21 Best Things to Do in Houston This Week: Yes Men and the Texas Artist of the Year
Check out the Houston Press calendar for even more things to do.
Houston Comedians Use Art to Destigmatize Mental Illness
What happens when laughter isn’t the best medicine.
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21 Best Things to Do in Houston This Week: Bingo With Cats and New Flight Museum [UPDATED]
Check out the Houston Press calendar for even more things to do.
A Post-Harvey Houston Symphony Plays to the Heartstrings
The orchestra is helping give back by offering free admission to its season-opening program this weekend at Rice University.
This Week in Harvey Relief: Lone Star Brewing, Chuck Norris and a Tepee Help Feed Houston
With so much good news coming our way about how Houston restaurants, chefs, volunteers, nonprofits, and food banks are doing exceptional work when it comes to Harvey Relief, the Houston Press will be rounding up the highlights for the coming weeks. Here are the main donation and volunteer highlights from…
Slow Business Is Main Concern for Houston Restaurants Two Weeks After Harvey
For the nearly 12,000 restaurants in Houston, which employ somewhere around 350,000 people, the challenges and concerns of operating right now, just two weeks out from Harvey devastated the area, are primarily focused around a decline in business. On Friday, Restaurant Business reported that Texas chain eateries saw a 15 percent…
Pat Green Has High Hopes for His Soon-to-Open Downtown Honky-Tonk
Let’s hope it turns out better than Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill did here.
NFL Football, Week 1: Jaguars-Texans — Four Things to Watch For
4. Emotional energy management 3. Kicking game, Fairbairn debut 2. Offensive line 1. Torment Bortles Listen to Sean Pendergast on SportsRadio 610 from 2 to 6 p.m. weekdays. Also, follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/SeanTPendergast and like him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/SeanTPendergast…
Reviews For The Easily Distracted: It
Really, what’s more horrifying than adolescence? The clown in this movie.
Openings and Closings: Welcome, One-Fifth Romance Languages and Baileson Brewing
The restaurants of Houston weathered the floods of Hurricane Harvey with varying degrees of damage and distress, much like the area’s residents. Some restaurants have closed temporarily to repair and rebuild, many others remain open and need our patronage. Some restaurants that have been preparing to make their debuts are…
Houston’s Best Bets This Weekend: Tacos & Champagne
We’ll admit the past few weeks have been a bit rocky, and that’s putting it gently we know, but Houston isn’t going to stop moving and neither should you. When the time comes for that mental break that we’ll all need, we’ve got you covered. Stop by Campesino Coffee House…
NFL Football, Week 1 — This Weekend’s Best Bets
I won’t say that I do this as a committed rule in this space, but I TRY to give three college football and three NFL picks each week here. Some weeks it will split four of one and two of another, but generally speaking I like to split it down…
Council Member Urges Houstonians Not to Donate to Red Cross
Houston City Councilman Dave Martin had some harsh words for the American Red Cross at a council meeting Wednesday and urged Houstonians to give their money and supplies to other organizations. Repeatedly calling the Red Cross the “Red Loss,” Martin said it has been local government that has done all…
Dreaded “Trailer Curse” Poised to Strike Again
The trailer for Stephen King’s IT sets a high bar for a film almost destined to disappoint.
How Hurricane Harvey Taught the World About Houston
It only took 51 inches of rain to do it.
The Houston Press Is Suspending Restaurant Reviews for a Few Weeks
We here at the Houston Press are committed to the recovery of the great city of Houston, and with that in mind, we believe now is not the time to go around reviewing restaurants. While the hospitality industry looks to getting back on its feet in the wake of Harvey,…
What is the HSPCA Doing With Displaced Dogs in Beaumont?
A nationally respected animal rescue group says the Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has not guaranteed the future safety of displaced animals it is caring for in Beaumont’s Ford Center in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. In its September 3 petition, Utah-based Best Friends Animal Society…
Houston’s 10 Best Bars In EaDo
Come see why this has been one of Houston’s hottest hoods for a while now.
Air Monitors Tracking Benzene, Other Pollutants, in Post-Harvey Manchester
Hurricane Harvey was nasty enough in its own right, but it’s becoming increasingly apparent the catastrophic storm is also behind a significant amount of air pollution coming out of the refineries and petrochemical plants in the storm’s path. Now air pollution, including plumes of benzene, is being tracked in Manchester…
Ten Things to Do in Houston for $10 or Less (Eight Free), September 7-13
Check out the Houston Press calendar for even more things to do.
