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Dutch fans are about to paint Houston orange

The sea of orange will gather at Rice Stadium before marching to the match at NRG Stadium.

Sports

Netherlands fans will create a sea of orange in Houston on June 20 as they continue their tradition of marching to see their team play, this time ahead of the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Netherlands&#x27; World Cup game against Sweden at NRG Stadium" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2025/12/06/fifa-2026-world-cup-houston-schedule-matches" data-vars-content-id="f6ff2143-2558-427c-a90f-af27320b092f" data-vars-headline="Dutch fans are about to paint Houston orange" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2025/12/06/fifa-2026-world-cup-houston-schedule-matches" target="_self">Netherlands&#x27; World Cup game against Sweden at NRG Stadium</a>.Why it matters: The Oranje Fanwalk — a longtime tradition in which Dutch soccer supporters decked in orange parade together to the game — is making its way to <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Houston" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2026/04/25/houston-world-cup-2026-preparations-readiness-50-days" data-vars-content-id="f6ff2143-2558-427c-a90f-af27320b092f" data-vars-headline="Dutch fans are about to paint Houston orange" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2026/04/25/houston-world-cup-2026-preparations-readiness-50-days" target="_self">Houston</a>, giving the city a chance to be part of the iconic spectacle.

Flash flood risk looms over Houston's Memorial Day weekend

The flood risk is highest on Saturday for Houston, forecasters said.

News

<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Houston" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/houston" data-vars-content-id="aab00326-ca29-4d5e-b083-816fad28deb3" data-vars-headline="Flash flood risk looms over Houston&#x27;s Memorial Day weekend" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/houston" target="_self">Houston</a> could experience flash flooding through Memorial Day, forecasters say. Why it matters: Your long weekend plans might be a wash.

Fulshear leads America's great exurban surge

Fulshear added nearly 11,200 residents, just behind Houston.

The demographic <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="landscape of the U.S." data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/05/19/exurbs-urban-cities-growth-census" data-vars-content-id="770a2aa5-57a9-4c80-9a66-5f4c560998f0" data-vars-headline="Fulshear leads America&#x27;s great exurban surge" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/05/19/exurbs-urban-cities-growth-census" target="_self">landscape of the U.S.</a> is shifting dramatically as growth shifts from cities to <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="exurban communities" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2024/05/16/fastest-growing-cities-growth-america-population" data-vars-content-id="770a2aa5-57a9-4c80-9a66-5f4c560998f0" data-vars-headline="Fulshear leads America&#x27;s great exurban surge" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2024/05/16/fastest-growing-cities-growth-america-population" target="_self">exurban communities</a>, per new <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="U.S. Census Bureau estimates" data-vars-click-url="https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026/vintage-2025-city-town-pop-estimates.html" data-vars-content-id="770a2aa5-57a9-4c80-9a66-5f4c560998f0" data-vars-headline="Fulshear leads America&#x27;s great exurban surge" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026/vintage-2025-city-town-pop-estimates.html" target="_blank">U.S. Census Bureau estimates</a>.Why it matters: The shift will affect congressional apportionment, federal funding formulas, school districts and political power for years to come.

Houston youth soccer eyes World Cup bump

The sport's most prestigious tournament kicks off in June.

Houston youth soccer clubs could see participation rise as the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="World Cup" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2026/05/20/netherlands-oranje-fanwalk-houston-rice-stadium" data-vars-content-id="35ca7b6f-bbc1-411f-9586-eba84e7c0d52" data-vars-headline="Houston youth soccer eyes World Cup bump" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2026/05/20/netherlands-oranje-fanwalk-houston-rice-stadium" target="_self">World Cup</a> arrives in North America this summer, a club leader says. Why it matters: More Americans are <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="tuning into" data-vars-click-url="https://www.nielsen.com/insights/2025/world-cup-2026/" data-vars-content-id="35ca7b6f-bbc1-411f-9586-eba84e7c0d52" data-vars-headline="Houston youth soccer eyes World Cup bump" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.nielsen.com/insights/2025/world-cup-2026/" target="_blank">tuning into</a> soccer ahead of the sport&#x27;s most prestigious tournament, with hopes that this summer will spark the kind of breakthrough interest the 1994 World Cup did the last time it was played on American soil.

