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AMA Houston Luncheon: IBM

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:04:18 GMT

AMA Houston Luncheon: IBM
Start Date: 14-Jan-09 11:30 AM
End Time: 14-Jan-09 1:30 PM
Location: Junior League of Houston, Houston, TX 77027
Speaker: Rhonni Vazquez

Event Details:

AMA Houston Monthly Luncheon

Rhonni Vazquez, Vice President, Marketing, IBM

"Turning the Big Blue Green"

Junior League of Houston

1811 Briar Oaks Lane

Houston, TX United States 77027

18th Annual Houston Media Classic

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:27:52 GMT

18th Annual Houston Media Classic
Start Date: 13-Nov-08 10:00 AM
End Time: 13-Nov-08 6:30 PM
Location: Cypresswood Golf Club, Spring, Texas 77373
Speaker:

Event Details:

Mark your calendars for this annual event. During the first 16 years, the HMC has donated over $235,000 to the Houston Food Bank, The Dream Fund and the HMC Advertising Educational Fund.

More information will be published as it becomes available. In the meantime, contact Gary Evans at gary.evans@cumulus.com for answers to any questions.

Cypresswood Golf Club

21602 Cypresswood Drive

Spring, Texas USA 77373

AMA Houston Luncheon: Port of Houston

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:01:31 GMT

AMA Houston Luncheon: Port of Houston
Start Date: 8-Oct-08 11:30 AM
End Time: 8-Oct-08 1:30 PM
Location: Junior League of Houston, Houston, TX 77027
Speaker: Brian Reeves

Event Details:

AMA Houston Monthly Luncheon

Brian Reeves, Director of Marketing, Port of Houston

Junior League of Houston

1811 Briar Oaks Lane

Houston, TX United States 77027

Learn Photoshop LAYERS Workshop

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:47:54 GMT

Learn Photoshop "LAYERS" Workshop
Start Date: 20-Sep-08 9:00 AM
End Time: 20-Sep-08 5:30 PM
Location: Joe Robbins Studio, Houston, Texas 77057
Speaker: Joe Robbins

Event Details:

This class will have you mastering all the editing techniques that layers are famous for.

If you have been using several of the features in Photoshop but have not yet become proficient with "Layers", you are in for a whole new world of creativity with Adobe Photoshop. The editing possibilities are amazing.

The Photoshop LAYERS workshop will cover:
1.    Creating, Cloning & reordering layers.
2.    Moving, scaling, rotating & aligning layers.
3.    Converting layers to selections.
4.    Merging and Flattening layers.
5.    Locking layers transparency, movement & editing.
6.    Working with Smart Objects.
7.    Making drop shadows, halos, bevels & other effects.
8.    Combining using links and groups.
9.    Working with layer masks.
10.    Pasting inside a selection.
11.    Creating editable text layers.
12.    Working with Adjustment layers.
13.    Warping content of a layer.
14.    Making layer specific masks - clipping.
15.    Blending modes & advanced blending.
16.    Creating vector shapes.

17. Compositing image elements with layers.

Basic knowledge of Photoshop required for this workshop

Joe Robbins Studio

6400 Westpark Ste 440

Houston, Texas 77057

Interactive Strategies (IS) conference

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:36:20 GMT

Interactive Strategies (IS) conference
Start Date: 18-Sep-08 9:00 AM
End Time: 18-Sep-08 4:00 PM
Location: Angelika Theater, Houston, TX 77002
Speaker:

Event Details:

HiMA Interactive Strategies Conference '08

HiMA presents the 2nd annual Interactive Strategies conference: Secrets Exposed on Thursday, September 18, 2008. This year's conference will uncover the secrets of interactive marketing that have been kept for so long by industry veterans. Learn about the secrets to success for digital media, which includes mobile, video, email, websites, and more. Take notes on the secretive power of social media. Leave with the best-kept strategies for search engine optimization.
Learn more secrets at: www.is-conference.com

Who Should Attend

Interactive marketers

Brand marketers

Advertising agency executives

Interactive-curious executives

Interactive mavens and experts

Interested in digital media, SEO, or social media

Angelika Theater

510 Texas Avenue

Houston, TX US 77002

AIGA Houston Design Legends Gala

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:15:59 GMT

AIGA Houston Design Legends Gala
Start Date: 13-Sep-08 6:00 PM
End Time: 13-Sep-08 9:00 PM
Speaker:

Event Details:

SAVE THE DATE

THE 2008 AIGA HOUSTON DESIGN LEGENDS GALA
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 2008
6:00pm to 9:00pm

at the
HOUSTONIAN HOTEL, CLUB & SPA
111 NORTH POST OAK LANE
HOUSTON TEXAS

We are proud to announce our honorees for 2008. Please join us in celebrating their significant contribution to design and to Houston.

