Learn how to save money while expanding your skills and knowledge at our Grow More, Spend Less event!

Grow More, Spend Less

Come join us at the Third Ward Multi-Service Center for a fun and informative event! Learn practical tips and tricks on how to maximize your savings while still enjoying life to the fullest. Our expert speakers will share their insights on budgeting, smart shopping, and investment strategies to help you grow your wealth without sacrificing your lifestyle. Don't miss this opportunity to take control of your finances and achieve your financial goals! See you there!
 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grow-more-spend-less-tickets-1977374310793

Inspired by the Moody's Spring 2026 exhibition, this half-day, multi-panel symposium will explore how artists and scholars are navigating the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence with a focus on creativity and ethics. The event will feature a keynote by K Allado-McDowell and discussions led by technologist Rashed Haq and Rice professor Rodrigo Ferreria. Lunch is provided with registration.

This event is made possible by Nancy Dunlap.

REGISTER HERE

The School of Art Cynthia Woods Mitchell Lecture Series is supported by the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts.

Derek Charles Livingston is the artistic director of Stages. Separate from performing arts, his long social-justice history includes serving as a national co-chair of the 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, & Bi Equal Rights and Liberation – the largest LGBT march on Washington in US History. His portrait, taken at the Million Man March, is featured in the Smithsonian Museum of African American History. He makes his home in Houston in the historic Third Ward.

https://www.uh.edu/calendar/#event-details/62b2e7df-0af1-47f7-b1b6-c3cf2be4a774

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Jazz Explosion Jazzmeia Horn and Rickey Davis the Classic Gentleman 

 
https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3A00643523A8929F

A true pillar of modern house music, Dennis Ferrer has spent over two decades shaping the sound of the dancefloor — seamlessly bridging soulful, deep, tech, and Afro-influenced house with unmistakable groove and musicality. A pioneer, innovator, and master selector, Ferrer’s sets are defined by emotive chords, precision percussion, and an innate ability to move a room while honoring the roots of the culture.

Espee opens the night with a measured, hypnotic warm-up — setting the tone and space for a long-form journey.

For table inquiries, please use this link

https://posh.vip/e/dennis-ferrer

A full-day, high-energy music & food festival in Houston TX.​ 

The official festival of Black Rodeo Weekend

• Honor Zydeco Tradition
• Southern Culture & western Fashion
• Nonstop Line Dancing
• Creole Flavor & Cocktails​

FEATURING Live Zydeco, Southern Soul Artists & DJs:

KEITH FRANK 
S DOTT &THE SOILEAU ZYDECO BAND
STEP RIDEAU 
DON B SOUL & THE ZYDECO OUTLAWS
P2KDADIDDY
STEVE DARGIN & TEXAS KREOLE
SOUNDS BY DJ BIG SMOOTH | JAMMING J
HOSTED BY RAMBO 2 FUNNY

TICKETS & MORE INFO HERE

PROJECT ROW HOUSES OPENS ARTIST ROUND 60: ROOTED IN PERCEPTION AS PART OF CITYWIDE CELEBRATION OF GLOBAL VISIONS - FOTOFEST AT 40

Round 60: Rooted in Perception 2026

Opening and Community Market on March 7

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Live DJ from 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Porch Talks begin at 4:30pm

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Round 60 is a group exhibition featuring seven artists living and working across the U.S. who work primarily with photography and videography. Each uses the photographic image as an instrument of interruption and interpretation, amplifying and altering the urban landscape. The Round is offered as a Participating Space in conjunction with the FotoFest 2026 Biennial – Global Visions, celebrating that world-renowned festival’s 4th decade.

The installations will be On View: March 7 - May 31 in the Art Houses at Project Row Houses at 2521 Holman Street, Houston, Texas 77004.

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Participating Artists

Tokie Rome Taylor

Danielle Mason

Andre Ramos-Woodard

Shavon Aja Morris

Lola Flash

Jay Clark

Stephen Clark

Earlie Hudnall Jr.

