Meet the 8 Mayor’s Hispanic Heritage Awards Houston honorees for 2025
| October 7, 2025
While Hispanic Heritage Month is coming to a close Oct. 15, the celebrations are still going strong in Houston.
A sweet deal for home-based food businesses in TX
| October 7, 2025
Community | cottage food vendors | CULTURE | FARMING | food | food & drink | food and drink | home-based businesses | home-based food businesses | LIFESTYLE | local business | SMALL BUSINESS | TEXAS
It is now easier in Texas for home cooks, bakers and farmers to sell their products to the public.
Meet the Indigenous people of Texas
| October 6, 2025
Community | CULTURE | Federal Harm | get involved | HARDGATE | History | houston history | indigenous tribes | native americans | TEXAS
Despite efforts to erase Native American history in the US, there are still active tribes in Texas and efforts to recognize the state’s Indigenous history and preserve the remaining communities. Nationally, Indigenous Peoples’ Day is now celebrated on the second Monday in October—what was once Columbus Day, until 1992, when the city of Berkley, CA […]
A deep dive into Dallas’ forgotten World’s Fair history
| October 3, 2025
Community | CULTURE | DALLAS | DFW | DFW Lead Story | ENTERTAINMENT | HARDGATE | LIFESTYLE | old texas | state fair of texas | THINGS TO DO | world's fair
One of Texas’s largest cities hosted people across the globe at multiple world’s fairs. Learn about Dallas’ world’s fair history and the legacy it left.
Fear Has a New Address—And It’s in Fort Worth, Texas
| October 2, 2025
Community | CULTURE | cutting edge haunted house | DFW | ENTERTAINMENT | halloween | HARDGATE | haunted house | holiday | recreation | THINGS TO DO
Fort Worth’s Cutting Edge Haunted House was named the scariest Halloween attraction in the world. Here’s how you can plan your visit.