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@ Salud! Winery
3939 Montrose
August 21, 6-9pm
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Friday August 8, 2008
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Tonight, 600 Faces are waiting to make you smile! No, this is not your favorite emoticon library… But, rather the fabulous porcelain works of Joyce Joe. Check it out from 6 to 9pm at the Artful Corner, 3423 White Oak. www.theartfulcorner.com
Saturday August 9, 2008
Start: 9:00 pm
End: 9:59 pm
Janie Porter Barrett was born on this day in 1865. She founded the Virginia Industrial School for Colored Girls, a rehabilitation center for troubled girls which was centered on self-reliance and self-discipline. It became a model for other similar schools and was extremely successful—the majority of students found jobs and had families after leaving the facility. It became integrated in 1965 and still exists today under the name of the Barrett Learning Center.
Sunday August 10, 2008
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Join Chef Monica Pope, one of Houston’s most award-winning and innovative chefs and owner of the award-winning restaurant t’afia, as she shares techniques for cooking simple, healthy dishes. The focus will be on how to utilize locally-grown organic ingredients in cooking healthy meals as she demonstrates her seasonal garden-to-table approach. Cost is $60 for members, $80 for non-members. Pre-registration required. Call 713-366-0421 or visit www.houstonarboretum.org for more information.
Start: 9:00 pm
End: 9:59 pm
Mary Gove Nichols was born 198 years ago, today. She traveled the country speaking about women’s health and anatomy, but was scorned by many of her time for her belief in “free love” instead of marriage, which Nichols considered to be the “annihilation of women.” She believed that health, freedom and sexual liberation were all linked was an outspoken advocate for all three.
Monday August 11, 2008
Start: 10:00 pm
Start: 08/11/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/17/2008 - 22:59
Today through the 17th, Houston Restaurant Week, established in 2003, showcases and promotes Houston’s incredible array of fine restaurants to the fine dining crowd, while raising money for Houston’s End Hunger Network. Diners will be able to enjoy a specially created gourmet meal for only $35 per person (not including beverages, tax or gratuity) at restaurants where the per person average usually exceeds $35. Participating restaurants will then donate $5 from each special meal sold directly to Houston’s End Hunger Network. These dinner specials are
Tuesday August 12, 2008
(all day)
Start: 08/11/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/17/2008 - 22:59
Today through the 17th, Houston Restaurant Week, established in 2003, showcases and promotes Houston’s incredible array of fine restaurants to the fine dining crowd, while raising money for Houston’s End Hunger Network. Diners will be able to enjoy a specially created gourmet meal for only $35 per person (not including beverages, tax or gratuity) at restaurants where the per person average usually exceeds $35. Participating restaurants will then donate $5 from each special meal sold directly to Houston’s End Hunger Network. These dinner specials are
Start: 9:00 pm
End: 9:59 pm
Today would have been the 91st birthday of Gladys Bentley, a Harlem Renaissance blues singer. Openly lesbian during her early career (she dressed in tuxedos and top hats with a drag queen chorus line singing back-up and flirted with female patrons), during the McCarthy era, she put on dresses, married a man and claimed that taking female hormones had “cured” her, in order to avoid being put on trial.
Wednesday August 13, 2008
(all day)
Start: 08/11/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/17/2008 - 22:59
Today through the 17th, Houston Restaurant Week, established in 2003, showcases and promotes Houston’s incredible array of fine restaurants to the fine dining crowd, while raising money for Houston’s End Hunger Network. Diners will be able to enjoy a specially created gourmet meal for only $35 per person (not including beverages, tax or gratuity) at restaurants where the per person average usually exceeds $35. Participating restaurants will then donate $5 from each special meal sold directly to Houston’s End Hunger Network. These dinner specials are
Start: 10:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Galleria Chamber of Commerce of Houston hosts a reception to announce “Di Moda in Italia: Houston Celebrates Italy,” a series of events promoting Italian fashion and food to Houston business leaders and the fashion-elite, which will culminate at the ultimate Houston Italian Fashion Extravaganza on October 10. The reception will introduce the Italian host committee, international committee, representatives from local Italian stores such as Valobra, Bvlgari, Fendi, Dolce & Gabbana, A/X Armani Exchange, Neiman Marcus, and Nordstrom.
Start: 9:00 pm
End: 9:59 pm
Left-hander’s Day is today. Approximately 7-10% of the population is left-handed, and left-handed females are rarer than males. Joan of Arc, Queen Victoria, Eudora Welty, Greta Garbo and Ruth Bader Ginsberg are some of these unique, southpawed females.
Thursday August 14, 2008
(all day)
Start: 08/11/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/17/2008 - 22:59
Today through the 17th, Houston Restaurant Week, established in 2003, showcases and promotes Houston’s incredible array of fine restaurants to the fine dining crowd, while raising money for Houston’s End Hunger Network. Diners will be able to enjoy a specially created gourmet meal for only $35 per person (not including beverages, tax or gratuity) at restaurants where the per person average usually exceeds $35. Participating restaurants will then donate $5 from each special meal sold directly to Houston’s End Hunger Network. These dinner specials are
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm