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Join us as we celebrate We Below Here: Gentrification, White Spacemaking and a Black Sense of Place with Shani Adia Evans!
EVENT DEETS
When: Wednesday, May 14
Where: Kindred Stories (2310 Elgin Street, Unit 2, HTX, 77004)
How: RSVP ONLY to reserve your seat or RSVP WITH BOOK to support the author as well as our bookstore. There are free limited RSVP ONLY seats so please be mindful before you RSVP.
ABOUT THE BOOK
A landmark study that shows how Black residents experience and respond to the rapid transformation of historically Black places.
Although Portland, Oregon, is sometimes called “America’s Whitest city,” Black residents who grew up there made it their own. The neighborhoods of Northeast Portland, also called “Albina,” were a haven for and a hub of Black community life. But between 1990 and 2010, Albina changed dramatically—it became majority White.
In We Belong Here, sociologist Shani Adia Evans offers an intimate look at gentrification from the inside, documenting the reactions of Albina residents as the racial demographics of their neighborhood shift. As White culture becomes centered in Northeast, Black residents recount their experiences with what Evans refers to as “White watching,” the questioning look on the faces of White people they encounter, which conveys an exclusionary message: “What are you doing here?” This, Evans shows, is a prime example of what she calls “White spacemaking”: the establishment of White space—spaces in which Whiteness is assumed to be the norm and non-Whites are treated with suspicion—in formerly non-White neighborhoods. Evans also documents Black residents’ efforts to create and maintain places for Black belonging in White-dominated Portland. While gentrification typically describes socioeconomic changes that may have racial implications, White spacemaking allows us to understand racism as a primary mechanism of neighborhood change. We Belong Here illuminates why gentrification and White spacemaking should be examined as intersecting, but not interchangeable, processes of neighborhood change.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shani Adia Evans is assistant professor of sociology at Rice University.
ABOUT THE INTERLOCUTOR
Jaison Oliver is a community organizer who brings people and institutions together to facilitate collaborative policymaking and drive community-led change. He is the Founder & Principal of Selden Resources and leads the Third Ward Cultural District in Houston, TX. Jaison is a Detroit native and an alumnus of Yale University.
https://kindredstorieshtx.com/products/irl-author-talk-spilling-the-tea-with-brenda-jackson-april-1-7pm
Celebrate Brenda Jackson's 150th book, Spilling the Tea!
EVENT DEETS
When: Tuesday, May 15 @ 7PM
Where: Kindred Stories Reading Garden (2304 Stuart Street, HTX, 77004)
How: RSVP WITH BOOK
ABOUT THE BOOK
Ninety-something Mama Laverne is determined to find all of her great-grandchildren their perfect match before going home to glory. So far, her success rate is 100 percent—and she intends to keep it that way.
Ninety-something-year-old Felicia Laverne Madaris, known in the family as Mama Laverne, is determined to find all of her great-grandchildren the perfect match before she goes home to glory. So far, her success rate is 100 percent, and she intends to keep it that way.
After sustaining injuries in Iraq, US Army Ranger Chancellor (Chance) Madaris was told he’d never walk again. Chance credits his great-grandmother, Mama Laverne, with giving him the will and fortitude to heal and prove the doctors wrong. He has a healthy respect for her meddling ways and knows he’ll eventually end up next on her matchmaker’s list.
When Zoey Pritchard was eight, she survived a car accident that left both her parents dead. She was sent to live with her great-aunt who refused to speak about her parents. Zoey has no memory from before the crash, but she’s been having the same dream over and over…
Guided by nothing but a hunch and images from her dream, Zoey travels to Houston. Searching for answers, Zoey uncovers a scandal involving her parents and the wealthy and powerful Madaris family. Her trail leads her straight to Chance’s door. The dislike and intense attraction are instant and simultaneous. Was it chance or Mama Laverne’s plan to throw this pair together?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
BRENDA JACKSON is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than one hundred contemporary multicultural romance novels, including the Madaris Family series, the Westmorelands series, and The Playas series. She was the first African-American author to have a book published under the Harlequin/Silhouette Desire line and the first African-American romance author to hit both the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists in the series romance genre. Many of her books have been adapted into movies. Brenda lives in Jacksonville, Florida, and divides her time between family, writing and traveling. brendajackson.net.
https://www.crawfishandbrews.com/
An annual crawfish party celebrating Houston's rich culture and community. Pull up for crawfish, beer, music and good times.
