Each week Houstonist does our best to pull together -ist approved events happening right here in the Bayou City. Talk about service. Geesh! Seriously, what WOULD you do without us?
Monday, Jan 15
MLK Day Activities
MLK Grande Parade, Downtown, 10am
Black Heritage Society Parade, Downtown, 2pm
Houston Calling Happy Hour Showcase
Featuring Arthur Yoria, Mansion, and Blades
The Proletariat 7-10pm
NOTE: This event has been rescheduled for Monday, January 22nd. Same Bands. Same time. Same Place.
Tuesday, Jan 16
Flip the Script - The Devil Made Me Do It
In conjunction with the Houston Grand Opera's Winter production, the MFAH offers a lecture on films that share the theme of Gounod´s Faust. Find out why some dare to sell their souls to the Devil.
Museum of Fine Arts
6:30 Reception, 7:30 Lecture
Wednesday, Jan 17
Rice Design Alliance: Design Goes Mainstream
This insightful and delightful series explores how companies such as Target, IKEA, and Apple have driven consumer design revolutions. This Wednesday features Suzanne Trocme Special Projects Editor, Wallpaper* Magazine.
MFAH Brown Auditorium, 7:00 pm
single tickets start at $7
Thursday, Jan 18
Beer Can House Happy Hour
Help restore the world famous Beer Can House and support the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art all while enjoying free beer at this Thursday happy hour! The happy hour is actaully a series that will take place every Thursday in January. If you miss it this week, there's always next week!
Beer Can House, 6 - 9 pm
FREE
Sake Lounge Re-Launch Party
Bringing Sake Back....to downtown. Head downtown for the re-lauch party of this Bayou Place sushi bar. Drinks, Food, Music. Yum. Miso Hungry!
Sake Lounge Downtown on Bayou Place, 6:30-9pm
FREE
Friday, Jan 19
Mosaic Lounge Grand Opening
With the success of recently opened RocBar, Mosaic gives it a go right next door. Come be one of the first to check out this soon to be Downtown hot spot.
Mosaic Lounge, 530 Texas Ave.
Downtown Bayou Place
Saturday, Jan 20
Mixed Media at MFAH
It's back! If you made it out to one of last year's Starbuck's Mixed Media Series at the MFAH, featuring Basquiat, you understand the excitement in our voice, er, keyboard. If you missed it, you probalby kicked yourself. Don't resort to self-mutilation. This year, the series showcases the Hélio Oiticica: The Body of Color exhibit.
featuring Flosstradamus,Vic Vegas & Mr Bristle,Ceeplus & the House of Bad Knives,YPPAH
Museum Fine Arts, Weiss Building, 9:00 pm - 1:00 am
MFAH members free, students $10, non-members $15
Sunday, Jan 21
Ben Franklin: In Search of a Better World - EXHIBIT ENDING
He drew lightning from the sky, helped establish the first public hospital, university and library, and went on to shape an independent and unified nation. Don't miss this fun exhibit before it leaves the HMNS.
Fun Fact: our buddy Ben celebrates his 301st b-day this Tuesday. Wonder how he lit those candles in the dark?
through January 21st
Houston Museum of Natural Science
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FYI, the Houston Calling happy hour tonight has been canceled due to weather (got an email from David Cobb stating that about an hour ago).
big ups to the MFAH for these events, ain't nothing like drinking and dancing to big time sounds , AND getting your art on with the artsies. i only missed 1 last year (sorry OBEY). guaranteed good time, here's the scoop on flosstradamus:
Our boys in Flosstradamous throw the type of parties where people lose their sh*t so uncontrollably, it's like a spastic's convention. They also know their way around a mash-up, as their fierce, fearless new mix CD shows. Like Hollertronix before them, they rip up hip-hop into everything they can get their hands on -- you need to hear their Twista/Sigur Ros jam. Here's them taking Bloc Party's "Heliocopter" on a trip being led by David Banner, Lil' Wayne, Dem Franchise Boys and freaking L Trimm.
http://www.vicerecords.com/download/floss_bloc.mp3
That sounds awesome. iam really glad there is a site like this in Houston. i'am new to Houston and so glad to see that there is so many things to do and see. This MFHA sounds like a good mix of people. I will be there. More people in Houston need to read your site and be in touch with their own city. I hear a lot from other people that there is not much going on in Houston.....HELLO Houston OPEN YOUR EYES AND READ THE HOUSTONIST. DONT Be that person!!!!!
Keep up the good work Monica...thanks for caring about H town.
Chris