This Weekend In Houston

Earth Day In Houston

The Houston Earth Day festival includes environmentally themed activities focused on waking up young and old minds and educating them about the latest sustainable products, green services and tools. This Houston event has plenty to see and do. Some of the happening include:
Farmers market with locally-grown produce
A recycling bin art contest
A display of artistic renditions of 6-yard Waste Management dumpsters

The festival’s goals are aimed at providing fun and innovative ways of bridging the gap between the plethora of information available to consumers and real world solutions on reducing waste, increasing energy efficiency, and new developments in the green economy.

This year's Earth Day Festival in Houston is highlighting land, air, water, sustainability and wildlife habitat. This annual Houston event heightens the opportunity for dialogue between environmentalists, youth, green companies, and artists about the challenges of living in a world with a growing population that is placing a strain on its finite resources,

Heights First Saturday

This weekend make sure your plans includes some facetime at the Heights First Saturday Art market in Houston. This monthly event showcases some of the best local paintings, sculptures, photography, jewelry and handcrafted items


This Houston event is a great family-friendly activity that will have some of the hottest live music and delicious fare in the city. Open year-round on the first Saturday of each month, the market gets started around 11 a.m. and wraps up about 6 p.m. September through May and from 6-10 p.m. from June through August.

More Houston Weekend Events

Miller Outdoor Theater
Fotofest
Avant Garden: Dr. Sketchy , the Anti-Art Class
Waugh Bridge Bat Colony
Easter Egg Hunt - Saturday McGregor Park
Easter Egg Hunt - Sunday Discovery Green

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This Weekend In Houston

Houston festivals includes eco-friendly themed activities for Earth Day to wake up young and old minds and educate them about the latest sustainable products, green services and tools. This Houston event has plenty to see and do. Some of the happening include:
Farmers market with locally-grown produce
A recycling bin art contest
A display of artistic renditions of 6-yard Waste Management dumpsters

The festival’s goals are aimed at providing fun and innovative ways of bridging the gap between the plethora of information available to consumers and real world solutions on reducing waste, increasing energy efficiency, and new developments in the green economy.

This year's Earth Day Festival in Houston is highlighting land, air, water, sustainability and wildlife habitat. This annual Houston event heightens the opportunity for dialogue between environmentalists, youth, green companies, and artists about the challenges of living in a world with a growing population that is placing a strain on its finite resources,



Heights First Saturday

This weekend make sure your plans includes some facetime at the Heights First Saturday Art market in Houston. This monthly event showcases some of the best local paintings, sculptures, photography, jewelry and handcrafted items


This Houston event is a great family-friendly activity that will have some of the hottest live music and delicious fare in the city. Open year-round on the first Saturday of each month, the market gets started around 11 a.m. and wraps up about 6 p.m. September through May and from 6-10 p.m. from June through August.

More Houston Weekend Events

Miller Outdoor Theater
Fotofest
Avant Garden: Dr. Sketchy , the Anti-Art Class
Waugh Bridge Bat Colony
Easter Egg Hunt - Saturday McGregor Park
Easter Egg Hunt - Sunday Discovery Green

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3 Places Houston Couples Should Visit This Fall

There are a lot of places that Houston couples can visit in the fall to avoid the summer crowds and still find plenty of action happening. If you don’t mind skipping some of the fall festivals, you can find just as much entertianment happening at outdoor attractions.

The pleasant temperatures makes it fun to hangout on the local bayous, take short daytrips and explore some of the best kept secrets in the area.

During the seasons when the weather is cooler, it is the best time of the year to experience the marvelous diversity of plant, animal and marine life around Houston.

The Houston arboretum, Armand Bayou Nature Center and Sea Canter Texas are the prefect places to do just that, on a date, or a getaway for people that love nature and the great outdoors.

What’s Happening In Houston This Weekend

There is always plenty happening on weekends at Sea Center Texas. The local attraction combines a fish hatchery, education center and aquaria to create a marine wonderland. The facility is operated by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to promote the wise use and conservation of Texas' marine resources.

Their informative tours, will take you, your wife, partner or spouse into the world of marine animals through it’s wetland exhibit, touch tank and the largest redfish hatchery in the world. They are open weekends til 4p.m with a an abreviated schedule on Sunday’s. Sea Center Texas is located a short drive outside of Houston’s city limits in lovable Lake Jackson.

Armand Nature Center

Your Houston weekend could include spending time at ANC leisurly paddling along during one of one of their canoe tours, enjoying breakfast during an morning boat cruise or a brisk night hike.

The center is on a mission to spread the word that sustaining the the wetlands, prairie, forest and marsh habitats surrounding Armand Bayou are essential to maintaining human life in the area too.

