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Do you have any information or ability to dispute a rumor that a mosque is being built at the corner of Allen Parkway and Montrose? — Johnna The site — on the east side of Montrose between Allen Parkway and West Dallas — won't be home to a mosque, per se, but rather an Ismaili center built by the Aga Khan Foundation. According to the Chronicle, the center will include lecture and conference facilities and... more ›

So you still haven't checked out A Night at the Museum...at the museum? Only 3 weeks left to see it on the big, uh BIG, screen. In the ultimate case of art imitating life, the Houston Museum of Natural Science brings A Night At The Museum to the Wortham IMAX Theater. Finally, a chance to see Ben Stiller's head true size. Adapted for the screen by Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon (of MTV's The State... more ›

Just when you thought you should move to Dallas Austin because all of your single friends keep telling you how kickass it is, Worldwide ERC and Primacy Relocation name Houston a top destination for relocating singles in their annual report. In fact, Texas fared well as a whole in the survey (must be our 800+ miles of I-10) with seven metropolitan areas represented. Three cities were in the Top 10: Austin (#2), Houston (#5) and... more ›

Last night, while Houstonist was busy separating the wheat from the chaff of local news, we were keeping an eye on NBC's epic 10.5: Apocalypse. It had everything you'd expect from a TV disaster flick: cheesy special effects, dreadful acting and a script that must have been written by a strung-out third grader. Yeah, yeah, big deal. Pass the Donettes. But what really got our attention was the end of the movie, when a... more ›

We've all seen taxis with advertising on their trunks and roofs, but on their hubcaps? It's a little strange, but it's the latest thing in Houston, according to the Chronicle. The hubcap ads for the NBA All-Star Game started showing up on Yellow Cabs about two weeks ago. "We love them. They're a novelty. They're new," said Raymond Turner, president of Texas Taxi, parent of Yellow Cab. "We think it's an innovative way to advertise."... more ›

Houstonist loves music, and we love sharing good music with you — that right there sounds like a '70s love ballad. We all got together to structure a list of our favorite albums of 2005. After lots of debating and a few bloody noses (OK, OK, Arcade Fire’s album was technically released last year, so we won’t include it — geesh!), we finally settled on our favorite albums of the year, in no particular order:... more ›