Houston’s Annual High School Musical Awards to be Held on April 30 For Immediate Release March 17, 2019 Images Available Here Video of Best Musical Nominations Here HOUSTON – High school students, teachers, and parents across Houston are celebrating the nominations for the 17th Annual Tommy Tune Awards! Dan Knechtges, Artistic Director at Theatre Under The Stars, announced the nominees for Best Musical via video on the Tommy Tune Awards Facebook page. A program of Theatre Under the […]
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George Strait Breaks NRG Stadium Attendance Record With 80,108 Fans At 2019 Houston Livestock Show And Rodeo™
The concert-only performance with George Strait and special guests Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen breaks the record for any event held in NRG Stadium with 80,108 fans to close out the 2019 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. This concert-only performance breaks the previous record from 2013, set by George Strait with special guests Martina McBride and Randy Rogers Band with 80,020 fans. Straits 2019 performance marks his 30th performance at the Rodeo, since 1984. To […]
Fort Bend County Announces Plans to Pursue Only State / Federal Funding for Bessie’s Creek Flood Control District
Absentee landowners refuse to partner with the community for flood mitigation FORT BEND COUNTY – Following several discussions, two of the largest absentee landowners in the Bessie’s Creek watershed have informed Fort Bend County that they will not voluntarily participate in the creation or development of a Bessie’s Creek Flood Control District. Therefore, as was promised to the community at the Saturday, March 8th meeting in Simonton – the county has decided to step back […]
Crafts and Crawfish Market with Real Craftwives of Katy Returns to Cane Island
KATY, TX (March 18, 2019) – More than 65 local vendors, fresh crawfish, kids activities and more are coming to Cane Island as the Katy community of new homes presents the return of Crafts and Crawfish Market with the Real Craftwives of Katy on Saturday, April 6 from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Local vendors will set up throughout the community’s Cane Quarter, 2100 Cane Island Parkway, where shoppers and their families can browse for […]
Texas Businesses: April 1 is Deadline for FilingProperty Tax Renditions
(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar reminds business owners that for many property types, April 1 is the deadline to file property tax renditions with their county appraisal districts. Different deadlines apply in certain appraisal districts and for certain regulated property. A rendition is a list of the taxable inventory, furniture and fixtures, machinery, equipment and other property owned or managed as of Jan. 1 of each year. The appraisal district may use the information to […]
Raising Cane’s Launches Nationwide Campaign Benefiting Lemonade Day Program
Daylong fundraiser for program that teaches kids the power of entrepreneurship set for March 20 BATON ROUGE, La. (March 14, 2019) – Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, the Louisiana-based restaurant company known for its ONE LOVE® – quality chicken finger meals – is launching its second annual national partnership with Lemonade Day, a non-profit organization that teaches youth how to start, own and operate their very own business. Raising Cane’s Founder & CEO Todd Graves helped bring Lemonade Day to Louisiana in 2011. Since then, Raising Cane’s […]
Flaws in the Texas Property Appraisal System and Tax Protest Process, and Prospects for Reform
The HPRA Friday lunch speaker this week will be John Osenbaugh. Mr. Osenbaugh posits that the integrity of the tax protest process has declined, and due process is not ensured. He is associated with Pat O’Connor and Dan and Betty Hart, all well known for their reform efforts in this field. More info here: “www.texasgovernmentreality.com“. Houston Property Rights Association March 15, 2019 PUBLIC INVITED: $11.49 plus 10% gratuity – buffet self-serve – all you can eat. Coffee and tea are extra. The LamBo […]
Opera In The Heights Presents Puccini’s Madama Butterfly In A New Japanese And English Adaptation By Eiki Isomura And Josh Shaw – Four Performances April 26 – May 4, 2019
The cast features Japanese-American singers in the Japanese roles OH Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Eiki Isomura conducts this co-production with Pacific Opera Project, which debuts in Los Angeles April 6 For its fourth and final production of the season, Opera in the Heights (OH), the opera company that provides a stage for emerging performers and affordable opera to the Greater Houston Area, presents Puccini’s enduring classic Madama Butterfly – with a difference. This co-production of OH […]
ZEB1 throttles therapeutic target, protecting KRAS-mutant lung cancer
Protein forces a shift in cell type, a plasticity that promotes resistance to targeted therapy A cellular identity switch protects a cancer-promoting genetic pathway from targeted therapy, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today reported in Science Translational Medicine. Working in cell lines and mouse models of lung cancer, a team led by Don Gibbons, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of Thoracic/Head & Neck Medical Oncology, demonstrated how the KRAS-driven lung cancer cells defeat treatment by switching from stable, […]
West Houston’s Ashley HomeStore Hosts Collection for Houston Diaper Bank
HOUSTON, TX (March 13, 2019) – Ashley HomeStore near Katy, 19660 Restaurant Row, is hosting a collection for the Houston Diaper Bank, now through the end of March, when shoppers can donate fresh diapers or make a cash donation to help infants and toddlers stay clean, dry and healthy. All sizes of diapers will be accepted. As an additional incentive, those who donate a package of diapers or $20 in cash can take 20 percent […]