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If you're an avid supporter of Houston's music, theatre, museum, dance or arts scenes, chances are you listen to KUHF's The Front Row every weekday from noon to 1:00 p.m. The show, now in its fifth year, takes an hour each day to profile a local musician, artist, curator, dancer, actor or writer -- anyone in Houston's cultural arts scene is fair game for the popular show. Listenership is estimated at 17,000 per day, and that doesn't even include the number of people who listen to the broadcast online or catch the rerun each night at 10:00 p.m.

The recent passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (also called the "stimulus package" or ARRA) on February 17th invested $789 billion into the economy through a coordinated series of tax cuts and spending in healthcare, education and other areas. The bill was introduced into the House of Representatives on January 25th, making its unbelieveably swift passage into law a mere three weeks later an almost unprecedented move for our government.

Thanks to our 11 readers and their parole officers for joining us at The Ice House last Friday. We had a good time and hope you did, too.

Although there's no snow in the forecast this week, we're still experiencing some true Christmas weather today. And what better way to take advantage of that (while it lasts!) than heading down to Discovery Green and enjoying the ice rink on a chilly night beneath the glittering lights of downtown Houston?

Houston's cityscape has changed drastically since the photo below was taken by Dmitri Kessel in 1946; one would expect nothing less from a city that's continually reinventing itself, erasing its own history and creating new futures with each passing day.

That's right, folks, it's not a drive-in -- it's a glide-in! Discovery Green has been hard at work creating Houston's only outdoor ice rink for the holidays, which will have its grand opening tomorrow night!

Houstonist ventured downtown on Saturday afternoon to enjoy the dazzling artistic talent on display at Via Colori, along with what seemed like half of the city. Benefiting the Center for Hearing and Speech, the third annual Via Colori showcased the amazing talents of local artists while raising money to help teach Houston-area hearing-impaired children learn to speak instead of relying solely upon sign language.

Grab your blankets and head to the hill at Discovery Green Friday evening for Fresh Fridays, hosted tonight by Dance Houston. Home Grown Motion: A Gathering of Local Dancers will be tonight's performance and dancers and dance groups will perform in an impromptu festival on the Anheuser-Busch Stage.

Houstonist recently spent a Saturday evening downtown at the grand opening of McCormick & Schmick, the popular steak and seafood chain, at the newest attraction downtown: the Houston Pavillions. Just one of many restaurants opening in the $200 million mixed-use development that's aiming to create a shopping and dining district for both downtown residents and workers, McCormick & Schmick gave Houstonist an opportunity to experience first-hand what the Houston Pavillions will have to offer.

Rock The Cradle For Johnny Romano was held on Sunday, November 9, 2008 at the Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark near downtown. The contest was a World Cup Invitational event and skaters from all over the world, including Brazil and Denmark, came out to support The Johnny Romano Foundation. Three contests were held including biggest air, biggest cradle ride and best trick.

If you don't have at least one of his books on your bookshelf, there is something fundamentally wrong with you (and we're guessing it's the inability to laugh at yourself).

Titus Andronicus, that epic tale of vengeance set in 4th century Rome, is widely-regarded as Shakespeare's most violent play, with rampant and excessive scenes of murder, dismemberment, torture, filicide, rape, exsanguination, blood-filled pies and even the execution of a clown. It would be almost hilarious in its hyperbole if the play itself weren't so deadly and gruesomely serious.

Houstonist took our sweet time finally getting down to The Lake House in downtown's Discovery Green, and do we ever wish we'd discovered (heh...get it?) this little gem sooner.

Just one month ago, Houstonist asked the question: "Where's the free wi-fi?" We finally have our answer.

The Houston Press has once again announced their 2008 nominees for the highly-anticipated Houston Press Music Awards. It's not too late to vote for your favorite band, performer, album, underground rapper, drummer, zydeco outfit, tribute band or any number of exciting music geek categories. Just remember that voting ends tomorrow, July 27th.

Houstonist missed the grand reopening of the Houston Public Library Central Branch in early June, but we're OK with that. Who wants to explore a library mobbed with people anyway? Instead, we decided to check out the renovation on a lazy Saturday in mid-July after all the brouhaha settled.

Oy, Monty Python fans! It's not too late to catch everyone's favorite member of the troupe, Eric Idle, as he performs with the Houston Symphony tonight and tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m. in an "adaptation" of the classic religious spoof film, The Life of Brian.

Can't decide what to do for the Fourth of July and upcoming three-day weekend? Don't know which Independence Day scene is quite right for you? Don't worry, patriots: Houstonist is here to help.

As if you needed another reason to head down to Discovery Green this weekend, here's one more: Dock Dogs! Yes, the time-honored "dog performance sport" of leaping off docks and catching crazy air will be going on all weekend at the downtown park. If you thought the Lumberjack Games were the most ludicrous yet highly entertaining sport you've ever seen, then you haven't witnessed the majesty of Dock Jumping.

Forty musicians performed the entire Sgt. Peppers album by The Beatles at Discovery Green, downtown’s newest park. The park was packed and people filled the hill and sat all the way up to the stage!

Ever since the old Byrd's Department Store building at Main and Prairie was restored as lofts, we've wanted to live there. Even though we have some reservations about the noise level, especially after Carol Alvarado said her Rice Lofts windows sometimes shake with noise from the downtown clubs, we still love the little building's Art Deco exterior, huge windows, prime location and roof deck. So, naturally, we're excited to note that there's a second-floor unit available at Byrd's Lofts.

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Houstonist has an active and amazing Flickr photo group. We receive many, many photos of Houston and the surrounding areas every day and unless you are an active visitor to our photo pool many of these photos go unnoticed. So in a weekly effort to bring you more amazing photos from Houstonist readers and photographers, we are going to feature a block of photos submitted to our Flickr photo group. The images will be dug up from deep within our photo pool archives and we hope to expose you to even more wonderful Houston photography.

Photos from our 2008 Light Rail Pub Crawl

Houstonist has an active and amazing Flickr photo group. We receive many, many photos of Houston and the surrounding areas every day and unless you are an active visitor to our photo pool many of these photos go unnoticed. So in a weekly effort to bring you more amazing photos from Houstonist readers and photographers, we are going to feature a block of photos submitted to our Flickr photo group. The images will be dug up from deep within our photo pool archives and we hope to expose you to even more wonderful Houston photography.

Houstonist has an active and amazing Flickr photo group. We receive many, many photos of Houston and the surrounding areas every day and unless you are an active visitor to our photo pool many of these photos go unnoticed. So in a weekly effort to bring you more amazing photos from Houstonist readers and photographers, we are going to feature a block of photos submitted to our Flickr photo group. The images will be dug up from deep within our photo pool archives and we hope to expose you to even more wonderful Houston photography.

Houstonist Flickr photo contributor espngo got up early this morning to witness the implosion of the Montagu Hotel, formerly the Hotel Cotton, which was built in 1913. Cherry Demolition was contracted to implode the building to make room for a new 46-story building dubbed The Pipe Wrench.