 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/round-60-opening-community-market-tickets-1970641330267 

Co-presented by Aurora Picture Show, DiverseWorks, and Project Row Houses
Location: Aurora Picture Show – 5601A Navigation Blvd., Houston, Texas 77011
Free Admission

The Idea Fund is a re-granting program administered by a partnership of DiverseWorks, Aurora Picture Show, and Project Row Houses and funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Idea Fund awards annual grants supporting innovative, experimental, public-facing projects by Houston-based artists and groups that expand our understanding of how art exists in the world. Join us for this free event to meet this year’s granted artists and hear about their exciting, upcoming projects! There will be short project presentations by 2026 grant recipients Saran Alderson; Salima Bowaniya, Sol Diaz-Peña & Ryan Hollaway; Mitchell Collins & Sofia Siluet Friends Gallery; Preston Gaines; Jessica Carolina González; Jennifer Marion; Tobe Mokolo; Quentin Pace; Joe Robles; Jesse Spiehler & Logan Tuttle; aisha tida; and Chris Wicker, Anna Taylor & Trent Teinert. 

MORE INFO HERE

A true pillar of modern house music, Dennis Ferrer has spent over two decades shaping the sound of the dancefloor — seamlessly bridging soulful, deep, tech, and Afro-influenced house with unmistakable groove and musicality. A pioneer, innovator, and master selector, Ferrer’s sets are defined by emotive chords, precision percussion, and an innate ability to move a room while honoring the roots of the culture.

Espee opens the night with a measured, hypnotic warm-up — setting the tone and space for a long-form journey.

For table inquiries, please use this link

https://posh.vip/e/dennis-ferrer

Death Cafe informed by Black and Brown experience. Open to all.

This monthly Death Cafe centers Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in conversation about death, dying, and grief.

Experiences of loss are shaped by culture, history, land, and systems. This gathering intentionally makes space for those realities and the nuances that are not always acknowledged in mixed settings.

All are welcome. We ask that participants who do not identify as BIPOC attend with a commitment to listen, reflect, and honor the focus of the space.

This event follows the global Death Cafe model: Deathcafe.com

• No agenda and no presentation

• No intention of leading participants to a conclusion or course of action

• Not therapy, grief counseling, research, or community consultation

• Participant-led discussion only

Death Cafe is for people who feel able to engage in open conversation about death. If you are seeking grief counseling or bereavement support, there are other spaces better suited for that care, and we can provide you with those community resources.

These gatherings are supported by the Death Collaborative, a nonprofit dedicated to community conversations about death.
 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/downtown-bipoc-death-cafe-tickets-1984407523321

Come to the second part of the Wholistic Health Series with Drs. Hancock & Tianuru! The presentation will be surrounding the work of Dr. Paul Goss. 

https://www.classbookstore.com/events-1/wholistic-whealth-series-the-eyes-of-forever-young

Every spring, three Houston parks team up to celebrate the Houston musicians who keep the tradition of jazz alive. The immensely popular series, Jazzy Sundays in the Parks, brings free jazz concerts to Discovery Green in March and the Water Works at Buffalo Bayou Park in April.  

Traditionally, the series opens at Emancipation Park, but due to the construction of a state-of-the-art performance stage and other park improvements, the series will be at Discovery Green and Buffalo Bayou Park. The series will return to Emancipation Park next year.  

Guests are encouraged to arrive early and 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. All concerts are free and family friendly. 

MORE INFO HERE

We're meeting to discuss Restore Me by J. L. Seegars!

BOOK CLUB MEETING DEETS

When: Tuesday, March 10 @ 7PM CST

Where: Kindred Stories (2310 Elgin St, Houston, TX 77004)

How: RSVP ONLY to let us know you plan to attend! Support the Romance Book Club by purchasing a copy of the book from Kindred Stories here!

ABOUT RESTORE ME

Dominic Alexander is my late husband's best friend and the last man on Earth that I should want. He's arrogant, dismissive, and up until recently has only ever used those dark eyes of his to look right through me. For the last twelve years, he's taken a sick pleasure in making me feel paper thin, like my entire existence is of no consequence to him at all.

But now, things are different.

After one drunken night and a surprisingly sexy act of heroism, he's started to be...nice. Treating me like something other than the physical embodiment of his annoyance, which would be nice if it didn't make me feel all the things I swore to never feel for another man after my husband died.

Dominic

Sloane Kent is going to be my undoing.

