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A Houstonist reader recently wrote to ask about an art installation along Buffalo Bayou: more ›

We've talked a lot lately about Houston's rise in violent crime, but we never dreamed it would come to this: A Pasadena woman was struck by a paintball while she was driving to the bank Monday. Carol McLendon was driving with her windows when the aerial projectile struck her on the left side of her forehead as she traveled east on the 4800 block of Vista Road near Preston Avenue at about 4:50 p.m.... more ›

In the holiday rush this week, we didn't notice an article in the Chronicle about Houston's proposed "Walk of Fame" (which actually doesn't have an official name yet). The walk, which will begin at the Wortham Center and extend east along Texas Avenue to Minute Maid Park, then south along Avenida de las Americas to Toyota Center, then back west along Polk, will "honor people and things that have taken the city to national and international levels." But it doesn't sound as though it'll be much like the Walk of Fame in Hollywood: more ›

With the Texans' and the Rice Owls' seasons in the basement and the UH Cougars possibly headed to a baby bowl, it looks like the most football excitement in Houston this weekend is the Big 12 Championship. Though the game itself is sold out, there'll be plenty of events in town for you Longhorn and Buffalo fans — and everyone else: The Big 12 Championship Fan Fest kicks off at noon today and 9 a.m.... more ›