Here’s my curated list of Houston events for the entire month of April! Are you subscribed to my newsletter? As always, I hope to see you out in the city!

This month I have a few events going on and you’re welcome to join me at all of them! A mixer at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston on April 25, a TEDxHoustonLive event on April 26, the Houston Afrofuturism Book Club on April 28, and a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on April 30!

I may update this post as the month goes on but for now, you’ll find plenty to get into. Including happy hours! Check out the embedded calendar from Merlex Picks for details on each event.

Did you see my latest post on creative date ideas? How about the one on upcoming concerts for the quarter? Get your tickets now before they sell out!

Writers of Color Workshop Begins
Tuesday, April 2
facebook.com/events/933219210205855/

Startup Funding in Houston: How to Raise Money for Your Idea
Tuesday, April 2
fi.co/event/195682-houston-how-to-start-a-global-startup-in-city.

Texas Tribune Festival Houston Watch Party
Tuesday, April 2
texastribunehoustonwatchparty.eventbrite.com

Leadership ISD Harris County April 2019 Recruitment Mix & Mingle
Tuesday, April 2
eventbrite.com/e/leadership-isd-harris-county-april-2019-recruitment-mix-mingle-tickets-58724056233?aff=eand

Robin Coste Lewis Reading and Book Signing
Wednesday, April 3
facebook.com/events/2054231531542476/

Nuestra Palabra’s 21st Anniversary Showcase
Wednesday, April 3
facebook.com/events/428109451266122/

Film Screening: Bending the Arc
Wednesday, April 3
events.rice.edu/#!view/event/event_id/35190

Houston Unfiltered: Candid Conversations Over Coffee ft. Allison Sawyer, League of Worthwhile Ventures
Wednesday, April 3
eventbrite.com/e/houston-unfiltered-candid-conversations-over-coffee-ft-allison-sawyer-league-of-worthwhile-ventures-tickets-58159722295

Music Fest
Thursday, April 4

Book and Booze Happy Hour
Thursday, April 4
htxbookandbrunchhappyhour.eventbrite.com

Latino Art Now! Conference: Sight Lines & Time Frames
Thursday, April 4
facebook.com/events/362459510970951/

Paraspace Books: Drexciya Screening
Thursday, April 4
matchouston.org/events/2019/collective-presence

Info Session: BBVA Momentum Social Enterprise Accelerator | Impact Hub Houston & Station Houston
Thursday, April 4
eventbrite.com/e/info-session-bbva-momentum-social-enterprise-accelerator-impact-hub-houston-station-houston-tickets-58345974380

An Evening with Margaret Atwood
Friday, April 5
facebook.com/events/2224361614506757/

Mad TV Comedian Bobby Lee
Friday, April 5
improvhouston.com/ShowDetails/f53bf273-4680-48ea-8586-d2e2f63c5269/60406d25-ab2d-4d39-aa1b-50dccdb8ae37/Bobby_Lee/Houston_Improv

Paola Bacchetta: Getting Free Together: Reflections on Decolonial Feminist and Queer of Color Solidarities
Friday, April 5
events.rice.edu/#!view/event/event_id/35410

Workshop: Create Better Products by Design Thinking
Friday, April 5
eventbrite.com/e/workshop-create-better-products-by-design-thinking-tickets-56082137182?aff=eand

New Orleans Hustlers Brass Band live at Axelrad
Friday, April 5
facebook.com/events/2058397764450579/

Movie Night: Crazy Rich Asians
Saturday, April 6
facebook.com/events/236598393955843/

Southern Fried Chicken Fest 2019
Saturday, April 6
facebook.com/events/306245973273842/

Art in the Park Midtown
Saturday, April 6
facebook.com/events/352619112136695/

Secret Walls x Houston
Saturday, April 6
facebook.com/events/292509144709490/

AT&T eSTEAM Fair
Saturday, April 6
signup.com/go/XyoMZBq

Open Source TWO YEAR Anniversary ft. Lakim (Soulection)
Saturday, April 6
facebook.com/events/623082944783068/

