News & City Life

Interview

A Chat With the Zookeeper

Or, why modern zookeeping is healthier for everyone involved

06/02/2014 By Peter Holley

Interview

What’s It Like to Be a Museum Guard at the MFAH?

Meet the person who makes sure you stand at least 12 inches away from the art.

06/02/2014 By Michael Hardy Illustrations by Sebastian Gomez de la Torre

Self-Help

Be-A-Vitriolic

Remington: Publisher, author, electric shaver

06/02/2014 By Houstonia Staff

Sports

A Soccer Team Awaits Its Fans

Its inaugural season now under way, the Houston Dash faces an uphill climb.

06/02/2014 By Chris Abshire

Our Sexist Past

Why Does Houston Only Have Two Statues of Women?

A bit of light research, a head-scratching truth

06/02/2014 By John Lomax

Air Travel

Scared of Flying? Face Your Phobia at Ellington Field

How one company, Flying Phobia Help, teaches you how to "model courage"—or at least fake it.

06/02/2014 By Melissa Jacobs

Gather ’Round!

June’s Perfect Party

A Toast to New Beginnings

06/02/2014 By Catherine Matusow

LAWSUITS

Lawsuit Claims “New” Marfreless Is a Fake

Rival owners of legendary River Oaks make-out bar can't make up.

05/29/2014 By John Lomax

soccer

A Dynamo in Brazil

Houston midfielder Brad Davis will be one of the 23 players on the US national team competing in the World Cup next month.

05/23/2014 By Michael Hardy

GEOGRAPHY OF HOUSTON

This Week In Neighborhood Names: The Deroloc Addition

Yes, it's "colored" spelled backwards, but it's probably not racist.

05/21/2014 By John Nova Lomax

Newsfix

VIDEO: Church Folks Get "Turnt Up" at Christian Nightclub

Sunday nights, when church is over, Houston church folks are heading out to a nightclub on Almeda Road.

05/16/2014 By Dan Derozier

H-TOWN WEIRDNESS

How Now Giant Dancing Cow? And Who?

Sorry for the Upworthy-style headline here, but...Chris Keeble was taking pictures of a mural in the First Ward, and what happened next will blow your mind. At least a little bit.

05/15/2014 By John Lomax Photography by Christopher Keeble

Bayou City Brawlers

The Sports Event to Attend This Weekend: Houston Roller Derby

Forget about the Astros versus the White Sox, and check out The Brawlers versus the Psych Ward Sirens.

05/15/2014 By Sydney Lopez

Unreal Estate

Au Revoir, Josephine

New owners hand out eviction notices at 75-year-old moderne Boulevard Oaks apartment building.

05/08/2014 By John Nova Lomax

UNREAL ESTATE

Behold: The Second Cheapest Rental in Central Houston

A 448 square-foot Rice Military hovel features luxury touches like a clawfoot tub, a granite countertop, and rooms that hold things.

05/06/2014 By John Lomax

H-Town Diary

Memoirs of a Daily Dog-Walker

The upside of being invisible? You get to see everything.

04/30/2014 By David Stuart Maclean

Courts

The Nanny Trap

Who is Stella Unni?

04/30/2014 By John Lomax

Humor

The Woodlands is Hog Heaven

And hogs may be uniquely adapted to the terrain.

04/30/2014 By Peter Holley

Thicket to Hide

Bigfoot Is Hiding in the Big Thicket

He’s just very hard to find.

04/30/2014 By Michael Hardy

Ice House Interview

What Would It Take for You to Care About Smog?

Our air quality problems may be less visible than in the past—but that doesn’t mean they’ve disappeared.

04/30/2014 By Catherine Matusow

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