Dine-and-Discover Meetings and Events
Our meeting date is the last Wednesday of the month. Special event dates will be announced. RSVPs are due by noon on the Monday prior to each meeting as online registration automatically closes at that time. If registration is closed and you find you can attend, please contact Mary Abshier to check on seating availability.
Below is a menu of programs that are sure to satisfy any intellectual appetite. Join HFCW’s meetings where lifetime learners gather. Be a part of our long history of sharing wit and wisdom with HFCW members and their guests since 1974.
Questions? Contact Mary Abshier at info@hfcw.org or (281) 923-9241.
Missy Bosch
Program
Missy Bosch
About The Speaker
Missy Bosch is a Houston native whose love for her city is woven into everything she
creates. A graduate of the University of Houston with a degree in sculpture, Missy has
spent decades channeling her passion for art, craft, and community into a body of work
that feels both timeless and deeply personal.
From her private studio in a renovated downtown building she’s owned since the 90s,
Missy handcrafts laser-cut jewelry, home décor, gifts, and handmade journals — each
piece reflecting her fondness for pop culture and her appreciation for the past. A proud
member of the Houston Book Arts Guild, she also shares her craft through bookbinding
and boxmaking classes at Red Bird Press and private lessons in her studio.
But Missy’s connection to downtown Houston goes beyond her art. In 1996, she and her
husband Jim Pirtle purchased the property at 314 Main Street with a dream of opening
a chess-and-coffee gathering place. What followed became something even richer —
Notsuoh Bar, now a beloved downtown institution entering its 30th year, run as a true
family business alongside their daughter Martha.
If you plan to attend, please RSVP to info@hfcw.org.