Are you washing your fruits and veggies? Across the US, people are going wild with cyclosporiasis, a parasite that can cause watery, sometimes explosive, diarrhea. Public health professionals are looking into it but why wait for them when you could protect your guts and butts with some proactive effort??

Firm produce? Give it a good scrub
Leafy vegetables? Thoroughly wash each leaf
Bruises on produce? Excise them!
Cook what makes sense
Get it all in the fridge ASAP

Monday, 07/13

The perfect evening to wash your produce

Tuesday, 07/14

Craftin’: Stitch and B*tch | 6:00PM

Brazos Bookstore | 2421 Bissonnet St

A classic event - hang around with your fellow crafters, get creative, and perhaps vent a little bit about the woes of the world. This is an open crafting event, so no stitch required - bring whatever you’re working on and commune.

Wednesday, 07/15

Book signing: Jack Friday | 6:30PM

Murder By The Book | 2342 Bissonnet St

His pen name is Jack Friday, but this Wednesday the queer Texas murder author will be at Murder By the Book to promote their latest release, Killer Vibes.

Thursday, 07/16

Lecture: Women in Abstraction, Chryssa and Dorothy Hood | 7:00PM

Menil Collection | 1533 Sul Ross St

Your local Swamp-er Sophie Asakura will be giving a talk centering the paintings on view in the foyer by Dorothy Hood and Chryssa, expanding outward to the contributions of both artists to the world of abstraction.

In the Pit: Real Talk from Latinx Music Photographers | 7:00PM

Fresh Arts Gallery, Winter Street Studios C105 | 2101 Winter St

You know how you try to take pictures at shows, and they come out all blurry but then you see the official photos afterward and they rule? Part panel and part pop-up exhibition, this event brings together photographers Karo Cantu, Leydi Gonzalez, Keylee Photo, and Violeta Alvarez to talk about shooting live music, being Latinx in the industry, and building a camera-centric career.

Friday, 07/17

Did you wash that produce??

Saturday, 07/18

Workshop: Rainwater Harvesting | 10:00AM

Third Ward Multi-Service Center | 3611 Ennis St

You know all that rain that keeps falling inconsistently across the Greater Houston Area? This free workshop is a great way to learn how you can capture and reuse rainwater to support the health of our local ecosystem. It’ll be led by Master Gardener Teresa See and is part of Bayou Preservation’s 2026 Neighborhood Resilience Network Series.

The Big Slide Show | 2:00PM

Lawndale Art Center | 4912 Main St

It’s exactly what it sounds like, a big ol’ slide show featuring a bunch of the artists from The Big Show. What an opportunity to learn more about local artists!

**Tom Bandage** *16 Lamps (3)*, 2025 aluminum and brass

Opening: HomeGoods | 4:00PM

Foltz Fine Art | 2143 Westheimer

Rush on over to Foltz for the opening of this exhibition looking at the gaps between art, design, and the spaces we inhabit to see works that perhaps fit neatly inside said gaps. The group show features the likes of Jasmine Zelaya, Melinda Laszczynski, Kate Mulholland, and so many other names you definitely recognize and know.

Yard | 6:00PM

Someone’s House | 122 Glendale St

Yard’s second iteration that is actually now the first iteration because last weekend got rainy will be up and on view. Yard is a presentation of exhibitions in, you guessed it, yards to make art more accessible and engaging for people within their own communities. This iteration will feature work by Sol Diaz-Peña , Únies Gonzalez, and Lauren Hope Walker, who’ll be hosting a free paper pulp painting workshop from 4:00-5:30. Follow yard.show on instagram for any updates.

Sunday, 07/19

Lecture: Michelle White on John Akomfrah: The Hour Of The Dog | 3:00PM