Bayou City Beer Club

Beer Review: 8th Wonder's Dome Faux'm

Also, picks for your Fourth of July celebrations.

07/03/2019 By Timothy Malcolm

Rockets Red Glare

Beer News: Celebrate America's Birthday With Brews

Plus, rare beers are moving to the taps at Saint Arnold, for a limited time.

06/28/2019 By Timothy Malcolm

Baby You're a Firework

7 Ways to Have Some Fun With Your Fourth of July Fashion

Show your stars, stripes, and style.

06/27/2019 By Beth Muecke

Destination: Downtown

What You Should Do Downtown This Summer

From festivals to theater to bingo in the park, here is this season’s downtown must-do list.

06/25/2019 By Morgan Kinney

Happy 243rd Birthday, America!

How Will You Celebrate Fourth of July This Year?

Houston has an Independence Day celebration for everyone.

06/25/2019 By Timothy Malcolm

Cold Beer for Hot Days

Beer News: I Want You to Want Beer This Independence Day

Plus, have some cans of pilsner at B-52 in Conroe.

06/21/2019 By Timothy Malcolm

Oh Well

Fourth of July 2018 a Wash

Maybe next year, guys.

07/04/2018 By Catherine Matusow

The Course of Human Events

Jell-O Shots, Fried Chicken, and Snow Cones: Food Specials and Parties For the Fourth

Having second thoughts about grilling for Independence Day? Let these bars and restaurants help out.

07/03/2018 By Timothy Malcolm

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Seems Like A Pretty Good Time to Reread the Constitution, Eh?

The Houston Great Books Council holds an annual civics discussion each Fourth of July. Even in 2018, they plan to keep things civil.

07/03/2018 By Anna Lassmann

Home of the Free, Land of the Cutoffs

10 Outfits for Your Fourth of July Celebration

Look good for your party in the USA.

07/02/2018 By Abby Ledoux

Do You Ever Feel Like a Plastic Bag?

All the Houston Independence Day Firework Shows Worth Your Time

All the best places to avert your eyes from the headlines and watch the sky burn.

07/02/2018 By Cicely Rubottom

Igniting the Light

Who Does the Freedom Over Texas Fireworks?

Behind the sparks is an explosive family legacy.

06/22/2018 By Nicki Koetting

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag?

Your Ultimate Guide to the Fourth of July

Lots of fireworks, a barbecue eating contest and 20,000 pounds of snow right here in Texas.

06/30/2017 By Arman Badrei, Kara Fields, and Spencer Vogel

Declare it loud, declare it proud

Forget the Fireworks—Spend the Fourth Debating the Constitution

"The Constitution is our civic religion, our secular religion in a sense, that runs the country.”

06/30/2017 By Allyson Waller

Miss Independence

10 Ways to Have a Fashionable Fourth of July

Stars, stripes, denim, sequins, crop tops, fireworks, America!

06/29/2017 By Beth Muecke

Trend Piece

8 All-American Swimsuits for Summer

Because red, white and blue is nautical by nature.

06/21/2017 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Weekend Warrior

Top 5 Things to Do, Hear and See This (Long!) Weekend: July 1—4

Toe-tappin' country music and a whole lotta fireworks.

06/29/2016 By Liz Hardaway

Miss Independent

Set Off Fireworks in These 4th of July Fashions

Celebrate with stars, stripes and everything nice.

06/27/2016 By Beth Muecke

Trend Piece

How to Stylishly Rep America on the 4th of July

Not a flag tee in sight.

06/24/2016 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Ice House

I Hear America Singing: Houston Edition

On occasion of the Fourth of July, a meditation on those booming cannons, on Walt Whitman’s famous poem and on viola jokes.

06/20/2016 By Katharine Shilcutt