Let your inner Picasso loose at the Mad Potter, where you can paint your pottery in the studio. Start with choosing from the huge assortment of pottery pieces, including plates, mugs, banks, boxes, and more. Then design and paint by using special techniques and tools that make painting so easy anyone can create a masterpiece. Then take home your masterpiece and treasure it forever. Enjoy the creativity and fun of ceramic pottery painting at any of their retail locations.
Satisfy your curiosity about the inner workings of a city police department at the Houston Police Department Museum, featuring a free-of-charge walkthrough where you can explore on your own or join a group tour. As you walk through the museum, you will come across the Wall of Honor memorial that shows badges, uniforms, artifacts from the Honor Guard, SWAT, Mounted Patrol, and other equipment utilized over the years that honor the ultimate sacrifice made by those officers that gave their lives in the line of duty.
Grab some cold water, ice cream, and milk and get ready as you boldly go where many have dared to go, the Hops N Hot Sauce Festival, where hot sauces, salsas, peppers, spices, chili mixes, wing sauces, and all things hot and mild are waiting for you to taste. Participate in the Hot Pepper Eating Contest, enjoy the free photo booth, taste samples of spicy foods, drink fresh craft beer, enter the Pickle Eating Contest, and enjoy free giveaways and free face painting fun.
Celebrate Hispanic culture and empower the community by promoting inclusion, culture, and education at the Institute of Hispanic Culture, where you will learn about the historical, linguistic, scientific, and artistic influence of Hispanic culture in the United States. Join together to preserve and disseminate the richness of Hispanic culture, values, and civic interests with the community of Houston, and see how they provide different educational and networking activities in collaboration with local universities. The main priorities of the Institute of Hispanic Culture are education and preserving Hispanic culture and values. As such, the Institute’s committees organize activities and events to raise funds for scholarship programs.