News & City Life

Obituary

Remembering Michael Graves, the Architect Houston Loved to Hate

The iconic postmodernist designed the Houston Federal Reserve branch and several buildings on the Rice campus.

03/16/2015 By Michael Hardy

Pets Guide

Into the Wild: Meet 3 of Houston’s Best-Known Exotic Pets

Three Houstonia pets that aren’t cats or dogs: their praises and possible pitfalls

03/09/2015 By Chris Abshire

Feature

Along Holman Street, the Past, Present, and Future of the Third Ward

A short walk of just a mile and a half reveals the rise, fall, and renewal of one of Houston’s most iconic neighborhoods.

03/09/2015 By Michael Hardy Photography by Brian Goldman

Bayougraphy

The Wizard of University Park

Richard Willson, Chemical Engineer

03/09/2015 By Michael Hardy

Humor

Nobody Passes Us in the Population Rankings

Watch your back, San Antonio.

03/09/2015 By Michael Hardy

Humor

Diss and Franchise

Houstons are popping up everywhere. Isn’t it time we started protecting the brand?

03/09/2015

Ice House

March’s Perfect Party: A Month of Comings and Goings

Out with the old, in with the new.

03/09/2015 By Catherine Matusow

Immodest Proposals

Hey, Pool Guys—You’re Not Thinking Big Enough!

If Houston needs a swimming hole, then we’d better build the biggest darn swimming hole there is.

03/09/2015 By Jared Monmouth

Field of Vision

Can One Man Save 10,000 Children?

Practicing catch and release in West Africa

03/09/2015 By Catherine Matusow

Repeat Offender

Decades After Recovery, Polio Strikes Back

A disease and its victims, down but not out

03/09/2015 By Peter Holley

Fajitas on Ice

What’s the Mayor of Reykjavik Doing in Houston?

Stand-up comedian and former mayor Jón Gnarr might just be the next president of Iceland—but for the time being, he’s calling Houston home.

03/09/2015 Photography by Justin Calhoun By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: March 6–8

Yes, it's rodeo season. But there's so much else to do this weekend as well, including the Azalea Trail, the Steve Miller Band, and the Buffalo Bayou Regatta.

03/04/2015 By Michael Hardy

Space

NASA Turns 100 Years Old Today—Why Aren't You Celebrating?

Space flight: a prehistory

03/03/2015 By Maggie Berardo

news

City Looking for Public Input on New Arts Plan

The Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs is in the midst of collecting public feedback about its new civic arts plan. But where's the Houston Arts Alliance?

02/25/2015 By Michael Hardy