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The committee chairs also refer enced a memo obtained by the Project on Government Oversight and shared with CNN last week detailing how federal investigators believed the Secret Service was impeding them from obtaining key information about the agency’s response to January 6, 2021, was significantly altered to remove reference to nearly all those efforts before a final report was presented to lawmakers in June. Despite the alleged obstruction from Cuffari, Maloney and Thompson made a renewed request for documents and for DHS OIG personnel to be made available for interviews with a deadline of AugustIn23.his August 8 letter, Cuffari indicated he would not be recusing himself, writing, “Once these matters are complete, we will consider a renewed request for documents, briefings, or tran scribed interviews.”
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Maloney and Thompson have previously called for Cuffari to recuse himself from the investigation, saying they had lost confidence in him after he waited months to inform Congress that Secret Service text messages from January 6 had been erased. “Your obstruction of the Com mittees’ investigations is unacceptable, and your justifications for this noncom pliance appear to reflect a fundamental misunderstanding of Congress’s author ity and your duties as an Inspector Gen eral. If you continue to refuse to comply with our requests, we will have no choice but to consider alternate measures to ensure your compliance,” Maloney and Thompson wrote. As CNN has reported, the Secret Service texts were erased as a result of a previously scheduled data migration of its agents’ cell phones that began on January 27, 2021, exactly three weeks after the attack on the US Capitol. In their Tuesday letter, Maloney and Thompson reveal that Cuffari wrote to them on August 8 informing them he would not be complying with their requests. “To protect the integrity of our work and preserve our independence, we do not share information about on going matters, like the information you requested in your letters,” Cuffari wrote. “Similarly, we do not authorize our staff to sit for transcribed interviews with your committee about these ongoing matters.” Cuffari said that once “these matters are complete,” his office will “consider a renewed request for docu ments, briefings, or transcribed inter views,” according to Tuesday’s letter. CNN has requested comment from the DHS IG office.
The lawmakers also raised questions of whether Cuffari is using the ongoing criminal investigation into the missing text messages as an excuse to obstruct“WeCongress.areconcerned that you are now improperly using a criminal investi gation that you only recently announced to hide evidence from Congress of your misconduct and mismanagement,” Ma loney and Thompson said. In his previous letter, Cuffari defended how he has informed Congress, writing to Maloney and Thompson, “con sistent with the law, I have reported to Congress various access issues that my office has experienced since 2021,” and cited DHS OIG’s semiannual report sent to Congress in November 2021. But, Maloney and Thompson state that the November report “made no mention of Secret Service text mes sages,” and was given to Congress “nine months after communications were requested from the Secret Service, and long after your office learned that text messages were missing.”
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Two top House Democrats are accus ing the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General of ob structing their investigation into missing Secret Service text messages related to the January 6 Capitol attack, escalating tensions between Congress and the watchdogInagency.aletter on Tuesday, House Oversight Chairwoman Carolyn Ma loney and House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson, who also chairs the House January 6 committee, wrote to DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari, detailing claims of how Cuffari has not cooperated with their previous requests to provide documents or make his employees available for transcribed interviews in their ongoing investigation.
