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Profiles

Gloria Days

Longtime employee Gloria Ware reflects on three decades of change at Backstreet Cafe.

10/31/2013 By Katharine Shilcutt

Charity

The Best of Luck

Housing: a New Hope

10/31/2013 By Catherine Matusow

Gather ’Round!

November’s Perfect Party

We need to set Oprah straight.

10/31/2013 By Catherine Matusow

Investigation

Stray Dogs: Menace or Opportunity?

Earlier this year, a pack of wild dogs nearly killed Maria Arcos. In the East End, a new organization is seeking solutions to the problem.

10/28/2013 By Allyn West

Charity Events

At Habitat for Horses, It's One Rescue at a Time

How to bring a suffering, starving horse back to health—and then save hundreds more.

10/24/2013 By Kerry H.

Crime

Arrests Made In Montrose Burger King Murder

Man, woman, and weird mannequin found sleeping in van in a San Diego Costco parking lot.

10/24/2013 By John Lomax

Storytellers

The Moth StorySLAM Kicks Off in Houston

Storytelling takes the stage with The Moth StorySLAM in Houston at Stereo Live.

10/08/2013 By Katharine Shilcutt

Houston Music Lore

Velvet Bayou

Sterling Morrison left the Velvet Underground in Houston to captain tugboats on the Ship Channel.

10/01/2013 By John Lomax

Immigration

The Letter And The Law

A booming economy and its consequences.

09/30/2013 By Peter Holley

Ice House

The Slab Goes Fab

The ongoing evolution of an automotive art form

09/30/2013 By Peter Holley

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Ice House

The Wes Anderson Collection

Matt Zoller Seitz's new book charts the filmmaker’s course from St. Francis Episcopal to Hollywood.

09/30/2013 By Craig D. Lindsey

Basketball

Meet Rocketgirl, #1 Superfan

Brianne Hodenfield is a bigger Rockets fan than you will ever be.

09/30/2013 By Jeff Balke

Ice House

Houston’s Ninja Warriors

A refresher course in grit

09/30/2013 By Kerry H.

Ice House

The Case Against Squishing

HMNS entomologist Nancy Grieg wouldn’t hurt a fly (literally).

09/30/2013 By Catherine Matusow

Ice House

October’s Perfect Party

Guests gather round to gab about their gigs.

09/30/2013 By Catherine Matusow

Hustle Town Hard Times

Riff Raff Did 10 Days in the County Here in 2002

And here are the details.

09/20/2013 Photography by Peter Holley By John Lomax

Hip-Hop

Hustle and Draw

Bun B and Shea Serrano collaborate on a much-anticipated new rap coloring book.

09/20/2013 By Marc Brubaker

Interview

Arts Insider: Pat Jasper

Folklorist Pat Jasper discusses Houston's vibrant mix of cultures.

09/09/2013 By Michael Hardy

H-Town Diary

A Novel Adventure

Novelist Chitra Divakaruni on learning to love the Bayou City and the stories Houston makes.

09/03/2013 By Chitra Divakaruni

Essays

Ike’s Peak

A singularly harrowing account of Hurricane Ike’s fury and the four souls whose lives it nearly took.

09/03/2013 By John Lomax

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