🌱 Three Brothers Bakery + Southern Smoke Festival Coming To Orlando

Happy Monday, neighbors! Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Rather cloudy; breezy, humid. High: 85 Low: 71.

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Here are the top five stories in Houston today:

1. The San Jacinto College Mosaic Program supports African-American and Black-identifying students. Mosaic Family Night, a cross-campus event on February 17, welcomed faculty, staff, students, and their families to celebrate African-American culture. Attendees came together for an evening of food, games, raffle prizes, arts and crafts, presentations, and entertainment centering around Black History Month. (Houston Patch)

2. Surveillance footage provided by the Houston Police Department shows at least two men driving up to a car dealership in March in the 7300 block of Gulf Freeway in southeast Houston. If you have any information on the suspects involved in this attempted robbery, you're asked to call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS. (Fox 26 Houston)

3. An 80-year-old mother was found dead inside her northwest Harris County home Saturday afternoon, according to deputies with Harris County Sheriff’s Office. It happened in the 16100 block of Golden Sands Drive near West Road in Copperfield shortly before 4 p.m. (Click2Houston)

4. Three Brothers Bakery will open its fourth store at the Tanglewood Center (500 Chimney Rock Rd.) this year. The bakery, a staple of Houston's Jewish community, serves breads, cakes, cookies, pies and other items. (CultureMap Houston)

5. James Beard Award-winning chef Chris Shepherd and his nonprofit organization, the Southern Smoke Foundation, are bringing back the Southern Smoke Festival this October, featuring a lineup of more than 60 talented chefs and culinary celebrities from around the country, with more than half from Houston. (Eater Houston)

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Today in Houston:

• Reverse Brunch Mondays: Atomic Bottle. (5:00 PM)
• NYPCC's College Hiring Recruitment Session. (7:00 PM)
• Trixie And Katya Live at Houston Parks And Recreation Department. (8:00 PM)
• Salsa Class - Level 1 & 2 at Fred Astaire Dance Studios - Houston Heights. (8:00 PM)
• Pass The Aux: Aaliyah & Swing Mob Tribute at Main Street Tap And Grill. (9:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Houston Astros unveiled the 60th Anniversary Mural Wall that can be found in Home Run Alley inside Minute Maid Park. Next time you're in the ballpark stop by for a photo. (Facebook)
• Harris County Sheriff's Office deputies say the driver killed Saturday in what police call a possible road rage incident in Katy may have been a teenager. (ABC 13)
• The 35th annual Art Car Parade returned to downtown Houston to show off hundreds of mobile masterpieces. (ABC 13)

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— Carlos Hernandez

About me: Hello my name is Carlos Hernandez and I am a food writer with over 10 years of experience in the industry. I write the food blog Carlos Eats (http://www.carloseats.com) and also contribute to several newspapers and magazines with food-related blogs and articles.