Fourth Annual Houston Public Library's Children's Book Celebration "Books Alive!"

05.04.13

Children of all ages are invited to enjoy the fun activities scheduled for the Houston Public Library's "Books Alive!" Fourth Annual Children's Book Celebration. It's goi

Second Annual El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros (Children's Day/Book Day)

Discovery Green

04.20.13

Houston Public Library invites the community to celebrate books, languages and cultures with storytelling, music and lots of fun activities at HPL Express Discovery Green. The program is prese

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Your weekly guide: Five (plus) don't-miss events — with a controversial food truck fest's return

By Joel Luks

03.21.13 | 1:30 pm

Plan on gallivanting around town to explore French comedy, an artsy festival, a huge book sale, a food truck party and a young professionals' crawfish boil for a good cause. Do this: Click ...

Follow the bi-cultural trail

Ambitious Texan-French art project across Houston opens doors to new opportunities

By Joel Luks

03.15.13 | 3:37 pm

In the not-so-distant past, the 1994 American-French film Stargate spawned a television series, comics and video games and ran over and over again on some network akin to Lifetime, on a kind o ...

Friends of the Houston Public Library's 35th Annual Bargain Book Sale

George R. Brown Convention Center

03.22.13 - 03.24.13

More than 60,000 books will be available to the public at bargain prices. Most books are $2 or less and some books will be individually priced higher. All proceeds from the sale will benefit the Ho

Texan-French Alliance for the Arts' "Open the Door" Kickoff at Central Library Plaza

03.16.13

The Texan-French Alliance for the Arts celebrates the Open the Door public art project in front of the Houston Public Library. The plaza will morph into a fun-filled venue to host the official

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Who's the best speller of them all? A Grown Up Spelling Bee defies convention, brings hot competition

By Joel Luks

01.18.13 | 12:04 pm

In a society where spell checkers and auto-corrects render people's spelling faculties a tad lackadaisical — and offer hilarious faux pas on occasion —  only the fearless would ...

Third Annual Houston History Book Fair & Symposium

Julia Ideson Library

11.10.12

See the Good Brick Award-winning restoration of the historic Julia Ideson Building (1926) and meet more than two dozen local authors during the Houston History Book Fair & Symposium. The writer

The Heritage Society's "Heritage Family Day"

06.16.12

Travel through the Museum Gallery and follow the Baker Playhouse on its journey through Houston from 1893 to 2010. Learn about the important events occurring in Houston during this time period. Han

Pin Oak Charity Horse Show: Two Creative Writing Workshops by Vanessa Wright

03.19.12 - 03.21.12

Maybe you've known a special dog or cat, learned a life-changing lesson from a horse, or simply dreamed of an adventure swimming with dolphins, flying with eagles or galloping alongside a herd