Free Events Thursday!

Free Events Thursday

I think you know what happens next….Free (and cheap) Events Thursday!!

 

Fire and Ice Carnival at Discovery Green

Friday, Nov. 22nd, 2013 at 6 p.m.

1500 McKinney St.
Houston, TX 77010

The Ice presented by Xfinity opens with a spectacular event celebrating Houston’s creative spirit. Take a spin around the Ice, watch ice sculptors at work, be dazzled by fire-breathing art cars, carve your name in ice, sit in a throne made of ice and watch kids play in snow.

 

Houston Civic Symphony concert featuring Wayne Brooks

Friday, Nov. 22nd, 2013 at 8 p.m.

Morris Cultural Arts Center at Houston Baptist University
7502 Fondren
Houston, TX 77074

Admission is free.  Website: http://www.civicsymphony.org

 

Fresh Arts’ Eighth Annual Winter Holiday Art Market Preview Party and Happy Hour

Friday-Sunday; Nov. 22nd at 6 p.m and Nov. 23rd -24th at 11 am.

Winter Street Studios
2101 Winter Street
Houston, TX 77007

$10 general public for Friday for the Preview Party; free for Fresh Arts members. But if you go on Saturday or Sunday then the admission is free!

Check out their website for more details! http://www.spacetaker.org/wham

 

Yoga on the Plaza

Saturday, Nov. 23rd at 9:00 am

Instructors from Bayou Bliss Yoga will lead a 60-minute invigorating practice of yoga postures (Hatha). This practice focuses on building strength and flexibility through a sequence of flowing postures, followed by meditation.

Bring a towel, yoga mat, and water. The event will be canceled in case of inclement weather.

Rothko Chapel
1409 Sul Ross St.
Houston, TX 77006

$10 suggested donation. Go to their website and look under the “Program” tab then click on “Season by Date” and register there! http://www.rothkochapel.org/index.php

 

11th Annual Dickens on Cypress Creek Christmas Market

Friday-Saturday; Nov. 22nd-23rd at 9:00 am-5 pm.

Cypress Creek Christian Church
6823 Cypresswood Dr.
Spring, TX 77379

Shop nearly 80 vendors and artists of crafts, merchandise, collectibles, antiques and food in an ambiance with a Victorian flair. A raffle benefiting the Pipe Dreams Organ Project, a project raising funds for a pipe organ in the Centrum, will be held hourly with more than 80 market items being given away. Tickets for the raffle range from $1 to $5 for 6 tickets.

 

21st Annual Artcrawl Houston

Saturday, Nov. 23rd, 2013 at 10 a.m-9 pm.

Mother Dog Studios
712 Walnut St.
Houston, TX

The original cluster of artists’ warehouses straddling downtown open their doors during Artcrawl Houston 2013. More than 180 artists and art organizations are participating in this free event.

 

Mercury presents Napoleon and the Battle of Nations

Saturday, Nov. 23rd, 2013 at 8 p.m

Wortham Theater Center
501 Texas St.
Houston, TX 77002

Box Office Hours: Mon-Fri 8am – 5pm

Tickets start at $10.

Join the brave and the unprecedented Napoleon on his grand quest — and penultimate defeat — in the Battle of Nations, a program that includes Haydn’s Mass in the Time of War and Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture. The concert, led by maestro Antoine Plante, features the University of Houston Concert Chorale.

 

Houston Symphony presents Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4

Thursday, Nov. 21st, 2013 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 23rd, 2013 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 24th, 2013 at 2:30 p.m.

Jones Hall
615 Louisiana St.
Houston, TX 77002

Tickets: $25-$119. Visit their website at http://www.houstonsymphony.org/ or call at 713-224-7575 for tickets!

 

SonKiss’d Dance Theater presents InTime

Friday, Nov. 22nd, 2013 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 23rd, 2013 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 24th, 2013 at 6 p.m.

Houston ARTreach Studios
1930 Scott St.
Houston, TX 77003

Tickets are $7.30 and can be purchased at http://www.sonkissd.com/index.html
Produced by Christopher (YungChris) Thomas. InTime is a hands-on, face-to-face, intimate and inspiring experience between the audience and performers through contemporary and street dance, live painting, live music and spoken word.

Free Events Thursday!

Free Events Thursday

Guess what day it is….Free Events Thursday!

 

Starbucks: Buy 1, Get 1 Free!

November 13-17 2-5pm (Sorry! Had to put this up! It’s free…kinda)

Lunch + Look “Favorite Highlights” at Museum of Fine Arts

Friday, Nov 15 at 1:00 pm

Museum of Fine Arts
1001 Bissonnet St.
Houston, TX 77005

(713) 639-7300 ( I don’t know how much it is so here’s their number if you need it. Or you can look on their website)

Explore some of the best-known and best-loved works in the MFAH collections on this 45-minute tour.

