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Fine Arts Museum Offers Free Admission For Military Personnel, Families
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 [...]
Tenth Annual Dragon Boat Festival Races Kick Off This Saturday
30. April 2010
Over 30 teams will race in the 10th annual Houston Dragon Boat Festival this weekend at Allen’s Landing.
The Dragon Boat races will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday at Allen’s Landing in Downtown Houston.
The event features traditional Hong Kong style BuK Dragon Boats, measuring 40 ft. in length [...]
Annual Lemonade Day Teaches Youth How To Become Entrepreneurs
30. April 2010
Prepared 4 Life, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the empowerment of middle-school-age children, will be holding its fourth annual Lemonade Day on May 2.
For the second consecutive year, the event will be highlighting Project Row Houses (PRH).
The communitywide event, which fosters entrepreneurship and character development among Houston’s youth, teaches children how to start, own, and [...]
Bellaire Southwest Rotary Fish Fry Cooks Up Lots Of Entertainment
28. April 2010
Emmy-award winning Ernie Manouse of HoustonPBS Channel 8 will join Always, Patsy Cline star Julia Laskowski, the swingin’ River Road Boys Band, and the Barbara King Dancers headlining entertainment for Bellaire Southwest Rotary’s Fabulous Bellaire Fish Fry on May 1 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Bellaire Civic Center, 7008 S. Rice.
All-inclusive $25 event [...]
Two Iconic Texans To Perform At Miller Outdoor Theatre
23. April 2010
Miller Outdoor Theatre presents an evening of great music by two iconic Texans … Kelly Willis and Ray Wylie Hubbard on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in Hermann Park.
Willis, the proud mother of four and “alternative country’s golden goddess” has an old-fashioned country voice that slips easily from honky-tonk sass to soulful blues.
The legendary Texas troubadour [...]
Children Compete In ‘Best Tasting Lemonade Contest,’ Saturday
22. April 2010
The Houston Children’s Museum, 1500 Binz, will be lined with lemonade stands, competing for the best tasting lemonade on Saturday.
The “Best Tasting Lemonade Contest” gives kids the chance to create their own recipe to serve at the contest. Children must be accompanied by an adult and bring all of the items necessary to make their [...]
Bellaire Residents Camp Out In Town Square For ‘Tents N Town’
22. April 2010
Patrons of Bellaire Parks and the city of Bellaire are having their second annual overnight Tents N Town at Zindler Park in the Bellaire Town Square April 24 and April 25.
“The ultimate urban campout” benefits the continued development of Bellaire Town Square and allows families to participate in activities and camp out in Zindler Park.
Last [...]
Waste Management Earth Day At Houston Zoo This Weekend
22. April 2010
It’s a Party for the Planet on April 24 and 25 during Waste Management Earth Day at the Houston Zoo, 6200 Hermann Park Drive.
From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day the Zoo will have entertainment with a “green theme.” Learn what you can do to conserve our natural resources and preserve the world’s wild [...]
HCC Southwest College Fine Arts Dept. Present Student Directed One-Act Plays
21. April 2010
The Houston Community College Southwest College Fine Arts Department will present a collection of student directed one-act plays opening April 23 at 8 p.m. in the Annex Theatre, 13645 Murphy Road, Suite 250, Stafford.
The short one-act plays are being directed and performed by HCC Southwest drama students.
Performances are scheduled for 8 p.m. April 23 and [...]
First ‘Crawfish Kitchen’ Cooks Off At Chamber Of Commerce
16. April 2010
Crawfish shells will be cracked open at the Crawfish Kitchen from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday.
Center Pointe Energy and the Greater Southwest Houston Chamber of Commerce will be hosting the first annual event in the parking lot of the Chamber of Commerce, 6900 S. Rice Ave.
Christina Hurd, owner of Not Just Cakes, will [...]
27. May 2010
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