Following up on the kind of success Jordan Peele had with directorial debut “Get Out” was always going to be an anticipated event, hard to satisfy. “Us” will please the fans who discovered “Get Out” before it became a phenomenon and Oscar winner. What it won’t do, is make the leap to awards …
Home gardeners in Galveston County frequently have fruit trees in their landscapes, and the fig is certainly one of the most popular.
"Thirteen Rivers: The Last Voyage of La Belle," by Ruth Davis, Stephen F. Austin University Press, 2016
The Galveston Island Humane Society pets of the week are Jesse and Zoey.
This week’s Galveston County Animal Resource Center pets of the week are Roma and Murdock.
The Friendswood Animal Control pet of the week is Jethro.
It’s usually a bad sign when half of Hollywood’s A-list actors circle a project and then drop out. Everyone from Tom Hanks, Will Smith, Casey Affleck, and Mahershala Ali were at once attached to “Triple Frontier.” Writer/director J.C. Chandor has made 4 movies, 3 of them have been about corr…
In March 2017, I toured several sites along the Azalea Trail sponsored by the River Oaks Garden Club. It was a dreary and rainy day. Even though the prime flowering period for most of the azaleas had passed, the remaining azalea flowers provided ample glints of colors to lighten up a rather …
The Galveston Art League invites everyone who appreciates visual arts to celebrate the grand expansion of its downtown Galveston gallery from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Friday at 2119-A Postoffice St. in Galveston. The party will begin with a Galveston Regional Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting…
The 23rd annual San Luis Salute, hosted by the Tilman Fertitta Family, earned riotous applause as revelers from near and far gathered for this year’s Mardi Gras! Galveston celebration. The party of all parties sold out once again with more than 1,900 tickets sold within hours.
This week’s Galveston County Animal Resource Center pets of the week are Buster and Skies.
The Friendswood Animal Control pet of the week is Charlie.
During the month of March, Rosenberg Library will exhibit items related to Galveston’s 1938 Mardi Gras Celebration.
The first day of spring will arrive on March 20 at 4:58 p.m. From a gardening perspective, the exact timing of “spring” is less precise.
Dr. Norman Doidge, a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and researcher who has written two best-selling books, will give a public lecture in Galveston about the brain’s capacity to heal itself.
This week’s Galveston County Animal Resource Center pets of the week are Boss and Isabella.
The Friendswood Animal Control pet of the week is Klaus.
Continuing its tradition of Mardi Gras court presentations, the Knights of Momus, Galveston’s oldest krewe, officially launched the first weekend of Mardi Gras on Feb. 23 with the glamorous Coronation Presentation and Ball. Highlighting the event was the presentation of 28 duchesses from Hou…
The Master Gardener volunteers sponsored a spring plant sale on Feb. 16 at the Galveston County fairground’s Rodeo Arena.
The Friendswood Animal Control pet of the week is Ruffy.
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