Calendar of Merlex Picks

March 28, 2023

  • SLEUTHS & SECRETS MYSTERY NIGHT

    March 28, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
    Houston Museum of Natural Science, 5555 Hermann Park Dr, Houston, TX 77030, USA

    IN PERSON - Are you looking for an out-of-the-ordinary adventure where you untangle a web of clues, evidence, history and mystery? Then HMNS Sleuths & Secrets is for you! It all starts when you unlock a series of clues, riddles and objects found in a Cabinet of Curiosities belonging to Ferrante Imperato, a 16th century resident of Naples, Italy. While…

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  • Film Screening: Space Is the Place

    March 28, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    Houston Museum of African American Culture, 4807 Caroline St, Houston, TX 77004, USA

    https://hmaac.eventive.org/schedule/641211c55d8041004b2eff06
     

    To close out the exhibition, "Ellsworth Ausby: Odyssey," HMAAC is presenting Sun Ra’s SPACE IS THE PLACE.


    Description: Sun Ra and his Solar Myth Arkestra return to…


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  • Mythology and Magic: A Black Author Talk with Deborah D.E.E.P Mouton and J Elle

    March 28, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    Rice University, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005, USA

    https://events.rice.edu/event/346426-mythology-and-magic-a-black-author-talk-with
     
    7:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
    Rice University, Anderson Clarke Center, Hudspeth Auditorium  


    Join us as we end Women’s History Month with an event celebrating the launch of Deborah D.E.E.P.…


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March 29, 2023

  • HEATHER MCGHEE - “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together”

    March 29, 2023 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
    Duncan Hall, McMurtry Auditorium

    https://owlnest.rice.edu/event/8991664 Heather McGhee is an economic policy analyst, and the former president of “the think and do tank” Dēmos (2014-18). Much of the scope and nature of her work is summarized in her New York Times best-selling book, The Sum of Us: What Racism Cost Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together. The book examines…

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March 30, 2023

  • Asia Society: Book Launch: 'The People's Hospital' by Dr. Ricardo Nuila [SOLD OUT]

    March 30, 2023 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
    Asia Society Texas Center, 1370 Southmore Blvd, Houston, TX 77004, USA

    For event details visit https://asiasociety.org/texas/events/book-launch-peoples-hospital-dr-ricardo-nuila-sold-out
     
     

    Schedule

    Thursday, March 30, 2023
    7:30 p.m. Book Presentation and Moderated Discussion
    8:30 p.m. Reception and Book-Signing

    Join Asia Society Texas and Inprint for a presentation of Baylor College of Medicine physician Dr. Ricardo Nuila's new book, <…


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  • Author Talk: Roxanna Asgarian - WE WERE ONCE A FAMILY

    March 30, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
    Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005, USA

    https://www.brazosbookstore.com/event/person-roxanna-asgarian-we-were-once-family   Brazos Bookstore will host Roxanna Asgarian in conversation with Mimi Swartz in person on Thursday, March 30 at 6:30pm. The shocking, deeply reported story of a murder-suicide that claimed the lives of six children—and a searing indictment of the American foster care system. On March 26, 2018, rescue workers discovered a crumpled SUV and the bodies…

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  • The People's Hospital: A Book Launch

    March 30, 2023 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
    Asia Society Texas Center, 1370 Southmore Blvd, Houston, TX 77004, USA

    Join Inprint and Asia Society Texas on Thursday, March 30, 7:30 pm, for the book launch of Dr. Ricardo Nuila's See more details

March 31, 2023

  • AfroSOUNDS + WOMEN IN MUSIC

    March 31, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    SAiD Pan African Library, 12126 Westheimer Road ##118, Houston, TX 77077

    OPEN MIC + AfroSOUNDS is part of SAiD Pan African Library participatory IN-HOUSE program. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/afrosounds-women-in-music-tickets-580880337727?aff=eand

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  • Film screening: The Silent Twins

    March 31, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    Rice University, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005, USA

    https://rice.lwcal.com/event/345817-the-silent-twins Presented by Rice Cinema The Silent Twins (Poland/UK, 2022, 113 min.) Directed by Agnieszka Smoczynska Friday, March 31 | 7:00 PM June and Jennifer Gibbons, twin daughters of Caribbean immigrants to Britain, exhibited a personal language they would only speak to each other and often mirrored each other’s movements, were admitted to Broadmoor Hospital, and held for…

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April 1, 2023

  • Friends of the Houston Library Book Sale

    April 1, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
    Friends of HPL Book Warehouse, 6510 W Little York Rd, Houston, TX 77040, USA

    https://www.facebook.com/events/580151703982783/580151717316115/
     
    Come join us for the Friends of HPL monthly book sale!!
    All hardback books are $3
    All paperback books are $2
    All children’s books are $2

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  • Old, Weird Houston!

