My Houston Southeast

Photo: Darryl Howard Photography Food, fun, live music and more. Mark your calendar for Emancipations Park Conservancy’s annual Juneteenth party. “We’re calling it the Reunion,” says new CEO and president Corey Wilson. “Historically[...]

Photo: HMNS (the plane & Patrick Madden, Chief Executive Officer, National Archives Foundation, Leroy E. Cain, Program Manager International Space Station & Boeing Houston Site Leader, Jelain Chubb, State Archivist and Director, Texas State[...]

Photo: Houston Museum of Natural Science When Kathleen Havens was six years old her parents took her to see the original Treasures of Tutankhamun touring exhibit at the New Orleans Museum of Art[...]

Did you know that there are seven Cultural Districts in Houston and two of them — almost — are in Houston Southeast. Photo: Third Ward Cultural District “State designated Cultural Districts support artists,[...]

Photo: Yates High School and HISD In February Jack Yates Senior High School celebrated 100 years as an educational and cultural anchor for the District’s historic Third Ward. On February 8, 1926, Yates[...]

Spring break can be tough on a budget; the kids need to be entertained but money is tight. No Airbnb’s in Austin, no vacation home on the island, not even enough money for a day[...]

Photos: John P. McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science While you’ve probably been to the Houston Museum of Natural Science and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, have you been to the[...]

Daiquiris are a staple of mixology, a rum, citrus, and sugar concoction from Cuba during the Spanish-American War that remains wildly popular in America today. So, you would expect a place named Daiquiri Land to[...]

Photo: Juliana Workman Sliders, those mini burgers, have been around in America since the 1920s. And yes, it was White Castle, founded in 1921in Kansas, that popularized them. (Side note: Texas will see[...]

Photos: DLR Group / MVVA The new performance season at the historic Miller Outdoor Theatre in Hermann Park won’t start until summer. That’s when the current renovations are scheduled to be finished, including[...]

Photo: Blaffer Art Museum When you think of Houston museums, you might not think of the Blaffer Art Museum. Not at first, anyway. It’s not a huge institution, it doesn’t host blockbuster exhibits,[...]