Dinner at The Dunlavy
2019-05-08 18:30 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | TX
Join BBP for a unique opportunity to enjoy an exclusive Dinner at The Dunlavy on May 8th!
6:30PM Cocktails, Hors d’oeuvres and Highlights of Buffalo Bayou Partnership’s Projects
7:00PM Four-Course Seated Dinner with Pairings from J. Lohr Vineyards & Wine
Sanober and Murad Ajani
Lisa Marshall and Don Welsh
Dinner Co-Chairs
The Dunlavy at Lost Lake in Buffalo Bayou Park
3422 Allen Parkway, Valet Parking
Business Casual
Seating is limited. If you have questions, please contact Leigh McBurnett, BBP Director of Development, at 713.752.0314 ext. 105 or lmcburnett@buffalobayou.org.
Proceeds from this fundraising event support Buffalo Bayou Partnership and will allow our non-profit organization to continue revitalizing, maintaining and activating Buffalo Bayou. For tax purposes, the estimated fair market value is $75 per person.
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SOLD OUT: Sounding the Cistern for Pauline Oliveros
2019-05-26 18:30 - 21:00 | Second Saturday Boat Ride
Buffalo Bayou Partnership and Nameless Sound present
Sounding the Cistern for Pauline Oliveros
In remembrance of one of the important composers of our time, four improvisers sound the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern for Houston’s native daughter.
Tom Bickley (Berkeley, CA) – recorders
David Dove (Houston, TX) – trombone
Juan Garcia (Mexico City, MX) – double bass
Lisa E. Harris (Houston, TX) – voice
Tickets are $10 per person.
30-minute performances at

6:30pm (sold out)
7:30pm (sold out)
8:30pm (sold out)

In memory of this singular artist and humanitarian, four musicians with close ties to Pauline Oliveros will sound the Cistern in the first-ever public performance held in this special space. Built as a drinking water reservoir in 1926, the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern was designed to hold 15 million gallons of water when functioning at capacity. 87,500 square feet, and supported by 221 concrete columns which are 25 feet tall, the Cistern features a 17-second sonic reverberation. Buffalo Bayou Partnership restored and repurposed the Cistern into a magnificent public space, offering regular history tours as well as periodic art installations and programs.
Learn more about Sounding the Cistern for Pauline Oliveros here.

Glow Flow with Empower Fitness Lab
2019-07-31 19:30 - 21:30 | bird-grasshopper
7:30-9:30pm Lunar Cycling (20-minute sessions)
Empower Fitness Lab and Buffalo Bayou Partnership are joining forces for two out-of-this-world fitness experiences in one evening. Empower will lead a series of 20-minute “lunar” cycling sessions on stationary bikes in Buffalo Bayou Park. Enjoy a stellar view of the downtown skyline and take in the Lunar Cycle Lighting scheme along Buffalo Bayou when all of the orbs will be blue during the new moon.
8-9pm Silent Yoga
Drown out all distractions and focus on your flow during an hour-long practice of silent yoga. Using wireless, noise-canceling headphones, this unique yoga session encourages a full sensory experience without the everyday disruptions
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CANCELLED: Houston, We Have a Poem!
2019-08-22 20:00 - 22:00 | Monthly Volunteer Day
This event has been cancelled.

Buffalo Bayou Partnership and Writers in the Schools are hosting celestial and lunar-inspired poetry performances under the ever-changing Lunar Cycle Lighting along Buffalo Bayou. There will be a poetry writing workshop (limited registration), followed by free curated open mic performances, open to the public, featuring spoken word poetry by Houston area poets.

An Interview with Philosopher Timothy Morton
2019-08-29 18:00 - 19:30 | bird-grasshopper
Environmental philosopher, writer, and frequent artistic collaborator, Timothy Morton, will discuss his contribution to We Are the Asteroid III, a public artwork on view in Buffalo Bayou Park through September 8th. Morton created the text that appears on this iteration of the artwork, and is considered one of the most important ecological voices in writing today, exploring the intersection of object-oriented thought and ecological studies. Morton will be interviewed by Karen Farber, Director of the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts and Member of BBP’s Public Art Committee.
6pm: Reception
6:30pm: Discussion
An opportunity for audience interaction with the speakers will follow.
Timothy Morton is Rita Shea Guffey Chair in English at Rice University. He is the author of Dark Ecology: For a Logic of Future Coexistence; Nothing: Three Inquiries in Buddhism (with Marcus Boon and Eric Cazdyn); Hyperobjects: Philosophy and Ecology after the End of the World, and other books.