New MFAH exhibit showcases Picasso, Matisse and Klee

The exhibit pulls back the curtain on the links between the artists and the collectors who helped shape modern art history.

Culture

The <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Museum of Fine Arts, Houston" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2024/08/06/mfah-to-extend-friday-hours" data-vars-content-id="64738fe9-6030-41dd-9af7-322669bc6888" data-vars-headline="New MFAH exhibit showcases Picasso, Matisse and Klee" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2024/08/06/mfah-to-extend-friday-hours" target="_self">Museum of Fine Arts, Houston</a>&#x27;s new exhibit showcases a selection of modern masterworks by renowned artists of the postwar European avant-garde.Why it matters: On the heels of the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Frida Kahlo exhibit " data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2026/01/15/inside-mfahs-frida-kahlo-exhibition-making-of-an-icon" data-vars-content-id="64738fe9-6030-41dd-9af7-322669bc6888" data-vars-headline="New MFAH exhibit showcases Picasso, Matisse and Klee" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2026/01/15/inside-mfahs-frida-kahlo-exhibition-making-of-an-icon" target="_self">Frida Kahlo exhibit </a>closing, MFAH is bringing in another blockbuster exhibit — this time with about 100 works from Pablo Picasso, Paul Klee, Henri Matisse, Alberto Giacometti, Paul Cézanne and other 20th-century artists.

Asia Society Texas Center is offering free admission this month

It's the first time the Asia Society is having free admission for the entire heritage month.

Things to Do

Asia Society Texas Center is offering <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="free admission" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/things-to-do" data-vars-content-id="17ef7571-2482-42e2-bdfb-463cff2eca02" data-vars-headline="Asia Society Texas Center is offering free admission this month" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/things-to-do" target="_self">free admission</a> all of May in celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.Why it matters: It&#x27;s the first time <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="the museum" data-vars-click-url="https://asiasociety.org/" data-vars-content-id="17ef7571-2482-42e2-bdfb-463cff2eca02" data-vars-headline="Asia Society Texas Center is offering free admission this month" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://asiasociety.org/" target="_blank">the museum</a> has been free for the entire <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="heritage month" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/san-francisco/2023/05/18/what-to-watch-aapi-heritage-month" data-vars-content-id="17ef7571-2482-42e2-bdfb-463cff2eca02" data-vars-headline="Asia Society Texas Center is offering free admission this month" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/san-francisco/2023/05/18/what-to-watch-aapi-heritage-month" target="_self">heritage month</a>, after previously only offering more limited free promotions, Stephanie Todd-Wong, vice president of communications, tells Axios.

Houston fuels Texas high-dollar art sales

The art boom is a byproduct of Texas' growing population and more ultra-wealthy families moving in.

The art market is thriving in Texas, with an increasing number of transactions over $1 million, per a report by Bank of America and ArtTactic.Why it matters: The state&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="art boom" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2026/01/15/inside-mfahs-frida-kahlo-exhibition-making-of-an-icon" data-vars-content-id="989d4eae-0509-4e0e-960a-897a2fd53925" data-vars-headline="Houston fuels Texas high-dollar art sales" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2026/01/15/inside-mfahs-frida-kahlo-exhibition-making-of-an-icon" target="_self">art boom</a> is a byproduct of its <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="growing population " data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2026/04/02/houston-harris-population-growth-2025-census-immigration-policy" data-vars-content-id="989d4eae-0509-4e0e-960a-897a2fd53925" data-vars-headline="Houston fuels Texas high-dollar art sales" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2026/04/02/houston-harris-population-growth-2025-census-immigration-policy" target="_self">growing population </a>and more ultra-wealthy families moving to the state, Bank of America Dallas president Jennifer Chandler tells Axios.

Arthouse Houston aims to save Garden Oaks Theater

A 1947 Houston theater is on the brink of demolition — unless a nonprofit can raise millions in time.