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DEMOCRACY IS NOT A PARTISAN ISSUE
By Jesse Jackson, National Political Writer
While the United States cham pions democracy across the world, our own democracy is under siege. Nothing is more funda mental to democracy than the right to vote – yet there is no explicit guarantee of the right to vote in the U.S. Consti tution. The U.S. ranks near the bottom of industrial democracies in voter turn out. This isn’t accidental – many states purposefully create barriers that make it difficult to register to vote or to cast a ballot. The sensible answer to this is to create — and enforce — the right to vote for every citizen. The 2020 presidential election witnessed the highest turnout in recent history. Eighty million people voted for Joe Biden; 74 million for Donald Trump. Yet, another 80 million who were eligible by age and citizenship did not vote. In midterm elections, like the upcoming election this year, voting turnout plummets to an average of about 40 percent of eligible voters casting ballots.Partof this low turnout comes from neglect: campaigns focus their resources and attention on targeted segments of the population. Too often poor and working people get no atten tion. Part of this comes from intent – the purposeful suppression of the vote. At the founding of the nation, U.S. leaders purposefully limited the right to vote. Initially only white, male landowners could vote. After the Civil War, the 15th Amendment outlawed discrimination based on race in the right to vote, yet across the South, that right was systematically suppressed, through organized terror, poll taxes, literacy tests, or ridiculous hurdles like correctly guessing the number of beans in a jar. After much struggle, the Voting Rights Act, the centerpiece of the civil rights struggle, outlawed those tactics and Black turnout surged across the South. In the wake of Barack Obama’s victorious presidential campaigns, however, the Republican Party became ever more intent on making voting more difficult – particularly for Blacks and Latinos and the young. And after Don ald Trump’s defeat – and Republican embrace of his Big Lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, Repub licans in various states have launched a concerted drive to restrict voting and to give Republican partisans more power over the casting and counting of votes. Over 400 bills have been introduced to make registration and voting more difficult. In 2020, a presidential election held in the midst of the pandemic, record numbers of voters – particularly people of color – elected to vote by mail or to vote early, in order to avoid crowds and lines on Election Day. Forty-three percent of voters cast a ballot by mail; only 21 percent cast their ballot on ElectionSoDay.Republicans – particularly in swing states where they control the state legislature – have passed measures to make voting by mail more difficult, to make it easier to disqualify such votes, to cut early voting days, to cut back on the number of polling stations particularly in urban areas. In all, The Voting Rights Alliance lists 61 different measures created to make voting more difficult, ranging from punishing voter registration groups to excessive purges of the voting rolls, to limits on student voting or on voting by those with a criminal record, to voter intimidation at the polls and more. These measures – pushed par ticularly in the so-called swing states –are given greater power because of the structural impediments to democracy in the U.S. For example, Democrats have won the popular vote in seven of eight presidential elections since 1992, but because of the electoral college, have won the presidency only five times. Add to that the obscene role of big money and increasingly dark money in politics – unleashed by decisions of the activ ist right-wing judges on the Supreme Court, and the principle of one person, one vote is Standingeviscerated.inthe way of rectify ing voter suppression is another struc tural impediment to democracy – the Senate created “filibuster rule” which requires a supermajority of 60 of 100 senators to overcome a filibuster to get anything done. In just the last two years, Republican senators have repeatedly used the filibuster to block electoral re form, torpedoing the For the People Act, the Freedom to Vote Act, and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. These would have limited big mon ey in politics, made voting registration easier, policed voter suppression in the states, and revived the Voting Rights Act to impede suppression measures target ed on minorities. A minority of senators representing a largely white minority of voters are blocking reforms that would empower the American people to vote and make their voices heard. Democracy should not be a partisan issue. Voting should be ground ed on the right of citizenship, not the interests of politicians. Eligible voters should be registered automatically. Election Day should not only be a national holiday, but early voting days should be extended, not constricted, voting sites should be convenient, not distant, election management should be nonpartisan, not subverted. One thing is clear. Our democracy won’t survive for long unless the people demand it – and vote to remove those who are subverting it. You can write to the Rev. 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As we move toward Midterm elec tions and continue to struggle with evictions and rent increases mostly based on greed and not need, it appears a good time to make the connection once again between those who vote and the quality of life, or the lack thereof, for so many. Consider the following fact. For ty nine percent of the residents of San Diego County and its cities are renters. While new construction continues to grow with more high-rise apartments and condos, and the homeless rate con tinues to increase, the average person will not be able to afford to live in one of these new structures. The reality is that most renters throughout San Diego County and the state of California are not voters. Landlords not only vote, but also con tribute to candidates who run for office. Consider also that no one appears to have looked at how many of our Judges themselves are landlords. Once again, I would like to remind you of what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said about the power of the vot er eight years before the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was enacted. In May of 1957, Dr. King said: “Give us the ballot and we will fill our legislative halls with men of good will…”“Give us the ballot and we will place judges on the benches of the South who will do justice and love mercy…”
Fifty-seven years later, we have the vote, but no longer use it for the purposes that Dr. King spoke of. If we did, we would have city, county, state, and national elected officials who would see the relationship between the lack of rent control and homelessness. We, the people, have the right and re sponsibility to make the issues before our elected bodies and not have them determined for us. In 90 days, this country will have a Midterm Election in which those who bought the Big Lie with Donald Trump are planning to use to further do away with voting rights and the democratic process. Mainstream media is not talking about voter regis tration. No one appears to be placing dollars in our communities to get out the vote. But it is up to each of us to determine that “Black Votes Matter” While Black voters may not be as many in number as White and Latino voters, there are still enough of us to determine the outcome of any election as proven by our electing President Joe Biden in 2020.
