There are a cavalcade of ways to celebrate MLK Day in Houston this weekend. Here are seven:

1. Cheer for Yao Ming and the Rockets as they take on Chauncey Billups and the Denver Nuggets. It's a rare 1 p.m. start time for this Monday game, so take the kiddos out and have a good time.

2. The Children's Museum has a whole host of events going on, as they're one-upping your do-goodness by honoring Dr. King for the entire week. Daily activities include a Dream Wall, Family Seal, and Timeline.

3. January 18th you can learn the real meaning of MLK Day with the folks at The Raleigh/Wake Martin Luther King Celebration Committee.

4. The Black Heritage Society is hosting the Children's Parade & MLK Parade at Minute Maid Park on January 19th.

5. (and 6.) Of course, the MLK Parade Foundation will be hosting their Youth Parade (January 17) as well as the Grand Parade (January 19).

7. The Student Conservation Association will be up to their usual help-thy-fellow-man antics. Join them at the Fifth Ward Community Garden Center for a restoration project on January 17th from 8 a.m. thru 12 p.m.

If you've got any others, feel free to leave them in the comments.

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For the month of January, the 37 Chick-fil-A restaurants in Houston are offering free breakfast from 6:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Each Thursday a different breakfast entree will be featured (1/15 it's a 3 count of those little mini chicken biscuits). One per person, no coupon is necessary. Find the location closest to you by clicking here.

See 35 other places where kids can eat for free in Houston

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Thanks to MSNBC, movie theatres around the country will be broadcasting Barack Obama's Presidential Inaugration live. Houston was fortunate enough to have made their short list of participating. (Studio Movie Grill will be featuring the broadcast.) Sign up to attend here and get directions to the movie theater here.

Update: Reader Nate pointed out that the Alamo Drafthouse in Katy will also be showing the Inauguration. Click here for directions. Both shows are free.

To help get you excited for the event, click through this slideshow of Barack Obama's visit to Houston back in March of last year.

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If your kids are anything like my two boys than (a) they take offense to you doing anything that does not prove them to be the center of the universe, (b) think that everything they can pick up belongs in the toilet, and (c) are eating you out of house of home. The last of those is precisely why I enjoyed compiling a list of places in Houston where kids can eat for free (or close to it). As it stands now, the list is at 35, but if you see that I've missed one feel free to add it in the comments. Thanks.