Underwriting for this program was generously provided by Scott and Judy Nyquist.
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Waterscape Making: A Harvey Anniversary Public Ceremony
2019-09-05 20:00 - 22:00 | bird-grasshopper
Join BBP and Houston artist Carrie Schneider for an interactive experience to discover what is possible between our public imagination and our relationship with water in Houston, as we mark the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey.
How to make a Waterscape: Guests will sign up karaoke-style and for the length of your selected song, you control your own weather system inside of a fish tank. Lights, bubbles, waves, and water set the scene. Bring or select from available objects, and use your hands to tell your own story about water.
The event occurs in relay so that we lend a hand to one another in a mutual aid loop outside of disaster response. Each waterscape will be videoed from below and projected for all to witness.
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Birding with the Bats
2019-09-27 19:30 - 21:00 | Public Art
Join Alisa Kline, a Texas Master Naturalist, for an evening of birding along Buffalo Bayou at Waugh Drive Bridge where a colony of more than 250,000 Mexican free-tailed bats resides. Find out which birds and other critters are attracted to the bats during their nightly emergence. We cannot guarantee hawks will be on the job, but make sure to bring your binoculars. It will be hard to catch the action without them!
Meet at the Waugh Bridge Bat Colony Observation Deck (Allen Parkway at Waugh Drive).
This program is part of Houston Bird Week.

Buffalo Bayou East Master Plan Celebration
2019-10-26 12:00 - 16:00 | Sound Healing Meditation
Photo credit: Michael Van Valkenburg Associates
Join Buffalo Bayou Partnership to celebrate the launch of the Buffalo Bayou East Master Plan! We will be celebrating a vision for Buffalo Bayou East which includes parks, trails and unique destinations.

12-4pm (presentation at 12:30pm)
Performances by Annika Chambers Band + Roberto Rodriguez and Mas Pulpo + Break Free Hip Hop
Face Painting + Kid’s Crafts
Free bicycle helmets to the first 100 attendees!
Food Trucks + Saint Arnold’s Beer and Root Beer
Bike Valet provided by BikeHouston (located at 5303 Navigation)
Port Houston Fireboat Show at 1:30pm

Free and open to all!

Parking map:
(Downloaded the parking map here.)

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Celebremos en una visión a Buffalo Bayou East
2019-10-26 12:00 - 16:00 | Sound Healing Meditation, TX
Autor de la foto: Michael Van Valkenburg Associates
Únete a Buffalo Bayou Partnership para festejar el lanzamiento del Plan Maestro Buffalo Bayou East el sábado, 26 de octubre, 2019 a partir de las 12pm-4pm (presentación 12:30pm) en 5803 Navigation Boulevard al lado del Waterfront.
*Actuaciones de Annika Chambers Band y Roberto Rodriguez and Mas Pulpo
*Pinta caritas
*manualidades para niños
*cascos gratis para montar bicicletas a las primeras 100 personas!
* Food Trucks
*Saint Arnold’s Beer and Root Beer
* Gratis y abierto a todo el publico

Buffalo Bayou Park and Beyond: Panel Discussion
2019-10-28 18:00 - 19:30 | Monthly Volunteer Day
Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP) will receive the 2019 Rudy Bruner Award Silver Medal for the transformation of Buffalo Bayou Park during a presentation on October 28. Following the presentation by Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence Director Anne-Marie Lubenau, a panel discussion will highlight Buffalo Bayou Park and proposed improvements along Buffalo Bayou east of downtown.
Co-sponsored by AIA Houston and BBP, the panel will include Anne-Marie Lubenau; Guy Hagstette, Vice President of Parks & Civic Projects at the Kinder Foundation; Cary Hirschstein, Partner at HR&A; and Scott McCready, Principal of SWA Group.
The panel will be moderated by Bill Fulton, Director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research. The event is free and open to the public.
6-6:30pm: Reception
6:30-7:30pm: Presentation and Panel Discussion
Register

Turntable Tuesdays
2021-09-21 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-10-12 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-11-09 19:00 - 21:00 | bird-grasshopper
Every second Tuesday in September, October and November is Turntable Tuesday at The Water Works in Buffalo Bayou Park! Join Gracie Chávez + Ilya Janos of Bombón, The ARE, and Josh Zulu as they spin themed music on the bayou. The Long Drink Company will also be on hand providing samples for attendees 21 and over.

