Upcoming Events
Sunday, May 6
Walk for the Woods
8am registration/9am walk
Americas Plaza (2311 Canal Street)
The Woods Project
www.walkforthewoods.org
Walk for the Woods is a corporate and family-friendly event. It will be close to a 5K walk through the east end of downtown featuring the Buffalo Bayou and the developing East End. Many trail stops along the route will highlight the unique history of Houston's historic waterway led by Buffalo Bayou Partnership.
All proceeds from the walk will be used to support low-come high school youths' participation in year-round Woods Project programming. The Woods Project seeks to develop leadership capacity and life skills in low-income youth to help prepare them for college and beyond, through a series of outdoor programs.
Cost: $25 per person; walk will start and finish at Americas Plaza, 2311 Canal Street.
Register online at www.walkforthewoods.org
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Save the Date!
May 19, 8:30pm
Scoot-In
Sesquicentennial Park
500 Block of Preston (between Smith and Bagby)
Free
Houstonians can walk, ride their bikes or mopeds, carpool, take the bus or drive to this unique drive-in film event. The evening will spotlight short films featuring two-wheeled vehicles (bikes, scooters and more).Aurora Picture Show, Buffalo Bayou Partnership and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts are hosting Scoot-In. The curator is Bart Weiss of the Dallas Video Festival. Food trucks and St. Arnold Brewery will be on-hand to whet your whistle and appetite.
Click here for more information
Click here for a cool scooter video traveling through Houston neighborhoods.
Bayou Boutique
One stop shopping for the holidays! Buffalo Bayou Partnership has that perfect gift for that someone of any age – from silk ties to coffee to plush buffalo.
Click here to fill out your order form.
Past EVENTS:
Foodie Floats
Wednesday, April 4
6-7:30pm
The 2012 Spring Foodie Float schedule will be hosted by Ziggy’s Bar and Gill on Buffalo Bayou Partnership’s pontoon boat cruises. Join Ziggy’s as they share some of their home-made bites along with some of their favorite Buffalo Bayou stories. Buffalo Bayou Brewing Company will provide a tasty treat showcasing their flagship brew, 1836, named after the year Houston was founded along Buffalo Bayou. Cost: $50 per person; depart at Sabine Promenade at 150 Sabine Street; reservations required tsmith@buffalobayou.org or 713.752.0314 ext. 3; www.buffalobayou.org
BAYOU BASH
Saturday, April 14, 2012 1 - 4 pm @ Sabine Promenade
$20 Bayou Buddies/ $25 non-members/ $10 increase at the door
Join over 400 bayou friends for live music by The Beans, crawfish, libations, lawn games, and more, along the banks of Buffalo Bayou. Purchase tickets here!
For sponsorship information, please contact Jennifer Gaines, jgaines@buffalobayou.org or 713-752-0314 ext. 5.
Buffalo Bayou Partnership and The Lancaster Hotel
Present a book signing with Louis Aulbach
Sunday, February 5 from 2:30-4:30pm
The Lancaster Hotel
701 Texas Avenue (at Louisiana)
Admission is free. Profit from the book sales benefit Buffalo Bayou Partnership (27.06 including tax)
Click here for more information
Buffalo Bayou Mission Possible
The goal of Texas Nature Challenge is to get families and kids outdoors by visiting as many participating parks and nature areas in Texas as they can this summer.At each site, participants complete activities designed for family fun and nature exploration. Participation prizes will be awarded at the closing ceremonies for the most sites visited, best scrapbook, best photo and more.
Click here to get started on our Mission along Buffalo Bayou.
For more information about the Texas Nature Challenge, click here. http://naturechallenge.tamu.edu/
Any questions, please contact Jessalyn Ballard, BBP’s Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator at jballard@buffalobayou.org or 713.752.0314 ext. 4.
Monday, May 16 and Tuesday, May 24, 6:30-8pm
Foodie Floats
Central Market will be host to Buffalo Bayou Partnership’s May Foodie Floats, in conjunction with the store’s two-week Passport Spain celebration. Join Central Market chef for a tapas tasting party aboard BBP’s pontoon boat as you take in views of the waterway’s lush scenery. In addition, Central Market will provide the perfect Spanish wines to wet your palette. Cost: $50 per person; For reservations, contact Trudi Smith at tsmith@buffalobayou.org or 713.752.0314 ext. 3.
We are pleased to announce My Table as our media sponsor for Foodie Floats.
Saturday, May 21, 8:30pm
Tex Hex Pop Up Cinema: Past Forward
CultureMap
1011 Wood Street, 77007
FreeThe University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts and Buffalo Bayou Partnership present Tex Hex, an artist-made boat created by the design-build group Simparch. May 21st launches the first of many artists’ projects aboard Tex Hex. For this one night only at 8:30pm, Tex Hex provides a pop-up screening along the water’s edge at 1011 Wood Street, home of digital magazine CultureMap, in downtown Houston.This self-contained cinema projects from and onto an on-board screen enabling recorded and live video content to be viewed while the boat is stationary or in motion. Filmmaker and the Mitchell Center’s Artist in Residence Deborah Stratman curates the evening’s program, Visionary Transport. This70-minute film program features artistic takes on car culture, with works by Kenneth Anger, Buckminster Fuller, Buster Keaton and Amanda Pope, amongst others.In the week leading up to May 21st stay tuned to the Mitchell Center’s Facebook and Twitter for announcements of special sneak peek preview screenings along Buffalo Bayou.Refreshments provided by local vendors and Whole Foods Market. Special thanks to digital media sponsor CultureMap Houston.
Saturday, May 7, 8am-noon
Birding and Learning along the East End Trails
723 N. Drennan (off of Navigation Blvd)
$25 per person
(reservations are recommended)
Keep Buffalo Bayou wild! Join birder and Houston Audubon Society member Glenn Olsen touring a walking tour along the East End trails of Buffalo bayou. Glenn will highlights the variety of birds that migrate along this waterway stretch as well as identify various flora and fauna in this area.
Coffee and light breakfast will be provided.
For reservations, please call Trudi Smith at 713.752.0314 ext. 3 or e-mail tsmith@buffalobayou.org.
Bayou Bash 2011
Saturday, April 9, 2011
1-4pm
$25/$20 for Bayou Buddies members – tickets available on-line at buffaloabyou.org Day of the event: $30/$25 for Bayou Buddies
Join Bayou Buddies for their biggest fundraiser of the year. Featuring live music from 4 A.M crawfish, libations provided by Saint Arnold’s Brewing, pontoon boat rides, lawn games, kayak demonstrations, raffle, and more.
Click here for more information
39th Annual Buffalo Bayou Regatta
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Buffalo Bayou Partnership invites you to participate in Texas’ largest canoe and kayak race: The Buffalo Bayou Regatta on Saturday, March 12.
Join in the 15-mile USCA-sanctioned race along scenic Buffalo Bayou, whether you are entering competitively, or paddling for pleasure, we encourage you to enter the Regatta and enjoy the unique perspective from Houston's historic waterway.
From 11am-2pm, stop by the finish line at downtown’s Sesquicentennial (across from the Downtown Aquarium) for free live zydeco music, awards ceremony, and food and drinks available for purchase.
For more information, click here.
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