House Officers

Welcome Assoc.  Newsletter

November/December 2009

 

HOWA Website

Check out our website!! 

www.orgsites.com/oh/howa/

See our Insider’s Guide for helpful information and check out our calendar of events for the most up to date information.

 

HOWA REAL ESTATE

If you are looking to buy, sell, or rent a home, please check out our real estate website:

www.orgsites.com/oh/howarealty/

 

This is a FREE service to residents and HOWA families! Realtors are preferred by our residents.

 

HOWA EVENTS:

 

November Socials: 

 

Movie Monday!
Monday, November 9

Come see a movie for $5 at Cedar Lee!

Time TBD

Please rsvp: Ginaslowe@gmail.com

Chocolate Fondue & Game Night!

Wednesday, November 18,

7-9 p.m.

RSVP: Gigi at GigiIlkay@aol.com

Please join us for chocolate fondue and game night.

 

December Social

 

 Cookie Exchange and Gingerbread House Decorating: 

Wednesday,   December 9

WHERE:  TBD

 

RSVP:  Gina ginaslowe@gmail.com

If you are interested in taking home a variety of delicious cookies, please let us know if you will participate in the exchange and what kind of cookie you would like to make. We will let you know how many cookies to bring.  If not, please come to show off your gingerbread house decorating skills.  All supplies are included.

 

 

 

 

Playgroup

COOKING W/KIDS
Saturday, November 14

12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.

Cooking with Kids Family Workshop at the Children's Museum (ages 3 and up).

RSVP: Laurie.p.sun@gmail.com

Note: there is a fee for this workshop

 

TOWER CITY HOLIDAY FUN!

Saturday, December 5
10:00am – 2:00pm

Come and bring the kids to Tower City for holiday fun: Inventionasium, Bruce the Talking Spruce, Holiday Dance Shows and Decorations, Holiday Train, Gingerbread Lane. Children and adults alike will delight in touring the inter-active, secret inventing lab of Kris Kringle, the toymaker Extraordinaire”! Kringle’s Iventionasium is free to tour. Visits with Kris Kringle are also free. Charges apply to photos with Mr. Kringle and the Invent-A-Toy activity. Kringle’s also features a gift shop of unique toys and decorations.

RSVP: Laurie.p.sun@gmail.com

 

JOSEPH BETH BOOKSELLERS STORY TIME
Tuesday, December 8

10:30am - 11:30am

Storytime for the kids. Free at Joseph Beth Booksellers.

RSVP Laurie.p.sun@gmail.com

CLEVELAND HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES and EVENTS:

The holidays in Cleveland are full of lights, snow, and special events such as the lighting at Public Square, the "Nutcracker," and the annual "Christmas Carol" presentation. Check out some fun ideas:

Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens Winter Wonderland

Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens transforms itself each holiday season into a winter wonderland. Stan Hywet’s annual holiday evening event is Deck The Hall, November 19-December 30. Traditional Christmas decorations will fill The Manor House, with a special Seiberling Christmas exhibit in the Great Hall. Special musical entertainment from area choirs and music groups will be featured on Sunday and Tuesday evenings. Outside, the gardens and grounds will be decorated in a winter wonderland of lights. Also, the Happy Trails Cuddle Barn, is where children may pet sheep and goats.  For more info go to: www.stanhywet.org

 

WinterFest - Tree Lighting at Public Square

WinterFest is the annual holiday celebration in Cleveland's Public Square. Held the weekend after Thanksgiving each year, the evening of music, dance, and hot chocolate culminates in the lighting of the unique holiday light displays in each quadrant of the square and the Christmas tree in front of Tower City. Over 50,000 people attend the event each year. The light display is kept up until after New Year's Day. The event is FREE and is usually televised.

Heights Arts Holiday Store 8^th Annual,  November 7-December 30:

Great artwork for sale at Heights Arts Holiday Store (40% of all artists' sales go to supporting HeightsArts, a local not-for-profit community arts organization, www.heightsarts.org) Heights Arts Gallery  Art, crafts, books and CDs by 100 local artists, writers, and musicians. Shop at the Holiday Store and support the arts in your neighborhood.

Cleveland Playhouse Festival of Trees: November 23-January 3

Each year, the Cleveland Play House adorns its halls with over 70 professionally-decorated holiday trees, of all shapes and sizes. The show lasts from late November through New Year's Eve. Admission is free. www.Clevelandplayhouse.com.

 

Cleveland Botanical Gardens: Winter Wonderland:

November 21-January 3

The Cleveland Botanical Garden hosts an annual Gingerbread House Competition as part of their annual winter holiday festivities. For the 2009 holiday season, the Cleveland Botanical Garden will feature the rink on Wade Oval. Come enjoy: outdoor skating on Wade Oval,
a great big, sparkling tree, enchanting gingerbread houses,
captivating window displays depicting winter scenes, festive holiday flowers in the Garden's Eleanor Armstrong Smith Glasshouse, model trains, gifts for everyone in the Garden Store, festive food, cookies, hot chocolate! http://www.cbgarden.org/events/wintershow_2009.html

Holiday Display at the Rockefeller Greenhouse

Each holiday season the Cleveland Greenhouse, just north of University Circle, transforms itself into a holiday wonderland with hundreds of red, white, and pink Poinsettias and other Christmas flowering plants. December through January, admission is free.

 

The Nutcracker:

Though the Cleveland Ballet is no longer with us, guest companies traditionally perform this holiday favorite in Cleveland. For tickets, www.playhousesquare.com or call the ticket office at 216 771-8403 or 800 352-0212.

 

 

 

Northeast Ohio Sleigh Rides:

Nothing is as romantic as a winter sleigh ride through Northeast Ohio snow-covered fields. A number of farms and attractions offer such rides. Find out more about this holiday favorite.

·         Carriage Trade Farm - Thirty minute, horse-drawn, scenic sleigh rides through the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Seasonal. Call 330 467-9000 for information and reservations.

Country Lights at Lake Farm Park

December 4-23

5-9 p.m.

Build a toy in Santa’s workshop, take a wagon ride through holiday light displays at Lake Metroparks Farm Park. http://www.lakemetroparks.com/programs/CountryLights.shtml#Tickets

 

Would you like to host a HOWA event or have a great idea to share? Email Gina at ginaslowe@gmail.com or Gigi at GigiIlkay@aol.com

 

 

Best Wishes for the Holidays and a Very Happy New Year!