By Forest Riggs This year, perhaps more than any other, a majority of Americans wished for more than their two front teeth for Christmas! After four years of a failed and miserable presidency, one that was in no way kind to LGBTQ folks and at every turn opted to go backward, it is slowly coming

By Forest Riggs The election is over! After many long months of mud-slinging, vitriol-infused speeches and ideologies that shock the very core of most folks’ understanding of democracy and how it is supposed to work, a new president has been elected by a majority vote. As this column is being written before Election Day, at

By Forest Riggs Fall weather is finally trying to arrive and bring with it some cooler temperatures and welcomed changes in Galveston. The beaches are not as crowded, the water appears a prettier blue-green and, most of all, traffic along the Seawall and 61st Street has gotten back to normal, and there are shorter lines

By Forest Riggs On September 8, 1900, the terrible hurricane known as The Great Storm struck Galveston and, by all accounts, leveled the island. The Playground of the South had been hit and hit hard. What started as a peaceful Saturday with stormy skies slowly turned into an afternoon filled with building winds, increasing darkness,

| Galveston’s Carly Davin Nation does it again By Forest Riggs No matter where you travel or what community you visit, everyone loves the play and movie Steel Magnolias. First released as a play written by Robert Harling in 1987, and after appearing Off-Broadway for a couple of years, the play quickly went on to

By Forest Riggs There is a growing outrage among the residents of Galveston Island regarding the issue of visitors leaving trash and debris along the sandy beaches. Since the reopening of the beaches a few weeks ago, the shoreline has become a dumping ground and trash bin for inconsiderate visitors to the Island. City crews

Galveston re-opens the beaches and more By Forest Riggs After several weeks of resembling a ghost town, sleepy Galveston Island is stirring to awaken. But is it too soon? There is great debate among the locals and business and civic leaders, as well as federal and state authorities. After months of social distancing and wearing

By Johnny Trlica The coronavirus continues to disrupt the normal routine of Americans. After meeting with health and city officials, Pride Houston announced it is postponing the annual parade to the fall over concerns over the ongoing pandemic. In a video statement posted on PrideHouston.org, Lo Roberts, president, and chief executive officer of Pride Houston

By Forest Riggs If Rod Serling, TV legend and creator of The Twilight Zone, were alive today, he would have a lot of new material upon which to spin his stories and scary themed presentations. I can see it in my mind as the show begins, “Imagine if you will, a tiny island in the

By Forest Riggs Real estate heir Robert Durst is once again a hot topic, at least in the news, as his (most recent) murder trial dominates the legal scene out of California. Durst, you might recall, lived in Galveston for a while and among his many “shenanigans” — aside from occasionally dressing in drag and