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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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October 1, 2008
It's Not Just A Bridge, It's A Living Bridge
See why this outdoor party got a Best Festival nod from the Houston Press Best of Awards
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January 27, 1994
Press Picks
See why this outdoor party got a Best Festival nod from the Houston Press Best of Awards
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June 9, 1994
Letters
See why this outdoor party got a Best Festival nod from the Houston Press Best of Awards
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June 16, 1994
Letters
See why this outdoor party got a Best Festival nod from the Houston Press Best of Awards
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June 30, 1994
Letters
See why this outdoor party got a Best Festival nod from the Houston Press Best of Awards
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May 11, 1995
Biked Out
Time may be up for the Ho Chi Minh Trail
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January 11, 1996
Wordless Wonders
Death Valley does its talking through its playing
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January 15, 1998
Press Picks
Death Valley does its talking through its playing
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April 9, 2009
Nevada Barr
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January 15, 2009
Buffalo Bayou Canoe Trip
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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
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May 25, 2006
Fruits and Hicks
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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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April 5, 2007
“The Great Wall of China”
Chen Changfen gets up close and personal with one of the seven wonders
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September 13, 2007
Lisa Marie Godfrey
Take a visit to planet Yellowstone
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July 20, 2006
Rhymin' Simon
Take a visit to planet Yellowstone
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August 3, 2006
Image of the Week
Dog show Mohawk
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December 16, 2004
Get the Shaft
Pole-vaulting classes at Rice U will lift your spirits
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September 23, 2004
Best Bike Path
Pole-vaulting classes at Rice U will lift your spirits
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April 8, 2004
Married to the Job
The parks director's hubby works for the firm that landed a job at a city park
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December 4, 2003
Let Go
LEGO tourney pits block against block
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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?
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September 20, 2001
Best Place to Mountain Bike
Huntsville State Park
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September 21, 2000
Best Place for a Pickup Soccer Game
Bear Creek Park
Best of Houston
September 21, 2000
Best Bureaucrat
City Parks Director Oliver Spellman
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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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May 28, 2009
Nature Trekkers
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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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June 23, 2009
Sweat Your Ass Off Tomorrow Helping The New Buffalo Bend Nature Park
Got a couple of hours to spare Wednesday morning? The Buffalo Bayou Partnership is looking for some "heat-resistant" volunteers to help put in 9,000 wetland plants at the still under-construction nature park, Buffalo Bend Nature Park. (Okay, with that many plants it might take a little more tha ... More >>
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July 16, 2009
Explore Buffalo Bayou by Canoe
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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 >>
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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 >>
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June 3, 2010
Tails on the Trails
Do it doggie style
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September 9, 2010
Galveston Island State Park's Makeover: Your Chance For Input
Photo courtesy TPWDGalveston Island State Park in the wake of IkeGalveston 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 >>
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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 >>
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March 24, 2011
Bayou City Art Festival — 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 >>
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April 28, 2011
Memphis
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 >>
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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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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 >>
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October 27, 2011
Houston 175 Historic Cemetery Crawl
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 >>
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December 5, 2011
Smoking & BBQ Ban Lifted For Most City Parks
Just in time for a freezeJust 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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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 >>
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December 30, 2011
TPWD Raises $335,000 In Three Weeks, But...
If only it wereIt'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 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 inclu ... More >>
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January 19, 2012
Nevada Barr
If only it wereIt'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 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 inclu ... More >>
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February 6, 2012
Dougals Demmon: Former National Park Ranger Convicted Of Child Porn
Retired ranger, child-porn fanNational 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 dis ... More >>
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