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“Houston! You got to give us some time because we are fucking rusty,” says a laughing Felipe Galvan as he stands, beer in hand, center stage in front of the crowd. People scream as he leads his band, Los Skarnales, into the next song of the night. The music starts and the audience, some dressed as different characters from fantasy novels and movies, jump in approval.  A man in a silver metallic suit reaches inside of his pocket and flips a switch causing his whole body to illuminate with b...

Travis Scotts wildly popular Astroworld Festival is returning this fall on November 5 and 6 to NRG Park. The festival returns this year with an expanded two-day format, taking place at NRG park. The theme for the show is the appropriately titled be "Open Your Eyes to a Whole New World."  The last Astroworld Festival happened before COVID and had the Grammy award winning rapper headlining a packed lineup with performances from Young Thug, Megan Thee Stallion, Marilyn Manson, Pharrell, and more....

The sun set slowly on Discovery Green Tuesday as family, friends, and fans gathered to pay their respects to  rising Houston rap star Corey “Chucky Trill” Detiege, who died in a Georgia hospital Friday after being shot while traveling to perform at an event for the NBA All-Star weekend. As Tuesday nights darkness closed in, people crowded around a large centerpiece dedicated to the rapper and tried to get photos before the light expired. Fans carried  pictures of the Houston MC as well a...

Roughly a month ago press began coming out about Day 6 coffee and its two owners, Ricardo “RJ” Wilson and Jason Ian Wilson. Many of the headlines touted their place as Houston’s first Black-owned coffee shop. The two brothers quickly released a video on their Instagram making sure to clarify any misunderstandings. “While we are a Black-owned coffee shop, we are not Houston’s first Black-owned coffee shop,” stated Ian Wilson in the video released on the shops Instagram. His brother ...

Cars line up down the street in front of the Turkey Leg Hut as an officer directs traffic from Almeda onto Rosedale. Long lines running in front of the iconic Houston eatery are not out of the ordinary but the people idling in their cars are not here for the food. Groups of employees huddle in the cold and quickly load cases of water into passing vehicles. The business, birthed from the minds of Nakia and Lyndell Price, has expanded because of massive support from the community, and this week, ...

The corner of Main and Dallas is empty late on a Sunday evening. Its eerily silent aside from the occasional person whirring by on a rented scooter and piercing the soundless night. The corner is occupied by a building that use to house the two story Forever 21 but, since the stores closure, has sat unused for the last couple of years. The space, usually well-lit but empty, is a little dimmer than usual but the silhouettes of a few people can be seen moving around through the windows that wrap ...

Walking up to Grooves on Pierce and Bastrop you can hear and feel the music pulsing through the front doors of the building on a Saturday afternoon. It’s not out of the ordinary for any bar or lounge on Sunday Funday. What is out of the ordinary is the number of people in the building. Grooves, known for its drinks, nightlife, and crowds, is noticeably light on customers, something not unexpected during this pandemic. Patrons dance and drink as servers donning masks tend to tables making sur...

On the corner of Cullen and Gray, just a short distance from Polk, sits a trailer converted into a standing food truck. The smell of fresh baked bread wafts through the air as the ever-present reminder that the Leeland Baking building is about a block away. Two vertical lights frame the window of the trailer illuminating the surrounding parking lot and revealing a painting on the side of the food truck of cartoon pig. The pig, licking its lips while staring at a plate of food, dons a blue shir...