Lecture Classes in Houston, TX

This course welcomes people of all genders and sexualities and is a safe space! In this course we will explore important facets of a fulfilling, pleasurable, happy and healthy sex life! We will focus on how to optimize pleasure, both solo and with a partner or partners, how to reshape the ways we think about sex and our bodies, and of course how...

Mental Toughness for Women in the Workplace It's true! As women we’re full of compassion, we’re intuitive and we want to help! We want to make things better!! But in the business world, women are sometimes accused of being TOO SENSITIVE, or even worse, “too emotional”. What a career killer! So where do we draw the line? How do we overcome...

What have you heard about zero waste living? Is it actually achievable or does it make daily sustainable living practices seem easy or inaccessible, especially in the age of COVID-19? If you’re new to living sustainably and social impact or are already a reduced waste advocate, this event will share simple and clear best practices for how to lead...

The event of art, Jacques Rancière writes, plays out in “form, a burst of colour, an acceleration of rhythm, a pause between words, a movement, or a glimmering surface.” Art, in other words, transforms the “sensible fabric” of life “at the cost of constantly merging its own reasons with those belonging to other spheres of experience.”...

The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual, social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem, New York City, that spanned the 1920s and ushered in an unprecedented phase of African-American literary and artistic development. Writers such as Dr. Alain Locke and Langston Hughes along with artists such as Archibald Motley, Aaron Douglas, and Loïs Mailou...

Explore CPG and marketing with Clorox VP and GM Jackson Jeyanayagam. Jackson Jeyanayagam is the VP and General Manager of Direct-to-Consumer at Clorox, the world-renowned CPG company that had $6.2B in sales in FY 2019. So far in 2020, their stock is up more than 50% Jackson is a marketing veteran who was previously the CMO at Boxed. In 2018, he...

 In between World War I and World War II, the artistic endeavors of a group of painters known as the Mexican Muralists evolved from the pre-Columbian roots of the artists, as well as a desire to address the political and social transformation of the modern age. The members of this group often used large-scale mural paintings in order to convey...

Connect with Disney+ VP of Original Content Sarah Shepard Sarah Shepard is the VP of Original Content for Disney+, overseeing all scripted originals for the platform and projects such as The Mandalorian, High School Musical, Timmy Failure, Love Simon:The Series, and others. Prior to Disney+, Sarah served as Co-President of Smokehouse Pictures, George...

Explore growth-stage consumer and enterprise businesses with Amy Wu, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Sharia is often portrayed as Islamic legal maxims and corporal punishment—a rigid, “medieval” religious law, dating from the 7th century Arabia, that’s allegedly incompatible with modern democracy. But this image bears little resemblance to reality. Not only is Sharia a highly complex legal system, it’s also a metaphysical...

Artists learn from artists and animators learn from other animators. And animator is different than a development artist, or a story artist or other artists in the pipeline. They see and understand emotion, expression and how to tell a story through acting creating what we refer to as creating the illusion of life. James is a master at all this and...

Whether you're longing to return to France or have never had the pleasure of a visit, New York Times bestselling author and most recently, Drinking French, David Lebovitz, will make you feel like you've stepped into the "City of Lights." Lebovitz delves into trendy cocktails, quintessential apéritifs, café favorites, and complementary snacks that...

Are you interested in creating CG content? Are you wondering what kind of roles a CG artist plays in video games, films and animation and where you could fit in? Want to know about the latest tools available that can be in your budget or work arounds for other tools that are outside your budget? Join Digital Generalist Jim Hillin and explore the various...

Planet Earth is undergoing changes at an unprecedented rate. What used to take millennia now takes 50 years. The changes in 2019 alone are striking: an atmospheric river deluged portions of Northern California in late February; Anchorage shattered an all-time record at 90oF; France hit its highest-ever temperature of 114.6oF. This year has been no...

Explore venture capitalism with General Catalyst Managing Director Adam Valkin and Serena Ventures Partner Alison Rapaport. Adam Valkin is a managing director at General Catalyst, a venture capital firm that partners with seed to endurance-stage founders to help build companies that can withstand the test of time. Adam invests broadly in consumer...