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Wed, Jun 16 · 10:00 AM
Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern · Washington Avenue Coalition / Memorial Park
Descend into a cavernous, century-old reservoir where 221 concrete columns rise from a shallow pool, creating an otherworldly mirror effect. This docent-led tour reveals how the Cistern transformed from Houston's water source into its most atmospheric art space.
June 19 at 6pm
Innergy.Life · Copperfield Place • $30
Tight, stiff, or running on fumes? Rebecca from Stretch City guides you through a 20-minute assisted stretch inside a glowing room of light and frequency, sending you out looser and lighter.
June 19 & June 20 at 12:30am
The Company OnStage · Gulfton
Six suspects, one dead host, and a mansion full of weapons: the cult classic board game comes to life as a madcap whodunit. Scarlet, Plum, Mustard and the gang race to unmask the killer before the bodies pile up.
Wed, Jun 16 · 12:00 PM
Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern · Washington Avenue Coalition / Memorial Park
A cathedral of concrete hides beneath Buffalo Bayou Park. This 30-minute guided tour descends into Houston's 1926 drinking water reservoir, where 221 columns, ghostly echoes, and a near-century of stories wait in the dark.
Every day
Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern · Washington Avenue Coalition / Memorial Park • $15
Speak into the dark and watch your voice ripple across a mile of LED lines suspended over water. This interactive installation turns a century-old underground reservoir into a glowing switchboard of visitor messages and Houston poetry.
June 17 at 10pm
Children's Museum Houston · Houston Museum District • Free
Every Thursday evening, the Children's Museum Houston throws open its doors for free. Kids rule Kidtropolis, splash through waterworks, and climb three floors of tunnels while parents actually relax.
Every day at 11am from Dec. 11 to July 18
The Menil Collection · Montrose
Meet the curator who taught museums how to speak. Jermayne MacAgy's radical installations transformed galleries into conversation spaces, and this exhibition reveals how she shaped the Menil itself.
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Tue, Jun 15 · 6:00 PM
The Men's Club of Houston · Westside
Sat, Jun 19 · 9:30 PM
Rudyard's Pub / The Club at Rudz · Hyde Park
$$
Thu, Jun 17 · 7:00 PM
Studio 786 HTX · Sharpstown
$65
Tue, Jun 15 · 9:00 PM
Luxx · Washington Avenue Coalition / Memorial Park
$$$$
Sat, Jun 19 · 7:30 PM
Rudyard's Pub / The Club at Rudz · Hyde Park
$$
Sat, Jun 19 · 9:30 PM
Rudyard's Pub / The Club at Rudz · Hyde Park
$13.48-$18.81
Fri, Jun 18 · 6:30 PM
The Boardwalk at Towne Lake · Cypress
Sat, Jun 19 · 11:59 PM
The Secret Group · EaDo
Free
Sat, Jun 19 · 9:00 PM
Status Club Houston · Washington Avenue Coalition / Memorial Park
$
Fri, Jun 18 · 12:00 PM
Hotel Granduca · Westside
$79
Sun, Jun 20 · 8:00 PM
Axelrad Beer Garden · South Central Houston
Free
Fri, Jun 18 · 12:00 PM
Hotel Granduca · Westside
$79
Sun, Jun 20 · 11:00 AM
Christ Church Cathedral · Downtown Houston
Tue, Jun 15 · 11:00 AM
Liberty Kitchen & Oysterette - River Oaks · Afton Oaks / River Oaks Area
$$
Sun, Jun 20 · 2:00 PM
Pennison's Sports Pub · Copperfield Place
$$
Sun, Jun 20 · 3:00 PM
The Encore · South Central Houston
$25.67
Sun, Jun 20 · 8:00 PM
Axelrad Beer Garden · South Central Houston
Free
Sun, Jun 20 · 12:00 PM
Vida Gardens · South Central Houston
$$$$
Sun, Jun 20 · 8:00 PM
Axelrad Beer Garden · South Central Houston
$$
Thu, Jun 17 · 4:00 PM
State Fare Kitchen & Bar · Memorial City
$$
Sun, Jun 20 · 8:00 PM
Axelrad Beer Garden · South Central Houston
Free
Sun, Jun 20 · 9:00 AM
Rice Village Farmers Market · University Place
Tue, Jun 15 · 10:00 AM
Lone Star Flight Museum · South Belt / Ellington
$18
Sun, Jun 20 · 6:00 PM
The Riot Comedy Club · Washington Avenue Coalition / Memorial Park
Tue, Jun 15 · 10:00 AM
Space Center Houston · Clear Lake
$24.95
Sat, Jun 19 · 10:00 AM
Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern · Washington Avenue Coalition / Memorial Park
Tue, Jun 15 · 3:00 PM
Social Beer Garden HTX · South Central Houston
Free
Mon, Jun 21 · 9:30 AM
Houston Arboretum · Washington Avenue Coalition / Memorial Park
$7
Mon, Jun 21 · 2:00 PM
Katherine Tyra Branch Library · Houston
Tue, Jun 15 · 2:00 PM
Tight Squeeze Acai Bar · Northside
$
Mon, Jun 21 · 7:00 PM
Social Beer Garden HTX · South Central Houston
$$
Mon, Jun 21 · 3:45 PM
High Meadows Branch Library · Houston
Wed, Jun 16 · 7:00 PM
Studio 786 HTX · Sharpstown
Mon, Jun 21 · 9:00 PM
AvantGarden · Montrose
Free
Mon, Jun 21 · 8:00 PM
Axelrad Beer Garden · South Central Houston
Free
Mon, Jun 21 · 8:00 PM
The Secret Group · EaDo
$8.82
Wed, Jun 16 · 11:00 AM
Liberty Kitchen & Oysterette · University Place
$$
Tue, Jun 15 · 12:05 PM
King’s Chapel Houston · Houston
Tue, Jun 15 · 12:05 PM
Christ Church Cathedral · Downtown Houston
Tue, Jun 15 · 3:00 PM
Studio 786 HTX · Sharpstown
$48
Mon, Jun 21 · 8:00 PM
The Secret Group · EaDo
Tue, Jun 15 · 3:00 PM
Fort Bend County Libraries - Mission Bend Branch · Mission Glen
Free
Tue, Jun 15 · 9:00 PM
Club Tropicana · Mid West
Free
Tue, Jun 15 · 1:30 PM
Northwest Branch Library · Cypress
Free
Tue, Jun 15 · 7:00 PM
East River · Northside
Tue, Jun 15 · 6:00 PM
Frost Town Brewing · Downtown Houston
$10
Tue, Jun 15 · 8:00 PM
Axelrad Beer Garden · South Central Houston
$$
Tue, Jun 15 · 6:30 PM
Midtown Park · South Central Houston
Free
Tue, Jun 15 · 6:30 PM
Midtown Park · South Central Houston
Free
Tue, Jun 15 · 7:00 PM
East River Houston · Northside
Tue, Jun 15 · 6:45 PM
Briarhills POA · Energy Corridor
Tue, Jun 15 · 6:30 PM
Skylawn · Downtown Houston
Free
Tue, Jun 15 · 7:00 AM
Environmental Institute of Houston (UHCL) · Houston
Tue, Jun 15 · 10:00 AM
Sam Houston Park · Downtown Houston
Tue, Jun 15 · 7:00 PM
X Atrium · Downtown Houston
Free
Tue, Jun 15 · 1:30 PM
Northwest Branch Library · Cypress
Free
Tue, Jun 15 · 10:00 AM
Levy Park · Greenway / Upper Kirby Area
Free
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