Scope and Contents 8 we should be able to get into complete compliance. If you’re having a problem and need some help, call the Civic Club. No guarantees, but if the job can be done by senior citizens with kind hearts, then we’ll help. Again, no assurances about completion, either. We’re just helpers. If it’s your mess, so you’re the project manager responsible for getting the job done. Capiche? Oh yeah, I almost forgot... Parking on the Lawn! The following is excerpted from Texas Law :...

Scope and Contents Here are the top 11 things to do in Houston this weekend By Craig D. Lindsey Sep 20, 2018, 8:00 am 0 0 Enlarge Slideshow Silkroad Ensemble Peace, love, and serious joy flows with the Silkwood Ensemble at Rothko Chapel. Photo courtesy of Silkroad Ensemble Hello Kitty Cafe Truck The Hello Kitty Cafe Truck rolls out the cute. Photo courtesy of the Hello Kitty Cafe Truck Rob Lowe press promo shot Get to know the charming and handsome Rob Lowe. Courtesy photo Silkroad Ensemble Hello Kitty Cafe...

Scope and Contents The Menil Collection main building reopened to the public on Saturday, Sept. 22, after seven months of subtle updates and a reimagining of the gallery spaces.Rebecca Rabinow, director of the Menil Collection, noted that the closure of the Menil originated because the fire detection system needed to be updated. Recommended VideoIn doing that update, the staff had to take the art out of the individual galleries. This lead to opportunities to redo the flooring, as well...

Scope and Contents The Menil Collection: Reopening displays a reinvigorated space Metinee Ding | September 25, 2018 Tweet Share Email Courtesy Menil Collection Courtesy of Menil CollectionWhile it may have seemed like not much happened on campus this weekend, the ordinarily quiet and unassuming residential Menil District was buzzing with excitement and activity. Following a seven-month-long hiatus, the main building of the Menil Collection finally reopened its doors on...

Scope and Contents 4 Neighborhoods in Houston for Getting InvolvedHouston is a big city, but it’s full of tight-knit communities with a multitude of options for getting involved. The following four neighborhoods are home to the city’s best festivals, block parties, farmers markets, parks, and community organizations. Greater East End Farmers market / ShutterstockAn influx of immigrants settled in Houston’s East End in the 1920’s and brought with them a rich culture of music, arts, and...

Scope and Contents San Francisco de Asís Catholic Church has been mouth-watering subject matter for painters and photographers for over 100 years. Most artists choose to make imagery of the back apse end where lie the major buttresses of adobe bricks covered in a plastering of mud and straw. A who’s who of artists have visited Ranchos de Taos to capture images of the iconic church. Most, if not all, of the Taos Society of Artists have made paintings of it. Others include R.C. Gorman, Fritz Scholder, Gustave...

Scope and Contents Whether your style is rough and tumble or refined and discriminating, the western United States is brimming with adventures and attractions sure to satisfy every itch, from theme parks and cowboy culture to train rides and world-class art. Here are seven destinations for a fun winter getaway.Washington ADVERTISINGDo you want to travel to the West Coast, but you’re not sure which destination you want to visit? Why not go to all of them? Amtrak’s Coast Starlight line...

Scope and Contents VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday praised two towering figures of the 20th-century Catholic Church as prophets who shunned wealth and looked out for the poor as he made saints of Pope Paul VI and martyred Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero.Francis canonized two men at a Mass in St. Peter's Square before some 70,000 faithful, a handful of presidents and 5,000 Salvadoran pilgrims who traveled to Rome to honor a man considered a hero to many Latin Americans. Recommended...

Scope and Contents Five years after Mark Rothko completed Untitled (Rust, Blacks on Plum) in 1962, it caught the taste-making eye of collector Dominique de Menil, who swiftly requested the painting for an exhibition she was organizing of work by midcentury masters. A decade after that, Rothko’s painting again fell under the affectionate gaze of a de Menil family member—but this time it was Dominique’s son François and his wife Susan. This time, he bought it.Now, that beloved work is changing hands...