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Photo by Sarah Gish Shown here is Truxillo’s grand Victorian residence at 18th Street and Harvard. The residence acted as the preservationist’s home for more than 40 years.
April 19, 2017, was a sad day for many in Houston at large, and in The Heights in particular. A beloved spearhead of historic preservation, Barthel “Bart” Truxillo, passed away unexpectedly of an aneurysm. He was 74. Born in Louisiana and raised in Houston, Truxillo was an avid gardener, a dedicated adventurer, an active world traveler, and an unwavering friend. He was a quiet, gracious man with a boundless love for life that created a sort of vortex, drawing people in. There are few who would disagree that Houston is a better place due to Truxillo. Graduating from the University of Houston in 1965 with a BS in Architecture, three years later, Truxillo bought the old 1910 Magnolia Brewery at the corner of Milam and Franklin Streets. It was a prime location downtown and, at this time in Houston’s development, was all but certain to face a wrecking ball. Instead, Truxillo dove into an extensive renovation, created a beautiful event space, and named it the Magnolia Ballroom to honor the building’s history. He then sought and received Houston’s first Historic Landmark Designation. To save more structures, Truxillo teamed up with a handful of likeminded Houstonians in 1978, and founded Preservation Houston. Today, the nonprofit agency works tirelessly to save the character of the city’s historic areas Photo by Preservation Houston and buildings. “When Bart start- Truxillo hugs Phoebe Tudor at the Cornerstone Dinner in ed his work, Houston 2015 did not even have a preservation ordinance, no historic districts, and no designated landmarks. It took his unrelenting energy, and a handful of his friends to make things change. But Bart was passionate. He and his group made it happen,” said David Bush, acting Executive Director of Preservation Houston. Truxillo launched Preservation Houston’s annual Good Brick Award to recognize restorations that were exceptionally well done. “Bart would issue bricks that were historic, bricks that he dug up himself. They were always filthy, but they were authentic. That was important to him,” Bush remembered. When Truxillo created the Good Brick Awards, he also included Bad Brick Awards, normally granted to someone who had razed an important structure. “One year, Bart was soundly chewed out by a nun for issuing a Bad Brick Award, and the following year, Bart’s Bad Brick went away. He re-thought his strategy,” Bush concluded with a smile. In the early 1970s, Truxillo was active in Montrose real estate, at one point holding several hundred properties. However, in 1974, he was introduced to the Heights by a friend. As close as the two communities are, he had never ventured
Legislation could impact historic zones By Landan Kuhlmann landan@theleadernews.com Much has been made in recent months of the city of Houston’s efforts to eradicate arbitrary and subjective standards when it comes to defining and zoning Houston’s historic Heights districts. Now, new legislation could potentially have a significant impact on our local neighborhoods and neighborhoods throughout Texas if it passes. Spurred on by a situation in Austin, State Representative Gary Elkins (Texas District 135) filed legislation for House Bill 3418 at the 85th Legislative Session earlier this month. If passed, H.B. 3418 would mandate blanket, one-sizefits-all criteria Photo by Landan Kuhlmann for historic Construction goes on along 18th designations in the Heights. In light of t h r o u g h o u t Street H.B. 3418’s introduction, a few Texas. residents have inquired what its Supporters passing could mean for expanhave argued sions in the existing historic that historic Houston Heights communities. preser vation standards put undue restrictions on homeowners when it comes to modifying or improving their property. “Criteria for these historical designations are often vague,” Elkins said at an April 11 Urban Affairs Committee hearing. “Abuse of these statutes has become prevalent as neighborhoods and civic associations exploit interpretations to enable historic preservations and prevent infill development or density in or around the established neighborhoods.” However, detractors from historic preservation communities around Texas have said the bill could threaten local historic preservation ordinances. “This vague and arbitrarily-imposed standard will have a chilling effect on local communities that seek to protect locally-significant historic places,” a statement from Preservation Texas read. What it does Elkins’ bill states that municipalities which have established a process for designating certain areas or homes as historically important or significant through adoption of zoning regulations or district boundaries must meet several criteria. If municipalities wish to designate an area or structure based on occurrence of a specific event, Elkins’ bill proposes the occurrence must be widely recognized as historical. Should they wish to designate based on someone associated with the property, the person must be recognized as a historical figure who resided there. Even should an area or property receive a historic recommendation, Elkins’ proposed bill dictates that any action by a planning or zoning commission requires a 75 percent majority of all members of the specified commission. Further, should a governing body move to approve a historic recommendation, this bill suggests such an action must be approved by a 75 percent majority of the municipality’s governing body. Additionally, once a property owner submits his or her historical designation request, the appropriate municipal official must either approve or deny the homeowner’s request within 30 days. Should this time period expire, Elkin’s bill states the request should be considered, for all intents and purposes, to be approved.
