The annual Old, Weird Houston at The Orange Show is on March 30th.
We need some volunteers to help with the event. You can sign up to volunteer at https://forms.gle/4T2bhcoh7YeYKdsf7.
This event features an archives bazaar, a day-long schedule of speakers and panels, along with food trucks and vendors.
Sign-up to exhibit your repository at the annual Old, Weird Houston at The Orange Show on March 30th. The deadline is March 15th. Please share this with anyone who might be interested in participating at the event!
https://form.jotform.com/233535199972166
We would like the archives bazaar to represent all of the diverse repositories and collections around the city, so we encourage y’all to sign up to be an exhibitor. You can bring anything from your repository that is interesting or relevant to the history of Houston, as well as any printed materials or swag items from your institution/organization. The main goal is to get folks interested in archives and to become familiar with local area repositories. Each exhibitor will get a “booth” provided by the Orange Show to showcase their materials. More details about exhibiting and signing up is included in the sign-up form.
This event features an archives bazaar, a day-long schedule of speakers and panels, along with food trucks and vendors.
You can read more details about the event on the Orange Show’s website, and check out some videos of the speakers who participated at last year’s event.
It’s that time of year again! We are teaming up with the Orange Show for the annual Old, Weird Houston event on March 30th. This event features an archives bazaar, a day-long schedule of speakers and panels, along with food trucks and vendors.
We would like the archives bazaar to represent all of the diverse repositories and collections around the city, so we encourage y’all to sign up to be an exhibitor. You can bring anything from your repository that is interesting or relevant to the history of Houston, as well as any printed materials or swag items from your institution/organization. The main goal is to get folks interested in archives and to become familiar with local area repositories. Each exhibitor will get a “booth” provided by the Orange Show to showcase their materials.
More details about exhibiting and signing up can be found here.
Save the date! Saturday, March 30, 2024, 10am-6pm. Old, Weird Houston at the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art. 2334 Gulf Terminal Drive. Houston, TX 77023.
The deadline to sign up is March 15, 2024. Please share this with anyone who might be interested in participating!
We also will need some volunteers to help with the event. You can sign up to volunteer here.
You can read more details about the event on the Orange Show’s website, and check out some videos of the speakers who participated at last year’s event.
Please join us for a PowerPoint Party on Saturday 2/24 at 2 PM! This will be a hybrid event hosted in person and online via Zoom.
Yes, you read that right, a PowerPoint Party! Come learn about local repositories, projects, and other interesting archives-related concepts from our AHA! members. We encourage people to participate by presenting a short 1-3 slide presentation on any archive-related topic. Tell us about the repository you work at, an interesting collection you recently browsed, any projects you may have worked on, some interesting news or tea you may have heard, or anything else that you’d like to share. Presenting a PowerPoint is not required, and you are more than welcome to come and just observe 🙂
Presenting is such an important professional skill, but also something that many people prefer to avoid. Whether it’s anxiety or frustrations with technology, we hope that this event will provide a low-stakes and friendly environment for AHA! members to practice this skill in a fun way. As more conferences are hosted in a hybrid format, this is an opportunity to practice either/both skill sets.
Online participants can join us on Zoom.
In-person participants can join us at 2375 Bolsover, Houston, TX 77005
Be mindful of parking signage, especially in front of the house. Free parking on Dunstan, East of Greenbrier; Paid Parking in garage near Morningside and Rice Blvd near Coppa Osteria
Map showing Free parking on Dunstan, East of Greenbrier; Paid Parking in garage near Morningside and Rice Blvd near Coppa Osteria
in-person: 2375 Bolsover, Houston, TX, 77005. Virtual: zoom ID: 880 0818 7968
passcode: 874871. | Short 1-3 slide presentations on any archive-related topic. | Practice your in-person and/or virtual presentation skills or support your local archivists as an observer. | In-person and virtual presentations will be viewable to all participants.
(Cody is grilling a little bit!)
Come all you local weirdos, geeks, and history nerds and join us on Saturday, April 1st from 10:00am – 4:00am as Archivists of the Houston Area partners with The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, for Old, Weird, Houston! Archival repositories and private collectors from around the greater Houston and Southeast Texas region have scoured their collections and will be bringing their weirdest, funkiest, rarest, and in some cases ugliest items in an all-day grown-up show and tell!
There will be vendors with Houston swag, food, and drinks as well as panel discussions and presentations on topics such as hardboiled newspaper columnist Sig Byrd; the rise and fall of counterculture rag Space City News; the rescue and conservation of the Hyde Park Miniature Museum; the original story behind the Art Car Parade; and the Orange Show’s history and its upcoming exciting restoration project. Stay after the talks for a performance from legendary Houston punk band Mydolls.
Besides being the welcome wagon at the event, AHA! will be hosting an Ask the Archivist booth where the public can get advice on their own preservation and archiving needs. We will also have a booth that will feature some cool event swag, including an exclusive sticker commemorating the event. You can also find copies of the AHA! Repository Directory (and pay your membership dues? Only $11 for a year). If you feel like manning any of these booths,we are still looking for volunteers! You can let us know by filling out this form.
The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art
2334 Gulf Terminal Dr., Houston, TX 77023
Gulf Terminal Drive is one street past Munger off the southbound Gulf Freeway feeder approaching Telephone Road. Plenty of parking available in the lot behind HQ dock.
Saturday, April 1st, 2023 10:00am – 4:00pm
| 10 a | Event Begins |
| 10:15 am: | Welcome & Sig Byrd by Robert Kimberley |
| 11:30 am: | Space City News by Thorne Dreyer |
| 12:30 noon: | The History of the Art Car Parade |
| 1:30 pm: | Hyde Park Miniature Museum by Pete Gershon |
| 2:30 pm: | Orange Show history and conservation panel |
| 4:00 pm: | Performance by Mydolls at Orange Show monument |
