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Calendar of Petitioning Events 2004

This is a history opportunities that we posted here. At the end of the campaign, this page said:

It is time to turn in all those pages full of signatures: Take them to HCGP HQ, 818 W. 31st Street. If you still want to collect more signatures, you might like to try the suggested locations HERE.

During the campaign, the page said:

These are mostly shows, festivals, concerts, races, and so forth. Help coordinate an event! If you want to set up a table, Adam and Nia make it easy: Go to HCGP HQ, 818 W. 31st Street, sign out a table and tub full of material, and DO IT!
For major events (mostly in BOLD), please call see if there's already a captain. It's good to arrange a meeting place a half hour before major events, so folks can get together for coffee, juice, and discussion of how to work the area. Volunteer to coordinate for your favorite event - MAKE IT HAPPEN!

NOTE: If the event you're interested in tabling charges a fee for space, contact Adam (713-794-0006) and/or Nathalie (713-880-9929) to find out whether someone else has already paid that fee, so we don't pay twice.

Please go HERE to find suggestions for places to go on a regular basis to collect petition signatures. Cherie can help you coordinate this to make sure that everyone doesn't go to the same place at the same time. Unless appropriate!
March
Saturday, March 20

The World Still Says NO to War
Global Day of Action against War and Occupation
Here's the Houston website:

http://www.march20houston.org/
MARCH AND RALLY IN HOUSTON
2 PM - Multiple Feeder Marches
3 PM - Main Rally at City Hall
Tranquility Park for families

One World Beat Music Festival
Last Concert Cafe -- 3 PM to 2 AM
a global music festival intended to raise global awareness through the arts. This is a benefit concert and all proceeds will go to an AIDS awarness campaign in El Salvador. Mo
re than 14 bands. $10 at door. For more info www.bluehatproject.com or www.lastconcert.com

Sunday, March 21

South by Due East Music Festival
Super Happy Fun Land -- noon to nine PM
2610 Ashland Street (@ W27th Street in the Heights)
(713) 880-2100 -- call for more info

Three, three-hour time slots are available (most already have at least two people signed up). 12:00-3:00, 3:00-6:00, 6:00-9:00. Feel free to come help out -- we each have our own strengths. Together we can do this!

Wednesday, March 24
Nuestra palabra, at Talento Bilingue – PETITION AND THEN ENJOY THE SHOW arrive early
Wednesday, March 24, in Honor of Women's History Month
Spotlight author: Stephanie Elizondo Griest, author of Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana. This international foreign correspondent is originally from Texas. When she was still in high school, she asked a visiting journalist what she needed to do to have his job. He said, "Learn Russian." So she did. This book is the culmination of 11 years work and focuses on her trips to Russia, Cuba, and other Communist Bloc countries. Book Website: www.aroundthebloc.com

Houston Rockets vs Toronto Raptors
Toyota Center, 1510 Polk Street, Houston. 7:30 PM NBA Game. For details, contact the Box Office 713.627.DUNK, or visit their website www.nba.com/rockets.

Friday, March 26
8:00 PM : Houston's 40th Annual Scottish Festival Spectacular brings the finest in Scottish music and dance to the Toyota Center -- 1510 Polk Street downtown, east of La Branch, north of Clay. Great to petition for 45 min before the show and then enjoy the show itself.

Friday, March 26 - Sunday, March 28
10am - 6pm The Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park (Friday through Sunday)
Saturday, March 27

8:00 AM Eeyores 5K Fun Run UT Health Science Rec Center
VERY LARGE CROWD AT THIS ONE – Very quick petition opportunity for a
small team – show-up 45 min before the race and collect as many as you can.
Key contact for now: Nathalie@greens.org or leave a message at 713-866-6285

