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(11/10/11 12:00am)
Towering over the dilapidated rooftops and barred windows of the homes in the Fifth Ward is a giant mural of an onion. This mural, painted on an abandoned rice mill tower, along with the words "Farm Art," is the Last Organic Outpost's logo. An inner city urban farm, the Outpost has been supplying fresh produce to the Fifth Ward for over 10 years. On Saturday, the onion mural beckoned visitors to the Outpost's FarmFest 2011, an event celebrating sustainable gardening and healthy living.
(11/02/11 12:00am)
Rice University engineering students are extremely attached to the idea that hard work in college equates to incredible post-graduate payoffs. But how many engineers foresee knighthood as a possible fringe benefit? Last year, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands knighted Edward Cheung to honor him for his work and outreach as the head engineer of the Hubble Space Telescope Development Project. This honor came on the heels of the final servicing mission in 2009 to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
(11/02/11 12:00am)
Tucked below Rice University's Sewall Hall, in room 258, is the Matchbox Gallery, a student-run exhibition space. Currently on view is "Removal: Cloth" by Baker College senior Christine Cooper, the first installment of a two part photographic series, which transitions to "Removal: Skin" by Claudia Casbarian on Nov. 10. The removal of key elements pertaining to the human body is the overall motif for the series.
(10/27/11 12:00am)
Houston's elite gathered to admire and acquire the latest works by contemporary artists last weekend at the Texas Contemporary Art Fair. How much did it cost many of these collectors to take home a brand new, original painting? Five dollars.
(10/20/11 12:00am)
Houston's fickle weather has not been kind to the festival scene this fall. Though the 40th Annual Bayou City Art Festival Downtown, held Oct. 8 and 9, enjoyed large crowds on Saturday, sales suffered when the sunny forecast yielded to a torrential downpour Sunday afternoon. Regardless, the artisans featured at the festival chalked their weekend up to a positive experience.
(10/13/11 12:00am)
Rice University is gearing up to host an expected 1,500 friends and family members of Rice students beginning Thursday, October 20. Jennifer Harding, Director of Reunion Programs and Special Events, in conjunction with the Student Steering Committee, led by Student Association External Vice President, Sanjula Jain, has worked diligently to plan this year's Rice Families Weekend 2011.
(09/22/11 12:00am)
Old is new again! Despite the sporadic rain showers, the vendors participating in Discovery Green's first flea market deemed their debut a success. Last Saturday marked the first of a monthly flea market series held on the third Saturday of every month from noon to 6 p.m. this fall. From creative junkyard sculptures to 1950s button rings, most of the vendors repurposed old, garage sale items into new, trendy treasures. Though vendors, such as Nan Stombaugh of NanEdwardsCollection Jewelry, expressed concern about whether the flea market would fit the demands for their commodities, the profits from last Saturday verified our generation's appreciation for the new by maintaining remnants of ?the old.
(09/01/11 12:00am)
In 1961, Angus G. Wynne, Jr. developed an amusement park in Arlington, Texas. The park was christened "Six Flags Over Texas," after the flags of the six distinct nations that claimed sovereignty over Texas soil throughout history. The Houston Museum of Natural Science guest curator, J.P. Bryan, modeled "Texas! The Exhibition" upon this idea of presenting Texas' history as six segmented eras, with an extra section reserved for Native American culture.