An event honoring:
the AIGA HOUSTON 2008 FELLOW: PAULA SAVAGE HANSEN
and RECIPIENT of
the AIGA HOUSTON 2008 CORPORATE LEADERSHIP AWARD: HINES

For event information, reservations and sponsorship opportunities, please contact Robin Tooms at president@houston.aiga.org

THE AIGA HOUSTON FELLOW AWARD
The AIGA Houston Fellow award program is a means of recognizing designers who have made a significant contribution to raising the standards of excellence in practice and conduct within the design community. The areas of education, writing, leadership and reputation, as well as the practice of design are given equal consideration in measuring significant contribution.

THE AIGA HOUSTON CORPORATE LEADERSHIP AWARD
The AIGA Houston Corporate Leadership award was established to recognize the role of perceptive and forward-thinking organizations that have been instrumental in the advancement of design by applying the highest standards, as a matter of policy.

ABOUT AIGA
AIGA's mission is to advance designing as a professional craft, strategic tool and vital cultural force.

AIGA, the professional association for design, is the place design professionals turn to first to exchange ideas and information, participate in critical analysis and research and advance education and ethical practice. AIGA sets the national agenda for the role of design in its economic, social, political, cultural and creative contexts. AIGA is the oldest and largest membership association for professionals engaged in the discipline, practice and culture of designing. Founded as the American Institute of Graphic Arts in 1914 as a small, exclusive club, AIGA now represents 22,000 designers through national activities and local programs developed by 59 chapters and 240 student groups.

AMA Houston Luncheon: Houston Texans

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:58:39 GMT

AMA Houston Luncheon: Houston Texans
Start Date: 13-Sep-08 11:30 AM
End Time: 13-Sep-08 1:30 PM
Location: Junior League of Houston, Houston, TX 77027
Speaker: Jamie Roote

Event Details:

AMA Houston Monthly Luncheon

Jamie Rootes, President, Houston Texans

Junior League of Houston

1811 Briar Oaks Lane

Houston, TX United States 77027

The Womans Hospital of Texas 5th Annual Labor Day Luncheon

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:14:07 GMT

The Woman's Hospital of Texas 5th Annual Labor Day Luncheon
Start Date: 6-Sep-08 10:00 AM
End Time: 6-Sep-08 3:00 PM
Location: The Westin Galleria, Houston, Texas 77056
Speaker:

The Westin Galleria

5060 W. Alabama

Houston, Texas 77056

Rock the Bayou

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:25:45 GMT

Rock the Bayou
Start Date: 29-Aug-08 0:00 AM
End Time: 29-Aug-08 12:00 PM
Location: Loop 610 at Kirby, Houston (former AstroWorld site)
Speaker:

Event Details:

Mammoth “Rock the Bayou” Music Bash Unites

Legends at 4-Day Texas Festival, featuring Sammy Hagar, Alice Cooper, Bret Michaels, Queensryche, Twisted Sister, Skid Row, Dokken, Ratt, Great White, Warrant & More

www.RocktheBayou.com

40+ Bands Unite with Celebrated Rockers at Former Houston AstroWorld Site for Nation’s Premier Labor Day Concert, August 29 - September 1, 2008

WHAT

Some of rock’s most legendary and notorious hair bands will join emerging stars for the massive Rock the Bayou music bash, featuring four days of music, food and family fun on the former grounds of Houston’s AstroWorld theme park. The site is being transformed into a 100-acre festival playground for those who love to rock.

The one-of-a-kind Rock the Bayou festival features rock legends Sammy Hagar, Bret Michaels and his Rock of Love Tour, Queensryche, Ratt and Warrant (with its original lineup) – plus 34 other bands playing over four days. A $99 single admission, early-bird ticket makes Rock the Bayou one of the most affordable summer music fests in the country. Active U.S. military (with ID) will be admitted for half-price.

For family fun, a Ferris wheel is being brought in, along with a towering drive-in like screen that will play movies after the bands finish their nightly performances. A second stage will feature local Texas bands for continuous music. Rock the Bayou will offer a VIP area, parking, safe campgrounds and RV facilities adjacent to the concert area.

Plus, $1 from every Rock the Bayou ticket purchased will go to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Lone Star Chapter.

For tickets and information, visit RockTheBayou.com, or www.onlinetickets.com, the exclusive ticket seller. Or charge by phone (713) 629-4747.

