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WORK HISTORY Preservation; Activism; “Ignite Your
SARAH GISH GISH CREATIVE 1940-A FOUNTAINVIEW, SUITE 116 HOUSTON, TEXAS 77057 www.gishcreative.com [email protected] WORK HISTORY Owner Gish Creative (www.gishcreative.com) 2000-present Founder and Creator IGNITE YOUR LIFE! art project and community campaign (www.igniteyourownlife.com) I9NITE!, Inc. (nonprofit associated with the art project) 2013-present (IYL) and 2016 (I9NITE!, Inc.) Publisher and Creator Gish Picks: Curated Culture for Kids and Adults (www.gishpicks.com) The Summer Book®: A Guide to Houston Day Camps and Classes for Kids and Teens (www.thesummerbook.com) 2003-present Writer/Advisor Local Houston Magazine (www.localhoustonmagazine.com) – “Gish at the Movies” CutureMap (www.culturemap.com) -- freelance Glasstire (www.glasstire.com) -- freelance Houston Community Newspapers (www.hcnonline.com) – “Gish Picks” Houston Family Magazine (www.houstonfamilymagazine.com) -- freelance My Table Magazine (www.my-table.com) – “Summer Camps for Kids” Texas Family Magazine (www.texasfamilyonline.com) -- freelance Zap Magazine for Kids (out of business) – freelance 1998-present Workshop Presenter/Speaker/Teacher (for adults and/or kids) Hines Center for Spirituality and Prayer; The Jung Center; Body, Mind, and Soul store; Conoco Phillips; Shell; Chevron; Baker and Botts; Bioneers Conference; various parenting groups; The Coalition of Behavioral Health Services; Houston Area Community Services Inc./SEARCH; The Junior League of Houston; West University Parks and Recreation Department; Harris County Department of Education/AmeriCorps; -
Summer SAMPLER VOLUME 13 • NUMBER 3 • SUMMER 2016
Summer SAMPLER VOLUME 13 • NUMBER 3 • SUMMER 2016 CENTER FOR PUBLIC HISTORY Published by Welcome Wilson Houston History Collaborative Last LETTER FROM EDITOR JOE PRATT Ringing the History Bell fter forty years of university In memory of my Grandma Pratt I keep her dinner bell, Ateaching, with thirty years at which she rang to call the “men folks” home from the University of Houston, I will re- fields for supper. After ringing the bell long enough to tire at the end of this summer. make us wish we had a field to retreat to, Felix, my For about half my years at six-year old grandson, asked me what it was like to UH, I have run the Houston live on a farm in the old days. We talked at bed- History magazine, serving as a time for almost an hour about my grandparent’s combination of editor, moneyman, life on an East Texas farm that for decades lacked both manager, and sometimes writer. In the electricity and running water. I relived for him my memo- Joseph A. Pratt first issue of the magazine, I wrote: ries of regular trips to their farm: moving the outhouse to “Our goal…is to make our region more aware of its history virgin land with my cousins, “helping” my dad and grandpa and more respectful of its past.” We have since published slaughter cows and hogs and hanging up their meat in the thirty-four issues of our “popular history magazine” devot- smoke house, draw- ed to capturing and publicizing the history of the Houston ing water from a well region, broadly defined. -
The River Oaks Theater: Saved from the Wrecking Ball?