Houston Restaurant Weeks, Extended Through September, Causes Concern Among Strapped Servers
Houston Restaurant Weeks, the five-week-long fundraiser that raises money for the Houston Food Bank— a whopping $9.6 milllion since its debut in 2003—was interrupted by Harvey, one of the worst natural disasters to ever affect Houston and Texas and the United States. So organizers decided to extend the discounted dining…
Teen Band Offers Harvey Victims Some Atomic Love
After classic rock helped them cope with Hurricane Harvey, the Cypress-area teenage band eyes some non-driveway gigs.
I Accidentally Bit My Man’s Penis. Help!
What’s on your mind? What isn’t? Ask Willie D!
Wortham Theater Center Expected to Stay Closed Through at Least October 15
The home base of several leading Houston arts organizations needs extensive repairs.
Monday Start Date Unlikely for Displaced Houston ISD Students, Trustee Says
With the Houston Independent School District still repairing schools damaged by Hurricane Harvey, and more than 10,000 students likely to be moved to other schools, the September 11 start date the district announced last week appears unlikely for all 215,000 HISD students. “We need to focus on those who can,…
Fifth Circuit Says Texas Can Keep Voter ID Rules — For Now
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled that even though a lower court has declared SB 5, the Texas voter ID law, to be unconstitutional, the state may keep enforcing the law while appealing the case. By a vote of 2 to 1, the three-judge panel said that…
Spettacolo Reveals the Italian Town That Documents Itself Through Theater
They call it “the town that plays itself.” Monticchiello, population 118, is a tiny hamlet in Tuscany that, since the 1960s, has annually staged a new play written and performed by the local populace. We’re told in Jeff Malmberg and Chris Shellen’s documentary Spettacolo that this tradition “began, like many…
Stephen King’s Dark Epic IT Arrives on Screen a Little Unsure of Itself
It floats in the darkness, unspooling onscreen with a sepulchral glow. It has waited for what seems like an eternity to meet the eyes of its audience, and it senses in them both anticipation and dread. Yes, there was that bizarre miniseries back in 1990 (God, remember Tim Curry in…
Netflix’s Fire Chasers Offers a Stunning Immersion Into the Ranks of the Firefighters Saving California
Fire Chasers premieres Sept. 8 on Netflix The greatest surprise is the beauty. The gripping new Netflix documentary series Fire Chasers opens with visions of orange-and-black hell, of ash and apocalypse, of California homes and trees and horizons ablaze, of the sky itself now some jack-o’-lantern’s smile. The fire brightens…
Houston Press Cocktails & Covers Fall Opener Benefits Houston Food Bank
Come here some of the best ’90s rock songs ever made, and help out the Houston Food Bank.
The Sheer Weight of Harvey’s Floodwaters Sank Houston by Two Centimeters
It took around 100 years for some parts of Houston to sink 10 feet. Then Hurricane Harvey nailed the city and it only took a matter of days for Houston to sink even more. According to Chris Milliner with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Caltech, the weight of Hurricane Harvey’s floodwaters…
Justin Verlander Shuts Down Mariners as Astros Win a Late-Night Thriller
Justin Verlander’s first start as a Houston Astros was a late-night affair as the Astros went to Seattle. Verlander was just about everything that was hoped for, striking out seven and giving up just one run in six innings. He made plays on defense and walked just one batter. Prior…
As Millions Pour in to Charities, How Can Harvey Victims Get Help?
Charities along the Texas Gulf Coast have received millions of dollars to help victims of Hurricane Harvey — but where does it all go? And how can victims connect with the help the desperately need? As of now, it is unclear how all that money will be spent, and how…
There’s a Free Pasta Dinner at These Houston Whole Foods on Thursday, September 7
Houston area Whole Foods Markets are hosting free, family style pasta dinners for those affected by Hurricane Harvey, first responders and their families, and anyone in the community who wants to join on Thursday, September 7. The dinner includes pasta with marinara sauce, salad, dinner rolls and dessert. Whole Foods Market…
After Harvey, DACA Recipients in Houston Are Victimized Twice
The floors were still wet when Diana Platas and her family finally got home. The refrigerator was upside down. The washing machine was on top of the boiler. A couch was blocking the front door and all of the furniture was scattered around haphazardly, having been floating around like vacant…
The Houston Press Mixtape: Adios, Harvey Edition
All local artists to help get you through our slow trudge back to normalcy.