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6 President Joe Biden signed a sweep ing $750 billion health care, tax and climate bill into law at the White House on Tuesday -- marking a major victory for his administration and the Democratic Party ahead of the midterm elections.Biden said during a signing cer emony in the State Dining Room that the legislation, called the Inflation Reduction Act, is “one of the most significant laws in our history.”“With this law, the American people won, and the special interests lost,” Biden told an audience of Dem ocratic members of Congress and administration officials. “For a while people doubted whether any of that was going to happen, but we are in a season of substance.”Thebill signing is the latest celebration of a major legislative ac complishment for Biden this summer, having already held bill signings at the White House last week for a bill aimed at increasing domestic semiconductor production and increasing benefits for veterans affected by toxic burn pits in Afghanistan and Iraq. Biden has also chalked up wins on several other fronts in the last few months, including a bi partisan gun reform bill, ordering the successful mission to kill al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, sending billions in aid to Ukraine to help that nation defend itself against Russia’s invasion and helping Finland and Sweden begin the process of joining NATO. And throughout Tuesday’s
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White House ceremony, the President underscored the significance of what he sees as his administration’s accom plishments -- despite being written off when past negotiations for his legislative agenda failed.“Today, too often do we con fuse noise with substance. Too often we confuse setbacks with defeat. Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the critics and the cynics who delight in US President Joe Biden speaks during a signing ceremony for H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, in the State Dining Room of the White House on August 16, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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HEALTH: Center For Desease Control (CDC) Streamlines COVID-19 Guidance
• Reiterating that regardless of vac cination status, you should iso late from others when you have COVID-19.
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“We’re in a stronger place today as a nation, with more tools— like vaccination, boosters, and treat ments—to protect ourselves, and our communities, from severe illness from COVID-19,” said Greta Massetti, PhD, MPH, MMWR author. “We also have a better understanding of how to pro tect people from being exposed to the virus, like wearing high-quality masks, testing, and improved ventilation. This guidance acknowledges that the pan demic is not over, but also helps us move to a point where COVID-19 no longer severely disrupts our daily lives.”
• Recommending that if you test positive for COVID-19, you stay home for at least 5 days and isolate from others in your home. You are likely most infectious during these first 5 days. Wear a high-quality mask when you must be around others at home and in public.
If your results are positive, follow CDC’s full isolation recom mendations. If your results are negative, you can end your isolation.
• Recommending that instead of quarantining if you were exposed to COVID-19, you wear a high-quality mask for 10 days and get tested on day 5.
• If after 5 days you are fever-free for 24 hours without the use of medication, and your symptoms are improving, or you never had symptoms, you may end isolation after day 5. This updated guidance is intend ed to apply to community settings.
