Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

Warm up for summer with frozen margs and fests around Texas

"...Tex-Mex longevity. One of the first Mexican restaurants in Houston to add a frozen margarita machine was Molina’s Cantina...."

May 1, 2025 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Statue of Union, Sugar Land

Houston-area statue rises to third-tallest in the U.S.

"...at 10098 Synott Rd. next to the Sri Ashtalakshmi Temple in an industrial area mixed with houses of worship..."

April 18, 2025 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup

Baby Buc-ee's, a bonfire ban, and bluebonnet planting top our fall news

"...Burn ban. The final performance of award-winning, Houston-based artist, and composer Lisa E. Harris’ four-part performance series,..."

Nov. 1, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

S.L. Houser, TsuShiMaMiRe, and More Crucial Concerts

Plus country jams, doom metal, and a jazz tag team

"...last sacrament to the Eastside landmark. “I lived in Temple, Texas, when I was younger,” he said over Zoom..."

Oct. 11, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Historic hotels, hummingbirds, and highways

"...art and artifacts. Bryan built his fortune in the Houston energy sector. The Palacios Preservation Association announced on Aug...."

Sept. 6, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Gerald D. Hines Waterwall, Houston

Find a roaring waterfall in the middle of Houston’s Uptown District

"...The Gerald D. Hines Waterwall in Houston roars like Niagara Falls, looks like a painting, and,..."

June 21, 2024 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Of Montreal, Pixies, Kinky Curly Coily Fest, and More Crucial Concerts

Recommended live music for your week

"...gifted. Starting on the keys at age 4, the Houston native got his jazz studies degree from Texas State,..."

June 21, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Day Trips: Houston Temple, Houston

Intricate wooden temple goes up in smoke in November

"...Houston Temple looks strangely out of place in a warehouse..."

June 7, 2024 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Proms, Humps, and Queerbombs Highlight This Weekend's Events

21 ways to get out of the house

"...Juneteenth: Faith and Freedom, which took him to Dallas, Houston, and Galveston, the origin of Juneteenth. Visit Bullock for..."

May 31, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Jon Muq Album Release, Hole in the Wall Anniversary, and More Crucial Concerts

All manner of sounds for every ear

"...landing in Austin by mistake on the way to Houston, catching the attention of Dan Auerbach, and signing a..."

May 31, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

A Pickin’ Party, a Big Squeeze, and Mother’s Day Music Are This Week's Crucial Concerts

Some recommended sounds for your week

"...free – inside and out of the massive history temple, this year with Rodrigo Gonzales, Jayden Bucio, Adiel Vazquez,..."

May 10, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

Plus dispatches from SandFest, farewell to Gary Oliver, and more

"...Texas stayed there at one time or another. Sam Houston is said to have stayed more than 13 times..."

May 3, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

The Black Keys and Bootsy Collins Top Latest SXSW Music Announcement

Plus Angélica Garcia, Dende, Snõõper

"...TX) Jess Cornelius (Los Angeles CA) JET THE 3RD (Houston TX) Jhama (Vidigal BRAZIL) J. Isaiah Evans & The..."

Jan. 24, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Free Week and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Catch Skourge, Magna Carda, and more at the no-cost annual fest

"...Houston visitors Skourge, whose vocalist Seth Gilmore led the recent..."

Dec. 29, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Catch up on news from around Texas and travel destinations for fall

"...is offering folk art lovers a reason to visit Houston while doing good. The Beer Can House, one of..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Down This Mean Sixth Street in Austin Noir

Akashic Books brings its crime-fiction anthology series to bloody up our changing metropolis

"...toe-tagged Texas with Lone Star Noir, Dallas Noir, and Houston Noir – they've decided it's time for trouble right..."

June 30, 2023 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Food & Wine Recognizes Austin, Duck Camp Brings the Free Crawfish, Texas French Bread Loafs You So Much, Lick Ice Cream Delights with New Flavors, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...their Austin showroom (1301 E. Cesar Chavez), featuring the Houston-based group Goode Company cooking up a heaping helping of..."

May 3, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Watch This: Robert Earl Keen’s Road Retirement Makes Way for Brian Beken’s Solo Debut “The Weekend”

Former South Austin Jug Band/MilkDrive fiddler preps new rock LP

"...to Austin stages. Over the past two decades, the Houston native has stringed with the formidable South Austin Jug..."

April 28, 2023 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Texas Tests Limits of Death Penalty With Mentally Ill Man on Death Row

"[The] applicant is clearly 'crazy,' but he is also 'sane' under Texas law."

"...at the Wayne Scott Unit, a prison southwest of Houston that houses the state's most mentally ill inmates. He..."

March 24, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Black Fund Awards, a Moon Mullican tribute, S.G. Goodman, and more recommended live shows

"...the disabled. Hebert, the host of KUTX's The Groove Temple, and Dallas-based DJ Kahnti aim to educate within the..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Music Column by Doug Freeman

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...to hide. Cast List: Alberto Ammann, Bruna Cusí, Ben Temple, Laura Gómez (North American Premiere)..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: January Events Roundup

Nature, history, and more to explore in 2023

"...Kerrville, Lunar New Year festivities in Grand Prairie and Houston, and a food party in Surfside Beach. Stay warm..."

Jan. 4, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Raul's in Overdrive: "Have a Good Time, Get in Free, and Drink Some Beer"

Enter 1978, when Austin punk meets San Antonio’s the Next and Dallas’ the Nervebreakers

"...really clannish between Austin and Dallas," he says. "And Houston too, though the scene there was not that big...."

Dec. 23, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Behind the Wheel With Deezie Brown

After five years of fine-tuning, the perfectionist producer and rapper rolls out 5th Wheel Fairytale

"...11 years ago the moment A$AP Rocky copped a Houston flow on "Peso." No amount of journalistic projection is..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup

Summer travel opportunities and news from all over Texas

"...But the DIY artist collective announced that Grapevine and Houston will soon join the network of Meow Wolf portals..."

June 2, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

It's a great time to get out and explore

"...“Lonesome Dove” Exhibit May 1-June 25, Temple, www.templeparks.com..."

May 5, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Heavy Lifting: The Hammond Organ Has a Special Place in Austin ... I Should Know

Austin's an epicenter for an instrument that stopped being manufactured 47 years ago

"...playing gigs. In 1974 I joined a band in Houston backing up legendary Fifties singer Lloyd Price, then came..."

April 1, 2022 Music Feature by Red Young

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Oliver Tree, Christian McBride, Beach House, Daniel Fears, Kydd Jones, and more recommended shows

"...and get there early for ATX dynamo the Brannen Temple Express. – Raoul Hernandez Beach HouseMoody Amphitheater, Friday 25..."

March 25, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...Kream's journalistic eye remains trained upon his hometown of Houston. The rapper's half-decade of granular, street-life storytelling (with Kream's..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup

Spring is full of festivals and flowers

"...a six-month engagement at the Museum of Fine Art, Houston. One of the largest and most comprehensive exhibitions of..."

March 3, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

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