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    February 6, 2012

    Douglas Demmon: Former National Park Ranger Convicted of Child Porn

    National Park Rangers are an American icon, with their Smokey-Bear hats, green uniforms and eagerness to help everyone enjoy the great outdoors. And then there are the Park Rangers like Galveston's Douglas Demmon, who has entered a guilty plea on charges of distributing child porn. Demmon, 65, is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Free for All: Art Without a Price Tag

    Join us later today when we pop into the opening reception for Sandy Ewen's Pop Up Art Show. This is the first solo art show for the woman who many know as an improvisational musician and who we recently named one of our 100 Creatives 2012. The work is a slideshow using vintage projectors that will ... More >>

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    January 19, 2012

    Nevada Barr

    Join us later today when we pop into the opening reception for Sandy Ewen's Pop Up Art Show. This is the first solo art show for the woman who many know as an improvisational musician and who we recently named one of our 100 Creatives 2012. The work is a slideshow using vintage projectors that will ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    TPWD Raises $335,000 In Three Weeks, But...

    It's been about three weeks since the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department put out a frantic call for donations to make up for a $4.6 million budget shortfall caused by the drought. How are they doing? At first glance, it seems okay -- $335,000 has been raised, TPWD says. But that includes a single d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Drought-Ravaged Texas Parks Need Money & Visitors, State Says

    Texas parks: Visit or send cash or both, please.​The crippling drought of 2011 left Texas parks under-visited and in need of cash to make up a budget shortfall, officials are saying. The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department is putting out a call for people to come to the parks (and therefore gen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    Smoking & BBQ Ban Lifted For Most City Parks

    Just in time for a freeze​Just in time for the freezing weather, the city of Houston has voted to lift the drought-induced ban on smoking and barbecuing in all but a dozen municipal parks. The bans will remain in effect, though, in two of the city's main parks, Memorial and Hermann. So grab ... More >>

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    October 27, 2011

    Houston 175 Historic Cemetery Crawl

    Just in time for a freeze​Just in time for the freezing weather, the city of Houston has voted to lift the drought-induced ban on smoking and barbecuing in all but a dozen municipal parks. The bans will remain in effect, though, in two of the city's main parks, Memorial and Hermann. So grab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    No BBQing in City Parks Until Drought Lifts

    Not in city parks, buddy.​Houston parks are usually fragrant on the weekends with the smell of families barbecuing up their favorite dishes. They won't be for now, and probably for quite some time. Mayor Annise Parker announced a ban on all barbecuing and grilling in city parks because of th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    The Drought Is Absolutely Killing Memorial Park's Trees

    These trees are thirsty.​The never-ending drought hitting Houston and the rest of Texas is having a devastating effect on one of the city's favorite things: the trees in Memorial Park. Barry Ward, executive director of Trees for Houston, took a tour yesterday to assess the damage and was dism ... More >>

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    April 28, 2011

    Memphis

    These trees are thirsty.​The never-ending drought hitting Houston and the rest of Texas is having a devastating effect on one of the city's favorite things: the trees in Memorial Park. Barry Ward, executive director of Trees for Houston, took a tour yesterday to assess the damage and was dism ... More >>

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    March 24, 2011

    Bayou City Art Festival — Memorial Park

    These trees are thirsty.​The never-ending drought hitting Houston and the rest of Texas is having a devastating effect on one of the city's favorite things: the trees in Memorial Park. Barry Ward, executive director of Trees for Houston, took a tour yesterday to assess the damage and was dism ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    Houston History: Finding Camp Logan Ruins at Memorial Park

    Marc BrubakerLouis Aulbach, John Rich and Linda Gorski look at a hand-drawn map of the area. See more pictures of the ruins and hike in our slideshow.​A hidden part of Houston history resides in the underbrush at Memorial Park, and every year a group of amateur urban archeologists sets out to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Galveston Island State Park's Makeover: Your Chance For Input

    Photo courtesy TPWDGalveston Island State Park in the wake of Ike​Galveston Island State Park was ravaged by Hurricane Ike, but plans are now underway to make it, according to the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, "a premiere destination within the Texas state park system."Parts of the park h ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 3, 2010