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• Updating its guidance for people who are not up to date on COVID-19 vaccines on what to do if exposed to someone with COVID-19. This is consistent with the existing guid ance for people who are up to date on COVID-19 vaccines.
he CDC is streamlining its COVID-19 guidance to help peo ple better understand their risk, how to protect themselves and others, what actions to take if exposed to COVID-19, and what actions to take if they are sick or test positive for the virus. COVID-19 continues to circulate globally, however, with so many tools available to us for reducing COVID-19 severity, there is significantly less risk of severe illness, hospitalization and death compared to earlier in the pandemic.
• You should also isolate if you are sick and suspect that you have COVID-19 but do not yet have test results.
In support of this update, the CDC is: • Continuing to promote the impor tance of being up to date with vac cination to protect people against serious illness, hospitalization, and death. Protection provided by the current vaccine against symptomatic infection and transmission is less than that against severe disease and diminishes over time, especially against the currently circulating variants. For this reason, it is important to stay up to date, especially as new vaccines become available.
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AHarris County judge denied a bail bond company’s request to block the 10% minimum premium rule passed by the Harris County Bail Bond Board earlier this year. This marks the second court to uphold the rule’s legal ity. The hearing was argued by Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee and First Assistant County Attorney Jonathan Fombonne.
COUNTY: Harris County Attorney – Christian Menefee Statement on Win in 10% Bail Bond Rule Case A Big Step In Protecting The Citizens Of Harris County
By StyleMagazine.com – Newswire Harris County Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia gave the following statement: “Public Safety is my priority. That’s as true now as County Commis sioner as it was when I was Sheriff. We in Harris County take a comprehensive approach to protecting communities. No shortcuts. The bail industry isn’t making us safer. Bondsmen are getting rich, while those accused of violent crimes are getting out of jail. I am proud to have proposed this rule which had unanimous, bi-partisan support at Commissioners Court. People accused of violent crimes should not get any discounts while they await trial. This affects no one accused of the most mi nor, nonviolent offenses who would be stuck in jail because they aren’t able to pay. County Attorney Menefee’s work on this issue and the judge’s fair ruling are important to keep our communities safe.”
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County Attorney Menefee issued the following statement: “I’m glad the judge recognized that the bail bond industry’s arguments were meritless. This is an important victory for families and communities who have been affected by violent crimes, and I’m pleased with the court’s decision.”
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On view for a limited time only After a Houston Chronicle ex posé revealed that some local bondsmen had been taking payments as low as 1% to bail out defendants, Commissioner Adrian Garcia proposed a resolution at Commissioners Court requiring the industry standard of 10% down for those accused of violent crimes. The reso lution passed unanimously. The rule, later proposed and passed by the Harris County Bail Bond Board, requires bail bond companies in Harris County to collect a minimum 10% premium before serving as a surety for people charged with certain violent felonies, including murder, rape, aggravated assault, etc.
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Eligibility Criteria Expanded To People Diagnosed With HIV By StyleMagazine.com – Newswire
Houston Intradermal Monkeypox Vaccination
The threat of monkeypox to Houston’s gen eral population remains low. Monkeypox is rare and doesn’t spread easily between people without close, personal, skin-to-skin contact. Symptoms include a rash or sores that can look like pimples or blisters and may be extremely painful, fever, headache, weakness, chills and swollen lymph nodes.Monkeypox can spread from person to person through prolonged face-to-face contact, intimate con tact and or close contact with the infectious rash, scabs, or body fluids. Contact with items such as clothing or linens that previously touched the rash or body fluids is another way monkeypox spreads.