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/malcolm-x-100th-birthdayself-determination-weekend-517--51925
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE National Black United Front 2428 Southmore Houston, Texas 77004
Saturday, May 17, 2025 Malcolm X Festival/FEED the HOOD 3pm - 7pm Speakers, Edutainment, Food, Family Fun
Vendors Contact 832-671-1830
Sunday, May 18, 2025 Self-Determination Community March 4pm Direct Walking Outreach to the community
Monday, May 19, 2025 Community Forum Malcolm X legacy for 2025 7pm
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/alpha-ice-cold-springfest-2025-tickets-1265617629399
Join the Ice Cold brothers of the Alpha Eta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. for the 16th Annual Ice Cold Springfest Crawfish Boil & Fish Fry. We will be IN-PERSON at the Bayou City Event Center.
Meal sales are PRE-SALE ONLY.
Entertainment by DJ Kayenne.
https://www.discoverygreen.com/signature-experiences/jazzy-sundays-in-the-parks/
Three Houston parks are teaming up to celebrate the Houston musicians who keep the tradition of jazz alive and bopping.
The immensely popular series, Jazzy Sundays in the Parks, returns with a kick off party at Discovery Green on Sunday, Feb 23, from 5 – 7 pm.
Get excited for this year’s fantastic series lineup by enjoying classics from all the groundbreaking eras of jazz: Ragtime, New Orleans Jazz, Big Band / Swing, Bebop, Contemporary and more! Expect standout renditions from Houston greats such as Arnett Cobb, Don Wilkerson, Conrad Johnson and Jewel Brown, as well as timeless classics from the likes of Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong and King Oliver.
The free concert series then moves to Emancipation Park on March 2 with Robert Glasper. See the full lineup below.
Jazzy Sundays celebrates the vibrancy and rich tradition of jazz and the incredible Houstonians who preserve the art form.
All concerts are free and family friendly. Guests are encouraged to bring a blanket or lawn chairs. Food and drink will be available for purchase. A pop-up market will be on site at each park with locally crafted items, food and wearables.
Jazzy Sundays, made possible by a grant from Kinder Foundation, is organized by Discovery Green Conservancy in collaboration with Emancipation Park Conservancy and Buffalo Bayou Partnership.
KTSU is the official media sponsor. ktsuradio.com.
Phillip Pyle, II is the Jazzy Sundays artist for 2025.
JAZZY SUNDAYS IN THE PARK SCHEDULE
The Water Works in Buffalo Bayou Park
105-B Sabine St.
For more information, please visit https://buffalobayou.org/jazzy-sundays
The Live Breathe Fight Tour | Smart Financial Centre, Sugar Land, TX. United States.
https://www.classbookstore.com/events-1/class-bookstore-presents-a-conversation-with-p-djeli-clark
Come through and experience a conversation with author P. Djeli Clark, and professor/pastor, Aswad Walker, about Clark's new book Abeni & The Kingdom of Gold!
Come join us at CLASS Bookstore, for a conversation with author P. Djeli Clark & Professor Aswad Walker, associate pastor of the Shrine of the Black Madonna and professor at UH & TSU, about P. Djeli's latest book, Abeni and the Kingdom of Gold!
Here is some info about P. Djeli Clark:
Phenderson Djéli Clark is the award winning and Hugo, Nebula, Sturgeon, and World Fantasy nominated author of the novels Abeni’s Song and A Master of Djinn, and the novellas The Dead Cat Tail Assassins, Ring Shout, The Black God’s Drums and The Haunting of Tram Car 015. His stories have appeared in online venues such as Tor.com, Daily Science Fiction, Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, Apex, Lightspeed, Fireside Fiction, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and in print anthologies including, Griots, Hidden Youth and Clockwork Cairo. He is a founding member of FIYAH Literary Magazine and an infrequent reviewer at Strange Horizons.
