Oktober surprise

5 Things You Must Do This Weekend, Sept. 28–30

Festival season has arrived.

09/27/2018 By Morgan Kinney

Long Weekend

5 Things You Must Do This Weekend, Aug. 31–Sept. 2

There's baseball to watch!

08/30/2018 By Morgan Kinney

paw-some times

5 Things You Must Do This Weekend, July 20–22

Dogs, music, lots of space, and a portentous book signing.

07/19/2018 By Morgan Kinney

BBQ SZN

5 Things You Must Do This Weekend, May 25–27

Other than head to the beach, of course.

05/25/2018 By Morgan Kinney

Great Outdoors

This Is How Houston's Parks Rank Among America's Best

Apparently we need better access.

05/23/2018 By Gwendolyn Knapp

HBD to DG

5 Things You Must Do This Weekend, April 13–15

On tap: Art cars roll into town, pop-tastic jazz, and a Discovery Green coming-of-age celebration.

04/12/2018 By Morgan Kinney

Top Neighborhoods 2018

Score All the Amenities In These Houston Communities

Nowadays, residents expect more in their homes than just four walls and a roof.

02/28/2018 By Morgan Kinney

Like a Good Neighbor

Houston Grand Opera Sings for the Trees

In a collaboration with Discovery Green's Hello, Trees! installation, two HGO artists will perform songs from a menu of choices.

02/14/2018 By Holly Beretto

Cheap Skate

A Free Bun B Show and a Roller Rink Revamp? Head to Discovery Green in March

There's plenty of fun to be had downtown.

02/14/2018 By Gwendolyn Knapp

light it up

5 Things You Must Do This Weekend, Feb. 9–11

Kam Franklin sings to trees, liberal rednecks, a Mardi Gras kickoff, and more.

02/08/2018 By Morgan Kinney

Ice House

Meet the Cats of Discovery Green

June and Mars are the downtown park's furry protectors.

01/30/2018 By Morgan Kinney

Add to Calendar

52 Weekends of Family Fun

Your year with the youngsters, planned.

12/29/2017 By Katharine Shilcutt

Holiday diversions

5 Things You Must Do This Weekend, Nov. 24–26

AKA: Ways to entertain your out-of-town family and prevent fist fights.

11/23/2017 By Morgan Kinney

Oak-ay

Discovery Green Wants You To Talk With Trees

This interactive work invites Houston to engage in a conversation of light and music.

11/21/2017 By Morgan Kinney

Discover Houston

Find the Free Fall Event For You at Discovery Green

And while, no, the roller rink is not back yet, Houstonians can find something to do just about every night of the week from now through November.

09/21/2017 By Laura Furr Mericas

TGIF

5 Things You Must Do This Weekend, Sept. 15-17

Dance your soul away, drink to Bun B, and commune telepathically with art.

09/14/2017 By Morgan Kinney

What a Relief

5 Things You Must Do This Weekend, Sept. 8–10

Record your own oral history, hear lots of good music, and try out an escape room (for free).

09/07/2017 By Morgan Kinney

Allllll the Colors

Those Aren't Party Streamers at Discovery Green

First off: They're made of tablecloth, shower curtains and painters drop cloths.

08/16/2017 By Julia Gsell

Get Out

6 Family-Friendly Flicks to Catch Outside This Weekend

BYO blanket and popcorn for these feature films—all screened for free in green spaces across the city.

08/07/2017 By Katharine Shilcutt

The Summer of Staycations

Visit a New Side of Houston: Doing Downtown Right

Drink, dance and dine your way across downtown, then burn it off the next day with bikes, bowling and bridge poses in the park.

06/30/2017 By Katharine Shilcutt