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Blackberries: Where to Find Them, How to Pick Them & What to Make with Them

Blackberry-picking season is right around the corner. In fact, in the next several weeks, blackberries will be ready for picking at several local farmers' markets. Don't be fooled by the early berries growing on the side of the road because those are dewberries, not blackberries. Tommy Neal from Ne ... More >>

Coogs for the Cure: Great Sports, Great Cause this Weekend

The University of Houston Athletics Department's Coogs for the Cure is giving you a chance to have fun while raising money in the battle against breast cancer this weekend. Come cheer your favorite team, whichever one it may be, when UH takes on Rice in volleyball and soccer, and then takes on the U ... More >>

John Prine, Alejandro Escovedo

14,000 Pot Plants, 24 Arrests

Federal prosecutors are continuing to dole out indictments and arrests in connection with the seizure of 14,000 pot plants across three counties last month, with more information coming out this afternoon. The indictment returned today intensifies the charges defendants face. It: charges the defend ... More >>

Upcoming Events: Food Truck Fridays and Feliz Cumpleaños to El Gran Malo

Do you take a little extra tima at lunch on Fridays? If so, come and spend it with us. Starting in September, the Houston Press will be hosting Food Truck Fridays on the first Friday of each month from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the House of Dereon (2204 Crawford). Every Food Truck Friday will feature a d ... More >>

24 Arrested, 14,000 Pot Plants Seized In Three-County Illegal Growing Operation

Two dozen people have been arrested and close to 14,000 pot plants seized in a crackdown on a three-county growing operation, federal officials announced today. Investigators raided nearly 60 properties in Harris, Fort Bend and Montgomery counties Tuesday, two-thirds of which contained active hydro ... More >>

Brown's Pricey Vacay

Dog Rescuers Shocked and Worried after Spindletop Dog Refuge Raid

Dog rescuers throughout the country are worrying today over the fates of dogs they placed at the Spindletop Refuge in Willis, where authorities say hundreds of dogs were found living in their own waste in cramped, stacked crates, near a mass grave with an unknown number of bodies. The 298 dogs sei ... More >>

Jason Cassidy's 10 Country Songs You Should Hear Before You Die

Tonight traditional country upstart Jason Cassidy headlines Big Texas Dance Hall & Saloon out in Clear Lake. The strip-center venue, known for it's pretty girls with painted-on jeans and copious amounts of trucks in the parking lot and a Bud Light in every hand, has been host to Cassidy many times b ... More >>

Severe Storms, Hail Moving Through the Area

Courtesy of Wunderground​So, you wanted some rain, eh? Well, here you go. The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Harris and Montgomery counties. Strong storms that include heavy rain, damaging winds and even hail are moving through the area from the north ahe ... More >>

Wildfire Relief: The 8 Best Firefighter Movies

​This wildfire stuff is getting ridiculous. The entire state of Texas is experiencing drought, categorized as "extreme" or "exceptional" in 95 percent of the state. Severe lack of rain high winds and high pressure = the fires currently ravaging Bastrop and Montgomery counties. Firefighters ... More >>

Tuesday July 26, 2011 Deals of the Day

​Today's VOICE Daily Deal from the Houston Press will earn you half-off the rich, delicious flavors of Vietnamese food--get 50 percent off ($10 for $20) the distinctive, spicy Vietnamese flavors cooked up by Kim Chau. The menu features recipes inspired by the city of Huế. Today's VOICE Daily ... More >>

Feds Bring Down Hammer on Lufkin Meth Trade

In two distinct actions, federal authorities have indicted 17 East Texans on over 200 counts of crimes related to the crystal methamphetamine trade in and around Lufkin. You just might be hearing this song all over town this week: In the first action, the Lufkin Daily News has reported that a fed ... More >>

No-Refusal Programs, Increased Anti-DWI Patrols: It Must Be the Fourth of July Weekend

HPDDon't be this guy.​Just about every government jurisdiction with a pulse is putting out reminders that they are going to be looking hard for DWI cases this coming long weekend. The state Department of Public Safety is upping patrols in areas where there have been alcohol-related crashes; H ... More >>

Top 5 Local Food Products

Liz (perspicacious.org)City Hall Farmers Market​The local and sustainable food movement is not a new one, but for the last few years the interest here in Houston has grown as more and more chefs and restaurants have really begun to prominently feature and use local foods. The term "local" is s ... More >>

ACLU Questions Use Of Church For Lone Star College Graduation

Rumbles about using a church​The ACLU of Texas is looking into complaints from at least one faculty member about the Lone Star College System's decision to hold graduation ceremonies this weekend in two churches. They say they have been contacted by an LSCS faculty member, and quoted him as s ... More >>

Today's Deals

striatic​Groupon: How does a three-course meal, cooked for you in your home, from Cooking For You! sound? Get 53 percent off ($175 for $375) a three-course meal, cooked by a professional chef, in your own home with today's Groupon deal. Limit two coupons per person (you may purchase two ... More >>

Ice Storm II -- It Cometh Again? (With a Closings List)