Born in New York and raised mostly in Houston, Texas, he spent the early formative years of his life in the homeland of his parents, Trinidad and Tobago. When not writing speculative fiction, P. Djèlí Clark works as an academic historian whose research spans comparative slavery and emancipation in the Atlantic World. He melds this interest in history and the social world with speculative fiction, and has written articles on issues ranging from racism and H.P. Lovecraft to critiques of George Schuyler’s Black Empire, and has been a panelist and lecturer at conventions, workshops and other genre events.
At current time, he resides in a small Edwardian castle in New England with his wife, daughters, and pet dragon (who suspiciously resembles a Boston Terrier). When so inclined he rambles on issues of speculative fiction, politics, and diversity at his aptly named blog The Disgruntled Haradrim.
Here is some info about Aswad Walker:
Aswad Walker is the associate editor of the Defender Network (Houston), member of the Shrine of the Black Madonna’s National Board of Pastors and associate pastor of Shrine 10 in Houston; lecturer since 2004 in the University of Houston’s African American Studies Department; and author of five books—The 100 th Monkey: Three Tales of Spiritual Revolution (January 2013); Princes Shall Come Out of Egypt: A Comparative Study of the Theological and Ecclesiological Views of Marcus Garvey and Albert B. Cleage Jr. (August 2012), Weapons of Mass Distraction: And Other Sermons for a New World Order (September 2004), and most recently, Stand Your Ground and Annual 0-1.
Aswad, a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin (B.S. in Advertising) and Emory University’s Candler School of Theology (M.Div), has also been published in Dr. Jawanza Clark’s book Albert Cleage Jr. and the Black Madonna and Child, Palgrave Macmillan (2016); the Journal of Black Studies, volume 39, number 2, November 2008; the Frederick Douglass Encyclopedia, “Harper’s Ferry,” Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, December 2009; and UJIMA Magazine, “Making History Today,” University of Houston, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences’ African American Studies Program, Summer 2003. Additionally, Aswad’s scholarship has been cited in Sylvester A. Johnson’s book African American Religions, 1500-2000: Colonialism, Democracy, and Freedom.
Aswad is also the creator and executive producer of Conscious Conversations, a weekly podcast that wrestles with the big issues and ideas of the day from a Pan-African perspective. He is also a regular guest on Mending Threads, a holistic health-focused show produced by Dr. Willie Mae Lewis, director of the Women’s Resource Center, and has appeared on Let It Be Known, the national community affairs show of the NNPA (National Newspaper Association) hosted by journalist Stacy Brown.
Buy a ticket and get a book with it!
There will be a limited supply of books on-hand instore on the day of the event, but they will go fast!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/living-in-wisdom-with-devi-brown-bun-b-tickets-1325977397089
Celebrate Devi Brown's new book, Living In Wisdom: A Path to Embodying Your Authentic Self, Embracing Grief, and Developing Self-Mastery
Presented by Kindred Stories - a Black-owed, women-owned bookstore in Third Ward, Houston, TX.
Line starts at 6:00PM CST. Each ticket includes one signed copy of Living In Wisdom. The book will be available for pickup at the event.
We endure so much over the course of our lives. Some of it is beautiful; some of it traumatic and sometimes, that trauma can keep us from realizing and embracing all the good we cultivate; our successes and achievements and positive relationships.
This book is for those who feel like something in life is missing, like they want to change some aspect of their lives or themselves, but are being held back as they are denying the true origin of these feelings...so they are stuck. They may be high-achievers and externally, their life looks perfect, yet they are struggling to accept themselves, or even like themselves. They lack the tools, self-trust and personal power to make their ideal life real. In this space, Devi Brown offers help for those struggling to recognize the barriers that keep them from experiencing joy, vulnerability, and self-knowledge. Sharing the wisdom she has gathered as a healer and master well-being educator, Brown guides readers along the path to self-mastery through a combination of spirituality, psychology, ancient wisdom traditions, edgy holistic self-care, and her own inspiring and surprising life experiences.
