Angelika movie theatre downtown, 510 Texas, gives distraction and is offering free popcorn with every movie ticket sold thru Friday, September 19.
Free popcorn with every ticket sold today thru Friday, September 19. They are open 11 am to 8 pm Tuesday thru Friday (including some additional matinee showtimes). They will resume their regular schedule beginning Saturday, September 20.
Call ahead (713-224-1470) and make sure but Showtimes include:
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If you aren’t up at the crack of dawn (or 6 am) when the grocery stores open, you are most likely going to have to wait in a line that runs through the parking lot. Add to the fact that most of these grocery stores have lost power and have locked up perishable items making your choices of things to eat on the limited side.
Although the HDA office is closed until tomorrow (Wednesday), it looks like some of the eateries at the Shops at Houston Center are open for business, so for those of you that have returned and face that question of what’s for lunch, run by here and enjoy! I’m looking forward to walking back into that place, listening to heartbreak fm muzack and getting my Doozo dumplings for $3! Ah, normalcy.
Here is a list of places that are open today:
Chick-fil-a
Longhorn
Massa’s
Murphy’s Deli
Ninfa’s Express
Otto’s
Planet Smoothie
Potbelly’s
Sarku Japan
Subway
Wok’n'Roll
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Houston Symphony
The Houston Symphony has announced that two concerts, Thursday, September 18 at 8 pm at Jones Hall, and Friday, September 19 at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion at the Woodlands, have been cancelled.
The Saturday evening September 20 at 8:00 p.m. concert at Jones Hall with the orchestra, under the baton of music director Hans Graf and featuring violinist Gil Shaham as soloist, will be moved to Saturday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. in observance of the city-wide curfew. The Sunday afternoon September 21st 2:30 p.m. concert at Jones Hall will proceed as scheduled.
Patrons holding tickets to the Thursday evening concert will be contacted by the Symphony Customer Service Center to arrange changing them to either the Saturday or Sunday afternoon performance.
Patrons holding tickets to the Thursday evening concert will be contacted by the Symphony Customer Service Center to arrange changing them to either the Saturday or Sunday afternoon performance.
In addition, the Symphony announced that it will make available several hundred free tickets for both the Saturday and Sunday afternoon performances. The tickets will only be available on a first-come, first-served basis at the Jones Hall box office an hour before the 2:30 pm performances.
The Symphony Customer Service Center will re-open tomorrow morning September 16 at 10:00 a.m. The Centers telephone number is (713) 224-7575. www.houstonsymphony.org
George R. Brown Convention Center
Several functions scheduled for last weekend and early this week were postponed and have been rescheduled. Events scheduled for this weekend, September 18-22, including Theta Antiques Charity Show and Houston Antique Dealers, have been rescheduled.
For more information call 800-427-4697 or www.houstonconventionctr.com.
Downtown restaurants open
We’ll get a full report tomorrow; however, The Grove (1611 Lamar, 713-337-7321) will resume regular hours starting with lunch tomorrow.
The Lake House (1611 Lamar, 713-337-7321) will resume with regular hours starting tomorrow.
Stay safe and be careful coming into the city!
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Only authorized personnel are allowed to venture into Downtown Houston to assess the damages caused by Hurricane Ike. And as much as I love Downtown, that does not include me. : )
Several reports have mentioned that windows were damaged at Houston’s tallest building, the Chase building, and judging from news helicopter fly-bys, it’s not the only one that got whacked.
The Mayor has issued a citywide curfew from 9 pm to 6 am through next Saturday morning and as of right now, Downtown Houston is closed and looks like it will be on Monday too.
Here are some pictures that I have found and other articles to explain what all is going on. I wish I could go and see but judging from my own experiences of leaving my home, I am best staying put.
Photos:
Here - photos of Chase building.
Here – a search via Flickr of Downtown Houston preparing for and post-Ike.
Other good resources
City of Houston website.
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Mayor Bill White asked that all non-essential personnel be given Friday, September 12th off.
Many events are being postponed or cancelled, so please call the producing company of the event (or visit their website…) before venturing out. We can confirm the following in the Houston Theater District:
Houston Symphony
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Tagged: Heart of the City Gala, Houston Theater District, Hurricane Ike