preservation The River Oaks Theater: Saved from the Wrecking Ball? The stunning auditorium of the River Oaks Theater features “Land” and “Sea” reliefs flanking the screen. The “Sea” detail is shown at left. Photo courtesy of Preservation Houston. By Ramona L. Hopkins or over seventy years the River Oaks Theater has operated at 2009 West Gray in FHouston’s affluent River Oaks community. Although the theater has changed over the years, it remains an integral part of Houston, the city’s culture and history, and of the movie industry in the second half of the twentieth century. The River Oaks Theater was the tenth Interstate Theater to open in a seven-year period and one of the last Art Deco buildings constructed in the city. Other historic theaters have been closed and demolished. Like them, the River Oaks Theater has also found its existence threatened. Ever since a group of women fought to save President George Washington’s home in the mid-nineteenth century, groups have fought to preserve homes, churches, parks, and commercial buildings. In the 1960s and 1970s, organizations formed to protect the old movie theaters that were a central feature of most cities and towns. Communications professor Janna Jones argues, “Old movie theaters produce powerful feelings of nostalgia.”1 The building itself, for many, serves as a real connection with the past. Everybody has memories of going to the theater with family and friends, the food they ate, the sights and sounds, and the film’s ability to transport them into another world. “To see a unit etched in our cultural memory reduced to rubble is a disturbing experience, one that severs tangible connections to our individual and collective heri- tage,” architect Joseph M. -
Carolyn Farb
Photo courtesy of Sofia Van der Dys. 2 HOUSTON HISTORY Vol.13 • No.3 Carolyn Farb: Fundraiser Extraordinaire A conversation with Carolyn Farb and Bob Boudreaux he world perceives my friend Carolyn to be a bold, innova- She has an amazing intellectual capacity to discuss any and all Ttive, striking, commanding, and dedicated civic leader whose subjects with informed, well-thought and articulate opinions, often impressive commitment to helping others through philanthropy ap- spiced wth a rapier wit that will leave you chuckling; and she does proaches legendary status. All these are appropriate, applicable, not suffer fools lightly. I know. And those who know her well will tell and deserved. But as a friend for over three decades I know the lady you that she is not the type of person who takes “no” for an answer. to possess an indomitable spirt of a true romantic; a Rennaissance Having been her companion at numerous public events over the woman of the highest order; a sweet, caring and loyal friend; a per- years I saw firsthand how others responded to Carolyn with a genu- son of unquestionable courage in the face ine sense of respect, appreciation, and of personal adversity, tragedy, and heart- Holy, fair, and wise is she. admiration bordering on occasional break; and a lovely soul blessed with great awe. She took all this in gracious stride, abundance, beauty, and clever wit. The heaven such grace did lend her moving about in total control of whatev- While often seen as a trendsetting, high- That she might admired be... er room she entered as an almost au- ly visible member of what others would de- tomatic center of attention. -
Student Caught After Selling Dozens of Fake
1 %}• Vol. XCI, Issue No. 3 SINCE 1916 Frid? r, September 5, 2003 Student caught after selling dozens of fake IDs RUPD encourages students who bought the fake Texas driver licenses to turn in IDs or possibly face criminal charges by Mark Berenson and Jenny Rees The Thresher is withholding the ter and this semester, Taylor said. identified as having purchased IDs, already destroyed their IDs should THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF student's name because at press time Taylor said the Harris County Dis- Taylor said. He urged students with keep the pieces and turn them over no charges had been filed against him. trict Attorney issued a warrant for the IDs to come forward. to RUPD. He said students who have A Rice student will face criminal The student was taken to the individual's arrest based on evidence "We are encouraging anyone who lost or disposed of their IDs should charges in Harris County after sell- RUPD station, where Taylor said he RUPD gave the DA before interview- has an ID card like that to get it still come forward to avoid criminal ing fake Texas driver licenses to confessed to the crimes. ing the individual, and the individual turned in to us," Taylor said. "We charges. dozens of students. The students "He basically said, 'Yup, I've been turned himself in after the interview. need the card, and we need a state- Assistant Dean for Student Judi- who purchased the IDs also face doing it,' and he rattled off 30- He could face a felony charge for each ment from them on how they ob- cial Programs Don Ostdiek said he disciplinary actions. -
