Sunday, December 7, 2008

Free General Admission All Day

Family Events: 12:30 — 5:00 p.m.

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

Muppets™, Music & Magic: Jim Henson´s Legacy

Enjoy the Muppets at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston!

Family Flicks are introduced by Karen Prell, an actress and puppeteer best known as the voice of Red Fraggle from TV´s Fraggle Rock.

12:30 p.m.A Better World: Living in Harmony

3:30 p.m. Muppet Fairytales

Visit Family Flicks to read more about Karen Prell and the films.

After discovering the Muppets at the Family Flicks, explore other activities at Target Free First Sunday. Create your own puppet at Puppet Pizzazz, and sketch an enchanting puppet world at Sketching Sensation. Learn about shadow puppets with Bobbindoctrin Puppet Theatre at an open workshop, and meet new animals and creatures on a Storytime Tour.

Saturday, November 22, 2008
10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
AND

Sunday, November 23, 2008
10 a.m. – 5

Sam Houston Park at Allen Parkway and Bagby
FREE ADMISSION


Enter a world of color and creativity on the streets of downtown Houston when The Center for Hearing and Speech (CHS) celebrates its third annual Via Coloriâ, a Street Painting Festival, November 22-23, 2008.

The festival will showcase more than 175 artists who will create original masterpieces on the street in a pastel medium. From creation to completion, festival-goers will be able to watch as artists turn asphalt into art. Food, beverages, entertainment and children’s activities will round out this spectacular fall weekend in Sam Houston Park and the surrounding streets of Bagby and Allen Parkway.

Teen dream MTV is coming to the Central Library on Saturday, November 8 for a casting call for teens hoping to be featured on the next season of MADE. Teens in grades 9-12 can try out for the reality show at 11 a.m. Applicants should provide basic contact information, photos and be prepared to talk about themselves and why they want to be on the show.

Bayou City Art Festival Downtown

October 18 - 19, 2008

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Both daysAdmission is $10 for adults and free for children 12 and under.The downtown skyline serves as a dramatic backdrop for art, music, dance, and interactive activities at the Bayou City Art Festival Downtown.The annual, juried, fine art event boasts a stress-free outdoor gallery brimming with 300 artists working in 19 artistic media. Adding to the festive outdoor gallery are wine cafés, an interactive Creative Zone for children, restaurants, Broadway in Houston’s Broadway Café, and a performing arts stage with on-going multicultural musical and dance entertainment presented by The Houston Arts Alliance.The festival is showcased in front of City Hall and around Hermann Square on the streets of Walker, Bagby,and McKinney, as well as Sam Houston Park.For more information about the Bayou City Art Festival Downtown, please contact the Art Colony Association

London Calling

Fabulous Gifts!

Fabulous Decorations!

Gourmet Food and Wine!

House and Garden Magazine presents an exclusive Christmas shopping experience. Conde Nast Traveler presents The Luxury Travel Fair. Together!

November 5-9, 2008

Olympia, London

Presented by House and Garden and Conde Nast Traveler

Saturday, September 20th

They say that Houstonians are tough and never walk away from a fight. So, while Ike has struck us a serious blow - it hasn't knocked us out! We're dedicated to giving back to the community and we need your help!

TTR's Party for the Cause will be an all day event (noon until curfew) at our Uptown Park location with live music, great food and wine, and festivities on the patio.

We'll all join together to let off steam and, at the same time, create momentum for our fight to rebuild and to help our neighbors in Houston and Galveston - it's all about Houstonians helping Houstonians.

We'll have our kitchen working overtime and our grills running hot.

We'll cook all day and pour wine, beer and sangria until we run out.

Some of the city's best bands will be playing back to back all afternoon long as we kick it up and raise money for the Red Cross relief efforts.

To help raise even more money, during Saturday's event, we'll have a raffle for great prizes generously donated from local businesses.

Finally, to top it all off, TTR will donate $1 for every glass of wine, every bottle of wine, and every pizza sold at all locations from Wednesday through the end of Saturday's Party for the Cause.

We are also currently collecting non-perishable food items, clothing and cash donations to go directly to the area's relief efforts.

We can't do this without your help!

Please pass this along to everyone you know and get the word out by all means available!

If you are a business owner and would like to donate a product for the raffle, please contact jonathan@tastingroomwines.com

The Tasting Room at Uptown Park

1101-18 Uptown Park Blvd.

Houston, Texas 77056

(713) 993-9800

Who Wants A Play Date?

It's an alternative to the typical night out.

The concept was developed to bring interesting diverse groups of people together to interact in a social setting based on playing games. They

provide a fun and exciting environment where you can eat good food, drink, listen to a variety of music, socialize, and meet great people all while playing games.
ALL KINDS OF GAMES- everything from Poker to Pac-Man, Twister to UNO, Monopoly to Taboo, Hungry Hungry Hippos to Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, and EVERYTHING in between!

"You don't stop playing because you get old, you get old because you stop playing"

HERE ARE THE DETAILS:
Saturday, September 13, 2008

8pm-2am

The Ensemble, 3535 Main Street, Houston, TX

Directions: (713) 520-0055

Who: singles, couples, groups...EVERYBODY

What: food, drink, music, great people, and GAMES!

Why: because you're gonna love this new venue..let's PLAY!

Cost: $10 (FREE parking)

Info Contact: 713-283-2469

www.playdatehouston.com