What's worse: I think I'm going to enjoy being unraveled by the gold flecks in her hazel eyes and the adorable little way she scrunches her nose up when we're arguing, which we've done a lot of over the past decade. She thinks it's because I hate her, and I've always let her think that because the alternative is...untenable.

But something is changing between us, and I don't know how to stop myself from breaking every promise I've ever made to myself regarding my best friend's wife. Promises that include never telling her that there's a long list of things I feel about her, but hate isn't one of them.

https://kindredstorieshtx.com/collections/book-clubs/products/march-2026-romance-book-club-march-10-7pm

Join us to celebrate Tayari Jones' newest release Kin.

Presented by Kindred Stories - a Black-owned, women-owned bookstore in Third Ward, Houston, TX.

Doors open at 6:15 PM CST. Each paid ticket includes one copy of Tayari Jones' new book, Kin. The book will be available for pickup at the event.

A magnificent new novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of An American Marriage—Tayari Jones has written an unforgettable novel that sparkles with wit and intelligence and deep feeling about two lifelong friends whose worlds converge after many years apart in the face of a devastating tragedy.

"Kin is the kind of all-encompassing reading experience I’m always hoping to find: smart and funny and deftly profound. This is Tayari Jones’s very best work.” —Ann Patchett, author of Tom Lake

Vernice and Annie, two motherless daughters raised in Honeysuckle, Louisiana, have been best friends and neighbors since earliest childhood but are fated to live starkly different lives. Raised by a fierce aunt determined to give her a stable home in the wake of her mother’s death, Vernice leaves Honeysuckle at eighteen for Spelman College, where she joins a sisterhood of powerfully connected Black women and discovers a world of affluence, manners, aspiration, and inequality. Annie, abandoned by her mother as a child and fixated on the idea of finding her and filling the bottomless hole left by her absence, sets off on a journey that will take her into a world of peril and adversity, as well as love and adventure, culminating in a battle for her life.

A novel about mothers and daughters, friendship and sisterhood, and the complexities of being a woman in the American South, Kin is an exuberant, emotionally rich, unforgettable work from one of the brightest and most irresistible voices in contemporary fiction.

Each paid ticket includes one copy of Tayari Jones' new book, Kin. The book will be available for pickup at the event.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kin-with-tayari-jones-tickets-1977307238177

Join CAMH at Eldorado Ballroom at Project Row Houses for a drop-in outpost inspired by CAMH's exhibition.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spring-break-drawing-outpost-eldorado-ballroom-tickets-1983084439943

Mark Sealy, a leading voice in photography and visual culture, gives the keynote address for the 2026 FotoFest Biennial, “Global Visions: FotoFest at 40.” On this landmark anniversary, his address underscores FotoFest’s commitment to global perspectives in photography. Sealy’s work has shaped critical conversations around race, representation, history, and the social role of images worldwide.
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Flower arrangement workshop at Third Ward Blooms where we'll learn how to make a bouquet and take one home! The Boi's deserve their flowers.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/give-the-bois-their-flowers-tickets-1984199119981

Designed to connect students to the rich legacy of Black baseball and its deep roots in Freedmen’s Town and Texas, this experience invites participants to learn, play, and create together. During the event, participants will discover how baseball became a powerful force for community, culture, and pride.

Participants will explore stories from Major League Baseball and the Negro Leagues, including the historic West End Baseball Park and trailblazers like Leroy Grant and Rube Foster, while celebrating how this legacy continues to inspire young people today.

MORE INFO & REGISTER HERE

Get ready to peel, sip, and groove at Houston Crawfish Day Fest 2026 – the ultimate spring break boil party!

Welcome to Houston Crawfish Day Fest 2026 Spring Break HTX!
Join us for a day filled with delicious Crawfish, fun activities, and great music. This event is perfect for the 21 and Up crowed and promises to be a Shellebration you won't want to miss!

Get ready to indulge in mouthwatering Crawfish & ALL the Sides prepared by talented Boil Chefs, enjoy live performances by Suprise Celebrity guest artists, participate in exciting games and contests and WIN Prizes.

Whether you're a crawfish connoisseur or just looking for a good time, Houston Crawfish Day Fest 2026 is the place to be. Mark your calendars and come hungry for a day of food,entertainment, music, and fun!

Saturday March 14th 2026

12 Noon to 8PM

Free Admission till 4PM with RSVP

$5 Bags of Sides

$8 a Pound Crawfish

$35 All You can Eat VIP Crawfish Pass

Frozen Drinks

Bar Drinks

Mechanical Bull

Live DJ

Live Zydeco Band

Games & Prizes

Vendors & More

SPECIAL GUEST DJ LINE UP
 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/houston-crawfish-day-fest-2026-spring-break-htx-tickets-1979545939192

Get ready for a night full of laughs and love! Join Cedric The Entertainer and friends in person for an unforgettable Valentine's Day celebration. It's all about good vibes, great company, and plenty of smiles. Don’t miss out on this cozy, fun-filled event that’s perfect for couples and friends alike. Bring your best mood and let's make some memories at 5015! 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cedric-the-entertainer-friends-laugh-love-valentines-day-at-5015-tickets-1982793747474?aff=oddtdtcreator

Every spring, three Houston parks team up to celebrate the Houston musicians who keep the tradition of jazz alive. The immensely popular series, Jazzy Sundays in the Parks, brings free jazz concerts to Discovery Green in March and the Water Works at Buffalo Bayou Park in April.  

Traditionally, the series opens at Emancipation Park, but due to the construction of a state-of-the-art performance stage and other park improvements, the series will be at Discovery Green and Buffalo Bayou Park. The series will return to Emancipation Park next year.  

Guests are encouraged to arrive early and 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. All concerts are free and family friendly. 

MORE INFO HERE

A Day Party w/ Good Food and Dope DJs

R&B and RIBS Houston at Leeland House. Sunday March 15th 2025.

A Day Party with Good Food and Dope DJs.

One of the best Day Parties in the country comes to Houston!

R&B, Hip-Hop, & more.

special guest DJ lineup.

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@rnbandribs

Food by Olmos BBQ

21+

Ticket is for entry only. Food & Drink sold seperately.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rb-and-ribs-houston-tickets-1983324240192

Get ready for a night full of laughs and love! Join Cedric The Entertainer and friends in person for an unforgettable Valentine's Day celebration. It's all about good vibes, great company, and plenty of smiles. Don’t miss out on this cozy, fun-filled event that’s perfect for couples and friends alike. Bring your best mood and let's make some memories at 5015! 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cedric-the-entertainer-friends-laugh-love-valentines-day-at-5015-tickets-1982793747474?aff=oddtdtcreator

We're meeting to discuss 107 Days by Kamala Harris!

BOOK CLUB MEETING DEETS

When: Tuesday, March 17 @ 7PM CST

Where: Kindred Stories (2310 Elgin St, Houston, TX 77004)

How: RSVP ONLY to let us know you plan to attend! Support the Non-Fiction Book Club by purchasing a copy of the book from Kindred Stories here!

ABOUT 107 Days

For the first time, and with surprising and revealing insights, Kamala Harris tells the story of one of the wildest and most consequential presidential campaigns in American history.

Your Secret Service code name is Pioneer.
You are the first woman in history to be elected vice president of the United States.
On July 21, 2024, your running mate, Joe Biden, announces that he will not be seeking reelection.
The presidential election will occur on November 5, 2024.
You have 107 days.

Written with candor, a unique perspective, and the pace of a page-turning novel, 107 Days takes you inside the race for the presidency as no one has ever done before.

 
https://kindredstorieshtx.com/collections/book-clubs/products/march-2026-non-fiction-book-club-march-17-7pm

Intro to Canning and Preserving
Optimizing Your Growing Journey

Jason Nwaneti, President of Sanctuary Garden
ALL LEVELS

questions? contact: ron@harlemriverfarms.org

Updates HERE

More about Harlem River Farms HERE

Join us for a community-centered writing workshop that blends craft, creativity, and conversation. Led by Dr. La-Toya Scott, professor and founder of In House Scholar, this series brings the structure and depth of a college-level writing class into an accessible and supportive public space. Each session includes a short craft lecture, guided discussion of a sample text, dedicated writing time, and space to share work with fellow writers. Whether you’re new to writing or returning to the page, The Writer’s Table offers tools, prompts, and encouragement to help you develop your voice, sharpen your craft, and write with intention.

