Free Sweet Tea

Sweet Mary, slap your Granny...

McAlister's Deli is givin' away FREE Sweet Tea on Thursday July 23rd!

Ok, they are really giving away Free Tea...not just the Sweet kind..but who really drinks straight Tea anyway?

Interactive Theater Company

Looking for a place to hide from the heat next week?

How 'bout jumping on the Beltway, toward Memorial city, and visit the Interactive Theater Company?

Alice and Wonderland will be showing the 23rd-25th at the Sun and Ski Sport store. Showtimes are 11 am and 1 pm.

Can't make it? Check out their other shows for the future.

Art League Houston presents Free Art Workshop

Dream the Future!

Art League Houston and Target are pleased to present Dream the Future!, an ArtBound! workshop led by artist and educator Angela Cook.

Did I mention it's FREE?

The workshop is for parents and children (ages five to eleven) and will be held on Saturday, July 25, 2009, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon. The workshop is FREE, but due to limited space, reservations are required. Please also note there is a limit of four attendees per family.

Check-in is between 9:30 and 10:00 at which time a continental breakfast will be served.
*Please note that once instruction begins at 10:00 am...no latecomers can be admitted.

Location:

The Art League Houston House is located adjacent to Art League Houston. Please note that Art League Houston is located at 1953 Montrose Blvd., Houston, TX 77009. The ALH House is located at 1003 Bomar. Parking is available in the ALH parking lot. Participants are strongly advised NOT TO PARK in the Texas Art Supply parking lot.

The Dream the Future! workshop is part of Art League Houston's ArtBound! project, sponsored by Target. Artbound! workshops promote family literacy and encourage family interaction through the arts. They are taught by professional artists with activities that can be easily replicated at home.

Artist/Educator Angela Cook will facilitate the workshop which will have families creating sculpture from everyday objects. All supplies will be provided. The sculptures created during the workshop can also serve as prototypes for things we will need in the future. This workshop is in conjunction with Detritus, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures, which will be on view at Art League Houston from July 17 to August 28, 2009. Painter Angela Berloian joins forces with Jessica Moon Bernstein, a sculptor who makes use of the detritus of others to create art.

Please note that Art League Houston maintains that creativity at its best takes time, therefore Artbound! workshops are designed to give families an experience that runs counter to fast-paced activities.

Need more info? Contact JILL NEPOMNICK or LINDA PHENIX at 713-523-9530

Registration is required by e-mail: jill@artleaguehouston.org OR by phone at 713-523-9530

Watercolor Family Fun Day

The Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, located at Cypresswood and Stuebner Airline, is the only fine arts museum outside of the Houston Museum District. In a three-year partnership with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Pearl will bring a series of exhibitions from the MFAH permanent collection and affiliated institutions to Northwest Harris County.

They are hosting many summer activities and one is this Saturday!

WATERCOLOR FAMILY DAY

Saturday, July 11, 2009

10:00am-5:00pm

Art Projects. Watercolor Experiments. All materials are provided.

Drop-In Sketching in the Galleries. Sketch pads and pencils provided.

Docent-guided tours of the current exhibitions

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July Vintage Park Cinema Alfresco

Movie Under The Stars this Saturday!

A League of Their Own is the feature film.

Click here for details.

New Art Studio in the Cypress Area

A new Art Studio has opened in Cypress near the 290 and Spring Cypress Road area!

Artrageous Pottery will focus on ceramic pottery painting by providing kids and adult classes, birthday parties, group gatherings, ladies night and much more!

In addition, they'll also have other art forms such as clay
handbuilding, pottery on the wheel, Glass work, mosaics, portrait drawing, canvas and oil painting and more.

Full ceramic services will be provided, such as greeware and bisque items from over 10,000 molds.

Their website is in the building phase and they are updating info as they prepare to open their retail studio shop. Signup for their newsletter here to stay in the loop.

They also plan to host side parties, home painting and group gatherings. Sound fun? Contact them via email.

PS: Their instructors are local Cypress residents, have been doing ceramics and art for several years and are Duncan and Gare Certified Ceramics Instructors. They love all kinds of art and love to share their knowledge to bring out your creativity to create some one-of-a-kind creations and gifts!

Fireworks, Anyone?

Let's talk Fireworks.

With the burn ban in effect, we are going to need to pull together and share where we go watch fireworks instead on relying on our neighbor's caveman-like need for fire.

Here is an article that talks about the Big Kahuna Freedom Over Texas Celebration. I have heard that is 3-kinds of fun.

We have been known to partake in the fireworks at Sam Houston Race Park once or twice. We just find a parking lot that is close by and bring chairs and bug spray.

Faithbridge Church in Spring will be hosting Celebrate Freedom. Food, fireworks and live music. Score!

How 'bout you? Where do you mosey to for fireworks fun?