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SUMMARY:Ion Networking with Cup of Joey
DESCRIPTION:What is the purpose of Cup of Joey? It is to create a connected culture of coffee shop-open networking across our region. Every Friday morning\, you’ll have the opportunity to meet new and expand your current networks\, talk about tech\, inspire innovation\, and create community. \nSo\, what is the difference between a cup of joe and a Cup of Joe-Y? It is the WHY. It’s not what you do. It is why you do it! \nAt the Ion\, these are questions that we want to explore with the tech and innovation community. So\, show up\, be friendly\, and make new connections. Know your why\, and we will get to the future together. \nThe future is only a cup away. \nRegister Here: https://www.cupofjoey.org/
URL:https://iondistrict.com/event/ion-networking-with-cup-of-joey-34/2025-12-12/
LOCATION:Ion – Lobby\, 4201 Main St.\, Houston\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:3rd Party Registration,Academic Network,Community Event,Corporate Innovators,Founders & Startups,General Community,Investors & Capital,Networking,Office Hours,Start Here
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SUMMARY:2025 SMBHOU Gift of Guidance
DESCRIPTION:Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-smbhou-gift-of-guidance-tickets-1687838192469 \n\n\nMake a difference this holiday season and learn something new at the same time! \nOn December 12th\, the Houston Social Media Breakfast will meet with 10 local nonprofits to help them with a strategy to use social media for their charity. Eligible nonprofits receive pro bono advice from SMBHOU members with the goal of collaboratively developing an actionable\, micro social media plan. Together\, nonprofits will learn how to hone their social media approaches\, tools\, and technique while this working session allows SMBHOU members to give back to the community by sharing a special gift that only they can give – their expertise. \n2025 CHOSEN NONPROFITS \nAtlas Scholars \nDeath Collaborative \nHouston Hospice \nMain Street Theater \nNoah’s House \nPoder Hispano \nRestorative Houston \nTexas FASD Network \nThe Lighthouse of Houston \nVolunteer Houston
URL:https://iondistrict.com/event/2025-smbhou-gift-of-guidance/
LOCATION:Ion\, 4201 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:3rd Party Registration,All Communities,General Community,Mentorship,Networking,Register on Eventbrite
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SUMMARY:⭕️Cybersecurity Circle⭕️
DESCRIPTION:A networking meetup welcoming cybersecurity enthusiasts of all experience levels. \nOur mission is to DEFEAT CYBER CRIMINALS by making cybersecurity knowledge accessible and relatable to everyone. This event creates a supportive environment for individuals starting their cybersecurity journey\, those transitioning into the field\, and professionals navigating job transitions—including those rebuilding confidence after layoffs. Together\, we strengthen our collective defense against cyber threats while fostering career growth and community connections. \nThe Cybersecurity Circle unites practitioners of all levels in an inclusive community committed to defeating cybercrime through shared knowledge\, collaboration\, and continuous learning. Together\, we’re securing our digital world—one hack at a time \n 
URL:https://iondistrict.com/event/%e2%ad%95%ef%b8%8fcybersecurity-circle%e2%ad%95%ef%b8%8f-9/
LOCATION:Ion\, 4201 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:3rd Party Registration,Community Event,Founders & Startups,Networking,Start Here
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SUMMARY:SCORE Office Hours
DESCRIPTION:SCORE is the nation’s largest network of volunteer\, expert business mentors. Since 1964\, SCORE has helped more than 11 million entrepreneurs start\, grow\, or successfully exit a business. SCORE’s 10\,000 volunteers provide free\, expert mentoring\, resources\, and education in all 50 U.S. states and territories. \nOffice Hours with SCORE take place each Friday morning. Additional partners will be on-site the second Friday of each month (excluding holidays) \n 
URL:https://iondistrict.com/event/score-office-hours-31/
LOCATION:Ion\, 4201 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Founders & Startups,General Community,Networking,Office Hours,Start Here
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SUMMARY:Mother Bayou Exhibit Opening
DESCRIPTION:OVERVIEW \nInspired by the dynamic\, yet often-overlooked waters who animate our city\, Mother Bayou is a collaborative exhibition by Margaux Crump and Jake Eshelman that wonders what might be possible when we collectively reimagine Houston’s bayou ecologies as sacred\, fertile community spaces that nurture the biodiversity\, vitality\, and unfolding stories of our city. The exhibition features photographic images\, sculptures\, and direct material collaborations made with the myriad beings—both real and imagined—who reside in Houston’s bayous. \nDATES & LOCATION \nThe exhibition is on-view Dec 12\, 2025–Feb 1\, 2026. Normal gallery hours are every Saturday (excluding Jan 24th) from 12–6p\, or by appointment*. The Ion District Gallery is located on the first floor of their parking garage on Fannin St. between Eagle and Cleburne\, across from the Ion on the ground floor. \nPlease join us for an opening reception at The Ion District Gallery on Friday\, Dec 12th\, 2025 from 6–8p. \nAll Mother Bayou events are open and free to the public. \n*please contact margaux@margauxcrump.com or jake@jakeeshelman.com to schedule a private viewing outside of normal gallery hours \nABOUT THE ARTISTS\nMargaux Crump is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher exploring the entanglements between magic\, science\, and the spiritual Imagination. After earning her MFA in studio art from Washington University in St. Louis\, Crump immersed herself in the study of esotericism and ecology. Taking form primarily through sculpture\, photography\, painting\, and ritual\, her work traces threads of the mythic\, magical\, and imaginal across disciplines and histories in search of how they inhabit and trouble the present. Crump has notably exhibited at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum\, Women & Their Work\, DiverseWorks\, and Fotofest. She is a recipient of the Stone & DeGuire Contemporary Art Award and a recent Houston Endowment Jones Artist.\nwww.margauxcrump.com\nwww.instagram.com/margauxcrump \nJake Eshelman is an artist and researcher exploring the complex relationships between humans\, our environment\, and everyone we share it with. Primarily working through photography\, fragrance\, and written word\, he is especially fascinated by the ethical and spiritual significance of ecological interactions. As such\, Eshelman blends his creative and academic interests to help expand our normative conception of ‘ecology’ and provide opportunities for us to collectively transcend the notion that humanity is somehow separate from—or superior to—nature. Eshelman has exhibited internationally\, including Vantaa Art Museum Artsii in Helsinki\, Finland; Contemporary Calgary in Alberta\, Canada; Houston Center for Photography in Houston\, TX; The Centre for Research in the Arts\, Social Sciences and Humanities at Cambridge University\, UK; and Rhode Island School of Design\, RI.\nwww.jakeeshelman.com\nwww.instagram.com/jake.eshelman \nTOGETHER\, the artists’ collaborative work materializes as long-term\, research-based projects rooted in creative\, academic\, and spiritual inquiry. They are particularly devoted to exploring the crossroads between ritual\, ecology\, folklore\, and cultural memory—here in Houston and further afield. \nACKNOWLEDGEMENTS\nMother Bayou is funded in part by the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance. The artists also want to thank Piper Faust of Piper Faust Public Art and The Ion District for their support in coordinating this exhibition.
URL:https://iondistrict.com/event/mother-bayou-exhibit/
LOCATION:Ion Garage\, 4111 Fannin Street\, Houston\, TX
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