Come check out The Square Live! at Memorial City Mall.
With live music, dancing, giant games and great activities for the whole family, The Square Live! has something for everyone. Come check it out this Saturday, 18 February, from 6-9pm.
The Square, Memorial City's beautiful green space, is tucked in between the Cheesecake Factory and Maggiano's Little Italy on the west side of the mall.
The Memorial District is located in both Districts A & G. Capital Imrovemebt Plans are being held for both districts in the coming weeks. CIP meetings discuss long-term upcoming and ongoing develpment projects. Mayor Turner is expected to attend.
District A CIP Meeting
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Spring Woods High School
Mini Auditorium
2045 Gessner Drive
Houston, Texas 77080
District G CIP Meeting
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Paul Revere Middle School
Auditorium
10502 Briar Forest Drive
Houston, Texas 77042
The Queensbury Theatre, an icon of stage and community in West Houston, is celebrating its 60th anniversary with its 2016-2017 season. What started as the Country Playhouse, a small community theatre driven by passionate volunteers, has blossomed to include a new state-of-the-art venue and preforming arts school, still driven by passionate volunteers and professionals.
The theatre opened its doors in 1956 as the Country Playhouse, preforming Personal Appearance at Memorial Drive Elementary School. Over the next 14 years they would relocate twice-once to an abandoned church on Katy Road where they operated until 1970, and once to Barryknoll Lane-before making a final move in 1981 to Queensbury Lane.
In 2013 the Country Playhouse board of directors began a reimaging of the theatre that included the expansion of its property, the hiring of paid staff, and enrichment and growth of its community impact.
Board president John Paul Stevenson says, “One of the things that we’re really focused on is being something new and significant and providing an impact in our community, while being mindful of where we came from. The theatre works hard to advance its mission of serving the diverse community and cultures of West Houston by providing exceptional theatrical entertainment and education while creating an environment where Houston artists can do meaningful work.”
In June 2015, the new 21,000 square foot, 250-seat Queensbury Theatre was opened 100 feet from where the Country Playhouse stood for over 30 years. With a Main Stage as well as a 100-seat Black Box, the Queensbury Theatre is the only professional theatre in Houston outside of the 610 Loop.
In addition building a dynamic, multi-use venue in the Town & Country area, the Queensbury Theatre is now home to the Tribble School of Preforming Arts. The school offers classes in dance and drama to 250 K-12th grade students each semester culminating in full-length productions at the end of each term. The spring semester shows include Annie Jr., The Music Man Jr. and Les Miserable, School Edition.
Queensbury Theatre has grown since the reimagining in 2014. The organization hired executive director, Ernest Lewis III, in August 2016. With a strong background in development and nonprofit, and named one of the Houston Business Journal’s “Top 100 People to Watch”, Stevenson says, “He is the right person to bridge us to the next level.”
The theatre has since added other key roles in education, artistic direction, production and operations to the staff, including individuals with knowledge of the business vertical to allow for growth of the theatre and to deepen the contribution to the community. Part of that community focus is the work Queensbury Theatre is doing and hopes to do with local schools. In December 2014, Kristina Sullivan came onboard as education director of the Tribble School for the Performing Arts. She’s helping to develop education outreach, a component early identified as key to the theatre’s success.
Stevenson concludes, “It is an exciting time in the life cycle of Queensbury Theatre...If it weren't for the 60-year history of our dedicated volunteers, the organization as we know it, wouldn't be here today. Now that we have expanded our infrastructure, we look to continue our commitment to the community by offering arts education, visual and performing arts as well as a venue for other organizations to utilize and grow.”
For more infomation on the Queensbury Theatre, to purchase tickets for upcoming shows, learn about the Tribble School or book the venue for an event, visit queensburytheatre.org/.
The Memorial District is a municipal management district, created in 1999, to promote and encourage development and commercial interests within its boundaries. Encompassing approximately 850 acres, the district is bounded by Beltway 8 to the west, Memorial Drive to the south, Bunker Hill to the east, and spans both sides of 1-10.
