Free Evenings at Houston Museums
Museum of Natural Science - free Tuesday evenings
Tuesdays 2 pm - 8 pm regular exhibits are free.
Museum of Fine Arts - free Thursday evenings
Shell oil sponsors free Thursday night admission (4-9pm) to regular exhibits. Many of the city’s more interesting people show up at this time.
Houston Groups: Writers Groups
Houston Writer’s Guild - first thursday of month
Networking meetings are the 1st Thursday of each month at the The Daily Grind, 4115 Washington Ave, near the Heights. These meetings are informal and social. All Interested writers are invited and the meetings are free. Further networking is available through our email list.
http://www.geocities.com/houstonwriters/
Authors and Publishers - third thursday of month
We have resumed our monthly informal networking meetings on the third Thursday of the month at Cafe Express, River Oaks, Houston
Please join us Thursday, May 17, 2007, 6:00 PM
Cafe Express: River Oaks
1422 W Gray St
Houston, TX 77019
(713) 522-3100
http://www.authorsandpublishers.org/
Houston Lists: Houston Bookstores
General
http://brazos.booksense.com/
http://www.bluewillowbookshop.com/
Murder Mysteries
http://www.murderbooks.com/
Technical Books
http://www.brownbookshop.com/
Houston List: Best Houston CD/Record Stores
http://www.soundexchangehouston.com/
This list does seem very short. That’s because Barnes and Noble, Amazon and other giant corporates have mostly obliterated the independent record store.
Houston How-To: Get Rid of Old Stuff
Freecycle. You post a message saying what you have and where you’ll give it away, and someone responds and you meet.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HoustonFreecycle/
Craiglist has a section for giving stuff away free.
http://houston.craigslist.org/zip/
Houston How-To: Avoid Red Light Cameras
Our brilliant city decided to make us all uneasy and install automatic cameras at red lights around town. I think it’s a bad idea, even a stupid idea, to create more alienation when the real problem is traffic that drives people insane. But they got some instant revenue karma to the tune of six million dollars from it, so the fat people with political jobs are happy. Here’s how you can avoid their folly:
1. Know the locations of the cameras
http://www.click2houston.com/automotive/10103894/detail.html
2. When you drive, look for large white poles with both camera and flasher units pointed at the intersection.
Here’s a short list of links to help you and I both out.
http://cbtcws.cityofhouston.gov/events/
http://www.visithoustontexas.com/visitors/events.php
http://houston.craigslist.org/cal/
http://www.advancement.uh.edu/marketing/calendar/FMPro?-db=UHdates.FP5&-lay=DataEntry&-format=index.htm&-view
http://www.houstontheaterdistrict.org/en/calendarevents/monthly.asp
http://www.houstonbusiness.com/calendar/
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/5100892.html
http://www.onlyinhouston.org/en/calendarevents/monthly.asp
http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/cal.html