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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[...]
Rice Partners With Raise Your Hand Texas Foundation’s Teachers Program
Rice University’s Teacher Education program, part of the university’s Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, has been selected as a partner university in the Raise Your Hand Texas Foundation’s Raising Texas Teachers program. The[...]
What To Expect With METRORail Red Line SHUT DOWN To And From Texas Medical Center
Beginning this Friday, July 14 at 10:00 P.M. there will be a METRORail Red Line Bus Bridge in effect between Texas Medical Center Transit Center and Fannin South Transit Center stations until Monday, July[...]
The Third Ward’s fight to manage gentrification
Photo: Gary Coronado, Staff The east corner of Elgin and Dowling Streets doesn’t look like much now. Sitting across from the ongoing $33 million renovation of Emancipation Park, the lot is empty. But Garnet Coleman,[...]
Holocaust Museum Houston to double in size in almost $50 million expansion
A number was off when Holocaust Museum Houston's CEO Kelly Zúñiga sat down to sign the grant agreement June 19 for the largest donation in museum history. At least that's what she thought. But donor[...]
Behind the New Look of Houston’s Oldest Park, a Complex Racial History
On a recent Saturday morning in Houston’s Third Ward neighborhood, about 120 people gathered for a prayer vigil and march at Emancipation Park. People wore gym shorts and T-shirts, dashikis and jeans as they lined[...]
New bikes bring new life to historic Third Ward
In the blocks surrounding the pomp of the grand opening for Third Ward's sweeping new Emancipation Park this past weekend, residents may have noticed something else new and unusual: A fleet of shiny orange bikes,[...]
In Houston, an Original Juneteenth Celebration Site Reborn – Article by New York Times
Photo by Michael Stravato for The New York Times HOUSTON — In 1872, a group of African-American ministers and businessmen in Houston purchased 10 acres of land south of downtown, in the city’s predominantly black[...]
Houston’s Best Art Galleries and Museums
Art mania is sweeping the town. Houston ranks among America’s major destinations for museums, galleries, and increasingly public commissions, as well as a significant talent pool of working artists. Here’s your go-to guide to the[...]