Molly Glentzer

Nov 9, 2024 | houstonchronicle.com | Molly Glentzer

Fall asters (Symphyotrichum oblongifoliumare) are easy-to-grow charmers for color that often extends from late August through November. Ray Matthews/ Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower CenterFall asters (Symphyotrichum oblongifoliumare) are easy-to-grow charmers for color that often extends from late August through November.

Sep 21, 2024 | houstonchronicle.com | Molly Glentzer

Houston Ballet's First Soloist Julian Lacey and Artists of Houston Ballet in Silas Farley’s 'Four Loves.'Amitava Sarkar/Courtesy Houston Artists of Houston Ballet in Stanton Welch’s 'Velocity'.

Sep 8, 2024 | houstonchronicle.com | Molly Glentzer

Principal Karina González stars as The Little Mermaid and First Soloist Gian Carlo Perez is Edvard / The Prince  in John Neumeier’s "The Little Mermaid."Amitava Sarkar/Houston BalletPrincipal dancer Karina González as the title character and the artists of Houston Ballet perform in John Neumeier’s "The Little Mermaid."Amitava Sarkar/Houston BalletDanish author Hans Christian Andersen had a miserable love life.

Aug 24, 2024 | houstonchronicle.com | Molly Glentzer

The Burr oak tree is stately and slow growing. Heath Cajandig / Getty ImagesMay’s derecho blew off about half of the red maple in Matt Weaver’s front yard. The branch fell on his wife’s Jeep, although the real hurt was more sentimental. The Weavers, who live in Houston’s EaDo area, planted that maple when their son was born almost 19 years ago. It has grown up with their family. When another large limb fell from the tree during Hurricane Beryl, Weaver was peeved at himself.

Aug 16, 2024 | texasmonthly.com | Molly Glentzer

The wacko outdoor rooms of the Orange Show Monument usually dare a visitor not to grin from ear to ear, so I was dismayed this week to see its stucco walls crumbling in some places, with ceramic tiles missing, paint peeling, and a door splintered and disintegrating. Weeds poked up through cracks in the base. Jack Massing was pointing out how subsidence and a few years of extreme weather have done a number on the exuberant structure, which is Texas’s most iconic visionary environment.