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CreativeMornings Houston — “Ethics”
Feb. 19th, 2016

We’re very excited to have the amazing and talented Andrew Staupe speaking on the global theme “Ethics,” at MECA this coming Friday.About Andrew:
Hailed as an “immaculate” artist (Minneapolis Star Tribune) with “superb technique and control” (St. Paul Pioneer Press), American pianist Andrew Staupe is emerging as one of the distinctive voices of a new generation of pianists.Andrew has earned prizes in a number of competitions including the 2011 Pro Musicis International Award, Gold Medal at the 2010 Young Texas Artists Music Competition, first prize at the 2006 WAMSO (Minnesota Orchestra Volunteer’s Association) Competition, and was also a Laureate of the 2013 American Pianist’s Association competition finals. *See Andrew’s complete (and very impressive) bio on his site at andrewstaupe.com/about.

Hey, Everyone! It’s almost CreativeMornings Houston “Time.” Directions & What to Expect:
This Friday’s #CMHou venue will be upstairs at Asia Society Texas Center, 1370 Southmore Blvd, Houston, TX 77004.

There is free parking available in the Asia Society Texas Center parking lot, thanks to their gracious partnership with CMHou this month. There is also street parking available. Just be mindful to not park somewhere that has a no parking sign. And, as always—carpooling is recommended.Schedule:
8:30 – 9AM Free Breakfast, Coffee, and Espresso!
9:00 – 9:05AM Welcome and announcements
9:05 – 9:07AM 2–Minute Pitch
9:15 – 9:20AM  Announcements & Introduction to Speaker
9:20 – 9:40AM Speaker: Marlon Lizama
9:40 – 9:50AM 10 minute Talk Back
9:55 – 10:00AM Giveaways and Thanks

Bonus: Marlon Lizama will have copies of his new book, Cue the Writer: Cheers to the Notion of Love, Hate, God, and Revolution, available and for sale at CMHou on Friday.

It’s almost #CMHou time again! Directions & What to Expect:
This Friday’s #CMHou venue will be upstairs (in the studio) at Tout Suite, 2001 Commerce, Houston 77002. We’ll have volunteers guiding the way—so don’t worry about not finding us.

There is free parking available in the Tout Suite parking lot, as well street parking. If you park along the street—be sure to not park somewhere that has a no parking sign. And, as always—carpooling is recommended. Coffee & Food: This month’s coffee and food is provided by Greenway Coffee & Tea, El Tiempo Cantina, Laurenzo’s Restaurant, KIND, and Topo Chico. Speaker: We can’t wait for Sugar & Cloth to blow us away with awesome inspiration and stories. If you haven’t yet—check out their Instagram account for gorgeous settings of cool DIY tips, events, and workshops. Btw, they have 142k followers on Instagram! What?! 

Schedule:
8:30 – 9AM Free Breakfast and Coffee
9:00 – 9:05AM Welcome and announcements
9:05 – 9:15AM Music set by David McJunkin
9:15 – 9:20AM  Announcements & Introduction to Speaker
9:20 – 9:40AM Speaker: Ashley Rose/Sugar & Cloth
9:40 – 9:50AM 10 minutes Q & A
9:55 – 10:00AM Giveaways and Thanks

Bonus Tour: After CreativeMornings Houston wraps up—you’ll have the opportunity to sneak a peek at Sugar & Cloth’s beautiful work space. We’ll see you on Friday morning!

*Photos of Sugar & Cloth by Jared Smith.

It’s almost #CMHou time again! Directions & What to Expect:
Friday’s #CMHou venue is at Stages Repertory Theatre, 600 Rosine Street, Houston, Texas 77019.
Bring $5 cash (in exact change/bills) to pay for parking, if you park in the lot. Parking info for Stages
Arrive before 8:30AM, if you don’t want to park in the street, or farther way. Parking is usually filled by 8:30AM! Carpooling is always recommended. *Towing is strictly enforced at the private businesses and parking lots surrounding Stages.Coffee & Food: This month’s coffee and food is provided by Greenway Coffee & Tea, El Tiempo Cantina, Laurenzo’s Restaurant, KIND, and Topo Chico. Please finish your coffee and food (any open containers) before stepping inside the theatre.Bring a sweater/hoodie/jacket. Temperatures are kept cool in the theatre.Schedule:
8:30 – 9AM Free Breakfast and Coffee
9:00 – 9:10AM Erma makes a few announcements/Welcome
9:10 – 9:12AM Pitch #1
9:12 – 9:15AM  Announcements & Introduction to Speaker
9:20 – 9:40AM Speaker: Kenn McLaughlin
9:40 – 9:50AM 10 minutes Q & A
9:50 – 10:00AM Giveaways, and ThanksWe’ll see you on Friday morning!

Check out Trish Badger’s photos from our September #CMHou event at Ecclesia. Our speaker Ryan Booth, a filmmaker, spoke on the global theme of #empathy. Our music guests were the talented Tom Lynch, Dollie Barnes, and Tank Lisenbe. Check out Ryan’s talk here. View more photos on CreativeMornings Houston Flickr.

