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    Calendar Closeup

    Your weekly guide to Houston: Five (plus) don't-miss events — Legos and booze party included

    Joel Luks
    Aug 14, 2013 | 8:31 am

    On tap this week are classes that speak to your inner child, a dark thriller that could usher in the end of days, a film party, colorful performances and a thespian production set in one of the city's favorite hangouts.

    Be sure to click on the links below each event suggestion. You'll find a page filled with helpful intel, like where to eat, drink and shop nearby your final destination, as well as a feature that downloads the deets to your electronic calendar.

    Aurora Picture Show's Adult Lego Workshop

    I may pretend to be a grownup — sometimes — but the little playful kid in me always takes over when Legos are around. Now envision what could transpire when you mix the construction toy with booze and more booze.

    You don't have to imagine anymore. Aurora Picture Show's adult stop-motion animation workshop is promoting adult Lego fun, letting you forge whimsical characters and fantastical settings — whatever is mused by your crafty inventiveness lubricated with adult beverages.

    The skinny: Thursday, 6 p.m.; Aurora Picture Show; $30 general public, $20 Aurora Picture Show members.

    Mildred's Umbrella Theatre Company presents Foxfinder by Dawn King

    A Pearson Award Bursary winner and one of the five finalists for the Susan Blackburn Awards last year, Dawn King brings a thriller that's set in a milieu that resembles the zeitgeist of The Crucible — if it were set at the turn of the century.

    Local actors Patricia Duran, Michelle Edwards, Bobby Haworth and Kevin Lusignillo awaken the spirit of the playwright's imagination, which challenges the characters to chase after a creature that endangers the future of mankind.

    Dark? Yes. But what else would you expect from Mildred's Umbrella Theatre Company?

    The skinny: Thursday through Aug. 30; Studio 101 at Spring Street Studios; general admission tickets are $20, discounts are available for students and seniors.

    Houston Arboretum Class: Edible Wild Plants

    Mark Vorderbruggen, who calles himself Merriwether the Adventurer, is like a know-it-all boy scout who didn't grow up and who made it a personal mission to become a walking encyclopedia of Texas nature. One of his passions is mastering the ability to identify edible plants that flourish in the wild, telling others how to harvest them and how to best prepare them for consumption.

    The research chemist will share his insights in this four-hour indoor/outdoor class, for which you are encouraged to bring comfy walking shoes, bug repellent, water and perhaps a snack or two.

    The skinny: Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; Houston Arboretum and Nature Center; $50 general admission, $30 Houston Arboretum members.

    Orange Show and Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow present "Art Car Extravaganza"

    The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art launches a new partnership with the Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow that presents screenings of films that have a connection to Houston. The series kicks off with Art Car: The Movie, hosted by co-directors Ford Gunter and Carlton Ahrens of Del Monte Films.

    Don't think of this as just going to the movies. A pre-party with the artists at 6 p.m. precedes the film at dusk. No Orange Show gathering is complete without beer — you can thank Saint Arnold Brewing Company for the suds — and food trucks offering local grub.

    The skinny: Saturday, 6 p.m.; Orange Show Monument; tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door and $10 for art car artists.

    World Performances presents Tale of Kieu, a Vietnamese epic poem by Nguyen Du

    I can't say I know much about Vietnamese culture other than the cuisine. So I am suggesting this Miller Outdoor Theatre performance as an opportunity to learn through a vibrant spectacle that's based on an epic poem penned by Nguyen Du, an 18th century Vietnam seminal versifier who wrote in the ancient script known as Chữ Nôm.

    His most famous oeuvre, the Tale of Kieu, finds its inspiration in Confucian principles. Love, betrayal, honor and family tradition render this a juicy, emotional tale of a young woman who sacrifices herself to free her father from the slammer.

    The skinny: Saturday and Sunday, 8 p.m.; Miller Outdoor Theatre; admission is free.

    Arts smarty pants and in-the-loop thespian lover Nancy Wozny's pick: Horse Head Theatre Company presents The Aliens

    Nancy says: "Horse Head Theatre is back, this time with The Aliens by OBIE Award winning playwright Annie Baker, who is all the rage right now on New York and Texas stages. Of course, Horse Head is doing a play that takes place in a coffee show in a coffee shop.

    That'd be Boheme Café and Wine Bar. This also happens to be the very place where the company launched during a Cultured Cocktails in 2009.

    "Kevin Jones and Horse Head veteran Drake Simpson star in Baker's play about a couple of dudes who appear to be moving in slow motion as they sit around and hang out in the back of a coffee shop. Feels perfect for the end of the summer."

    Editor's note: Due to inclement weather that delayed technical rehearsals, the opening of Horse Head Theatre Company's production of The Aliens has been rescheduled for the following week. The dates below have been adjusted to reflect the change.

    The skinny: Aug. 22 through Sept. 7; Boheme Café and Wine Bar; tickets are $20, $10 for students.

    Viet Quoc Dau, left, as Ma Giam Sinh and Kieu Anh as Tu Ba in The Tale of Kieu at Miller Outdoor Theatre.

     
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    Black-owned Houston bookstore opens new home in historic Third Ward space

    Craig D. Lindsey
    May 13, 2025 | 2:45 pm
    Kindred Stories bookshore Eldorado Ballroom
    Photo by Craig D. Lindsey
    Kindred Stories has moved to its new location.

    Even though its grand reopening will be held this Saturday, May 17, Third Ward bookstore Kindred Stories has already begun a soft opening at its new location inside the Eldorado Ballroom at 2310 Elgin Street.

    Since September 2021, the Black-owned bookstore was located on Stuart St., one of many businesses that came to life thanks to Project Row Houses’ Incubation Program. Last year, the nonprofit informed Kindred and the other business that they had to vacate their premises at the end of this month to allow new businesses to occupy the spaces.

    Thankfully, Kindred already had its eye on the Eldorado location, next to neighborhood eatery The Rado Market (which has a collection of cookbooks curated by Kindred). It’s a space previously held by Hogan Brown Gallery, which abruptly closed in December. “I had caught wind that this space might be available,” Kindred founder/owner Terri Hamm tells CultureMap.

    Hamm turned the moving process into a fun little event for her and her loyal customers. “Last Tuesday, we invited about 20 of our top community members that, you know, are always in the store and have really supported us all of the year,” she says. “We packed up all the books in the space in an hour and, then, we moved everything in an hour. So it was like the beautiful way to close out that space in the midst of the community that has really supported us throughout three-and-a-half years there. And we spent the last four days kind of unboxing and just getting all set up.”

    Hamm says the new location is certainly roomier (around 1200 square feet) than their previous spot, which was only 450 square feet.

    “There's more room to just spend time in the store,” she says. “I feel like that's the ideal bookstore experience, when you can go in and really take your time. I feel like in the other space, it was so small, people kind of felt like they were in a rush.”

    Although Kindred is open and ready to welcome anyone looking for Black-and-proud literature, Hamm insists they’re only 90 percent done. More light fixtures need to be installed. Plants and furniture have to be brought. They even have custom-made wallpaper that needs to be installed.

    “So, we have a few little things that need to happen,” says Hamm, “And, then, I feel like the space will be really, really ready – probably in another six months.”

    In the meantime, it’s business as usual. This month’s calendar of events includes various appearances from authors as well as a couple of book clubs. Hamm is looking forward to new bookworms coming in and discovering what Kindred Stories has to offer.

    “The bestsellers are selling,” she says, “But I feel like, in this space, people are going to get to discover a lot of under-the-radar titles, just because there's more space to see the books and explore.”

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