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::Nights on Blue Bayou: DeKam vs Nalepa:: We know, we know. You're ALL gonna be at the Houstonist 2nd Burfday Happy Hour tonight at Monsoon. So why should we bother even telling you what else there is to do tonight? Why? Because, well, you gotta have somewhere to stumble to when our tab runs out. A spectacle beneath the bridges of the Sabine Promenade on the banks of the Buffalo Bayou, this environmental light and... more ›

::Nights on Blue Bayou: City Soundscapes:: Tonight brings us the second installment of the Buffalo Bayou Partnership's Nights on Blue Bayou series. An awesomely unique event, that brings Houstonians to the banks of Buffalo Bayou for a neighborhood block party-esque event under the stars. Nights on Blue Bayou: CITY SOUNDSCAPES is a multi-dimensional series of events on the banks of the bayou, beneath the historic Sabine Street Bridge, presented by the University of Houston Cynthia... more ›

Houston's Theater District is having an Open House this Sunday, August 26th from noon to 5PM, while also hosting Taste of Downtown, meaning there's lots to sample for free, free, free! Besides about 40 million performances, there will also be backstage tours, sneak previews of the 2007-2008 Theater District seasons, Q&A's with performers, activities for the kids such as costume trunks and an instrument petting zoo, free refreshments, season ticket information booths and lots... more ›

Have you ever wondered how a bat sleeps? How much food a bat can eat in one hour? Or how a bat contributes to the ecosystem? Yeah, niether have we. But now we're curious. This Friday night, beginning at dusk, learn the answers to these questions as you board the Bayou Breeze Pontoon Boat and observe the emergence of approximately 250,000 bats from Waugh Street Bridge. And you thought Austin was the only city with... more ›

Spend the Night on Blue Bayou Join the Buffalo Bayou Partnership tonight as they kick-off a year long series of stargazing, boat rides, storytelling and more along the Sabine-to-Bagby Promenade. The newest addition (and possibly our favorite) to the Buffalo Bayou hike and bike and trails, gives Houstonians multiple access points to bayou canoeing. The awarding-winning, and might we add, spectacular-looking, unique blue lighting creates a much needed outdoor friendly environment for nearby downtown,... more ›

Houstonist is a big fan of the developing parkway system along Buffalo Bayou downtown. The sections that are finished seem very well done, and walking along the bayou from Sabine Street to Allen's Landing — yes, it can be done — gives you a completely new look at the city. Unfortunately, it also gives you a look at a whole lot of trash, as the Chronicle notes today: a parade of aluminum cans, plastic bags, paper, styrofoam containers and other refuse floats down the bayou and collects on its banks, which makes for a not-so-pretty sight. And guess what? You might be contributing to it: more ›

When we heard that the Sabine to Bagby Promenade along Buffalo Bayou was underwater during Monday's storms, just over a week after it opened, we couldn't help but wonder what the park would look like when the waters receded. Sure, we knew the permanent fixtures would make it, but we worried that all the nice landscaping would have floated out to sea. But, as it turns out, it didn't: Aside from some silt and trash that the water deposited, the park looks as good as new, the Chronicle reports. more ›

A Houstonist reader recently wrote to ask about an art installation along Buffalo Bayou: more ›

So here's a civic project to get excited about: Tonight, Buffalo Bayou Partnership will host "Blue Bayou," a party to celebrate the opening of the Sabine to Bagby Promenade, a new park along Buffalo Bayou from downtown to the Sabine Street Bridge. The $15 million park — which doubles as a flood-control project — includes 2 miles of hike and bike trails linking the Allen Parkway/Memorial Drive trails with Sesquicentennial Park, 12 new street-to-bayou stairways... more ›

Houstonist couldn’t begin posting fast enough to talk about our new favorite neighbors, the colony of Mexican freetail bats living under the Waugh Drive bridge over Buffalo Bayou. The 250,000 bats come out from under the bridge at sunset, heading toward downtown to feed on moths, mosquitoes and unsuspecting secretaries. This is actually a patriotic thing: The Mexican freetail is the official state flying mammal of Texas. Which Houstonist already knew, of course. What’s unusual... more ›