Sam Houston & Blk Odyssy Adds Chicken and Waffles to Their Message

Serving up some neo-soul food

"...Local alternative soul act Sam Houston & Blk Odyssy had just finished a national..."

June 12, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Aggies Sleepwalk Through Rout Over Sam Houston

No bye week, no worries

"...in the form of a Kyle Field matchup with Sam Houston State. If the final score – 47-28 –..."

Nov. 20, 2012 Sports Post by Emily Bevan

Day Trips: Sam Houston's Grave, Huntsville

Monument to first president of the Texas Republic is part of cemetery's art gallery

"...Sam Houston's grave and memorial in Huntsville's Oakwood Cemetery honors..."

July 8, 2016 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Sam Smith Channels Luther Vandross

UK pop star leaves the Erwin Center rapt

"...Sam Smith understands the crushing pains of a breakup better..."

July 23, 2018 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Houston Dynamo Unveil Potential Mascot Designs

"...The Dynamo completed their first year in Houston holding aloft the MLS Cup as league champions. Now..."

Feb. 7, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Sam Coronado: In Memoriam

Remembering the founder of the Serie Project and Austin printmaking legend

"...perhaps its greatest missionary for the art of printmaking. Sam Coronado, who founded the Serie Project and ran the..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Destiny's Child

Tom Doyal reviews Sam Houston, Austin author James Haley's new biography on the Texas legend, and finds that the biographer's "hard work is almost invisible to the reader; he makes this complex life accessible, even understandable, in light of the times in which Houston lived."

"...aided in his ambitious biographical labors by having chosen Sam Houston, the hero of the Battle of San Jacinto..."

June 14, 2002 Books Feature by Tom Doyal

This Old House

Sam Houston and the historic jigsaw puzzle of Boggy Creek Farm

"...speculation about a possible builder. The house has the same floor plan as a similar Greek Revival home at..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Day Trips: “Peace Circle,” Grapevine

Statues depict meeting between Native Americans and Sam Houston

"...The "Peace Circle" in Grapevine commemorates Sam Houston's efforts to foster peace and friendship with Native..."

July 1, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: The Stagecoach Inn, Salado

Sam Houston slept here and so can you

"...1861 as the Shady Villa Hotel, the inn welcomed Sam Houston, General George Custer, and Jesse James...."

Dec. 21, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

SchoolJam Daze

Teen bands take home awards

"...than that when Arlington’s tenpiece El Mariachi Tejano de Sam Houston performed a glorious medley of tunes that saw..."

March 2, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Peak Oil in the Energy State

2007 Houston World Oil Conference focused on eventual point at which world oil production outpaces global demand

"...Houston’s morning rush-hour traffic isn’t for the faint of heart...."

Nov. 1, 2007 News Post by Daniel Mottola

Day Trips

Huntsville ... it's more than just a prison town!

"...was the last home and final resting place of Sam Houston. A man who traveled extensively around the United..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Bigger Than Me: The Musical Journey of BLK ODYSSY

A child of funk who lost his brother to police brutality soundtracks a revolution on BLK VINTAGE

"...It's March 2017 and Sam Houston is hustling like countless other music industry hopefuls..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Day Trips

The Jean and Price Daniel Home and Archives is about as close as you can get to seeing the Texas Governor's Mansion these days

"...The Greek Revival-style home on the grounds of the Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center was completed in..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Hermann Park offers a green respite from the concrete canyons of Houston.

"...not be the heart or soul of the giant Houston area, but it is the lungs. The green space..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup

Summer fun is heating up around the state

"...a free leisurely 90-minute round-trip tour aboard the M/V Sam Houston along the Houston Ship Channel. Embarking from the..."

June 30, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

The Bodyguard

"...Directed by: Mick Jackson. Starring: Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, Gary Kemp, Bill Cobbs and Ralph Waite. Rumored to..."

Nov. 27, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Naked City

"...activists may be getting closer to being on the same page, company founder and CEO Michael Dell held a..."

April 30, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Harangued in Huntsville

Officers from the Office of the Inspector General arrest a political activist for asking a question. There, now don't you feel safer?

"...Independent Media Center reporter Christopher Plummer traveled to Huntsville's Sam Houston State University last month for a forum on..."

Sept. 13, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Day Trips

The San Jacinto Monument has reopened its observation deck to the public, offering a beautiful view of the Houston skyline and the battlefield where Texas won its independence

"...won its independence, the flat coastal plains, and the Houston skyline on the horizon...."

Sept. 29, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: SHSU Natural Science and Art Research Center, Huntsville

The bug stops here

"...Sam Houston State University Natural Science and Art Research Center..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

From 380 Angles

Karen Kocher's multimedia 'Austin Past and Present' tells hundreds of stories in almost as many ways.

"...Interactive maps of each area of Austin illustrated by Sam Hurt. And all of the parts are interwoven together..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Screens Feature by Michael May

Margo Price Leads New SXSW Talent List

Yung Baby Tate, Broncho, David Wax Museum, and 77 more added to the fest

"...highly original Americana vocalist Sierra Ferrell, ultra-intelligent underground rapper Sammus, Australian pop act Banoffee, plus onetime Saturday Night Live..."

Feb. 6, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Blessed Deliverance

The Borderland, Bud Shrake's Latest Tall Tale

"...state is in great doubt. The wild and wooly Sam Houston has been replaced as president of the Republic..."

March 31, 2000 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Looking for a Fight

Ruth Margraff Recasts Texas History as Barroom Brawl

"...later, after minor skirmishes between the two sides, General Sam Houston led the 750 men of the Texan army..."

March 14, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Supreme Attention

Four candidates and only two open seats in play in high court race

"...face six-year incumbent Republican Justice Dale Wainwright in November. Sam Houston, a mellow and reserved historical namesake from Houston,..."

Feb. 22, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Texas in Bold, Dark Strokes

When Jack Jackson wasn't studying, researching, and presenting history in painstakingly drawn graphic novels, this wildly talented artist and scholar was making it himself

"...of the Sand Creek Massacre (Nits Make Lice); of Sam Houston's time among the natives (Indian Lover: Sam Houston..."

June 16, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Toot Your Unicorn Horn This NYE

Eight gay ways to partying like it's 2014

"...and the fun with an outdoor music party in Houston’s recently restored Sam Houston Park. The live-music lineup features..."

Dec. 30, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Lawrence Everett Forbes

Scott's Challenge

Commissioner of Education tells critics to "bring it"

"...Perry was delivering a speech yesterday at the Sam Houston Math, Science and Technology Center in Houston, which..."

Oct. 14, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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