reuse and reduce wasteful consumption whenever you can.

Moneyweek Activities In Houston


The Midtown Live "event du jour" is Moneyweek Houston, which promotes financial literacy through various classes, seminars and numerous public events.

Local schools, libraries government agencies and businesses have all teamed up this week to shine the light on this dark and mysterious subject .
You can find a seminars or other events that will address financial literacy for just about every income level and budget at the webspace for Moneyweek Houston.

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One of Houston's timeliest events is happening this week, The Housing Employment Resources Expo.

The (H.E.R.E) Expo allows disable Houstonians an opportunity to meet with several prospective employers, representatives from various housing entities and other vital resource agencies.

Discussions and workshops will be held on:

Home Ownership and Down Payment Assistance

Home Accessibility and Repair Programs

Landlord / Tenant Rights ... Micro-Lending and Starting a New Business

If you or someone you know is disable and can benefit from information pertaining to housing and employment issues, come out and be a part this important downtown Houston event at George R Brown Convention Center, Houston TX, Feb 11, 2009.

African American History In Houston-InterActive Theater


The Interactive Theater serves up a piece of African American history this month, performing "Harriet Tubman's Freedom Train".

The historical drama may seem pale in comparison with the real life adventures of Harriet Tubman a fearless runaway slave, who became a heroine by helping hundreds of slaves free themselves from bondage through clandestine trails and backroads, better known as the underground railroad.

A virtually undetected part of the southern escape route ran from Texas to Mexico, little if any information exists about how it functioned or how many African Americans quietly blended into the Mexican populace during the mid-1800's.

African American history month in Houston should always bare reminders of the harrowing adventures of Tubman and the other conductors and safe havens that operated along the underground railroad.

45th Annual RV Show



It's that time again Houston. The Houston RV Show is at Reliant Park this week . This is the largest RV show in Texas with more than 600 units on display.

Come out and be enlightened by information from the pros on:

“RV Towing and Performance”

“Mobile Technology”

and lots more to enhance your RV experience.

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Free Black History Events In Houston

The African American Library at the Gregory School is looking for Houstonians who have valuable and interesting pieces of history such as rare photos of family members, important individuals and events. They realize that these items are precious, so they have developed a special project as a way for all Houstonians to contribute to the collection at Houston African American Library housed at the Gregory School.

Appointments to participate in the scanning project can be made by calling Ingrid Grant at 832-393-1364.

Reliant Park

If you don't mind taking a short train ride from Midtown Houston to Reliant park this week, you'll get a chance to take your kids to see Elmo, Zoe, Telly and friends explore Big Bird's garden. Sesame Street Live- Elmo's Green Thumb features dancing ladybugs, beautiful butterflies and grouchy beetles to give kids a handy lessons on patience, overcoming their fears and the importance of even creepy crawly creature in our ecosystem.

Houston Hobby Center

The Hobby Center has set the stage in downtown Houston for Broadway Across America's acclaimed traveling show, "The Bronx Tale".

The story introduces 18 vivid characters to bring life to a gripping tale of a rough childhood on the Bronx streets. The Broadway hit stars Chazz Palminteri, an incredible actor with a distinct voice with shows nightly until Feb 8th.

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