Readers will:
For all those seeking self-improvement, this is an essential manual for getting out of your head and into your life. It is a full-bodied approach to total transformation of mind, body, and spirit. You can heal your life while fully living it. You can learn from life while enjoying it. You can cultivate a stable inner peace even amidst chaos, and release control to find the flow for your life's unique path.
Each ticket includes one signed copy of Living In Wisdom .Your book will be available for pick-up at the event.
NO REFUND OR TRANSFERS
About the Author:
Devi Brown is one of the most sought-after wellness educators and creative advisors in the country. Through her signature blend of advanced meditation, breath work, metaphysical philosophy, spiritual psychology, and holistic trauma-informed facilitation, Devi has touched the lives of countless students, including renowned artists, athletes, and executives of global corporations. She served as the Chief Impact Officer of Chopra Global before founding her own company, Devi Brown Well-Being. She is currently the host of leading spirituality podcast Deeply Well, is the author of Crystal Bliss, and proudly serves on the board of directors at The Omega Institute for Holistic Studies. She lives in Los Angeles with her son.
About Kindred Stories:
Kindred Stories is here to give kids and adults alike a space to explore the wide-open world of literary content and creative works fashioned by black and brown hands. We are a bookstore committed to amplifying Black voices and bringing diverse stories from throughout the African diaspora to our local community in Houston, TX. We are currently located at 2304 Stuart Street, Houston, TX, 77004 in the Third Ward neighborhood in partnership with Project Row Houses. We provide a well curated selection of books and artisan wares to edify the swelling appetites for authentic stories as told by those who have lived them. Learn more about Kindred Stories and shop our online book collection at www.kindredstorieshtx.com.
https://kindredstorieshtx.com/collections/book-clubs/products/may-2025-fiction-book-club-may-22-7pm
We're meeting to discuss The Wedding by Dorothy West!
BOOK CLUB MEETING DEETS
When: Thursday, May 22 @ 7PM CST
Where: Kindred Stories (2304 Stuart Street, HTX, 77004)
How: RSVP ONLY to let us know you plan to attend and RSVP WITH BOOK to purchase your book and support Fiction Book Club!
ABOUT THE WEDDING
In her final novel, “a beautiful and devastating examination of family, society and race” (The New York Times), Dorothy West offers an intimate glimpse into the Oval, a proud, insular community made up of the best and brightest of the East Coast's Black bourgeoisie on Martha’s Vineyard in the 1950s.
Within this inner circle of "blue-vein society," we witness the prominent Coles family gather for the wedding of the loveliest daughter, Shelby, who could have chosen from "a whole area of eligible men of the right colors and the right professions." Instead, she has fallen in love with and is about to be married to Meade Wyler, a white jazz musician from New York. A shock wave breaks over the Oval as its longtime members grapple with the changing face of its community.
With elegant, luminous prose, Dorothy West crowns her literary career by illustrating one family's struggle to break the shackles of race and class.
https://kindredstorieshtx.com/products/irl-author-talk-run-like-a-girl-with-amaka-egbe-may-24-1-pm
Celebrate debut author, Amaka's Egbe, first novel, Run Like a Girl!
EVENT DEETS
When: Saturday, May 24 @ 1 PM
Where: Kindred Stories (2310 Elgin Street, HTX, 77004)
How: RSVP ONLY to let us know you're coming or RSVP ONLY to secure your seat and book.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Perfect for fans of Furia, this YA debut follows a girl whose dreams of becoming an Olympic track star are thrown for a loop when she has to move in with her estranged father and learns her new school doesn’t have a girls’ track team—so she joins the boys’ team instead.
Dera Edwards knows her life is over when she's shipped off to live with her estranged father in the middle of White Suburbia. To make matters worse, Dera learns that her new school doesn’t have a girls’ track team, shattering her dreams of getting a track scholarship and, one day, competing in the Olympics.
Not one to give up easily, Dera joins the boys’ team instead. But while she has the school administration’s blessing, her new teammates and classmates are less than welcoming. Between that and her frustratingly distant father, Dera is positive her junior year is ruined.
Just as she starts to accept her status as an outsider, Dera’s approached by her classmate Rosalyn, who wants to feature Dera’s story in her blog. Eager to change the narrative and spend more time with Rosalyn's gorgeous cousin Gael—also known as one of the few teammates who will talk to her—Dera agrees.