    April 1, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
    The Orange Show World Headquarters, 2334 Gulf Terminal Drive, Houston, TX 77023

    A showcase of the weird, wacky, and wonderful history of Houston https://www.eventbrite.com/e/old-weird-houston-tickets-539575594127?aff=eand

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  • Craft Community Day

    April 1, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

    Join HCCC for the return of Craft Community Day, a free spring event featuring local artist guilds and community groups! Visitors of all ages are invited to see craft demonstrations, visit the resident artists’ studios, and view current exhibitions. Visitors can also explore our neighboring arts institutions, Lawndale and Houston MetDance.

    --Watch craft demonstrations by a variety of…

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  • March Madness Music Festival: Lil Nas X & Maggie Rogers

    April 1, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    Discovery Green, 1500 McKinney St, Houston, TX 77010, USA

    March Madness Music Festival is one of the most anticipated events of NCAA® Men’s Final Four® Weekend, outside of the games themselves. Featuring today’s hottest talent in the music industry the Music Festival is a can’t-be-missed experience for fans.

    To attend the Events, you must present your pass and valid identification with your date…


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  • Stop, Look and Listen!

    April 1, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
    The Menil Collection, 1533 Sul Ross St, Houston, TX 77006, USA

    Enjoy an outdoor jazz performance by the Jalen Baker Trio, DACAMERA’s Young Artist Ensemble in Residence, as part of the Menil's Neighborhood Community Day

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  • Opening Reception: Halim Flowers

    April 1, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    Nicole Longnecker Gallery, 1440 Greengrass Dr, Houston, TX 77008, USA

    Halim A. Flowers (b. 1980, Washington, DC) is an activist working between the visual and performing arts through a wide range of mediums including painting, sound, fashion, and performance. At age 16, he was arrested and sentenced to life in prison. At 41, after 22 years behind bars, he was released after successfully petitioning for resentencing. Art was Halim’s road to resilience and…

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  • DRUMline Live

    April 1, 2023 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
    Miller Outdoor Theatre, 6000 Hermann Park Dr, Houston, TX 77030, USA

    https://www.milleroutdoortheatre.com/performance/drumline-live-2/?wcs_timestamp=1680379200
     
     

    Tickets will be available here starting March 31 at 10:00 AM!!

    This performance will not be livestreamed! 

    DRUMLine Live, the…


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April 10, 2023

  • Celebration Honoring MacArthur Fellow Kiese Laymon

    April 10, 2023 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
    Rice University, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005, USA

    https://humanities.rice.edu/kiese-laymon-celebration https://form.jotform.com/230666944875168 Join President Reginald DesRoches, Provost Amy Dittmar and School of Humanities Dean Kathleen Canning for a special reception honoring Kiese Laymon, recipient of the 2022 MacArthur Fellowship. All members of the Rice community are welcome. Monday, April 10, 2023 3:30 p.m. Cohen House Register today to recognize Professor Laymon for his extraordinary voice and…

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April 19, 2023

  • MFAH Free Admission for College Students

    April 19, 2023 - April 23, 2023 @ 

    College students are invited for a free visit to the MFAH during College Week. Pro tip: Bring along your earbuds and use your mobile device to follow along with free audio guides throughout the galleries. To take advantage of this offer, present your student ID at any admissions desk Wednesday, April 19–Sunday, April 23.

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  • The 2023 George Floyd Memorial Lecture: Robin D.G. Kelley

    April 19, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Hilton University of Houston, 4450 University Dr, Houston, TX 77204, USA

    https://uh.edu/calendar/?view=e&id=637102#event
     
    Location
    Conrad Hilton Ballroom, Hilton Hotel, University of Houston 4500 University Drive, Houston 77204                                    



    Dr. Robin D.G. Kelley, Distinguished Professor of History at UCLA, will deliver the George Floyd Memorial…


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April 27, 2023

  • Exhibition Opening Reception - Evita Tezeno: Out of Many

    April 27, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Houston Museum of African American Culture, 4807 Caroline St, Houston, TX 77004, USA

    https://hmaac.org/
     
    The Houston Museum of African American Culture welcomes you for a weekend with two new exhibitions ushering in our spring schedule. Evita Tezeno: Out of Many, opens Thursday, April 27, with a 6- 8PM reception, and our Bert Long Jr. Gallery Spring Survey Exhibition
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