8:00 AM Run The Woodlands 5K Barbara Bush Elementary

8:00 AM Rock around the Block-5K Humble Edward Vargas 281-728-6680

8:00 AM Law Week Fun Run -8K Sam Houston

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. FAIRE IN BELLAIRE -- FESTIVAL ON ESPLANADE
Spring arts and crafts festival, at Paseo Park, 4800-5000 blocks of Bellaire Boulevard. Co-sponsored by the Greater Southwest Houston Chamber of Commerce and Houston Civic Arts Association, the festival is open (antique car parade will take place at 12:30)

9:30 AM - 4:00 PM -- Katy Folk Life Festival - Houston Area Blacksmith Association
(blacksmiths bring their forges for demonstrations, usually 2500 people) at the Kenneth D. Welch Outdoor Learning Center, 1/4 mile west of the Katy ISD Administration building at 6301 South Stadium Lane, Katy, Texas. Contact Nathalie@greens.org or 713-866-6285
10am - 6pm The Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park. (Friday through Sunday)
Key contacts: Karla Aguilar: aguilak@stthom.edu or 832-283-5585 or Nathalie@greens.org 713-880-9929

Workshop:
How to Get More Signatures on Your Ballot Access Petition Forms!
1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
ASCME Union Hall, 2609 or 2609 Sutherland
(I-45 South exit Telephone Rd, go about six blocks, Right on Sutherland)

This is the place to ask questions and connect with other committed
Greens. Hands-on training with feedback from current petitioners,
role-playing, strategy discussions. For those still uncomfortable about
talking to strangers, we will bring computers to provide training on
validating signatures, updating the online database, increasing our
media exposure, etc.

David Cobb is in the house 7:00 PM at Houston Peace and Justice Center
Harris County Green Party's favorite son potential presidential candidate. David Cobb, one of the founders of the Harris County and Texas Green Parties, will speak this Saturday on "What ought progressives to do in the 2004 election". David is a candidate for the Green Party Presidential nomination and a powerful and inspirational speaker. He'll be preceded by songs and music from Dino Marcaccio and Anjali Natarajan, whom you may have heard at the peace march last Saturday. That's 7pm at the Houston Peace and Justice Center, 2115 Taft, just south of Welch. The Center is upstairs from the Taft St coffehouse. Don't miss the opportunity to participate in this critical discussion.
Late-breaking Green Party details for Saturday.
Sunday, March 28
10am - 6pm The Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park. (Friday through Sunday)
Key contacts: AM - Karla Aguilar: aguilak@stthom.edu or 832-283-5585, PM - Nathalie@greens.org 713-880-9929
Monday, March 29
Houston Rockets vs Minnesota Timberwolves
Toyota Center, 1510 Polk Street, Houston. 7:30 PM NBA Game. For details, contact the Box Office 713.627.DUNK, or visit their website at www.nba.com/rockets.

Tuesday, March 30 - Friday, April 2

Pediatric AIDS Film Festival
Tuesday, March 30 (Location: Aurora Picture Show)
Wednesday, March 31 (Location: Rice Media Center)
Thursday, April 1 (Location: Aurora Picture Show)
Friday, April 2 (Location: Aurora Picture Show)
Organized nationally by Physicians for Human Rights.
April
Thursday, April 1
Hispanic Professional Networking Mixer 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m
Location: Elvia's International Restaurant & Club at 2727 Fondren
Friday, April 2
Dancehall Reggae Jam 2004 - www.kingsmancamp.com - Festival Hotline: 713-266-1115
Thursday - Saturday, April 1-3

6:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Frontier Fiesta: UH version of the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Bar-B-Que Cook-Off; 4800 Calhoun, Houston, Texas

Saturday, April 3

Cesar Chavez Parade starts 9:00 AM; here are the details: All will assemble starting at Capitol and Cesar Chavez Blvd on the East side of downtown. (Cesar Chavez Blvd. used to be called South Wayside.) The Parade will proceed for about nine blocks around the neighborhood.

Petitioning meeting place and time: 8:00 am Fiesta Supermarket coffee shop on S. Wayside. Key contact: Henry Cooper and Alma Diaz: 713-686-4650. henrycooper55@yahoo.com Click Ideas for signs to make!

