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Restaurant Industry To Convene At Southwest Foodservice Expo
Expo, which is produced by the Texas Restaurant Association (TRA), brings the dynamic $35 billion Texas restaurant industry together under one roof to showcase the latest culinary trends, equipment, foods, products and services.
The 2010 Southwest Foodservice Expo will be at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston June 27 to 29. Influential restaurateurs will [...]
Central Market Goes Deep In The Heart Of Texas With ‘Big State, Big Taste’
24. June 2010
For two weeks, Central Market Houston will focus on the pride, the products, and the people that make Texas the Big State with the Big Taste.
Central Market, 3815 Westheimer, will serve up and sample the best from local neighbors who raise and grow the homegrown tastes of Texas, starting Friday through [...]
Eat Breakfast With Dinosaurs At The Houston Zoo
24. June 2010
This summer, dinosaurs are making a comeback at the Houston Zoo.
On Saturday, the Zoo is hosting Donuts and Dinosaurs with the gates opening at 8:30 a.m. for an early morning tour of the Houston Zoo Dinosaur! exhibit and a special dinosaur lecture and presentation in the Zoo’s Brown Education Center by [...]
Central Market Offers Cooking Classes For Kids
18. June 2010
Central Market’s Cooking School is in session, offering a variety of cooking classes designed with kids in mind.
Cooking classes for children ages 5 to 12 will take place for $40 a class at Central Market, 3815 Westheimer. Classes are taking place now until July 22.
Students will learn how to make a variety of kid-approved snacks, [...]
MFAH Presents Iconic Architecture Photographs by Ishimoto Yasuhiro
18. June 2010
Photographer Ishimoto Yasuhiro (b. 1921) is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential figures in the development of postwar Japanese photography. Among his most celebrated bodies of work are the photographs he took during 1953-54 of the legendary 17th Century Imperial villa of Katsura, in Kyoto, which infuse the images of [...]
Continue reading...Houston Zoo Celebrates World Ocean’s Day
7. June 2010
The Houston Zoo will join zoos and aquariums worldwide to make a splash on Tuesday in observance of World Ocean’s Day with an encore presentation for the world’s oceans on Saturday, June 12.
This year World Ocean’s Day coincides with the 50th anniversary of the publication of Dr. Seuss’s book, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, [...]
Iron Chef Cat Cora Holds Cooking Class At Central Market
7. June 2010
Iron Chef Cat Cora will be demonstrating recipes from her new cookbook at Central Market, 3815 Westheimer, on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Her new cookbook, “Cooking With a Twist,” features recipes that have been re-imagined in new ways to shorten preparation time. Her presentation will focus on how she simplified, spiced up and [...]
Elephant Open House At The Houston Zoo This Saturday
4. June 2010
Methai, Tess, Tucker, Shanti, Baylor, and Thai invite you to explore their new home, their very LARGE new home.
Did you ever wonder what a 10,000 pound animal eats every day? Would you like to know what it takes to give an elephant a pedicure? On Saturday from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. [...]
Modern-Day Dinosaurs On Display At Houston Zoo
2. June 2010
By all appearances, they could belong to another place and another time in the prehistory of the Earth. In fact, they could be considered modern-day dinosaurs.
They are shoebill storks. Beginning yesterday, this unique species can be seen daily in their brand new home at the Houston Zoo.
The result of a three month [...]
Fine Arts Museum Offers Free Admission For Military Personnel, Families
27. May 2010
The Museum of Fine Arts is partnering with Blue Star Museums, a partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, and more than 600 museums across America to offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2010.
MFAH is [...]
Bellaire’s New Home Showcase Has Final Showing
21. May 2010
Bellaire’s most celebrated builders will unveil a collection of homes this weekend for the New Home Showcase from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
The cost of admission is $10 to see homes built by Bentley Homes, Inc., Levitt and Robbins Custom Homes, Tommy Cashiola Construction Co. and Watermark [...]
Metro Takes Part In National Bike To Work Day
20. May 2010
At 6 a.m. on Friday, METRO bicyclists will gather at the Downtown Transit Center then ride out to join Houston Mayor Annise Parker and other riders in observing National Bike to Work Day.
The METRO Cycle Team will travel from downtown to Memorial Park where cyclists will gather for a mass ride led [...]
Benefit Helps Pershing Middle School Bring Back The Music
17. May 2010
Cox Media Group’s Houston Radio Stations 107.5 The Eagle and 106.9 The Point are joining forces with local bands, to rock the night in support of Pershing Middle School.
The benefit, scheduled for May 17 at Houston’s The House of Blues, will raise money for Pershing’s band to help them replace instruments [...]
Bellaire’s New Home Showcase Kicks Off This Weekend
14. May 2010
Bellaire’s most celebrated builders will unveil a collection of homes this weekend for the New Home Showcase from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
The cost of admission is $10 to see homes built by Bentley Homes, Inc., Levitt and Robbins Custom Homes, Tommy Cashiola Construction Co. and Watermark Homes. The admission benefits [...]
Dan Aykroyd To Be Grand Marshal At Art Car Parade, Saturday
7. May 2010
Over 250,000 people are expected to attend the Houston Art Car Parade this Saturday in Allen Parkway.
The Art Car Parade is a free event featuring over 250 “mobile masterpieces.” Cars will be lining up between Taft and Bagby in downtown Houston and the parade will start at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
Emmy-award winning actor and famed [...]
25. June 2010
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