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::Inprint Brown Reading Series - Richard Powers & Jennifer Egan:: For the 27th year, Inprint presents one of the finest reading series in the country, giving Houstonians a chance to hear from and meet some of the world’s leading writers. From September through April, 14 renowned authors will come to Houston, many for the first time, sharing their work and insights. These authors’ works address pressing contemporary issues, taking us on a journey around the...

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. AIR Houston Names Richard Yoo Chairman From our friends at abc13.com comes this story about local bazillionaire, Richard Yoo, founder of Rackspace and Hush Labs being named chairman of AIR Houston. AIR Houston is The Accessibility Internet Rally (AIR) which hosts a one-day competition in which web professionals team up with non-profit organizations to help design websites for users with disabilities. We know AIR Houston will...

Two local pharmacies were burglarized last night. The first was Cunningham pharmacy on Airline near near Ellena Road were investigators say at least 3 people pryed the doors open. The bandits took off with codeine syrup and cash. Their next target was Champions pharmacy just down Airline, where the burglars broke into the vacant space next door to the pharmacy and then broke through the wall. A logical move when you are high on codeine...

So you've heard all the discussion about how cities must lure the so-called "creative class" if they want to be great places, right? Basically, the idea is that the creative class — knowledge workers, artists, intellectuals and creative types, a subset of workers identified by economist and author Richard Florida — spurs economic power, high-tech industry, new ideas and growth in places that court it. Sounds like something Houston should be trying to attract, right?...

Dynamo Dance Team Debuts Tonight @ RÖCBAR What's better than having a Championship MLS team in our city? How about 17 scantily-clad ladies doing their best to encourage the team to a second championship? Yeah, that could make things better. At least for the male persuasion of fans. The roster of the first-ever Dynamo Girls will be announced this Friday, April 13th, at RÖCBAR, 530 Texas, at Bayou Place. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.,...

Slugs and Bruises!! Flat Track Action begins this Sunday with "Spring Fling" the first official bout! Houstonist is jazzed about the second season of roller derby! The exhibition bouts in the Verizon proved to us that the visibility is indeed very, very good. The action was even better, with the rookies looking very un-rookie-like and some having major talent (Rookie Savage Rose is a fantastic jammer - bodies just fly out of her path) and...

Ah, the 1980s — the decade of Square Pegs, big hair, leg warmers and Wham! But not everything was bad: Despite the black hole that was '80s pop culture, there was some good architecture going on — and one piece of it is for sale on Willowick Drive in River Oaks. The house in question, a 1981 contemporary design from John J. Stonehill of New York City's Stonehill & Taylor, is nestled among the...

City Council yesterday approved a flat rate for all taxi rides within the downtown freeway loop and the creation of at least eight new taxi stands downtown, all part of an effort to make downtown more accessible to visitors, people without cars and downtown office workers. The flat rate, $6 for any trip inside the loop bounded by I-10, I-45 and Highway 59, applies no matter how many people share the cab. We fully expect...

Mary Gordon's latest novel, Pearl, explores the relationship between an American mother and her daughter, the title character, who goes on a hunger strike and chains herself to the American embassy in Dublin. It's familiar territory for Gordon: Her writing often tackles relationships, uncovering their dynamics with wonderful, precise, usually perfectly crafted language. Patricia Powell's The Pagoda, set in late-19th century Jamaica, also focuses on relationships — but its interactions, between a Chinese shopkeeper, a...

Houstonist tried to think of an incredibly complicated allegory involving the Texas Legislature, school districts and homeowners to talk about yesterday's school finance ruling, but we realized our poorly funded public education means we don't know what an "allegory" is. So: