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Park8

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United Way Houston

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Poison Girl Reading Series

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Poison Girl Reading Series
The Poison Pen Reading Series was started in October of 2006 to offer talented writers a chance to read their work to the patrons of the Poison Girl Bar located on 1641 Westheimer. The readings take place the last Thursday of every month and begin at 8:30 PM. The reading series features fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and dramatic readings from a wide range of authors, both in the University as well as out, both established and beginning writers, and resident as well as visiting authors. This series was begun with small gatherings of devoted listeners but has since ballooned into big appreciative crowds. We schedule two to three writers a month and our readers normally tend to emphasize the big dirty id in their work. The Poison Pen Board consists of Casey Fleming, Greg Oaks, David MacLean, and Scott Repass. Our CEO is Chris Martin. People interested in reading can submit their work to the Poison Girl's myspace page.

Inprint Houston

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MISSION STATEMENT: The mission of Inprint is to inspire readers and writers in Houston.

A nonprofit organization founded in 1983, Inprint fulfills this mission through the nationally renowned Inprint Brown Reading Series, through literary and educational activities in the community that demonstrate the value and impact of creative writing, and through support for the UH Creative Writing Program. Today Inprint programs and events provide something for everyone and play a vital role in Houston's rich and diverse cultural life.

VISION STATEMENT: Inprint envisions Houston as a city where the literary arts is a defining resource.

Center for houstons Future

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MISSION: The Center for Houston's Future engages the community to think long-term and act strategically for the future economic, physical, social and cultural well-being of the region through research, facilitation and collaboration.

VISION: The Center for Houston's Future advances the Houston region as one of the top ten global communities in which to live and work.

The Center's strategic goals involve:
Ongoing Research on the Region
Cultivating Regional Leadership
Collaborations on Programs
Community Engagement

greater houston partnership

2008-11-03T09:38:00.001-08:00

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http://harris-tx.tamu.edu/hort/events.htm

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Old New England Election Day Celebration!

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http://www.nysun.com/opinion/houston-new-york-has-a-problem/81989/

2008-10-20T08:51:00.001-07:00

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Eric Mueller
The Frontline Group
Integrity Managment Analyst
CPOL Coordinator
BP Houston - WL1 6.117a
Office 281.366.3217
Cell 832.282.5206

www.greenhoustontx.gov/pdf/violations.pdf

2008-08-21T08:40:00.001-07:00

DO YOU WANT TO HELP US MAKE OUR CITY GREEN?
Environmental Violation Handbook

The City of Houston is the first city in the nation to create and publish a public Environmental Violation Handbook. This handbook captures the 30 most common environmental violations, from illegal dumping into storm drains, and sewer overflow, to industrial waste, chemical spills, and smoking vehicles. The handbook provides detailed information and photographs on what citizens should look out for and how to properly report the violation so we can get the problem fixed.

To view the Environmental Violation Handbook and for more information about the Office of Environmental Programming, visit www.greenhoustontx.gov/pdf/violations.pdf.

www.houstontx.gov/planning

2008-08-21T08:39:00.001-07:00

GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS

Learn how to access grants for your neighborhood improvement projects by attending one of The City of Houston Planning and Development Department public workshops. The Neighborhood Matching Grant Program Workshops will assist your community-based organization with everything you need to know about the application process and deadlines.

. Saturday, August 23, 2008, from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the John P. McGovern/Stella Link Library, located at 7405 Stella Link Rd (between N. Braeswood Blvd. & Bellaire Blvd.)

. Tuesday, August 26, 2008 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Collier Regional Library, located at 6200 Pinemont Dr.
For information about the program and directions to the workshops, please visit our website at www.houstontx.gov/planning or contact James Nimene at (713) 837-7821, james.nimene@cityofhouston.net.

Houston tops list of green cities

2008-07-29T07:50:00.001-07:00

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Houston tops list of green cities
Houston is on the list as the top green city when it come to renewable energy.
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NYTimes.com: Houston Resists Recycling, and Independent Streak Is Cited

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Houston may wear the label of the world’s energy capital, but deep in the city’s Dumpsters lies a less glamorous superlative: It is the worst recycler among the United States’ 30 largest cities.

