Join Dance Afrikana for the Black Dance in Texas Exhibition Reception!

Black Dance in Texas: The Way We Dance is curated by Dr. Lindsay Gary and presented by Dance Afrikana. The exhibition is part of a larger multidisciplinary research initiative documenting the legacy, innovation, and cultural impact of Black dance traditions across Texas, with Houston’s Third Ward as a central epicenter.

An extension of Dr. Gary’s Black Dance in Texas research—developed during her tenure as Scholar-in-Residence for Rice University’s CERCL Program at the African American History Research Center, Gregory Campus—the project traces the people, institutions, and social dances that have shaped Black movement culture in the state. The exhibition features influential African American Texans such as Debbie Allen, Alvin Ailey, and Lauren Anderson; historic institutions including Dallas Black Dance Theatre and The African Dance Society at HCC; and regional cultural dances such as zydeco anbd Houston’s “the tighten up.”

The exhibition brings this history to life through performance footage, photographs, and interactive elements.

The exhibition is on view from February 14th-March 8th, 2026 at the University Museum at Texas Southern University.

Dance Afrikana is a sponsored project of Fresh Arts, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the purpose of Dance Afrikana must be made payable to Fresh Arts and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

This project is funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance.

 
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Join the members of the Jubilee Quilt Circle for the 
second viewing of their culminating exhibition.

Reserve Your Spot

Free Admission

Stroll through Bayou Bend’s majestic estate, where the gardens and flowers evoke the natural splendor of early America. Enjoy bourbon-based refreshments, learn about George Washington’s own whiskey, listen to the Lonestar Bluegrass Band, and make a floral souvenir to take home.
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We’re thrilled to announce that Raveena will headline Spring Fling, our annual outdoor music concert series. Presenting a warm mix of R&B, dream-pop, and Indian classical influences, Raveena’s soulful delivery is rooted in both Western and South Asian inspirations. Guests will enjoy free entry to the event and the galleries as well as complimentary drinks +21. Parking will be available for $6.

The Guardian called Raveena’s 2022 album Asha’s Awakening “dazzling and eclectic” and urged that “mainstream pop… should clear some room for her.” Far Out Magazine dubbed her latest release, 2024’s Where the Butterflies Go in the Rain, “a melting pot for Raveena’s many sonic influences.” Her mesmerizing vocals, showcased during her NPR Tiny Desk appearance, have garnered more than 4.6 million views. 

Performing one night only, Raveena is the latest emerging artist presented in this long-standing free series, following Madison McFerrin, Kaitlin Butts, the Ton Tons, and more. 

REGISTER HERE

Chill Vibes will be an evening of Good Music, Good Cocktails, and Good Vibes with a special Live Performance by Teedra Moses and DJ Aktive
 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/teedra-moses-host-chill-vibes-at-moca-228-tickets-1982598319945

Celebrate the Year of the Horse at the family-friendly Winter Festival. Enjoy art-making activities with family and friends, watch musical and dance performances, and indulge in foods representing a variety of Asian cuisines, available for purchase from local vendors.

Tickets

• Admission is free to both the festival activities and the MFAH Permanent Collections, thanks to the generosity of H-E-B. 
• ALL ACCESS tickets for special exhibitions are only $10 today, and free for ages 12 and younger.

Plan Your Visit

• The festivities take place throughout the MFAH campus.
• Parking Information | Museum Hours | MFAH Campus Map

Festival Activities

• More information soon.

Join Newbery Medalist Meg Medina, as she shares her newest book, Graciela in the Abyss. 


Free and open to the public.

IT'S YEAR FIVE YA' LL! 

Join us for the 5th Buzzed Adult Spelling Bee presented by Babe Events and Kindred Stories, sponsorsed by the Ten to One Rum!

EVENT DEETS

When: Sunday, March 1 @ 4 PM 

Where: Eldorado Ballroom (2310 Elgin Street, HTX, 77004)

How: There are two different ticket options. If you would like to attend and enjoy the show, purchase your ticket as an attendee. If you would like to contest as the spelling bee champ, grab your ticket as a contestant. Both tickets come with two drinks. THIS EVENT IS FOR ADULTS (21+) ONLY! 

Tickets are final sale and non refundable. You will not be allowed to transfer tickets. 

ABOUT THE SPELLING BEE 

Contestants will be asked to spell words that speak to the theme of Black History Month including slang and AAVE over the course of four rounds. If you misspell the word, you are out!  As the words get harder, you might be able to Phone a Friend or Battle to earn your place back into the competition. Fun and music-filled, this event is for folks looking for something BLACKITY BLACK to do on a Sunday night! 

Be mindful that you don't have to participate in the Bee. We definitely need an audience! 

https://kindredstorieshtx.com/collections/community-programming/products/2026-buzzed-spelling-bee

The Heart & Soul Scholarship Dinner is a signature culinary celebration that raises essential scholarship dollars for culinary and hospitality students facing financial barriers. This special evening unites community leaders, philanthropists, and food lovers to invest in emerging talent and build a more equitable future for the industry.

Guests will enjoy a globally inspired six‑course dinner paired with specialty cocktails and fine wines, curated by six acclaimed chefs. The night will honor Mrs. Sallie Creuzot with the Culinary Impact Award and celebrate legendary Chefs Mark Holley and Hugo Ortega with the Chef Legacy Award for their lasting contributions and mentorship.

To Purchase Sponsorship/Tickets: 
https://givebutter.com/FeedtheSoulHeartSoulScholarship2026Dinner

Chill Vibes will be an evening of Good Music, Good Cocktails, and Good Vibes with a special Live Performance by Teedra Moses and DJ Aktive
 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/teedra-moses-host-chill-vibes-at-moca-228-tickets-1982598319945

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

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

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

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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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 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

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

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

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)

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