Sound Healing Meditation
2023-09-17 10:00 - 10:45, 2023-09-20 18:00 - 18:45, 2023-10-01 10:00 - 10:45, 2023-10-04 18:00 - 18:45, 2023-10-07 10:00 - 10:45 (America/Chicago) | BUFFALO BAYOU PARK CISTERN, 105 Sabine Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States
Find your center and practice meditation in the spacious and tranquil Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern. Offered in collaboration with Union is Creation, this meditation series will feature the use of singing bowls and wind chimes to encourage mindfulness and connectivity.
Guests should bring their own cushions or mats and water only in a non-glass container. No food or non-water drinks are allowed inside the Cistern. Sound Healing Meditation can be loud for those with sensitive hearing. Earplugs will be available for purchase in the visitor’s center.
Cost: $15
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Underground Sounds: Nameless Sound
2023-09-17 16:00 - 16:45, 2023-09-17 19:30 - 20:15 UTC | BUFFALO BAYOU PARK CISTERN, 105 Sabine Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States
UPDATE: All Nameless Sound performances are now SOLD OUT! For any additional guests wishing to attend, we will be taking an in-person, first-come-first-served waiting list beginning exactly 30 minutes prior to each performance time.
The next “Underground Sounds” is with DACAMERA October 5-8. Tickets are available starting Friday, September 8 at 9am.
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Join us for Underground Sounds, a unique music series in the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern!
This fall, four Houston-based music organizations will perform specially composed or arranged works that highlight the remarkable natural acoustics of the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern.
About this program: Nameless Sound will present six unique concerts, each with a different trio of creative musicians collaborating for the first time to explore the special sonic qualities of the Cistern. Each will be a singular experience, never-to-be repeated, that will take audiences on a sonic journey of real-time musical composition.
Cost: $25
Performance times:

September 14 at 7:30pm
September 15 at 7:30pm
September 16 at 4pm
September 16 at 7:30pm
September 17 at 4pm
September 17 at 7:30pm

Performers:

September 14: Ethan Adkison, James Murphy, Brandon Willis
September 15: Ethan Adkison, Justin Jones, Rebecca Novak
September 16 at 4pm: Danny Kamins, Rebecca Novak, Kory Reeder
September 16 at 7:30pm: Lisa Cameron, Christina Carter, James Murphy
September 17 at 4pm: Lisa Cameron, Danny Kamins, Brandon Willis
September 17 at 7:30pm: Christina Carter, Justin Jones, Kory Reeder

Nameless Sound’s mission is to present the best of international contemporary music and to support the exploration of new methods in arts education. Its concert series has become known for a diverse range of international artists who represent the most important and influential names in music, as well as the emerging cutting-edge. The series features commissions and world-premieres, as well as special projects that entail collaborations between visiting artists and local musicians.

Buffalo Bayou Park Wellness Walk
2023-09-20 18:30 - 20:00, 2023-09-27 18:30 - 20:00, 2023-10-04 18:30 - 20:00, 2023-10-11 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | bird-grasshopper
Join Buffalo Bayou Partnership on a free Wellness Walk led by Laura Conely, founder of Urban Paths. Anyone and everyone is invited to walk through the paths of Buffalo Bayou Park while discussing topics including mental and physical health as well as the benefits of being exposed to nature.
Walk departs at 6:30pm at 105 Sabine Street and covers 3 miles in 1.5 hours.
NEW: The first Wednesday of every month, translator Marcella Cabrera will join the group to offer the guided walk in Spanish.
NUEVO: El primer miércoles de cada mes, la traductora Marcella Cabrera se unirá al grupo para ofrecer la caminata guiada en español.
Free Registration

Blanket Bingo at Market Square Park (Benefitting BBP)
2023-09-21 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | TX
This popular park favorite is back! Join us for an exciting new season of Blanket Bingo, benefiting Market Square Park and Buffalo Bayou Partnership. Bring your blanket, lawn chairs or snag one of the tables at the park for a night of fun, music and great prizes! $10 admission (cash only) includes one bingo packet (approx. 9 games). Additional games and daubers can be purchased for $1 each. Packets will go on sale at 6 PM and Bingo will begin at 7 PM.
This event has been known to sell out, so be sure to get to the park early to secure your chances. No reservations; first come, first served.