WHO

Over 40 bands will Rock the Bayou, including:

Bret Michaels / Sammy Hagar / Queensryche / Warrant / Skid Row / Ratt / Yngwie Malmsteen / Slaughter / Twisted Sister / Great White / Dokken / Dangerous Toys / Little Caesar / Jetboy / Bullet Boys w/ Steven Adler / Lynch Mob / Y&T / Britny Fox / Pretty Boy Floyd / Enuff Z’Nuff / Black ‘n Blue / Gilby Clarke / Firehouse / Broken Teeth / and many more

WHEN / WHERE

Labor Day Weekend: Friday, August 29 - Monday, September 1, 2008

Loop 610 at Kirby, Houston (former AstroWorld site)

WHY

Texas’ premier Labor Day event hosts more than 40 best-selling bands – a unique bash with a family flavor, affordable ticket prices and a legendary rock lineup.

For more information, visit www.RockTheBayou.com

Loop 610 at Kirby, Houston (former AstroWorld site)

AIGA 50 Books / 50 Covers Reception

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:47:40 GMT

AIGA 50 Books / 50 Covers Reception
Start Date: 28-Aug-08 6:00 PM
End Time: 28-Aug-08 8:00 PM
Location: Museum of Printing History, Houston, TX
Speaker:

Event Details:

AIGA Houston and the Museum of Printing History Presents
50 Books / 50 Covers
A juried selection of the best in book cover design

Thursday, August 28, 2008

This time-honored competition aims to identify the 50 best-designed books and book covers that have been designed, produced and used in the previous year, as chosen by distinguished jurors. As such, they become part of the AIGA Design Archives, a searchable visual database of exemplary design, they are exhibited at the AIGA National Design Center in New York and offered as a traveling exhibition for display across the country. The physical artifacts comprise the AIGA Design Archives at the Denver Art Museum.

AIGA's suite of competitions is widely recognized as the most discerning statement on design excellence today, extending a legacy that began more than 90 years ago. By means of the competitions, AIGA creates an authoritative chronicle of outstanding design solutions, each demonstrating the process of designing, the role of the designer and the value of design.

DATE

Opening Reception
Thursday, August 28, 2008
6-8pm
Exhibit will be on display until December 13th

LOCATION

Museum of Printing History
1324 W Clay

MORE INFORMATION

Please contact Robin Tooms at president@houston.aiga.org
or Robin Parrish at events@houston.aiga.org

Museum of Printing History

1324 West Clay St.

Houston, TX United States

HMA Interactive Happy Hour

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:08:45 GMT

HMA Interactive Happy Hour
Start Date: 28-Aug-08 5:30 PM
End Time: 28-Aug-08 8:30 PM
Location: Zushi, Houston, TX 77007
Speaker:

Event Details:

Who:
Houston's interactive community: web design firms, advertisers, marketers, agencies, media companies and e-business professionals

Cost:

Free! Please register so we know how many to account for. Register Here.

Zushi

5900 Memorial Drive

Houston, TX USA 77007

Story and Plot: Screenwriting Workshop

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:59:01 GMT

Story and Plot: Screenwriting Workshop
Start Date: 23-Aug-08 10:00 AM
End Time: 23-Aug-08 3:00 PM
Location: University of Houston - University Center, Houston, TX 77004
Speaker: Tom Vaughan

Event Details:

This screenwriting class is unique in how it focuses on the difference between story and plot, and how each affects the most important aspect of feature-length storytelling: the structure. The class was designed in response to the consistent confusion of new screenwriters who were unable to successfully implement story structure in a way that actually improved their scripts.

Story is the why, and structure is the how. Structure is the building block you start with, and it is the guide you rewrite with. Structure is not formula. Structure is your loyal assistant that helps you tell your story. It doesn’t limit you, it liberates you to focus on what rally matters.

Because so much of the screenwriting literature focuses on what Hollywood readers are allegedly looking for, structure is often poorly taught. A student may know what a First Act is, but they may not know what it's specifically for (it's not to "set-up" the story). They may think they know what a Third Act is, but they may not know it's actually the 4th act, or even how it directly relates to the First Act, or even what specifically defines a Third Act, or why Third Acts, by their nature, always move faster than any other act.

How should a sub-plot be structured out within the main story?

How does your plot affect your structure compared to how your story affects your structure?

Why is theme the most over-rated and useless concept in story telling?

How do you let go of your ego and just tell the story? (This is usually the biggest breakthrough with a writer, something they can often take back as their career progresses!)

The class will will not only improve your ability to structure out your story before you start writing, it will allow you to see structure for what is: your greatest friend and ally. Structure is not a burden, but a liberator that allows you to focus on telling your story. No matter what your previous training in structure, this class will help you take it to the next level.

University of Houston - University Center

4800 Calhoun

Houston, TX 77004

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:28:37 GMT

Start Date: 17-Nov-10 11:30 AM
End Time: 17-Nov-10 1:00 PM

Junior League of Houston

1811 Briar Oak Lane

Houston, Texas 77027