Photo by Abrahan GarzaThe re-reckoning​The forecasters got everything right about the big snowstorm that hit us last week, except for the fact it didn't include snow. It did include plenty of dangerous icy road conditions, though. Get ready: The sequel is here. It's been drizzling all day an ... More >>

Big Little Fudge: A Lot of Taste in a Little Package

Photos by Katharine Shilcutt​Kevin Graham and Robin Strickland might not be the two people you'd think would join forces to create a fudge company that sends out squares of chocolate packaged in punchy tins with sayings like "A little piece offering" or "What's your fudge factor?" tied to thei ... More >>

Dave Matthews Band's Seven Best Covers

Craig Hlavaty​Tonight the Dave Matthews Band hits the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion with Austin's Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears as their supporting act. Now into their second decade of massive touring schedules, the DMB is now a cash machine on wheels - a sort of cleaner and less hairy Gr ... More >>

Texas Traveler: St. Francis Wolf Sanctuary

Photos by Brittanie Shey​North of Houston, outside the small town of Montgomery, there is a house where lobos in limbo live, the St. Francis Wolf Sanctuary. The sanctuary, a non-profit organization staffed entirely by volunteers, aims to provide a permanent home to captive-born wolves and wolf-dog ... More >>

How Texas and Alabama Match Up... Musically

​ For once, Rocks Off is grateful for this sinus-splitting headache (thanks, Mike Stinson!), because it gives us something to focus on besides the fact that we are crawling out of our skin waiting for kickoff tonight. At this point, sports pundits have analyzed the Longhorns and Crimson Tide to wi ... More >>

Songs To Help Kinky Friedman Learn What the Texas Agriculture Commissioner Does

Craig Hlavaty​​Musician, author, animal-rights activist (and probably a couple of other titles we're leaving out) Kinky Friedman announced Monday he was withdrawing as a candidate for governor in next March's Democratic primary and instead seeking the office of Agriculture Commissioner, a post p ... More >>

Newest Family-Violence Stats Are As Grim As Ever For The Houston Area

​The numbers are out on family violence in Texas and they aren't good.According to the Texas Council on Family Violence's 2008 report, released today, 136 women were killed in the state by an intimate partner last year. The youngest was 14 (she was killed by her 15-year-old boyfriend) and the olde ... More >>

Recipes: Fred's Fairly Famous Concoctions Cooking Sauce

Photo by Robb Walsh​Culinary tinkerer Fred Konig's Sixth Generation Foods is headquartered in Montgomery, Texas. Fred has been making his "fairly famous" cooking sauce for 45 years according to the company website. The "Our Story" page tell us that Fred was one of those guys who gave away bott ... More >>

Texas Traveler: Bluebonnet Wine Trail

While in Navasota lovin' on some alpacas, Texas Traveler had a hankerin' thirst. So we got on our trusty iPhone and found the closest winery, a funky l'il shack called the Purple Possum Winery. While in the air-conditioned comfort of the Purple Possum's tasting room, we met a lovely couple we'd se ... More >>

Talk About a Fundraiser

Photos by Jeff BalkeChef Albert Roux at the restaurant's grand opening in MarchChez Roux, the very fancy, very upscale top restaurant at La Torretta Del Lago Resort & Spa on Lake Conroe, is putting on a six-course wine dinner Saturday, June 6. It will cost $500 per couple, or $600 , if you want t ... More >>

Aftermath: Bonnie Raitt at Verizon Wireless Theater

Photos by Craig Hlavaty For someone with such a deep California/New England pedigree - daughter of Broadway/Hollywood actor John Raitt, schooled at Radcliffe and the Northeast coffeehouse '60s folk scene, now living in Northern California - Bonnie Raitt sure gets Texas music. She could almost be the ... More >>

HISD Actually Gets Some Good Grades On A Statewide Report

Some good news for the Houston school district -- it is kicking the asses of other urban districts in the state when it comes to meeting the high standards of the National Center for Educational Accountability.NCEA, though its Just For Kids organization, has released its annual study of schools who ... More >>

Houston: Come for the Renovations, Stay for the Electric Cabs

While trolling the nether regions of the UK press, we came upon this, touting the wonders of Houston as a luxury vacation spot. It's all enough to make Hair Balls wish it didn't live here already so it could start making travel plans now!We cannot help but imagine how impressed our luxury-seeking Li ... More >>

Garbage, Debris and How We Are Trashed

Silver Lining Huh?

Hurricane Gustav -- Already A Disaster

TEA Releases Ratings, Houston ISD Has Some Hits, Some Misses

Fire on the Strings Bluegrass Festival, featuring The Claire Lynch Band

Magnolia Electric Co.

Stupid Baby Names

Metallica Jones

Don't Take Your Guns to Town

Country Music Pistol Packers Hall of Fame

Prine Time

A folk-country legend returns to the city that saved his life

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Letters

Getting Carnal

Sexcapades come to Conroe ISD

(Cl)ass Warfare

Forget the fig leaf and the banished art. Now the censors are after student T-shirts.

Playbill

Steve Young

Some Sugars Added

Speaking off the toque: Richard Hazzard

Another Time, Another Country

Fine, Fine Fusion

The Fusion Cafe offers country cooking with urban panache

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