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Texas Children’s opens Heights urgent care center By Jennifer Layer jennifer@theleadernews.com Imagine, your child has a roaring fever and you need to do something. The last thing you want is to wait for hours in a room full of other sick and injured people, only to be seen by a doctor who doesn’t specialize in pediatric care and end up getting an incorrect or delayed diagnosis and an outrageous bill. With this typical situation in mind, the good folks at Texas Children’s decided to open their own Texas Children’s Ur-
gent Care facility right here in the Heights. The clinic opened this Tuesday, April 25, at 2200 Yale St., Suite 120. The clinic will be staffed with only physicians, nurses, and physician assistants who specialize in pediatric care. “We have designed our clinic to fit the needs of the Heights community in a number of ways,” said Dr. Stanley Spinner, chief medical officer for Texas Children’s Pediatrics and Texas Children’s Urgent Care. “We noticed a need for cheaper after-hours care and have determined our fees and
hours of operation in response to that need. We also aim to consistently get all patients in and out within one hour and with a correct diagnosis from our specialized pediatric staff.” Texas Children’s Urgent Care physicians will be able to diagnose and treat numerous ailments, illnesses and conditions, including: asthma, strep throat, fever, minor burns, influenza, ear infections, allergic reactions and more. Texas Children’s Urgent Care will be open Monday through Friday, from 4:30-11
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into the then dicey, decaying Heights. It was a turning point. Soon after, Truxillo purchased a large, run-down Victorian residence on Harvard at 18th Street and started to renovate. The residence acted as the preservationist’s private home for more than 40 years, and reflects its owner. The gardens are breathtaking. There is walk-out aviary off the kitchen so Truxillo could enjoy his pet doves, finches and chickens. A fish pond in the backyard was constructed to meet the foundation and a window installed in the basement so he could watch the fish swim. And its most notable feature, the original Victorian turret on the roof, hosts a disco ball suspended from its ceiling. “If you live in the Heights today, it is probably due to Bart Truxillo,” states Maverick Welsh, a long-time friend and former Chair of Houston’s Archaeological and Historical Commission. The HAHC is a mayor-appointed, volunteer board tasked with issuing reviews on all matters regarding preservation. “Working in preservation is thankless,” Welsh added. “It’s exhausting fighting with developers and builders all the time. It wore me out. But Bart was always there, supporting
Photos courtesy of Preservation Houston Truxillo presents an award at a Good Brick Awards presentation in 1986.
us and whispering ‘Thank you. You are doing the right thing.’ He often talked me off a ledge,” Welsh stated with a laugh. “But it wasn’t just developers. Sometimes home owners didn’t understand what happens in a historic district, that property values start to rise immediately. And another element is the positive impact on land values in nearby areas. For example, the recent Renaissance of Garden Oaks and Oak Forest can be traced
to Bart’s work in the Heights. That is exactly how it happens. It’s Bart’s support of preservation that made the entire near north the great place is now,” Welsh concluded. Truxillo was interred in Glenwood Cemetery on April 24. He will spend eternity surrounded by historic landmarks and other Houstonians who have made a difference, while resting peacefully beneath the old, graceful trees in his beloved Houston Heights.
