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Artist Talk: When You Invent the Ship, You Also Invent the Shipwreck

Throughline 3909 Main St, Houston, TX, United States

Throughline member artists Garland Fielder and Gabriel Martinez will discuss their work in the exhibition, "When You Invent the Ship, You Also Invent the Shipwreck". The works in the exhibition address threats humanity faces and the fear they engender. Paintings, drawings, photography and sculpture look toward the systems that have facilitated naturally occurring and human-engineered […]

Free

Gothic Story Elements

Sabine Street Studios 1907 Sabine Street Studios, Houston, TX, United States

INSTRUCTOR: Angélique Jamail TIME: Saturday, September 7, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. CDT PRICE: Early bird price: $45 for members, $60 for nonmembers. The deadline for early bird pricing is Sunday, September 1. After Sunday, September 1: $55 for members, $70 for nonmembers. Become a member here. Apply for a scholarship here. LOCATION: Hybrid. Writespace, 1907 […]

Gulf Coast September Reading

Lawndale Art Center 4912 Main St., Houston, TX, United States

Literary reading with author Jasminne Mendez and University of Houston Creative Writing Graduate Students Bo Hee Moon, Alexander Lazarus Wolff, and Miles Farrell.

Free

Imperilled by Election Anxieties

NOKturne 17062 Saturn Lane, Houston, TX, United States

Presidential elections are upcoming. We know the frustration and anxiety associated with choosing new leadership. This event is poetry open mic and free flow related to electoral protest. Come out and have engaging discussion and experience, perhaps meeting new people!

Free

Blackout Poetry as a Spiritual Practice

The Jung Center of Houston 5200 Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX, United States

Discover how easy it can be to get out of your head and connect with the wisdom of the heart. In the mid-1500’s, St. Ignatius of Loyala developed a series of prayers and imaginative exercises anticipating some of the most important findings of depth psychology – that our inner lives are composed of many different […]

$30 – $35
Event Series Interactive Story Time with Stacey Allen

Interactive Story Time with Stacey Allen

Discovery Green Labranch at Lamar, Houston, TX, United States

Hear author and performance artist, Stacey Allen, as she reads from her book, "A Little Optimism Goes a Long Way," that depicts how a young girl uses dance to develop self confidence. Participants will be learn fun dance moves and participate in art activities. September 14th at 11AM- 12PM McGovern-Stella Link Neighborhood Library 7405 Stella […]

Event Series Inprint Dual-Language Weekend Workshop

Inprint Dual-Language Weekend Workshop

Inprint 1520 West Main Street, Houston, TX, United States

Led by writing duo MARIBEL BELLO & DILLON SCALZO, both award-winning writers pursuing PhD's in Creative Writing in Spanish at the University of Houston, this dual language workshop will be in Spanish and English, however all languages are welcome. Our creative process will be inspired by our own movements to generate writing in a fun […]

Free

This Stabbing Shard: Music and Poetry From Oppression to Hope

Cullen Hall, University of St Thomas 4001 Mt Vernon, Houston, TX, United States

Join Duo Dramatique (Dominika Dancewicz, violin & Andrew Schneider, piano) for a riveting evening of music and poetry. The artists will share music and words by composers and writers who evocatively express their take on various forms of political oppression, be it war, poverty, or racial and social prejudice, or who bring forth a strong […]

Free
Event Series Inprint Dual-Language Weekend Workshop

Inprint Dual-Language Weekend Workshop

Inprint 1520 West Main Street, Houston, TX, United States

Led by writing duo MARIBEL BELLO & DILLON SCALZO, both award-winning writers pursuing PhD's in Creative Writing in Spanish at the University of Houston, this dual language workshop will be in Spanish and English, however all languages are welcome. Our creative process will be inspired by our own movements to generate writing in a fun […]

Free

Architecture Walk: Woodland Heights

Woodland Heights Neighborhood Woodland Heights Neighborhood, Houston, TX, United States

The William A. Wilson Realty Co. began developing Woodland Heights in 1907 on 136 acres of land that was once part of John Austin's Mexican land grant. The neighborhood was one of Houston's first "streetcar suburbs" — a streetcar line ran from downtown along Houston Avenue to just outside the Woodland Heights gates, enabling working-class […]

$7 – $10

Searching for Belonging: Being Jewish and Latina/o/x in Postwar America

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

This presentation explores the histories and experiences of Latin American Jewish immigrants in the United States. Comparing two cities—Miami and Houston—Dr. Mark Goldberg will examine what it has meant to belong to two ethnic communities as immigrants in the late 20th century. In both places, Jewish Latina/o/xs built tight-knit, vibrant communities where they could embrace […]

Free

Milan Kundera Book Club Discusses The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

Czech Cultural Center Houston (Czech Center Museum Houston) 4920 San Jacinto, Houston, TX, United States

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Please join us for the last in a series of events exploring the work of Milan Kundera (1929-2023), the Czech writer whose books became an international phenomenon. During the Soviet domination of Czechoslovakia, Kundera reminded the world of his native country’s central place in European culture. His formative influences […]