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Applications Open for Nonprofit Partners, Volunteers, Food Vendors and Live Entertainment for Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park

Friday-Sunday, March 24-26, 2023

Bayou City Art Festival, produced by the Art Colony Association, Inc., has opened the applications for nonprofit partners, volunteers, food vendors, and live entertainment for the Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park on Friday-Sunday, March 24-26, 2023.

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MFAH Will Open New Galleries for Art of the Islamic Worlds on March 5

Endowed by Collector Hossein Afshar, Galleries will Feature Iranian Art in Extended.

A loan from the Afshar Collection and Selections from the Museum’s Holdings to Reflect the Breadth and Depth of Historic Islamic Lands

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Harris County Attorney Menefee Opens Applications for 2nd High School Summer Legal Academy

The office of Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee is now accepting applications for the 2023 Summer Legal Academy (SLA), a two-week educational readiness program for high school students to learn more about what it takes to become an attorney. The inaugural program launched in the summer of 2022, yielding more than 250 applications. The 2022 class of 21 students came from 21 different high schools in six local school districts (including HISD, Alief ISD, Klein ISD, and more).

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The Annual BBP Regatta Returns for its 51st Year

Houston's Long-standing Tradition Continues

After celebrating its half-century anniversary last year, the Buffalo Bayou Partnership Regatta is still going strong as the largest canoe and kayak race in Texas! Every year, hundreds of paddlers take part in this long-standing Houston tradition in support of Buffalo Bayou Partnership.

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Bun B’s Trill Burgers to return to Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo for the 2023 season

Award-winning smashburger concept set for an encore appearance at NRG Park

Trill Burgers has announced that it will make its much-anticipated return to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Rap legend Bun B’s award-winning smashburger concept – which was named “Best Burger in America” by Good Morning America in 2022 – will be a food vendor at booth RP130 in Rodeo Plaza at NRG Park, located on NRG Parkway East near the Champion Wine Garden and NRG Astrodome. It will be next to the booth that Trill Burgers operated last year, with an updated buildout for 2023.

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Love is in the Air: Valentine's Day at Hotels Across the State

Where to Celebrate Valentine's Day

Some Valentine’s Day programming from across the state, from Houston to Fort Worth and more.

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VillaSport Announces Summer Safari - 2023 Summer Camp for Kids

Non-Stop Fun All Summer Long

VillaSport Athletic Club and Spa, with 3 Houston area locations in The Woodlands, Cypress and Cinco Ranch, is bringing summer-long excitement to the greater Houston area with Summer Safari camp for ages 5 - 12. Registration opens Saturday, February 4, and weekly camps start on May 30.

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Four More Houston Harmony Public Schools Get Added to the List of State Schools of Character

Four more schools from Harmony Public Schools Houston Districts have been named official Texas “State School(s) of Character” this week for its/their outstanding efforts in promoting cultures of character on campus and in the community.

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Mayor Sylvester Turner's Signature Youth Employment Program, Hire Houston Youth, Opens Application Portal

Mayor Sylvester Turner joined city officials and business leaders for the 2023 kick off of his signature program, Hire Houston Youth, continuing his commitment to invest in today’s youth and young adults to ensure a better, more equitable tomorrow.

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Texas Southern University named to NBCU News Group’s NBCU Academy

The award-winning journalism training program provides students from underrepresented communities a pipeline into newsrooms across media and technology

Texas Southern University has been named to the NBCU News Group’s NBCU Academy, joining 14 other colleges and universities as new academic partners.

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Mayor Sylvester Turner and Houston Health Department Open Sunnyside Health and Multi-Service Center

Mayor Sylvester Turner and the Houston Health Department opened the first combined health and multi-service center in the Sunnyside community today, offering a new state-of-the-art facility to better support the underserved community.

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To cope with release of violent videos, manage stress and know your own limits

Video of the violent arrest of Tyre Nichols, which officials have said they'll release Friday, is expected to be difficult to watch -- but it may also be hard to avoid. Some people might even feel duty-bound to watch it as a way to pay tribute to Nichols, who died three days after the confrontation with officers.

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After 3 years of Covid, CNN went into rural China for Lunar New Year. Here's what we found and how officials tried stopping us

In China's southern Guizhou province, there's a tiny village in the southeast corner, nestled deep within the mountains, called Dali. A wall of lush green trees and bamboo surround this village of about 1,000 people, who've lived in wooden homes with gray-tiled roofs for centuries.

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RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel elected to fourth consecutive term

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel was elected to a fourth consecutive term Friday after winning the support of about two-thirds of the RNC members who gathered here for their winter meeting.

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'You're going to see acts that defy humanity,' police chief says, as officials urge calm when Tyre Nichols arrest videos are released publicly tonight

Video of a traffic stop that led to the deadly beating of a 29-year-old Black man shows "acts that defy humanity," the Memphis police chief told CNN on Friday, hours before the expected public release of the footage.

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HS senior to play in 2023 McDonald’s All-American Game

Sofia Bell is the only kid from Oregon to earn a ticket to play in the 2023 McDonald’s All-American Game and one of the best high school hoopers in North America.

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Inside Tom Emmer's effort to keep the GOP's razor-thin majority in line

Just days into Kevin McCarthy's tenure, Republican Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska had an issue he needed the House speaker to address.

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Deaths in pregnant or recently pregnant women have risen, especially for unrelated causes such as drug poisoning and homicide

The mortality rate of pregnant and recently pregnant women in the United States rose almost 30% between 2019 and 2020, according to a new study.

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Mother of student who fell from ceiling says school employees did everything they are trained to do

The mother of a Des Moines 10-year-old says school staff did what exactly what they were trained to do after her son climbed a desk and a cabinet before falling from a classroom ceiling.

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Shazam! Fury of the Gods – only in theaters March 17. #ShazamMovie

From New Line Cinema comes “Shazam! Fury of the Gods,” which continues the story of teenage Billy Batson who, upon reciting the magic word “SHAZAM!,” is transformed into his adult Super Hero alter ego, Shazam.