Busy weekend a-comin'. Today is the unlucky day, tomorrow is the love day, and Monday is President's Day. If you have some time off, Houstonist has some ideas for you.
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Break out the beads and the bands! The official Mardi Gras season in Galveston -- which dates all the way back to 1867 -- kicks off tomorrow, February 13th, and runs through February 24th.
No, it's not Mardi Gras. And not THOSE oranges. Our friends at the Orange Show need your juice this weekend. (Mind. gutter. pick it up.) The Orange Show is looking for Volunteers to help with the Bayou City Art Festival Downtown this coming Saturday & Sunday, October 13th & 14 th. Volunteers ages 16 and older are needed to man the Orange Show booth featuring a Mini Art Car Workshop for kids and to help...
We knew there had to be some history behind Houston's opening its doors to hurricane evacuees from New Orleans a couple of summers ago — and now, thanks to the Chronicle's addictive Bayou City History blog, we know what it was: Early in 1949, the Houston City Council annexed the city of New Orleans. So, hey, all you transplanted New Orleanians: Welcome home! It all started Dec. 31, 1948, when Houston annexed more than...
Need to know just a little bit about something? Ask a dilettante. Last night, I went out with some friends for a few drinks. Since when has Cinco de Mayo become such a big drinking event? It’s not even a major holiday in Mexico. As long as Dilettante has been aware of Cinco de Mayo, it has been a drinking holiday. But it does seem to be turning into more and more of an excuse...
Spring time in Texas and Easter is Sunday. Bluebonnets are blooming on the roadsides of Texas highways and hordes of partying co-eds are migrating to South Padre Island for Spring Break. Thousands of miles away in Rimini, Italy a different group of Texans, known as No Tsu Oh, is migrating to a different beach in hopes of successfully defending their fifth world title. Paganello is a five-day frisbee related event held annually on the Rimini...
Austinist gets arty with an interactive guide to SXSW, loved some local art galleries and a new art exhibit and lamented the possible loss of "Friday Night Lights" production to New Mexico. Bostonist was happy they finally found an Anna Nicole Smith connection to their fair city and that an Apple Store was opening up. They were less happy that new rules have been established limiting underage shows and that their Governor is spending...
Today’s Photo of the Day comes from flickr user and Houstonist photo contributor darkhairedgirl. Titled, What a Smile! this photo was taken during Mardi Gras in Galveston. It candidly shows three sailors enjoying the days events. Darkhairedgirl expertly captures the moment and provides an explanation, here's the caption from the photo: I had been trying to photograph this bunch for a few minutes when he turned around and just gave me the biggest, happiest...
No Mardi Gras season is complete without at least one whole piece of king cake in your belly. The Acadian Bakers have the best king cake in town, but they're almost sold out. If you don't get to score one of those, you could do-it-yourself with this quick and easy family recipe Houstonist picked up during a trip to Louisiana for Mardi Gras. Enjoy and add a baby at your own risk. King Cake 2...
The Titties and Beads Edition It's Fat Tuesday Houston. A day made for over eating, over drinking, over partying, and pretty much over indulgence in general. For those of you non historically minded people, Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras in French, has evolved from a glutonous day long celebration the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday (the start of Lent), into weeks and months of balls, parades, ceremonies, and bar tabs. Oh, and lest we forget, beads....
Galveston is hosting the 23rd Mardi Gras of its modern era while New Orleans krewes roll for the second time P.K. (Post Katrina). Dedicated lunatics have been slowly building up their Mardi Gras revelry since the twelfth night after Christmas - the official start of the carnival season. But, the highest concentration of the most celebrated Mardi Gras parades, balls and general debauchery lands this weekend. Attendance for events in both cities is expected to...
Before we get into this week's calendar, here are some upcoming concerts recently added that you may want to snag tickets for in advance: The Shins – 3/6 @ Verizon Wireless (on sale today @ 5 p.m.) The Toadies – 3/14 @ Verizon Wireless (reunion show) My Chemical Romance – 4/14 @ Reliant Arena Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – 4/26 @ Warehouse Live As for this week: if you want some Willie on...
A lot of local and regional shows this week. Galveston’s Mardi Gras begins this weekend, with lots of local bands on tap. You’ll also find some good jazz at Brasil and Kelvin Arms tomorrow night, and with Orange is In at Notsuoh Saturday night. Evan Dando and The Lemonheads are finally touring again, arriving in Clear Lake Thursday night. Saxophonist Boney James plays downtown on Saturday. Did we miss something? Let us know. Here’s...
You may remember that last month our fair neighbor Galveston was in the news because of the perceived need to hire a marketing firm to revamp the city's image. North Star Destination Strategies out of Nashville, Tennessee was hired to try and persuade a few more folks to head south to the island. After conducting a few surveys and finding out that most thought of Galveston beaches as dirty, stinky cesspools of sorts, North Star...
The Menil Collection is known for the private art collection of John and Dominique de Menil, along with some of the best surrealist art in the world. This weekend, you can add a new twist to Menil’s programs, with the second edition of New Orleans Jazz on the museum grounds. This Sunday afternoon, the New Birth Brass Band will bring their unique version of New Orleans jazz to the museum. The critically acclaimed band fuses...
Another school fight between Katrina evacuees and locals broke out at Westfield High School this morning; one student called it a "riot" HFD workers rescued a city employee who fell into a hole at a southeast Houston sewer lift station this afternoon Lewis P. "Bud" McFadin, a former player and coach for the Texas Longhorns and Houston Oilers, died in a Victoria hospital Monday at age 77 Looking for cheap gas? Head to Yale and...
FEMA announced that Houston will get $3.7 million in additional federal reimbursement for sheltering Katrina evacuees A day after HPD Chief Harold Hurtt called for security at high-crime apartment complexes, another man was killed at a complex in southwest Houston A jury awarded a Texas City woman $12 million from the Florida bank accused of defrauding her out of her home Ashley Yi, whose father was convicted Tuesday of stabbing his ex-wife 88 times with...
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