Register Now for CreativeMornings Houston — “Shock”

Registration is still OPEN to hear the remarkable Kenn McLaughlin speaking on the global theme “Shock” on Friday, October 30th at Stages Theatre.About Kenn:
During his tenure at Stages, Kenn has produced more than 100 productions, including record-breaking hits like The Marvelous Wonderettes and Late Nite Catechism series; The Great American Trailer Park Musical (and its recent Christmas sequel!); and revivals of the theatre’s landmark original musical Always…Patsy Cline; as well as pivotal world and U.S. premieres such as Black Pearl Sings, An American Brat, Elizabeth Rex, five original Panto-style musicals and The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical. He has directed over 25 shows for Stages and has written or co-written three, and he recently returned to the stage as a performer, making his Stages acting debut in Wittenberg.Kenn has taught classes in creativity at Rice University and in directing at Sam Houston State University, as well as teaching diversity awareness to cadets at the Houston Police Academy and serving as a guest lecturer for Harris County’s Department of Education CASE program. He is chair of the stewardship committee of First Congregational Church of Houston where he has also served on the long-range planning and education committees.Kenn completed the Executive Non-Profit Leaders program through the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University and holds a BFA in acting from The Theatre School, DePaul University. *Full bio is online here.

Poison Girl is our host again this year and we are going to rock the house! And, we have raffle prizes.

Standard Raffle Tickets will be on sale tonight at the event – 1 for $5, 3 for $10, 7 for $20

OR!!!

VIP Raffle Tickets are available now! $10 per raffle ticket. Oh did we mention Frank’s Pizza, pinball and *drinks?! Part of the proceeds from the bar sales will be donated to CMHou. So, the more you drink…the more you help raise funds to support CMHou. *Please be sure to submit your name and contact info when purchasing your VIP Raffle Tickets.

Purchase a VIP Raffle Ticket here! To select Entertainment Goodies, click here. To select Services & Product Goodies, click here.

Entertainment Goodies:
HMNS - 4 Tickets | Value $80
FrenetiCore Dance – 2 Shirts, 2 Tickets to “The Snow Queen” | Value $80
Stages Repertory Theatre – 6 Play Subs for 15 –16 Season | Value $420
Aurora Picture Show – Membership | Value $50-100
Catastrophic Theatre – Tickets to a Show | Value undetermined
Total Value – $650

Services & Product Goodies:
BIG Montrose – One month of Unlimited Yoga | Value $99
Dionysus Salon (Haircut from Dennis Clendennen) | Value $150
Cacao & Cardamom (Artisan Chocolates) Gift Card | Value $50
La Mochi handbags (www.lamochi.com) – Gift Card | Value $200
El Tiempo Cantina – two $25 gift certificates | Value $50
Jay Marroquin – Professional Photography (Headshots) | Value $300
Jay Marroquin – ½ Day one–on–one Photography Class with complimentary Java | Value $200
Total Value – $1049

Save the Date for the CreativeMornings Houston Fundraiser!

When: Sunday, October 4th: 4pm – 10pm

Where: Poison Girl, 1641 Westheimer Road, Suite B, Houston, TX 77006

It’s time to party with your CreativeMornings Houston family, and Drink CreativeMornings Houston Better! Poison Girl is our host again this year and we are going to rock the house.

Live dj sets by Jonathan Frye, Shawna Forney, and Erma Tijerina.

Plus, we have raffle prizes!

Entertainment Goodies:
HMNS - 4 Tickets | Value $80
FrenetiCore Dance – 2 Shirts, 2 Tickets to “The Snow Queen” | Value $80
Stages Repertory Theatre – 6 Play Subs for 15 –16 Season | Value $420
Aurora Picture Show – Membership | Value $50-100
Catastrophic Theatre – Tickets to a Show | Value undetermined
Total Value – $650

Services & Product Goodies:
BIG Montrose – One month of Unlimited Yoga | Value $99
Dionysus Salon (Haircut from Dennis Clendennen) | Value $150
Cacao & Cardamom (Artisan Chocolates) Gift Card | Value $50
La Mochi handbags (www.lamochi.com) – Gift Card | Value $200
El Tiempo Cantina – two $25 gift certificates | Value $50
Jay Marroquin – Professional Photography (Headshots) | Value $300
Jay Marroquin – ½ Day one–on–one Photography Class with complimentary Java | Value $200
Total Value – $1049

Standard Raffle Tickets will be on sale at the event – 1 for $5, 3 for $10, 7 for $20

OR!!!

VIP Raffle Tickets are available now! $10 per raffle ticket. Oh did we mention Frank’s Pizza, pinball and *drinks?! Part of the proceeds from the bar sales will be donated to CMHou. So, the more you drink…the more you help raise funds to support CMHou. *Please be sure to submit your name and contact info when purchasing your VIP Raffle Tickets.

Come out and have a good time while raising money to support CMHou! We’re super excited to see you all there!

P.S. It’s not a costume party, but we won’t judge you if you come in one.

*Drinks need to be purchased. *All attending persons need to be 21 years of age to enter Poison Girl.

This month, we’ll be celebrating Shock, and sharing that theme with 128 other CreativeMornings chapters. This theme was chosen by the Jeju (South Korea) chapter and illustrated by Yeji Yun. 

It’s almost #CMHou time again! Directions & What to Expect:
Tomorrow’s #CMHou venue is Ecclesia , 1100 Elder St, Houston, Texas 77007. There is plenty of parking space—hooray! See the image of the map for parking locations. There is space on both the front and back sides of Ecclesia. Additionally, there is an extra parking lot available for attendees.Coffee & Food: This month’s coffee and food is provided by Paper Co. If you prefer a latte, etc., you can purchase that in the Paper Co. coffee shop.Schedule:
8:30 – 9am Free Breakfast and Coffee
9:00 – 9:10am Welcome
9 – 9:10am Erma makes a few announcements
9:10 – 9:14 Music performance by Tom Lynch & Dollie Barnes
9:15 – 9:20 Announcements & Introduction to Speaker
9:20 – 9:40 Speaker: Ryan Booth
9:40 – 9:50 10 minutes Q & A
9:55 – 10:00am Giveaways, and ThanksWe’ll see you in the morning!
xoxo,
Team CMHou