Workshop 2: “The Power of Detail: Showing vs. Telling” 

EVENT DEETS

When: Thursday, March 19 @ 6 PM

Where: Kindred Stories (2310 Elgin St, Houston, TX 77004)

How: RSVP reserve your spot 

https://kindredstorieshtx.com/collections/community-programming/products/irl-event-the-writers-table-writing-workshop-2-march-19-6pm

In celebration of the 270th anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s birth, Rothko Chapel will host a special recital honoring the composer whose music deeply inspired Mark Rothko. Presented in collaboration with the International Mozarteum Foundation, this intimate performance will feature a violin once played by Mozart himself, offering a rare and historic musical experience. The concert reflects the profound connection between music, emotion, and spiritual balance that shaped Rothko’s artistic vision.

Pay What You Can $0-25, general admission chair seating

MORE INFO HERE (registration opens end of January)

Join us at the Live Oak Farmers Market in 3rd Ward for a morning of fresh produce, local goods, and community vibes!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/live-oak-farmers-market-in-3rd-ward-tickets-1782178737579

PART GARAGE SALE, PART FAMERS MARKET! DISCOVER DEALS, SWAPS, AND HIDDEN GEMS AT THE LIVE OAK RECYCLE MARKET.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/live-oak-recycle-market-tickets-1983895940162

Celebrate the 3rd anniversary of the release of Grace Engine with Joshua Burton!

EVENT DEETS

When: Saturday, March 21st, @ 6PM

Where: Kindred Stories (2310 Elgin St, Unit #2, Houston, TX 77004).

How: RSVP ONLY to reserve your seat or RSVP WITH BOOK to support the author and our store programming. Please note that all tickets are non refundable. 

ABOUT THE BOOK

“Words carry the dead like henchmen,” in Joshua Burton’s extraordinary debut volume, Grace Engine. These spare and powerful poems are like pallbearers, like eulogists, like survivors, like battered souls hoping and dreaming for a future that may never be. Grappling head-on with the history of lynchings, mental illness, and the endurance of black bodies and psyches against impossible odds, Burton writes, “I spent so many years being afraid to be black, that now / I am only afraid of silence, / / or the silence that it brings.”

Burton experiments with spaces, absences, and forms in navigating the tensions between shame and accountability, guilt and forgiveness, to understand how one finds the ability to cope under the worst of conditions. With patience and ferocity, he delves into generational and familial trauma to question whether black strength is inherent to blackness and to build a mechanism to survive and heal.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Joshua Burton is a poet and educator from Houston, TX and he received his MFA in poetry at Syracuse University. His chapbook Fracture Anthology is out with Ethel Press, and his debut poetry collection Grace Engine is out with the University of Wisconsin Press. He is a Tin House Scholar, a 2023 Elizabeth George Foundation grant recipient, and a Writers' League of Texas Book Awards Discovery Prize Winner.

https://kindredstorieshtx.com/products/irl-author-talk-grace-engine-with-joshua-burton-march-21-6pm

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
CMCH'S WOMEN IN MUSIC CONCERT with
the SCOTT JOPLIN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
DR. ANNE LUNDY, MUSIC DIRECTOR

featuring:
Jackie Pickett - String Bass
Donna Weng Friedman - Pianist
Christina Rusnak - Composer

MORE INFO HERE

Sarah Hanahan was named Rising Star Alto Saxophonist in Downbeat’s 2025 Critics Poll. The magazine awarded her debut album, Among Giants, 5 stars and named it one of their Best Albums of the Year for 2024. Based in New York, Hanahan has performed with renowned musicians such as Jeff “Tain” Watts, Nat Reeves, Peter Martin, Steve Davis, Billy Hart, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jason Moran, Marc Cary, Joseph Farnsworth, Peter Washington, and Nicholas Payton. She regularly leads her own group at iconic New York venues including Smalls Jazz Club, Dizzy’s Club, Smoke Jazz Club, Birdland, and Zinc Bar.'

