All Things In Houston TX

Who: Houston Center for Literacy What: 26th Annual Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee Where: White Oak Music Hall The Scoop: How does the Houston Center Literacy Spell s-u-c-c-e-s-s? By gathering some of Houston’s most savvy word nerds for a grown-up spelling bee. The event raised close to $200,000 to support adult education and skills development programs in Greater Houston and gave locals an opportunity to flex their spelling skills over dinner by Cordua Catering and Sprinkles… from News Feed – CultureMap Houston http://ift.tt/2sEK3qH from WordPress http://ift.tt/2BDrbuU

Black birds formed from string, red-lettered words of encouragement for a city, a heart sculpted from red yarn, if you see any of these images on walls or buildings in Austin, San Antonio, Houston or small Texas towns, know that the Mind the Heart Project — a.k.a artists Maya Gelfman and Roie Avidan — stopped and created art along the way on their journey across the state. After closing their home studio and giving away… from News Feed – CultureMap Houston http://ift.tt/2ECtDR4 from WordPress http://ift.tt/2ENQJHZ

August 20, 2007, the day 1560 the Game hit the airwaves in Houston, I remember asking this young guy hanging around the station: “What’s your name?” He said, “Raheel Ramzanali.” Come again? More than 10 years later, this young guy is still with the station, now beaming as ESPN 97.5 Houston on the FM dial. Ramzanali has grown as a person, he’s married with a daughter, and a talent, he co-hosts the station’s midday show… from News Feed – CultureMap Houston http://ift.tt/2BDskTa from WordPress http://ift.tt/2oj4mEu

In the latest stroke of supermarket convenience, Central Market is debuting curbside service at select Texas stores. The first location for the service is in Fort Worth, where it begins February 15. Central Market will add it at select stores in Texas, including Houston. The date has not been announced, but construction is underway at the Houston store, at 3815 Westheimer Rd. H-E-B, Central Market’s parent company, has already launched more than 100 curbside locations… from News Feed – CultureMap Houston http://ift.tt/2EEdDy3 from WordPress http://ift.tt/2C7Gqx8

Houston has welcomed an unprecedented number of excellent new restaurants over the past year, as last week’s record-breaking number of James Beard semifinalist nominations demonstrates. Now, one of Texas’ foremost food authorities has added her own praise for the city’s ascendant culinary scene. Texas Monthly food editor Pat Sharpe has ranked four Houston establishments on her list of Texas’ best new restaurants. That’s up from two last year. Dallas and Austin each earn two spots… from News Feed – CultureMap Houston http://ift.tt/2GrtrEQ from WordPress http://ift.tt/2Guv2tv

The New England Patriots may have lost the Super Bowl, but their two decades of consistent excellence makes them the betting favorite to take the title in 2019. So it is with Ronnie Killen and the annual Rodeo Uncorked! Best Bites competition. Last year, Killen’s STQ took second place in the entree category with its signature pork belly burnt ends. Good enough to earn a winner’s belt buckle, but Killen’s goal is always to win…. from News Feed – CultureMap Houston http://ift.tt/2sIVvBG from WordPress http://ift.tt/2BAsCud

Plenty of people were cheering at the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea this week when U.S. snowboarders Chloe Kim and Areille Gold captured the Gold and Bronze medals in the women’s halfpipe event. Kim’s routine was virtually flawless, while Gold’s come-from-behind third run was a thrill. It was also great to see Gold putting in her mouthguard before every ride. How important is that mouthguard? The 21-year-old athlete from Steamboat Springs, Colorado recently said it’s one of the three things she never leaves behind for a competition. (The others are headphones and a water bottle.) What’s more, as viewers could clearly see, the mouthguard she wore for the half-pipe runs had something special about it: It was colored bright gold. Maybe that color was a tribute to her own name—or to her Olympic dreams. Either way, it’s a reminder to fans everywhere that while winter sports like skiing, riding and sledding are great exercise and lots of fun, they also have the potential to ...