Parking Map to the Houston Technology Center
410 Pierce Street, Houston, Texas 77002
Carpooling to #CMHou is encouraged as always. There is metered parking available on the street, as well as a parking garage (entrance on Bagby). *Red indicates metered parking spots.Please be aware where “NO PARKING” is indicated. Towing and ticketing is strictly enforced. Thanks and see everyone soon!
We’re excited to announce that Patrick Beeson will be speaking at CreativeMornings Houston this month on the subject of “robot."
It’s pretty fitting to have him speak… Dr. Beeson is a Senior Scientist at TRACLabs Inc., a small AI and robotics research company in the Clear Lake area.
In addition to robot navigation, Dr. Beeson’s research publications deal with developmental learning for robotics, anchoring symbolic knowledge to sensor streams, and human-robot interaction. In addition to researching robotic software, he has also worked on a variety of robotic hardware platforms.
Save the date for May 15th! More info on the CreativeMornings Houston website.
Hey, y'all. Photos from this month’s #CMHou event, featuring speaker Leslie Scates, are up on our Flickr! Thanks to Paul R Davis/ Dabfoto for capturing this month’s photography. Go check out all the lovely photos at http://bit.ly/1PToq7o.
TOMORROW morning is a CreativeMornings Houston, kind of morning :)Schedule:
8:30 – 9:00 AM / Check in, grab tacos and coffee, mingle and chat with people
9:00 AM – 10 AM / Welcome, music performance, talk, and giveaways
Where:
Dance Source Houston, 2201 Preston, Houston TX 77003 Houston, TexasParking is available in Dance Source Houston’s lot (the one right at the door) and on the street for free. There is a paid lot behind Dance Source Houston, along Preston.
*Make sure to hashtag the event #cmhou #creativemornings on the social medias
We’re excited to announce that we’ll be having a live music performance at CreativeMornings Houston next Friday morning! Trio Henry Darragh, Glen Ackerman, and Richard Cholakian will be performing a jazz set.
About the trio:
Composer/pianist/vocalist/trombonist Henry Darragh has been working with composer/bassist Glen Ackerman for eleven years and drummer Richard Cholakian for three years. The trio has played many parties, weddings, restaurants, listening rooms, radio programs, and other events together, playing mostly swing, funk, bossa nova, and other genres. This jazz group is the rhythm section for Darragh’s larger sextet which adds trumpet, trombone, and tenor saxophone. That sextet recently released Darragh’s second cd, Too Much Monday,which is comprised of five originals, four Standards, and two covers. Ackerman arranged three of the selections and Darragh arranged the others.Cholakian and Ackerman are full-time, freelance musicians, working with other groups, not only playing jazz, but other genres such as rock, blues, and R&B. Ackerman is a bandleader himself, having also recently released his second cd The Glenious Alien Landscape.Darragh freelances mostly as a jazz pianists, vocalist, and trombonist.
We’re excited to announce that April’s CreativeMornings Houston speaker is Leslie Scates! Leslie is a movement educator, consultant, choreographer, and licensed massage therapist, and will be speaking on the global theme of humility.
Save the date for Monday, April 20th, when registrations opens here at 11AM. The event will be on Friday, April 24th at Dance Source Houston. *Photo by Catalina Alexandra.
We’re stoked to announce Alex “Zú” Arzú as the speaker for CreativeMornings Houston! He’ll be speaking on the global theme of “ink” on March 27th.
About:
Alex “Zú” Arzú was born in 1984 in Augsburg, Germany. He studied architecture at the University of Houston, and is a versatile artist and expert in visual art, digital art, body art, and structural art.
Former clients include Cola, Willie Nelson, MTV Cribs, Kendrick Perkins, Warwick Holdman, Musician Propain, WCW/WWE Torrie Wilson, Red Bryant and Brittany Griner, Houston Midtown Management District “Love you Mural.”
Zú currently has a private studio in East Downtown Houston pursuing a successful career in body art, contemporary art, illustrations, and murals. In addition, he guest lectures and conducts workshops for continuing education for artists in the Houston area.
We can’t wait to announce this month’s speaker! He’ll be addressing the global theme of “ink.” More info coming very soon. Get ready, and save the date for March 27th. That’ll be CreativeMornings Houston time! See ya soon.
Parking Instructions & Directions to the Moran Lecture Hall
It costs $5.00 to park in the parking garage.
Here are the step by step directions to getting to the Moran lecture hall from the parking garage.
· Take the elevator down to the 1st floor.
· At this point take a left toward the glass doors and then an immediate right toward the Museum Store.
· Walk through the Museum Store until you get to the Grand Entry Hall.
· When you reach the Grand Entry Hall take a right toward McDonald’s and the Butterfly Center.
· Just past McDonald’s you will see a set glass doors, enter those doors and walk straight through past the Wiess Energy Hall until you reach the elevator bank.
· Take the elevator down to the ground level.
· When you exit the elevator, take a right towards the Moran lecture hall where you will find the CreativeMornings talk.
EXTRAS
*The museum is giving all of the attendees an all access badge to visit the exhibits at the HMNS. Therefore, we hope that you can stick around and check out some science
*Make sure to bring some business cards. We have some giveaways.
Be sure you sign up for this month’s #CMH event! We’ve got Quinn Bishop speaking about the local music scene.
About Quinn:
Quinn Bishop is the owner of the award winning and nationally recognized music store, Cactus Music. He is also a founding member of the Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS).
Cactus Music, the Bayou City’s premier music store is celebrating its 40th year of operation. In addition to being the conduit for great music in Houston, this cherished institution is known for remarkable, free live music performances with local, regional and national talent on their in-store stage The art gallery and vinyl store, The Record Ranch, presents exhibits featuring music-related artwork. In addition to thousands of new and used records,
Quinn Bishop was born in the desert of Arizona and moved to Texas just as Houston was in the grip of Urban Cowboy mania. An avid music collector, he began buying records in his early teens. Obsessive about listening to new music, Bishop is always listening for his next favorite new artist.
