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Northwest Corner
Mission Statement
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Northwest Corner is a Northwest Houston GLBT community organization that:
* organizes a variety of social and civic events & networking opportunities for our members
* serves as a connecting point to the broader GLBT and Houston communities
* brings GLBT-friendly
businesses and consumers together
* unites and empowers the GLBT residents of Northwest
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Greetings!
Happy April Fool's Day! We can just imagine all of you, attired in the traditional April Fool's Day costumes, enjoying the many traditional April Fool's Day treats, activities and traditions. Or not.
 Here's one thing that is NOT a prank today: Once a year we poll our Northwest Corner members to find out what is working and where we can do better. We're interested in your input in three main areas:
* Improving our social activities
* Civic/volunteering events
* How we communicate with you
We promise that the survey will only
take 5 minutes to complete, so please click here to get started.
In other news, you'll find information about these swell events and activities in this edition of The Northwest Corner News:- Save the date: Saturday, May 15th is our NWC One Year Birthday Party
- Voting for Pride Grand Marshal -deadline is April 7th
- Games Night on April 10th
- Motorcycle Ride on April 17th
- Tree Planting Volunteering Opportunity on April 24th
- Happy Hour/Dining Out on April 30th
- Pride In The Park Astros game on July 10th
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NWC Birthday Party
Saturday, May 15th, 8 pm to 1 am
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|  Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 15th. That's the date of the Northwest Corner Birthday Party - yep, we'll be one year old in May! In celebration of a very successful first year, we've got a fabulous event planned for you - a 60s theme party, complete with decorations, costumes, dancing, entertainment, prizes and more!
The 60s were the era of the Viet Nam war and the war protesters, hippies, the Kennedys, go-go dancers, the Beatles, Twiggy, MoTown, acid rock and more. Sixties music is great to dance to, and the costume possibilities are inexpensive and endless. We'll send out details in about a week, but we wanted to give you plenty of notice so you can reserve the date and start thinking about what you're going to wear!
One more note: Attention all you lip sync performers. We're looking for several of you, either as individuals or in groups, to perform a number during the party. Whether you appear as the Supremes singing "Stop In The Name of Love", Nancy Sinatra doing "These Boots Are Made for Walking" or any other 60s song that strikes your fancy, we think these performances will add a fun element to our celebration. You must sign up in advance to perform, and we'll limit the number of performances to 5 so that we'll have plenty of time for dancing during the evening. For more information, or to sign up, contact Carol.
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Vote for Pride Grand Marshals
Deadline April 7th
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Unlike many cities, in which the Pride Grand Marshals are simply designated by the local Pride organization, in Houston we solicit nominations and then invite the community to vote. Pride Houston makes it easy
for everyone to cast your ballots - all voting is being
done on-line and it only takes
a few minutes. The categories are Male, Female, Organization and
Honorary, and the nominees are: Male: Edward Sanchez, Gary Wood, Keville Ware, and Pete Rodriguez
Female: Carol Wyatt, Cristan Williams, and Delma Cummings
Organization: AssistHers, ERSICSS, Lesbian Health Initative of Houston, Montrose
Counseling Center, and Montrose Softball Leagues
Honorary: Ann Robison
You can find out more about each nominee by clicking here. Deadline for voting is April 7th. The winners will be announced at the Pride Houston Kick-Off Party at Momentum Audi on April 8th. The 2010 Pride Parade and Festival will be held on Saturday, June 26th.
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NWC Games Night
Saturday, April 10th, 6 pm at Don Jose
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 Join the NWC gamers for an evening of board games and hilarity at Don Jose's Mexican Restaurant (in the party room). We'll be offering options like Cranium, Pictionary, Apples to Apples, Jenga and Family Feud, but if you've got another game you want to play, feel free to bring it along.
The group meets for dinner and social hour from 6 to 7 pm, and then we play games from 7 to 9:30. Don Jose will provide us with separate checks, to minimize the possibility of accounting nightmares. Don Jose is located at 5303 Antoine. For more information, email Stacy McNeil. To RSVP, click here.
