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  5 Best Bets This Weekend in Houston: Boat Parade and Gingerbread Houses

  December 7 at 4 a.m.

  Gingerbread works quite well if you're a cackling witch trying to fatten up lost, unsuspecting children. But it also seems to be a sturdy construction material. This spiced baked good turns up in both Rec Room's Hansel and Gretel and the Annual Gingerbread Build Off. The weekend also includes holiday cheer...

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  Former President George H.W. Bush Has Died

  December 1 at 7:32 a.m.

  Former President George Herbert Walker Bush died Friday night in Houston, the city where years before he began his political career. His death follows that of his wife Barbara who died in April. He was 94 years old. Accolades poured in almost immediately. Mayor Sylvester Turner pointed out both what...

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  Eight Straight Texan Victories: Texans Topple Titans 34-17

  November 27 at 5:15 a.m.

  The Texans have won a franchise record, eight straight wins. On a night that memorialized the former Texans owner, Bob McNair, the Texans honored him in the most fitting way with a win over the Tennessee Titans, 34-17. (Photos by Eric Sauseda)

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  5 Best Bets This Weekend in Houston: Holiday Lights and Celtic Christmas

  November 23 at 4 a.m.

  If too much family togetherness has given you cabin fever, or you're so weighed down by starchy foods and tryptophan that you feel like The Nutty Professor, then keep being thankful but get up and get going because it's another great weekend in Houston. Several holiday traditions are kicking off,...

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  5 Best Bets This Weekend in Houston: Spinal Tap, CineSpace and a Battleship

  November 9 at 4 a.m.

  Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. This weekend in Houston we've got a vintage fashion show and a throwback screening of the world’s greatest mockumentary. For the new, Opera in the Heights has a completely different concept from when it last presented Mozart's most controversial work. More than 250 filmmakers...

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  Openings and Closings: Pokeology Returns, Finn Hall Opens Next Month

  November 9 at 4 a.m.

  Pokeology, 2313 Edwards, will open November 18 at Sawyer Yards. The brick and mortar for this poke restaurant, which used to operate out of Doc Holliday's in Rice Village, has been a long time coming, since it shuttered its operation at the back of the bar last May. The new...