The Houston Health Department on Tuesday switched to intradermal monkeypox vaccination, an injection just under the skin, and expand eli gibility criteria to the estimated 26,000 people living with HIV in Houston and Harris County. “We are eager to protect many more people in our community,” said Dr. David Persse, chief medical officer for the City of Houston. “We hope to avoid the high number of cases that other large cities are currentlyChangingreporting.”to intradermal administration of the JYNNEOS vaccine follows revised clinical guidance recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CD) and the Texas Department of State Health Services.Thedepartment has vaccinated 2,942 people subcutaneously, injecting the medication into the tissue layer between the skin and muscle. More than 800 people received their first doses this past weekend at a special clinic that the department organized to progress quickly through booked vaccination appointments. The department has also coordinated with local physicians to ensure vaccination for another 242 people. The department for about two months has strongly advocated for additional vaccines from the federal government and will continue to do so. The federal government has allotted 16,780 doses in sep arate shipments for Houston and Harris County. This week the department expects to receive a second shipment of about 10,100 doses. It received the first shipment totaling 6,740 doses on August 2. Delivery of the second shipment will boost the department’s inventory to 21,301 doses. The monkeypox vaccination regimen is two doses given four weeksTheapart.department in late July received 5,024 doses separate from the current allotment. It provides 30 percent of all shipments to Harris County Public Health. Houston current ly has 265 confirmed cases. Most of the cases are among gay, bisexual men or men who have sex with men.Monkeypox vac cine has not been wide ly available nationwide. However, widespread vaccination is not recom mended at this Groupstime.priori tized by the department for monkeypox vaccina tion are: · People confirmed to have had high- or intermediate-risk contact with someone with monkeypox. · People who attended an event or venue where there was a high risk of exposure to someone with confirmed monkeypox virus through skin-to-skin or sexual contact. The department works with event or venue organizers to identify people who may have been present and at risk of exposure while at the venue. Other groups re
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The illness usually lasts two to four weeks. It can spread from the time symptoms start until the rash fully heals and a fresh layer of skin has formed. People who suspect that they have monkey pox symptoms such as new unexplained rash or sores need to contact their doctor to set up a screening appointment.
ceiving vaccination priority are people age 18 and older who: · are men who have sex with men, and have had multiple or anonymous sex partners within the previous 21 days, · have a sex partner suspected of having monkeypox, such as a rash or sores, · are HIV positive or on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), or · have had a diagnosis of chlamydia, gonorrhea, or early syphilis within the previous 3 months.
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August 18, 2022 - August 24, 2022 www.StyleMagazine.com16 W ith over 500,000 collective streams on digital sales plat forms, Houston’s Newest R&B Artist Xandi, hosted an exclusive listening party for newly released album “Girl Talk” August 3rd at The Spot Eado. Xandi is a young singer/song writer born and raised in Houston. Having a passion for performing and a love for R&B music since the age of 4, Xandi discovered a talent for writing her own music.The young superstar has written ALL of her songs including her first mainstream single “You”, her first EP titled “Feels Like Nirvana”, her second EP “Catharsis”, and her third EP “By My Lonely” which can all be found on all major platforms.
HSM: How did you get your start as a singer in Houston?
HSM: As I was listening to the album, I felt like the opening track gave SWV vibes. Where did you find your inspiration and sound?
• XANDI Let go, it’s from a direct situation I was going through at that time, that song was a direct reflection of what I had going on in my love life at the time.
• XANDI It was good! We hosted it at my parents’ club, The Spot Eado and it was a great experience. The whole city came out - old elementary classmates and it was good to see people singing the words to my songs.
• XANDI [My sound is] old school R&B feel mixed with new school, I’m also inspired my Mary j Blige, India Arie, Jill Scott, Jazmyn Sullivan, Summer Walker, music like that. I like to fuse old and new. I also incorporate a Houston vibe with my music.
HSM: Where can readers follow you?
HSM: Tell us about ‘Girl Talk’
HSM: You and your team hosted a ‘Girl Talk’ listening party Aug 3rd, how was it?
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• XANDI On instagram you can find me at @xandiofficial and on Twitter @officialxandi_ . You can find ‘Girl Talk’ on all streaming platforms just search girl talk. Also check out my latest single ‘Say My Name’ out now.
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HSM: Is there a song on the album most personal or one you resonate with the most?