But when she goes viral and gains attention across the state, Dera’s new notoriety opens the door for trolls both online and at school. Paired with her deteriorating relationship with her father, she soon finds everything to be too much. Will Dera be able to keep outrunning her problems, or will her dream be the very thing that derails her?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Amaka Egbe has been writing ever since she could hold a pen. Exploring cultural differences and mental health are major tenants in her work, stemming from her American and Nigerian upbringing. Amaka studied Marketing and Psychology at the University of Houston and earned a master’s degree in Industrial-Organizational Psychology at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. Run Like a Girl is her debut novel.
https://www.discoverygreen.com/signature-experiences/jazzy-sundays-in-the-parks/
Three Houston parks are teaming up to celebrate the Houston musicians who keep the tradition of jazz alive and bopping.
The immensely popular series, Jazzy Sundays in the Parks, returns with a kick off party at Discovery Green on Sunday, Feb 23, from 5 – 7 pm.
Get excited for this year’s fantastic series lineup by enjoying classics from all the groundbreaking eras of jazz: Ragtime, New Orleans Jazz, Big Band / Swing, Bebop, Contemporary and more! Expect standout renditions from Houston greats such as Arnett Cobb, Don Wilkerson, Conrad Johnson and Jewel Brown, as well as timeless classics from the likes of Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong and King Oliver.
The free concert series then moves to Emancipation Park on March 2 with Robert Glasper. See the full lineup below.
Jazzy Sundays celebrates the vibrancy and rich tradition of jazz and the incredible Houstonians who preserve the art form.
All concerts are free and family friendly. Guests are encouraged to bring a blanket or lawn chairs. Food and drink will be available for purchase. A pop-up market will be on site at each park with locally crafted items, food and wearables.
Jazzy Sundays, made possible by a grant from Kinder Foundation, is organized by Discovery Green Conservancy in collaboration with Emancipation Park Conservancy and Buffalo Bayou Partnership.
KTSU is the official media sponsor. ktsuradio.com.
Phillip Pyle, II is the Jazzy Sundays artist for 2025.
JAZZY SUNDAYS IN THE PARK SCHEDULE
The Water Works in Buffalo Bayou Park
105-B Sabine St.
For more information, please visit https://buffalobayou.org/jazzy-sundays
Celebrate the release of This Could Be Forever with Ebony LaDelle!
EVENT DEETS
When: Wednesday, May 28 @ 7PM CST
Where: 2310 Elgin St, Houston, TX 77004
How: RSVP ONLY to reserve your seat or RSVP WITH BOOK to support the author and our store programming. There is limited number of free tickets so please be mindful before you sign up.
ABOUT THE BOOK
This compelling and complex romance about love across cultures follows a Black girl and Brown boy who find themselves—and each other—while pursuing their passions the summer before college.
Deja’s got a plan. The first in her large family to go to college, she wants to study chemistry and sell natural skin care products, like the ones she already creates from plants grown on her family’s North Carolina farm. It all starts with the Onward Bound summer program at the University of Maryland, the summer before school officially starts.
Raja’s got a dream. His traditional Nepali parents want him to study engineering and settle down in an arranged marriage, but his passion is art, and he wants to open his own tattoo parlor one day. In the meantime, he’s apprenticing at a tattoo shop in College Park, Maryland.
When Deja walks into the shop where Raja’s working, they both start crushing hard—over the course of the summer, they fall more and more deeply for one another. But the closer they get and the more their lives entwine, the more they find that dating someone who doesn’t match your parents’ expectations is harder than they ever imagined.
Can they bridge the divide between the vision their families have for their futures and the lives—and love—that are starting to feel like destiny?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ebony LaDelle is the author of Love Radio—which was People magazine’s best book of the summer, a 2023 Audie Award Finalist, a 2023 Michigan Notable Book, and was featured on the Today show—and is the editor of the forthcoming romance anthology, You’ve Got a Place Here, Too. Prior to being an author, Ebony was a brand marketing director in book publishing and worked at Penguin Random House and HarperCollins, among others. You can visit her online at EbonyLaDelle.com and follow her on social at @EbonyLaDelle.