Management districts are established by commercial property owners who come together and place a voluntarily assessment on their properties in order to create a clean and beautiful sense of place for those who live, work and play in the area.
Major employers within the Memorial District include Memorial City Mall, the Memorial City Memorial Hermann Medical Center, CityCentre, Town & Country Village, Village Plaza Shopping Center, Metro National, Midway, Moody Rambin, and Fidelis Realty Partners. With 6.5 million square feet of retail and office space, it’s no wonder business in the district employs more than 8,000 Houston-area residents. The district is home to world-class dining, fine shopping, unique entertainment, and the only professional theatre in the city outside the 610 Loop.
The Memorial District devotes the most attention to five major areas: maintenance, mobility and tansportation, environmental & urban design, public safety and security, and building relationships.
Maintenance
Have you ever driven on the frontage roads along I-10 between Bunker Hill and the Beltway and noticed the beautiful landscaping? It’s not there by accident.
The Memorial District believes our freeways are the front door to our businesses and spend time and money to keep them well-maintained and looking nice.
In addition to mowing and planting, the district sweeps the streets twice a month and makes sure all underpasses are clear and clean. Special attention is also given to the medians to keep them looking lovely.
These efforts are but a few of the little things the Memorial District invests in each month to ensure the boundaries of and all public spaces within the district have a warmth and welcoming appeal synonymous with the Memorial District.
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We look forward to sharing hidden gems, community projects, and exciting events with you each month.
The biggest game of the year is coming to Houston, and CITYCENTRE has partnered with the biggest radio stations and the biggest beverage distributors for THE BIG GAME BASH! Join us for live concerts, beer samplings, former NFL player appearances, and cook-off competitions.
Friday, February 3
Sephora Face Painting, 12 - 3 PM
The New 93Q, Country Legends 97.1 & Houston’s Eagle Live Broadcasts, 3 - 7 PM
Coca-Cola Red Zone, 3 - 7 PM
Bayou Roux Concert, 3 - 5 PM
In-restaurant Beer Samplings, 3:30 - 11 PM
The Fab 5 Concert, 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Josh Ward Music Concert, 8 - 9:30 PM
Saturday, February 4
The New 93Q, Country Legends 97.1 & Houston’s Eagle Live Broadcasts, 10 AM - 6 PM
Coca-Cola Red Zone, 10 AM - 10 PM
In-restaurant Beer Samplings, 12 - 11 PM
SEPHORA Face Painting, 12 - 3 PM
Lady Antebellum Acoustic Concert, 12 PM
Cook Off Competition with Super Bowl 50 Champion Owen Daniels, 1 PM
Visualpaint Speed Painting Show, 2 PM
The Slags Concert, 3 - 5 PM
Bayou Roux Concert, 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Jon Wolfe Concert, 8 - 9:30 PM
Sunday, February 5
In-restaurant Beer Samplings, 12 - 3 PM
Kick off, 5 PM
Football fans can choose from 27 diverse dining options with over 1,166 menu items, 162 televisions and 230 beers on tap (not including the wide selection of bottled beer, wine and spirits). With 1 decision to make, there are 0 excuses to not watch The Big Game at CITYCENTRE.
A Tony Award nominee for Best Play in 2014. From the author of Doubt and Moonstruck comes a romantic comedy set in rural Ireland. Anthony and Rosemary are two introverted misfits who haven’t got a clue when it comes to love. These hopeless singletons will need to overcome a bitter land feud, familial rivalries and their own romantic fears to find happiness. Full of dark humor and poetic prose, John Patrick Shanley’s Outside Mullingar is a compassionate, delightful work about how it’s never too late to take a chance on love.