HSM: So, what’s next? Any upcoming promotional tours or appearances? • XANDI Right now my songs are playing on the radio 93.7 [The Beat]. I am also singing national anthem at Prairie View vs. TSU on Sept. 3rd. You can also find me performing around the city, and at community service events. I want to touch the city. I also have another EP coming
• XANDI I’m from Houston and grew up in Pearland. I went to Dawson high school. For college I attended Howard University, and when I finished I built my career here. Houston is an underrated gem in the music industry and I want to connect with the city.
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• XANDI Girl Talk is me being truthful with myself and my goal was to have no skips. I truly feel like there are no skips [on this EP] and anybody can listen to this all the way through. The differences with all my other projects is that I make music for me and with ‘Girl Talk’ it is all about me trying to relate to feminine energy, heartache, ups and success, missing people, it is a way to connect us in that way, we [women] can relate to.
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HSM: We heard that you wrote all your songs and that’s very impressive; tell us more about your journey as a • songwriter.XANDI I started out singing covers and then wanted to find a way to put out my own music and so I started writing remixes. That’s how I got started and my songwriting just grew with it.
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By StyleMagazine.com – Newswire METRO Board Chair Sanjay Ramabhadran, joined by fellow Board Members Lex Frieden, Diann Lewter, Troi Taylor, and agency leaders, celebrate the FTA’s award of $21.6 million to the Authority with local, state, and federal officials. by 2030 is a key component of MET RO’s Climate Action Plan, adopted earlier this year. Federal funds, which cover 80 percent of costs, will help the Houston region transition to more ener gy-efficient transit vehicles quicker. “This grant of $21.6 million will help METRO double its initial purchase of 20 full-sized electric buses to 40,” said METRO Board Chair San jay Ramabhadran. “Our move toward environmentally friendly vehicles also supports Mayor Sylvester Turner’s Complete Communities initiative and is focused on equity and accessibility.”
City of Houston Mayor Syl vester Turner acknowledged the award announcement as a collective effort, adding the event marked a great day for the city and transit agencies across the country. “We are happy to support MET
METRO Board of Directors Chair Sanjay Ramabhadran joined other Board members and agen cy leaders along with local, state, and federal officials to celebrate the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) recent award of $21.6 million to the Authority for the purchase of additional electric buses and related charging infrastruc ture. U.S. Department of Transportation leaders issued the following statements: “The awards, funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastruc ture Law, will help communities across America,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. FTA Administrator Nuria Fer nandez added that investments will also give more Americans access to opportunities that transit creates. “When a transit door opens, whether it is a bus, train, or ferry, it is a great equalizer for everyone in our nation,” said MovingFernandez.awayfrom diesel buses to 100 percent zero emissions purchases RO and I am thrilled with the work that has been done by this agency’s Board and its executive team,” said Turner. “Coordination is very important. Who would have thought that the city of Houston, the energy capital of the world, known so much for its cars and trucks, would be moving forward with electric buses? The best for this city is yet to come.” www.RideMetro.org
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For details on Ms. Johnnie’s Gingerbread House at 720 Alamo St, Lake Charles, LA, 70601 and find them on Facebook, or call the store 337-474-9278. than 1,200 comments. “I never really realized the power of social media. We have been overwhelmed in a good way. We’ve also sold out early every day since the release of the video! I normally send out about 10 shipments a month. We received about 40 in two days from all over the map in the United States. I am currently looking for help to fill the orders and maintain my store,” said Ames. The demand for the pies, both at the store front and shipping, resulted in Ames calling in family members to help with production and keep track of orders on social media. The business has since created its own TikTok account, posted FAQs and the menu on the Facebook page, and Ames is communicating with consumers via social media to inform everyone of product availability and how to receive baked goods through shipping.TikTok has rapidly become one of the most popular platforms to be adopted into social media strategic plans for destination marketing organi zations. Creators can quickly produce compelling content with the potential of instantly bringing people together for a shared experience, which is one of the main goals of social media for
