Completed from the Pulitzer Prize Winner’s Unfinished Full-length Script HOUSTON, TX – The Tony Award®-winning Alley Theatre and Artistic Director Rob Melrose announces the cast of Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium. Directed by Melrose and completed by Kirk Lynn, this existential play asks the question – if life is a job interview, do we qualify for our existence? While Thornton Wilder wrote many of the most revered novels in the American literary canon, Wilder only wrote two full-length plays: Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth. Both plays […]
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April is Texas State Parks Month at Whole Earth Provision Co.
AUSTIN – For the 13th year, Whole Earth Provision Co. (WEPCO) has kicked off its “April is Texas State Parks Month,” hosting a fundraising drive supporting Texas State Parks. The Texas-based travel, adventure and nature store will donate all funds gathered at its six store locations to help parks finance day-to-day operational expenses, including enhanced visitor programs, park trail maps and facilities maintenance. This year’s funds will combine with proceeds from the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour coming to […]
O.H. Ivie Powers Ahead with ShareLunker 669
ATHENS – O.H. Ivie added another Legacy Class ShareLunker during the final week of the 2024 Toyota ShareLunker collection season. Angler Tery Lewis of Lubbock reeled in 13.99-pound ShareLunker 669 Thursday to push O.H. Ivie’s season total to 12 and the statewide tally to 19. It proved to be the final Legacy Class entry for the 2024 collection season. “The run of Legacy Class ShareLunkers from O.H. Ivie continued strong throughout March” said Natalie Goldstrohm, Toyota ShareLunker […]
Alley Theatre Brings WORLD PREMIERE of Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium to the Stage
Completed from the Pulitzer Prize Winner’s Unfinished Full-length Script HOUSTON, TX – The Tony Award®-winning Alley Theatre and Artistic Director Rob Melrose announces the cast of Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium. Directed by Melrose and completed by Kirk Lynn, this existential play asks the question – if life is a job interview, do we qualify for our existence? While Thornton Wilder wrote many of the most revered novels in the American literary canon, Wilder only wrote two full-length plays: Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth. Both plays […]
2025 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo dates set
We are thrilled to announce that the 93rd Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo will be held Tuesday, March 4th – Sunday, March 23rd, 2025! The countdown has already begun and we can’t wait for you to join us in March of next year. Please feel free to use the attached graphic to help share the news!
Katy Goes Digital: How Sports Betting and Online Casinos Are Changing the Game in Fort Bend County
The worlds of sports, casinos and sports betting are undergoing a thrilling transformation in the digital age. This convergence isn’t just creating a wider range of entertainment options, it’s also unlocking a new level of convenience and excitement – right here in Katy and the greater Fort Bend County area. Gone are the days when you needed to visit a physical casino or betting center. Now, with downloadable apps readily available, a whole world of […]
Cast Theatrical Presents A.R. Gurney’s The Dining Room
Rosenberg, TX – Cast Theatrical is excited to present A.R. Gurney’s comedy of manners, The Dining Room. Set in the dining room of a typical well-to-do household, a mosaic of interrelated scenes – some funny, some touching and some rueful – are taken together to create an in-depth portrait of the upper-middle-class WASP family: from young boys to stern grandfathers; from giggling teenage girls to Irish housemaids. “Time is not linear in this play,” says […]
Call for Artists: Applications Open for Fall 2024 Bayou City Art Festival
HOUSTON (April 2, 2024) – Bayou City Art Festival, produced by the Art Colony Association Inc. (ACA) and benefiting Houston area nonprofits, is inviting artists to apply for the opportunity to showcase and sell their art at the nation’s premier fall outdoor art festival in the U.S. scheduled for Friday-Sunday, October 11-13, 2024 in Memorial Park. The artist application deadline for the fall 2024 Bayou City Art Festival is Sunday, June 16, 2024, at midnight CST. ACA […]
Houston Chamber Choir presents California Gold with internationally recognized guest conductor Dr. Betsy Cook Weber from the University of Houston
Featuring Califiornia composers, the concert is Saturday, Apr. 27, at 7:30 p.m. at South Main Baptist Church WHAT: The Grammy Award-winning Houston Chamber Choir, under the director of Founder and Artistic Director Robert Simpson, presents California Gold on Saturday, Apr. 27 at South Main Baptist Church. The Choir has a long tradition of engaging distinguished guest conductors from around the world. This season the organization looked no further for such a guest than the internationally renowned conductor […]
Start Stretching Houston; The World’s Largest Bounce House Just Got a Whole Lot Bigger, Better, and Bouncier for 2024!
The Big Bounce America Tour Rolls into Houston from April 5th through April 7thwith a New 24,000 sq. ft. Bounce House, a Brand-New Under the Sea Bouncer, and Much More! The Big Bounce America, home to The World’s Largest Bounce House, rolls into Houston, TX from Friday, April 5th, through Sunday, April 7th at SaberCats Stadium. Produced by XL Event Lab, The Big Bounce America is the biggest touring inflatable event in the world and […]