Rich Arenschieldt

Rich has written for OutSmart for more than 25 years, chronicling various events impacting Houston’s queer community. His areas of interest and influence include all aspects of HIV treatment and education as well as the milieu of creative endeavors Houston affords its citizenry, including the performing, visual and fine arts. Rich loves interviewing and discovering people, be they living, or, in his capacity as a member of the Society of Professional Obituary Writers, deceased.
Features

Three Decades at the Heart of Us: Bering Omega Community Services Celebrates 30 Years

Since 1926, one entity—Bering United Methodist Church—has remained, steadfast and unflinching in its commitment to the neighborhood.

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Hey Buddy, Can You Spare a Tuba?: Meet The Houston Pride Band’s New Artistic Director

Michael Roberts starts his inaugural season as artistic director of the Houston Pride Band.

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Houston Gym: Celebrating 20 Years of Muscular “Love”

Two decades ago, John Langman and Johnnie West began a fitness revolution in Houston.

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News

Katrina, We Know How To Handle A Storm

What can I do? What can we do? The answer is surprisingly simple: The same thing we've done for the…

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Features

Connie Moore’s Everlasting Legacy: A Tribute to our Community’s Beloved Hero

For 30 years, Connie Moore and Debbie Hunt have been advocating for LGBT individuals and exploring uncharted queer legal territory…

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Features

The Era of Consolidation in HIV Care Continues

Two longstanding HIV service providers, Houston Area Community Services (HACS) and Bering Omega Community Services, have merged, creating one of…

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Arts & Entertainment

The Most Famous Person You Don’t Know

‘Mary Wickes: I Know I’ve Seen That Face Before’ by native Houstonian Steve Taravella.

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Arts & Entertainment

Jaston Williams brings ‘Maid Marion in a Stolen Car’ to Galveston’s Grand, November 28 and 29

Known for his decades-long involvement with Greater Tuna and other commentaries on small-town Texas life, actor and writer Jaston Williams…

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Arts & Entertainment

Out at the Opera: Rising vocal super-soprano Melody Moore sings in HGO‘s ‘Così fan tutte’

Melody Moore returns to Houston to sing the role of Dorabella in Mozart’s comic masterpiece Così fan tutte.

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Arts & Entertainment

Organist Rob Landes Accompanies Lon Chaney’s ‘Phantom’ in Galveston

Silent film and sonic scariness at the grand in Galveston, November 1.

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