The following weekend, two Lunar New Year festivals offered a variety of attractions for the community. Lunar New Year Houston celebrated the Year of the Horse with a two-day festival on Feb. 8 and 9 at the Viet Hoa Center on the Sam Houston Parkway. The event featured Justice League and Hello Kitty inflatable moonwalks [...]
Lion and dragon dances and marching veterans groups were the star attractions at the Tet Lunar New Year Parade on Saturday, Feb. 1, as the parade ran along Bellaire Blvd. between Turtlewood and Cook Road, ending at the Hastings 9th Grade Center. "Houston has one of the largest Vietnamese populations in the country, said Karen [...]
The Asian-American community in the International District celebrated the advent of the Lunar New Year with a colorful parade and two festivals that incorporated multiple cultures. Lion and dragon dances and marching veterans groups were the star attractions at the Tet Lunar New Year Parade on Saturday, Feb. 1, as the parade ran along Bellaire [...]
10 HOURS OF FREE LIVE MUSIC IN A BEAUTIFUL SETTING What: MUSIC FEST Professional Musicians: Gisele & Friends (Latin), Kelly Dean Band (Smooth Jazz), Kyle Turner (5 piece ensemble w/Tenor Sax), Texas Brass Band (New Orleans Jazz), Warren Sneed Band (Traditional Jazz),Luther & the Healers (Top Texas Blues Band), Mark Dini (Fusion w/Pop Rock & [...]
Local businesses team up to give students a real glimpse into competing for capital HOUSTON (February 25, 2014) - Future entrepreneurs at Alief Taylor High School will pitch their business plans and ideas to a group of local investors as part of the Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) Thursday, Feb. 27. Students in Houston's YEA! [...]
Last spring, new development rules were adopted that will allow developers to build additional housing on smaller lots than are typically found in most suburban style neighborhoods. This will increase the availability of housing in the city and provide residents with more housing options. However, if your neighborhood is residential and would like to retain [...]
HOUSTON (February 10, 2014) – On Friday, January 31st Sewa International AmeriCorps VISTAs helped plan, coordinate and facilitate a College Career Day for immigrant and refugee ninth graders at the Alief Independent School District Language Institute for Newcomers (LINC) program at the Hastings Annex. Sewa partnered with the AISD LINC program to make this event [...]
HCC is looking to fill faculty positions in the areas of Accounting, Business, Computer Science, Drafting, Engineering Physics and Math at its campuses in Alief, Katy and Spring Branch. All qualified applicants are invited to apply online at www.hccsjobs.com for immediate consideration. If you are interested in a position, please use the position numbers [...]
The Alief ISD Education Foundation kicked off its Pay It Forward campaign, which offers Alief ISD employees the opportunity to donate to the foundation through payroll deduction. The tax-deductible donations will go towards school supplies and uniforms for students, teacher mini grants and senior scholarships. The goal is for 50 percent of the employees to [...]
Houston-Galveston Area Council February 2014 In This Issue January TPC Cancelled The Art of Transportation: MPO 40th Anniversary H-GAC Hosts Bike Friendly Workshop Montgomery County Mobility Studies Brown Bag Lunch:Texas High Speed Rail Lone Star Executive Airport Opens New Facility Pedestrian-Bicyclist Counters Available Mobility NOW Releases Episode 8 and Episode 6 En Español Did you [...]