Outlaw Highway Queen Nikki Lane’s Texas Mission of Mercy
Especially now, the outlaw country singer-songwriter should have plenty of ‘fanily’ in the crowd at next month’s Continental Club show.
Lawsuit Filed Against Corps As the Releases from Addicks and Barker Continue
It was like something out of a nightmare for people living along Buffalo Bayou downstream of Addicks and Barker reservoirs. The floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey seemed to be leaving most of the homes in the areas below the dams unscathed — until the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers started releasing…
Check in on the Beginnings of the Russian Revolution With Enemies at Main Street Theater
Set a generation before the October Revolution, Gorky’s drama shows Russian society as more than just landed gentry and peasants.
Chris Shepherd’s Southern Smoke 2017 Will Benefit Harvey Relief for Hospitality Industry
Southern Smoke, the exclusive fundraising event that’s raised more than half a million dollars in three years for those living with multiple sclerosis, will redirect its fundraising efforts to Hurricane Harvey relief this year. “Right now, we need to focus on our city,” the event’s founder, chef Chris Shepherd, announced…
Harvey’s Floodwaters Contaminated With Nasty, Dangerous Bacteria
Floodwater from Hurricane Harvey has receded from much of Houston, but for those in areas still swamped, like west Houston, contaminated water carrying bacteria and potentially infectious diseases can be just as deadly. Doctors from the Infectious Diseases Society of America sent out warnings to local media as the initial…
Restaurants Getting Back to Business in Houston Face a Multitude of Challenges
Houston restaurants are trying to get back to functioning normally ten days after Hurricane Harvey unleashed its torrential downpour and flooding on the city, but one thing is certain. That’s going to take time. The hospitality industry is facing numerous challenges in day to day operations right now and what the…
The Wealthy New Yorker Who Never Wanted to Be President…Until He Was
Until this bio, Chester A. Arthur was remembered mostly for his whiskers.
Houston’s 10 Best Concerts In September
Pretending we even know what “normal” is anymore, live music is a familiar respite.
Trophy Dares You to Look at the Fates of Animals Born to be Hunted
One of the more welcome developments of recent years in independent films and documentaries has been the swing away from rough, handheld aesthetics — which dominated the early 2000s — toward a more elegant, cinematically sophisticated approach. The verite style is usually coded as authentic and immediate, but it can…
Nobody’s Watching Makes Fascinating Drama Out of an Argentine Soap Star Not Making It in New York
Julia Solomonoff’s third feature finds the accomplished Argentine director in a naturalistic year-in-the-life mode, examining the somewhat aimless expatriate life of a Buenos Aires soap opera hunk in Brooklyn and Manhattan. As in her 2009 film, The Last Summer of La Boyita, Solomonoff here exhibits a scrupulous control of her…
Traffic Jams Cause Delays As Houston Returns to Work After Harvey
The Houston area might be returning to normal, but its roads haven’t yet. If you’re driving around on Tuesday— and maybe you shouldn’t be — keep these closures and slow downs in mind. A few major Houston freeways remain shut down completely due to flooding, according to Houston TranStar. All…
Home Again Proves that Hollywood Does Know What it Has in Reese Witherspoon
Is there a more telling symptom of the sickness afflicting studio filmmaking right now than the fact that there aren’t more good Reese Witherspoon comedies out there? In eras past, a hit could be built more years than not around a star like her. Sunny yet tart, she’s a romantic…
Mayor Turner Partially Lifts Curfew in Houston
Mayor Sylvester Turner has partially lifted the midnight curfew within Houston city limits, the city announced Tuesday afternoon. Portions of west Houston that are still experiencing flooding, however, will continue to remain under curfew from midnight to 5 a.m. until further notice. The boundaries for the curfew are west of…
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Beaumont Prison Staff and Inmates Report “Dire Situation” After Harvey [UPDATED]
Prison guards and inmates in Beaumont say facilities are flooded and conditions are squalid, but a prison system spokesman says the conditions are not as bad as described. “It’s a nightmare for everyone, but we need to forthcoming with the issues,” Lance Lowry, head of the Texas Correctional Employees Union…
The Case for Tilman Fertitta as Houston Rockets Owner
