The Houston Sun Newspaper will host their 30th Anniversary Sun After Dark Explosion Scholarship Masquerade Mardi Gras Gala on March 29, 2014 at 7:00pm located at the Crowne Plaza Hotel near Reliant. Tickets are a $100.00 and are on sale at The Houston Sun. For tickets please call 713-524-0786, or email myragriffin@houstonsun.com or 30th@houstonsun.com.
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Fifth Ward’s Historical Delux Theater gets its third makeover.This time around it is being renovated for Texas Southern University classes and theater productions. Roughly it will cost between $4 to 5 million to make this project into a reality, with the help of federal grant money and TSU. TSU President John Rudley said, “classes and…
The gap between Houston and China just got a tad bit smaller when Houston’s mayor, Annise Parker, announced the U.S. China Partnership and Houston will be at the helm. Houston has one of the largest international community and business networks. Mayor Parker expressed her excitement for the partnership between the two countries. “It’s designed to…
As Steve McQueen wraps up his Oscar award speech he dedicates his award to ALL WHO WERE SLAVES! What a way to close out African American History Month and the Oscars with the stellar win of Best Motion Picture for ” 12 Years A Slave.” Lupita Nyong’o, won Best Supporting Actress, which makes her the…
The City of Houston is the first city in Texas to use qualified energy conservation bonds for their energy efficiency program. The city will expand its municipal energy program to city libraries all over Houston. “Earlier this month, I committed to reduce the City’s greenhouse gas emissions by ten percent by 2016,” said Mayor Annise…
Jack Christie, At – Large Position 5 City Councilmember gave a lone no for the vote on a million dollar purchase due to his stance on air quality. Council approved $1,408,900.00 for refuse trucks through the Houston- Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) and the Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative for the Solid Waste Department. The co-venture…
By: Crystal Victoria By day, Thelma Wright was a loving mother and entrepreneur. By night, a notorious drug lord, dubbed by the Biography channel as Philly’s Gangster Queen. In the early 80’s, Thelma met and fell “crazy in love” with Jackie Wright who introduced her to the street life and the drug game. After years…
Grammy award artist and Minister of Music at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, Hanq Neal, has died today, Thursday February 27, 2014. He was 50 years old. Neal had a sudden heart attack this past weekend and transitioned today. Prayers from the Houston Sun Family and Staff goes to the family and friends of Hanq Neal.
By: Myra Griffin Recently elected District D Councilmember Dwight Boykins has hit the ground running and with speed as he hosted his first Capital Improvement Plan at Cullen Middle School, Thursday February 20, 2014. Councilmember Boykins had representatives from the City’s Finance Department, Public Works and Engineering Department,and Parks and Recreations come out to address…
BY: HISD NEWS BLOG At Young Men’s College Preparatory Academy, math teacher Saul Cantu has one message for students wondering if they should take Algebra II: Take the class. “The lack of Algebra II slams doors shut,” said Cantu, who has been teaching for 15 years. “Every college major – even history and business –…
The community members that populate the Third Ward and Midtown areas came together Thursday evening, February 13th at the Third Ward Multi Service Center with the sense that the United States Postal Service has said, we got your letters and phone calls, thank you very much but we are moving forward any way. Norma Bradley,…
By: Sheila Ray Reed The great thing about New Orleans is that it is about a five hour drive time from Houston and even less by air; 50 minutes via airline. It is the perfect get-a-way, whether for a birthday celebration, a girl or guy hang-out trip, and oh yeah, a romantic adventure or even…
Ever since Vanessa Wade was a teenager she had dreamed of being featured in Black Enterprise Magazine. Well for the 32-year-old entrepreneur Public Relations Specialist that dream has become reality. Wade is one of the featured women on the cover titled Incredible Women of Power which is to hit newsstands sometime in early spring 2014.…
Mayor Annise Parker returned from a week- long visit to South Africa where she represented Houston at the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Mayor’s Summit. “This will be the first visit of a Houston mayor to South Africa in more than a decade,” said Mayor Parker. “I look forward to meeting with my C40 colleagues…