Business

A local nonprofit is racing to save a nearly 80-year-old Houston theater from demolition, with plans to turn it into a neighborhood arts hub.Why it matters: The Garden Oaks Theater could become another loss in a city with a track record of <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="tearing down its historic buildings" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2026/02/27/1915-red-book-reveals-about-black-houston" data-vars-content-id="f25f1616-150f-4354-aa81-399192e7b091" data-vars-headline="Arthouse Houston aims to save Garden Oaks Theater" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2026/02/27/1915-red-book-reveals-about-black-houston" target="_self">tearing down its historic buildings</a>, Ian Druke, the assistant director at <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Arthouse Houston" data-vars-click-url="https://arthousehtx.org/garden-oaks-theater" data-vars-content-id="f25f1616-150f-4354-aa81-399192e7b091" data-vars-headline="Arthouse Houston aims to save Garden Oaks Theater" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://arthousehtx.org/garden-oaks-theater" target="_blank">Arthouse Houston</a>, tells Axios.

What the 1915 Red Book reveals about Houston's Black history

The book is still used today to trace family histories and understand how Black communities helped shape Bayou City.

More than a century ago, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Black Houstonians" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2023/02/27/remembering-forgotten-black-towns" data-vars-content-id="762d053e-b5b6-4c6e-b12c-8b3b79b8ad50" data-vars-headline="What the 1915 Red Book reveals about Houston&#x27;s Black history" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2023/02/27/remembering-forgotten-black-towns" target="_self">Black Houstonians</a> documented what they built in &quot;The Red Book of Houston,&quot; which is still used today to trace family histories and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="understand how Black communities" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2023/02/28/green-book-sites-houston" data-vars-content-id="762d053e-b5b6-4c6e-b12c-8b3b79b8ad50" data-vars-headline="What the 1915 Red Book reveals about Houston&#x27;s Black history" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2023/02/28/green-book-sites-houston" target="_self">understand how Black communities</a> helped <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="shape Bayou City" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2025/04/29/houston-memorial-park-memorial-grove-ww1-camp-logan" data-vars-content-id="762d053e-b5b6-4c6e-b12c-8b3b79b8ad50" data-vars-headline="What the 1915 Red Book reveals about Houston&#x27;s Black history" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2025/04/29/houston-memorial-park-memorial-grove-ww1-camp-logan" target="_self">shape Bayou City</a>.Why it matters: The &quot;<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Red Book of Houston" data-vars-click-url="https://digitalcollections.rice.edu/Documents/Detail/the-red-book-of-houston-a-compendium-of-social-professional-religious-educational-and-industrial-interest-of-houstons-colored-population/372740" data-vars-content-id="762d053e-b5b6-4c6e-b12c-8b3b79b8ad50" data-vars-headline="What the 1915 Red Book reveals about Houston&#x27;s Black history" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://digitalcollections.rice.edu/Documents/Detail/the-red-book-of-houston-a-compendium-of-social-professional-religious-educational-and-industrial-interest-of-houstons-colored-population/372740" target="_blank">Red Book of Houston</a>&quot; is a rare, detailed snapshot of Black Houston in 1915 — told through the people who lived it, and what they wanted others to know about them, researchers and archivists tell Axios.

Tender and funny, "English" at the Alley hits close to home

"English" shows what many non-native English speakers — or anyone learning a new language — wrestle with.

Alley Theatre is running the Pulitzer Prize-winning play &quot;English&quot; for the next couple of weeks — and it&#x27;s beautiful, funny at times and both heartwarming and heartbreaking.Why it matters: The <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="play" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2025/03/28/what-to-know-about-the-2025-2026-theater-season" data-vars-content-id="db69e910-dd58-4bad-9aa7-71ad9afcee53" data-vars-headline="Tender and funny, &quot;English&quot; at the Alley hits close to home" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2025/03/28/what-to-know-about-the-2025-2026-theater-season" target="_self">play</a> delves into the core of what many non-native <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="English speakers" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/02/28/trump-executive-order-english-official-language" data-vars-content-id="db69e910-dd58-4bad-9aa7-71ad9afcee53" data-vars-headline="Tender and funny, &quot;English&quot; at the Alley hits close to home" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/02/28/trump-executive-order-english-official-language" target="_self">English speakers</a> — or anyone learning a new language — wrestle with: the cost of shifting identities and living between two tongues.