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Peter Pan (2004) Choreographer: Trey McIntyre Music: Sir Edward Elgar, Arranged Niel DePonte September 9 - 18, 2022 Houston Ballet’s season begins on September 9 with Peter Pan. Based upon the popular children’s story by Sir James M. Barrie, Peter Pan is a capti vating performance following Wendy, John, Michael and Peter’s escape to Neverland. Told through the eyes of a child, this interpretation of the children’s classic tale features flying sequences, swashbuckling swordfights, giant pup pets, and costumes inspired by punk fashion sure to mesmerize audiences of all ages. Experience what Broadway World calls, “a magical ballet produced by a supremely talented dance com pany.” Houston Ballet’s performances of Peter Pan are sponsored by The Wortham Foundation, Inc. and King and Spalding Good Vibrations Red Earth (1996) Choreographer: Stanton Welch AM Music: Peter Sculthorpe The Letter V (2015) Choreographer: Mark Morris Music: Joseph Haydn
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Houston Ballet announces the sale of single tickets for fall 2022 performances on July 14, 2022, at 10 am CTS. The 2022-2023 season kicks off with two spectacular ballets — Trey McIntyre’s Peter Pan (September 9-18) and Good Vibrations (September 22 - October 2) before clos ing out the year with one of the Ballet’s most celebrated traditions, Welch’s The Nutcracker.“We are excited to return to the stage with these two fantastic fall per formances before ending the year with Houston’s ultimate holiday tradition, The Nutcracker,” said Stanton Welch AM, Houston Ballet Artistic Director. “Our team is hard at work preparing our spectacular fall performances, and we can’t wait to share another holiday season with the Houston community.”
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Good Vibrations (World Premiere) Choreographer: Arthur Pita Music: Christopher Austin September 22 - October 2, 2022 On September 22, Houston Ballet presents Good Vibrations. Good Vibrations sets the stage with a triple bill full of energy with Red Earth, The Letter V and a long-awaited world premiere by internationally acclaimed choreographer, Arthur Pita. Red Earth celebrates Australian artistry, transport ing audiences to a world where adver sity is expressed through movement, accompanied by an original score from Peter Sculthorpe and artwork from sce nic designer Kevin “Pro” Hart. In The Letter V, created by famously musical choreographer Mark Morris on Houston Ballet in 2015, dancers move to the music of Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 88 in G RoundingMajor. out the program is Pita’s world premiere, Good Vibrations, originally set to debut in the 2019-2020 season. This work marks the first time Pita has choreographed on Houston Ballet. Set to a commissioned score by Christopher Austin, with references to The Beach Boys’ legendary song, ‘Good Vibrations,’ this program is a whole vibe. Houston Ballet’s performances of Good Vibrations are funded in part by The City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance. Arthur Pita’s Good Vibra tions is underwritten by Leticia Loya. The Nutcracker (2016) Choreographer: Stanton Welch AM Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky November 25 – December 24, 2022
The ultimate holiday tradition returns with the grandeur audiences expect from Stanton Welch’s The Nutcracker. From snowflakes to sword fights to the Christmas tree that reaches the sky, this ballet is a nostalgic annual tradition and perfect holiday experience for the whole family. Be there as Clara and Drosselmeyer make their journey to the Kingdom of Sweets and meet the Sugar Plum Fairy and her prince in the land where the real magic happens. Welch’s The Nutcracker features hun dreds of roles and a myriad of exquisite details that will leave you finding some thing new in every performance. This year’s performances are dedicated to Patsy Chapman for her decades of service to Houston Ballet and the Nutcracker Market. [Houston Bal let’s performances of The Nutcracker sponsored by Houston Methodist, Baker Botts LLP, Bank of America, H-E-B, United Airlines, Shell Oil and KPRC] To learn more about Houston Ballet’s fall 2022 performances at the Wortham Theater Center, please www.HoustonBallet.orgvisit:
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