Under the direction of Ron Jones, Queensbury’s production of Outside Mullingar will be presented in the theatre’s intimate Black Box. The show stars Dylan Marks, Carl Masterson, and real-life mother and daughter Marietta and Allison Marich. Marietta Marich has been performing on stage and screen for over 50 years. She toured with Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra, hosted a late night talk show on channel 2 (KPRC) called Midnight with Marietta in the 60s, and starred in countless films and stage productions in Houston and beyond. The opportunity to perform with her daughter Allison brought Marietta back to the stage after a number of years away. Allison Marich is an accomplished stage actress in her own right, having performed major roles in numerous productions with Berkeley’s California Shakespeare Theatre, L.A.’s Odyssey Theatre, Dallas Rep, and Houston’s Alley Theatre.
Called "Mr. Shanley's finest work since DOUBT" by the New York Times, and "a valentine to the wonder and weirdness of love" by the New York Daily News, Outside Mullingar is the perfect play for the Valentine’s season.
Outside Mullingar will open on Friday February 10, and will run until February 25. Friday and Saturday shows begin at 8, with Sunday matinees at 2, and Thursday performances at 7:30. There will be a special Valentine’s Day performance at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, February 14th. For more information, or to order tickets call 713.467.4497, or go to www.queensburytheatre.org. The McTeggart Irish Dancers will perform in the Queensbury Theatre lobby for one half hour before each show.
Outside Mullingar is written by John Patrick Shanley, and is being produced by arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., 440 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016.
Can you act and sing? Maybe play an instrument too? Come check audtion for It Aint' Nothing But the Blues at the Queensbury Theatre on Thursday, February 2, at 7:30pm. This sizzling revue of the blues and blues infused songs that changed the way the world hears the human heartbeat took the world by storm. Ravishing songs trace the evolution of the blues from Africa to Mississippi to Memphis to Chicago. Housed in a New Orleans nightclub, come audition for this Mardi Gras party, and belt your heart out!
The production will be directed by Roshunda Jones, with music directed by Rod Tilman and choreography by Bethany White. The show runs on the Main Stage March 31-April 22.
Rehearsal will begin the week of February 13 (Mondays off).
To Audition:
Prepare 32 bars of a song in the blues genre. Accompanist provided. No dance auditions.
All ethnicities are encouraged to audition!
Actors who can play an instrument are encouraged to audition!
4- Men, 3- Female, All positions are paid.
(There will not be call backs)
Headshot and resume are required. This is not by appointment; show up and we will take actors in order of arrival. Video submissions can be sent to apeters@queensburytheatre.org
Memorial CIty Mall is starting its Countdown to Kickoff to the Super Bowl tonight! This Friday, January 27, come watch Rudy on the big screen in The Square for Family Movie NIght starting at 7pm.
Come back to The Square on January 28 for the Memorial City Chili Cook-Off. Presented by Briggs True Texas Sauces & Seasonings, enjoy hot tastings from Houston’s finest chili masters, cold drinks, and live entertainment satrting at 5pm; chili tastings are only $10.
With Super Bowl LI almost here, Houston is getting in the spirit of game day starting this weekend! Super Bowl Live kicks off Saturday morning at Discover Green with music, food, family-friendly festivities and a 90-foot tall virtual reality trip to Mars. Super Bowl Live is an on-going fan festival running from January 28 through game day, February 5.
Keen to get in on the action? There are numerous options to get you downtown safely and easily via buses, METRO light rail and even B-Cycle. Check out the Super Bowl transporaton page here or download the Super Bowl LI app, and Know Before You Go.
The green 6.2 is a fun 5K and 10K race held on April 15, 2017, that starts and finishes at CityCentre after winding through surrounding neighborhoods. The post-race festivities include food, drinks, music and family fun anda kids 1K race. Can't make it out on the 15th? Try the virtual race option!
Regular race registration ends on February 15, 2017. Register here today!
Ready for a little mid-week treat? Don't miss Ciros's Italian Wine Dinner, this Tuesday, January 24. The dinner features three courses: appetizer, choice of entree, and dessert each paired with an Italian wine. Savor the flavors at $60 per person (plus tax + gratuity). Seating opens at 7pm. Call 713-467-9336 for reservations.