My East Aldine
Eye-popping pop-up markets provide colorful crafts for Easter
They’re as perennial as the bluebonnets, paintbrushes and buttercups that line Texas’ roadways in spring: Colorful displays of piñatas, cascades of cascarones, bunches of bouquets and baskets. Several “Peeps Pop-up" markets lined streets throughout the [...]
Town Center progress is boosting East Aldine to prosperity
Before building a new Town Center, officials of the East Aldine Management District literally had to move mountains. Or at least one very large mound. For years, the 61.6-acre tract of land at 3000 Aldine Mail Route [...]
Graffiti abatement program keeps East Aldine District looking good
In every major city, wherever there is an empty wall space, one might find the not so special artwork of graffiti casting a blight on the surface. While some may think of it as wasted [...]
Aldine ISD’s director of Early Childhood Learning addresses the pre-K enrollment crisis
Research shows that children who participate in high-quality pre-K programs are more likely to read on grade level by 3rd grade, and that students who do have a greater chance of graduating from college and [...]
Aldine-area organization continues to help immigrants who help themselves
The United States citizenship process is no easy task, but Bonding Against Adversity is striving to help members of the community complete the process from start to finish. Thomas Burdette, president and chief executive officer [...]
Time to celebrate industrious women at a neighborhood “pop-up”
In honor of International Women’s Day – and to promote women entrepreneurs in East Aldine – a special market will “pop up” Saturday, March 6, at an event center on the Eastex Freeway. “Babes Support [...]
Indulge or be healthy? At this hut and cafe, you decide
There will not be a huge midway with funnel cakes and fried Oreos this season: The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo has been canceled due to COVID-19. But residents of the East Aldine are able to get [...]
Dazzling street-level art brightens the District landscape
A pleasing touch of moonlight, flowers and sunshine came to East Aldine just in time for Valentine’s Day. But the feel-good objects won’t fade away like the holiday. They are permanent neighborhood decorations known as [...]
Cake pops are sweet for Valentine’s or any day
“A party without cake is just a meeting.” -- Julia Child Late at night, while her family is sleeping, Laura Lumbreras is busy in her kitchen, cooking the sweet treats for her home-based business, Pookie Pops. Her strawberry chocolate [...]
On the Art Bus, kids go where their creativity takes them
The story of the brightly painted, 30-foot school bus known officially as "The Art Bus" is, in a way, not unlike the story of 2020. If something could go wrong, it did. Not unlike that [...]