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Motorcycle Ride
to The San Jacinto Monument
Saturday, April 17th, 9 am to 3 pm
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|  Join The Northwest Corner Motorcycle Group for a great day trip. You'll ride to the San Jacinto Monument, then head over to Seabrook/Kemah area for lunch at Outriggers. Meet at Janet Youngker's house at 1537
Dorothy at 9 am. Janet says you'll be back by 3 pm. Please email Janet to reserve your spot, or call her at 713-503-8782.
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Civic/Volunteering Opportunity
"Let's Grow" Potting Event
Saturday, April 24th, 9 am to noon
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|  Please join
the NWC Civic group for the Chevron "Let's Grow" Potting Event. Volunteers
are needed to plant 7,000 seedlings, provided by Texas Forest Service, in pots
to grow out for next planting season, at Chevron's Humble tree farm at 4102 FM 1960. This event
is a fun family-friendly planting project, and lunch will be provided for all volunteers. Let's turn out a crowd to show that NWC folks are caring citizens of the Houston community!
If you would like to participate in
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Happy Hour/Dining Out
Friday, April 30th, 6 pm at Riva's Italian
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The Dinette Set (our NWC Dining Out Group) is holding a combo happy hour/dinner at Riva's Italian Restaurant. The happy hour will be held on Riva's lovely patio, from 6 to 7 pm. Dinner starts at 7, with open seating. You can attend either the happy hour, the dinner or both. Please RSVP to Pat Walker. Riva's is located at 1117 Missouri, just a block north and west of Westheimer/Montrose.
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Pride In The Park with the Astros:
GLBT Recognition Night
Deadline for signing up with NWC: May 1st
Date of Game: Saturday, July 10th at 6 pm |
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 For the first time ever, the Houston Astros are honoring their GLBT fans with a special Pride In
The Park Day on July 10th. The 'Stros will play their fierce rivals, the Louis Cardinals - should be a great game! The Gay Men's Chorus and the Bayou City
Women's Chorus will be performing the national anthem. Very cool!
Northwest Corner will be attending as a group. We've already sold 53 of the 100 seats the Astros have set aside for us, but there's still room for you! Tickets are $32 for lower level seats along the left field
line, and $10 of that will go to GLBT charities.
Northwest Corner will also have a private refreshment area, just behind our
seats in Section 109. Participation in this part of the evening is
optional. The area, which will be open 2 hours before the game through the 7th inning for our
partying pleasure, features a private cash bar, and complementary hot
dogs, chips and popcorn. Tickets for the refreshment area are $12 for
singles and $20 for couples. Note: Even if you're not sitting with NWC, you are welcome to join our hospitality area.
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deadline for signing up to attend as part of the Northwest Corner group
is May 1st. Once we get details nailed down with the Astros, we'll mail out purchasing info to all of you who signed up via Evite.
Please RSVP via Evite, whether you're signing up for the game and/or the hospitality area. Since Evite is pretty quirky about
links, we're going to give you two links, with hopes that at least one
of them will work for you.
Link #1
Link #2
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Other Community Events Which
Might Be of Interest to Our Members
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These events aren't produced by Northwest Corner, but we thought you'd like to know about them anyway. For more info about any of these events, check Carol's Social Notes website. - Bayou City Performing Arts "Just 'N Auction", Thursday, 4/1 at Alley Theater
- Bunnies on the Bayou, Sunday, April 4th, downtown
- Pride Houston Kick Off Party and Grand Marshal Announcement, April 8th at Momentum Audi
- Kindred Spirits Charity Golf Tournament, Saturday 4/24
- Lesbian comedian, and native Houstonian, Vickie Shaw performs at Resurrection MCC, April 24th
- HRC Gala, Saturday May 22nd
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 Well, that's all for this edition of Northwest Corner News. As you can see, there's always lots "hoppening" with Northwest Corner. We wish you all a Happy Easter, Happy Passover, Happy Spring, and a Happy April Fool's Day.
Sincerely,
The Northwest Corner
Steering Committee
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