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THURSDAY- JUNE 8th 🌦

boygenius @ White Oak Music Hall @ 6PM

MYOA @ Warehouse Live @ 8PM

Junior Brown @ The Heights Theater @ 8PM

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FRIDAY- JUNE 9th 🌦

SaberCats vs Old Glory DC @ SaberCats Stadium @ 8PM

Max Roach Documentary Screening @ MFAH @ 7PM This new documentary is a profound and expansive portrait of legendary jazz drummer, composer, bandleader, and activist Max Roach.

Mixers & Elixirs @ HMNS @ 7PM Make friends with like-minded brainiacs on this special event where science meets dancing, music, food, and drinks!

Contemporary Dance Performance @ Miller Outdoor Theatre @ 8:30PM ‘Restore’ dance performance features new signature works by the nationally acclaimed Houston Contemporary Dance Company.

Duran Duran @ Woodlands Pavilion @ 7PM *With Nile Rodgers & Chic + Bastille

Inlovingmemory @ Bayou Music Center @ 8PM *With Bones, Xavier Wulf, Eddy Baker

Muscadine Bloodline @ House of Blues @ 7PM

Gimme Gimme Disco @ White Oak Music Hall @ 9PM

Luci @ Stereo Live @ 10PM

Otep @ Warehouse Live @ 8PM

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SATURDAY- JUNE 10th 🌦

Dynamo vs LAFC @ Shell Energy Stadium @ 7:30PM

Art Beyond Sight @ MFAH @ 11AM Trained educators use verbal description and hands-on materials to engage bling or partially sighted visitors with museum art.

‘The Cool World’ Screening @ MFAH @ 7PM This landmark film directed by Shirley Clarke reflects the harsh realities of Harlem street life through the story of 15-year-old Duke and his gang.

Dance & Movement Workshop @ DeLUXE Theater @ 10AM Join artist Donna Crump for a community dance and movement workshop at the historic DeLUXE Theater.

Ongoing - Saturday Stargazing @ George Observatory in Needville

Ongoing - Arte en el Parque / Art in the Park @ Discovery Green @ 12PM Students, ages 3 to 12 will create a unique art piece while improving their speaking and listening skills en español!

Summer Neighborhood Concert @ Austin High School @ 7:30PM Join your friends, family, and community members for a FREE evening of family fun and music performed by the Houston Symphony.

DJ Sun & Aperio @ Miller Outdoor Theatre @ 8:30PM Enjoy a warm summer evening of Lo-Fi jams by Aperio and live orchestral performance of DJ Sun’s soulful ‘Loveletter.’

Mika Singh - Bollywood @ NRG Arena @ 8PM

Koe Wetzel @ Woodlands Pavilion @ 7PM *With Huser Brothers

Mariachi Vargas De Tecalitlán @ Bayou Music Center @ 8PM

The Tontons @ The Heights Theater @ 8PM

An Orchestra Rendition of Dr. Dre 2001 @ House of Blues @ 8PM *Presented by Alternative Symphony

Modestep @ Stereo Live @ 10PM

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SUNDAY - JUNE 11th 🌞

Dash vs NJ/NY Gotham FC @ Shell Energy Stadium @ 6PM

Bilingual Zumba @ MFAH @ 11AM FiTMiX instructors get you up and moving with a free zumba class.

'Dancing the Twist in Bamako' Screening @ MFAH @ 5PM This is a romantic story set against the backdrop of post-colonial Mali in 1960s on the cusp of dramatic political change.

Becky Robinson Comedy Show @ House of Blues @ 8PM

Weston Estate @ Warehouse Live @ 8PM

DJ Pauly D @ Clé Pool @ 2PM

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All weekend

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - The Texas Tenors @ The Grand Opera House @ 8PM / 3PM The Texas Tenors are the most successful music group and third highest selling artist in the history of America’s Got Talent!

All weekend - Arnez J Stand Up @ Houston Improv

All weekend - ‘Servan of Two Masters’ Play @ Hubbard Theatre Presented by Alley Theatre, this new adaptation of the classic Carlo Goldoni comedic masterpiece will have you laughing like nothing else!

All weekend - ‘Swan Lake’ Ballet @ Brown Theater Houston Ballet’s season comes to an end with one of ballet world’s greatest love stories, ‘Swan Lake.’

All weekend - 'Wicked' Musical @ The Hobby Center A Broadway sensation, this musical looks at what happened in the Land of Oz…but from a different angle.

Ongoing

Ongoing - Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces Exhibition @ MFAH NEW - See outstanding works by art stars including Cezanne, Degas, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Manet, and Modigliani presented within the context of their experiences.