Many Rockets fans woke up on Tuesday morning to the news that billionaire restauranteur and casino owner Tilman Fertitta had reached an agreement with Leslie Alexander to buy the team for a reported $2.2 billion, a record for an NBA team. Setting aside the enormity of that amount for a…
Texas A&M Regent Calls for Kevin Sumlin’s Ouster
Well, that didn’t take long. College football returned to our radar over the weekend, and announced its presence with authority — upsets, thrillers, and coaches’ hot seats ratcheted up well past their boiling point. In particular, there was one game where we knew the losing coach would have an absolute…
Texas University Systems Sue Alliantgroup for Alleged Racketeering
The University of Texas and University of Houston systems are suing Alliantgroup, a multimillion dollar tax-credit consulting firm, for racketeering, even as the politically connected company is under IRS investigation and as its founder battles allegations of sexual harassment. Filed August 23 in a Houston federal court, the lawsuit accuses…
Tickets to “The Morning After, A Houston Press Brunch Event” Help to Benefit Harvey Relief Until September 15
Very cool news for all you lovers of brunch and the great city of Houston. From September 5 through September 15, 25 percent of all “The Morning After, A Houston Press Brunch Event” ticket sales will be donated to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. Our thoughts are with those who are impacted…
Flipping the Coin: Our Annual Pendergast Bucket List
As Hurricane Harvey was back here in Houston devastating our city, the Houston Texans were forced to watch from afar. Diverted to Dallas after their preseason game in New Orleans last Saturday night, 90 players and all the team’s staff and coaches were left to tweeting prayers and fund-raising from…
#TexasArtistsStrong Come Together for Exhibition and Fundraiser
“The arts community was saying, ‘How can we help each other?'”
Still to Come From Harvey: Possible Contamination From the San Jacinto Waste Pits
As the rain from Hurricane Harvey continued to pour down Jackie Young, executive director of the San Jacinto River Coalition, could not stop thinking about the San Jacinto Waste Pits perched on the lip of the San Jacinto River. The San Jacinto River Waste Pits — created in the 1960s…
How Fast-Food Chains Helped Texas During and After Hurricane Harvey
Fast Food chains have been helping out in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, donating millions of dollars and offering free food to evacuees. Here’s how. Local McDonald’s restaurants have been assisting with relief efforts by donating thousands of water bottles to the local Red Cross and open McDonald’s restaurants in…
Texas Has a New Medical Marijuana Law, But It May Well Serve No Patients
Andrea Wimberly started getting seizures during puberty. For years, doctors tried a medley of pharmaceuticals to treat her epilepsy. They gave her Tegretol and Vimpat and Dilantin and Lamictal and Depakote. Some of the drugs made her seizures worse. Others soothed the problem but didn’t fix it. Usually, the seizures…
Shows of the Week: Texas Country Rainmaker Hails a Beautiful Day
The livest music in the Bayou City for the first week in September 2017.
Foreign Correspondents’ Cusack and Treadway Hit With Another Lawsuit
More bad news for the crumbling Treadsack restaurant empire: The owners of the shuttered Foreign Correspondents are being sued for back payment of equipment and furniture, including booths and brass bar stools. Lawyers for Amur, a Nebraska-based finance company filed suit in Harris County District Court August 16, claiming that…
Notable Music-Related Harvey Donations and Fundraisers (So Far)
If you are able, please follow their example.
Austin’s Music Community Rallies for Houstonians Hit by Harvey
“This don’t feel like livin’, it’s just surviving.”
Astros Strong-Arm Harvey (the Pitcher) and the Mets
Harvey, the hurricane, beat up on Houston last week, but the Astros beat up on Harvey, the pitcher, this weekend. Matt Harvey, the New York Mets righthander, has never done anything to Houston or to Houstonians, but if felt like some kind of poetic justice. The Astros didn’t just beat up…
Harvey Recovery to Be Aided by Very Pleasant Weather
This time last week, we were all beginning to wonder if it would ever end. Would the rain stop? Would the water recede? Would our dogs ever poop outside again? Thankfully, the answer was yes to all three (assuming your dog is housebroken). And, remarkably, the former Hurricane Harvey left…
Court Tells Trump Administration to Get Busy With Texas Clean Air Plan
Houston is known as a smoggy city and Texas has maintained its rep for years as a state that has a lot of air pollution, but now a federal district judge has ordered the federal Environmental Protection Agency to do something about it. Considering the reports of strange smells and…
Houston Texans Chose Their 53-Man Roster, So Now What?
