Texans are celebrating October as Texas Wine Month. The grape harvest is in and has an outstanding initial quality assessment. Texas’ vineyards are becoming better and better along with the recognition. Texas has eight American Viticultural Areas (AVA). These government-designated grape-growing regions are regulated by the Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) of the U. S.…
The Apprentice Rated R for sexual assault, language, drug use, sexual content, and some graphic nudityRotten Tomatoes Score: 79%In Theaters Perhaps the most controversial film of the year is this biopic that explores the early years of Donald Trump and how his real estate career started. Trump, played here by Sebastian Stan (Captain America: The Winter…
Reading playwright Michael Frayn’s bio in the program for the Alley Theatre’s production of “Noises Off,” I couldn’t help but wonder if this widely produced 1982 parody couldn’t just as easily be titled, “The Author’s Revenge.” For in taking the audience into the unseen bowels of a touring production of an imaginary play aptly titled “Nothing…
A 24,000-square-foot expansion almost a year in the works at the Lone Star Family Health Center Conroe branch is nearing completion. The expansion will add to the current building at 605 S. Conroe Medical Drive and is expected to open later this year or in early 2025. The addition will result in an additional clinical…
More than 30 Houston-area butchers will take to the ice at the city’s Aerodrome Ice Rink Thursday morning. The professional meat-cutters from across the region will compete on the ice in the first round of Texas Roadhouse’s Qualifier Meat Cutting Challenge. “Our national meat-cutting challenge celebrates the extraordinary skill and precision of our local…
Officials with the East Montgomery County Improvement District have put out an art call in the Houston area for artists to fill the walls of the group’s event center in 2025. Open to artists residing in Montgomery, Grimes, Harris, Liberty, San Jacinto, Walker and Waller counties, the open call provides emerging artists the opportunity to…
For the 35th year, the good times will roll in downtown Conroe this week with the Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival. The annual event put on by the nonprofit Friends of Conroe takes place the second weekend in October. This year’s festival is set for Friday through Sunday with the carnival opening early Thursday night. Here’s everything festivalgoers need…
The Spring Historical Museum in Old Town Spring will be one of the stops for the Union Pacific steam locomotive Big Boy No. 4014 as it travels north from Houston on Monday. The Big Boy locomotive can be seen at the Elm Street crossing in Old Town Spring near the museum from 11 to 11:30…
Trails in the W.G. Jones State Forest are open again after being closed for several weeks in September due to Hurricane Beryl cleanup. The Texas A&M Forest Service which maintains the urban forest on FM 1488 west of Interstate 45 closed the forest to public traffic Sept. 9. In a statement from the forest service, representatives said…
The Conroe Noon Lions Club was blessed this week with an opening prayer by Justice of the Peace and Lion Wayne Mack who pointed out how truly blessed we are to live and work in Conroe and Montgomery County at this time in history. It wouldn’t be a Lions meeting without recognizing the outstanding service…