Things For Couples To Do Around Houston

The Houston Arboretum is a sanctuary for plant and animals and its many visitors. They have over 5 miles of trails, educational summer and winter nature camps for kids and programs that teaches adults about natural crafts, art and food.

Houston couples can take advantage of the changing seasons and escape to the great Texas outdoors, even if you do it indoors, at a nature center class, tour or exhibition. When the seasons change into cooler weather, it enhances the quality of the places you visit.

Open daily from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. the Arboretum’s Discovery Room, offers hands-on interactive exhibits, microscopes, touch screens and more ways than one for learning about the habitats that were once abundant in this area.

Around Houston

Savvy Houston couples know that during the Fall, the steamy weather that prompted the vacation season begins its retreat and the crowds usually dwindle down to a trickle. That translates into shorter waits in line and comfortable outdoor environs.


These are just 3 of the many places around Houston that you and your loved one can enjoy well after summer is officially over. If you any pressing questions about these and other exciting places in and around the city leave us a comment and we’ll tell you even more about them.

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Things To Do This Weekend In Houston - First Saturday’s

You can avoid feeling marooned this weekend in Houston by trying some of these cool things to do that can help you escape from those loneliness sharks when they start circling around you. On the first Saturday and Sunday of every month it is the perfect time to take advantage of the many monthly events happening all over the city.

There are plenty of exciting things that you can be a part of from catching the action at the latest art exhibits to some sizzling Salsa dancing. The only way you will be disappointed is if you don’t get out and go where the crowds are thick and lively and let the sharks find someone else for supper. Here is a preview of activities happening on the first weekend of each month.


HBA's Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program

We all have a few legal questions that we would like to ask a lawyer. Take advantage of the Legal Advice Clinics taking place at various community centers throughout Houston on the first Saturday of each month. The clinics are free. They start at 9:00 a.m. and run until 11:30 a.m., You don’t even need an appointment.
To see where they are this weekend visit HBA website



Houston Coffee and Cars

An activity for early birds is the Houston Coffee & Cars meet up, where they feature some kick butt classic and antique automobiles. It’s the perfect place to go to meet other auto enthusiast, get a cool guy to give you a ride in his fancy car or just look at classic cars for free.

Each month a special car is featured. These guys are serious about their love of automobiles and even if you don’t own a classic you could always use a few tips on restoring or maintaining your hooptie.

Here’s where to go to get in on the fun:

Vintage Park Shopping Village
110 Vintage Park
8:00 am to 10:00am

Salsa Dancing In Houston

On the 1st Saturday of the month you have a standing invitation to be a part of the biggest Salsa Social in Houston.

The Houston Salsa Dancers hook up at the Melody Club from 9:00pm to 2:00 am. If you have never tried salsa before, get there around 9:30pm you can get a complimentary salsa lesson.

That should get you started on the good foot. Then stick around to show off your skillz.
Admission $7
address: 3027 Crossview Dr,
Need more details visit melodyclub.net

There is more. If you’re too busy to get away on Saturday’s, there are plenty of events happening on first Sunday’s in Houston. Here are a few that bare mentioning.

Things To Do On First Sunday’s in Houston

Tour Discovery Green

The first Sunday of each month at 1 p.m. you can tour discover Green. The downtown greenspace that more than just a park. It includes restaurants, a playground, jogging trail, picnic area, lake where you can cruise your remote-controlled sailboats, a children’s water attraction and much more.

Like most of Discovery Green’s programs this Sunday event is free. If you get up early there are some regularly scheduled things to do there each weekend. They include hoop fitness, concerts, farmer’s market, other programs for children of all ages.

There are even areas of Discovery Green available for group rental where you through your own get together.

Where To Hookup With Serious Boardgamers In Houston

North Houston Boardgamers "First Sunday" Meetup Event to be held at Cafe Express (the Champions location, on FM 1960, next to Barnes & Noble Books).

Time will be from 2pm until closing at 9m, then anyone who chooses to stay later will (weather permitting) move to the patio outside (or sometimes even another location) to continue playing.

As always you are welcome to come when you want, stay and play, leave when you want!

Free Admission To Houston Museums

Target invites you and your family to see Houston art, pro bono. It’s part of a fabulous weekend affair called Target Free First Sunday’s. You can visit the Children's Museum of Houston, Museum of Fine Arts gratis. Thanks to the generous support they provide to the community.


This is a small sampling of things you can do this weekend in Houston. If you want more cool things to add to your agenda take a look at our Houston event calendar and search the local event lister that has details about fairs and festivals all over the state of Texas.

We know that after visiting a few of these social activities your weekend will leave you glowing instead of feeling grumpy. And give you plenty to talk about with your friends around the water cooler, when you return to work.

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