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Principals-in-training hit books in summer program
By JENNIFER RADCLIFFE

Ellen Winstead needs to learn to keep a straight face as she delivers
serious messages.

Fighting off a nervous tendency to smile as she speaks is one of the
countless lessons the 36-year-old principal-in-training is mastering in
a new academy designed to prepare educators to lead some of the
region's toughest secondary schools.

"It wasn't aloof, but it was confusing to people," said Winstead, who
moved to Houston in 1995 as a Teach for America corps member.

Winstead, who works for YES College Prep, didn't initially aspire to be
a principal, but changed her mind after considering the broader impact
she could have as a campus leader. She applied to Houston A+
Challenge's new three-year training program to get support and hands-on
experience as she makes the career transition.

During an intensive six-week leg of the program this summer, the class
of 20 interns is brushing up on data analysis, communication and other
leadership skills. Candidates will spend next school year shadowing
principals before applying for their own principalships in the fall of
2009.

"Most principals, you learn by fire, you figure it out as you go," said
Sheri Miller-Williams, director of leadership for Houston A+ Challenge.
"They will have some of those lessons learned already."

The nonprofit's academy is one of several initiatives created recently
to improve the quality and quantity of school administrators. The
Houston school district also launched an aspiring principals academy
this summer and classes begin next month for Rice University's new MBA
program for future principals.

About eight candidates are expected to participate in the first cohort
of Rice's program, which will teach finance, marketing and management
skills, said Panya Yarber, director of the Rice Education
Entrepreneurship Program.

More than 100 Texas principals are also spending part of their summer
at Harvard Graduate School of Education's Principal's Center, an effort
organized by a nonprofit called Raise Your Hand Texas.

"If we're going to meet the challenge of our future for our kids, we're
going to have to have strong leaders," said Spring Branch
Superintendent Duncan Klussmann, chairman of the Raise Your Hand Texas
Leadership Program. "We can't let that happen by chance. We have to go
out to and develop that."

The focus on school leadership is needed, in part, because Houston-area
districts face about 160 principal vacancies a year. That number is
expected to increase as suburban districts continue to grow and as Baby
Boomers retire at faster rates. They must also figure out how to find
candidates who can juggle the rigor of today's high-stakes testing
climate.

Houston A+ Challenge's first class of interns was selected from roughly
235 candidates, who came from all parts of the country and all
different industries. The 20 selected — nearly all of whom have
education backgrounds and were from the Houston region — were picked
for their track records in and out of the classroom.

"It was just about quality," said Melissa Milios Davis, spokeswoman for
Houston A+. "We didn't look at what districts they were with."

School districts, however, were asked to pay the interns' salaries
during the program.

During classes this week, participants practiced making presentations —
including delivering bad news about low test scores and campus
misconduct — to their classmates, who were posing as parents and
administrators.

Dawn Hobbs, 30, an intern for the Houston Independent School District,
said the exercises are helping her react on her feet.

"I had 100 things going on in my head," said Hobbs, who graduated from
HISD's DeBakey High School in 1995. "It's been a great learning
experience, more than what I ever could have imagined in such a short
time."

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2008-07-11T05:49:00.000-07:00

www.greenhoustontx.gov

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Announcing The City's New Green Web Site!

The City of Houston has unveiled a new tool to help citizens Go Green! www.greenhoustontx.gov is a new Web site designed to help educate citizens. Learn what you can do to become green, learn what the City is doing to become green, and quickly locate all the City's green programs and services.

You can access the City's new green Web site from the City's home page, www.houstontx.gov. Just go to the Green Houston link which is about a third of the way down the page on the right hand side.

"The City of Houston is working harder than ever to make Houston green," said Mayor White. "We have made a lot of progress, but more is needed. We need the help of every citizen of Houston to do their part. I would encourage everyone to take a little time and explore this Web site to learn what they can do to make Houston green."