ŌME Performance
Saturday, April 6
facebook.com/events/822413641429672/

Art and Education Discussion
Saturday, April 6
eventbrite.com/e/art-and-education-discussion-tickets-59718367244

HMAAC Art and Education Discussion
Saturday, April 6
eventbrite.com/e/art-and-education-discussion-tickets-59718367244?aff=eand

SOB X RBE – Strictly Only Brothers Tour
Sunday, April 7
concerts1.livenation.com/event/3A005647C7236A06

Brown Artist Retreat: Houston
Sunday, April 7
facebook.com/events/555343554947240/

TACOS OVER TEXAS 2019
Sunday, April 7
facebook.com/events/2102216966510232/

Leikeli47 – The Acrylic Tour
Monday, April 8
ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1816473/tfly

Movie Night: Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey
Monday, April 8
facebook.com/events/273621813563534/

17th Annual Houston Press Menu of Menus® Extravaganza
Tuesday, April 9
ticketf.ly/2H9Paqc

CounterCurrent19
Tuesday, April 9
facebook.com/events/1869049803222546/

Founder Hotseat: Pitch Your Startup to Houston Startup Experts
Tuesday, April 9
fi.co/event/198312-houston-founder-hotseat-pitch-your-startup-to-city-startup-experts.

MassChallenge Texas in Houston 2019 VIP Reception + Launch Event
Wednesday, April 10
eventbrite.com/e/masschallenge-texas-in-houston-2019-vip-reception-launch-event-tickets-58188032973?aff=eand

Current Conversations, organized by Carrie Marie Schneider
Wednesday, April 10
facebook.com/events/2462420480497702/?event_time_id=2462420487164368

Kermit Ruffins Live at Axelrad
Wednesday, April 10
facebook.com/events/380949726091462/

MassChallenge Texas in Houston 2019 Launch Event
Wednesday, April 10
eventbrite.com/e/masschallenge-texas-in-houston-2019-launch-event-tickets-55491599869

Lecture by Brittney Cooper: “The Interruption of Everything: Toward a Black Feminist Theory of Time”
Thursday, April 11
events.rice.edu/#!view/event/event_id/12371

The Legendary Art Car Ball 2019
Friday, April 12
facebook.com/events/2267696706784057/

Annual CAMH Gala and Art Auction
Friday, April 12
facebook.com/events/471380296661466/

Comedian Tommy Davidson
Friday, April 12
improvhouston.com/ShowDetails/409fab23-fdea-4cfa-96cb-5b242115238d/60406d25-ab2d-4d39-aa1b-50dccdb8ae37/Tommy_Davidson/Houston_Improv

Awilda Rodríguez Lora: Sustento
Friday, April 12
facebook.com/events/333006717314020/

Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born: Sitting on a Man’s Head
Friday, April 12
facebook.com/events/630820461074004/

Tightn’ Up at The Boot
Friday, April 12
facebook.com/events/353227395292953/

Gladys Knight
Saturday, April 13
www1.ticketmaster.com/gladys-knight-sugar-land-texas-04-13-2019/event/3A00556EB28F2D8A

2019 Lyons Avenue Renaissance Festival
Saturday, April 13
facebook.com/events/1176222585878255/

Houston’s Got Bollywood: Blast from the Past
Saturday, April 13
facebook.com/events/553813538456921/

Noche de Selena
Saturday, April 13
facebook.com/events/830964917242654/

Big Freedia
Sunday, April 14
vor.us/a1225

BSY at MFAH: Free Yoga
Sunday, April 14
facebook.com/events/306225013374633/

DMX – 20 Year Anniversary Tour – It’s Dark and Hell is Hot
Sunday, April 14
concerts1.livenation.com/event/3A00563D1BC8593B

We Been Did That MF Problem (Autumn Knight/Robert Pruitt)
Sunday, April 14
facebook.com/events/2223732144532077/

Houston Black Restaurant Weekend Begins through April 28
Sunday, April 14
houbrw.com/

Play opens: Toast
Monday, April 15
catastrophictheatre.com/production/toast/

Movie Night: Ted (w/ Real Ale Brewing Co.)
Monday, April 15
facebook.com/events/401602007304011/

