Sokol Houston

SOKOL is a non profit organization that that teaches gymnastics and sponsored (supported) by Czech heritage. This gym is used by local Heights parents to teach the basic fundamentals of gymnastics. The instructor cares about the kids and has had minimal help preserving the building and the program. If you can get past the «sketchy» exterior, and are looking for an affordable place for your kids to learn the fundamentals of gymnastics, I simply could not recommend a better place. We have two girls that attend small classes twice a week in the after school. We would love to see the classes get bigger! Once a month the instructor offers a parents night out and gives the kids «free play» on all of their equipment. The kids LOVE this place and the LOVE their instructor. I hope more parents discover the warm hearts here.

Sketchtastic! This place looks shady from the outside but is less so on the inside.
I went to the SOKOL (not a damn clue what that stands for) to attend an event. It is a BINGO hall, but is not up to the par or size of SPSJT #88. The BINGO that is played here is La Loteria and to this gringa is muey confuso. The ladies sometimes play in the park in utter silence and frankly don’t look like they are having much fun, but perhaps that is just intensity for the game.
So the space is large enough to have a decent size gathering of several hundred people. It is light and bright with painted white walls and the bathrooms are clean enough. We were able to bring in a DJ, caterer, and bar company for the party so that was good.
As an event space goes, it is A-​Ok and I would wager a pretty good deal for it’s size. If you are a true hipster and you are «so over» the popularity of SPSJT come to the other side of the Heights and start playing La Loteria, you might just start a trend. Not that you would want to do that or anything.

Sunday Bingo was kinda slow but they are moving Bingo to Wednesday nights 6:30 to 10:30 so I’ll check it out then and write an update