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VIPs Alight to Celebrate CityBook's 'Leaders & Legends' at Sunny Schmooze

Jhane Hoang

Jim Crane and Lynn Wyatt at CityBook's 'Leaders & Legends' party

A WHO'S WHO of Houstonians — from the arts, big business, the media, philanthropy, pro sports and much more — came together to celebrate CityBook and Gittings Photography’s 2022 “Leaders & Legends” portrait series, presented in partnership with Residences at The Allen and Bentley Houston.

The annual event was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to Covid, so the VIP guests were thrilled to gather in person for the occasion, in Residence’s at The Allen’s sunny hospitality space, in the shadow of its rising hotel and condominium tower. Along with CityBookExecutive Publisher Lisa Holthouse and Editor Jeff Gremillion, The Allen developer Roberto Contreras, himself among the Leaders & Legends honored, welcomed guests with warm remarks.

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New Brewery from Karbach Alum Blasts Off Near Downtown

Keener and Fall of Near Northside's forthcoming Bad Astronaut Brewing Company

FOR THE MOST part, the neighborhoods around Downtown have gotten a lot hoppier over the last several years, with the addition of City Orchard, Holler Brewing, Platypus Brewing and Frost Town Brewing, plus Buffalo Bayou's new three-story HQ. The next brewery to touch down? Bad Astronaut Brewing Company has plans to open this fall in a sprawling warehouse in Near Northside's Hardy Yards neighborhood.

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Add the 'Queer Fringe' Festival to Your Pride Weekend Itinerary

Urethra Burns is one of this weekend's performers.

THIS WEEKEND BRINGS the long-awaited debut of The Pilot Dance Project’s Queer Fringe Houston. The inaugural event, a celebration of LGBTQIA+ performance art and activism, was planned more than two years ago, but presenters are just now lifting the curtain due to (you guessed it!) the pandemic. Taking place at MATCH, events on Friday and Sunday are wonderfully complementary to the city’s official Pride parade on Saturday.
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