Turntable Tuesdays is presented in collaboration with Time No Longer, the film and sound installation in the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern, on view through December 12.

“Two For” Turntable Tuesday! Purchase a ticket to view Time No Longer during the event and get a ticket for free! BOGO ticket offer is valid for the following dates and times: 10/12 and 11/9 at 7pm, 7:30pm, 8pm and 8:30pm.

Turntable Tuesday is sponsored by

Generous support for Buffalo Bayou Partnership’s Fall/Winter 2021 Programs provided by Vivian L. Smith Foundation. BBP is funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance.
Free Registration

Bugstock
2021-09-25 16:00 - 21:00 | FullSizeRender-2
Join Buffalo Bayou Partnership for Bugstock at Yolanda Black Navarro Buffalo Bend Nature Park on September 25. Enjoy an evening of bug-inspired activities, music, and plant giveaways.
The event will also feature the Love Motel for Insects, an interactive sculpture by Brandon Ballengée (pictured below) created during the artist’s residency with the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts.

Generous support for Buffalo Bayou Partnership’s Fall/Winter 2021 Programs provided by Vivian L. Smith Foundation. BBP is funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance.
Bugstock is hosted in conjunction with the High Line’s Insectageddon, a day-long festival featuring site-specific programming at sites throughout the world.
Free Registration

Time No Longer Live Performance
2021-12-04 12:00 - 16:30, 2021-12-05 12:00 - 16:30 | Second Saturday Boat Ride
Musician André Vida, who co-composed and performed the original score for Time No Longer in the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern, will appear live for two days only. Vida will play his “Cistern-o-phone,” a custom-made woodwind instrument designed for the occasion. His performance will inhabit and activate Sala’s installation, creating an entirely new acoustic experience of the cavernous Cistern.

Performances days and times:
Saturday, December 4 and Sunday, December 5
30-minute performances at noon, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm
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SOLD OUT: Underground Sounds: Joe McPhee with the Nameless Sound Ensembles
2022-02-11 19:30 - 21:00 | Second Saturday Boat Ride
This event is sold out. Please check back for future events in the Underground Sounds series here.

Join us for a special music series in the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern!
Throughout 2022, Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP) is collaborating with Houston organizations on Underground Sounds, a series of musical performances that highlight the remarkable natural acoustics of the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern.
The first event in the series is organized in partnership with Nameless Sound and will include four unique concerts featuring multi-instrumentalist/improviser/composer and creative music icon, Joe McPhee. Each event will feature McPhee playing a horn instrument in a different quartet with three Houston collaborators, displaying both the wide range of sonic expression in Houston’s creative music community and the range in McPhee’s own practice.
Joe McPhee is a legendary artist most associated with the radical movements of jazz in the 1960s and beyond. McPhee’s collaborators in this series comprise a wide range of sonic voices including many of Houston’s most vital experimental improvisers.
Friday, February 11, 7:30pm
Joe McPhee (Poughkeepsie, NY) – saxophones, trumpet
David Dove (Houston) – trombone
Laura Dykes (Houston) – double bass
Ivette Roman-Roberto (Houston) – voice
Additional dates/times:
• February 12 – 3-4:30pm
• February 13 – 3-4:30pm
Cost: $20/person (ages 9+ only)

Underground Sounds is funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance

Tickets

SOLD OUT: Underground Sounds: Joe McPhee with the Nameless Sound Ensembles
2022-02-12 15:00 - 16:30 | Second Saturday Boat Ride
This event is sold out. Please check back for future events in the Underground Sounds series here.