Jazz Orchestra with Terence Blanchard

Friday, November 15, 2013 7:30 pm

Moores Opera House

3800 Cullen Blvd
Houston, TX 77004

It’s $12 to attend

The Music of Terence Blanchard: World renowned trumpeter/composer/band leader and Blue Note recording artist joins forces with the Moores School Jazz Orchestra.

HTX Bike Fest

Saturday, November 16, 2013 10:00 am

Market Square Park
300 Travis
Houston, TX 77002

Hosted by Black Gold Cycling, this festival brings cyclists and bike enthusiasts from all over the city to celebrate their favorite mode of transportation: bikes! The event kicks-off with an all-day swap meet boasting more than 50 vendors focused on the bike friendly lifestyle and will feature a variety of demos from various bike sports such as bike polo, bmx/fixed gear freestyle, various cycling contests, a huge obstacle race course and sprint contests presented by Texas Gold Sprint’em.

2013 HEART & STROKE WALK

 Saturday, November 16, 2013 at 9:00 am

Reliant Park
1 Reliant Park
Houston, TX 77054

Register here: http://heartwalk.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=1050550

Second Annual Mediterranean Film Festival

Friday, November 15, 2013 – Monday, November 18, 2013
7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Rice Cinema Film Auditorium Rice Media Center
Rice University
6100 Main St
Houston, Texas, USA

This year we return with the second annual festival of films from around and about the Mediterranean Sea. All of last year’s nations – Greece, Turkey, Israel, Turkey, France, and Italy – will again be represented, plus several new entries, Slovenia and Croatia. Opening night and reception will be November 15, 2013 at 6:00 p.m.

For a schedule of films please visit: http://ricecinema.rice.edu/Events.aspx

Shepherd School of Music

Tea for Two: A Chamber Music Tea with The Shepherd Society

Sunday, November 17, 2013

2:00 pm-4:00 pm

Alice Pratt Brown Hall
Rice University
6100 Main St
Houston, Texas, USA

Call 713-348-3492 for more information or please visit theshepherdsociety.org

 

A delightful afternoon of chamber music, tea and scones. 

‘Music From Vienna: Early, Middle, and Late’
Program: Prokofiev Quintet in G minor, Op. 39; Haydn String Quartet in G Major, Op. 77 No. 1

 

Free Events Thursday!

Free Events Thursday

Got a free weekend? Here are some things you can do this weekend!

 

The Nutcracker Market 

Friday-Sunday, November 8-10 starting at 10:00 am

Reliant Center
1 Reliant Park
Houston, TX 77054

Check out their website!

Ok I’m breaking a rule here by telling you this one isn’t free. I know! I know! But it only costs $13 to attend and $14 at the door. Plus who wouldn’t want to go? Once in a while I might put something up that is really cheap instead of being completely free. Which means I might have to change the title to the blog category…maybe not.

 

Mosaic’s Champagne Chat

2437 University Blvd
Houston, TX 77005

Register on Facebook!

 

Rice Theatre: Midsummer Night’s Dream

Friday, November 8 at 7:30 pm

Rice University

6100 Main, Houston, Texas 77005-1827

 

Street Art Cinema: Stick ‘Em up and Vigilante VIGILANTE

Saturday, November 9, at 7:00 pm

2402 Munger
Houston,TX 77023
http://www.orangeshow.org
713-926-6368

It’s $15 dollars to attend

 

Create Art in an Urban Backyard

For those of you who have kids.

Saturday, November 9 from 11 am-5 pm

Foelber Pottery Gallery & Studios

706 Richmond

Old-Fashioned Art Fair at Foelber Pottery Gallery & Studio. Lots of fun planned in Foelber’s urban backyard including pottery demonstrations, Adobe wall creation, kids’ activities, Raku Kiln firings, music, refreshments, and more.

 

Harry Connick, Jr. at Jones Hall

Saturday November 9th at 8 p.m.

Jones Hall for the Performing Arts, 615 Louisiana

For information, call 713-227-4772 or visit spahouston.org. $42 to $110. (This one definitely isn’t free)

 

Documentary on the Houston Ballet

Sunday, November 10th at 4 pm

The Houston Cinema Arts Festival is presenting a free screening Sunday of the documentary Houston Ballet: Breaking Boundaries. Seats are first-come, first-serve and not guaranteed. Go to the Houston Cinema Arts Festival website for more information.

 

Pop Shop Houston’s “Mini Pops” Market

Sunday, Nov. 10th, 2013 at noon

Pavement Clothing
1657 Westheimer Rd.
Houston, TX 77006

http://www.popshophouston.com

Looks really neat!

A block party with live bands, a braid bar and do-it-yourself workshops. Guests will find awesome digs at the Pavement sidewalk sale while Leopard Lounge offers a selection of collectible vintage clothing. The Golden Grill will also be on site.

 

Here’s something you can do on Monday for the Veterans if you’re available.

Houston Salutes American Heroes Veterans Day Celebration and Parade

Monday, Nov. 11th, 2013 at 10 a.m.

Hermann Square Park – City Hall
900 Smith Street
Houston, TX 77002