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Houston Symphony Celebrates Rodeo Season with Wild, Wild West
Just in time for the start of Houston’s rodeo season, the Houston Symphony saddles up with the Western-inspired family program Wild, Wild West at 10am and 11:30am on Saturday, Feb. 16 at Jones Hall, featuring students from the Theatre Under the Stars’ (TUTS) Humphreys School of Musical Theatre and from TUTS’ The River Performing and Visual Arts Center.
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Houston “To Showcase the City” During Convention
Mayor Turner describes Convention as “an infusion of fresh air”
After two years of preparation, 50,000 will be in Houston to attend the Spanish-language “Love Never Fails”! International Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses August 23-25, 2019, at NRG Stadium.
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Houston Entrepreneur Wins $23,000 In Business Pitch Competitions
January 2017, entrepreneur Deidre Mathis, won her first business pitch of the year at the Texas Black Expo, taking 2nd place and $1,500. Soon after, she beat out dozens of teams to win 3rd place and $4,000 during the Houston Community College Business Plan Competition.
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Congressman Al Green Helps Secure Over $140 Million for Port of Houston’s Project 11
On Wednesday, June 1, 2022, Congressman Al Green released the following statement:
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Houston Parks and Recreation Department Releases Statement On Death of Parks & Recreation Employee
On Tuesday, November 8, 2022, at approximately 11:20 am, an electrocution incident involving a Houston Parks and Recreation Department employee occurred. The Houston Fire Department responded to an EMS call to Melrose Park, 1001 Canino Road. Upon arrival HFD found the employee to be deceased. An investigation regarding the incident is still underway.
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Poet Laureate Workshop: Imagine a Houston In-Person
Join Aris Kian Brown, Houston’s Poet Laureate, for a creative writing workshop that explores your relationship to Houston and what you want the city to look like in the future, through imagery and sound, using a poem by a Houston poet as a model. You will then write your own poems and share them together.
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John Whitmire Receives Endorsement From Gulf Coast AFL-CIO in Houston Mayor’s Race
Senator John Whitmire today expressed his gratitude for the endorsement of the Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Foundation, AFL-CIO in the Houston mayor’s race.
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NAACP President to Commemorate African Maafa
Event to honor ancestors and mark African holocaust in Brooklyn, NY
On Tuesday, NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson will speak at the 24th Commemoration of The Maafa at the St. Paul Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York at 7pm EST. President Johnson will address the relevance of the African Maafa and the current struggles of people of color in the US and abroad.
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4th Annual Houston Humanitarian Awards
Photography by Vicky Pink Ten individuals were honored for the selfless philanthropic efforts at the …
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Comcast Internet Essentials Kick Off 2014
On Wednesday, September 10, 2014, Houston Style Magazine was on hand at Baker-Ripley Neighborhood Center …
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Mentoring Between the Lanes Holiday Hoopla
Photography by Semetra Samuel On Sunday, December 21, 2014, Houston Style Magazine was on hand …
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2014 HYPE NFL Draft Party
Photography by Vicky Pink On Thursday, May 8, 2014, Houston Style Magazine was on hand …
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Houston Rockets’ James Harden Surprise Kids
Photography by Vicky Pink - On Tuesday, February 4, 2014, Houston Style Magazine was on …
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2016 Elected Officials Inauguration Ceremony
Photography by Vicky Pink - On Monday, January 4, 2016, Houston Style Magazine was on …
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Export-Import Bank Chairman Visits Houston
Photography by Vicky Pink - On Thursday, May 7, 2015, Houston Style Magazine was on …
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Rockets Welcome Dwight Howard
Photography by Vicky Pink - On Saturday, July 13, 2013, Houston Style Magazine was on …
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Houston Texans And Partners Launch $400,000 Grant To Support Social Justice And Racial Equity Initiatives In Houston
The Houston Texans, ConocoPhillips, Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages and Miller Lite are proud to announce the Inspire Change Grant, which will fund programs, seed projects and create partnerships that support social justice and racial equity efforts in Houston.
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Mayor Turner Joins The Houston Fund For Social Justice And Economic Equity And Wells Fargo To Launch OPEN FOR BUSINESS Grant Portal
$20 Million Earmarked For Diverse Houston-Area Small Businesses And Non-Profits Applications Accepted August 9 – 23, 2022
Mayor Sylvester Turner joined the Houston Fund for Social Justice and Economic Equity in partnership with Wells Fargo on Tuesday, July 26, to announce the launch of the Open for Business Grant portal to distribute $20 million to Houston-area diverse, small businesses and non-profit organizations.
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Houston Selected as Finalist for Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge
Bloomberg Philanthropies recently announced that Houston has been chosen as one of the 17 finalist cities to receive grants of up to $1 million each as part of the prestigious Public Art Challenge. This program, launched in 2014, supports temporary public art projects that address urgent civic issues.
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Final Call To Voters For Houston's Decisive City Elections, Dec. 9th
This Saturday, December 9, 2023, marks a pivotal day for Houston as election polls, open from 7 am to 7 pm, invite voters to conclude the heated run-off elections. The positions up for grabs include the mayoral seats for Houston and Bellaire, the Houston City Controller, and council seats for Houston and Baytown. Up until Monday, an impressive count of over 107,000 Houstonians have already cast their ballots, in-person and by mail.
