Posted on Apr 23, 2010 | Tagged in: Lonestar College System
Enjoy an evening of great jazz music at the end of April. Under the direction of Dr. John Wolfskill, the Lonestar College-CyFair Jazz Ensemble will perform their spring concert on Friday evening, April 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the Main Stage Theatre, located in the Center for the Arts building on the Barker Cypress campus at 9191 Barker Cypress. The guest jazz artist for the evening will be world-class jazz saxophonist Woody Witt, renowned for his ability for jazz improvisation.
Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for students and seniors. Tickets may now be purchased online at http://LoneStar.edu/boxoffice. Bringing a group? Discounted tickets for groups of 10 or more are available!
The Lone Star College System in Cy-Fair is a beautiful campus, hosting classes from accounting, to engineering, to business, to medicine, to more! Classes and degrees are aimed at adults, high school students, and continuing education.
Posted on Apr 19, 2010 | Tagged in: Community , Charity
A great family day of music and boiled crawfish arrives again in Cy Fair for the 9th time on Saturday May 1, 2010, when the Houston Parrot Head Club hosts the 9th Annual “Mud Bug” Charity Crawfish Boil April 16th from 4pm to midnight and benefiting “Yes Prep” Houston Public Schools. Music will include the opening band “Southbound” followed by the great main act “Jim Morris and the Big Bamboo Band”, and plates of both crawfish and other food items like chicken.
The great Mud Bug Ball will also include both live and silent auctions and raffles. This all happens at the VFW Hall at 21902 Hwy 290, Cypress, TX 77429. Beer will be available as well as non-alcoholic beverages—so bring out the whole family for great food and a great party to start off May 2010!
The Houston Parrot Head Club is a non-profit association of folks who like the decades of music produced by the legendary Jimmy Buffet , especially in support of charities and fun! “Yes Prep” public schools are Houston-area public schools created and chartered to assist low-income students achieve the academic levels needed to succeed at four-year colleges after high school graduation.
Posted on Apr 13, 2010 | Tagged in: Charity
On April 16th at Cypress Creek High School, the Theater Arts Department will hold a Silent Auction at 5pm and a Variety Show at 7pm at the high school at 9815 Grant Road, Houston, TX 77070-4599 and
Get Directions (281) 897-4200. Proceeds will help send thirty-six student theater members to perform “Pippin” at the International Thespian Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska in June 2010.
Auction items will include jewelry, piano lessons, restaurant gift cards, themed gift baskets, and tickets to Alley Theatre, Houston Grand Opera, Houston Aeros—and much more! The Variety Show will include student and faculty performances, song and dance from the hit show “Glee”, and comedy, all for a night of community and family fun to benefit student education and experience. Tickets will be sold at the door at $8 for adults and $5 for students and seniors.
Posted on Apr 06, 2010 | Tagged in: Cy-Fair College
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Posted on Apr 05, 2010 | Tagged in: Events
Cypress’s beautiful Berry Center is hosting the critically acclaimed Cirque du Soleil’s Alegria from June 16-20, 2010. Cirque du Soleil’s shows travel all over the world, from Las Vegas to Europe, and are always full of fantastic high-wire, acrobatic, contortionist, and juggling acts. Alegria is no exception, and a thrilling video preview of the show is available at the official website CirqueduSoleil.com
Cirque du Soleil began in Quebec, Canada in1984 with only 20 performers, and today it’s shows staff hundreds of performers. With dozens of traveling shows spanning across 40 nations to over 10 million people to date, this cast of Alegria has 55 performers from 15 countries, and boasts amazing acrobatic, high-wire trapeze, and fantastically-choreographed trampoline acts. A global show of this renown choosing to perform at the Cypress’ Berry Center is a strong statement of the Cy-Fair community’s growth and stature in Texas, and across our nation.