ABOUT THE CONVERSATION PARTNER
Public Opening of Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2024.
(View Full event Description Here: https://camh.org/event/public-opening-tomashi-jackson-across-the-universe/)
https://improvtx.com/houston/comic/tony+baker/
Chicago native, Stand Up Comedian/Actor Tony Baker has been making people laugh for nearly a decade, blessing stages around the world with his unique brand of humor and style.
In addition to being seen performing at the hottest comedy clubs around the country and organically making millions of people laugh worldwide with his legendary viral voiceover videos on social media, Tony Baker’s comedic skills has landed him on the big screen and television: finalist on NBC’s The Last Comic Standing (Season 8 & 9 ), NBC’s The Carmichael Show (Season 2), HBO’s All DEF Comedy (Season 1), Trutv's Standup/storytelling showcase, Laff Mobb’s Laff Tracks, the Academy Award nominated movie Whiplash and his 2018 debut Comedy special “Scaredy Cat” (iTunes/Google Play).
Affectionately called “Your favorite comedian’s ‘Favorite comedian’”, Tony Baker’s comedy has taken on a movement of it’s own and his many fans can attest to that by easily quoting a few of his popular “Bakerisms”. So feel free to “Get In On This” and “Feel Every Piece” of the laughter that Tony Baker has to offer.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/opening-reception-for-figurative-histories-tickets-1307063374739
Opening on May 30 at 6 pm, the Moody’s summer exhibition Figurative Histories brings together a select group of Texas-based artists whose work is figurative in nature and is characterized by a heightened sensibility towards personal and sociopolitical histories. The featured artists – Letitia Huckaby, Earlie Hudnall, Jr., David McGee, and Delita Martin – center the human figure in their compositions, specifically the Black body, as a means of mining the past in order to more fully understand the present.
In addition to experiencing the works of these talented artists, guests will be able to listen to a historic playlist compiled by artist Tierney Malone, and peruse Amarie Gipson's The Reading Room.
https://improvtx.com/houston/comic/tony+baker/
Chicago native, Stand Up Comedian/Actor Tony Baker has been making people laugh for nearly a decade, blessing stages around the world with his unique brand of humor and style.
In addition to being seen performing at the hottest comedy clubs around the country and organically making millions of people laugh worldwide with his legendary viral voiceover videos on social media, Tony Baker’s comedic skills has landed him on the big screen and television: finalist on NBC’s The Last Comic Standing (Season 8 & 9 ), NBC’s The Carmichael Show (Season 2), HBO’s All DEF Comedy (Season 1), Trutv's Standup/storytelling showcase, Laff Mobb’s Laff Tracks, the Academy Award nominated movie Whiplash and his 2018 debut Comedy special “Scaredy Cat” (iTunes/Google Play).
Affectionately called “Your favorite comedian’s ‘Favorite comedian’”, Tony Baker’s comedy has taken on a movement of it’s own and his many fans can attest to that by easily quoting a few of his popular “Bakerisms”. So feel free to “Get In On This” and “Feel Every Piece” of the laughter that Tony Baker has to offer.
https://genreurbanarts.com/rsvp-my-daddy-never-taught-me-how-to-write-a-love-song
We are deeply honored to have worked with Donnie D. Moreland Jr to publish his debut collection of poetry! Come celebrate with us!
https://improvtx.com/houston/comic/tony+baker/
Chicago native, Stand Up Comedian/Actor Tony Baker has been making people laugh for nearly a decade, blessing stages around the world with his unique brand of humor and style.
In addition to being seen performing at the hottest comedy clubs around the country and organically making millions of people laugh worldwide with his legendary viral voiceover videos on social media, Tony Baker’s comedic skills has landed him on the big screen and television: finalist on NBC’s The Last Comic Standing (Season 8 & 9 ), NBC’s The Carmichael Show (Season 2), HBO’s All DEF Comedy (Season 1), Trutv's Standup/storytelling showcase, Laff Mobb’s Laff Tracks, the Academy Award nominated movie Whiplash and his 2018 debut Comedy special “Scaredy Cat” (iTunes/Google Play).