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f you read this column with any regularity, you know I use this space once every few months to blow off some steam. If you’re single or would rather just read about problems in our city, the pessimistic publisher will return next week. Today, though, I’m offering some excerpts from my new parenting book, which you can purchase at stores that sell square hula hoops. Preface More than three years ago – 43.36 months or 1,319 days, to be exact – my wife and I welcomed home our first son, Hank (not that we’re keeping track of the hours or anything – 31,656). We had so much fun in Hank’s first three years of life that we paid our insurance carrier for a second, precious boy named Cal, who has not stopped smiling in the first eight months of his life. Here are those promised excerpts: Chapter 4: You have brains and a second child? I imagine all parents eventually ask this question: Isn’t one of them really enough? For Meghan and I, we couldn’t have asked for a better child than our first-born, Hank. He ate well, slept well and then, after a year of memorable videos, someone taught the boy how to walk and talk. Then he learned how to open Sharpie mark-
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ers and redecorate his face. Then he learned how to hurl spaghetti into the fireplace. In a blink, that first year of perfection is gone. And that’s when the instincts of mom usually kick into Hormone Heaven and she longs for two things: 1. Cuddling with a baby 2. Maternity Leave It’s more than that, though. We keep a monitor in the baby’s room because we are not horrible parents, and each morning around 6:30, young Cal begins a routine
of spasmodic half-rolls around his crib. At that point, either Meghan or I walk upstairs. First, we unlock Hank from his bedroom prison, then we open Cal’s door to pleasantly welcome him to another day. And this is why people with brains have a second child. When our 43month-old Hank awakes each morning, he comes with a list of demands. He needs juice, now. What are we feeding him for breakfast? Do not take off my pajamas, even though they kind of smell like urine. Kindly tune the flat-screen to PJ Mask, a cartoon series that has effectively turned our oldest son into a gecko. When we walk into Cal’s room, he completes his last roll of the morning, sees us standing there, and offers us a smile that lights up the entire day. He has no demands. He’s just happy we didn’t forget him. And that is why smart people have a second child. Shoot, for the value of that smile each morning, I’m shocked we don’t all have 10 of them. Chapter 76: You just think you’re raising your children The greatest hoax ever pulled on the modern world, at least since circa 1440 when Gutenberg invented the printing press, is the massive industry that is Books on Parenting. You can find hundreds of thousands of millions of books on how
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Dump Lab, which would work to decontaminate the rest of the acreage.) There is the question of what to call the place. UT already has a huge footprint in Houston, what with the UT Health Science Center, medical school, dental school, nursing school, M.D. Anderson plus 100,000 alumni (more than any other university). So do we follow the pattern of other branches (UTEP, UTSA, etc.) and call it The University of Texas at Houston, or UTAH? Would the Mormons object? School nickname? The Think Tankers. School song? It has been said that an intellectual in Texas is someone who can listen to the “William Tell Overture” and not think of the Lone Ranger. So how about the students stand and sing: “To the dump, to the dump, to the dump, dump, dump.” But the biggest blockade of all is that McRaven has never been clear as to why it should be built at all. He referred to the project as an “intellectual hub.” Huh? At other times the goals of education, science and other stuff have been mentioned, and perhaps finding the Longhorns a decent quarterback. But the buzz word that finally was touted was Big Data. I first figured they were talking about the Burl Ives role in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” Big Daddy. No, Big Data, or BD as we laureates call it, means, uh, something smart and important. Maybe Big Data is literally that: lots of very large information such as billboards, advertising signs in Minute Maid Park and tattoos on fat people. And it must be very important: When the proposed project was still alive, Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, was quoted as saying: “Big Data is the oil wealth of the 21st Century. Texas needs to invest in Big Data, and I am excited that the University of Texas System is leading the way. I can think of no better place to start this initiative than Houston.” But if the project is still possible, in order to drum up popular support, backers need to be specific. BD must solve problems and answer questions we can relate to. A few suggestions: Do you ever wonder why more and more people are backing into parking places? Isn’t it easier to just drive into the parking slot and back out, instead of trying to back in, maneuvering between two SUVs the size of school buses? Why, in the middle of a sunny day, do people drive around with their headlights
