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Remember when you were a little bitty Houstonist and someone would read to you at night and you could just lose yourself in the story, abandoning all other thoughts of the day? Well you can still do it now, you know. In fact, you might be all the more eager to shed your quotidian annoyances now that you're grown. Here are a few places to hear some stellar writers read from their work: Friday...

Gloria Steinem presents "The Progression Of Feminism: Where Are We Going?" Tonight at Wortham Center, the Progressive Forum Houston presents pioneer of the modern feminsit movement, Gloria Steinem, in a program that urges audiences to reconstruct their understanding of gender roles to foster a national spirit of cooperation for advancing of the rights of all citizens, especially our children. Gloria Steinem's philosophy and fight for equal rights for women transformed America, creating a social acceptance...

HUGE Houston Roller Derby action this Sunday!! Come to the Verizon Theater for the Governor's Cup, where the Houston Roller Derby, Assassination City Roller Derby, Alamo City Roller Derby, Dallas Derby Devils and Texas Rollergirls will be battling for the title of Best League in the Lone Star State. Tickets for this big event are $20 each and are available at the Verizon Wireless Theater's box office. Doors open at 3:00 p.m. and the action...

Beginning tomorrow, the ladies of the Houston Roller Derby will be busy, busy!!! Now, to keep the action moving, these ladies practice quite often (we think it's like three or four times per week, we are not certain - don't quote us on that!), but, they are gearing up to give Houston some love! Beginning tomorrow at 8:30 in the a.m. the ladies will be accepting donations/non-perishables at the Kroger at Buffalo Speedway and Westpark...

Today’s Photo of the Day comes from flickr user and Houstonist photo contributor JMBower.

Treasure Island Preview Party

Downtown is the place to be for Cinco de Mayo, everything's waiting for you! Commonly confused with Mexico's Independence Day - tomorrow is a celebration of General Seguin's victory over French occupational forces in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. There's the Bayou City Crawfish Festival (which benefitsTexas EquuSearch - and has a mechanical bull that Sissy can ride!), the 7th Annual Dragon Boat Festival, held at Allen's Landing (1000 Commerce) AND Mas...

You don’t have to be a tortured artist to thoroughly enjoy the fantastic poetry of Mary Oliver or Billy Collins, both of whom are coming to Houston next week. Mary Oliver’s 24 books of poems use imagery from wildlife and the natural world to talk about, well, everything. Her reverence for the seemingly incidental makes you remember why being in nature can be, dare we say, powerful and transcendent. Inprint is bringing her to town...

Ah, December, the lights, the sparklies, the much-overplayed muzak carols, the incessant pressure to decorate and provide gifts to friends and family, the parties and food and drink. Houstonist actually loves the holidays - really (yes, that's Freddie and Flaco your hear, performing Frosty the Snowman, when we drive past you). It's time for the 6th Annual Buffalo Bayou ArtPark ("BBAP") XMAS Tree Show!! The tree projects, created by eight artists and one artist collective have been installed around Fish Plaza at the Wortham Theater Center, located at 501 Texas Avenue.

Citing Andy Fastow's cooperation with government prosecutors, the suffering his family experienced after the fall of Enron and Fastow's own penitent attitude, U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt sentenced the former Enron financial chief to six years in prison and two years' probation yesterday, just over half his maximum possible sentence of 10 years.

Culinary Adventures are back this week and include some music to boot! We hope you find some fun to participate in. • Spanish Vintner Dinner: Pico’s Mex-Mex – 5941 Bellaire • Vintner Dinner: The State Grill – 2925 Weslayan • Bonny Doon Wine Event: Piatto Ristorante – 11693 Westheimer • Johnny Walker Tasting: Prime Time Steak House – 9275 FM 1960 West • Partida Tequila Tasting: Makenzie’s American Grill – 9330 Broadway • The...

The Ben Milam Hotel (Joseph Finger: 1925), located across from Minute Maid Park (and some may know that old place - Union Station), has been vacant for more than two decades and may soon be history. What's with all this speculation, you ask? Well, we recently witnessed the sneaky razing of its neighbor, the William Penn Hotel (which was, indeed, in much better condition), and now its windows are being removed and the interior is...

Baytown's City Council has been looking over sketches from Hunter Interests, Inc., that show a plan of action for Texas Avenue's revitalization. Hunter Interests' president Don Hunter sees hope for restaurants and retail, although he admits it will never be the destination it was in the past. Performing arts attractions are also on the drawing board:“We could establish a college of the arts or a dance school nearby,” he said. “Performing arts would become an...

Councilman Scott Sheley, who also heads up the Baytown Downtown Association and has plans for the landscaping around the old oak, said, "I know we have caught the infestation in time and we’re going to save the tree."

No, this isn't some twisted version of Silverstein's beloved children's book. Or is it? Some may know of the three-hundred (some say one thousand) year old oak tree that dominates Texas Avenue in our eastern neighbor, Baytown. Legend says that General Sam Houston once camped under this tree prior to the battle of San Jacinto. It has now been the casualty of yet another hit and run. Apparently, this giant has been the victim of...

Did you know Houston has one of the largest St. Patrick's Day parades in the country? Ah, if you didn't, head downtown tomorrow and catch the 47th annual St. Pat's parade, which will feature more than 125 floats, marching bands, City Council members and ... Irish lawyers? They're not the ones who ride around in those tiny cars, are they? The parade will start at 2 p.m. at Texas and Hamilton, in front of...

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:

Don't forget on Turkey Day morning that the 56th Annual Washington Mutual Thanksgiving Day Parade will be rolling through downtown Houston. We at Houstonist love a good parade and, though ours may not be the biggest, we're one of the few parades in the country that can be enjoyed while wearing a t-shirt (the National Weather Service is calling for a temperature in the upper 70s in the afternoon. It should be in lower 60s when the parade starts with maybe a few clouds).