When Baylor’s Teen Health Clinic first opened in 1968 at Jefferson Davis Hospital, it stood as a once-a-week maternity clinic serving adolescents who became pregnant. Today, it encompasses multiple clinics offering a spectrum of healthcare services. Originally known as the Joyce Goldfarb Development Clinic, Dr. Peggy Smith was hired to close the clinic following a sudden loss of funding in 1972. When she realized how the clinic could impact the local community, Smith instead chose to grow and s

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted millions of people globally, but it has been especially devastating on vulnerable communities. Through local organizations like the Mary Susan Moore Medical Society (MSMMS), physicians at Baylor College of Medicine are able to serve underprivileged communities that have less access to personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical care. Dr. Jonnae Atkinson, an assistant professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and co-president of the MSMM

Coming to the Houston Ballet Nutcracker Market is the Laqua family’s favorite part of the Christmas season. Bellaire-area residents Sarah Laqua and her husband Travis Laqua shopped for hand-crafted food and boutique clothing Saturday with their two 7-month old twins Griffin and Everett. Sarah said she is an avid Nutcracker Market fan and has gone every year since 2004. “The Christmas spirit makes me feel happy, despite a lot of things that are happening at work and life,” Sarah Laqua said. “I

Dozens gathered on Monday to celebrate a new mural that depicts pictures of eight African American activists in tile mosaics with a colorful background that was inspired by church stain glass windows. “We’re hoping that this will inspire others,” Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis said. “Whether they are in visual businesses, homes or other churches, and to also take an interest in art that has a social justice purpose.” The artwork, Sacred Struggles/Vibrant Justice Mural, is painted alon

For the new K-pop boy band Baikal, headlining the 10th annual Houston Korean Festival was their first opportunity to perform in the United States since their debut in September. The South Korean music group rehearsed on stage at Discovery Green Saturday morning to prepare for it evening show, one of more than a dozen performances at this weekend’s Korean Festival. To celebrate its 10-year mark, the Korean American Society of Houston booked more international acts, including five from South Kore

As the parish council treasurer of the St. Kevork Armenian Church, Ani Frankian serves as an informal ambassador for both her church and homeland at events like Saturday’s 2018 Houston Armenian Festival. She explains how her church send funds to the Armenian-Syrians, and to their sister church on the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan. “To continue doing the festival is important because we want people to know who Armenians are and what the Armenian community does, and we also want to give back

During Hurricane Harvey, Maya Kanani watched from her bedroom window as 14 inches of water rushed from the streets of her flooded Bellaire neighborhood and into her family's home. Using her DSLR, she began to document scenes of the National Guard pulling evacuees onto a truck, and not long after the storm passed, she snapped pictures of crumbling drywall. “I just hope that people feel that sense of community that we felt after Harvey hit,” says the Bellaire High senior, “and that they’ll unders

Molly Hurley, a third-year student at Rice University, knew the moment she became head producer for the 2018 BakerShake performance that she wanted to bring something different to the stage. The annual student-run event put on by Rice's Baker Residential College is probably Houston’s longest running Shakespeare festival—something Houston Shakespeare Festival may not like to acknowledge—and for the 49th iteration, Hurley helms a female-led Henry V. “I wanted something really new, and I was prett

A plea from University of Houston’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampon last year after Hurricane Harvey battered the community was met with a resounding response _ thousands of boxes of T-shirts and shoes came from athletic departments from across the nation. Now, as East Coast residents prepare to begin recovery efforts after Hurricane Florence drenched the Carolinas, killing at least 17 people, Cougars and the UH athletics department are ready to give back. “I know a lot of people came out to he