(After the parade, o mañana, you might like to go to the Children's Festival; see below)

8:00 AM Yuri's Night Fun Run 5K Challenger Park (raise awareness and support for space exploration)

8:00 AM Bellaire Trolley Run - 5K (www.alrcusa.org)

8:00 AM (7:30 am check-in) David's Dream Run 1 Mile / 5 K Run
United Methodist Church, 2200 Lake Woodlands Drive

8:00 AM 5k Sleep Walk 5k walk to benefit the Houston Sleep Center
Bear Creek Park at 8:00 A.M. (editorial comment: up that early? or still up?)

Hogs 4 Paws motorcycle ride and party in Tom Bass Park, sponsored by KPRC TV. The ride kicks off at 10 am and the post party begins at noon

8:00 AM Run For the Son 5K

9:30am to 4pm Katy Folk Life Festival - Houston Area Blacksmith Association (blacksmiths bring their forges for demonstrations, usually 2500 people) - at Kenneth D. Welch Outdoor Learning Center, 1/4 mile west of the Katy ISD Administration building at 6301 South Stadium Lane, Katy, Texas.

Saturday and Sunday, April 3-4

9:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Houston Children's Festival
Sam Houston Park, 1100 Bagby
Number One for Family Fun! Large receptive crowd, 2 shifts
petition and then have fun at the festival with your family
[to whom you want to pass along a nice place to live, after all]

Meeting place and time for the first shift: 8am, La Madeleine, W Gray and Shepherd.
Late breaking news: contact Don Cook for meeting time and place to petition at the festival: zenblews@hotmail.com, Cell: 713-705-5594

The tranquil Japanese Garden in Hermann Park provides the backdrop for a celebration of Japanese culture. It’s one of Houston’s lovelier traditions. Blossoming trees, azaleas and lilies compose a serene scene for costumed folk and traditional dancers, music performers, such as Taiko drummers, demonstrations of martial arts, Ikeban flower design and origami.

Sunday, April 4

8:00 AM Best Buddies Texas 5K Uptown

Unidos Contra La Diabetes (Health Fair United Against Diabetes)
Sunday, April 4, 2004 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Moody Park, Houston, Texas

Houston Rockets vs Sacremento Kings For details, contact the Box Office 713.627.DUNK, or visit their website at www.nba.com/rockets.

Monday, April 5
Event: WWE Raw 6:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Cost: $16 - $45 Organization: Toyota Center Purpose: Special discount for The Houston Calendar visitors. Notes: The Toyota Center is offering a $4 discount for anyone who mentions this website when they call Jason Robichau at 713-758-7577. Attire: As you are Location: Toyota Center at 1510 Polk St., Houston, Texas 77002 (world wrestling, actually a good crowd for us)

Monday- Wednesday, April 5-7
Houston Astros vs. San Fran Giants - 3 nights of home games against the Giants. For more details visit www.houston.astros.mlb.com.
Saturday, April 10

7:30 AM Run The Woodlands 5k Barbara Bush

8:00 AM Houston Intown 5K, plus kids run 3015 Richmond Ave

Sunday, April 11
Indo American Association Presents Shiv-Zakir-Rahul 6:00PM at Wortham Center 501 Texas St (Texas at Smith)
Thursday, April 15
People will be thinking a lot about where their tax money goes today...
Friday, April 16 through Sunday April 25

37th WORLDFEST-HOUSTON
Date: April 16, 2003 - April 25, 2003
10 great days in April. 61 features, 104 shorts, 9 seminars - All film screenings at the AMC Meyer Park 16 Theaters
(WE NEED TO CONTACT ORGANISZER FOR OK to petition, because it is on private property – meyerpark)

Saturday and Sunday, April 17-18

HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL -- 11:00am to 8:00pm each day
NOTE: due to downtown construction the festival has moved to Reliant Park– We will have wrist bands for volunteers and a booth to rest! This is a lot of fun as we get to talk to many people and also enjoy the festival. To schedule your shift (three short ones: 11-2, 2-5, 5-8; get yours NOW!) please contact Adam Kelly soon: padamkelly@hotmail.com phone (713) 794-0006.
REPEAT APRIL 24-25, the following weekend. ENJOY!!!