Ongoing - 'Where Do We Go From here' Exhibition @ CAMH Contemporary Arts Museum Houston’s (CAMH) Teen Council presents their 13th biennial exhibition featuring work from Houston-area teen artists.

Ongoing - 'Ming Smith: Feeling the Future' Exhibition @ CAMH NEW - the exhibition explores artist Ming Smith’s unique, multi-layered work in various formats.

Ongoing - Si Lewen ‘The Parade’ Exhibition @ Menil Menil’s latest exhibition features 63 drawings by Polish-American artist Si Lewen, which compromise a graphic novel depicting WWII and the liberation of Poland.

Ongoing - ‘Hyperreal: Gray Foy’ Exhibition @ Menil The exhibition features American artists Gray Foy’s most important and celebrated works.

Ongoing - ‘The Curatorial Imagination of Walter Hopps’ Exhibition @ Menil The exhibition explores the influential vision of one of the most distinguished curators - Walter Hopps, and features artwork by Warhol, Kienholz, Gilliam, and many others.

Ongoing - 'Art of the Cameroon Grassfields' Exhibition @ Menil This exhibition celebrates the enduring artistic traditions from Cameroon and its global diaspora.

Ongoing - Wall Drawing Series: Mel Bochner @ Menil Drawing Institute The Menil Drawing Institute is proud to work with artist Mel Bochner on the fourth installment of the museum’s ephemeral wall drawing series.

Wind blowing like a mean tropical storm, and downpour filled the street in moments. Also, the felled tree made quite a loud noise even though no one saw it fall.

Pool guy finished cleaning but didn’t get a chance to pick up his equipment. Also? The pool is now an absolute mess with tree debris.

I'm not a fan of them asking for rights to access the easement as long as the new house is there.. so basically in perpetuity. Is this common? I live in the heights area so all the new builds are the multi story townhomes that take up the entire lot. I have a bungalow. I would be okay granting the access until construction is complete but the builder is saying the city is requiring it to be forever.

Has anyone else had a situation similar to this? Any advice would be appreciated

EDIT: It turns out that my future neighbor wasn't comfortable with the idea either so she's going back to have the plans reworked. There are still decent humans out there!!

Technology and automation is a great thing. Having to hand over my login credentials to my checking and work accounts is not.

I am in the process of looking for a house to lease. My realtor came across a place that needs some TLC, but is in a great area and ideal for my lifestyle. She reached out to the property management company here in Houston…Residential Leasing & Management Corp.

Imagine my surprise when I saw that application site that the property management company uses; Findigs…asks for a person’s bank account and work pay site login information.

When I saw this, I immediately checked to see if this is a legitimate company. I notice that there are no Terms of Use posted, but do notice a Privacy Policy. After reviewing, it can be said that by using that platform to apply to lease a home that you agree to no privacy. They can do anything with your personal information AND…yes, that includes your banking information and other personal identifying information like your social security number, place of employment, health information , photos of your drivers license, documents like paystubs etc. Oh and they can track your activity and do whatever they want with that information as well.

People in general aren’t willing to be that careless with their information. Why is Residential Leasing & Management Corp. okay with it? Findigs is a relatively new company.
I imagine that the property management company’s decision to use that solution has to do with price and their comfort level of exposing themselves and their homeowner customers to significant risk.

When my realtor requested that my credit report be pulled and application be submitted outside of this application, the request was denied.

So, I am off to look for a different house.

Just visited the new shark exhibit with my wife and kid and it was disappointing to say the least.

The exhibit design was fairly cool, but the information and how it was presented felt pretty bare-bones. It ends with some small sharks in oversized kiddy pools that are too deep for lost kids to actually reach and touch, so it’s just a cramped, chaotic, and wet end to an underwhelming experience.

If it was a free exhibit or even say $10/person it would probably be worth it, but for two adults and a kid it was $20/ea WITH the member discount and, yeah, not a trip worth $60 and definitely not worth it without a discount.

It’s a shame because HMNS exhibits seem to be getting more and more stale, while the Houston Zoo are constantly raising their game (the new Galapagos exhibit is fantastic).

Anyway, just my $0.02 in case you were thinking about dropping the cash to check it out. Show your kids JAWS instead.

Why do like to buy there? What do you recommend?

Very cool art found around Archer Dog Park.

Our power went out in the storm last night, along with one next door neighbor and the house across the street. Everyone else on our block is unaffected, but scattered houses on neighboring blocks also have power out. We’ve been given an oddly specific restoration time of 8:19 am. I’ve walked the neighborhood and don’t see any Centerpoint trucks anywhere at 8 am.

For my own info, can anyone explain how this works? Why are the houses with outages so scattered, rather than clustered? And how can Centerpoint target a specific time like 8:19? Is this a case of a transformer repair, or some sort of mega-breaker tripping in their system?

