Ritmo Lokura – “Gente” NPR Tiny Desk Submission 2025 (live session) Song available in All Digital Platforms Composers: Irene Lesbia Torres & Josue Chunty Lopez Arrangers: Jeremy Gonzales, Tristan Alaniz & Benny Tamayo. MUSICIANS: Lesbia Irene Torres (Lead Vocalist) Josue Chunty Lopez (Keys & 2nd Vocal) Jeremy Gonzales (Bass & Vocals) Tristan Alaniz (Guitar & […]
The sorors of the Zeta Sigma Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., initiated at the University of Houston in 1984, recently gathered to commemorate their 40th anniversary in Charleston, South Carolina. Sisters traveled from across the United States and the Bahamas to reconnect for a weekend filled with shared memories, laughter, and heartfelt moments […]
Popular Houston restaurant Turkey Leg Hut is temporarily shut down due to “serious health code violations.” According to KHOU11, the Houston Health Department issued 35 violations against the restaurant, “including conditions that pose an imminent threat to public health.” Some of the violations, according to FOX 26, were for use of containers and controlling pests as […]
David Makes Man star Akili McDowell has been charged with murder in Houston. Entertainment Weekly reported that the 21-year-old actor, who also made a name for himself in Billions, was arrested and charged after being connected to a July 20 shooting in Houston, leaving an adult male victim, Cesar Peralta, dead. Peralta was 20. Harris […]
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. is set to host its 60th International Biennial Boule from Wednesday, July 31, through Sunday, August 4, 2024, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. The event will welcome a global delegation of over 10,000 attendees. The sorority’s Biennial Boule will feature the implementation of its five […]
OWN’s newest reality series, Family Empire: Houston, spotlights Black real estate, luxury and generational wealth. And, of course, it takes place in one of the Black meccas of the United States: Houston. The Carlos King-produced series follows the lives of the multigenerational Braden family. Their work in real estate began with their grandparents decades ago, and […]
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Greektory, the app that is working to revolutionize connectivity within the Black fraternity and sorority community, has announced the launch of its 2024 Magnify Conference. Scheduled from April 18 to 21, 2024, at the Westin Oaks Galleria in Houston, Texas, the Magnify Conference promises to be a transformative event tailored exclusively for fraternity and sorority […]
Houston native Ivy Lawrence-Walls is passionate about food equity and access. As a third-generation farm owner, Lawrence-Walls used the skills honed by her family to help the community that raised her. Lawrence-Walls followed her passion to open Ivy Leaf Farms in 2019. Lawrence-Walls opened her first community farm, Ivy Leaf Farms, in 2019. Hoping to use […]
In an effort to highlight the people who are leading graduate chapters across the nation, we at Watch The Yard reached out to the sorority sisters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.’s Houston Metropolitan Alumnae Chapter in Houston, TX and did an interview with Tracee M. Fletcher the President of the chapter. The position of president of a Black sorority chapter is a highly respected role […]