05 | May in Houston

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  • Special May Highlights: With May being a popular month for travel, the website highlights special events happening throughout the month, like Comicpalooza or the Jurassic World: The Exhibition.

MAY HIGHLIGHTS

5/03 Cinco De Mayo Celebration at Children’s Museum Houston (Museum District)

5/03 Cinco de Mayo Celebration at Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center

5/07 Mother’s Day Market at Eveleyn’s Park (Bellaire)

5/09 Mother & Me Tea (Deer Park)

5/09 Mother’s Day Tea at George Ranch (Richmond)

5/09 Mother’s Day Floral Workshops at Houston School of Flowers (GOOF)

5/09 Collage a Card for Mom with Scissors of Tejas at HCCC (Museum District)

5/10 Nobu Mother’s Day Brunch (River Oaks Rice Military Fourth Ward Midtown)

5/10 Guard & Grace Mother’s Day Brunch (Downtown)

5/16 Mother & Son Archery Showdown (Deer Park)

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5/21 Annual Wreath Laying Ceremony (Tomball)

5/24 Remembering the Fallen – 21 Gun Salute at Museum of the American G.I. (College Station)

5/24 A Night To Remember Concert (Sugar Land)

5/24 Memorial Day Concert & Fireworks in The Woodlands

5/24 Memorial Day Patriotic Fun Day! At Rosenberg Railroad Museum

5/25 Memorial Day Program at Tomball Walmart

5/25 Memorial Day Ceremony at Bear Creek Park (Katy)

5/25 Memorial Day – Remembering Vietnam at Lonestar Flight Museum (South Houston)

5/25 Memorial Day Ceremony at Sugar Land Memorial Park

5/25 Memorial Day Celebration (Friendswood)

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Week One

5/01-02 La Izquierda Surf & Music Festival (Galveston)

5/01-10 EXHIBIT LEAVING: ATACAMA at HMNS (Museum District)

5/01-15 The Best School Year Ever at MATCH (Midtown)

5/01-17 EXHIBIT LEAVING: Frida: The Making of an Icon at MFAH (Museum District)

5/01-22 The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! at MATCH (Midtown)

5/01-31 Blooming Wonders a Celebration of Spring at Artechouse (Heights)

5/01-31 The Journey to End Cancer: From Cause to Cure at The Health Museum (Museum District)

5/01-31 Ernesto Neto: SunForceOceanLife at MFAH (Museum District)

5/01-31 Death By Natural Causes at HMNS (Museum District)

5/01-31 George Washington: America’s Enduring Icon at MFAH Bayou Bend

5/01-31 Midcentury Menu: Dining in the Atomic Age at MFAH Rienzi

5/01-31 Extreme Animals Alive at HMNS (Museum District)

05/01-31 King Tut’s Tomb at HMNS (Museum District)

5/02 Youth Fishing Derby (Friendswood) 

5/04 Stories and Crafts in the Cabin at Edith L. Moore (Memorial) 

5/04-06 Astros vs. Dodgers (Downtown)

5/08-25 EXHIBIT LEAVING: Freedom Plane National Tour: Documents That Forged a Nation at HMNS (Museum District)

5/09 Origami At Evelyn’s Park With Japan America Society Of Houston (Bellaire) 

5/09 2nd Saturday at the Depot – A Minecraft Movie (Tomball)

5/10 Discover Nature Together Scavenger Hunts at Houston Arboretum & Nature Center (Memorial Park)

Week Two

5/11-14 Astros vs. Mariners (Downtown)

5/11 The Woodlands Cars & Coffee for a Cause 

5/14-17 Pasadena Strawberry Festival

5/15-17 Astros vs. Rangers (Downtown)

5/15 Storytime in the Garden at Houston Botanic Gardens (South Houston) 

5/16 Create Your Own Mandala Workshop at City Place (North Houston)

5/16 Downtown Disney on the Square (Katy)

5/16 Houston Area Live Steamers FREE rides (Hockley) 

5/16 Woodlands Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet performs American Film Composers at TWCM

5/16 Howey’s Water Safety Festival (Sugar Land) 

5/16 Wildcraft: Owls! & Spectacular Snakes! at Brazos Bend State Park

5/16 Movie Night (Crazy Rich Asians) at Bagby Park (Midtown)

5/17 Family Zone at MFAH (Museum District) 

5/17 Alligators: From Egg to Apex at Brazos Bend State Park

Week Three

5/20 The Learning Zoo Animal Encounters at The Woodlands Children’s Museum

5/20-31 EXHIBIT OPENING: Picasso–Klee–Matisse: Masterpieces from the Museum Berggruen at MFAH (Museum District)

5/21 Art Encounters at MFAH (Museum District)

5/22 Movies on the Square: How to Train Your Dragon (Sugar Land)

5/22 Mommy & Me at the Learning Zoo – Frozen Theme (Conroe)

5/22-31 EXHIBIT OPENING: CLICKBAIT: a digital obsession at HMNS (Museum District)

5/23 Wildcraft: Wading Birds! & Alligators: From Egg to Apex at Brazos Bend State Park 

5/23 Arts in the Park at Sheldon Lake State Park & Environmental Learning Center

5/23 Summer Splash Bash at Paradigm Brewing (Tomball)

Week Four

5/26-30 Scholastic Book Fair at Deer Park Public Library

5/26-31 Sugar Land Space Cowboys vs. OKC

5/29-31 Astros vs. Brewers (Downtown)

5/29 Mommy & Me at the Learning Zoo – Mermaid Theme (Conroe)

5/30 10th Birthday Party! At Children’s Museum Houston (Museum District)

5/30 Wildcraft: Alligators! & Alligators: From Egg to Apex at Brazos Bend State Park

5/30 Corvettes Ready 24th Annual Spring Show (Sugar Land)

5/30 Demo Day: Camp Kitchen at San Jacinto Museum & Battleground (La Porte )

5/31 Houston Museum of Natural Science at Levy Park (Southwest)

5/31 Owls: From Head to Talon at Brazos Bend State Park

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