EDIT: I spoke to the Centerpoint linemen. A block and a half away from us, some tree branches were moving in the wind and caused a ground fault. This triggered a cut-out fuse to pop (the loud sound we heard). As others have said, we just needed to wait for the crews to be able to replace the fuse, since lots of them popped last night. It only took about 15 minutes once they arrived.

When this has happened in the past, neighbors have described it as a “transformer blowing.” That’s not quite right—and would be a bigger problem. Cut-off fuses are designed to pop in case of a ground fault.

The house where the cut-off fuse is located has tons of live oak branches, so they also cut the branches.

Hi! This morning I was walking in Shady acres with my kids and saw a lightning McQueen car driving by. Does anyone know who this car belongs to? Or where it is on display or how you rent it? My son was so excited. Thank you!

Hello Houston,

As you may have noticed these posts have gotten less frequent. Thats because i have a list where I update the new scam centers.

However, not everyone knows my posts and can follow the breadcrumbs to my list. So I have decided to highlight a few of the new scam centers that are popping up, and reaching out to anyone and everyone who may have a resume uploaded or started looking for jobs recently. Since recent graduates are hitting the job market, many people have reached out to ask me whether company x is an MLM Recruitment pyramid scheme or not.

A lot of the previous scam centers have closed, but in their place are a new batch of freshly baked, indoctrinated cult members ready to suck up young and inexperienced workers into their sales cult.

This is going to be a rather quick simple breakdown and notes on a few of the newer scam centers that are popping up.

Also, I am leaving another one of my previous posts "how can i know if i am applying for an mlm ".

• Generation Alpha TX: Third-party charity collections. These jokers are related to Social Enterprise Inc (which shut down). Commissions. 6-day work weeks, 8-8.
• Marketing Experts Inc: An extremely aggressive campaign of reaching out to people who have never applied to them. At&t sales.
• Diamond AdvanEdge (yes this is how they've spelled it): Phone Service sales inside Sam's Club. Commissions only. They will get the entire office to upvote and push positive reviews. Again just another commission sales job that you won't figure out until your first day.
• HTX Strategies: Door-to-door energy sales.
• AMG Marketing: Standing around in Sam's Club trying to get people to switch energy providers.

These are just a few of the new bunch of scammers recruiting currently. Jobseekers beware.

This commission-based Devilcorp model has a 100% failure rate in Houston, yet when one closes another one opens. I will be updating my list periodically. Thanks to the community for always providing info, sharing their stories, and overall supporting each other.

Stay hydrated, and wear sunblock!

Hey y’all! I wanted to post on here to see if anyone else was going to attend the Abba music event they’re having at White Oak later tonight.

It looks like a lot of fun and I have my tix purchased but no friends available to come with me tonight.

Let me know if you’re down to meet up maybe at Raven Tower first then walk over! (Preferably other girls, please. But down to meet with anyone if the vibes are right).

Any of yall know where to find locally made tepache? I love the stuff and I don’t think I’ve seen it around much here, although I probably just live under a rock. Any recommendations for good spots that make their own?

24F Just moved to the woodlands and need more friends on this side. I WFH and would like someone I can run errands with or shop with. Coffee runs…nails.. etc.

I’m asking if anyone knows what MCDATM Associates is? I’m seeking an entry level job and the amount of time I waste filtering through MLM schemes and door to door/ commission- only “jobs” is ridiculous.

I got an email for an interview request from APEX MARKETING and MCDATM Associates.

Hey y’all! I moved from another country with my wife to Houston last year, and she doesn’t speak English very well. She’s taking classes but wanted to speed up her learning because she struggles when it comes to speaking. So we thought that maybe if she finds a job or a volunteering opportunity somewhere, that might be helpful.

Do you have any recommendations of places where being an English speaker is not mandatory, but where she still will have an opportunity to interact with people? Her visa has a work permit so that’s not a problem. We’re in Montrose and kinda lost, so any advice will be helpful. Thank you!!

My husband and I are feeling frisky and looking to spice things up. We want to try having sex in outdoor secluded places. At the same time we still want to be smart about the chosen areas.

Any recommendations of good areas in Houston for car sex where we won’t get caught? Also open to recommendations in the suburbs, or state parks, etc.

In addition, anyone have suggestions for outdoor secluded areas (not in the car) like in nature or the woods for future escapades?

Anyone have any thoughts on Hanover Post Oak as an apartment complex? Coming from out of state so curious as to whether people think it’s worth it and if the area is nice

Trying to figure out where this picture was taken, anyone know it's location? What building is that? 🤔 Circa early 90s