Shelby's Social Diary

Big name actors honored in Houston at Ensemble Theatre gala, $300,000 raised

By Shelby Hodge

08.29.12 | 11:56 am

Although a scheduling conflict prevented his attendance, venerable actor/dancer Ben Vereen charmed the Ensemble Theatre gathering via video at the Hilton Americas-Houston Saturday night as he accep ...

An emotional evening

Houston City Hall lights up with candlelight vigil in memory of victims of Sikh Temple shooting

By Ruchi Mukherjee

08.10.12 | 9:58 am

More than 500 Houstonians of all faiths gathered as one big family at City Hall plaza Thursday night for a candelight vigil to honor victims of the Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting. Men, women and ch ...

In Houston

Don't forget the mission: NAACP worries Romney & Biden duel will overshadow voting rights crusade

By Tyler Rudick

07.06.12 | 8:26 pm

With the addition of Mitt Romney and Joe Biden to its official speaker lineup, the 2012 NAACP convention — which starts Saturday at the George R. Brown — is making national he ...

The Final Countdown

Goal! First scores tallied in the new Houston Dynamo stadium are a politician's delight

By Whitney Radley

05.01.12 | 5:34 pm

Only 11 days remain until the first official Houston Dynamo game in the new BBVA Compass Stadium.  Officials celebrated the occasion on Tuesday with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Lo ...

Al Green at the Arena Theatre

04.27.12

Al Green was the first great soul singer of the '70s and arguably the last great Southern soul singer. With his seductive singles for Hi Records in the early '70s, Green bridged the gap bet

Chief of Soul

President Obama's rendition of "Let's Stay Together" spawns remix with Newt Gingrich

By Clifford Pugh

01.21.12 | 10:34 pm

Newt Gingrich might have proved he's the "comeback kid" by winning the South Carolina primary convincingly Saturday night, but a couple of nights earlier President Barack Obama showed ...

Shelby's Social Diary

Indian ambassador and other notables make Indo-American chamber gala a starry affair

By Shelby Hodge

11.17.11 | 10:24 am

With more than 120,000 citizens of Indo-American descent living in the Houston area, it was no small group that gathered at the InterContinental Houston on Saturday for the 12th annual Indo-America ...

Shelby's Social Diary

Comedian Gary Owen brought the funny Payne to Houston Area Urban League gala

By Shelby Hodge

06.29.11 | 6:09 am

We are told that comedian Gary Owen kept the crowd at the Hilton Americas-Houston ballroom in stitches throughout his performance at the Houston Area Urban League's Equal Opportunity ...

Choo Choo

No more DeLays: Sugar Land commuter rail plan back on track

By Steven Thomson

12.20.10 | 1:11 pm

As one of the nation's fastest growing cities, Sugar Land is poised to consider updated mobility options. Despite years of anti-mass transit lobbying by Tom DeLay, a movement in favor of commut ...

Environmental Cred

Green money: Houston awarded nearly $4 million in sustainable living grant

By Caroline Gallay

10.15.10 | 3:37 pm

As part of the Obama administration's Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded the City of Houston $3.7 mi ...