University of Houston-Downtown

Will UH Try To Take The "UH" Out Of UH-Downtown?

A UH-Downtown By Any Other Name

As we first reported back in August, UH-Downtown is trying very, very hard not to be UH-Downtown anymore.The rumored change is more or less a done deal; all that's left is to decide what the new name will be.Why give up the brand name of UH, especially as UH is embarking on an aggressive (if possibl ... More >>

Press Picks

As we first reported back in August, UH-Downtown is trying very, very hard not to be UH-Downtown anymore.The rumored change is more or less a done deal; all that's left is to decide what the new name will be.Why give up the brand name of UH, especially as UH is embarking on an aggressive (if possibl ... More >>

Still Lives

The muse for hire at $8.50 an hour: unveiling the naked truths of Houston's art models

Crisis on Cullen Boulevard

Funding is down. Faculty is fleeing. And 50 professors are in semi-open revolt. Is the University of Houston on an irrovocable slide toward mediocrity?

UH-Downtown Gets Set To Vote On World's Least Necessary Name Change

Max Castillo, president of UH-Downtown, confirmed to the Houston Chronicle what he told us last month: he really, really wants to change the name of his school.And now he's taking it online!The school has put up on its webpage a whole collection of facts, lists, criteria and suggested names for stud ... More >>

Press Picks

Max Castillo, president of UH-Downtown, confirmed to the Houston Chronicle what he told us last month: he really, really wants to change the name of his school.And now he's taking it online!The school has put up on its webpage a whole collection of facts, lists, criteria and suggested names for stud ... More >>

Seguin State University, Here We (Don't) Come

This is it, people - the pivotal moment we've anticipated for weeks, nay, months.The new name for the University of Houston-Downtown is...in the final stages of being decided. UH System Chancellor Renu Khator and UH-D President Max Castillo will pass on this afternoon five tentative finalists to the ... More >>

Press Picks

This is it, people - the pivotal moment we've anticipated for weeks, nay, months.The new name for the University of Houston-Downtown is...in the final stages of being decided. UH System Chancellor Renu Khator and UH-D President Max Castillo will pass on this afternoon five tentative finalists to the ... More >>

Night & Day

September 3 - 9, 1998

Night & Day

November 26 - December 2, 1998

Floyd Newsum's "Primary Concerns"

Joan Wich & Co. Gallery presents recent work by a local artist

"American Civil War Field Notes: Sketches from Cairo to Columbia"

Embedded Illustrators on display at O'Kane Gallery

Capsule Art Reviews: "City Glow," "Ellen Orseck," "Nexus Texas," "RED HOT" and "Sawing Logs"

Embedded Illustrators on display at O'Kane Gallery

Art Capsule Reviews

A picture of our opinions on local exhibitions

Art Capsule Reviews

A picture of our opinions on local exhibitions

“Suddenly One Summer”

Trifecta of art

Scooby-Dooby-Done

The Sinatra magic fails, and baffles, in rural Texas

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

The Sinatra magic fails, and baffles, in rural Texas

Stylish Scavenging

Troll for art at the Downtown Stomp Around

For Whom the Hell Tolls

Heights residents fear the toll road authority's new land acquisition plans

Going Batty

Efforts mount to make downtown home to a new kind of nightlife

Look Back in Anger

A short-film series plumbs a dark cultural data bank

I Got You, Babe

Stan Killian puts his money where his mouth is

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Stan Killian puts his money where his mouth is

Roger Cooper

Oenophile, Bert Wheeler's Liquors, 6518 Westheimer

Best Place to Get a Traffic Ticket

Revitalized section of downtown

UH-Downtown's Max Castillo, We Hardly Blew Ye

That was some send-off the Chronicle gave over the weekend to Max Castillo, outgoing president of UH-Downtown. It was the kind of glowing profile some cynical journalists call a "blow job."In it we learned that Castillo:a) is "a bilingual Hispanic, at a time when 85 percent of college presidents are ... More >>

