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🎤🔥 7 DAYS AWAY! heART&SOUL VOL. 146 IS CALLING YOU HOME! ❤️✨

For 17 YEARS, heART&SOUL has been more than an open mic. It's been a gathering space where ART, CULTURE, LOVE, and COMMUNITY collide to create something beautiful!

To every artist who has graced our stage, every audience member who has shown up, every hand that has clapped, every voice that has cheered, and every soul that has helped build this experience over the years...WE SEE YOU, WE LOVE YOU, AND WE THANK YOU!❤️

And to those who have NEVER experienced heART&SOUL… CONSIDER THIS YOUR PERSONAL INVITATION! 🫶🏾

Come experience the magic of live artistry, authentic expression, beautiful people, and the kind of COMMUNITY JOY that reminds us why gathering together matters!

📅 Friday, October 23, 2026
📍 The DeLUXE Theater | 3303 Lyons Ave., Houston
✨ VIP Experience: 6:30 PM
🚪 Doors: 7:30 PM | 🎤 Show: 8 PM

🎟️ $20 General Admission | $30 VIP
Contribute to the mic and secure your spot at the link in the bio.

🎙️ ARTISTS, WANT TO HIT THE STAGE?
Text "SOUL146" to (833)451-1939 to receive your Open Mic sign-up link!

Come as you are. Bring somebody you love. Let's make some more memories together!

#heARTandSOUL #TRUTHProjectHTX #HoustonArts #CommunityJoy #HoustonOpenMic taken in The DeLUXE Theater by @iamkevindapree

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2 days ago

🚨🏆🎬 WE JUST GOT THE NEWS!!! SOUTHERN SON SHINE IS A WINNER!!! 🏆🎬🚨

We are OVERWHELMED with JOY to announce that our short documentary, Southern Son Shine, has won the JURY AWARD FOR BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY at the 2026 Out On Film: Atlanta’s LGBTQ Film Festival! 🌟

To witness a narrative so often silenced, stigmatized, and overlooked...the lived experiences of Black queer men living with HIV...being AMPLIFIED, CELEBRATED, and LIFTED in this way brings so much JOY to our heART! ❤️

A HUGE thank you to Out on Film, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, and the Gilead COMPASS Initiative for believing in and investing in the power of this storytelling!

To our incredible GIANTS/Storytellers, Dr. Andre Rosario and Dr. Ralston Lockett, Director of Photography Jay Clark, and the entire Slate50 team....THANK YOU for breathing life into this vision!

Overwhelmed. Grateful. And goodness, IT FEELS GOOD! 🥹❤️

Our stories matter. Our lives matter. And our light continues to SHINE!

LOVE Y'ALL! ✨

#SouthernSonShine #OutOnFilm2026 #BlackQueerStories #HIVStigmaEndsWithUs #TRUTHProjectHTX by @iamkevindapree

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6 days ago

Today, our Founder/CEO @iamkevindapree had the honor of facilitating a Gender Expression & Pronoun training for community partners, @alleytheatre along with @marninathequeen ,Co-Excutive Director of @pwn_usa . They laughed, they engaged, and they co-created a learning environment where everyone was seen and heard!
Thanks again Alley Theater for the invitation! taken in Alley Theatre by @iamkevindapree

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10 days ago

✨ TRANSFORMATIVE TUESDAY: THE PRACTICE OF REST ✨

What if rest became something we practiced—not something we had to earn?
Join The T.R.U.T.H. Project and Carla Sue for Jazz & Journaling: The Practice of Rest, an intimate evening blending jazz, guided journaling, creative art-making, and conversation designed to help us slow down, reflect, and restore. 🎷📓✨

📅 Tuesday, October 13 | 7–8:30 PM
📍 KIN Wellness HTX | 2602 Isabella St., Suite E
🌿 Guided by Carla Sue
Pay What You Can l Registration is required: Link is in the bio

Come as you are. Bring your journal, your creativity, and your willingness to make a little more room for rest.

This wellness offering is supported by lululemon.
#TRUTHProjectHTX #HoustonWellness #BlackWellness #RestIsResistance #JazzAndJournaling #WellnessWednesday by @iamkevindapree

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11 days ago

This Saturday, make space to slow down, reconnect, and create. 🌿
Join The T.R.U.T.H. Project for The Sacred Mark, part of our Art of Healing creative wellness series, supported by lululemon. Guided by Dr. Kathleen Funk, this two-hour experience brings together meditation, breathwork, qigong, intuitive art, and reflection to explore our connections to spirit, ancestry, community, and self.
✨ No art experience required.
✨ Come exactly as you are, and give yourself permission to explore.

📅 Saturday, October 10 | 11 AM–1 PM
📍 Rothko Chapel Admin Building
1410 B Sul Ross St. | Houston, TX 77006
🎟️ FREE | Registration required, Link i the bio

Sometimes wellness looks like stillness. Sometimes it looks like movement. Sometimes it begins with making a mark.
#TheSacredMark #ArtOfHealing #TRUTHProjectHTX #CreativeWellness #HealingThroughArt #HoustonWellness taken in Rothko Chapel by @iamkevindapree

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12 days ago

🎬✨ EXCITING NEWS...OUR SECOND AWARD!

We are deeply grateful to share that our short documentary, Southern Son Shine, has received its second award, recognized for its impact at the 3rd Annual @blackindiefilmmakers Film Festival🏆

Southern Son Shine centers the voices of Black queer men living and thriving with HIV in the South, using storytelling to challenge stigma, affirm possibility, and deepen conversations around HIV prevention, care, and wellness.

