Arts & Culture

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

Slideshow

2nd Annual Back-to-School Supply Drive

Alex Martinez and well-schooled guests show their support

08/26/2015 Photography by Paul R David With Diane Caplan

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

Dance

Shadow Play

A one-night-only dance homage to the renowned Shadow Monsters exhibit

08/25/2015 By Jenn Nguyen

Art

Going With the Grain

Houston artists gather reclaimed wood for HCC's year-opening show.

08/25/2015 By Brittanie Shey

Art Installation

In Dreams

In “Music for the World to See,” two local artists step into the abstract.

08/24/2015 By Nick Esquer

Street Eats

Food Truck Lovers, Your Festivals Have Arrived

ForTheLoveOfFoodTrucks brings a line-up of festivals starting this weekend.

08/24/2015 By Andrea Siso

Readings

Texas Killing Fields

Author René Steinke returns to her native Houston to discuss her novel Friendswood and the process of research.

08/21/2015 By Nick Esquer

Dance

A Storm is Coming

NobleMotion set to showcase works both new and old with Storm Front.

08/21/2015 By Adam Castañeda

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

Art Opening

Project Row Houses Presents Annual Summer Studios Exhibition

The Third Ward art commune brings in six student-artists for its yearly summer expo.

08/20/2015 By Nick Esquer

Houstonia Events

Houstonia Top Doctors 2015 Reception

They drank, they ate, and they played Operation. As all doctors do. Congratulations to Houstonia's 2015 Top Doctors!

08/19/2015 Photography by Alex Steffler With Marianna Corcoran

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