Please visit

www.greenhoustontx.gov

Houston Best Cost of Living

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http://www.sanjacinto-museum.org/

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From the West
Take I10 east to Highway 610, east loop, or continue east to Beltway 8, east loop, Sam Houston Tollway. Take Loop 610 or Beltway 8 south, crossing the Houston Ship Channel. Exit Highway 225 east, Texas Independence Highway, to La Porte. Exit Battleground Road and turn left. When the road divides into two roads, remain in the left lane, continue through the tall stone park gates, and turn right into the park.

http://www.jgarden.org/gardens.asp?ID=376

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Open daily April-Sept, 10am-6pm and Oct-Mar, 10am-5pm
Hermann Park Japanese Garden
This garden, next to the Jones Reflection Pool, represents serenity and harmony, and is an escape from everyday metropolitan life. Stroll through the shaded paths and take in the beauty and simplicity of Japan. For more information, call (713) 284-1914 or visit the Japanese Garden Society.

30 Things 2 do

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FARMERS MARKETS

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UPPER KIRBY DISTRICT —BAYOU CITY FARMERS’ MARKET
3000 Richmond at Eastside (back parking lot)
Saturdays, rain or shine, 8 am to noon
www.urbanharvest.org
Just hatched, Bayou City Farmer’s Market is the youngest of the four farmers’ markets. Go early: The stellar, but small, harvests sell out.

Ambience
Somehow the combination of shaded stands for produce, umbrella-covered tables for gossip and coffee, friendly overall-clad farmers, South African printed textiles, artisan baskets replete with whatever is ripe today, cooking demonstrations, and appetite-inducing recipes all add up to a sweet welcome. Bayou City is transforming asphalt into a little patch of green that lures you to stroll, chat and linger. Coming soon: Live acoustic music. (Couldn’t Rice or U of H music students practice here?)

Who Shops There
A growing mix of regulars who include early morning exercisers, Rice students, hand-holding grown-ups with dogs on leashes, River Oaks and West U denizens as well as curious passers-by tempted by the bucolic bustle. Our prediction: Watch this tiny market double in size by September.

Growers and Purveyors
Local organic produce from Animal Farm, Garden of Eden, Pipercreek Farms and Mother Earth Farm. Also Copan Trade Coffee, hand-made soaps from The Herbal Goat, eggs and honey from Village Botanica, and cookies and breads from La Villette

MIDTOWN —THE MIDTOWN FARMERS’ MARKET
3701 Travis, one block north of West Alabama, around and inside Monica Pope’s restaurant, T’afia
Saturdays, rain or shine, 8 am to noon
www.tafia.com
Farmers’ markets are the essential feature in any top tier culinary city, according to Monica Pope; so, she created her own. At this indoor/outdoor market, she gathers her favorite food artisans and organic purveyors. Her motto: The best ingredients prepared the simplest way.

Ambience
Hip, eclectic. The Zen/Provencal style garden adds charm to the restaurant parking-lot-cum-outdoor-market where the locally-grown is offered beneath tented stalls. Inside, T’afia shelters the more fragile, hand-crafted foods and offers a place to admire your produce over a coffee (we wish it was cappuccino).

Who Shops There
Fittingly hip and eclectic. Lots of dedicated foodies, nice customer cross-pollination with Breakfast Klub, kids, sub-teens, Midtown citizens, happy Mexican hairless dogs—all mingling, nibbling and looking like a real market audience.

Growers and Purveyors
Outside: Fresh produce from Animal Farm, Blue Marble Garden, Lola Daniel’s Urban Farm, Gundermann’s Organic Farm and container herbs from Semperflorens. Inside: Brown Paper Chocolates, Pastry to the People, Kraftsmen’s breads, La Villette’s preserves, Plum Eats, Monica Pope’s meals to go and Katz Coffee.