We are honored that this film continues to travel, educate, and make space for HIV narratives rooted not only in survival, but in humanity and joy.

Our deepest gratitude to @emorycenters the @beourcompass and @gileadhivus for investing in purposeful storytelling and believing in the power of our stories.

And we’re just getting started. ☀️🎥

#SouthernSonShine #HIVStorytelling #BlackQueerStories #BlackFilmmakers #HIVAwareness #TRUTHProjectHTX by @iamkevindapree

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13 days ago

Gratitude begins with a full heART and a THANK YOU. So absolutely appreciative to have shared space with my community last night at the @montrosecenter Out for Good Gala 2026 .
What a joy to have been an LGBTQ+ Innovator Award Honoree for such an intentional curated joy filled space. This gala has always served as a space of inspiration to me as a founder and CEO...Last night it served as a space of recognition. Thank you again to my the Montrose Center fam! taken in Marriott Marquis Houston by @iamkevindapree

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14 days ago

Who would have thought that when I walked into @montrosecenter for the first time in 2010 that they would invest in honoring me 16 years later at a sold out gala. To community and all of the support received over the years, this one is for us.

Looking forward to the celebration tonight! 😀 taken in Marriott Marquis Houston by @iamkevindapree

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15 days ago

🎬✨ TWO TEXAS CITIES. ONE SATURDAY. ONE INTENTIONAL STORY.

Another amazing weekend for our award-winning short documentary, Southern Son Shine! This Saturday, October 3, the film screens in Houston AND San Antonio!

Southern Son Shine centers Black gay men living and thriving with HIV...amplifying joy, resilience, healing, and the power of telling our own stories.

📍 HOUSTON | 2:45 PM
Black Indie Filmmakers Association Houston Film Festival
Community Collective for Houston
12401 S. Post Oak Rd. | Houston, TX 77045
Secure ticket in bio.

💛 Houston family: Some of our storytellers and members of the film’s creative/directing team will be IN ATTENDANCE! Come experience the film and share space with us.

📍 SAN ANTONIO | 3:00 PM
San Antonio International Black Film Festival
Carver Community Cultural Center
226 N. Hackberry St. | San Antonio, TX 78202
Secure ticket in bio.

San Antonio family, come support us!

Houston ➡️ San Antonio. We’re honored to continue carrying this Southern Son Shine narrative forward. 🎥✨

#SouthernSonShine #BlackQueerStories #HIVStorytelling #TRUTHProjectHTX by @iamkevindapree

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16 days ago

🎬✨ ONE FILM. THREE CITIES. THREE SCREENS.

We’re excited to announce that our award-winning short documentary, Southern Son Shine, has been officially selected for the 2026 Black Alphabet Film Festival...screening at the flagship festival in Chicago AND Black Alphabet celebrations in Cincinnati and South Florida!

Three cities. Three opportunities to amplify stories of resilence during the month of October. 💛

📍 CINCINNATI
Friday, October 2nd
Esquire Theatre
320 Ludlow Ave, Cincinnati, OH

📍 SOUTH FLORIDA
Friday, October 9th
Victory Black Box Theatre
1409 NW 6th St, 3rd Floor
Fort Lauderdale, FL

📍 CHICAGO
Saturday, October 17th
AMC Roosevelt Collection 16
1011 S Delano Ct E, Chicago, IL

Southern Son Shine centers Black gay men living with HIV across generations, honoring our survival, softness, joy, resilience and the power of telling our own stories.

A HUGE thank you to Black Alphabet for continuing to create space for Black queer excellence and for lifting narratives that deserve to live boldly on the big screen.

Cincinnati ➡️ South Florida ➡️ Chicago

We’ll see you at the movies! 🎥✨

#SouthernSonShine #BlackAlphabetFilmFestival #BlackQueerExcellence #BlackQueerFilm #HIVStorytelling #LivingAndThriving #TRUTHProjectHTX #documentarian #QueerCinema by @iamkevindapree

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25 days ago

The conversations we usually keep behind closed doors? We’re bringing them to the table.

Break the Silence is about having the conversations our community doesn’t always make room for — openly, honestly and without pretending the difficult parts don’t exist.

Join us at Play Nightlife for a live conversation with four panelists willing to go there, moderated by Kevin Anderson. @iamkevindapree

And this isn’t a conversation we want you to only listen to. Bring your questions. Bring your perspective. Be part of it.

📅 Thursday, October 22 | 6:00–8:00 PM
📍 Play Nightlife | 2409 Grant St., Ste. D, Houston
🎤 Moderated by Kevin Anderson

RSVP through the link in our bio.

What’s one conversation you think our community needs to stop avoiding?

#BreakTheSilence #PrideHouston365 #HoustonLGBTQ #HoustonEvents by @iamkevindapree

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a month ago

“I think coming out happens in so many layers," says @iamkevindapree.

For @outsmartmagazine, I spoke with Anderson, founder and CEO of The T.R.U.T.H. Project ( @truthprojecthtx ), about receiving the @montrosecenter’s 2026 LGBTQ+ Innovator Award.

We talked about ancestry and innovation, art as a universal language, creating space for queer and trans communities of color, and how helping others tell their truths gave Kevin the courage to tell more of his own.

Read the full feature at the link in bio.
#LGBTQ #Houston #BlackVoices #OutForGood #OutSmart taken in Marriott Marquis Houston by @iamkevindapree

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