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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,[...]
Houston’s Oldest Park Debuts Its $33.6 Million Renovation
EMANCIPATION PARK OPENED IN THE THIRD WARD IN 1872, on a plot of land purchased for $800 by a group of former slaves. The opening took place nine years after president Abraham Lincoln signed the[...]
Blue Ivy and Aunt Solange Throw Up the ‘Tre Sign’ For Third Ward
Blue Ivy Carter stole the show at her grandma's Wearable Art Gala. Blue took the red carpet with her aunt, Solange Knowles, where the two posed it up for the cameras. "These are two peas[...]
LGBTQ Senior Housing Facility in Historic Third Ward Reaches Fundraising Goal
A new LGBTQ-focused affordable senior housing facility has passed its fundraising goal and will begin construction most likely in early 2018. According to a March press release, the Montrose Center, one of the nation’s leading[...]
Houston Museum District; A Bucket List Travel Location next to Sri Lanka and Mallorca, Spain. Wow!
SmarterTravel.com has great things to say about Houston, Texas as it is added to the 9 Bucket List locations one should travel. Texas is having a moment, thanks to evolving cities like diverse Houston—a newly[...]
How Houston Has Become The Most Diverse Place In America
Barber Roy Lizcano at his shop 3rd Ward Finest Kutz in the Third Ward in Houston. The Third Ward is one of the city's six historic wards and is the center of the African American[...]
Houston Symphony To Perform Free Summer Concert Series in Houston Southeast
The Houston Symphony announced today the details of its free family-friendly summer concerts during the months of June and July. A Houston tradition, these evening concerts are held in various casual venues across Greater Houston,[...]
ENGIE Will Be Supplying Solar Power to the Hermann Park Zoo in the City of Houston
The City of Houston and ENGIE are pleased to announce that ENGIE's 50 MW SolaireHolman plant is now on line, operational, and capable of providing up to 10.5% of the City's electricity needs with clean,[...]
Houston Southeast Welcomes New Grocery Store
THIRD WARD – ALDI, a burgeoning international supermarket chain renowned for its combination of quality groceries and discount prices, is expanding to the Third Ward with a location at 3618 Old Spanish Trail scheduled to[...]