Join us for a special music series in the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern!
Throughout 2022, Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP) is collaborating with Houston organizations on Underground Sounds, a series of musical performances that highlight the remarkable natural acoustics of the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern.
The first event in the series is organized in partnership with Nameless Sound and will include four unique concerts featuring multi-instrumentalist/improviser/composer and creative music icon, Joe McPhee. Each event will feature McPhee playing a horn instrument in a different quartet with three Houston collaborators, displaying both the wide range of sonic expression in Houston’s creative music community and the range in McPhee’s own practice.
Joe McPhee is a legendary artist most associated with the radical movements of jazz in the 1960s and beyond. McPhee’s collaborators in this series comprise a wide range of sonic voices including many of Houston’s most vital experimental improvisers.
Saturday, February 12, 3pm
Joe McPhee (Poughkeepsie, NY) – saxophones, trumpet
Anthony Almendárez (Houston) – trumpet
Sonia Flores (Houston) – double bass, voice
Gabriel Martinez (Houston) – drums, percussion
Additional dates/times:
• February 13 – 3-4:30pm
Cost: $20/person (ages 9+ only)

Underground Sounds is funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance

Tickets

SOLD OUT: Underground Sounds: Joe McPhee with the Nameless Sound Ensembles
2022-02-13 15:00 - 16:30 | Second Saturday Boat Ride
This event is sold out. Please check back for future events in the Underground Sounds series here.

Join us for a special music series in the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern!
Throughout 2022, Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP) is collaborating with Houston organizations on Underground Sounds, a series of musical performances that highlight the remarkable natural acoustics of the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern.
The first event in the series is organized in partnership with Nameless Sound and will include four unique concerts featuring multi-instrumentalist/improviser/composer and creative music icon, Joe McPhee. Each event will feature McPhee playing a horn instrument in a different quartet with three Houston collaborators, displaying both the wide range of sonic expression in Houston’s creative music community and the range in McPhee’s own practice.
Joe McPhee is a legendary artist most associated with the radical movements of jazz in the 1960s and beyond. McPhee’s collaborators in this series comprise a wide range of sonic voices including many of Houston’s most vital experimental improvisers.
Sunday, February 13, 3pm
Joe McPhee (Poughkeepsie, NY) – saxophones, trumpet
Tom Carter (Houston) – guitar
John Alan Kennedy (Houston) – drums, percussion
Jawwaad Taylor (Jackson, MS) – trumpet
Cost: $20/person (ages 9+ only)

Underground Sounds is funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance

Tickets

Transforming Urban Spaces Bus Tour
2022-03-19 08:45 - 12:00 | bird-grasshopper
Buffalo Bayou Partnership is best known for award-winning parks, but the organization’s work extends beyond green spaces and trails. Join us for Transforming Urban Spaces, a bus tour of our unique historic and industrial sites throughout the 10-mile stretch from Shepherd Drive to the Port of Houston Turning Basin.
Tickets include breakfast and seating on the shuttle. Space is very limited, and reservations are required.
Tickets

Healing and Wellness Talk and Walk
2022-05-04 17:30 - 20:00 | bird-grasshopper
In conjunction with Mental Awareness Month, join Karena Dawn, co-founder of fitness company, Tone It Up, for a reading and book signing. Dawn’s new memoir, The Big Silence: A Daughter’s Memoir of Mental Illness and Healing, shares the story of her journey from hopelessness to healing. The reading will be followed by a Wellness Walk in Buffalo Bayou Park led by Laura Conley of Urban Paths.

Schedule of events:
5:30pm: Book reading and signing
6:30pm: Wellness Walk

This event is free of charge and in partnership with Urban Paths. Registration is recommended.
Register

SOLD OUT Underground Sounds: Two Star Symphony
2022-09-08 19:30 - 20:00, 2022-09-09 19:30 - 20:00, 2022-09-10 16:00 - 16:30 | Second Saturday Boat Ride
This performance is sold out. For any additional guests wishing to attend, we will be taking a first-come-first-served waiting list beginning exactly 30 minutes prior to each performance time.
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Join us for a special music series in the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern!
Throughout 2022, Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP) is collaborating with Houston organizations on Underground Sounds, a series of musical performances that highlight the remarkable natural acoustics of the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern.
The third event in the series is organized in partnership with Two Star Symphony and includes four unique concerts.
Two Star Symphony’s distinctive sound is inspired by their influences, which range from Dr. Dre to Danny Elfman to Tom Waits. More band than a classical ensemble, every member of Two Star is also a composer. Their unique process involves songs written and arranged collaboratively, with each player responsible for their own part. By the time the songs are finished, the music is memorized. Two Star does not create sheet music, so the players are free to focus on listening rather than reading. This allows them to play in the dark, which is advantageous for theater, dance, and now the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern.

