Christopher K. Patronella, MD

Hermann Park Conservancy offers over 445 acres of tranquility and fun things to experience for everyone looking to enjoy the natural scenery. Hermann Park features a 2-mile train track for the Hermann Park Railroad. If you prefer to use your legs, there is plenty of room for jogging and recreation trails, a golf course, a garden center, and nature trails.

Unleash your artistic soul and experience The Houston Fringe Festival, a five-day event where performers and companies from around the planet present original work in Houston’s East End. The festival features over 100 companies and individual artists each year, showcasing both emerging and established performing and visual arts. The festival encourages everyone to participate and show their talent to the fluid and enthusiastically supportive audience making it a great platform to unveil a superabundance of talent on many levels. Make this the year you enter a new world of creativity and personal masterpiece ambiance.

Visit Houston's spiritual landmark, the Rothko Chapel, a sacred space open to all to inspire people to take action through art and contemplation, and nurture reverence for the highest aspirations of humanity, and to provide a forum for global concerns. This non-denominational sanctuary is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, an honor awarded before the institution was fifty years old.