TICKETS & MORE INFO HERE

Every spring, three Houston parks team up to celebrate the Houston musicians who keep the tradition of jazz alive. The immensely popular series, Jazzy Sundays in the Parks, brings free jazz concerts to Discovery Green in March and the Water Works at Buffalo Bayou Park in April.  

Traditionally, the series opens at Emancipation Park, but due to the construction of a state-of-the-art performance stage and other park improvements, the series will be at Discovery Green and Buffalo Bayou Park. The series will return to Emancipation Park next year.  

Guests are encouraged to arrive early and 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. All concerts are free and family friendly. 

MORE INFO HERE

Sarah Hanahan was named Rising Star Alto Saxophonist in Downbeat’s 2025 Critics Poll. The magazine awarded her debut album, Among Giants, 5 stars and named it one of their Best Albums of the Year for 2024. Based in New York, Hanahan has performed with renowned musicians such as Jeff “Tain” Watts, Nat Reeves, Peter Martin, Steve Davis, Billy Hart, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jason Moran, Marc Cary, Joseph Farnsworth, Peter Washington, and Nicholas Payton. She regularly leads her own group at iconic New York venues including Smalls Jazz Club, Dizzy’s Club, Smoke Jazz Club, Birdland, and Zinc Bar.'

TICKETS & MORE INFO HERE

We're meeting to discuss The Exes by Leodora Darlington!

BOOK CLUB MEETING DEETS

When: Tuesday, March 24 @ 7PM CST

Where: Kindred Stories (2310 Elgin St, Houston, TX 77004)

How: RSVP ONLY to let us know you plan to attend! Support the Mystery/Thriller Book Club by purchasing a copy of the book from Kindred Stories here!

ABOUT THE EXES

Who hasn’t wanted to murder an ex—figuratively, at least? In this explosive debut thriller, a woman’s seemingly perfect romantic life is on the verge of collapse as she uncovers a hidden history surfacing dark secrets that have deadly consequences.

Natalie has only ever wanted to find “the one.” The perfect man, the happy family she never had. But each time she thinks she is finally getting somewhere, she’s bitterly disappointed. Another red line through a list of exes. And that was before the night of the Big Fallout that left her even more alone.

Then along comes James—wonderful, handsome James—and Natalie thinks her luck has finally turned. Maybe he’s the one for her. Maybe he’s the one she’s been waiting for all along. Maybe he won’t wind up dead.

But the harder Natalie tries to be a “normal” wife, the more world-upending truths are brought to her door, leaving her unsure of who she really is, and much less what she’ll do . . . leaving her to question whether there is a monster within her or whether there is a villain toying with her from the outside.

What’s the secret story behind Natalie’s dead exes? Will she and James survive their marriage? And do either of them deserve to?

https://kindredstorieshtx.com/collections/book-clubs/products/march-2026-mystery-thriller-book-club-march-24-7pm

No Name is a Black-owned worker cooperative connecting community members both inside and outside carceral facilities with radical books. Each month, No Name uplifts two books written by Black, indigenous, and other people of color. No Name believes building community through political education is crucial for our liberation and should be accessible to everyone—which is why all programming is free. 

MEETING DEETS

When: Sunday, April 26 @ 1 PM

Where: Kindred Stories (2310 Elgin St, Houston, TX 77004)

How: RSVP to let us know you're coming! Support the Fiction Book Club by purchasing a copy of the book from Kindred Stories here!

ABOUT THE WRETCHED OF THE EARTH

First published in 1961, Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth is a masterful and timeless interrogation of race, colonialism, psychological trauma, and revolutionary struggle. In 2020, it found a new readership in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests and the centering of narratives interrogating race by Black writers. Bearing singular insight into the rage and frustration of colonized peoples, and the role of violence in spurring historical change, the book incisively attacks the twin perils of post-independence colonial politics: the disenfranchisement of the masses by the elites on the one hand, and intertribal and interfaith animosities on the other. A landmark text for revolutionaries and activists, The Wretched of the Earth is an eternal touchstone for civil rights, anti-colonialism, psychiatric studies, and Black consciousness movements around the world. Translated by Richard Philcox, and featuring now-classic critical essays by Jean-Paul Sartre and Homi K. Bhabha, as well as a new essay, this sixtieth anniversary edition of Fanon’s most famous text stands proudly alongside such pillars of anti-colonialism and anti-racism as Edward Said’s Orientalism and The Autobiography of Malcolm X.

https://kindredstorieshtx.com/collections/book-clubs/products/april-2026-no-name-book-club-april-26-1-pm-cst

We're meeting to discuss Homemade Love by J. California Cooper!