BBP Member Breakfast
2023-09-22 08:30 - 10:00 UTC | SUNSET COFFEE BUILDING, 1019 Commerce Street, Suite 200, Houston, TX, 77002, United States
Come mingle with fellow BBP Members over breakfast and hear more about the organization from President Anne Olson. Sip freshly brewed coffee and enjoy delicious breakfast treats generously provided by Snooze AM Eatery. Attendees will also have the chance to win Snooze AM Eatery gift cards.
Make a difference while enjoying all the bayou has to offer! Become a BBP Member today for your special invitation!

Crossing Buffalo Bayou
2023-09-23 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Chicago) | Sound Healing Meditation
Often referred to as the Bayou City, Houston has more bridges than many of us realize. This tour explores the aesthetics, engineering, and history of some of the 14 bridges that cross Buffalo Bayou from Allen’s Landing downtown to the Port of Houston.
Cost: $40/person
Departure location: 1019 Commerce Street (at Main Street), go down the cascading stairs (on your left of the 3-story brown brick building). The pontoon boat will be docked at the wharf.
Weather permitting. Reservations Required. Children under the age of 4 are not permitted on the pontoon boat.
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Tour Vivencial en Español
2023-09-23 13:00 - 14:00, 2023-09-30 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | TX
Excelente para los visitantes nuevos como para los que repiten, el recorrido experiencial incluye una introducción seguida de la oportunidad de explorar la Cisterna a su propio ritmo. Se proporcionan hojas informativas digitales e impresas para todos los huéspedes. Los tours privados también están disponibles para grupos.
Tarifas

Persona (9+ Años): $10
De Últimos Años, Militares y Estudiantes: $8

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Currents Member Happy Hour: The Orange Show
2023-09-25 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | The Orange Show, 2402 Munger Street, Houston, TX, 77023, United States
Join us at The Orange Show for a vibrant gathering amidst bird art and vendors. Enjoy conversation with other young professionals at this night championing the birds that live along Buffalo Bayou! Drinks will be available by donation.
Make a difference while enjoying all the bayou has to offer! Become a BBP Member today for your special invitation!

Film: Metropolis in Buffalo Bayou Park
2023-09-28 19:30 - 22:00 UTC | THE WATER WORKS, 105 Sabine Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States
Buffalo Bayou Partnership and Friends of River Oaks Theatre will host a special screening consisting of new short films made by inspired artists, followed by Fritz Lang’s groundbreaking 1927 science fiction epic, Metropolis, accompanied by an original live score by Omar Vincent Al-Bochi (aka: Vincent Priceless). The film will be shown on The Water Works terrace in Buffalo Bayou Park (105 Sabine St).
About Metropolis
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city’s mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
General Admission: $15
FREE for BBP and Cinephile members
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"Roots and Waterways" in the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern
2023-09-29 18:00 - 21:00 UTC | BUFFALO BAYOU PARK CISTERN, 105 Sabine Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States
UPDATE: This event is now full. For any additional guests wishing to attend, we will be taking an in-person, first-come-first-served waiting list beginning exactly 30 minutes prior to each performance time.
Members of Colectiva Pochteca, the artist collective of Houston’s Calmecac Indigenous Organization, will come together for six unique concerts on the occasion of the Fall 2023 Equinox/September Harvest Moon. The vocal and drum performance will be comprised of Native American and Indigenous songs, cantos, arranged for the natural acoustics of the Cistern. Central to this presentation of songs from Deer Moon SisStars are songs for and about water, the elixir of the earth.
This performance kicks off Colectiva Pochteca’s fall residency along Buffalo Bayou which includes inter-generational creative and cultural programs. It celebrates the collective’s planting of a medicine wheel garden at Tony Marron Park in Houston’s East End, which will unfold in the coming months.
Performance Schedule:
Friday, September 29, 2023
6 – 9pm with performances every 30 minutes
Cost: Free

Free Registration

Please note: Registration is required for entry. Please only register if you plan to attend.
Limit 4 tickets per person. Ages 9+ only.
Once all spots are filled, we will be taking an in-person, first-come-first-served waiting list beginning exactly 30 minutes prior to each performance time.

