A 2nd Cup's "Exodus Street Party"

05.11.13

A 2nd Cup, a nonprofit coffee shop whose mission is to end human-trafficking in Houston, has outgrown its incubator space at Vineyard Church. It's time for A 2nd Cup to grow into a full-fl

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Boozing it up for a good cause: OKRA Charity Saloon swizzles a Caribbean-inspired cocktail

By Marcy de Luna

01.26.13 | 1:35 pm

OKRA Charity Saloon, located downtown near Main Street and the Market Square Historic District, is not the first bar to open its doors at 924 Congress St. The original occupant, Casino Saloon, serv ...

Women of Wardrobe's "Haute Holiday Happening"

Tootsies

11.28.12

Women of Wardrobe, along with Tootsies, hosts "Haute Holiday Happening." Join for hip sips, canapes, a personal apperance by Theia designer Don O Neill and some of the season's hautes

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Shop 'til you drop: Fresh Arts WHAM spenders get original with locally crafted goods

By Joel Luks

11.17.12 | 1:30 pm

When the holiday shopping gets tough, tough holiday shoppers go for WHAM. The Fresh Arts, formerly Spacetaker, Winter Holiday Art Market has bloomed year after year in revenue directly supporti ...

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Influencers rev up Power2give.org to support Houston nonprofit arts at high-energy launch party

By Joel Luks

11.09.12 | 10:00 am

If a little can go a long way, the tenet behind crowdsource campaigns, then the enterprising influencers who are revving up Houston's Arts Alliance's Power2give.org online fundraising platf ...

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Make your own TV show: H-Town's public access channel upgrades its technology in year 25

By Whitney Radley

11.07.12 | 2:14 pm

The Bayou City is full of gems if you look hard enough. One among them? Houston MediaSource (HMS), which is celebrating its 25th year of making mass media accessible and affordable for Hou ...

Houston Arts Alliance's Powertogive.org Launch Party

11.08.12

Celebrate the launch of powertogive.org, a new crowdsourcing platform, supported by Houston Arts Alliance, aimed to jolt local arts organizations' fundraising potential. Party guests will enjoy

Community Cloth at One Green Street

One Green Street

10.13.12

Join One Green Street and the women of Community Cloth, a local nonprofit comprising women refugees with tremendous gifts and talents, which they use to make a life for themselves in the United Sta

Chi Omega Kaleidoscope Luncheon with Alexandra Wentworth

River Oaks Country Club

10.17.12

Alexandra "Ali" Wentworth, actress and author of the New York Times best-seller, Ali in Wonderland, will share her intimate triumphs, pitfalls, "search for cilantro" and aha mom

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City voice: Top video stories by Houstonians for Houstonians uncover hidden highlights

By Houston's Voice Correspondent

10.08.12 | 12:00 pm

What do a story about personal redemption, a heroic quest for a holy snack and sushi etiquette have in common? They are among the current top stories in Houston's Voice, a user-generated video ...