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In an unprecedented move, the Houston-based Welch Foundation is making a 10-year $100 million commitment to Rice University for the creation of The Welch Institute, which will focus on advanced materials research. It is research that is expected to tra…
Read MoreOver the past six months, I’ve been aching to go back to the movie theater. Even if there wasn’t a new film out, I just wanted to spend a couple of hours sitting in Alamo Drafthouse, eating buffalo cauliflower in front of the big screen aga…
Read MoreHouston’s been a world class city for a good while, but it’s finally starting to get some global recognition for that. H-Town is ranked third in the entire world in the new fDi Tier 2 Cities of the Future global rankings. Only tech-land San…
Read MoreTwo Houston favorites — Zadok Master Jewelers and Trees For Houston — are joining forces in a very clever partnership that weds engagement rings with tree planting. Buy an engagement ring from Zadok and the family will donate a sapling tree to be plant…
Read MoreThe nervous laughter escapes me as another Dallas staple is forced to permanently close because of Covid-19. Ironically, this news isn’t funny at all: Deep Ellum is losing the iconic Dallas Comedy House. After re-locating just last fall to a bigg…
Read MoreThe official opening on Wednesday of the $35 million Clay Family Eastern Glades in Memorial Park met with little fanfare due to COVID-19. But the lack of overt celebration did nothing to diminish the glory of this transformation of 100 acres of previou…
Read MoreHouston native Gia McCrae spent “quarantine” starting her first nonprofit organization, The L.O.V.E. Project (Lifting Our Valuable Essentials). The 20-year-old is an Episcopal High School alumna and a junior at Spelman College with a strong…
Read MoreYou meet your soul mate. Visions abound of the perfect wedding surrounded by family and friends. But first, let’s lawyer up and negotiate property division in case of divorce. Full stop. The last thing an engaged couple wants to do is plan for the poss…
Read MoreAs fall approaches, major Dallas-Fort Worth events that were optimistically postponed or set to take place in the months ahead have begun officially bowing out given the persistence of the coronavirus pandemic. We’ll continue to update this list …
Read MorePaperCity‘s interns are working remotely this summer from their childhood homes until they head back to college. Generation Z is experiencing a national pandemic for the first time ever (like almost all the rest of us) — and they definitely have …
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