MECA East End

01/31/2026

Friday, February 6th | 8:00 PM | MECA TBH Center

Celebrate Valentine’s Day at Viva el Amor, a romantic and energetic concert experience you won’t forget. Enjoy a night of lively music, passion, and rhythm with Vanessa Alonzo and Banda La Garita lighting up the stage. Bring your special someone and celebrate to the sounds of love and alegría (joy).

This event is located at 333 S Jensen Dr, Houston, TX 77003

Tickets:

https://shorturl.at/8WV0a

Viernes, 6 de Febrero | 8:00 PM | MECA TBH Center

Celebra el Día de San Valentín en Viva el Amor, una experiencia de concierto romántica y enérgica que no olvidarás. Disfruta de una noche de música animada, pasión y ritmo con Vanessa Alonzo y Banda La Garita iluminando el escenario. Trae a tu persona especial y celebra al son del amor y la alegría.

Este evento sera ubicado en 333 S Jensen Dr, Houston, TX 77003

Boletos:

https://shorturl.at/8WV0a

01/30/2026

10/18/2025

🎉 CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: Catrina-Inspired Competition 🎉
MECA’s Día de Mu***os Festival
“Honoring Our Past, Celebrating Our Future”
📅 November 1st & 2nd | 4:00 PM Daily
📍 Historic Dow School | 1900 Kane Street, Houston, TX 77007

Join us in celebrating the enduring legacy of José Guadalupe Posada and his most iconic creation—La Calavera Catrina—by participating in a Catrina-Inspired Costume & Art Competition at MECA’s annual Día de Mu***os Festival!

With her elegant hat and skeletal smile, La Catrina reminds us that death unites us all—rich or poor—and continues to be a powerful symbol of cultural pride, creativity, and social reflection. We invite artists, designers, performers, and community members of all ages to honor this tradition by showcasing your most stunning, meaningful, or whimsical Catrina-inspired look or artwork.

🌺 Prizes and special recognition will be awarded to standout entries!
🎨 All styles and interpretations welcome—traditional, modern, political, humorous, and beyond!
Let your imagination honor the past and celebrate the future through this powerful symbol of Día de Mu***os.

👉 To register or learn more, visit

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👉 To buy concessions tickets, visit

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09/28/2025

Happy Sunday! We have a lot for you yo enjoy today.

Join us at MECA (Dow School) for Octli Mitotiliztli – Honoring the Sacred Drink of Our Ancestors, a special gathering led by Aníbal. This ceremony honors Mayahuel, goddess of fertility, nourishment, and the maguey plant. Through lecture, ritual, and offering, Aníbal will share the history, medicinal properties, and spiritual significance of pulque, its relationship to Aztec deities, and the ancestral wisdom it carries.

Made possible by support from the Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts and the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance.

⏰ 12PM- 3PM
📍 MECA DOW 1900 Kane St, Houston

Or, if classical music is your thing, join us and community partner, The Ponce Project at MECA in the East End for Latino America Viva 25. The afternoon of piano music features the winners of the the Ponce Project’s 2025 competition.

⏰ 2PM- 4PM
📍 MECA at TBH 333 S Jensen Dr, Houston

09/21/2025

Join our communitypartners for an exciting and empowering afternoon.

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✨ Today’s the day! ✨
Join us for the final event of Esurient Arts Presents: The Broth in Which We Brew / Our Recipes & Relics as Bridges to Resilience.
We’re closing out with a powerhouse lineup of artists across diverse creative practices & each bringing passion for culture, community, preservation, and advocacy. Admission & participation are complimentary.🌱🎶📖
📍 Shady Lane Park in Eastex-Jensen
🕛 12 PM
🪑 Don’t forget your chair!
Come celebrate resilience, storytelling, and community with us. 💫

09/20/2025

Thank you, Et Voila Theatre for the great experiences you bring to our community!

09/20/2025

This weekend will be full of art, cultural preservation and profound storytelling. Please consider joining us in supporting our community partners, Esurient Arts, as they present The Broth in Which We Brew: Our Recipes & Relics as Bridges to Resilience. You don’t want to miss this groundbreaking project that blends the arts with the vital work of improving mental wellness, strengthening identity & cultural preservation, and celebrating community bonds.

Please stop by if you can!

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07/26/2025

Please join us on Friday, August 1st as we welcome th Houston Rights Property Association as they present a free community screening and panel discussion of The Magic Hole at Talento Bilingüe de Houston. The film explores Austin’s $1.6B convention center expansion and the way public dollars — especially Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) revenues — are used to subsidize tourism infrastructure at the expense of local communities.

MECA’ own Sixth Ward, the East End, Third Ward and other culturally rich neighborhoods contribute to HOT revenue but receive only a fraction back in the form of direct investment or cultural programming.

This event is designed to bring these equity issues to light and invite deeper public dialogue about how Houston allocates its cultural dollars.

We’ll follow the screening with a panel focused on how these same issues are playing out in Houston — particularly the GRB expansion, the diversion of HOT revenue from neighborhoods like the East End and Third Ward, and the implications of SB 1057.

🎯 Why This Matters to our communities

This conversation aligns deeply with current challenges facing our neighborhoods and districts where public investment continues to flow into downtown projects while cutting off access and cultural support for surrounding neighborhoods.

A community screening and panel discussion of "The Magic Hole" which explores Austin’s $1.6B convention center expansion.