THE HEIGHTS & RICE VILLAGE —HOUSTON FARMERS’ MARKET
3106 White Oak, between Studewood and Heights Blvd., behind Onion Creek Coffee House
Saturdays 8 am to noon
2353 Rice at Greenbriar, in the parking lot of Christ the King Lutheran Church
Tuesdays 5 to 7 pm
www.houstonfarmersmarket.org
The market elder, Houston Farmers’ Market is the city’s first Texas State Certified Farmers’ Market.
Ambience
Each of these two market location offers its signature setting and lighting effects—Saturday markets in morning sun or Tuesday evening markets in soft candlelight.
Saturdays: Use the market as an appetizer and breakfast on the Height’s Onion Creek Coffee House patio after gathering produce. Parking is a little tight, but worth the effort. Note: Demonstrations at 10:30 at the Heights location.
Tuesdays: The Christ the King parking lot is magical when lit by candles after the sun sets. Happily, you are in walking distance to many places on Rice Blvd. for an after-market libation or light supper.

Who Shops There
The Heights’ market audience is an assorted mix of funky: families, artists, couples and serious produce aficionados.
The Rice Village market attracts a more Junior League/Eddie Bauer crowd: mommies with strollers, professionals heading home, Rice students on first dates.

Growers and Purveyors
Seasonal produce, micro greens and herbs from Gundermann Farms and other area farms; bread from Kraftsmen Bakery; chocolates, preserves, hot pepper jellies, handmade soaps, cut and dried flowers.

MONTROSE —CENTRAL CITY CO-OP
2115 Taft, two streets north of Fairview; located in Ecclesia
Wednesdays 9 am to 6:45 pm
www.centralcityco-op.org
Although it diverges from the traditional definition of a farmers’ market, this self-serve co-op offers incredible organic produce at reasonable prices. You pre-order and pre-pay for Gundermann’s Choice Shares. (We give them as gifts.) Note: There are other branch Central City Co-ops around town; check their website for details.

Ambience
Funky, deeply hippy, dark and indoors, the co-op is the only one of the four markets to have a painter sometimes in residence. (She was working on a huge, breathtaking Italian cypress garden scene when we visited.) Use the entrance at the Taft Street Coffee House for best first impression.

Who Shops There
Blonde dreadlocks and Birkenstocks with a lot of bliss, this audience is full of characters that are joined by chic suited women, mothers with children and men with pony tails. Pat Greer, co-op co-founder, radiates lovely Zen wisdom while occasionally giving excellent raw food non-cooking demos. Rowan, the multi-tasking co-op manager, will take you through various, at-first-daunting, protocols of how to order, pay, sign in.

Growers and Purveyors
Gundermann Farms seasonal organic produce as well as a host of olive oils, teas, coffee, superb fermented nama shoyu soy sauce and other organic treats.

Eric Mueller
The Frontline Group
Integrity Managment Analyst
CPOL Coordinator
BP Houston - WL1 6.117a
Office 281.366.3217
Cell 832.282.5206

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#1 Best City to Live, Work & Play

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GILLESPIE VISIT (OPTIONS)

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Miller: Accordion King & Queens (7 PM) (tickets 11:30 -1)
LCC: The Defenestration Unit
The show runs noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Through July 6. For information, call 713-802-0472 or visit www.artstormhouston.com. Free. Opening Reception: Saturday, June 7 from 7 to 10 p.m.

Lawndale Art Center (12-5)
4912 Main St.
Houston, TX 77002
713-528-5858

ArtStorm
4828 Caroline St.
Houston, TX 77004

Forbidden Gardens- This is a very cool and historically interesting place to visit on a day trip. 25 east of Houston is 40 acres of the replicated scale models of the Forbidden City of Beijing, The Temple of Heaven, The Calming of the Heart Lodge, and the canal city of Suzhou. Thousands of Terra Cotta replicated soldiers. If you like history or just want to see an odd sight in the middle of the Texas plains this is a neat place to visit. Directions From Houston, take I-10 west, Exit 743 at the Grand Parkway, Highway 99. Turn right (north) onto the Grand Parkway until it dead ends. Turn left onto Franz Road and immediately turn right into the Forbidden Gardens parking lot. Open year round Friday-Sunday except on major holidays. Tours available during the week. In Katy,TX

· Phone: 281-347-8000
· Website: http://www.forbidden-gardens.com/