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PEOPLE GET READY | Hurricane Beryl’s big lesson
By Forest Riggs In June, Galveston was struck pretty hard by Tropical Storm Alberto. After crossing into Mexico and leaving the Yucatan, the winds intensified over the warm Gulf waters.
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Pride celebrations coming to Galveston and Fort Bend County
By Johnny Trlica Pride celebrations no longer end in June with traditional Pride Month festivities and parades. LGBTQ+ Pride has become a yearlong commemoration, especially in areas surrounding Houston proper.
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Her True Colors, Still Shining Through
| Over 40 years into her influential career, Cyndi Lauper is embarking on a reflective new era — one she has more than earned By Chris Azzopardi At 70, Cyndi
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Keith’s World
| Author Brad Gooch discusses his new biography of the late artist and activist Keith Haring By Tim Murphy After working as a model in the 1970s and ’80s in
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Take me out to the ballgame
By SA Tripi On a warm summer night, stadiums, covered or not, have the smell of food floating through the air. Once upon a time it was hot dogs, beer
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No place for sissies
By Nancy Ford Recently, I have had to come to terms with a reality that I’ve been avoiding. It’s something I’ve been in denial about for some time now, an
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Ashleey Houston
She was Miss Continental Elite 2018, a former Miss Galveston Pride, and a former Miss Houston Pride, just to name a few titles, and the current Miss Gay Universe 2024.
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Will the presidential debates move the needle?
By Colby Etherton On June 27, 2024, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump had their first of two scheduled debates, bucking tradition. Typically, the Commission on Presidential Debates
SUMMER’S FIRST BIG BLOW | The arms of Alberto reached across Galveston
By Forest Riggs The 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season started June 1st, and it took only eighteen or so days for the warm Gulf waters to feed a disturbance, reminding all
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Andrew Scott joins the new ‘Knives Out’ sequel
By Romeo San Vicente “Ripley” star Andrew Scott is the latest buzzed-about actor to join the list of potential suspects in Netflix’s “Wake Up Dead Man: A ‘Knives Out’