Latest Stories

• 
  An Ode to Watermelon

  Lorretta Ruggiero | August 3 at 4:30 a.m.

  National Watermelon Day is today, August 3. However, most of us have been enjoying its sweet, refreshing flavor for the past month or two already. Watermelon loves the heat so August is a great time to head to the grocery store or local produce...

• 
  Houston's Up and Coming Actors 2019: Razzle, Dazzle and a Whole Lot More

  Jessica Goldman | September 24 at 5 a.m.

  This past August, when Brandon Morgan strode up on stage to accept his Houston Theater Award for the Best Everywhere We Looked Player, he pointed to his friend, Joseph “Joe P” Palmore (who had just won the Best Actor Award) and said the...

• 
  Announcing the Houston Theater Awards 2019

  D. L. Groover | August 12 at 4 a.m.

  When our distinguished panel met to finalize our winners and nominees for the 2018-19 Houston Theater Awards, the meeting was surprisingly amicable. Many of our choices were unanimous, or close to it, which I think speaks highly of the quality of...

• 
  University of Houston Pianist Crushed By a Building, Emerges with Resilience

  John Amar | May 15 at 4 a.m.

  In November 2018,  Sonya Bandouil and her boyfriend Alex Pankiewicz took a weekend vacation to Boston. At the trip’s end, they stopped at a café on their way to the train station before returning to New York. “I was looking at the menu...

• 
  From Malawi With Love: Local Artist Designs Custom Furniture That Gives Back

  Susie Tommaney | May 13 at 4 a.m.

  People come into our lives for a reason. Sometimes they're just agents of change, reminding us of dormant potential; others keep us focused on our path and goals; some will guide and teach; and then there are those difference-makers who share our...

• 
  A First Look at Common Bond and Van Gogh

  Lorretta Ruggiero | March 27 at 5 a.m.

  April in Paris may be the dream of many a romantic soul, but April in Houston can be pretty wonderful, too. We may not have the Eiffel Tower or the Seine, but we've got The Williams Tower and Buffalo Bayou. If longing for champagne in France on a...