Saturday, April 17

7:00 a.m. MS150 starts at Tully Stadium, Houston, Texas Contact: Sally Martin

420 FESTIVAL 2004-- FOUR DAYS OF MUSIC
Be Heard, Think Green, Vote !

Tonight: Walter's and Fat Cats on Washington

Sunday, April 18

420 FESTIVAL 2004-- FOUR DAYS OF MUSIC
Be Heard, Think Green, Vote !

Tonight: Rhythm Room

Monday, April 19

420 FESTIVAL 2004-- FOUR DAYS OF MUSIC
Be Heard, Think Green, Vote !

Tonight: Engine Room

Tuesday, April 20

420 FESTIVAL 2004-- FOUR DAYS OF MUSIC
Be Heard, Think Green, Vote !

Tonight: Engine Room

Thursday, April 22

The Clear Lake High School Earth Club will be hosting Earth Week culminating today. Promotes environmental awareness throughout our school campus. We would be honored if the Green Party could help us with Earth Week by providing a guest speaker and/or booth on Thursday, April 22nd. (Greens, go through Don Cook (713) 705-5594 [zenblews@hotmail.com] for more info)

Friday, April 23

6:30 p.m. - 1:00 am : Ambassadors International Ballet Folklorico 25th Anniversay Gala -- Celebrity guests - Jose Feliciano and Anthony Pena, performer on "The Young and the Restless" Hyatt Regency Hotel – Downtown - VERY IMPORTANT super latino crowd

Friday-Sunday, April 23, 24, 25

Texas Crawfish & Music Festival, Old Town Spring
Saturdays - Noon to 4pm entirely FREE
http://www.texascrawfishfestival.com
THIS REPEATS NEXT WEEKEND... But will the same people attend?
Anyway,
we probably should concentrate on HIF and EarthDay and WalkAmerica this weekend...

Saturday and Sunday, April 24-25

11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m: Texas Hot and Spicy Festival
(Cajun & Soul Food Festival)
Stafford Centre, Murphy Road, Sugar Land.

Saturday, April 24

TWO RUNS:
7:30 AM Bayou Bash Relay - 4x2.8
7:30 AM Run The Woodlands 5k Barbara Bush

HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL -- 11:00am to 8:00pm today AND tomorrow
NOTE: due to downtown construction the festival has moved to Reliant Park– The organizers have banned us from the premises, so we will gather petition signatures outside the entrance. This is a lot of fun as we get to talk to many people. To schedule your shift (three short ones: 11-2, 2-5, 5-8; get yours NOW!) please contact Adam Kelly: padamkelly@hotmail.com phone (713) 794-0006. OR call Don Cook's cell phone: 713.705.5594 -- IF YOU MISSED IT LAST WEEKEND, NOW IS YOUR CHANCE!!!

Probably the best petitioning site this weekend ... call Don about how to work it.

Houston Earth Day -- 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Sam Houston Park downtown
http://www.houstonearthday.org
(Art Browning will be there; look for him if you need a clipboard, buttons, voter registration cards, or whatever. We will not have a table.abrowning@pdq.net 281-890-7089)

NORML 420 event at Last Concert Cafe, 1501 Nance, from 4:20 PM to 4:20 AM. Sounds like fun! Signature-getting will likely be best after 9 PM

Sunday, April 25

WALKAMERICA – SEVERAL LOCATIONS – MUST BE AT THESE ONES – HUGE
Show up from 8am to whatever time they actually start (all listed for 9am; probably really 9:15am). Again, call Don at 713-705-5594 for details.