About Colectiva Pochteca
Colectiva Pochteca is the artist collective arm of the Calmecac Indigenous Organization and is comprised only of artists that have participated in ceremonial work with the Calmecac over the last 25 years and include many disciplines including visual and performance art, traditional and native crafts, spoken word and native drumming and song. The Colectiva has deep ties to the East End community. In addition to family ties and long-time current residents in the East End for over 30 years, they hosted their first-ever free community classes at Eastwood and Mason parks as well as previous Indigenous Peoples Day community activities at Tony Marron park and annual memorial art exhibition for founding elder Daniel Antoon.

About Calmecac Indigenous Organization (Houston Aztec Dance & Drum Group)
Calmecac Indigenous Organization (Houston Aztec Dance & Drum) is dedicated to learning and teaching Mexicayotl (Aztec) dancing, drumming, and Indigenous culture with integrity, pride, and respect. Founded in 2014 by Abuela M’api Rainflowa and her three children, who are from an eighth-generation Texan family and fourth generation family born and raised in Houston, Texas, the Calmecac creates educational sessions, both public and private, helping to establish a consistent Native American (Indigenous) presence in Houston for the past 25 years.
Most recently, the Calmecac, in partnership with the Prairie Association of Texas, has collaborated with the environmental sciences magnet at Lantrip Elementary this past school year where they have a community garden and a Brighter Bites food distribution site. They have also adopted Lantrip as the pilot school for the launch of the SEMILLAS program beginning with the rematriation awareness and recognition of indigenous lands event in March of 2023. The Calmecac and its founding family are currently the subject of a forthcoming PBS documentary series highlighting traditional communities across the United States.

Port to Port History Boat Tour
2023-09-30 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Sound Healing Meditation
The Port to Port History Tour is a 2-hour cruise east of downtown on Buffalo Bayou from Allen’s Landing to the Port of Houston Turning Basin.
In 1914 with the opening of the Houston Ship Channel and the modern Port of Houston, the section of Buffalo Bayou from the port’s turning basin to the foot of Main Street (now known as Allen’s Landing) was called the upper channel. Join bayou guide Andrew Groocock on a historical tour of the upper channel of Buffalo Bayou focusing on the historic significance of this industrial stretch and Houston, as you cruise the approximately seven miles from the old port of Houston to the new port of Houston.
Cost: $45/person
Departure location: 1019 Commerce Street (at Main Street), go down the cascading stairs (on your left of the 3-story brown brick building). The pontoon boat will be docked at the wharf.
Weather permitting. Reservations Required. Children under the age of 4 are not permitted on the pontoon boat.
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Underground Sounds: DACAMERA
2023-10-05 19:00 - 19:30, 2023-10-06 19:00 - 19:30, 2023-10-07 16:00 - 16:30, 2023-10-08 16:00 - 16:30, 2023-10-08 17:30 - 18:00 UTC | BUFFALO BAYOU PARK CISTERN, 105 Sabine Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States
UPDATE: All DACAMERA performances are now SOLD OUT! For any additional guests wishing to attend, we will be taking an in-person, first-come-first-served waiting list beginning exactly 30 minutes prior to each performance time.
The next “Underground Sounds” is with vocalist Alexandra Smither and bassist Austin Lewellen on October 26 – 29 . Tickets are available starting Friday, September 29 at 9am.
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Join us for Underground Sounds, a unique music series in the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern!
This fall, four Houston-based music organizations will perform specially composed or arranged works that highlight the remarkable natural acoustics of the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern.
About this program: DACAMERA has commissioned Houston composer Mark Buller (an alumnus of the DACAMERA Young Artist Program) to create a new, site-specific work for the Cistern which will be performed by current DACAMERA Young Artists.
Tickets available starting Friday, September 8 at 9am.
Cost: $25
Performance Times:

October 5 at 7pm
October 6 at 7pm
October 7 at 4pm
October 7 at 5:30pm
October 8 at 4pm
October 8 at 5:30pm

DACAMERA is an internationally recognized producer and presenter of chamber music and jazz, committed to bringing its audiences transformative musical experiences. DACAMERA’s Education and Community Initiatives have received national attention for its Young Artist Program, a professional development program for outstanding musicians that emphasizes community advocacy and brings Young Artist-teachers into classrooms, introducing music into STEM and humanities lessons.

