News & City Life

Hot Tip

Joe's Crab Shack Is Eliminating Tipping

...at least, in certain markets.

11/11/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

Newstonians

Houstonia Welcomes Its New Dining Editor, Alice Levitt

You tell us: Where should she eat first?

11/10/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

Symphony

Homecoming King

Concertmaster Frank Huang returns to the stage at Jones Hall for a three-night event.

11/03/2015 By Nick Esquer

Sports

The Game That Keeps On Giving

International tennis star Zina Garrison teams with UH to provide young athletes the same opportunities she was once given.

11/03/2015 By Catherine Matusow

Whatacluster

Local Businesses Brace for Open Carry

House Bill 910 goes into effect January 1, kicking off a debate over whether—and how—companies should exercise their right to prohibit guns on the premises.

11/03/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

Bayougraphy

Video: Behind the Scenes with Tony Vallone

After 50 years in the Houston restaurant business, Tony’s still got it.

11/03/2015 Videography by Bryan Lozano

Cover Story

Best Places to Work 2015

There’s never been a better time to be gainfully employed in Houston, where our top companies are hard at work attracting—and keeping—the best and brightest.

11/03/2015

Car Buyers’ Guide

Meet Houston’s Famous First Lady of Car Sales

In a male-dominated industry, Carolyn Cross worked her way up from a typist to the big boss at the best dealerships in the country.

11/03/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

Best Places to Work

Office Space: Latha Ramchand

Dean and finance professor, C.T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston

11/03/2015 By Steven Devadanam

Best Places to Work

Office Space: James Nelson

Executive Director, Houston Ballet

11/03/2015 By Steven Devadanam

Best Places to Work

Office Space: Aimee Woodall

President and founder, marketing and PR firm Black Sheep Agency

11/03/2015 By Steven Devadanam

Best Places to Work

Recruiting in the Age of Social Media

If you want to find truly the best candidates, it’s time to change tactics.

11/03/2015 By Lonna Dawson

Best Places to Work

Houston’s Best Places to Work in 2015

The results are in: here are Houston’s hottest workplaces, from coolest office space to biggest perks.

11/03/2015 By Lonna Dawson, Fayza Elmostehi, and Brittanie Shey

Bayougraphy

You Want It, You Got It

Tony Vallone, Restaurateur

11/03/2015 By Jeff Balke Photography by Nathan Lindstrom

Ice House

November’s Perfect Party

Let-It-All-Hang-Out Edition

11/03/2015 By Catherine Matusow

Charity

When Once-A-Year Volunteers Strike

‘Tis the season for giving back—but what happens when there’s a surplus of samaritans?

11/03/2015 By Marianella Orlando

Dept. of Editorial Justice

We’re With the Banned

A discovery that Houstonia is prohibited in Texas jails illuminates the often-arbitrary rules governing what prisoners can—or can’t—read.

11/03/2015 By Lonna Dawson

Sweet Charity

Brian Cushing Supports Military Families with His Texans & T-Bones Fundraiser

Enjoy a lavish dinner at the Palm served by Texans players, including Cushing himself.

10/19/2015 By Elise Rambaud Marrion

'Stros

Orange is the New Crack

Face it. In this baseball-mad city, you aren’t getting anything done today.

10/12/2015 By Scott Vogel

Go 'Stros

The Remarkables

A perennially underestimated city gets the team it deserves.

10/07/2015 By Scott Vogel