Several large events from a children’s festival in downtown Conroe to Ironman’s North American Championship in The Woodlands are on tap for Montgomery County this weekend. Here’s what to know about several shows, exhibitions, a festival and Ironman Texas taking place this Friday through Sunday. PAYTON RILEY UPDATE: After debuting on ‘American Idol’ Conroe’s Payton Riley…
Graduation and Mother’s Day is just around the corner! The First Thursday Concert continues Thursday, May 8 at Heritage Place Park with Barefoot Nation (Kenny Chesney Tribute) beginning at 7:00pm. Food trucks will be onsite, however both food and beverages may be brought in (no glass bottles). Free! Bravo Company, the Children’s Performing Arts School…
During its April 23 and April 24 meetings, Conroe City Council discussed the potential of a city-wide development moratorium due to constraints on water capacity, as recommended by Norman McGuire, assistant city administrator and director of public works. What we know Amid rising concerns over water infrastructure, McGuire and Jason Miller, assistant director of public…
National retail shopping chain Walmart announced a series of store renovations across the Greater Houston region in an April 23 news release. The big picture Walmart officials announced nearly 650 stores nationwide were selected for major renovations in 2025, with 67 of those stores within Texas and eight in the Greater Houston region. “Our stores…
Need something to do this weekend? See this list of events going on throughout the Conroe and Montgomery area this weekend. This list is not comprehensive. Events are subject to change. Little Craft Fest The Little Craft Fest will feature little crafts, journals and other stationery supplies for journaling. April 25-26, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; April…
Andor: Season 2 Rated TV-14Rotten Tomatoes Score: 99%Streaming on Disney+ Since Disney+ launched in 2019, their goal was to produce a huge amount of content for their Star Wars franchise, filling in the gaps of the massive universe with new stories and characters for us to adventure with. In 2022, they released the first season…
My dear late mother had worked her way through college as a waitress many years ago. Subsequently, about 60 years ago, my soon-to-be roommate and I were standing on a train platform in New York about to embark on our life-changing odyssey to the University of Texas in Austin. Just before we boarded that train,…
Paul Vincent Bonarrigo left his native New Jersey to work as a physical therapist at Bryan-College Station. Being the first-born son, he was taught the wine-making process by his family. This sixth-generation winemaker learned his wine-making skills from his Italian family roots from Messina, Sicily. One of Paul’s patients was a researcher at Texas A&M University…
Conroe teen singer and songwriter Payton Riley is taking her talent to Ireland and England. Riley, 16, is on her first international tour titled the “Texas To You Tour.” Riley made her debut on Season 22 of the singing competition show American Idol in 2024. While she did not get picked to move on in American Idol, she…
CONROE, TX — Mark Wilson of Conroe, Texas, is being honored with the Robert E. Gard Superior Volunteer Award by the American Association of Community Theatre (AACT). The 2025 AACT National Awards will be presented at an awards ceremony during AACTFest 2025 National Theatre Festival in Des Moines, Iowa. To participate in all the exciting…
