Blending jazz & classical

One time at band camp: Friends come together in Texas Music Festival big bang concert opener

By Joel Luks

06.08.13 | 12:00 pm

It's often said that music brings people together. Some prefer to take this adage a step further, making bold claims to the likes of music being a universal language, music as a bridge that ...

Case Keenum's No Tebow

This is no Tim Tebow situation: Case Keenum's idiotic doubters need to face reality

By Chris Baldwin

06.06.13 | 12:03 pm

There are plenty of doubters eager for the chance to jump on Case Keenum. There's a local media contingent that would love to turn him into Houston's own version of a mini Tim Tebow. It ...

Designer College Living

What commuter school! University of Houston to debut plush, high tech student apartments

By Whitney Radley

06.06.13 | 9:48 am

Though University of Houston carried a reputation as a commuter school in the past, students enrolling at the Tier One institution will have more on- or near-campus housing options in the future.&n ...

University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work presents "¡Salsa para nuestros pueblos! — Salsa for our communities!"

06.22.13

The evening, in collaboration with Strictly Street Salsa, includes salsa lessons and a dance performance, with proceeds benefiting the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work —

Latin American Initiative film screening: The Devil's Miner

14 Pews

06.11.13

A screening of the award-winning documentary The Devil's Miner will be followed by a panel discussion, with proceeds benefiting the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work —

The Never-Ending Debate

Astrodome gets a new high-powered ally: Prominent writer pleads to save it

By Whitney Radley

05.29.13 | 8:32 am

In the wake of Houston's successful Super Bowl bid, the issue of what to do with the Astrodome has taken on increased urgency. The clock is ticking toward LI in 2017 after all, a ...

Political graffiti

Menil Picasso vandal sentenced to two years in prison; plans eventual return to UH

By Whitney Radley

05.22.13 | 12:16 pm

It's been nearly a year since Uriel Landeros walked into the Menil Collection with a can of spray paint and stenciled a bull and bullfighter, along with the word "conquista," ...

Shelby's Social Diary

A big-name designer drops in at the party saluting the University of Houston's retail savvy

By Shelby Hodge

05.16.13 | 2:44 pm

How serendipitous was it that fashion designer and University of Houston grad Victor Costa was in town just in time to attend a UH fashion event at Tootsies and on the same day that high- ...

Case Keenum Pushes for New Job

Case Keenum rediscovers his command: UH star to challenge T.J. Yates for backup QB job

By Chris Baldwin

05.12.13 | 6:04 am

One of the first things that jumps out is the voice. Case Keenum's booming voice is back. It fills up the indoor practice bubble in the first session of the Houston Texans' rookie mini camp ...

Quaid Back In the Coogs' House

Zac Efron's new BFF Dennis Quaid spills his "brutally real" University of Houston secrets

By Tyler Rudick

05.11.13 | 3:01 pm

Dennis Quaid was getting in touch with his Bayou City roots on Friday, visiting drama students and chatting with reporters on his old stomping grounds at the University of Houston. Ma ...