My Houston Southeast

Photos: Courtesy City Parks Alliance MacGregor Park is a lush oasis in the Houston Southeast management district, 83 acres of greenspace just east of the Texas Medical Center boasting picnic grounds, a vibrant[...]

Photo: The CKP Group Houston’s historic Miller Outdoor Theatre (MOT) is in its second century and there’re plenty more free performances coming up this year. This largest free program of its kind in[...]

Photo Credit: Caribbean Jerk Palace Caribbean food, much like the city of Houston itself, is culturally diverse, surprising, and spicy. The island foodways was born of melding indigenous foods with those of European[...]

Photo Credit: Hermann Park Conservancy One of the most magical places in Houston is atop the 30-foot Mount in Hermann Park. Part of the McGovern Centennial Gardens, this manmade feature rises from the[...]

Photo by: (Hermann Hospital) Texas State Historical Association In 1964, the former King of England, then Duke of Windsor, came to Texas Medical Center “to see the maestro,” referring to Dr. Michale E.[...]

Katie Stone presents Check to Houston Food Bank Foodies citywide are chowing down at restaurants for a good cause this month. It’s the 23rd annual Houston Restaurant Weeks (HRW). From August 1 to[...]

Photo: Harris County Precinct One On Juneteenth Commissioner Rodney Ellis, Harris County Precinct One, and Harris County Public Health honored100 years of community, care, and resilience at Riverside Hospital recognizing a landmark built[...]

Photo: The Gite Gallery As a child, native Houstonian Lloyd Gite was always fascinated by Africa. In 1976 he visited the continent for the first time. And he’s continued to return to its[...]

Houston has been celebrating Juneteenth almost since that day in 1865 when Union Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston with the news that all enslaved people were free. The next year Galveston Blacks celebrated[...]

After the Trump administration eliminated the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) funding, Texas Southern University’s KTSU 90.9, The Choice and its sister channel The Vibe, Houston’s source for Urban Alternative music, lost about $203,000 of[...]

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[...]