My wife and I do not shriek. Hank, however, has a language all his own that he has passed to his younger brother. Effectively, Hank will be the one who teaches Cal how to talk. Remember those precious mornings I mentioned? When Hank wakes up, he crawls – “Like a gecko” – into Cal’s crib and lays down next to him. To the ignorant ear, you’d think Hank is just saying good morning to his little brother. To the trained ear, I’m pretty sure he’s telling his brother that he should demand to be fed bananas as soon as his diaper is changed. And here’s the kicker: Hank ate the purest of the organic foods in his first year of life. The other day, I sat Cal down next to his older brother, who happened to be eating an ice cream sandwich. It took about 11 seconds for Cal to also have a bite of ice cream sandwich, against the advice of the medical, legal and pastoral communities. That’s the beauty of it. A lot of people contend the second- and third-born children have an easier time through life than the first-born, and now we know why. It’s because all subsequent children are raised by other children, and they apparently know what they’re doing. Which means all parenting books are a hoax. Email jonathan@theleadernews.com
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Longhorning in THE JUNGLE – Trees and bushes so thick you couldn’t walk through them, with high grass in other places. They are on each side of Buffalo Speedway as it turns into Willowbend just south of Loop 610 South. Ah, but the grandiose plans to turn this chunk of Houston into a campus of sparkling glass buildings housing Nobel laureates testing their test tubes, while others think deep thoughts and slowly, thoughtfully, walk through the halls of ivy (or probably kudzu), to suddenly stop, cry, “Eureka!” and race back to their labs to, uh, do something. Whatever. Maybe a new thingamabob. But few of us know what that Eureka is all about, which is why this development is not being developed. In case you just got out of the ER after flying United, a brief background. In 2015, with no warning shot, UT Chancellor Bill (Bye-bye bin Laden) McRaven announced that the UT System was buying 332 acres of land, equidistant between the Texas Medical Center and the main UH campus, for about $450 million over the next 30 years. This would be its largest land purchase in recent history, with money borrowed from the Permanent University Fund. UH was aghast about this invasion of Longhorns into Cougar territory. Already bloodied by its long-running feud with the South Texas School of Law over naming rights, and its hemorrhaging of head football coaches, UH lined up alumni, lawyers and lawmakers to fight the project. With growing opposition in Houston, questions about financing at a time the Legislature is cutting funds for higher education, the mysterious purpose of the project, and after Gov. Greg Abbott (UT ’81) named new UT regents who opposed the deal, quoth McRaven: “Nevermore.” He tossed in the trowel. And that was that, sort of. Then white (and otherwise) knights suddenly came to help. Not scientists, deep thinkers and Nobel laureates trying to get out of Cambridge and Palo Alto, but an even more fearsome foe: Houston developers. A just-released report from an advisory group of Houston civic and business leaders figured a vast development like the proposed UT think tank would spur growth in the area: new houses for highly paid PhDs, dorms, upscale shopping centers and – ta-da! – money. So the battle is not over, and all the old arguments will be dusted off, like “the dump.” The chancellor acknowledged to state lawmakers in a letter that much of the Houston land was an abandoned oil field and a few of the acres are polluted by a former polymer facility on the site. But supporters say that is no problem. (If the projected campus really gets started, perhaps the first structure could be the Toxic
to raise children, and if this book ever goes to press, it will join the long list of con jobs pulled on naïve consumers. Why are Books on Parenting a hoax? Because it’s a lie. Parents don’t raise children, children raise children. Here’s what I mean: Remember how clueless you felt when your firstborn little boy turned into a screaming sci-fi character who wouldn’t calm down? Remember the first time that little girl made a No. 2 and the flimsy diaper didn’t cover enough square footage? When you’re a first-time parent, no one tells you how to handle evil screams and blow-outs. There isn’t a book that tells you how to gracefully remove a onesie that happens to be covered in twosie. The first year of being a parent, no matter how much counsel you’ve sought from the medical, legal and pastoral communities, you’re really just winging it. If the baby survives without amputations or loss of organ functionality, you have championed the art of parenting. But that’s the only chance you get, because once a second child comes along, you are a parent in title only. The oldest child assumes, without question, the role of chief advisor to the youngest. Cal, our second born, makes shrieking noises to communicate.
