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TxDOT would like to alert you to closures scheduled for next weekend, February 6-9, 2026. These include the closure of Alabama Street from Chenevert to St. Emanuel for the demolition of the Alabama Street[...]
1 in 3 teens in the U.S. experiences abuse from a dating partner, including physical, sexual, emotional, or verbal harm. Nearly 70% never tell anyone, making teen dating violence one of the most underreported forms[...]
‘Beyond The X-Ray’ exhibit open through May 3 at The Health Museum
Ready to play doctor? The Health Museum is bringing an exciting new exhibit to Houston which explores medical imaging and spans the ways doctors look inside the human body without surgery. Beyond the X-Ray debuted[...]
Time to Say Goodbye to the Flower Man’s House
After finding high levels of toxic mold, Project Row Houses announces plans to raze house, preserve Cleveland Turner’s legacy in other ways. Cleveland Turner, the Houston folk artist known as the “Flower Man,” died in December[...]
McGovern Centennial Gardens Open for Visitors
It was easy to disregard what remained incomplete when the McGovern Centennial Gardens executed its dedication ceremony last Oct. 18. The combination of resplendent weather, pristinely manicured lawns and gushing, gleeful patrons rendered bordering patches[...]
MFAH Unveils Ambitious $450 Million Expansion Plan
When Kansas City’s Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art opened its luminous new wing in 2007, the Steven Holl-designed building was immediately hailed by architectural critics as a masterpiece. The New York Times‘s Nicolai Ouroussoff called it[...]
Cultivate a Culture Habit
You can make culture a regular thing this year — and next year and the next. Just scope out the variety of recurring events in the Museum District and plug them into your calendar to[...]
Houston’s MacArthur fellow keeps churning out ‘social practice’ projects
Artist Rick Lowe was just back from a 10-day residency at the University of California-Berkeley. He had turned down an offer to teach for a semester at Stanford University and accepted an invitation from Auburn[...]