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

I hope you made it to one of the events I had last month! We had a great time viewing art and watching TED Talks. Come edit Wikipedia with me at Project Row Houses on May 11! 

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!

National Black Film Festival
Wednesday, May 1 – May 5
nationalblackfilmfestival.com/

Comedian DeRay Davis
Thursday, May 2 – May 5
improvhouston.com/ShowDetails/c5c622a5-061d-4a7d-990c-78d80aa5ac49/60406d25-ab2d-4d39-aa1b-50dccdb8ae37/DeRay_Davis/Houston_Improv

Yoga for Entrepreneurs | Caroline Vo, Curious Bamboo
Thursday, May 2
eventbrite.com/e/yoga-for-entrepreneurs-caroline-vo-curious-bamboo-tickets-60790465920

An Evening of Women’s Empowerment
Thursday, May 2
eveningofempowerment2019.eventbrite.com

Reading With A Rapper Unplugged (Powered by Jack Daniels & Microsoft)
Thursday, May 2
rwarunplugged.eventbrite.com

Play Opening: In the Blood by Suzan-Lori Parks through May 5
Thursday, May 2
matchouston.org/events/2019/blood

James Patterson signs at Murder By The Book
Friday, May 3
facebook.com/events/490918244645886/

Art at Noon | Annise Parker
Friday, May 3
facebook.com/events/284289225549661/

2019 Houston Luncheon with Stacey Abrams
Friday, May 3
facebook.com/events/571578659977719/

Open Pitch Practice
Friday, May 3
eventbrite.com/e/open-pitch-practice-tickets-59898200129

BLCK Market – Houston’s #1 Night Market
Friday, May 3
eventbrite.com/e/blck-market-houstons-1-night-market-tickets-60062084311

Che, Memories of a Secret Year (Che, memorias de un año secreto)
Friday, May 3
mfah.org/calendar/che-memories-of-a-secret-year/201905030700PM

Emancipation Park Conservancy presents: Movie in the Tre
Friday, May 3
facebook.com/events/2278454609062249/

Reading – Here, Ahora: Houston Conversations, Queer Art + LIT
Friday, May 3
glasstire.com/events/2019/03/20/here-ahora-houston-latinx-queer-artists-under-30/

Amplify Your Voice | REFORM OR ABOLISH: Bringing Justice to the Criminal Justice System
Saturday, May 4
eventbrite.com/e/amplify-your-voice-reform-or-abolish-bringing-justice-to-the-criminal-justice-system-tickets-59180545605?aff=eand

Amplify Your Voice | REFORM OR ABOLISH: Bringing Justice to the Criminal Justice System
Saturday, May 4
eventbrite.com/e/amplify-your-voice-reform-or-abolish-bringing-justice-to-the-criminal-justice-system-tickets-59180545605

Cinco de Mayo Houston
Saturday, May 4
facebook.com/events/406940366745257/

Open Studio | Shape Collaboration
Saturday, May 4
facebook.com/events/741674749548613/

Houston Derby Day 2019
Saturday, May 4
houstonderbyday2019.eventbrite.com

Film Screening: Birds of Passage (Pájaros de verano)
Saturday, May 4
mfah.org/calendar/birds-of-passage%20/201905040330PM

By the Dozens
Saturday, May 4
bythedozens.splashthat.com/madnice

Opening Reception – Lanecia Rouse Tinsley: With In/Out
Saturday, May 4
facebook.com/events/550753508782194/?event_time_id=550753518782193

Earl Sweatshirt & Friends
Saturday, May 4
ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1822959/tfly

Screen on the Green: A Wrinkle in Time
Saturday, May 4
avenidahouston.com/event/screen-on-the-green%3a-a-wrinkle-in-time/63422/

Hip Hop Vintage Flea Market 2019 #HHVFM
Sunday, May 5
eventbrite.com/e/hip-hop-vintage-flea-market-2019-hhvfm-tickets-54616269733

Zine Fest Houston 2019 Compilation Release
Sunday, May 5
glasstire.com/events/2019/04/27/zine-fest-houston-2019-compilation-release/

Why I Am Like Tequila- Book Launch
Sunday, May 5
facebook.com/events/431898367351156/

Innovation Week Houston
Monday, May 6 – May 10
eventbrite.com/e/innovation-week-houston-tickets-60315691858

Startup Co-Founder Matching: Find the Right Partner in Houston
Tuesday, May 7
fi.co/event/194502-houston-startup-co-founder-matching-find-the-right-partner-in-city.