HOT HOUSTON Now, (214)528-9597
I~- WJ1 I Volume 8, Number 2 CONTENTS April 2-8, 1982 11 TWT NEWS 23 COMMENT I 29 BOOKS _IWIIUV III How to kiss, with Confidence I bV Terru & Mike Reviewed by David Fields - ~~ I 33 A WOMAN'S PLACE I .. I Commercials by Bonnie Wilson FRIDAY APRIL 2 37 MOVIES FINAl PERFORMANCE I Ought to Be in Pictures I Reviewed by Steve Vecchietti _ ________ & DIANE MARCHAL Man of Iron 1I1I LINDA GERARD Reviewed by Jim Boone 40 ACADEMY AWARDS I · Oscar Winners SATURDAY APRIL 3 42 SHOWBIZ by Weldon Grohame ONE NIGHT ONLY 46 INNERTRINTMENT TERRY MEASON by Crystal Rail ACCOMPANIED BY 47 ENTERTAINMENT by Rob Clark MISS CHARLENEWRIGHT 48 INTERVIEW Singer MarV Wilson by Rob Clark SUNDAYS AND MONDAYS IN APRil 57 HOT TEA 65 SPORTS LION SHARE 69 INTERVIEW Kandi Delight by Alan Gellman 75 STARSCOPE I TUESDAY THRU SATURDAY April Lovescope BEGINNING APRil 6TH 81 CLASSIFIED THE EVER-POPULAR 91 CALENDAR I I 95 THE GUIDE WAYNE & BRENDA .•• ON OUR COVER: NEED WE SAY "MOORE"??? Tom Raines He's No April Fools' Joke! I See Hot Tea Photo by Greg Havican TWT (This Week in Texas) is published weekly by Montrose Ventures, Incorporated, at 2205 Montrose, Houston, Texas 77006; I phone: (713) 527-9111. Opinions expressed by columnists are not necessarily those of TWT or of its staff. Publication of the name or photograph of any person or organization in articles or advertising in TWT is not to be construed as any indication of the sex- ual orientation of said person or organiz ation Subscription rates: $55 per year; $35 per half-year. -
Development Plat Submittal Requirements
CITY OF HOUSTON Archaeological & Historical Commission Planning and Development Department REVISED 7-26-07 LANDMARK DESIGNATION REPORT LANDMARK NAME: River Oaks Community Shopping Center and River AGENDA ITEM: II.b Oaks Theatre HPO FILE NO.: 07L183 OWNER: Weingarten Realty DATE ACCEPTED: 05-23-07 APPLICANT: Houston Archaeological and Historical Commission HAHC HEARING: 06-13-07 LOCATION: 1952-2048 W. Gray, including the River Oaks Theatre at PC HEARING: 06-21-07 2009 W. Gray, being both the north and south sides of W. Gray between Driscoll Street and S. Shepherd Drive, excluding the following addresses: 2050 W. Gray; 2049 W. Gray; 2028 W. Gray; 2022 W. Gray; 2020 W. Gray; 2012 W. Gray; 2008 W. Gray; and 2002 W. Gray. 30-DAY HEARING NOTICE: 05-09-07 SITE INFORMATION Tracts 1, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13A, Abstract 696, O. Smith Survey, Houston, Harris County, Texas. The buildings on the site include a movie theatre and several one and two-story, stucco-clad commercial buildings. TYPE OF APPROVAL REQUESTED: Landmark Designation HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE SUMMARY: The River Oaks Community Shopping Center, one of Houston’s most innovative and well-recognized early retail complexes, was determined by the Texas Historical Commission on September 5, 2006 as eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. On April 25, 2007 the Houston Archaeological and Historical Commission (HAHC) instructed the Planning Official to prepare a Landmark Designation application for the River Oaks Community Shopping Center and River Oaks Theatre to be considered -
Rhetoric Composition Pedagogy
Houston Center for Photography • McMurtrey Gallery • Martinez House • Museum of Health & Medical Science • Houston Arboretum & Nature Center • Italian Festival • Burke Planetarium • Fine Toon Gallery • Museum of Printing History • Discovery Green • Literary RHETORIC Advance of Houston • Ensemble Theatre • Japan Festival • River We currently have five tenured or tenure-track faculty in Oaks Theatre • GES • No Tsu Oh Festival • Bayou Bend Collection rhetoric and composition and a sixth rhetoric composition COMPOSITION and Gardens • Houston Symphony Baroque Festival • Art Crawl faculty person who is located in the college. • River Oaks Chamber Orchestra • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston PEDAGOGY • Dickens on the Strand • Alley Theatre • Moores Opera House • Rhetoric, Composition, and Pedagogy Faculty: at the University of Houston in Houston, Texas DiverseWorks ArtSpace • Greek Festival • Houston Grand Opera • CG Jung Educational Center • Radical Music Theater • Street Artists • J Kastely, Ph.D. University of Chicago Warehouse • Fotofest • Children’s Museum • IMAX Theatre • Blaffer Gallery • Contemporary Arts Museum • Holocaust Museum Houston • James T. Zebroski, Ph.D. Ohio State University • The Lawndale Art and Performance Center • Institute of • Hispanic • Paul Butler, Ph.D. Syracuse University Actors Theatre of Houston • Inprint • Arte Público Press • Orange Show Center for Visionary Art • Rothko Chapel • The Menil Collection • Jennifer Wingard, Ph.D. Syracuse University • Houston Gay & Lesbian Community Center • Glassell School of • Nathan Shepley, Ph.D. Ohio University Art • Beer Can House • Brazos Bookstore • West End Gallery • A.D. Players • Ballet Forte • Houston Ballet •States Repertory Theatre • • Tamara Fish, Ph.D. University of Texas Houston Masterworks Chorus • Brown Auditorium Theater • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston • The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts • Station Museum of Contemporary Art • Bayou City Arts Festivals • Houston Early Music • Houston Ballet • Houston Arts Alliance • Da For further information, contact James T. -
THE DEFINITIVE HOUSTON CONDO BUYING GUIDE Inner Loop Edition
THE DEFINITIVE HOUSTON CONDO BUYING GUIDE Inner Loop Edition Paige Martin Broker Associate Keller Williams Realty 713-384-5177 [email protected] Benefits Of Inner Loop Highrise Living 1. No yard work. Easy to maintain. Less hassles. Tired of mowing the lawn, trimming the trees or keeping up the exterior of a house? Highrise & condo residents have a much easier and maintenance free lifestyle than supporting a large house. Many Inner Loop buildings also have fitness rooms, rooftop decks, pools & more amenities – all without any maintenance from you. 2. Choose from fantastic Inner Loop locations. Inner Loop condos are located within Houston’s most exciting districts. Residents are a few blocks from parks, running trails, and numerous entertainment hubs like restaurants, museums, and shopping centers. Condos in the Inner Loop also have easy access to Houston’s largest employment centers like Downtown, Galleria, and Medical Center. 3. Security and controlled access. Easy to “lock and leave” for people on the go. Many Inner Loop condos have 24-hour staff, guards, secure parking, gated entrance and building security. Some buildings also have fire prevention and emergency systems as well as surveillance cameras. Condos can provide peace of mind for frequent travelers. 4. Service, amenities & great staff. Inner Loop highrises offer great amenities: tennis courts, pools, saunas, fitness rooms, well-kept grounds, roof top decks, and more. Porters, valet, building managers, concierges, trash & dry cleaning pickup are also available at many luxury buildings. f ONE OF HOUSTON’S TOP RANKED REALTORS Paige Martin | 713-384-5177 | Broker Associate, Keller Williams Realty | [email protected] Paige Martin HoustonTexasRealtor Broker Associate, Keller Williams Realty 713-384-5177 Paige.M.Martin [email protected] HoustonPaige Inner Loop Condo Buildings Map Legend 1. -
Parking Gates to Be Completed Soon Driver Charged in Student Death
the Rice Thresher Vol. XC, Issue No. 1 SINCE 1916 Friday, August 23, 2002 Parking gates to be completed soon Binford said that even a student by Mark Berenson who parks in the West Lot would be THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF given a proximity card before the Finishing touches are being put gates are activated, so that he could on parkinggates on all non-college access gated lots after business lots except the stadium lots, with the hours, such as the Allen Center Lot, .,.v . m gates scheduled to be activated about in which registered vehicles can park Sept. 2.- after 5:30 p.m. Returning students will be paying Details are still being working out $53 to park in the West Lot, formerly by Binford, but the current plan is for the East Stadium Lot; $8 to Park in the college coordinators to distribute the Greenbriar Lot, formerly the West proximity cards to students who have Stadium Lot; and $113 to park in the registered their cars prior to the acti- vation of the gates. Students who gin**w>im college lots. Freshmen will be paying , nm $150 to park in- the West Lot. All register their cars after the gates' students will pay a $37 shuttle fee. activation have been activated will Associate Vice President for Fi- get cards when they register their nance and Administration Neill cars at the Rice University Police Binford said the gates would not be Department annex, Binford said. activated until the system was ready, Most fees and policies are as they iimtmw even if that meant delaying activa- were announced in the spring. -
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