TUTS Presents “Ragtime” Opens
Tuesday, April 16
tuts.com/shows/ragtime

Autumn Knight: In Rehearsal with Ryan N. Dennis and Amy Powell
Tuesday, April 16
projectrowhouses.org/calendar/autumn-knight-in-rehearsal-with-ryan-n-dennis-and-amy-powell

Dance Salad Festival – Multiple Days
Thursday, April 18
dancesalad.org

Reading with a Rapper Unplugged
Thursday, April 18
readingwitharapper.com/unplugged.html

Movies at Miller: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Friday, April 19
facebook.com/events/2212696905649391/

2019 NSBE Houston Spring FreshStart
Saturday, April 20
spring2019freshstart.eventbrite.com

Free SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD Screening!
Saturday, April 20
facebook.com/events/2267691650164387/

Concert: Tobe Nwigwe
Saturday, April 20
vor.us/a132a

Concert: Brandy and After 7
Saturday, April 20
www1.ticketmaster.com/brandy-and-after-7-houston-texas-04-20-2019/event/3A005666E4C767D2

Rice KTRU Outdoor Show
Saturday, April 20
facebook.com/ktruriceradio/posts/2361506417241109

Purple Rain Movie Party
Sunday, April 21
facebook.com/events/1654354578044104/

Inprint Reading: Tayari Jones and Richard Powers
Monday, April 22
inprinthouston.org/calendar/

Writespace Monthly Writers Socials
Tuesday, April 23
eventbrite.com/e/writespace-monthly-writers-socials-tickets-54374577826

She the People Presidential Forum
Wednesday, April 24
shethepeople.org/savethedate

Nosh Culinary Showcase: Houston
Wednesday, April 24
facebook.com/events/248675716060255/

Emily King at The Heights Theater
Wednesday, April 24
prekindle.com/find-tickets/id/97934110331870321

Jolt 101: Houston
Thursday, April 25
facebook.com/events/266552197592124/

EO Talks Houston
Thursday, April 25
facebook.com/events/1282071835302067/

Overlap: Meetup at The Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Thursday, April 25
facebook.com/events/298161270864209/

Opening Reception | Stonewall 50
Friday, April 26
facebook.com/events/1871063229686123/

MFAH Mixed Media
Friday, April 26
www.mfah.org/mixedmedia

CHVRCHES, Cherry Glazerr
Friday, April 26
facebook.com/events/315215245777840/

A Conversation on Children’s Health and Vaccines
Friday, April 26
eventbrite.com/e/a-conversation-on-childrens-health-and-vaccines-registration-59068668979

10th Annual Ice Cold Springfest
Saturday, April 27
facebook.com/events/832180250461639/

Core Program Lecture: Hamza Walker
Saturday, April 27
mfah.org/calendar/core-program-lecture-hamza-walker/201904270200PM

“Sip & Share” Wine Conversations and Connections Vol. VI
Saturday, April 27
facebook.com/events/268224484092973/

Soundbites Food Truck Fest: Houston
Saturday, April 27
houbrw.com/

FKJ Houston – Warehouse Live
Saturday, April 27
ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1785978

Concert: Erykah Badu
Saturday, April 27
www1.ticketmaster.com/erykah-badu/event/3A00566FC64E834C

Comedians The Lucas Bros
Sunday, April 28
improvhouston.com/ShowDetails/bc6894fc-6249-448f-b752-955baa9c64e4/60406d25-ab2d-4d39-aa1b-50dccdb8ae37/The_Lucas_Bros/Houston_Improv

Warrior Women
Sunday, April 28
facebook.com/events/584827278669412/

Houston Afrofuturism Book Club
Sunday, April 28
eventbrite.com/e/houston-afrofuturism-book-club-sunday-april-28-registration-58139025390

Smino’s Hoopti Tour with EarthGang and Phoelix
Monday, April 29
ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1812560/tfly

Beer 101: Intro to hops
Monday, April 29
eventbrite.com/e/eureka-heights-presents-beer-101-intro-to-hops-april-29-tickets-59018569129