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Hurricane Katrina

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    CNN Goes In-Depth on Houston and Katrina

    It's all about us.​CNN's series Defining America has taken a long look at Houston and its absorption of Katrina evacuees. "Houston, the sprawling, business-friendly oil city, has absorbed some of New Orleans, a compact mecca of music, merriment and food," the report says. One of the main sub ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2011

    Rick Perry's Prayerapalooza: Let The Whitewashing Begin!

    ​Sharp eyes at the Austin American-Statesman have noticed something different about the home page for the epic Houston prayer meeting called The Response: It seems to have been scrubbed. The page no longer includes a list of "endorsers," several of whom drew criticism for being frothing luna ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2011

    Hurricane Update: The Calm Before the Storm?

    Let's hope not.​This year has brought record droughts, killer tornados and devastating flooding, yet our hurricane season has yet to rev up. This may cause some to believe we could be spared from substantial tropical activity this year. Don't believe it. What may seem like a quiet tropical At ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 2, 2011

    Karen White: The Beach Trees

    Let's hope not.​This year has brought record droughts, killer tornados and devastating flooding, yet our hurricane season has yet to rev up. This may cause some to believe we could be spared from substantial tropical activity this year. Don't believe it. What may seem like a quiet tropical At ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    Patrick Ita: The Genius Who Combined Medicare and Katrina Fraud

    Like combining chocolate and peanut butter​In the Southern District of Texas, U.S. Attorneys often deal with two kinds of fraud: scams involving a) Medicare, or b) Hurricanes Katrina or Rita. It takes a special genius to combine the two, and apparently Patrick Ita is that man. Prosecutors un ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 26, 2010

    Hurricane Heist

    Things gets illustrated in Dark Rain

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Where The Hurricanes At? Weather Guys Say They Are Coming

    Despite predictions, 2010 is no 2005 for hurricanes.​Each year we are treated to a barrage of predictions from noted hurricane experts about how active a hurricane season we will have in the Atlantic basin which includes the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. This year, the predictions were rat ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 8, 2010

    Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series: Dorianne Laux and Patricia Smith

    Two women write poems / About life and the Super Dome / Theirs don't tend to rhyme / but still come out fine / Their reading is well worth your time

  • News

    April 1, 2010

    Telling New Orleans

    The Wire's creator moves south in Treme on HBO.

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    A Scientific Comparison Of Indianapolis And New Orleans

    ​Even before Katrina, Houston was long a brother to New Orleans. Cars packed with revelers make that I-10 drive come Mardi Gras time, or whenever the urge hits.Katrina only cemented the bond. So with the Saints in the Super Bowl, as odd as those five words strung together may sound, we're firmly r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    The 10 Biggest Non-Bummers Of The Decade In Houston

    ​We recently took a look at the 10 Biggest Bummers of Houston's Decade; in the spirit of equal time (and the season), we now offer the 10 Biggest Non-Bummers of the Oughts.This being Houston, some of these happy developments have a not-so-happy side, but that's to be expected, we suppose.Are we mi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2009

    Guilty Pleas From The Sisters Who Dared To Defraud FEMA And Oprah

    This summer we told you about two locals who had not only been accused of defrauding the federal government, but something far, far more powerful: Oprah Winfrey.​Sisters Darlene McGruder Poole and Lashone McGruder Victor were charged in August with filing false information to FEMA in order to get ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2009

    New Orleans Brass Band Invades Big Top Tomorrow

    ​In a late and welcome addition to the Big Top Lounge's calendar, tomorrow night finds the New Orleans Hustlers Brass Band making their Main Street debut. Fans of the Rebirth, Dirty Dozen or Hot 8 brass bands will dig these guys, most of whom settled here after Katrina but have played out more ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    Ripping Off FEMA And Oprah: Not A Good Idea

    ​It's one thing to defraud FEMA in the wake of a hurricane. It's another to mess with Oprah.That's the sad, heavy lesson learned by four people named in indictments unsealed this morning by the U.S. Attorney's office. They're charged with, as the feds put it, "wrongfully obtaining rental assistanc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 23, 2009

    El Franco Lee II: "Visual Harassment"

    Houston's resident urban mannerist takes a hard look at life in black America

  • Culture

    February 12, 2009

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Arms and the Man, The Man Who Saved New Orleans, The Odd Couple, Taking Flight

    Houston's resident urban mannerist takes a hard look at life in black America

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2008

    Be Thou Fishers Of Men, Or Scammers Of Government

    There's no scam like a religious scam. And there's no religious scam like one where the church involved has a really churchy name, like Fishers of Men. And that's what we have (allegedly) in Houston -- the US Attorney's office has indicted the heads of Fishers of Men for skimming millions in fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2008

    Freddie Mac Helps Out Bankers (And A Couple Of Home Owners)

    There's no scam like a religious scam. And there's no religious scam like one where the church involved has a really churchy name, like Fishers of Men. And that's what we have (allegedly) in Houston -- the US Attorney's office has indicted the heads of Fishers of Men for skimming millions in fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2008

    Time for the Astrodome to Step Up?

