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Survey Says

You Tell Us: Where Is Houston's Best Place to Work?

Do you look forward to Sunday ending so you can see your coworkers on Monday? We want to hear from you.

08/01/2017 By Houstonia Staff

Baseball Fever

The Astros Clubhouse: An Insider's Guide

Think the Cathedral at Chartres, but with pounding techno.

08/01/2017 By Scott Vogel

Baseball Fever

Introducing 'Stro Stories

Our unabashedly biased blog debuts.

08/01/2017 By Scott Vogel

Mental Health

At Melanin and Mental Health, Helping to Facilitate Tough Talks in Minority Communities

“There’s no denying that our communities are strong and resilient and all those things, but imagine how much better we would be if we got help.”

07/31/2017 By Allyson Waller

Immigration

Conroe Residents Protest Expansion of Immigration Detention Facility

The privately run facility will add 1,000 beds next door to the existing Joe Corley Detention Center, and some residents—including the mayor—aren't happy.

07/25/2017 By Roxanna Asgarian

Dating

Survey: How's Your Love Life, Houston?

Are you willing to drive from Galveston to The Woodlands for a new relationship, or does love have its limits? Sound off on this question and more in our survey.

07/25/2017 By Houstonia Staff

Houston Hustle

How an Online Contest Gave Two Local Creatives Their Big Break

Out of 15 global winners, two Houstonians were picked to pursue their passions by Volcom's #ThisFirst contest.

07/25/2017 By Hannah Lauritzen

Old Man Yells at Cloud

Houston "Ruined" According to Angry Front Lawn Sign

Was our city "better" in 1947? Given the general lack of air conditioning, for one—no.

07/20/2017 By Katharine Shilcutt

Neighborhood Guide

Everything You Need to Know About River Oaks and Upper Kirby

Your guide to the best these upscale neighborhoods have to offer.

07/20/2017 By Houstonia Staff

Apples to Alcohol

Houston’s First Cidery Will Change Everything You Know About Hard Cider

Opening The Permann’s Cider Company allowed a recently-widowed accountant to flip the script on grief.

07/20/2017 By Kyndall Krist

Sports

Drake to Present Game Ball at Manchester Derby Because Why Not

The rapper's complicated history with Manchester football teams is even weirder than his relationship to Houston.

07/19/2017 By Katharine Shilcutt

Let's Fly Away

Our Experience on Board the Legendary Douglas DC-3

“That is the airplane that changed the world.”

07/19/2017 By Allyson Waller

Identity Politics

Upper Kirby Wasn't Always Upper Kirby

A story of red telephone booths and creating a new identity for a once-nameless neighborhood.

07/19/2017 By Nicki Koetting

Shoot for the Moon

We Tried (and Failed) to Conquer Houston's New Apollo 13-Themed Escape Room

If Escape Hunt Houston's new room seems like rocket science, that's because it is.

07/19/2017 By Cara Maines and Allyson Waller

Law & Order

An HPD Meet-and-Greet Underscores the Importance of Community

"We’re concerned with what’s happening here in Northside," says HPD Vice Division Captain Dan Harris.

07/18/2017 By Julia Gsell

Into the Storm

How Weather Shaped Houston's History

Our inclement-weather-prone city has seen it all over the past 100 years—fires, hurricanes, floods, and yes, even snow storms. Let's talk about it.

07/18/2017 Edited by Katharine Shilcutt

Ice House

At UH, Creating the Country's First Spanish-Language Creative Writing PhD Program

The program begins this month, and hopes to engage the local Hispanic community in telling their own stories.

07/18/2017 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Ice House

Critical Operación: A Group of Venezuelan Ex-Pats Fights a Crisis Back Home

What started as an informal drive for medical supplies grew into Houston-based Operación Saludos a Venezuela.

07/18/2017 By Jasmina Kelemen

Ice House

Who Is That Marine on the Montrose Bridge?

Mark Perez regularly stands on the Woodhead Street bridge over the Southwest Freeway in salute to raise awareness of PTSD.

07/18/2017 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Ice House

August's Perfect Party: Cash-Us-Inside Edition

We'd love to chat up a new Women's Basketball Hall of Famer, Top Chef winner Paul Qui, and other movers and shakers in Houston. And we have some questions for Danielle Bregoli.

07/18/2017 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

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News & City Life

You Tell Us: Where Is Houston's Best Place to Work?

The Astros Clubhouse: An Insider's Guide

Introducing 'Stro Stories

At Melanin and Mental Health, Helping to Facilitate Tough Talks in Minority Communities

Conroe Residents Protest Expansion of Immigration Detention Facility

Survey: How's Your Love Life, Houston?

How an Online Contest Gave Two Local Creatives Their Big Break

Houston "Ruined" According to Angry Front Lawn Sign

Everything You Need to Know About River Oaks and Upper Kirby

Houston’s First Cidery Will Change Everything You Know About Hard Cider

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