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on? Do they not know where they are going? Houston needs a good nickname and slogan. Bayou City, H Town, Houston’s Hot and Space City just didn’t catch on like Big D, the Windy City and Deer Park – Gateway to Pasadena. Not far from this jungle is another large area. Find out whatever happened to that massive project that was going to replace AstroWorld. We tore down a perfectly good amusement park for what? Scientists, go to your labs and discover a cure for unruly children in restaurants. Finally, find out what Big Data means, so we can pay for it. OK, we have now put BD on the road to success. As for objections from UH to the UT expansion, just decide it with a football game. Ashby solutions at ashby2@ comcast.net
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Dear Editor: I am Jacob Flores, a Boy Scout with Troop 20. Personally, I would like to show my gratitude towards the Heights community and the surrounding neighborhoods. Heights residents who have seen what we have done are very grateful. We have had a project and the entire time residents would approach us and say “Thank you very much!” Our troop is glad we can make a difference. I am looking forward to doing my project as well. There once was a resident that brought us water and others that asked if they could make donations. I am confident I will get the same support too. I would like for our troop to continue to do great things in the future and for us, upcoming scouts, will keep the legacy going. There have been times when the neighborhood associations have made donations toward Eagle projects without hesitation. The scouts would like to think the completed Eagle projects will be around for many years to come. It is our hope we can keep improving our neighborhoods. Our Troop is very grateful we can express how we feel about helping. Your continued support is appreciated. Jacob E. Flores
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The calendar. AUXILIARY FISH FRY American Legion Post 560 The American Legion Post 560, 3720 Alba Rd., will host their Fish Fry, from 6-9 p.m. April 28. The fish frys are held every fourth Friday of the month. Information: 713-682-9287. LIGHT THE NIGHT Friends of Woodland Park Light the Night, presented by Friends of Woodland Park, will held April 29, from 7-9:30 p.m. at Woodland Park, 212 Parkview St. All proceeds from this free, family-friendly event will go towards Firefly Field, a sculpture by Dylan Conner. There will be a food truck, face painting, a raffle for the kids, and live music from Supreme Tabby, a funk/soul/rock band. Information: www.friendsofwoodlandpark.org. VIETNAM VETERAN APPRECIATION DAY American Legion Post 560 Come out to the American Legion Post 560, 3720 Alba Rd., for Vietnam Veteran Appreciation Day, from noon-8 p.m. April 29. Free appetizers and keg beer for Vietnam era veterans will be provided. A $10 donation is requested for all others. Information: 713-682-9287. YARD SALE/DOCUMENT SHREDDING Sinclair Elementary PTO The Sinclair Elementary PTO
will hold a yard sale from 8 a.m.noon, April 29. Vendor tables are $35. Thanks to the Timbergrove Manor Civic Association who is offering document shredding for the community five complimentary file box sizes. Each additional box is $5. No more than seven boxes. Sinclair Elementary is located at 6410 Grovewood. Information: yardsale@sinclairpto. org. STRIBRNANKA SPJST Lodge 88 On tour from the Czech Republic, Stribrnanka will perform April 29, at the SPJST Lodge 88, 1435 Beall St. Doors open at 4:30 p.m., dinner will be served at 5 p.m., followed by the 7 p.m. performance and dance. Advance tickets for the dinner and dance are $20, dance only $12. Tickets at the door for the dance only is $15. Call 713-869-5767 for reservations and more information. AARP MONTHLY MEETING AARP Chapter 1265 The monthly meeting will be held at 10 a.m., May 1, in the community room at 1520 Candlelight Ln. The Sunshine Band will perform. The meeting is open to anyone 50 or older, and will be preceded by a meet-and-greet at 9:30 a.m. There will be no meetings for June through August. The next meeting will be Sept. 11. Information: 713-681-1133.
JAY KARAHAN TO SPEAK Heritage Republican Women Judge Jay Karahan, Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 8, will be the guest speaker for May. He will discuss the criminal justice system and the many upcoming changes following the legislative session. The meeting will be held at Candlelight Church of Christ, 4215 Watonga, at 7 p.m. May 4. Light refreshments will be served. Men are also welcome to attend. Information: 713-688-3256, 713-682-0496. CINCO DE MAYO/ CHILDREN’S DAY Casa Ramirez Folk Art Gallery Casa Ramirez Folk Art Gallery, 241 W. 19th St., will celebrate the week of April 29 through May 6, with special events designed to recognize Children’s Day and Cinco de Mayo, with a focus on A Celebration of Culture through Children’s Literature. The free family activities include refreshments. Call or visit Facebook page for specific activities and times. Information: 713-880-2420, casa. ramirez@att.net. OFHA TOUR DE OAK FOREST The bike ride will be May 6, from 9:30 a.m. until the last rider crosses the finish line. The ride will begin and end at the Oak Forest Chill, 3542 Oak Forest Dr. There will be food trucks, beer and sodas. The event is sponsored by Memorial Hermann
Greater Heights. For registration, shirts and waivers, visit www. myoakforest.org/events/2017bike-event/
“50 Shades of Red and Gray.� All former Waltrip classmates are welcome to attend. Ticket prices are $45 per person but
60TH CLASS REUNION Reagan High School class of 1957 The John H. Reagan Class of 1957 will have their 60th reunion May 6-7, at the Sheraton Houston Brookhollow Hotel, 3000 N. Loop W. Fwy. If you have not received an information packet, please contact Kay Potter Cella at kaycella125@gmail.com or 281658-5111.
