Houston Magazine Summer Cocktail Tour at REEF!
WHEN :: 07/05/2009 6:00pm
8 Bars, 8 Weeks, 1 Champion Cocktail...Eight of Houston's hautest bars and restaurants are competing for the coveted title of the Ultimate Houston Magazine Cocktail! The Challenge: Each bar's most talented mixologist will be shaking up their own signature version of the supreme Houston cocktail, and the choice is yours as to who takes home the gold. Try all eight and vote for your favorite.
Party Like a Rockstar
WHEN :: 08/22/2009 8:00pm
Be Diva, Be Glam. Planned Parenthood and Riazul present Party Like a Rockstar at Warehouse Live, a fundraiser and awareness event for Planned Parenthood. Performances by DJ Alex C and SKYROCKET! An Industrial Artist Exhibit will be presented by Jonathan Lopez and David Wilhelm. Fore more information or to purchase tickets, please visit
www.pphouston.org/rockstar2009.
Real World bare: It's Official
I’ve always been a little bitter about the characterization of this generation as tech wizards, computer addicts and gizmo collectors. Now, I facebook ten times more than what’s considered a healthy amount, think online celebrity gossip sites are just what the world needed and want to become a minister that spreads the gospel of Google. All that I can do. But once you mention the word download, computer edit or new program, my eyebrows start to furrow into a worried line that just makes people around worry for me.
Sammie Relford's Return to Sammy's at 2016 Main
WHEN :: 07/25/2009 8:00pm
Repeats every week until Sat Dec 26 2009
Hold on to your hats ladies and gentlemen, Sammie is back ready to throw some heart and soul into your Saturday evenings! A native to Houston, Sammie was born and raised "on a dead-end street" but hasn't let that slow him down. In addition to a three-year stint singing backup for Isaac Hayes, and a killer performance at the Apollo in Harlem, home is where the heart is. Get ready to reminisce on the old days at Sammy's, singing and dancing along with Sammie and the crowd!
ARTcetera
WHEN :: 08/27/2009 6:30pm
ARTcetera, a LIVE art benefit featuring Houston artist, John Palmer, and other esteemed Houston artists such as Shelley Shanks, Taft McWhorter, Micah Simmons, Hanh Tran, David Wilhelm, Lindsay Peyton, Gregory Scott, Roberto Castillo, Belinda Smith, Carol McKee, Elizabeth Cencini and Robin Collins- will showcase a fabulous array of artwork being produced onsite!
Calling All Fashion Designers!
THE FIND, a showroom and designer show producer that sets up in New Orleans, Dallas, Houston and New York is recruiting up and coming fashion designers for its October show in Houston.
And guess what? They are looking for independent designers with unique collections and an overall chic distinction! Think you or someone you know has what it takes?
A FEW HINTS:
TONIGHT: Special Guest & Legendary Line-Up Announcement
Secrets, secrets are no fun; secrets are for everyone...
Well, that may be what the rhyme says, but our lips are sealed tight on this one!
Just announced, big things are on the horizon at Sammy's!
Real World bare: On My Last Nerve
Interns are a nervous breed. As we cautiously make our way into what we hope will be the careers we become to love, cherish and get paid for until Social Security kicks in, perfection seems a priority. When I was introduced as an intern to the Publisher of a popular local magazine, he expressed what may be an unusual habit observed in many interns worldwide. “They finish so fast.
Houston Restaurant Week
WHEN :: 08/10/2009 6:00pm
From August 10 - 23, 2009, allow your dining dollars to make a difference during Houston Restaurant Week, which showcases and promotes Houston’s incredible array of fine restaurants to the fine dining crowd, while raising money for the Houston Food Bank.
ARTcetera Featured in the John Palmer Blog
ARTcetera, a live art benefit featuring Houston artist, John Palmer, was recently featured in the John Palmer Blog. The event, taking place on August 27 at Artista downtown, will showcase work by some of Houston’s most esteemed artists, provide live entertainment, delicious bites compliments of Artista, a silent auction and cocktail tasting, all to raise funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to help find a cure for blood cancers. Guests will have the unique opportunity to interact with artists in action and bid on artwork created on site!
