War & Beauty

Guerrilla gardeners descend on Midtown: Can slingshots and seeds transform an ugly area?

By Joel Luks

04.23.13 | 2:32 pm

Take that you empty, nasty lot overrun with messy weeds. A trio of unsuspecting locations were no match for a camouflaged, armed militia of 50 beautification soldiers on a mission to root seeds for ...

Heights Spring Green Fling

05.04.13

Join hosts Shawn Manderscheid, Paula Hines and Sherry Eichberger for the first annual recycling event, "Spring Green Fling." Come mix and mingle while you drop off your e-waste

One Green Street's "Guerilla Gardening: Mission Possible 2"

Sparrow Bar + Cookshop

04.20.13

"Mission Possible 2" is the awaited sequel to "Mission Possible 1." This Guerilla Gardening event is a one of a kind experience. Participants sporting camo, sling shots and seed

guiding light

A different path: Tea entrepreneur Thia McKann is remembered for her wisdom and dedication

By Dillon Sorensen

12.26.12 | 3:36 pm

The Houston coffee and tea community lost one of its most influential leaders, Thia McKann, to heart complications on Christmas Day. McKann and her husband, Chris, owned The Path of Tea, Houst ...

One Green Street's "Holiday Hullabaloo" featuring the Heights Hollerahs

12.14.12

After a few cocktails, join the One Green Street Heights Hollerahs — that includes you — in serenading the Heights with musical merriment and holiday cheer. Partakers will be rewarded w

Fashion philanthropy

Turning those dirty secrets in your closet into new fashion pieces: When luxury is designer recycled

By Whitney Radley

11.26.12 | 10:56 am

Sarah-Jayne Smith has considered herself a designer for as long as she can remember, dabbling in photography, painting, graphic and interior design throughout her career. The latter path is wh ...

Our Global Village

Watching weavers in action: Refugee women to show off timeless skills at One Green Street

By Whitney Radley

10.13.12 | 7:32 am

Marveling at the detail of a handwoven textile is one thing; watching the weaver in action is an experience altogether different — a fact that CultureMap's Joel Luks made abundantly clear ...

Community Cloth at One Green Street

One Green Street

10.13.12

Join One Green Street and the women of Community Cloth, a local nonprofit comprising women refugees with tremendous gifts and talents, which they use to make a life for themselves in the United Sta

One Green Party in the Heights

08.25.12

Join for One Green Party in The Heights as founder/owner Sherry Eichberger celebrates the boutique's recent move to its new White Oak address. Guests will enjoy organic treats, local beer and w

CultureMap Exclusive

Shop shift: One Green Street moves into the Heights, leaving Kroger behind for a bungalow life

By Joel Luks

07.17.12 | 12:37 pm

When Sherry Eichberger originally penned her business plan for an environmentally-conscious and healthful shopping destination, she knew it had to be in The Heights. But fate led her in a different ...