This week's cover photo is of an adorable Hispanic baby wrapped in an American flag, a striking image that accompanies a story on how many Hispanics delivered by midwives along the border are having trouble as adults getting a passport.As it turns out, however, there is a story behind the baby that no one at the Press knew about until after the issue hit the stands.Art Director Monica Fuentes sent out an internal email here at the paper looking for someone who knew a cute Hispanic baby to photog
This week's feature story by John Nova Lomax looks at the struggles on Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula in the wake of Ike. Photographer Dan Kramer filmed a video to accompany it, and art director Monica Fuentes edited it. We were going to hire Varnaline to write a new song to go with it, but then discovered their "Blackbird Fields" already did the trick nicely.-- Richard Connelly
Yesterday's 22nd annual Art Car Parade was crowded and sweltering, but at least there were giant roaches on wheels. Check out our video from the parade to see our choices for Best Animal Art Cars, Best Musical Arts Cars and Best WTF? Cars.
Which art car was your favorite this year? Leave your choice in the comments section below.
Video by Monica Fuentes.
It's that time of year again: The 2009 Best of Houston edition is right around the corner, and you should be busily casting your votes for Houston's best restaurants, services, public personas and even Houston's best tattoo parlor.
But in the meantime, we'll be busy judging you too. We want to see photos of your body art and tattoos, which will be judged by our very own Monica Fuentes, art director, and Craig Hlavaty, music listings editor and walking work of art. The ten finest works of (body
Mark C. Austin​
Night fell on the Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker Park this past Sunday under a full moon and over a sea of mud. (It wasn't strictly mud, but more on that in a bit.) Many in the crowd, especially those in the proximity of the Dell stage, responded the only logical way possible - by dancing, or something close to it.
Since the squishy, slippery ground made it a little difficult to move your feet - people weren't so much walking through the grounds at this point as gi
Photos by Monica Fuentes​The Houston Rockets hosted a party last night at Hotel Icon to celebrate the team's new Red Nation marketing campaign. Other than "alternative jerseys" for this year, the team -- as part of the campaign -- has developed a Bill of Red, "a document passed down from high and now ratified by the House of REDpresentatives."Hair Balls went to last night's event armed with the bill to see how well the party goers (we think about 200 people showed up) represented the Red Natio
