🎨 Canopy Marks 10 Years With an Art Show of Survivors' Work

🥪 Tony's Italian Deli Opens Its Third Houston-Area Shop at City Place

❤️ Two Local Leaders Join the Heart Association's Gulf Coast Board

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Canopy Cancer Survivorship Center celebrated 10 years with an art exhibition called "Canopy Expressions: Under the Canopy" on Thursday, Nov. 5, held in partnership with Wonders & Worries. The show featured work by cancer survivors and their loved ones, created through four of Canopy's programs.

Those programs are Healing Art, led by Olimpia Petzold; Creative Reflections, led by Rowena Hayes; Sketching for the Soul, led by Barbara Daly; and Wonders & Worries Art Projects, led by Danielle Coleman and Jordyn Doerre, which serves children whose parents have cancer. A back room also featured a video celebrating 10 years of Healing Art.

Canopy is on the campus of Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center. It is open at no cost to anyone affected by cancer, whether patient, caregiver or family member, no matter where treatment took place.

Why it matters: Ten years in, Canopy is still a free place for survivors and their families to turn a hard season into something they can make.

Source/Credits: Hello Woodlands

Tony's Italian Delicatessen, the sandwich shop known for generously filled subs, has opened its third Houston-area location at City Place in North Houston. The nearly 2,000-square-foot deli is on the ground floor of City Place 1 at 1700 City Plaza Drive.

The original deli, rooted in Montgomery, ranked No. 1 on Yelp's Top 100 Places to Eat in 2017, and Tony's already has shops in Tomball and Montgomery. Owner Lori Hutchison first knew Tony's as a customer, later bought the business and opened the Tomball location in November 2020.

Hot and cold sandwiches are called carnegies and include the Stallone (capicola, soppressata, ham and salami), the Sophia (roasted turkey and pesto mayo) and the Pacino (mortadella, bacon and provolone). The deli is open 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and closed Sundays.

Why it matters: A shop from Tomball and Montgomery now serves a City Place lunch crowd that, by the owner's account, has lined up since the first day.

Source/Credits: Woodlands Online

The American Heart Association's Gulf Coast market has added two new members to its board of directors: Gil Staley and James Campbell. The board is focused on expanding access to lifesaving CPR training, improving hypertension awareness and supporting research and education.

Staley is director of business development for Origin Bank and spent 20 years as CEO of The Woodlands Area Economic Development Partnership. He also spent 26 years in senior sales leadership roles with Delta Air Lines.

Campbell is chief of EMS for the Montgomery County Hospital District, with more than two decades of experience in fire and emergency medical services. He sits on the Governor's EMS & Trauma Advisory Council EMS Committee and on the boards of the SouthEast Texas Regional Advisory Council and Leadership Montgomery County.

Why it matters: A former economic development CEO and the hospital district's EMS chief now help guide an organization focused on CPR training and heart health.

Source/Credits: Hello Woodlands

🗓️ Grand Trolley Reveal | Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Southside Trolley Stop | 10 to 11 a.m. | More info

🗓️ Veterans Day Tribute | The Woodlands Central Fire Station, 9951 Grogan's Mill Road | 4 to 5 p.m. | More info

🗓️ The Woodlands Car Club 25th Anniversary Gathering | Becks Prime | 6 to 9 p.m. | Open to the public | More info

🗓️ FaithsTogether Community Observance | Trinity Episcopal, 3901 S. Panther Creek Dr. | Doors 6:30 p.m., program 7 p.m. | Free | More info

🗓️ Market Street in Lights Christmas Tree Lighting | Market Street, Central Park | 5:30 p.m. | More info

🗓️ Junior League Holiday Market | The Woodlands Waterway Marriott | 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. | $18 online through Nov. 15, $20 at the door | More info

🗓️ Water Lantern Festival (Nov. 20 to 22) | City Place Park, Spring | Gates open 2:30 p.m. | Tickets required, free for children under 8 | More info

🗓️ Ice Rink Season Opening and Ribbon Cutting | The Woodlands Ice Rink, 2005 Lake Robbins Drive | 6 to 9 p.m. | Regular admission | More info

🗓️ Household Hazardous Waste Drive-Thru | Sterling Ridge Park & Ride, 8001 McBeth Way | 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. | Free, proof of residency required | More info

🗓️ Lighting of the Doves Festival | Town Green Park, 2099 Lake Robbins Drive | 3 to 8 p.m. | Free, $5 wristband for snow play | More info

Note: Dates and times are as announced online. Organizers may make changes. Always confirm before heading out.

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