The "Heated Rivalry" obsession lives on in Houston

Houston fans find community in "Heated Rivalry" rewatch parties.

The viral hockey romance show that aired a couple of months ago still has fans swooning.Why it matters: &quot;<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Heated Rivalry" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-houston-85fec44c-31da-4600-a198-b33fd76f7b67#story4" data-vars-content-id="c3df6e2a-450b-479d-8c7e-7cceb7799538" data-vars-headline="The &quot;Heated Rivalry&quot; obsession lives on in Houston" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-houston-85fec44c-31da-4600-a198-b33fd76f7b67#story4" target="_self">Heated Rivalry</a>,&quot; the book series turned TV hit on HBO, has sparked real-life connections — and Houstonians are showing up for it.

Free pop-up weddings this Valentine's Day

From bookshelves to City Hall steps, Houston couples are making Valentine's Day their wedding day.

This Valentine&#x27;s Day, many Houston-area couples are saying the big &quot;I do&quot; at free pop-up weddings.Why it matters: As <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="microweddings continue to gain traction" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/29/small-wedding-price-benefits" data-vars-content-id="8203252d-8d27-47a1-b09a-c7b6558fefb8" data-vars-headline="Free pop-up weddings this Valentine&#x27;s Day" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/29/small-wedding-price-benefits" target="_self">microweddings continue to gain traction</a>, these one-day elopement venues offer an <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="affordable" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2023/06/12/houston-weddings-price" data-vars-content-id="8203252d-8d27-47a1-b09a-c7b6558fefb8" data-vars-headline="Free pop-up weddings this Valentine&#x27;s Day" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2023/06/12/houston-weddings-price" target="_self">affordable</a>, lower-stress way to get married, keeping weddings light and fun.

Longtime Brazos co-owners to renew vows on Valentine's Day

They've been married 44 years. This Valentine's Day, they're renewing their vows at a bookstore near and dear to them.

Brazos Bookstore co-owners Barbara Radnofsky and Ed Supkis are renewing their vows at the bookstore on Valentine&#x27;s Day — 44 years after getting married.Context: Brazos is turning into a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Vegas-style pop-up chapel" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2026/02/10/pop-up-microweddings-free-elopement-sugar-land-brazos-bookstore" data-vars-content-id="cb69eb02-aff1-4dfb-a7b1-c375601fb989" data-vars-headline="Longtime Brazos co-owners to renew vows on Valentine&#x27;s Day" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2026/02/10/pop-up-microweddings-free-elopement-sugar-land-brazos-bookstore" target="_self">Vegas-style pop-up chapel</a> on Valentine&#x27;s Day, joining a handful of venues across the Houston area offering couples a low-cost way to elope or renew vows.

Name a cockroach after your ex

This Houston museum turns heartbreak into a hissing cockroach.

Heartbroken? The <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Houston Museum of Natural Science" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2024/01/30/houston-museum-of-natural-science-free-admission" data-vars-content-id="8e243ee5-660a-4417-8572-c109d090b9a8" data-vars-headline="Name a cockroach after your ex" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2024/01/30/houston-museum-of-natural-science-free-admission" target="_self">Houston Museum of Natural Science</a> offers a humorous form of catharsis: Name a hissing cockroach after your ex. The big picture: HMNS&#x27; annual &quot;Endless Love&quot; runs through Feb. 14, inviting visitors to name a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="cockroach" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/san-antonio/2023/02/09/san-antonio-zoo-roaches-valentines-day" data-vars-content-id="8e243ee5-660a-4417-8572-c109d090b9a8" data-vars-headline="Name a cockroach after your ex" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/san-antonio/2023/02/09/san-antonio-zoo-roaches-valentines-day" target="_self">cockroach</a> housed at the Heartbreak Motel — because, as the museum puts it, &quot;nothing makes a heartbeat faster than a roach.&quot;

Culture

New MFAH exhibit showcases Picasso, Matisse and Klee

Asia Society Texas Center is offering free admission this month

Houston fuels Texas high-dollar art sales

Explore local bookstores during the third annual Houston Bookstore Crawl

Arthouse Houston aims to save Garden Oaks Theater