University of Houston -- THE MAIN EVENT!
I-45 exit Cullen, Robertson Stadium, 4800 Calhoun

Clear Lake: Bayou Drive- Parking Lot D, U of H--Clear Lake, 14657 Sneider , Houston, TX 77034

Greenspoint: I-45 exit Greens Road, Greenspoint Mall, 12300 North Freeway

The Woodlands/Conroe: I-45 exit Woodlands Parkway, The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion, 2005 Lake Robbins Road, The Woodlands, TX 77380

HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL CONTINUES -- 11:00am to 8:00pm each day
NOTE: due to downtown construction the festival has moved to Reliant Park– The organizers have banned us from the premises, so we will gather petition signatures outside the entrance. This is a lot of fun as we get to talk to many people. To schedule your shift (three short ones: 11-2, 2-5, 5-8; get yours NOW!) please contact Adam Kelly: padamkelly@hotmail.com phone (713) 794-0006. OR call Don Cook's cell phone: 713.705.5594 -- IF YOU MISSED IT LAST WEEKEND, NOW IS YOUR CHANCE!!!

The HIF is probably the best petitioning site this coming weekend ... call Don about how to work it.

Save Women's Lives: MARCH for Freedom of Choice
IN HOUSTON: 1 PM, Hermann Park http://www.choicehouston.com

Wednesday, April 28

Nuestra Palabra 6th Anniversary! 7:00pm - 8:30pm, MECA 1900 Kane

Thursday, April 29 - Sunday, May 2

Fort Bend -- This annual event scheduled for April 29th – May 2nd, 2004; is the first of its kind in quality and magnitude in the Houston area. The activities include, cooking demonstrations, culinary presentations, gourmet dinners and luncheons, vintner dinners, a formal Grand Tasting. Various sites, but many at Sugar Land Marriott Town Square & Conference Center, 16090 City Walk, Sugar Land

May
Saturday, May 1 -- International Labor Day
RACES / RUNS / WALKS

7:30 am, MD Anderson Sprint for Life (2500 runners! For ovarian cancer) Medical Center -- for parking/metroRail info: http://www.mdanderson.org/Featured_Sites/Sprintforlife/

8:00 AM Cinco De Mayo Fun Run 5k

8:00 AM Frontier Days 5k

8:00 AM to 4:00 PM -- 4th Annual Dragon Boat Festival at Allen's Landing in downtown Houston (1019 Commerce Street and Main) www.houstondragonboat.com
Dragon boat racing! Dance, martial arts, and Asian foods.

Annual Westheimer Street Festival 2004! SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
Come join us to celebrate the festival's return to its historic home.
On May 1st and 2nd, 2004 from 12:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., it's going to be "Wild on Houston" for the 60th Westfest in a row! http://www.westheimerfestival.com/ (or will it be the 61st?) Contact Don Cook 713-705-5594 cell.

Texas Crawfish & Music Festival (Noon to 4pm entirely FREE on Saturday) http://www.texascrawfishfestival.com
When: Noon until Midnight Saturday (continues Noon until 6pm Sunday)
Where: Preservation Park, Old Town Spring, Texas. Saturday - 4pm to 8pm $5 adults, after 8pm $10 adults (under 12 yrs old free) - but don't WORRY. You can enjoy almost all the fun and all of the crowd on the perimeter for free.
(Contact: Art Browning abrowning@pdq.net cell 281-728-6327 will be there for the afternoon)

** Green Party House Party **
Home of Alfred Molison (713-726-9009)
words from Harris County Green Party candidates

Sunday, May 2

9th Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Parade -- 11:00 PM
Come be a part of the colorful festivity as Asian/Pacific American organizations of Houston parade down Little Saigon (Midtown) to proudly represent their culture and heritage!