    There's no scam like a religious scam. And there's no religious scam like one where the church involved has a really churchy name, like Fishers of Men. And that's what we have (allegedly) in Houston -- the US Attorney's office has indicted the heads of Fishers of Men for skimming millions in fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2008

    Positive Pub For Mayor White

    There's no scam like a religious scam. And there's no religious scam like one where the church involved has a really churchy name, like Fishers of Men. And that's what we have (allegedly) in Houston -- the US Attorney's office has indicted the heads of Fishers of Men for skimming millions in fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2008

    Houstonians' Open Arms Not So Open This Time

    There's no scam like a religious scam. And there's no religious scam like one where the church involved has a really churchy name, like Fishers of Men. And that's what we have (allegedly) in Houston -- the US Attorney's office has indicted the heads of Fishers of Men for skimming millions in fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2008

    That Strange Katrina-Refugee Kidnapping Story Takes Another Step

    There's no scam like a religious scam. And there's no religious scam like one where the church involved has a really churchy name, like Fishers of Men. And that's what we have (allegedly) in Houston -- the US Attorney's office has indicted the heads of Fishers of Men for skimming millions in fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2008

    Movies For Your Hurricane Party Tonight

    There's no scam like a religious scam. And there's no religious scam like one where the church involved has a really churchy name, like Fishers of Men. And that's what we have (allegedly) in Houston -- the US Attorney's office has indicted the heads of Fishers of Men for skimming millions in fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2008

    New Orleans Brass Band Showdown Downtown Tonight

    There's no scam like a religious scam. And there's no religious scam like one where the church involved has a really churchy name, like Fishers of Men. And that's what we have (allegedly) in Houston -- the US Attorney's office has indicted the heads of Fishers of Men for skimming millions in fa ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 20, 2008

    Mama Assumption's and Capone's Bar and Oven

    There's no scam like a religious scam. And there's no religious scam like one where the church involved has a really churchy name, like Fishers of Men. And that's what we have (allegedly) in Houston -- the US Attorney's office has indicted the heads of Fishers of Men for skimming millions in fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2008

    Weekend Music: Does Humpty Hump Still Like His Oatmeal Lumpy?

    There's no scam like a religious scam. And there's no religious scam like one where the church involved has a really churchy name, like Fishers of Men. And that's what we have (allegedly) in Houston -- the US Attorney's office has indicted the heads of Fishers of Men for skimming millions in fa ... More >>

  • Music

    November 8, 2007

    Down

    There's no scam like a religious scam. And there's no religious scam like one where the church involved has a really churchy name, like Fishers of Men. And that's what we have (allegedly) in Houston -- the US Attorney's office has indicted the heads of Fishers of Men for skimming millions in fa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 30, 2007

    Chris Rose

    1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2007

    Radio Houstoned: Chris Rose and Hurricane Katrina

    1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina

  • Calendar

    August 23, 2007

    Political Storm

    Performance artist Jose Torres Tama brings us his story of Katrina

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2007

    Harris County Leads the Nation in Minority Growth. What You Got Now, Los Angeles?

    Performance artist Jose Torres Tama brings us his story of Katrina

  • Music

    April 19, 2007

    Matt Lemmler

    The Music of New Orleans

  • Home Entertainment

    January 4, 2007

    Weird and Wonderful

    The Music of New Orleans

  • Home Entertainment

    December 21, 2006

    A True Horror Classic

    The Music of New Orleans

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2006

    Merry Christmas and Pass Me the Jim Beam

    The Music of New Orleans

  • Culture

    October 5, 2006

    The End of Days

    DiverseWorks goes apocalyptic in "Run For Your Lives!"

  • Calendar

    July 27, 2006

    Freakin' Sweet

    DiverseWorks goes apocalyptic in "Run For Your Lives!"

  • Calendar

    June 29, 2006

    The Essence of Soul

    Jamie Foxx, Mary J. Blige and more hit H-town

  • Calendar

    April 6, 2006

    Aw, Shuck!

    Jamie Foxx, Mary J. Blige and more hit H-town

  • News

    March 16, 2006

    Displaced in the Diaspora

    New Orleans mayoral candidates are looking for votes -- and finding them in Houston

  • News

    December 22, 2005

    Losing Ugly

    Remember when we praised City Hall? Forget it.

  • Music

    October 27, 2005

    Oddball Purgatorio

    Drums & Tuba's off-center groove isn't the only thing that's dislocated

  • Calendar

    October 20, 2005

    Off the Hookom

    A local Olympic hopeful wants you to get on board

  • Music

    October 13, 2005

    C.J. Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band

    Friday, October 14, at the Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival, Downtown Square, Conroe, 832-298-4161.

  • Music

    September 29, 2005

    Hurricane Mixtape

    Music to drown by

  • Calendar

    September 22, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Music to drown by

  • News

    September 22, 2005

    Letters

    Music to drown by

  • News

    September 22, 2005

    Between Is and Was

    A New Orleans boy in Houston ponders what nevermore may be

  • Calendar

    September 8, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    A New Orleans boy in Houston ponders what nevermore may be

  • News

    September 8, 2005

    Katrina & The Waves

    Houston gets hit with its own hurricane surge

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