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Fairs and Carnivals

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    March 13, 2012

    Rating the Rides: Fear Is a Factor for the Rodeo's Roller Coasters

    You can't go to the Rodeo without going on the rides. Well, you could, but what fun is that? But if you're going on the rides, you definitely want to know what you're getting yourself into. So we rode `em and rated `em, just for you. 6. Mega Drop Does anyone remember the Dungeon Drop from AstroWo ... More >>

  • Music

    March 1, 2012

    Blake Shelton

    You can't go to the Rodeo without going on the rides. Well, you could, but what fun is that? But if you're going on the rides, you definitely want to know what you're getting yourself into. So we rode `em and rated `em, just for you. 6. Mega Drop Does anyone remember the Dungeon Drop from AstroWo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 16, 2012

    Kids Country

    You can't go to the Rodeo without going on the rides. Well, you could, but what fun is that? But if you're going on the rides, you definitely want to know what you're getting yourself into. So we rode `em and rated `em, just for you. 6. Mega Drop Does anyone remember the Dungeon Drop from AstroWo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 27, 2011

    Saengerfest Mini Monster Bash

    You can't go to the Rodeo without going on the rides. Well, you could, but what fun is that? But if you're going on the rides, you definitely want to know what you're getting yourself into. So we rode `em and rated `em, just for you. 6. Mega Drop Does anyone remember the Dungeon Drop from AstroWo ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 13, 2011

    "Fair" Game

    At DiverseWorks, curator Diane Barber sends up our city's new obsession with art fairs.

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    The Texas State Fair: Specializing in Fried Crap, 125 Years and Counting

    This year marks the 125th anniversary of the Texas State Fair, held every fall in Dallas at the wonderfully art deco Fair Park. I honestly had no idea until I went to the fair late last week, however. You'd think there'd be some more momentous foodstuffs to mark the occasion. Alas, the biggest news ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    State Fair Fare: Checking Out the Competition in Minnesota

    foodanddrinkdigital.comBig Tex, State Fair mascot who turns 59 this year, wears a 75 gallon hat and size 70 boots.​As soon as you walk through the gates of a state fair, whatever "diet" you may be on becomes null and void. If you're watching your carbs, trying to stay away from fried foods or ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Drunk Driver (With 18 License Suspensions) Sends Cops Scrambling, Smashes Patrol Car

    Thank God that's over​The Galveston County Fair & Rodeo is over, but it went out with a bang. This year's event saw one carnie arrested for being a sex offender and a ride operator nabbed for possessing three bags of pills, a bag of weed and brass knuckles. Enough for one year? No. There ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Robert Wayne Niffen: Carnie Fugitive Sex Offender Nabbed In Santa Fe

    Santa Fe PDRobert Wayne Niffen: Carnie, alleged sex offender​Given two key facts, you could safely probably suppose that 52-year-old Robert Wayne Niffen was a miscreant of some sort. To wit: 1. His middle name is Wayne. 2. He is a carnie. And its Peace Officer 101 that all carnies with the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    Man Dies from Roller Coaster Fall at Rodeo Houston

    Photo by Jeff BalkeThe HiMiler taken at last year's rodeo carnival.​A man fell 28 feet to his death from the HiMiler roller coaster in the waning moments of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo season. The 46-year-old was given CPR at the scene before being taken to the hospital, where he wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    Rodeo Houston Sets Attendance Records

    Photo courtesy of the Houston Livestock Show and RodeoBrad Paisley brought 'em in Saturday night.​The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo set an attendance record this year with 2,262,834 total visitors including a single-night record of 150,948. That same night, the rodeo recorded its third high ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Meat Sundaes and Deep-Fried Moon Pies: It's Rodeo Season!

    Photos by Katharine ShilcuttPulled pork sundaes at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. For more photos, check out our slideshow.​Hot beef sundaes are nothing new; in fact, we wrote about them back in March 2009, when the popular meat-and-potatoes parfait was taking to the streets of Nebraska ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    Recap: Episode 4 of The Next Iron Chef

    ​Welcome to another exciting episode of The Next Iron Chef, where the Houston food community gathers, hoping for a win for an Iron Chef who has a real passion for this sometimes underdog Texas city. And where Ming Tsai acts like a tool. By the way, did you hear when "Ming" called into 1560 The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    Fried Beer Wuz Robbed

    Try making this at home.​The overall winner of this year's Big Tex Choice Awards (the much publicized food awards at the annual State Fair of Texas) was an underdog from three brand-new competitors: the fried Frito pie. And although I'm happy for the gentlemen who won (as happy as you can be t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    Annise Parker Praises Shanghai For Its Acceptance Of Gays

    Annise Parker praises Shanghai for GLBT acceptance​Mayor Annise Parker is in the midst of the first big international trip of her term, a visit to China.She's attending the World Expo in Shanghai (Motto: "Yes, they still have World Fairs"), and in a speech cited the city's openness to gays as a so ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 22, 2010

    "Houston Center for Photography's 28th Annual Juried Membership Exhibition"

    Curator Hannah Frieser finds something for everyone

  • Calendar

    May 13, 2010

    Pasadena Strawberry Festival

    Anyone have some whipped cream?

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2010

    Funnel Cake Sticks at Burger King

    Photo by the impulsive buy​We never fall prey to fast food commercials and their new twists on old dishes, but...we saw the ad for funnel cake sticks at Burger King, and our munchie-having stoner inner child awoke inside us. We just had to have them. We know, we know...What can we say, you can ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    Suck It, Dallas: The Rodeo Outdraws The State Fair

    ​The Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo was the nation's biggest fair in 2009, an industry publication has declared.Carnival Warehouse, which sounds like the kind of place that has cheap late-night advertising for kuh-waaazy prices on merry-go-rounds, but is actually a publication that tracks the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 27, 2009

    LUMA

    This human-driven light show makes lasers look dim

  • Calendar

    April 6, 2006

    Aw, Shuck!

    This human-driven light show makes lasers look dim

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