HTX-SLM: Impact 10/16/2025

Looking for festivities to celebrate this fall? Here are eight community events in the Sugar Land and Missouri City areas from Oct. 18 to Nov. 8. 

Elkins Band & Guard Community Bash
The bash will feature a live performance, carnival games and a chance to win prizes through an auction and raffle. 

• Oct. 18, noon-2 p.m. 
• Free (admission), $2 per carnival ticket
• 7007 Knights Court, Missouri City

Filipino Street Festival
Hosted by the Filipino Young Professionals of Houston, this year’s Filipino Street Festival at Constellation Field features cultural performances, tasty food, live music and raffle prizes.

• Oct. 18, noon-7 p.m.
• Free (kids under 7), $22 (adults)
• 1 Stadium Drive, Sugar Land

Día de los Muertos
An artisan market, authentic cuisine and live performances from mariachis, Ballet Folklórico and Aztec dancers will be offered at the community celebration held in Sugar Land Town Square.

• Oct. 25, noon-5 p.m.
• Free (admission)
• 15958 City Walk, Sugar Land

Larry Callies’ Black Cowboy Museum will soon have a new home in Kendleton.

At an Oct. 9 meeting, Fort Bend County commissioners approved a nearly $4 million construction agreement with Construction Ltd. to build a new facility for the museum at Bates Allen Park, located at 630 Charlie Roberts Lane.

Zooming in: The museum, which opened in September 2017, will move to a 1.5-acre site with a two-story building totaling approximately 9,780 square feet, a large jump from its 900-square-foot Rosenberg location, according to its website.

According to agenda documents, the new site will feature:

• A showroom gallery for artwork and historical artifacts
• Outdoor dining and kitchen area
• 50 parking spaces

Nationwide craft chain Michaels has opened a new location in Missouri City’s Fort Bend Town Center, company officials confirmed in an email.

What they offer: The store offers a selection of products in various categories such as arts, crafts, framing, floral, yarn, beading and scrapbooking as well as a custom framing center, according to a Sept. 29 news release.

What else: The Missouri City location is one of several new stores that features self-checkout registers as well as Buy Online Pick-Up In Store and curbside options, per the release. The new format aims to streamline operations and adapt to evolving customer shopping preferences.

Zooming out: Founded in 1973 and headquartered in Irving, Michaels operates over 1,300 stores across 49 states and Canada, including a nearby location at 13525 University Blvd., Sugar Land, per the website.

• 20170 Fort Bend Parkway Toll Road, Missouri City

The Texas House and Senate are launching new legislative committees to “get to the bottom of exactly what occurred” during this summer’s deadly Central Texas floods, state leaders announced Oct. 13.

The details: The bipartisan panels, known as the House and Senate General Investigating Committees on the July 2025 Flooding Events, will meet jointly to conduct “a comprehensive and thorough review” of the floods, House Speaker Dustin Burrows and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said.

Lawmakers will be tasked with:

• Identifying strategies to strengthen Texas’ disaster preparedness
• Helping communities respond to future floods
• Examining actions taken at summer camps in the flood zone