Performance times:

September 8 at 7:30pm (Sold out)
September 9 at 7:30pm (Sold out)
September 10 at 4pm (Sold out)
September 10 at 5:30pm (Tickets will go on sale on Monday, August 15th at 9am)
September 11 at 4pm (Sold out)
September 11 at 5:30pm (Tickets will go on sale on Monday, August 15th at 9am)

Performers:

Margaret Lejeune Cello
Debra Brown Violin
Brigette Yawn Viola
Chris Bakos Bass
Cathy Power Percussion/multi-instrumentalist
Kirk Suddreath Percussion/multi-instrumentalist
John Duboise Clarinet/Sax

SOLD OUT

SOLD OUT Underground Sounds: Two Star Symphony
2022-09-10 17:30 - 18:00, 2022-09-11 17:30 - 18:00 | Second Saturday Boat Ride
This performance is sold out. For any additional guests wishing to attend, we will be taking a first-come-first-served waiting list beginning exactly 30 minutes prior to each performance time.
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Join us for a special music series in the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern!
Throughout 2022, Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP) is collaborating with Houston organizations on Underground Sounds, a series of musical performances that highlight the remarkable natural acoustics of the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern.
The third event in the series is organized in partnership with Two Star Symphony and includes four unique concerts.
Two Star Symphony’s distinctive sound is inspired by their influences, which range from Dr. Dre to Danny Elfman to Tom Waits. More band than a classical ensemble, every member of Two Star is also a composer. Their unique process involves songs written and arranged collaboratively, with each player responsible for their own part. By the time the songs are finished, the music is memorized. Two Star does not create sheet music, so the players are free to focus on listening rather than reading. This allows them to play in the dark, which is advantageous for theater, dance, and now the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern.

Performance times:

September 8 at 7:30pm (Sold out)
September 9 at 7:30pm (Sold out)
September 10 at 4pm (Sold out)
September 10 at 5:30pm (Tickets will go on sale on Monday, August 15th at 9am)
September 11 at 4pm (Sold out)
September 11 at 5:30pm (Tickets will go on sale on Monday, August 15th at 9am)

Performers:

Margaret Lejeune Cello
Debra Brown Violin
Brigette Yawn Viola
Chris Bakos Bass
Cathy Power Percussion/multi-instrumentalist
Kirk Suddreath Percussion/multi-instrumentalist
John Duboise Clarinet/Sax

Sold Out

SOLD OUT: Underground Sounds: Loop38
2022-10-28 19:30 - 20:00, 2022-10-29 16:00 - 16:30, 2022-10-29 17:30 - 18:00, 2022-10-30 16:00 - 16:30 | Second Saturday Boat Ride
Tickets for these performances are SOLD OUT. We will be taking an in-person waiting list on a first-come-first-served basis beginning exactly 30 minutes prior to each performance time.
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Join us for a special music series in the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern!
Throughout 2022, Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP) is collaborating with Houston organizations on Underground Sounds, a series of musical performances that highlight the remarkable natural acoustics of the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern.
The fourth and final event this year features Loop38, a boundary-pushing, artist-driven new music ensemble.
Loop38 aims to build community around innovative, stimulating, and culturally relevant musical experiences. For this performance, the ensemble is working with composer Annea Lockwood to perform her piece bayou-borne, for Pauline. Based on the intricate bayou system surrounding Houston, the piece will come to life in the reverberant Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern. The performance will offer the opportunity for audience and performer alike to explore our collective relationship with the natural geography of our city. The piece’s dedication to Pauline Oliveros, a prolific composer and Houston native, highlights our city’s vibrant contribution to the wider artistic community.

Tickets: $20/person (ages 9+)

Performance times:

Thursday, October 27 – 7:30pm
Friday, October 28 – 7:30pm
Saturday, October 29 – 4pm and 5:30pm
Sunday, October 30 – 4pm and 5:30pm

Tickets for these performances are extremely limited. For sold-out performances, we will be taking an in-person waiting list on a first-come-first-served basis beginning exactly 30 minutes prior to each performance time.