The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos
Tuesday, May 7
events.rice.edu/#!view/event/event_id/41501

Houston Social Entrepreneurship Meetup (Vol 9)
Thursday, May 9
eventbrite.com/e/houston-social-entrepreneurship-meetup-vol-9-tickets-61037195896

Play opening: Pipeline through June 2
Thursday, May 9
ensemblehouston.com/season/seasonlineup.html

Of Color Anthology Book Launch – Houston, Texas
Thursday, May 9
brazosbookstore.com/event/ching-chen-amanda-galvan-huynh-addie-tsai-color-poets-ways-making

Ms. Lauryn Hill Celebrating the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Thursday, May 9
facebook.com/events/1920445798265946/

3rd Ward Unity Market
Friday, May 10
eventbrite.com/e/3rd-ward-unity-market-tickets-61179098330

Comicpalooza 2019
Friday, May 10 – May 12
comicpalooza.com/

Film Screening: Rafiki
Friday, May 10
mfah.org/calendar/rafiki/201905100700PM

Kali Uchis & Jorja Smith
Friday, May 10
concerts1.livenation.com/kali-uchis-jorja-smith-houston-texas-05-10-2019/event/3A00564B26607F7E

Asia Society: AsiaFest 2019
Saturday, May 11
asiasociety.org/texas/events/asiafest-2019

Curator’s Tour “Odyssey: Jack Whitten Sculpture, 1963–2017”
Saturday, May 11
mfah.org/calendar/curators-tour-odyssey-jack-whitten-sculpture-1963-2017/201905110300PM

Distressed in Kicks!
Saturday, May 11
eventbrite.com/e/distressed-in-kicks-tickets-60932797638?aff=eand

Mother’s Day Soul Music Fest
Saturday, May 11
bit.ly/2Gi52pd

Film Screening: Rafiki
Sunday, May 12
mfah.org/calendar/rafiki/201905120500PM

Founder Institute Graduate Startup Panel & Networking Event
Tuesday, May 14
fi.co/event/194472-houston-founder-hotseat-pitch-your-startup-to-city-startup-experts.

Asia Society: Bank of America Women’s Leadership Series
Thursday, May 16
asiasociety.org/texas/events/bank-america-womens-leadership-series-3

Houston Zoo After Dark Throwback Thursday: 90s Theme
Thursday, May 16
houstonzoo.org/events/throwback-thursday-90s-theme/

Friends of HPL Big Book Sale
Saturday, May 18
eventbrite.com/e/friends-of-hpl-big-book-sale-tickets-58023312289

Black Writers’ Pop Up Shop!
Saturday, May 18
eventbrite.com/e/black-writers-pop-up-shop-tickets-58757522331?aff=eand

Bonus Open Studio | Screen print + Draw
Saturday, May 18
facebook.com/events/326066821343632/

UH Af-Am Studies 50th Anniversary Scholarship Banquet
Saturday, May 18
uh.edu/class/aas/news/annual-scholarship-banquet-2019/

Discovery Green Flea by Night
Saturday, May 18
discoverygreen.com/flea

Last day of Trenton Doyle Hancock
Sunday, May 19
menil.org/exhibitions/299-contemporary-focus-trenton-doyle-hancock

America’s Unholy Ghosts: The Racist Roots of Our Faith and Politics
Sunday, May 19
events.rice.edu/#!view/event/date/20190519/event_id/24530

Third Ward Black History Bike Ride
Sunday, May 19
eventbrite.com/e/third-ward-black-history-bike-ride-tickets-60545960598

Greater Houston Business Procurement Forum
Tuesday, May 21
houstonbiz.org

Concert: Elhae
Tuesday, May 21
concerts1.livenation.com/event/3A005656778B1661

Houston Startup Demo Day
Wednesday, May 22
eventbrite.com/e/houston-startup-demo-day-tickets-59900737719

Kinder Institute Forum: Maurice Cox
Wednesday, May 22
eventbrite.com/e/kinder-institute-forum-maurice-cox-registration-53958791197

Dancin in the Street Motown & More Revue
Thursday, May 23 – May 26
milleroutdoortheatre.com/performance/dancin-in-the-street-motown-more-revue/

90s Paint n Chill Houston
Friday, May 24
90spaintchill.eventbrite.com

Beyonce Homecoming | Night Light Bike Ride
Friday, May 24
eventbrite.com/e/beyonce-homecoming-night-light-bike-ride-tickets-60701394505?aff=eand

40th Annual Pan-African Cultural Festival
Saturday, May 25
For details, link here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pan-african-cultural-festival-tickets-61207668785

Houston Arts Pioneers – Deep Listening: Pauline Oliveros Day
Saturday, May 25
discoverygreen.com/1576407

Concert: PJ Morton
Saturday, May 25
www1.ticketmaster.com/pj-morton-missouri-city-texas-05-25-2019/event/3A0056590D045CB0

Open Project Night – 12th Edition (Impact Hub Houston & Sketch City)
Tuesday, May 28
opnvol12.eventbrite.com

65th Anniversary of Brown v Board of Education
Wednesday, May 29
emanuelhouston.org/event/65th-anniversary-of-brown-v-board-of-education-.html

Asia Society: From Japanese Internment to “Travel Bans”: A Discussion and Film Screening of “And Then They Came for Us”
Thursday, May 30
asiasociety.org/texas/events/japanese-internment-travel-bans-discussion-and-film-screening-and-then-they-came-us

A Night of Dance Commemorating Stonewall’s 50th Anniversary
Thursday, May 30
facebook.com/events/1087612501440702/

Discover Green Thursday Concerts
Thursday, May 30
discoverygreen.com/1560084