Annual Westheimer Street Festival 2004! SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
Come join us to celebrate the festival's return to its historic home.
On May 1st and 2nd, 2004 from 12:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., it's going to be "Wild on Houston" for the 60th Westfest in a row! http://www.westheimerfestival.com/ (or will it be the 61st?) Call Don Cook: 713.705.5594 cell phone

Texas Crawfish & Music Festival (this is the last day) http://www.texascrawfishfestival.com
When: Noon until 6pm Sunday
Where: Preservation Park, Old Town Spring, Texas. Sunday $5 adults (under 12 yrs old free) - but don't WORRY. You can enjoy almost all the fun and all of the crowd on the perimeter for free.

Cinco de Mayo (Wednesday)
The annual celebration includes a festival at Miller Outdoor Theatre in Hermann Park with mariachi bands, music and dance performances, food and wares.
Friday, May 7 through Sunday, May 9

Art Car Weekend -- Multiple events -- see specific days! Most events are free.

Friday, May 7
Art Car Evening: The Main Street Drag, during which caravans of participating cars visit area hospitals and schools (www.orangeshow.org/artcar)
Saturday, May 8

Art Car PARADE: main event, 9:00 A M- 3:30 PM; FREE!
Bring your lawn chairs and water, find a prime spot under a shade tree and watch the odd cars and their creators rumble and roll down Allen Parkway.
9 a.m.: The cars line up for judging. A good time to walk along the parade route and see the cars up close.
10 a.m.: Concession sales begin along Allen Parkway.
1 p.m.: Parade begins at Allen Parkway and Taft.
2:30 p.m.: Parade ends at Allen Parkway and Eleanor Tinsley Park. More opportunities to see the cars up close and speak with the artists.
3:30 p.m.: Allen Parkway reopens.
, 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
(www.orangeshow.org/artcar)

3:00 PM - Anything That Floats Parade
It's like art cars on water.
Eleanor Tinsley Park
http://www.buffalobayou.org/anythingfloats.html
Sunday, May 9
Art Car Surreal Brunch
After the exaltation of parade day, relax and enjoy the day after at the Surreal Brunch at The Orange Show, 2401 Munger. (www.orangeshow.org/artcar)
Thursday, May 13

Time: TBA
Indian Culinary Night at The Art Institute of Houston, 1900 Yorktown Street, Houston, TX 77056

Friday - Saturday - Sunday, May 14-15-16

Pasadena Strawberry Festival - May 14 - 16, 2004
Strawberry Festival Parade - May 8, 2004
Location: Pasadena Fairgrounds
Fairmont Parkway at Red Bluff
Pasadena, Texas - just 20 minutes southeast of Houston, Texas
attracts over 45,000 visitors

Houston Highland Games & Celtic Festival
Fri (PM) Sat & Sun, May 14-16, 2004
May 15th - 16th at the Houston Farm & Ranch Club
Location: Bear Creek Park, 1 Abercrombie St, Houston, TX, 77084 (that's off Highway 6, between I-10 and Clay Road) – good to recruit outside of the center – this crowd will be open to Greens

Sunday, May 16
GREEN PARTY BASH 3-6 PM at Last Concert Cafe 1403 Nance Street
(followed by more music, less politics, but sign that petition!)
If you drive east on I-10 from west of downtown, go just past the Smith Street exits, take the McKee/Nance exit, turn right on McKee, right on Nance, PARK, get out, walk forward, turn right, and Knock Twice!
Tuesday, May 18
Green Power - 8pm to 2am at Fitzgerald's (2706 White Oak Dr)
Performing - Mista White, Free Radicals, Dead PA and others. Hear Candidates Charlie and Art. $5 Donations requested, but not required.
FITZ direx: Going north Montrose turns into Studemont, the it crosses I-10 and becomes Studewood. The first traffic light is White Oak (6th); Fitz is on your left just past the light
Friday, May 21
Turn in of all petition forms, so they can be notarized, validated, tabulated, and variously made official for official turn-in to the Secretary of State Monday.
Monday, May 24
Last Day minor party chairs may submit petitions for placement on the ballot in Texas (for Nov. 2 election)

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