blog chaka laka: Oscar Night America Houston

BOOK CLUB

Book Club is the Third Thursday of the month unless otherwise indicated by the Hostess.

Members (by order of rotation)

Sandra . Lori . Clare . Cara . Carole . Shawn . Crista . Libby . Jayme . Laura . Catherine . Veronica . Karen . Betsy

March 19, 2015 - CRISTA - How To Be Both: A Novel by Ali Smith

April 16, 2015 - LIBBY - A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

May 21, 2015 - JAYME - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

June 18, 2015 - LAURA

July 16, 2015 - CATHERINE

August 20, 2015 - VERONICA

September 17, 2015 - KAREN

October 15, 2015 - BETSY

ROTATION RESTARTS

November 19, 2015 - SANDRA

DECEMBER - ORNAMENT EXCHANGE: FIRST THURSDAY, December 3, 2015 - LORI's

JANUARY 14, 2016 - LORI

FEBRUARY 18, 2016 - CLARE

MARCH 17, 2016 - CARA

APRIL 21, 2016 - CAROLE

MAY 19, 2016 - SHAWN

JUNE 16, 2016 - CRISTA

JULY 21, 2016 - LIBBY

AUGUST 18, 2016 - JAYME

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016 - LAURA

OCTOBER 20, 2016 - CATHERINE

NOVEMBER 17, 2016 - VERONICA

DECEMBER - ORNAMENT EXCHANGE: FIRST THURSDAY, December 1, 2015 - LORI's

JANUARY 19, 2017 - KAREN

FEBRUARY 16, 2017 BETSY

ROTATION RESTARTS

Some Past Books: The Help, Love Monkey, the Poisonwood Bible, A Piece of Cake, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Escape, Big Fish, Mom Always Liked You Best, Loving Frank, Ricochet: A Novel, Twilight, The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, My Sister's Keeper, The Carrie Diaries, The Liars Club, The Worst Thing I've Done, The Wish Club, Still Alice, Middlesex, 'Tis, Tender at the Bone: Growing up at the Table, The Art of Racing in the Rain, Cutting for Stone, The Island, Timeline, My Lobtomy, Water for Elephants, Zeitoun, The Cat's Table, The Hunger Games, Sarah's Key, A visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, Fairy Tale Interrupted: A Memoir of Life, Love and Loss by RoseMarie Terenzio, Julia's Chocolates by Cathy Lamb, City of Thieves by David Benioff, The Caller, Fifty Shades of Grey, Room, Gone Girl, Life of Pi, Swamplandia, And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini, The Light Between Oceans: A Novel by M.L. Stedman, Where's you Go, Bernadette: A Novel by Maria Semple, The Dinner by Herman Koch, Heft by Liz Moore, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg, The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion, #GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso, Little Failure: A Memoire by Gary Shtygart, The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer, One Plus One by Jojo Moyes, The Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline, Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld, I Forgot to Remember by Susan E Mec ...

Friday, November 19, 2010

Oscar Night America Houston - Save the Date!

SAVE THE DATE!

The American Cancer Society is proud to announce
Oscar Night America

February 27, 2011 at the Majestic Metro . 6 -
Co-chaired by Debbie & Colin Hageney and Carole & Michael Strachan

On Sunday, February 27th, charities in 50 cities will host official Oscar® viewing parties during the 83rd Academy Awards® ceremony as part of Oscar Night® America, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' grassroots outreach program.

The Academy sanctions charities across the country to host celebratory viewing parties on Oscar Night®, with proceeds directly benefiting the charities. The American Cancer Society has been selected to host in 2011. The event will feature the live broadcast of the Awards presentation as the center of a Hollywood-style party to include red carpet arrival, local celebrities, "paparazzi" photographers, predict-the-winner contests and live entertainment.

Let me know if you want to learn more or if your company would like to sponsor this fabulous fun event!

GALA COMMITTEE
EVENT CO-CHAIRS
Debbie & Colin Hageney
Carole & Michael Strachan

AUCTION & IN-KIND
Dena Maged - Co-Chair
Duc Nguyen - Co-Chair
Mersing Maitran - Co-Chair

DECORATIONS
Shannon Caldwell - Chair
Cara Riccetti
Marianne Bianchi
Natasha Islam
Kizzy Curtis

ENTERTAINMENT
Jennifer Wisler - Co-Chair
Michael Wells - Co-Chair
Alicia & Arne Jimenez
Lindsey Fuller

FOOD & BEVERAGE
Tiffany Johnson - Chair
Christine Thorpe
Gina Keith
Julianne Richards
Summer Qaddumi

INVITATION, PROGRAM & PRINT
Ashley Crenshaw - Chair

MARKETING / PR
Nancy Rohr Rose - Chair
Deb Hensel

PHOTOGRAPHY
Charles Chow
www.rawsophistication.com

RESERVATIONS
Katherine Gonyea - Co-Chair
Trish Earles - Co-Chair
Emily Cotton
Heather Bourque
Martha Willis

RESTRICTED GIFT
Paula Canlas - Chair

TABLE SALE / SPONSORSHIP
Misty Tabberer - Chair
Beatriz Maney
Melanie Bujnoch
Rasha Nasreddin

TREASURER
Chastity Munn - Chair
Tara Denton

UNDERWRITING
Andy Russ - Chair
Amanda Flores
Lacey Dalcour

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Dorcas Nelson
Emily Jaschke
Grant Sussans
Julie Daves
Jeannete Harris

American Cancer Society Contact
Lori Sebastian Pinter
713-706-5693
lori.pinter@cancer.org
If you are interested in learning more,
please contact us!