{"id":157178,"date":"2026-02-09T17:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/157178\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T17:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:37:13","slug":"black-history-month-valentines-day-where-to-celebrate-february-events-in-the-heights-river-oaks-montrose-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/157178\/","title":{"rendered":"Black History Month, Valentine\u2019s Day: Where to celebrate February events in the Heights, River Oaks, Montrose areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From cultural celebrations like Black History Month and Lunar New Year to Galentine\u2019s Day with the girls, here are six events to keep an eye out for in February. This list is not comprehensive, and details are subject to change.<\/p>\n<p>Galentine\u2019s on 19th Street<\/p>\n<p>Stroll through 19th Street in the Houston Heights for a Galentine\u2019s celebration featuring champagne, puppy booths and shopping at local businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Valentine&#8217;s Day Twilight Tour at Rienzi<\/p>\n<p>Toast to Valentine\u2019s Day with live music, light hors d\u2019oeuvres, wine and a walk through the 1950s mansion full of 17th- and 19th-century European antiques.<\/p>\n<p>Tapas on the Trails<\/p>\n<p>Help raise funds for the Houston Arboretum by exploring softly lit trails with six different food stops and specially selected beers and wines.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The free outdoor music series spotlights music from different cultures to promote diversity and community. (Courtesy Memorial Conservancy)\" src=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/uploads\/images\/2026\/01\/23\/406359.jpg\" class=\"include_body\" onerror=\"this.src=\"\/>The free outdoor music series spotlights music from different cultures to promote diversity and community. (Courtesy Memorial Conservancy)<\/p>\n<p>Live at Live Oak: Celebrating Lunar New Year<\/p>\n<p>The outdoor music event is part of a series dedicated to different cultural holidays and features a lion and dragon dance as well as family-friendly activities.<\/p>\n<p>Heights Rodeo<\/p>\n<p>The Houston Heights Association is throwing the neighborhood\u2019s first rodeo at the historic fire station. The event will include fun for the whole family, local vendors, music and food.<\/p>\n<p>Woodson Black Fest<\/p>\n<p>Celebrate Black History Month with spoken word performances, poetry and music at the fifth annual Woodson Black Fest at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From cultural celebrations like Black History Month and Lunar New Year to Galentine\u2019s Day with the girls, here&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56124,6569,64,1988,56,58,57,52655,1987,57578,44272],"class_list":{"0":"post-157178","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-black-history-month","9":"tag-dance","10":"tag-events","11":"tag-heights","12":"tag-houston","13":"tag-houston-headlines","14":"tag-houston-news","15":"tag-lunar-new-year","16":"tag-montrose","17":"tag-spoken-word","18":"tag-valentine"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}