BOOK CLUB MEETING DEETS

When: Thursday, March 26 @ 7PM CST

Where: Kindred Stories (2310 Elgin St, Houston, TX 77004)

How: RSVP ONLY to let us know you plan to attend! Support the Fiction Book Club by purchasing a copy of the book from Kindred Stories here!

ABOUT HOMEMADE LOVE

In one of the best-loved volumes of her work, J. California Cooper tells exuberant tales full of wonder at the mystery of life and the hardness of fate. Awed, bedeviled, bemused, all of Cooper's characters are borne up by the sheer power of life itself.

https://kindredstorieshtx.com/collections/book-clubs/products/march-2026-fiction-book-club-march-26-7pm

Author and Activist Dr. Ibram X. Kendi speaks about his new book, Chain of Ideas in conversation with ACLU Texas director Oni K. Blair

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-dr-ibram-x-kendi-tickets-1983893975285

JOIN US AT: Third Ward Multi Service Center
& Blackshear Elementary School

A unique opportunity to help two gardens at the same time. Third Ward Multi Service Center and Blackshear Elementary.

Growing Food. Growing Community. Honoring Legacy.

Join Harlem River Farms & EriRene Farms for a special Black History Month Garden Crawl along Ennis Avenue as we activate and uplift two vital community spaces side-by-side:

• Third Ward Multi-Service Center
• Blackshear Elementary School

This hands-on crawl brings neighbors, volunteers, students, and families together to honor the deep roots of Black agricultural history while doing real, meaningful work in our community gardens.

MORE INFO & RESERVATIONS HERE

The Black Woman Project is a nonprofit organization, rooted, and creating safe healing spaces for black women. The black women project offers free group therapy sessions, morning meditations, and opportunities for fellowship. The black women project is a sister organization with The Black Man Project. Please follow us on Instagram for more information.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-black-woman-project-group-therapy-session-tickets-1633199486629

No Name is a Black-owned worker cooperative connecting community members both inside and outside carceral facilities with radical books. Each month, No Name uplifts two books written by Black, indigenous, and other people of color. No Name believes building community through political education is crucial for our liberation and should be accessible to everyone—which is why all programming is free. 

MEETING DEETS

When: Sunday, March 29 @ 1 PM

Where: Kindred Stories (2310 Elgin St, Houston, TX 77004)

How: RSVP to let us know you're coming! Support the No Name Book Club by purchasing a copy of the book from Kindred Stories here!

ABOUT I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS

Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS’s American Masters.

Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide.

Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old and back at her mother’s side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age—and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors (“I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare”) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned.

Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read.

“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.”—James Baldwin

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Every spring, three Houston parks team up to celebrate the Houston musicians who keep the tradition of jazz alive. The immensely popular series, Jazzy Sundays in the Parks, brings free jazz concerts to Discovery Green in March and the Water Works at Buffalo Bayou Park in April.  

Traditionally, the series opens at Emancipation Park, but due to the construction of a state-of-the-art performance stage and other park improvements, the series will be at Discovery Green and Buffalo Bayou Park. The series will return to Emancipation Park next year.  

Guests are encouraged to arrive early and 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. All concerts are free and family friendly. 

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A joyful celebration of Black queer voices, stories, and creativity. This all-ages, community-centered event welcomes LGBTQIA+ community members, allies, and authors to gather in affirmation and connection. Attendees can explore books that uplift queer narratives and challenge censorship, and enjoy music honoring Black cultural heritage. Books will be available for purchase from Kindred Stories, along with exclusive The Mahogany Project Pride merchandise to kick off the pride season. Guests may register for raffle prizes; winners must be present at the time of the drawing to claim a prize. By attending this event, you consent to photography and videography. Any images or recordings that include your likeness become the property of The Mahogany Project and may be used for programming, storytelling, fundraising, and promotional purposes across all platforms. Attendance signifies agreement to this use without expectation of review, approval, or compensation.
 
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