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Get free at-⁠home COVID-⁠19 tests

Sandra Fernandez — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 09:36:37 +0000

Did you know? Every home in the U.S. is eligible to order 4 free at-⁠home COVID-⁠19 tests. The tests are completely free (no cost, not even shipping), and you can […]

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QEPD Vicente Fernández and other headlines we’re watching

Sandra Fernandez — Sun, 19 Dec 2021 15:10:12 +0000

Good morning! We’re less than a week away from Christmas and today’s headlines include the death of Vicente Fernández, the sad fact that more than half of the COVID-19 deaths […]

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Safety precautions for holiday gatherings

Sandra Fernandez — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 21:58:13 +0000

Are you planning a family get-together this holiday season? The Houston Health Department urges everyone to take steps now to make holiday gatherings as safe as possible. A few precautions […]

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Harris County raises COVID-19 threat level to RED

Sandra Fernandez — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 23:54:35 +0000

Harris County has officially increased the COVID-19 threat level to RED, in response to the rise in hospitalizations. Those who are unvaccinated are urged to stay home except for essential […]
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Should my child get the COVID-19 vaccine?

Sandra Fernandez — Sun, 16 May 2021 18:20:21 +0000

My adolescent nephew received the first shot of the Pfizer vaccine this week. His parents thought about this decision, and discussed it, for a while before making the appointment. Both […]
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Do you miss the parades?

Sandra Fernandez — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 15:30:48 +0000

As we bound into the second year of the pandemic, with numbers fluctuating but still high in most places in the U.S. (including Houston), we’re looking at year two of […]
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Texas to Open COVID-19 Vaccination to All Adults

Sandra Fernandez — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 05:04:07 +0000

REMINDER: All adults (18 years and older) will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in Texas beginning Monday, March 29, 2021. That means that you are able to register to receive a COVID-19 vaccine regardless of your age or occupation — as long as you’re 18 years of age or older. Did you know […]

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Uptown Dallas Springs Into a Brighter 2021 With Marquee Events Returning and New Places to Explore

PC Studios — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 21:42:12 +0000

It’s been a year for the record books in more ways than one. The COVID-19 put its grip on the world and we can’t forget the winter snow armageddon and the resulting power outages that caused much of Texas to come to a standstill. It’s...

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Dream Social Distancing Vacations — Rent the Top Floor of a New York Hotel, Cruise on a Private Antique Yacht and More

Kimber Westphall — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 04:23:03 +0000

When making travel plans early in 2020, social distancing wasn’t even a familiar concept and certainly not part of the everyday vernacular. Now, nearly every activity in daily life takes the degree of social distancing into consideration. Especially wh...

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Watch our virtual Q&A with Hillary Hart and Dan Knechtges

tuts-admin — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 17:47:03 +0000

Yesterday, Hillary Hart, Executive Director, and Dan Knechtges, Artistic Director had a live chat with TUTS subscribers and donors. We captured the conversation, so you can watch at your leisure.

Learn more about the impact of COVID-19 on Theatre Und...

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Houston’s Wedding Queen Takes on the Coronavirus by Making Bridal Even More Personal

Shelby Hodge — Fri, 15 May 2020 01:02:51 +0000

As the stay-at-home mandates of coronavirus begin to relax, many of us will take to venturing out but perhaps not with the regularity that we previously exercised. While it seems that everyone is running to get his or her hair done and perhaps have nai...

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Wading Into the World of Virtual Galas — Is This Houston’s Nonprofit Future?

Shelby Hodge — Wed, 13 May 2020 22:36:21 +0000

With the cancellation in March of all upcoming social gatherings, Houston nonprofits have been scrambling since then to find alternative means of raising the all-important funds generated by luncheons, galas and dinners. Many have turned to the virtual...

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Houston’s Marvelous Mrs. Hurley Tackles Social Distancing with a Light Heart, a Tiger Sense and Skinny Margaritas

Shelby Hodge — Tue, 05 May 2020 22:12:29 +0000

With the goal of expanding our stay-at-home horizons, PaperCity has queried some of our favorite Houston influencers and social leaders, checking in with them on what they’re up to while observing COVID-19 social distancing guidelines. Even with ...

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Virtual Fundraisers Take Centerstage in Houston — Major Events You Need to Know

Shelby Hodge — Sun, 03 May 2020 19:51:49 +0000

With scores of nonprofit fundraisers — festive evenings, fashion shows and more serious gatherings — cancelled across Houston due to social distancing and fear of COVID-19, development directors, gala chairs and concerned patrons are turning to the Int...

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Houston’s Galleria Mall Reopens With a Very Different Look — Inside a Socially Distanced Shopping Center

Shelby Hodge — Fri, 01 May 2020 19:59:28 +0000

One way traffic, hand sanitizer dispensers on walls, signs advising keeping your distance, and partial restroom closers — shopping at The Galleria took on quite a different look Friday morning as Governor Greg Abbott lifted retail closure restrictions ...

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Ben Berg Vows to Take Houston Restaurant Reopenings Slowly — “Nobody Wants to Dine in a Hospital”

Shelby Hodge — Fri, 01 May 2020 00:53:04 +0000

While scores of Houston area restaurants are reopening their dining rooms on Friday with Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s blessings, not everyone is ready to jump into the coronavirus pandemic world of 25 percent occupancy, for a number of reasons. A...

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New Wave of Houston Restaurants Commits to Reopening Their Dining Rooms, Including Every Single Landry’s Eatery

Shelby Hodge — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 21:15:01 +0000

Some are singing hallelujah. Others are moving ahead with trepidation and still others are reluctant at this moment in time to open their doors. That would be Houston area restaurants in varying responses to Governor Greg Abbott’s decision to all...

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Several Top Houston Restaurants Commit to Reopening With 25 Percent Capacity Restriction

Shelby Hodge — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 22:48:00 +0000

Will we or won’t we? That is the question haunting Houstonians as they, at the same time, applaud the return of restaurant dining rooms and wonder how safe dining out will be in this era of coronavirus. With Governor Greg Abbott’s announcem...

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Houstonians Helping Houstonians During Coronavirus — the City’s Giant Heart Shows

Shelby Hodge — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 22:02:00 +0000

When President George H.W. Bush introduced his “a thousand points of light” canon in his acceptance of the Republican nomination in 1988 and again at his inauguration in 1989, we doubt that he could have imagined the critical importance of ...

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Houston’s Spring Party Scene Revisited — Looking Back at How the Bayou City Celebrated in Pre-Coronavirus Times

Shelby Hodge — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 12:46:45 +0000

As was the norm for April in Houston throughout the decades, that springtime month of 2019 was one of the most vibrant of the social and charitable fundraising calendars. The white-tie-and tails Houston Grand Opera Ball, the Hermann Park Conservancy&#8...

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