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New Year's Resolutions for Houstonians

By Jeff Balke
Dec 30, 2022

Listen, no one likes New Year's resolutions. Maybe someone does, but we haven't met them and we aren't sure we want to. The act of even contemplating them each year is a chore and, often times, a not-so-subtle jab at your own self esteem (and waistline). But, here's a novel...
Blaggards Pay Tribute to Musical Mentors the Pogues at Special Show

By Bob Ruggiero
Dec 26, 2022

It was nearly four decades ago, but Patrick Devlin still vividly remembers the first time he heard the music of the Pogues. “It was 1985 when I was still living in Ireland. I went to my friend Stephen McGuinness’s house in a place called Ballybrack just south of Dublin,” the...
50 Years at 5216 Montrose: The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

By Marc Minsker
Dec 7, 2022

One of challenges that many postmodern artists have faced over the last 50 years is how to create something new that transcends human imagination and yet remains fresh and innovative in light of all of the radical and transformative art produced post World War II. When the master filmmaker Stanley...
Openings and Closings: James Coney Island's New Plans, Hungry's Expands

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Oct 7, 2022

James Coney Island (JCI Grill), is turning 100 next year and as its 99th year of business comes to a close, the Houston institution wants the community to know that it has big plans for the future. Despite the oft-reported closings of some of its locations over the past couple of...
Battleship Texas Travels the Houston Ship Channel On Its Way to Drydock in Galveston

By Houston Press
Sep 1, 2022

Battleship Texas, first launched during World War I with continued military service in World War II, made history once again Wednesday when it successfully negotiated the waters of the Houston Ship Channel to head for a year's rehab in Galveston. The warship, which was decommissioned in 1948, became a permanent...
The Era Of "Swayzsure" (Patrick Swayze Erasure) Is In Full Swing

By Pete Vonder Haar
Aug 25, 2022

Next month marks the 13th year since Houston's own Patrick Swayze shuffled off his mortal coil. The former Sexiest Man Alive was just 57 years old (last Thursday would've been his 60th birthday), and left behind a cinematic legacy no one who remembers the late 1900s (as the kids are...
Houston Bucket List - The Honorable Mentions

By Jeff Balke
Aug 10, 2022

For more than two months, we've meticulously counted down the top 100 things to do in Houston, 2022 edition. It's been a lot, but we hope you enjoyed the big list and get started on knocking some of those items off your to do list. We linked to all 10...
Sugar Hill Studios: A Rollicking Rock and Roll History in Houston

By Marc Minsker
Aug 4, 2022

Fifty years ago this summer, a former barber from Louisiana with a thick Cajun accent was driving around East Houston scouting locations to open his dream recording studio. Raised in a shack in Vermilion Parish by his sharecropping parents, he had barely finished high school when made a name for...
Houston Bucket List Part 10 - Parks, Plays and Pie

By Jeff Balke
Jul 27, 2022

Twice in the last decade, we at the Houston Press have compiled our list of the 100 things every Houstonian must do. The first list was nearly 10 years ago and limited to a very small radius around the city (30 miles). In 2017, we expanded it to include distances...
Houston Bucket List Part 9 - Buildings, Beer and Buffalo Bayou Park

By Jeff Balke
Jul 20, 2022

Twice in the last decade, we at the Houston Press have compiled our list of the 100 things every Houstonian must do. The first list was nearly 10 years ago and limited to a very small radius around the city (30 miles). In 2017, we expanded it to include distances...
The Krayolas are Happy "Reimagining" Their Debut

By Bob Ruggiero
Jul 19, 2022

For any young rock band starting out, seeing your first long play studio record become a reality usually brings forth emotions of joy, excitement and celebration. Usually. But for Hector Saldana, the Spring 1982 debut disc of his San Antonio-based The Krayolas brought a lot of…angst. And it has gnawed at...
Houston Bucket List Part 8 - Soccer, Skating, Brunching and Beaching

By Jeff Balke
Jul 13, 2022

Twice in the last decade, we at the Houston Press have compiled our list of the 100 things every Houstonian must do. The first list was nearly 10 years ago and limited to a very small radius around the city (30 miles). In 2017, we expanded it to include distances...
Houston Bucket List Part 7 - Bats, Buffalo Soldiers and Buc’ee’s

By Jeff Balke
Jul 7, 2022

Twice in the last decade, we at the Houston Press have compiled our list of the 100 things every Houstonian must do. The first list was nearly 10 years ago and limited to a very small radius around the city (30 miles). In 2017, we expanded it to include distances...
Houston Bucket List Part 6 - Go Fishing, Go Walking and Go Texan

By Jeff Balke
Jun 29, 2022

Twice in the last decade, we at the Houston Press have compiled our list of the 100 things every Houstonian must do. The first list was nearly 10 years ago and limited to a very small radius around the city (30 miles). In 2017, we expanded it to include distances...
Legal Questions Raised About Dusty Hill Estate Sale

By Margaret Downing
Jun 28, 2022

As reported in Culture Map today, legal questions have been raised about the legitimacy of the recent Dusty Hill estate sale with the former ZZ Top bassist's widow saying she never authorized use of her late husband's name in the sale and in fact, knew nothing about it before it...
Houston Bucket List Part 5 - Floating, Volunteering and Cruising

By Jeff Balke
Jun 22, 2022

Twice in the last decade, we at the Houston Press have compiled our list of the 100 things every Houstonian must do. The first list was nearly 10 years ago and limited to a very small radius around the city (30 miles). In 2017, we expanded it to include distances...
Houston Bucket List Part 4 - Drinking, Dancing and...Ice Skating?

By Jeff Balke
Jun 16, 2022

Twice in the last decade, we at the Houston Press have compiled our list of the 100 things every Houstonian must do. The first list was nearly 10 years ago and limited to a very small radius around the city (30 miles). In 2017, we expanded it to include distances...
Houston Bucket List Part 3: Pride, Gators and Galveston

By Jeff Balke
Jun 8, 2022

Twice in the last decade, we at the Houston Press have compiled our list of the 100 things every Houstonian must do. The first list was nearly 10 years ago and limited to a very small radius around the city (30 miles). In 2017, we expanded it to include distances...
Houston Bucket List Part 2: Flowers, Football and Fresh Fish

By Jeff Balke
Jun 1, 2022

Twice in the last decade, we at the Houston Press have compiled our list of the 100 things every Houstonian must do. The first list was nearly 10 years ago and limited to a very small radius around the city (30 miles). In 2017, we expanded it to include distances...
Houston Bucket List: The Top 100 Things to Do in Houston Returns

By Jeff Balke
May 25, 2022

It's back! Twice in the last decade, we at the Houston Press have compiled our list of the 100 things every Houstonian must do. The first list was nearly 10 years ago and limited to a very small radius around the city (30 miles). In 2017, we expanded it to...

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