This season, the NFL’s final cutdown to 53 players was much different than in years past. This preseason, the NFL eliminated the cutdown to 75 players that normally occurs after the third preseason game, so rather than a gradual shaving off of lower tier talent, the waiver wire was flooded…
Restaurant Workers Likely Won’t Be Seeing Overtime Anytime Soon
While much of the state of Texas was busy recovering from Harvey, a federal judge in Texas struck down an Obama-era Department of Labor rule that would have required businesses, including restaurants, to pay overtime to employees making less than $47,476 a year and working more than 40 hours a…
Harvey in Any Language: Volunteer Translators for Farsi, Arabic, Vietnamese Answer the Call
Before opening up the NRG Center to 10,000 people displaced by Harvey, Harris County officials and BakerRipley—which helped spearhead the shelter preparations—had planned to have translators for every language spoken under the sun in Harris County ready to welcome everyone. But during one of the very first late-night shifts, there…
Houston’s Bay Area Restaurants Stepped Up During Harvey Crisis
Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Corpus Christi and traveled to Houston as a tropical storm. The record-breaking torrential downpours flooded an overwhelming number of homes, roads, and businesses, displacing tens of thousands of people. Many locals stepped up immediately to see how they could help their community. Many of these businesses…
How to Help Harvey Victims on Labor Day
There has been an outpouring of support for Texans devastated by Hurricane Harvey, but with so many victims as well as nonprofits, shelters, government agencies and charities asking for help, what can you do, and where can you go, on this Labor Day to lend a hand? The most immediate…
Heights Theater After Harvey: “Serving Houston and Open for Business”
The front-door manager filled his van with supplies and joined a military convoy.
Arkema Says Dangerous Chemicals Are Burned Out at Crosby Plant
Update, 9:56 p.m.: Arkema said Sunday evening that the company was able to set fire to the remaining containers of chemicals at the Crosby plant. The remaining six containers of organic peroxide “have now largely burned themselves out,” the company said. Arkema said local emergency officials will determine whether to adjust…
Former Houston Press Editor Jim Simmon Missing
Jim Simmon, a former editor of the Houston Press, has been missing since August 30 and his family is searching for him. As indicated by their flyer, he has early onset dementia. The award-winning journalist was also formerly the political editor at the Houston Chronicle and prior to that a…
Turner Announces Mandatory Evacuation for Parts of West Houston
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced a mandatory evacuation for parts of west Houston along Buffalo Bayou Sunday, with Centerpoint starting to shut off power at 7 a.m. Controlled releases from the Addicks and Barker reservoirs has already caused flooding in many homes, and could continue for another ten to 15…
Houston Public Library Reopening 19 Branches Soon
Nineteen locations of the the Houston Public Library will open their doors Sept. 5-Sept. 9 to offer Houstonians a little respite from the daunting task of surveying damage and moving forward in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. In addition to the always free Wi-Fi, the public can enjoy yoga classes,…
Houstonians Asked to Conserve Water, Keep Cars Off Roads As Harvey Cleanup Continues
We’re still in the middle of dealing with the effects of Hurricane Harvey. Right now, this translates to official requests for certain areas to be stringent about flushing and other water use, and for all of Houston to get their cars out of the roadways so the massive amounts of…
Houston ISD Opening Nine Feeding Centers in Houston
With the Houston Independent School District not slated to open until September 11, the district is opening relief centers across the city to help those likely without access to food because of flooding from Hurricane Harvey. HISD had announced Wednesday that it would offer free meals to all 215,000 students…
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A Simple Mistake Turns Into Price-Gouging Accusations Against Gerardo’s [UPDATED]
A Katy food truck owner has accused a popular Mexican market and drive-in of price-gouging, posting a picture of his “friend’s” receipt on Facebook, and then removing it after a call from the Houston Press. Curbside Sliderz-Katy trainer Leo Villareal claimed in a viral post that his friend was charged…
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Questions on Arkema’s Policies Arise As More Crosby Plant Explosions Inevitable [UPDATED]
The Arkema Inc. ammonia plant is still expected to explode any time now. Meanwhile, questions are beginning to emerge about why Arkema officials opted to leave thousands of gallons of organic peroxide, a highly combustible chemical that has to be kept cold or else it erupts in flames, in storage…
Okay Houston, Where Are All These Displaced People Going to Live Now?
