2023 State of the Arts Summit
Featuring a keynote address from Snehal Desai, Artistic Director of Center Theatre Group, this year’s summit will address recurring economic and social barriers and encourage bold collaborative approaches to revitalize and reimagine the creative economy.
UW Public Lectures: The Disabled Gaze: Rethinking the Past, Remaking the Future
In this talk, Dr. Jaipreet Virdi asks us to consider how being disabled changes the ways people view the world and the things they create. Through these perspectives, she invites alternative approaches for remaking crip worlds, one in which disabled people, and the disabled gaze, are centered first and foremost. Jaipreet Virdi is a scholar…
The Bullitt Lectures in American History presents Dr. Blair LM Kelley: “The Roots of the Black Working Class”
Dr. Kelley illuminates the adversities and joys of the Black working class in America through a stunning narrative centered on her forebears. A tide of commentary has obscured the labor, and even the very existence, of entire groups of working people, including everyday Black workers. In this brilliant corrective acclaimed historian Blair LM Kelley restores…
Halloween at the Branch Crossing Y Presented by Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands
Halloween at the Y Trunk 'n Treat GLOW PARTY! . A family friendly evening of spooky fun. Friendly costumes welcome! There will be traditional carnival type games, trunk n' treat stops in the Y parking lot, music, face art, bubble station and more! Concessions available to purchase including Kettle Corn and Kona Ice.
The 48th Annual Harambee Festival
The original purpose created a safe space for children to enjoy an alternative to Halloween. It's grown to include free groceries for the food insecure, free back packs with school supplies, and free health screenings and more. The children participate in fun educational activities while the parents enjoy live entertainment. On the last Saturday of…
Walk to Defeat ALS Houston
The Walk to Defeat ALS is a community celebration of HOPE across the state of Texas. The goal this year is to raise $1.43 Million to support those with ALS and continue to back the search for a cure. This year, there are walks being held in eight cities across Texas.
Take Action. Protect Pollinators
Join TCA and TRAC Saturday, October 28, to save pollinators, birds, mammals and amphibians at Trinity River Audubon Center. We’ll help restore prairie habitats on the Audubon Center campus to help wildlife thrive in the urban environment.
Adult Tutoring @ Broadview Branch
Visit anytime between 10:30 am - 12:30 pm on Saturdays to practice with a volunteer tutor. Learn basic skills: English language (including ESOL), reading, writing, and math. Work towards educational goals: high school diploma, GED, college application essay and placement tests, and college degree. Prepare for US citizenship: interview and 100 civics questions.
Treat The Community – Trunk or Treat
You can help support The Enriching Children's Future Scholarship Fund by going to their Trunk or Treat. Admission costs money to be a participant, however, to volunteer, you can send an email to the email address listed in the description.
The Bullitt Lecture presents Timothy Egan: “A Fever in the Heartland.”
About the Book The Roaring Twenties—the Jazz Age—has been characterized as a time of Gatsby frivolity. But it was also the height of the uniquely American hate group, the Ku Klux Klan. Their domain was not the old Confederacy, but the Heartland and the West. They hated Blacks, Jews, Catholics and immigrants in equal measure,…
Walk-N-Roll for Spina Bifida- Houston
Walk-N-Roll for Spina Bifida is a family friendly, non-competitive one mile walk featuring an opportunity for us to gather as a community and celebrate the accomplishments of the approximately 166,000 Americans living with Spina Bifida. This annual event includes games, activities, refreshments, awards and more! The Walk-N-Roll is also our largest annual fundraiser in which…
Adult Tutoring @ Broadview Branch
Visit anytime between 10:30 am - 12:30 pm on Saturdays to practice with a volunteer tutor. Learn basic skills: English language (including ESOL), reading, writing, and math. Work towards educational goals: high school diploma, GED, college application essay and placement tests, and college degree. Prepare for US citizenship: interview and 100 civics questions.