Visit the Alief Family YMCA on Healthy Kids Day® to get a jump on a healthy summer Houston – The Alief Family YMCA wants kids to keep moving this summer. As part of the Y's commitment to strengthen community by addressing critical gaps in health and education, Healthy Kids Day®, which occurs Saturday, April 26, [...]
Newly elected Houston City Councilman Richard Nguyen is no stranger to hard work and adversity. “I hope that we will have a community where people will come and plant their roots and raise their families because of good schools, good business, and good employment. As they say in the movie, ‘Field of Dreams,’ if you [...]
Topic: Hurricane Safety and Your Business Join us for our quarterly Alief Networking Breakfast on Tuesday, May 6, to prepare your business for the upcoming hurricane season. Three local authorities will bring you planning tips, provide safe evacuation instructions and detail what to do in the aftermath of the storm. Presentations Hurricane Preparedness for the [...]
The University of Houston’s Collaborative Community Design Initiative, which puts the spotlight on suggested improvements in Alief in 2011, has been updated with a new report released in 2013. The International Management District Zones and Strategies report focuses on five zones within the District: West Park, Chinatown West, the Neighborhood Center Zone, the Sugar Hill [...]
At Amity Park in Alief, the Texas Lunar Festival presented an entertainment showcase all day Saturday which featured traditional Chinese dances and those that included lions and dragons, as well as Hawaiian, Brazilian and Panamanian dances. The Houston Police Department brought some of their mounted patrol horses to show, and Force EMS gave the public [...]
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! [...]