When the water got over their knees, everything in the house started floating: books, toys, even the deep freezer, weighed down by frozen meats and even pots and pans. It came over the living room table, washing away the items the family had kept there, and even inched up to…
Ailing Astros Acquire Verlander from Tigers
At literally the last possible moment, the Houston Astros acquired Justin Verlander from the Detroit Tigers on Thursday to beef up a shaky pitching staff for the playoffs. In return, Astros General Manager Jeff Lunhow agreed to part ways with three prospects: outfielder Daz Cameron, pitcher Franklin Perez and catcher…
Beware! New Laws Go Into Effect Today
In case you were wondering, that dude sloshing through knee-high water while grasping a machete is not necessarily a looter — he’s just a proud Texan embracing the law going into effect today that allows folks to carry nearly any type of knife or sword. It’s just one of many…
Houston Weekend Forecast and Spirits Looking Up
Reading or watching any media outside Houston, you might think that there were no buildings left standing, that thousands had died and we were all currently dog paddling to simply keep from drowning in toxic water. Then, you look around and realize things are OK. Yes, devastation is widespread and…
HISD Schools Will Remain Closed Until September 11
The Houston Independent School District has postponed the first day of school another week because of Tropical Storm Harvey, with students now beginning classes Monday, September 11 — a full two weeks from the original start date on August 25. “We are eager to get our students back into the…
Houston Rapper Bo Bundy 1, Harvey Looters 0
Standing up for his homestead and hoping his “Northside Worldwide” attitude will help him break out of the local pack.
The Victims of Hurricane Harvey: Harris County ME Confirms 25 Deaths
The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences, the county medical examiner’s office, has released the circumstances detailing briefly how 18 people in Harris County died during Tropical Storm Harvey. The number is only expected to rise as floodwaters continue to recede and first responders begin going block to block, door…
Killen’s, Nola’s Commander’s Palace and More Restaurants Lead Huge Harvey Donation Efforts
The Louisiana Restaurant Association and Ti Martin, co-owner of Commander’s Palace, have teamed up with the Greater New Orleans Foundation have started a Hurricane Harvey Hospitality Employee Relief Fund, which will donate individual grants to area restaurant and hotel workers in need. “After Hurricane Katrina, the Houston community was there…
Make the Most Out of Houston’s First Post-Harvey Weekend
After what Houston has been through, this city deserves a little fun.
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Addicks and Barker Reservoirs Continue to Release Water Flooding Buffalo Bayou [UPDATED]
On Thursday, Addicks and Barker reservoirs continued to gush water from controlled releases. While Harris County Flood Control and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had previously announced plans to ultimately increase the controlled releases from each reservoir to 8,000 cubic-feet per second, on Thursday they backed off that estimate…
What a Perfect Post-Harvey Benefit Concert Might Look Like
Think about how much money this lineup could raise.
As Harvey Moves On, Parts of West Houston Continue to Flood
As hot, sunny weather returned to Houston on Thursday, portions of the city’s west side remained virtually shut down. Though tropical rains no longer pelt the city, officials have struggled to maintain control over the Barker and Addicks reservoirs, which continued to release floodwaters Thursday after overflowing their banks for…
Need a Car? Rentals May Not Be an Option
The Avis car rental outlet off Richmond near the 610 Loop is mostly an empty parking lot after days of rainfall from Tropical Storm Harvey. The location didn’t flood, and opened Wednesday unharmed after remaining closed for a few days. But at the moment, the store has just six cars…
First Curfew Arrests Made, Plus 41 Arrests for Lootings
The Harris County Precinct 6 Constable’s Office has made the first arrests for curfew violations—with two of the men caught violating curfew outside their own home, the most recent court filings show. The curfew from midnight to 5 a.m. has been in effect since Wednesday night and will continue until…
Alley Theatre, TUTS Map Out Harvey Aftermath
Two of Houston’s leading performing-arts organizations are coping with the wake of Tropical Storm Harvey.
More Explosions Expected From Crosby Ammonia Plant
Harvey is spinning off into oblivion, but the fallout continues. Rich Rowe, the president and CEO of Arkema Inc. himself, announced late Wednesday that the plant, located in Crosby, about 25 miles outside of Houston, was going to explode. He wasn’t kidding. Just after 2 a.m. Thursday morning two explosions…