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G.I.F.T. worship at Zion Lutheran A G.I.F.T. (Growing in Faith Together) service will be held at Zion Lutheran at 11 a.m. April 30. G.I.F.T. is a new concept in worship with all ages participating. Everyone is welcome to come experience this unique worship service. Zion Lutheran is located at 3606 Beauchamp in the Heights. Call 713-869-1493 for information. Annual bazaar at St. Ambrose St. Ambrose Catholic Church, 4213 Mangum Rd., will hold their annual bazaar from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. April 30. Come enjoy great food, music
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All Saints hosts semester closing party/Fiesta lunch All Saints Third Age Learning Center Senior Program will host its Spring Semester closing party and Fiesta lunch fundraiser May 5, in the All Saints parish hall located at 215 E. 10th St. The festivities begin at 10:30 a.m. with refreshments, class demonstrations, music and door prizes. Fiesta Food Store is sponsoring the lunch. Advance reservations are recommended by May 4. Tickets for the luncheon are $5 per person and can be purchased at the TALC Lunch Desk, located in the church parish hall, or by calling 713248-1277. St. Rose of Lima to hold annual spring festival St. Rose of Lima Catholic Community will be holding their annual Spring Festival from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. May 7. The community is welcome. Festivities include fun and en-
Senior Health and Fitness Day at Greater First Baptist With movement, there’s improvement. Greater First Baptist Church, 4441 Haygood St., will hold the 24th Annual National Senior Health and Fitness Day, from 9-11 a.m. May 31. A blood drive will also be held from 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Call 713-412-4686 or 713695-7061 for information.
Spring Artisan Market at St. Stephen’s The Spring Artisan Market, benefiting the Animal Justice League, will be held Saturday, May 13, in the west sanctuary parking lot. There will be vendors, food trucks and fun. If interested in being a vendor, contact Kim Antley at redlipdesigns@gmail.com. Mother’s Day and Youth Sunday is Sunday, May 14. Youth will help lead worship in the 8:30 and 11 a.m. services. All are welcome. St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church is located at 2003 W. 43rd St. For information, call 713-686-8241 or visit www.stsumc.org and the church’s Facebook page.
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7 - 10 p.m. Thursday, April 27 Rudyard’s - 2010 Waugh Dr.
This month’s beer dinner is featuring the good folks out of Austin, Texas, (512) Brewing Company. Featured beer will
include: SMaSH (single malt and single hop), White IPA, Nitro IPA, Cabernet Tripel and the Five-year Anniversary (Imperial Stout). Tickets online at rudyardspub.com.
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2 - 7 p.m. Saturday, April 29 Little J’s - 5306 Washington Ave.
Stop in at Little J’s for a fun charity event that is helping raise funds to get a Little J’s regular, Shane, a new wheel chair. All money raised well go towards a new chair. The event will be auctioning off volunteers for dates, or services like mowing your lawn, cleaning, etc. They will also have brewery and liquor company baskets that are being graciously donated for auction.
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4 - 9 p.m. Sunday, April 30 Antidote Coffee - 729 Studewood St.
This Sunday fest is featuring beer from Premium Draught, cheese from the Houston Dairymaids, food from Bubba’s Texas Burger Shack, and Polka by Brian Marshall and His Tex-Slavic Playboys! The event is free to attend, pay as you go to the vendors for the refreshments and foods you’d like to try.
Board Game Day for International Tabletop Day
12 - 6 p.m. Sunday, April 30 Eureka Heights Brewery - 941 W. 18th St. FREE EVENT
Board game day returns to the brewery with Tea & Victory. They’ll have 150+ (that’s right, a freaking 150+) games available to check out for free. In honor of International Tabletop Day, Eureka will be having a tournament to see who is the nerdiest of all. This gauntlet will feature a mix of old school and new school games with a wide variety of skills. Players will compete for points in each game. The winner will walk away with a three pack of Crowlers and a Eureka Heights hoodie. Gauntlet starts at 2 p.m., sign up starts at noon. Games to be announced.