Books on the Bayou / Libros sobre el Bayou
2023-10-07 09:00 - 09:45 (America/Chicago) | BARBARA FISH DANIEL NATURE PLAY AREA, 105 Sabine St, Houston, TX, 77007, United States
Join us for a fun, free story time event for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers (best for 6 months – 4 years) and their parents/caregivers! There will be silly stories, rhymes, and songs, along with fun for the whole family!
Books on the Bayou will be held on the first Saturday of each month at the Barbara Fish Daniel Nature Play Area in Buffalo Bayou Park.
Cost: Free
Time:
· 9am – Story time in English and Spanish
Meeting location: Barbara Fish Daniel Nature Play Area (next to The Water Works at 105 Sabine St.)
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¡Únase a nosotros para un evento divertido y gratuito a la hora del cuento para bebés, niños pequeños y preescolares (mejor para 6 meses a 4 años) y sus padres / cuidadores! Habrá historias, rimas y canciones.
Books on the Bayou se llevará a cabo el primer sábado de cada mes en el Área de Juegos Naturales Barbara Fish Daniel en Buffalo Bayou Park.
Costo: Gratis
Horario:
• 9am – Hora del cuento en inglés y español
Lugar de reunión: Barbara Fish Daniel Nature Play Area (junto a The Water Works en 105 Sabine St.)
Free Registration / Registro Gratuito

Excursiones en español en el barco ponton de BBP
2023-10-07 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | ALLEN’S LANDING, 1001 Commerce Street, Houston, TX, 77002, United States
A Spanish interpreter will be on board for these tours / Un intérprete de español estará a bordo para estos tours.
Cost:

Adults: $15
Children: $12 (ages 4-12)*

Hours: 10am-2pm (45 minute boat rides) The last tour leaves at 1pm.
Please note that boat tours depart promptly at the designated time.
Departure location: 1019 Commerce Street (at Main Street), go down the stairs (to your left of the 3-story brown brick building). The pontoon will be at the pier.
These 45-minute boat rides are a great way to spend time with family and friends. Escape the bustle of the city and enjoy the cool breeze as you glide across the waters of Buffalo Bayou. Spot graceful herons, jumping fish and even an alligator at the water’s edge.
*Children under 4 years old are not allowed on boat tours.

Costo:

Adultos: $15
Niños: $12 (edades 4-12)*

Horario: 10am-2pm (paseos en bote de 45 minutos) El último tour sale a las 1pm.
Tenga en cuenta que los recorridos en barco salen puntualmente a la hora designada.
Lugar de salida: 1019 Commerce Street (en Main Street), baje las escaleras (a su izquierda del edificio de ladrillo de color marrón de 3 pisos). El pontón estará en el muelle.
Estos paseos en bote de 45 minutos son una excelente manera de pasar tiempo con su familia y amigos. Escápese del bullicio de la ciudad y disfrute de la brisa fresca mientras se desliza por las aguas de Buffalo Bayou. Observe garzas elegantes, peces saltadores e incluso un caimán en las orillas del agua.
*Los niños menores de 4 años no están permitidos en excursiones en barco.
Si el tiempo lo permite. Se requiere reservación.
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Sound Healing Meditation
2023-10-08 10:00 - 10:45, 2023-10-11 18:00 - 18:45 (America/Chicago) | BUFFALO BAYOU PARK CISTERN, 105 Sabine Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States
This event is canceled.
Find your center and practice meditation in the spacious and tranquil Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern. Offered in collaboration with Union is Creation, this meditation series will feature the use of singing bowls and wind chimes to encourage mindfulness and connectivity.
Guests should bring their own cushions or mats and water only in a non-glass container. No food or non-water drinks are allowed inside the Cistern. Sound Healing Meditation can be loud for those with sensitive hearing. Earplugs will be available for purchase in the visitor’s center.
Cost: $15
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New Moon Sound Healing Meditation
2023-10-14 10:00 - 10:45 (America/Chicago) | Second Saturday Boat Ride
The moon cycle is a theme throughout the design of Buffalo Bayou Park, from the Lunar Cycle Lighting along the trails to the moon pattern-cut columns along the Carruth pedestrian bridge. Now, park visitors can observe monthly New Moon Meditations in the Buffalo Bayou Cistern.
The new moon is commonly known as a time to initiate beginnings. This sound healing meditation series will feature the use of singing bowls and wind chimes to encourage mindfulness and connectivity. Guests should bring their own cushion or mat. New Moon Meditation is led by Saumil Manek with Union is Creation.

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