Affectionately called “Your favorite comedian’s ‘Favorite comedian’”, Tony Baker’s comedy has taken on a movement of it’s own and his many fans can attest to that by easily quoting a few of his popular “Bakerisms”. So feel free to “Get In On This” and “Feel Every Piece” of the laughter that Tony Baker has to offer.
https://www.discoverygreen.com/signature-experiences/jazzy-sundays-in-the-parks/
Three Houston parks are teaming up to celebrate the Houston musicians who keep the tradition of jazz alive and bopping.
The immensely popular series, Jazzy Sundays in the Parks, returns with a kick off party at Discovery Green on Sunday, Feb 23, from 5 – 7 pm.
Get excited for this year’s fantastic series lineup by enjoying classics from all the groundbreaking eras of jazz: Ragtime, New Orleans Jazz, Big Band / Swing, Bebop, Contemporary and more! Expect standout renditions from Houston greats such as Arnett Cobb, Don Wilkerson, Conrad Johnson and Jewel Brown, as well as timeless classics from the likes of Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong and King Oliver.
The free concert series then moves to Emancipation Park on March 2 with Robert Glasper. See the full lineup below.
Jazzy Sundays celebrates the vibrancy and rich tradition of jazz and the incredible Houstonians who preserve the art form.
All concerts are free and family friendly. Guests are encouraged to bring a blanket or lawn chairs. Food and drink will be available for purchase. A pop-up market will be on site at each park with locally crafted items, food and wearables.
Jazzy Sundays, made possible by a grant from Kinder Foundation, is organized by Discovery Green Conservancy in collaboration with Emancipation Park Conservancy and Buffalo Bayou Partnership.
KTSU is the official media sponsor. ktsuradio.com.
Phillip Pyle, II is the Jazzy Sundays artist for 2025.
JAZZY SUNDAYS IN THE PARK SCHEDULE
The Water Works in Buffalo Bayou Park
105-B Sabine St.
For more information, please visit https://buffalobayou.org/jazzy-sundays
https://www.toyotacenter.com/events/detail/lilbaby/
Lil Baby: WHAM World Tour
w/ BigXthaPlug, NLE Choppa, Loe Shimmy
Toyota Center is excited to welcome back rap superstar Lil Baby on June 3! he upcoming world tour supports Lil Baby’s fourth studio album WHAM [Who Hard As Me], making this album his fourth consecutive No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Don't miss the WHAM World Tour with Lil Baby and special guests BigXthePlug, NLE Choppa, and Loe Shimmy in Houston this summer!
https://performingartshouston.org/events/monuments-are-here-2025-06-12-500-pm/
A film night curated by Nuotama Bodomo and Solange Knowles at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, part of Eldorado Ballroom, Curated by Solange Knowles.
Monuments Are Here is an original short film and film series produced by Saint Heron, meditating on the spiritual act of collecting. Written by Solange Knowles and directed by Nuotama Bodomo, the short film premiered at The Guggenheim, anchoring a series that features fellow visual works exploring Black domesticity, the sacred nature of collections, and the stories held within the objects we keep.
At the heart of the project lies a series of quiet, urgent questions:
What do our objects say about us in silence? Who are we through their reflection? What stories do they whisper to those we love when we are no longer present? Who are we in our homes, unseen? And what is our right to opacity—to choose when to be witnessed, and when not to be, even when that act of invisibility becomes a form of resistance?
Monuments Are Here brings these questions into focus through the story and personal archive of Gene “Shady The Great” Thomas—Grammy Award-winning artist and member of the legendary Parliament-Funkadelic collective. Though celebrated as a vocalist and producer, Thomas’s artistic expression extends beyond sound into the physical curation of memory and imagination.
Over decades, Thomas has composed a living collection—objects of nostalgia gathered from flea markets, tour stops, and the generous hands of his children. These are not merely possessions; they are extensions of self and soul. Each piece is stitched into a larger quilt of futurism, reverence, and timeless reflection. Within the walls of his home, these objects don’t just exist—they breathe, bearing witness to the sacred bond between the seen and the unseen, the remembered and the becoming.
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