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t wasn’t long ago that I visited Field & Tides for a Fat Tuesday lunch. And it didn’t take long for me to make a second venture to explore their dinner menu over on 11th Street. For this dinner sitting, I ventured with a dear friend and us two gals sat right next to the kitchen. We both commented that we could have had a better table, but service was quick to accommodate with drinks and recommendations. Our waiter reveiwed the menu with us, letting us know the scallops and gulf fish were two of his top choices, so we ordered the daily crudo to start, and the gulf fish to share. The crudo had a nice salt, with basil and tomato accents that paired well. The gulf snapper was
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From the left, Field & Tides’ Gulf Snapper paired with lemon herb risotto and topped with crab. In the middle, the southern classic style pineapple upside down cake with caramel sauce and topped with whipped cream. On the right, the Plunge Point cocktail, made with pineapple infused vodka, solerno, blood orange juice, bubbles, served up and served with an orange coin (photos by Christina Martinez).
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When your biggest day of the month comes around every four weeks, that rare fifth Saturday is like a surprise gift in the mail. Without the foresight to look at a calendar this month, April’s fifth Saturday kind of snuck up on me. I got lucky, though, there are some fantastic art shows going on this weekend to report. Saturday will be most notable as President Trump’s 100th day in office. Leave it to artists to express their true feelings via their art medium and many have done just that in “The First 100 Days: Artists Respond” - a juried show. Matt Adams, president of the Visual Arts Alliance, and well-known supporter of Houston artists, is curating and producing this one-of-akind, Trump-defined exhibit. “Artists throughout history have responded to the political environment,” said Adams. “This art show will take its place in political history as the ‘art demonstration to remember.’ It had to happen – so we made it happen in Houston.” No pro-Trump works were submitted among the 59 accepted, though, all perspectives were welcomed. Adams suggested that is a statement in itself and intentionally left a fifty-foot blank wall to represent that. This could be the ultimate protest event, albeit, in one of the coolest art spaces in town. Saturday, April 29 from 6 – 9 p.m. at The Silos At Sawyer Yards (1502 Sawyer St, Houston, Tex. 77007, room 232) in the Washington Arts District. Also Saturday, Daniel Elliott, artist and the store manager at Jerry’s Artarama, which means every artist in the city knows Elliott, is having a solo show at The Hardy & Nance Studios. Elliott can be seen quite often painting demo’s in the store for public consumption. This show’s work focuses on the circle. 429. A solo art exhibition featuring Daniel Elliott is from 4 - 9 p.m.
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The perfect dessert to share, or not to share. We finished dinner with a cocktail and ordered the Plunge Cocktail. The bar keeps a pineapple infusion regularly on the bar, and this cocktail utilizes
the infusion. The cocktail calls for pineapple infused vodka, solerno - which is a blood orange liqueur - blood orange juice, a splash of bubbles and served up with an orange peel garnish. A cocktail delight. There weren’t too many things that were not pleasing about our visit to the newly opened Field & Tides. During dinner, you’ll find yourself inching closer to hear conversation, as the noise level carries in the small dining room. Inch over at 705 E. 11th St. Email christina@theleadernews.com
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Zoning from P. 1A Elkins said he is not against historical preservation—but believes there needs to be limits, and said the bill attempts to set objective standards and give a reasonable review period on designation. “We are not trying to remove the local historical factors in our cities. This bill is not trying to strip powers from municipalities to enact and governing historic districts,� he said at the committee meeting. “I strongly support historical preservation — and I also support private property rights and the opinion that private property owners should have a say with regards to their property. It’s one thing if the building is historic by objective standards, but to hold a property owner hostage because of a few that want to control the area is another.� Some, such as the Galveston Historical Foundation, however, beg to differ. “HB 3418 sets an unrealistic time frame for reviews within historic areas designated by a municipality and compromises due process consideration and appeals by local boards and commissions,� a statement from the organization read. “The legislation further introduces a vagueness for consideration of historic
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designations not present in most municipal historic preservation ordinances. This legislation does not advance or improve historic preservation programs and processes in Texas municipalities.� What’s next for the Heights? One thing remains unclear to some about Elkins’ bill, however — how it would affect those living in the existing Houston Heights historic districts and the new development in the everburgeoning city and community. Over the last year plus, The Leader has covered virtually every aspect of development as the city of Houston attempts to eradicate the very subjective and arbitrary standards Elkins spoke to — so how would the passage of H.B. 3418 (which was still in committee as of press time) affect the preliminary guidelines that consultants Winter and Co. have drawn up and presented at a community meeting just last month? Could lawmakers really impose a one-size-fits all standard? Elkins was unavailable for direct comment on the question as of press time, but stay with The Leader as this developing story unfolds.
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