Light-Rail Will Be Limited In Downtown This Weekend

Photo by pfrench99Metro's announced they'll be doing track maintenance this weekend, so if you're planning on cruising the light rail through downtown, think again.There will be no service between the Downtown Transit Center and UH-Downtown from 5:30 am til 2 pm on both Saturday and Sunday, Metro's ... More >>

"RAW"

Three artists dust off classical drawing’s cobwebs

Here's Your Chance To Ask The Next Mayor A Question

​Whether you like it or not -- and it seems most people couldn't care less -- there will be a mayoral election in two months.Your next mayor will either be the city controller (in which case Houston will be the largest city in the U.S. to elect an open gay or lesbian as mayor), a city council memb ... More >>

Don't Believe The Hype! The Press Mayoral Debate Is Not Only Still On, It's Already Been Broughten!!

​Anti-trust lawyers began searching collusion law last night as word began to emerge that Houston's field of mayoral candidates had agreed to drastically cut back on the number of forums/debates they'd attend.Then they put the law books away, because even they agreed there were far too many mayor' ... More >>

Last Call For Art: Retablos And UH-D's Musical Debut

Among the annual must-see shows is Lawndale Art Center's "Retablo Exhibition." The show is winding down, with Saturday as its last day, so if you haven't seen it yet, get to it.Dozens of Texas artists re-interpreted the Mexican tradition of retablos or devotional paintings for the show. The arti ... More >>

Quincy Troupe

The Pursuit of Happyness co-writer drops by UHD

Don't Depend On Light Rail To Get You Anywhere This Weekend

​If you were thinking you could drink freely downtown this weekend and take the light rail home, think again. It's "Set Back the Clock" weekend at Metro, as they abandon the sleek 21st-century wonder of light rail and regress back to smelly old buses.A new pedestrian bridge is being installed over ... More >>

"Enchanting Taiwan"

The island nation reveals its culture in this photography exhibit

The Glass Menagerie

The Landing Theatre Company is starting at the top

Metro Light Rail Expands Hours For Bike Riders

The Iron Horse welcomes velocipedes​Metro and BikeHouston have reached an agreement that expands the hours bike riders will be allowed on light-rail trains.Bikes are still barred during peak travel hours in the morning and afternoon, but the definition of "peak hours" has changed.Bikes can now be ... More >>

Allen’s Landing Walking Tour

Walk this way

"Melanie Crader: The Eula Project"

The artist responds to items found in her grandmother's old purse

TCEQ Gets An Earful At Town Hall Meeting, Provides The Best In Lip Service

TCEQ listens and promises​It was nearly standing-room-only at Wednesday evening's environmental town hall meeting when Deborah Wilkerson stood at the mic and addressed the panel of legislators, state regulators and experts.A resident of Acres Homes in northwest Houston, she told the story of how a ... More >>

Houston Poetry Festival

Roses are red, violets are blue, listeners are happy and you will be too

Ang Lee Film Series

University of Houston-Downtown features early work by the director of Brokeback Mountain

Is The U.S. Education System Too Broken To Fix?

Some rappers happen to be thoughtful, intelligent people. Every Monday that isn't a national holiday, Rocks Off will have some of them here discussing issues relevant to their culture. Photo illustration by John Seaborn Gray​This Week's Panel: Fat Tony, Kyle Hubbard, Renzo, Brad Gilmore Not ... More >>

Comment Of The Day: Loving Houston

​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

“Storied Beads: The Art of Teri Greeves”

​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: 2nd Annual Festival of Comedy, American Buffalo, Three Murders and It's Only Monday, Who Was That Masked Man?

​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: 2nd Annual Festival of Comedy, American Buffalo, Who Was That Masked Man?, Sylvia

​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 10 Coffeehouses

Photo by Kevin O'MaraA reminder of what our No. 3 pick used to look like.​For the next 20 weeks, we'll be rounding up the runners-up to our 2011 Best of Houston® winners. In many categories, picking each year's winner is no easy task. We'll be spotlighting 20 of those categories, in which the ... More >>