Katie Laird

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• Posted HMNS wants your Biggest Bite to Houstonist
  In the spirit of all things natural science-y, the Houston Museum of Natural Science peeps want to feed your belly at Big Bite Nite on April 30th from 6-9pm. The natural science bit comes in because you'll be eating next to FREAKING DINOSAURS, which pretty much bumps up any event's cool quotient by 3,000. The evening will bring food and booze from over 30 different Houston-area restaurants and beverage companies - along with music...
• Posted It's Official: Brennan's of Houston to Rebuild to Houstonist
  Turtle soup lovers can breathe a sigh of relief: Brennan's of Houston is officially rebuilding and will be open to Creole junkies in October 2009. After being mostly destroyed in a devastating fire during Hurricane Ike, no special occasion dinner has been the same for thousands of Houstonian foodies. This morning the remaining Brennan's staff, owner Alex Brennan Martin and Mayor Bill White met to announce the official rebuild of the restaurant: Eighty percent...
• Posted Heart of Gold: The art of Empty Bowls for empty bellies to Houstonist
  So our plans for the weekend are pretty chill - a little Wii, maybe catch a movie, hit Artopia or get a tattoo... But some Houstonians prefer to go the more "productive" route, like Albert Goldreich who is on a mission from the Great Kiln in the Sky to break the world's record for continuous pottery throwing (which is this, definitely not this). What does that mean? While we're still bumbling around our kitchen...
• Posted Ticket Giveaway: Cyrus Chestnut Christmas jazz show to Houstonist
  Houstonist's music tastes are refined - Duran Duran, Wham!, You(genious) and, most definitely yes, every single note from A Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack. Which is why this ticket giveaway is cool - accomplished jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut will be playing not only a killer Christmas arrangement, but will also be featuring songs from his first jazz influence Vince Guaraldi (the Charlie Brown music dude). What: Cyrus Chestnut Christmas jazz concert Where: Cullen Theater, Wortham...
• Posted Houston Zoo bids farewell to Baby Mac the elephant to Houstonist
  A very sad announcement from the Houston Zoo today, 2-year-old Mac the Asian elephant died of elephant herpesvirus last night: Houston Zoo elephant keepers alerted the Zoo’s veterinarians Sunday morning when they saw indications that Mac was exhibiting initial symptoms of elephant herpesvirus. Our keepers perform regular inspections of all our elephants and are trained to look for indications such as loss of appetite, lethargy, and swelling in certain areas of the head..... There is...