America’s Energy Future Symposium
featuring the top Presidential candidates
hosted by Opportunity Houston
February 28th

713-568-6361 Call in your news!!

22nd Annual Texas Home & Garden Show
February 15th through 17th

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photo courtesy of HoldThatTiger

Tonight the Art Dept. at University of Houston is having their student show opening at the Blaffer Gallery. The opening is from 7 to 9 in the Fine Arts building on the UH central campus (Entrance 16 off of Cullen, near Cullen & Elgin).

In addition to the works shown in the gallery proper, tonight all four floors of the building will be opened up for touring the studios of the various disciplines and media within the department.
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I love this cooler weather now, cycling is so much better. And what luck! We’ve got two big events this weekend that let you take advantage of your set of wheels.

The October Critical Mass

Dress up, come out and ride! Critical Mass rides are self-organized, non-commercial and non-competitive, just fun. Starts at Tranquility Park on Friday the 26th at 6:30pm to ride at 7:00pm. Find out more at Critical Mass’ Myspace

Moonlight Ramble 2007

Saturday night/Sunday morning brings us the Moonlight Ramble, an all-ages annual rolling bike party through the city. Costumes, bikes, noise, people all night long. A ride with your choice of 8 or 20 miles, starting at 2am (the second one) and rolling from the GRB Convention Center downtown and path through the city.

Registration for the Moonlight Ramble is $30/person and all proceeds benefit Bike Houston. Find out more info on the flyer [pdf] and the FAQ.

So, come out and support cycling, fun and great people. And remember to dress warmly, its gonna be in the low 50’s.

I’m really looking forward to the ride to Austin on the BP MS150, and apparently I’m in good company. As of yesterday, 9 days after registration opened, 84% of the spots were full. Wow you people know how to sign up for stuff. So, if you’re planning on joining in on this fantastic opportunity, you had better get busy registering!

Oh? You don’t know what the BP MS150 is? Well then, the MS150 is a two day bike ride from Houston to Austin to raise money to support research into the cause and treatment of Multiple Sclerosis.

So, get out there, sign up and do some good! And then start training like mad.

Picture originally uploaded at TurkicFest.org

The Turkic Cultures and Children’s Festival 2007 will be taking place on September 8th and 9th at the Hermann Square from 1pm-10pm. Some of the showcases at the festivities will include Ottoman military bands, displays of glazed tiles, Islamic calligraphy, and Turkish folk dances.
Even cooler, there will be a drawing on the second day of the festival for 2 free tickets to visit Turkey!

More info can be found here.

Are you on Twitter and in Houston? Join the Facebook Houston Twitterites Group and then come out for the 2nd meeting of the group

Event Info
Name: 2nd Twitter Meet-up
Tagline: Come tell us what you’re doing, but in person.
Host: Houston Twitterites

Time and Place
Date: Saturday, August 11, 2007
Time: 12:00am - 2:00pm
Location: Freebirds @ Shephard
City/Town: Houston, TX

Oh and go ahead and sign up to get my Tweets. :)

An Evening With William Rodriguez
This Saturday, August 11th, 2007
8PM @ the University of Houston

This man was one of the last survivors pulled from the World Trade Center rubble and is a very vocal fighter in the 9-11 Truth movement. If you don’t know who he is or have never heard of his story then I urge you to attend this free event. As for those already interested in this subject matter you know you have to be there. This will be a very intimate & inspiring moment for Houston.

Find out more about this hero here: http://www.911forthetruth.com/pages/Rodriguez.htm

WHO: Reliant Park World Series of Dog Shows, hosted by:
Houston Combined Specialty Association (Thursday, July 19)
Houston Kennel Club (Friday, July 20)
Beaumont Kennel Club (Saturday, July 21)
Galveston County Kennel Club (Sunday, July 22)

WHAT: The 30th annual Reliant Park World Series of Dog Shows, America’s premier canine extravaganza and one of the largest events of its kind, with 12,000 dogs entered and 40,000 visitors and participants.

WHEN: Thursday, July 19, 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Friday, July 20, 8:00 a.m. to 7: 00 p.m.
Saturday, July 21, 8:00 a.m. to 7: 00 p.m.
Sunday, July 22, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

WHERE: Reliant Center, 8400 Kirby Dr., Houston, TX, Parking: $8/day. Take the Holly Hall entrance from Fannin, or ride Metro Rail to avoid parking fees.

photo courtesy of AKC

Domy Bookstore (1709 Westheimer) is hosting an art opening par-tay for Houston artists Give Up and Yar this Friday from 7-9pm.

Can’t make it then? The show runs at Domy until August 17th, or you could be cool and just pick up an inaugural copy of Case Magazine to see some more Houston urban art lovelies.