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Rice Hotel

  • Year End

    December 29, 2011

    Ta-ta, 2011

    Kiss the year goodbye at a hot New Year's Eve party.

  • Year End

    December 22, 2011

    Ta-ta, 2011

    Kiss the year goodbye at a hot New Year's Eve party.

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Vintage Houston Restaurant Postcards: The Days of Wine and Roses

    Brennan's has long been the cock of the walk in Houston.​Although a good handful of Houston restaurants have been around at least as long as my grandparents, the general rule of thumb in this city is that restaurants live fast and die young. And although you rarely find postcards of current r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    JFK in Houston in His Last Hours: New Film

    The Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas has released new silent home-movie footage of JFK's Houston visit to a LULAC chapter in the Rice Hotel the night before he was murdered. Roy Botello, a LULAC official, shot the film. It shows Kennedy with his professional smile on, greeting visitors in a receiving l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Ten Charmingly Strange Old Houston Postcards

    You think you have it tough these days as a Houstonian, trying to sell your city as a tourist destination? Try it back in the days before...ummm...before the Downtown Aquarium Family Fun Restaurant!!! Thanks to the folks at cardcow.com, we can see what Houston used to highlight about itself. And s ... More >>

  • Music

    August 5, 2010

    Showcase Showdown

    Great moments in HPMA history

  • Calendar

    July 15, 2010
  • Blogs

    June 24, 2010

    Want To "Support The Scene"? Avoid Open-Mike Nights

    Fat Man & Little Boy (and friend)​Let Lonesome Onry and Mean see if we've got this straight. Because we've written an article about how bad an open-mike night at Salt Bar was, we are tearing down - or not supporting - the Houston music scene? Well, that's bullshit. You want to know what's wr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2009

    Last Call For Art: Shows Closing this Weekend

    Photo courtesy San Jacinto MuseumThe Gothic comedy The Miss Firecracker Contest closes on Sunday. Pulitzer-Prize winner Beth Henley's play is about Carnelle, a young woman with a less-than-perfect past who has entered the local beauty pageant in order to restore not only her reputation but her self- ... More >>

  • Music

    April 30, 2009

    Live at Liberty Hall

    The short but storied past of Houston's legendary live music venue.

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2008

    R.I.P. Jerry J. Moore, In The Obscurity He Hated

    A Houston businessman who makes the Forbes 400 list of richest people twelve times, who gained fame for his large and luxurious car collection....a guy like that dies, you kinda expect the Houston Chronicle to notice.But apparently not.Jerry J. Moore died November 23 and, as best we can determine, t ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 20, 2007

    All about Eve

    Our guide to Houston's best New Year's parties

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2007

    Houston in Black & White

    Our guide to Houston's best New Year's parties

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2007

    Bad Advice

    Our guide to Houston's best New Year's parties

  • Music

    August 3, 2006

    More Fun than a Barrel of Monkeys

    Dispatches from the 17th annual Houston Press Music Awards

  • Music

    July 28, 2005

    Downtown H-town Throwdown

    Tearing it up at the Music Awards Showcase

  • News

    May 5, 2005

    Urban Jungle Jim

    Downtown's alive again -- thanks in part to a pioneering artist named Pirtle

  • Culture

    October 7, 2004

    Capsule Reviews

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    September 30, 2004

    Capsule Reviews

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Downtown Bar

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    September 23, 2004

    Capsule Reviews

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Music

    July 29, 2004

    Pride of Place

    Scenes from the 15th annual Houston Press Music Awards Showcase

  • Music

    April 8, 2004

    A Century of Progress

    Guitarist Huey Long is from all the eras

  • Calendar

    October 16, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Guitarist Huey Long is from all the eras

  • Best of Houston

    September 25, 2003
  • News

    July 17, 2003

    If He Could Turn Back Time...

    Sylvester Turner's second coming

  • News

    April 25, 2002

    Pam's Last Stand

    A final orphan hangs on in the historic building that beckoned the parentless, posh and punk

  • Music

    December 13, 2001

    Tippling from Tap to Tap

    Down and out (and drunk) in NoDo

  • Calendar

    February 8, 2001

    Please Pass the Puccini

    Gianni Schicchi makes the menu at the Rice Hotel

  • News

    October 5, 2000

    NoDo Invades; Rebels Skirmish

    A downtown taxing zone flushes the Warehouse District from its quaint quarters

  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000
  • Dining

    May 4, 2000

    Irish By Design

    Slainte -- Bronx Bar -- Lucia's Garden -- Sur La Table

  • Culture

    May 13, 1999

    Roots of Rice

    Slainte -- Bronx Bar -- Lucia's Garden -- Sur La Table

  • News

    April 15, 1999

    Hosing Housing

    HUD auditors find conflicts and abuses in Houston's affordable-homes program

  • Dining

    January 28, 1999

    Sweet Music

    Staccato's is new (very new) and good (very good)

  • News

    November 12, 1998

    GOP Sweeps Week

    Republicans complete Texas political reconstruction

  • News

    October 15, 1998

    Castles for Welfare Kings

    Come 2023, Rice Hotel redevelopers can own their federally assisted project for a cool $1,000

  • News

    November 13, 1997

    Hello, Columbus

    Is the mayor's housing adviser about to hand the Fourth Ward over to a for-profit developer?

  • Calendar

    July 31, 1997

    Press Picks

    Is the mayor's housing adviser about to hand the Fourth Ward over to a for-profit developer?

  • News

    June 26, 1997

    Expect the Unexpected

    Is the mayor's housing adviser about to hand the Fourth Ward over to a for-profit developer?

  • News

    May 22, 1997

    Letters

    Is the mayor's housing adviser about to hand the Fourth Ward over to a for-profit developer?

  • Dining

    May 15, 1997

    To the Tapas

    At Solero, small things add up to quite a lot

  • News

    February 6, 1997

    Downtown-on-the-Wold

    At Solero, small things add up to quite a lot

  • News

    January 30, 1997

    The Great Land Grab

    A nonprofit "charity" is pursuing millions in taxpayers' money to redevelop the Fourth Ward. The question for Houston Renaissance is, charity for whom?

  • News

    December 26, 1996

    Alison Cook looks back at 1996: Year of the Rat

    A nonprofit "charity" is pursuing millions in taxpayers' money to redevelop the Fourth Ward. The question for Houston Renaissance is, charity for whom?

  • News

    October 3, 1996

    The True Tradition of Houston

    A nonprofit "charity" is pursuing millions in taxpayers' money to redevelop the Fourth Ward. The question for Houston Renaissance is, charity for whom?

  • News

    September 26, 1996

    Mr. Stevens' Neighborhood

    Dollar-a-year mayoral assistant Michael Stevens has been given unprecedented power and funding to transform the inner city. And he answers to just one man.

  • News

    June 27, 1996

    Lofty Aspersions

    Some renters find that downtown life ain't so grand. Tough, says their landlord.

  • Calendar

    March 16, 1995

    Press Picks

    Some renters find that downtown life ain't so grand. Tough, says their landlord.

  • Dining

    December 8, 1994

    A History Lesson

    The Confederate House feeds us on what Houston was -- for better and worse

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