The Willow Waterhole Greenspace Conservancy recently honored a very deserving local resident with a new art installation. Kathleen Tinsley Ownby, who grew up in Brays Oaks, has served since 1990 as executive director of SPARK, the neighborhood parks program founded by her mother, the late Houston Council Member Eleanor Tinsley. Thanks substantially to Ownby’s fundraising [...]
Ofir Azran, a native of Israel who made his home in Houston, decided in 2017 that if he missed the products of his homeland, there were others who missed the items, too. Ofir Azran He set out to create a shop that featured foods and other products from Israel that he could not [...]
Rendering A charter school under construction in far southwest Houston is slated to open its doors in August 2024 to a cohort of 400 pupils from pre-kindergarten through the second grade. A student lottery application for the 2024-2025 school year is open for the YES Prep Southwest Oaks Elementary School, being built at [...]
It took a friendly poker game at a medical school to introduce two revolutionary scientists who have brought to Houston a more environmentally friendly way of making the chemicals that are part of our everyday lives. The entrepreneurs and co-founders of Solugen, chief executive officer Gaurab Chakrabarti and chief technology officer Sean Hunt, hatched their [...]
With Halloween themes and a full day of free family fun, the 11th annual Willow Waterhole MusicFest takes place Saturday, Oct. 28, with a whole lot of treats. The amusement at the Willow Waterhole Greenway at 5300 Dryad Drive lasts from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., featuring live musical performances all day, a costume contest [...]
They say learning should be lifelong. And it’s also true that seniors may have more time on their hands to take an interest in learning something new. Houston Community College (HCC) is doing a great service in offering courses for those aged 60 and above in their Community Learning Program. There is something for everyone [...]
Houston Police Department has promoted Samanda Rubin, a Houston native and attorney, as commander of its South Gessner Division, also known as Patrol District 17. Capt. Rubin joined HPD in 2006 and rose to the rank of sergeant before being elevated to her new assignment. Rubin shared her thoughts about her new role after working [...]
Deepti Patel For Deepti Patel, BollyX dancing isn’t an exercise craze, it’s a calling. Patel, a longtime volunteer for India House Houston, is using her love for dance and fitness to bring people together through the dance form, sharing its rhythms and movements that she says promote health and happiness. “It’s so engaging [...]
Grabbing a tasty lunch at Sazón Garifuna in the Brays Oaks Management District also means visiting the scene now represented in a Washington, D.C., museum to teach the world about the culture and history of the Garifuna people. Writer John Nova Lomax captured the scene, with two truck workers, in a photo that accompanied his [...]
Karolena Serratos Trust. It’s the number one reason consumers are reluctant to get work done on their car, even if they know something is wrong. And that is where Karolena Serratos comes in. Karolena is a second-generation owner-operator of Professional Auto Care at 9916 Honeywell in the Brays Oaks Management District. She takes [...]