    Tails on the Trails

    Do it doggie style

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    Texas Parks Are Like A Tea Party: White, Old & Cranky

    ​People visiting Texas parks are like a Tea Party convention -- they're white, old and cranky.That's not quite the spin the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department puts on the results from their latest customer survey, but it seems pretty clear to us.TPWD surveyed 27,000 customers over five years an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    Community Gardens Can't Stop A Crime Wave, Study Finds

    ​The "broken-window" theory of fighting crime states that if a neighborhood is allowed to deteriorate to the point where broken windows are left unfixed, crime will increase because residents don't give a shit.An offshoot of this says that doing beautification stuff such as planting small, public ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 16, 2009
  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Moody Gardens, A Bigger Tourist Attraction Than The White House

    If you had your choice to stand anywhere as a tourist in the United States, where would you choose?The Las Vegas Strip? Mount Rushmore? The White House?No way, dude -- you prefer to be standing in Moody Gardens in Galveston.At least you do if you're one of the respondents to what has to be described ... More >>

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    May 28, 2009

    Nature Trekkers

    Web exclusive!

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2009

    The Texas Traveler: Stonehenge II

    In a rural field on a little-traveled loop just west of Kerrville stands a sight right out of the set of Spinal Tap -- a miniature replica of the Stonehenge monolith. Stonehenge II stands just north of Hunt, in the middle of the Texas Hill Country. It's an oddity you might miss if you weren't ... More >>

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    April 9, 2009

    Nevada Barr

    Web exclusive!

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    March 26, 2009

    Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park

    See why this outdoor party got a Best Festival nod from the Houston Press Best of Awards

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    January 15, 2009
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    December 18, 2008

    “Cooking Where Your Food Lives: How to Use Local and Seasonal Ingredients”

    Monica Pope teaches Houston how to make Bayou City-centric meals

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    November 27, 2008

    Owl Prowl

    Web exclusive!

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2008
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    June 5, 2008

    Grand Canyon Adventure 3D

    This new HMNS film is IMAX-imum fun

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    March 27, 2008

    Bayou City Art Festival

    Enjoy the artdoors this weekend

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    September 13, 2007

    Lisa Marie Godfrey

    Take a visit to planet Yellowstone

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    April 5, 2007

    “The Great Wall of China”

    Chen Changfen gets up close and personal with one of the seven wonders

  • News

    August 3, 2006

    Image of the Week

    Dog show Mohawk

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    July 20, 2006

    Rhymin' Simon

    Dog show Mohawk

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    May 25, 2006

    Fruits and Hicks

    Dog show Mohawk

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    December 16, 2004

    Get the Shaft

    Pole-vaulting classes at Rice U will lift your spirits

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Bike Path

    Pole-vaulting classes at Rice U will lift your spirits

  • News

    April 8, 2004

    Married to the Job

    The parks director's hubby works for the firm that landed a job at a city park

  • Calendar

    December 4, 2003

    Let Go

    LEGO tourney pits block against block

  • Best of Houston

    September 25, 2003

    Best Role Model

    Terry Hershey

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    August 28, 2003

    Fishing Trip

    Bring your shrimps to the gulf

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    March 6, 2003

    The Fonde-mentals

    Wanna be a baller?

  • Best of Houston

    September 20, 2001

    Best Place to Mountain Bike

    Huntsville State Park

  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000
  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000

    Best Bureaucrat

    City Parks Director Oliver Spellman

  • Calendar

    January 15, 1998

    Press Picks

    City Parks Director Oliver Spellman

  • Music

    January 11, 1996

    Wordless Wonders

    Death Valley does its talking through its playing

  • News

    May 11, 1995

    Biked Out

    Time may be up for the Ho Chi Minh Trail

  • News

    June 30, 1994

    Letters

    Time may be up for the Ho Chi Minh Trail

  • News

    June 16, 1994

    Letters

    Time may be up for the Ho Chi Minh Trail

  • News

    June 9, 1994

    Letters

    Time may be up for the Ho Chi Minh Trail

  • Calendar

    January 27, 1994

    Press Picks

    Time may be up for the Ho Chi Minh Trail

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