The 2025 San Francisco Wine Competition was held in Cloverdale, California in the middle of January. Nearly 5,500 wines from almost a thousand wineries in North America were judge by more than 55 wine judges. With over 80% of the wine judges coming from California, the judging scales were oriented toward Californian wines. Forty nine Texas…
Whenever other obligations have me out-of-town for a time, it is always a treat to return to the lighthearted fun and musical talent that always seems to continue at Houston’s MUSIC BOX theater year after year. I know it was my good fortune to be attending as a visiting critic, because tickets to the often…
As the Conroe Symphony Orchestra rehearses to perform their third concert of the season on Feb. 8, the Friends of the Symphony are planning their Feb. 22, Wine Tasting & Dinner FUNdraiser. The concert-Great Expectations: Music of Gershwin, Bernstein & Copland – is a matinee performance at 2:30 p.m., on Feb. 8 at the First Methodist…
Montgomery County’s first location of the Paris Baguette bakery and café is now open in The Woodlands. The brand has more than 200 bakery cafés open in North America and more in development. The Woodlands location opened Saturday at 2501 Research Forest Drive in The Woodlands. The Woodlands development is being led by franchisees Jorge Molina and…
Rotarians are raising funds for their programs in a variety of ways. The Rotary Club of Lake Conroe is planning their annual fundraiser for 2025 – The “Rotary Roll Beer and Wine Tour!” This fundraiser takes place during the entire month of March. Participating local wineries and breweries provide patrons with samples of their wines…
Greetings from the Conroe Noon Lions Club (CNLC), the “Greatest Lions Club in the World.” There are a lot of reason why CNLC calls themselves the “Greatest Lions Club in the World”: its size (we have over 300 members), its service to the community including scholarships, monthly service projects, support of Texas Lions Camp, Christmas baskets,…
What’s happening in Conroe? Second week of “Bedroom Farce,” with The Players Theatre Company. This is a comedy about three couples on one Saturday Night leading to a hilarious outcome. Bedroom Farce is a long-running Broadway show in New York and London. Tickets at ThePlayersTheatreCompany.com. Get your tickets now for “Big the Musical” premiering Friday,…
On Jan. 19, the 36th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Celebration took place at The Woodlands Methodist Church. With the theme “Strength in Unity,” the program honored Dr. King’s legacy of service and brought the community together to celebrate his vision for equality and perseverance. Highlights of the program included: • The Oak…
David M. Parsons, 2011 Texas State Poet Laureate and Montgomery County resident, has a new memoir out from TCU Press. It is called “”Austin Relativity: Coming of Age in the ’60s” and captures what it was like coming of age in the 1960s in Austin. “Austin Relativity is a graceful and deeply honest memoir of growing…
Texas is unique in the world of wine since it has two distinct types of vineyards. Texas vineyards are either coastal or inland. All of these vineyards are currently in a dormant stage with no vegetation, just vines. The coastal counties have warm night temperatures with lows in the upper 60’s to mid-70. Those counties…
