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Celebrating 4th of July weekend 🇺🇸
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Kathrina Maribao
July 02, 2026
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This weekend there’s obviously the “July 4th of it all” and World Cup so if you haven’t yet, this is your sign to be outside!
— Kathrina Maribao
LATELY IN HOUSTON
24/7 waffles, please. Waffle House is coming for the suburbs: five new Montgomery County locations are in the works for Conroe, Kingwood, New Caney, Porter, and Splendora, all hugging the Eastex and I-45 corridors. Notably, still zero locations inside the loop. Chron
Htown’s lit scene lives on. After 31 years, Rich Levy is leaving Inprint and Houston's literary scene in remarkably good shape. The poet-turned-executive-director helped transform a city once dismissed as a cultural wasteland into a legitimate literary destination. Houstonia Magazine
“Grandiloquence.” Reading With A Rapper launched Houston's first sports-style spelling bee on Juneteenth with jerseys, quarters, thunder sticks and all. Over 40 students competed, with 12-year-old Journey Ards winning the inaugural crown by spelling "grandiloquence" without flinching. Forward Times
Wes Anderson’s homecoming. Wes Anderson is coming home to Houston to help save the nearly 80-year-old Garden Oaks Theater from demolition. A July 17 benefit at Zilkha Hall includes a rare short film screening and Q&A. Arthouse Houston must raise $7.1 million by July 30, or the wrecking ball wins. Paper City Magazine
This week’s drinks are on us! That means 3 readers will receive a $15 gift card to Montrose Cheese & Wine. All you have to do is open this edition. (If you’re reading this you just did, nice!)
Winners will be randomly selected and emailed tomorrow morning.
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WEEKEND EVENTS
All weekend:
The Hunchback of Notre Dame at Houston Broadway Theatre
Black Is Eternal LIVE! at The DeLUXE Theatre
Houston Hosts the World Night Market & World Cup Watch Party at Studio Eight08
Red, White, & Zoo at Houston Zoo
Thursday, 7/2
6pm, Nightlife | Global Sounds DJ Series: MLE & Radio Sofrito at Hotel Saint Augustine.
8pm, Film | Watch Top Gun (1986) outdoors at POST.
Friday, 7/3
6pm-8pm, Film | Watch Bend it Like Beckham (2002) at MFAH. $9.
7pm, Nightlife | Goth Night at White Oak Music Hall. $26. Almost Sold Out.
Saturday, 7/4
9am, 🇺🇸 | Coffee and Cars: 4th of July Edition at POST.
10am-6pm, 🇺🇸 | Start your July 4th Celebration at Trader Village Houston.
1pm-5pm, 🇺🇸 | Fourth of July Celebration at Bayou Bend.
3pm-6pm, 🇺🇸 | The Finn Cookout Patio Party at The Finn.
7pm and 9:30pm, 🇺🇸 | Celebrating Louis Armstrong: A Fourth of July Party at Doc’s. $45 and up.
8pm-10pm, 🇺🇸 | Bubbles and Fireworks Boat Tour. $150. Sold Out.
8:30pm, 🇺🇸 | Star Spangled Salute with Fireworks with Houston Symphony at Miller Outdoor Theatre.
10pm, 🇺🇸 | Watch Independence Day (1996) at Rooftop Cinema Club. $21 and up.
Sunday, 7/5
8am, Community | City Girls Walks starting at Wortham Fountain.
11am-5pm, Market | Braeswood Farmers Market at HMNS.
5pm, Live Music | Sunday Concert Series: Matthew Hartnett and the Gumbo Jam and Westbury Jazz Collective at Discovery Green.
5pm, Live Music | Caribe Funk at Echoes. $12.
7pm, World Cup | Mexico vs England Watch Parties. FIFA Fan Fest, Shell Stadium, Kirby Ice House and more!
7pm, Film | Watch Toy Story 5 (2026) at Moonstruck Drive in Cinema.
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