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Top Things to Do This Weekend: Dec. 25–27

Casablanca at River Oaks Theatre, Critical Mass rolls through downtown, kids can visit Santa and the Snow Queen, and Bullets Over Broadway opens at Hobby Center.

12/23/2015 By Nick Esquer

Performance Art

Erik Estrada and the Fate of the Free World

Stephanie Saint Sanchez’s new superhero satire explores retrocrushes, sexuality, and Latin culture.

12/10/2015 By Andrea Siso

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Dec. 11-13

The opening of La Virgen de Guadalupe at HMNS, Hitchcock/Truffaut at MFAH, Lights in the Heights returns, The Weeknd at Toyota Center, and Bach Society Houston celebrates the season with Advent Vespers.

12/09/2015 By Nick Esquer

Film

Cinéma Vérité

Director Kent Jones's Hitchcock/Truffaut brings the two legendary directors into focus.

12/04/2015 By Nick Esquer

Film

Life is But a Dream

Director Katie Cokinos captures post-grad coming-of-age in I Dream Too Much.

11/13/2015 By Andrea Siso

Film

The Cinema Arts Festival’s New Frontiers

Under Richard Herskowitz’ leadership, the Cinema Arts Festival continues its expansion in new and exciting directions.

11/03/2015 By Steve Jansen

TV

Houston's SWAG Essentials Checks in on Shark Tank

Aesthetician and entrepreneur Lydia Evans didn't get a deal, but that hasn't slowed her down.

11/02/2015 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Movies

Maxin' and Relaxin' at iPic

The new River Oaks District movie house gushes luxury and amenities.

11/02/2015 By Jenn Nguyen

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Oct. 9-11

Hanna Ranch screening at Discovery Green, ROCO Brass Quintet at MATCH, Author Amy Stewart at Murder By The Book, Texas Ren Fest returns to Houston, Bonnie & Clyde the musical at Hobby Center

10/07/2015 By Nick Esquer

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Sept. 4-6

Authors Deanna Raybourn and Anna Lee Huber, the Symphony plays The Beatles, The Princess and the Frog at Discovery Green, a film about legendary actor Marlon Brando and the Houston African Arts Festival

09/02/2015 By Nick Esquer

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Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Aug. 28-30

Ferris Bueller's Day Off at Hotel Derek, Matthew Salesses' reading at Brazos, NobleMotion Dance's Storm Front, Venezuelan violinist Eddy Marcano and 22nd Annual Theater District Open House

08/26/2015 By Nick Esquer

TV

Back to the School of HBO’s Hard Knocks: Texans Edition, Episode 3

Is it already time for another How Can JJ Watt Be Human moment?

08/26/2015 By Chris Skiles

TV

Back to the School of HBO’s Hard Knocks: Texans Edition

Recapping the first two episodes of this season's Texans-centric Hard Knocks, F-bombs and all.

08/20/2015 By Chris Skiles

Summer Lovin'

Celebrate Out of the Box: Date Night

Treat your sweet to Movies on the Lawn at Tiny Boxwood's where Saturday nights are reserved for the classics.

08/19/2015 By Megha Tejpal

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Aug 21-23

The Third Man Screening at MFAH, FrenetiCore's Integration, kids activities at The Health Museum, comedian Wyatt Cenac and a pop-up poetry slam at OKRA

08/19/2015 By Nick Esquer

Recaps

Astronaut Wives Club Recap: What Are We Fighting For?

Betty and the other astronauts deal with Gus's death and figure out how to move forward.

08/07/2015 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Recap

Astronaut Wives Club Recap: Love and Loss

It's not easy being an astronaut wife.

07/31/2015 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: July 31-Aug 2

Pancakes & Booze Art Show, Goonies pool party, White Linen Nights, The Rite of Summer dance performance and a remake of Charlie Chaplin's The Kid

07/29/2015 By Nick Esquer

QFest

The 19th Annual Houston QFest Kicks Off This Week

The yearly LGBTQ movie festival returns with an eclectic lineup.

07/21/2015 With Joe Leydon

TV Style

Astronaut Wives Club Recap: Girl Power

The wives are are making waves trying to get what they want, whether it's a woman in space, to be taken seriously as a writer or a dose of air conditioning in a hot Houston summer.

07/17/2015 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

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