Arts & Culture

Drag Race

For Latino Drag Queens, There’s No Place Like Hacienda

Houston’s Latino drag scene is booming—and plays to a surprisingly diverse crowd.

03/30/2015 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

television

Ken Burns's New Cancer Documentary Features Five MD Anderson Docs

The three-part film, which begins airing tonight on Channel 8, tells the history of cancer from its first description in 1550 BCE to the latest treatments.

03/30/2015 By Michael Hardy

book signing

New Book on Texas Abstraction Draws Artists From Across State to MFAH

Texas Abstract surveys the rise of non-representational art from the 1930s to the present.

03/27/2015 By Michael Hardy

lecture

How Green Is Your Theater?

Scholar and production designer Ian Garrett will speak at Rice tonight about the environmental impact of arts institutions.

03/26/2015 By Michael Hardy

picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: March 27–29

Featuring the NCAA South Regional, the Houston Children's Festival and a Judy Garland tribute concert

03/25/2015 By Michael Hardy

visual art

Exhibition of John Lennon's Art Opens This Week

Starting Thursday, you can pick up a limited edition print of one of the musician's playful sketches at the Off the Wall Gallery.

03/24/2015 By Michael Hardy

Houstonia

Video: I Read Houstonia- Elaine Turner Photo Shoot

Behind The Scenes

03/24/2015 Videography by P + R Productions

hip hop

Houston Rapper Travi$ Scott Lights Up SXSW

Catch the local MC tonight for an encore performance at the House of Blues with Atlanta rapper Young Thug.

03/23/2015 By Jared Monmouth

visual art

Requiem for the Avant-Garde

Major new MFAH exhibition examines experimental Japanese art and photography from the 1960s and '70s.

03/20/2015 By Michael Hardy

musical

Review: Joseph and the Not-So-Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Flashy new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's classic musical strays from the show's original vision.

03/19/2015 By Holly Beretto

Picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: March 20–22

Featuring Hozier, Kazuo Ishiguro, and the final weekend of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

03/18/2015 By Michael Hardy

Sip and Learn

Brush Up on Your Wine Knowledge at Camerata

The Montrose wine bar is starting up its wine class series once again.

03/18/2015 By Phaedra Cook

Opera

Acclaimed Chamber Opera Makes Its Houston Debut

Missy Mazzoli's Song from the Uproar was inspired by the life of fin-de-siècle Swiss explorer Isabelle Eberhardt.

03/17/2015 By Michael Hardy

news

Want to Be Houston's Next Poet Laureate? The Application Deadline is Today

Gwendolyn Zepeda's two-year term ends in April. Who will succeed her?

03/13/2015 By Michael Hardy

Review

Once: A Musical for People Who Hate Musicals

Musical theater rarely seems this real or this heartfelt.

03/12/2015 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Planted Houston Is Growing a Feast

Check out the urban farming progress that Planted Houston has made at a one-night-only dinner on March 20.

03/12/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: March 13–15

Featuring Tango Buenos Aires, the musical Once, and the Children's Museum of Houston's Amazingly Immature Spring Break.

03/11/2015 By Michael Hardy

art and literature

The Professor and the Pop Star

Last year, Icelandic singer Björk e-mailed Rice English professor Tim Morton. Their subsequent dialogue has been published in conjunction with a new exhibition devoted to Björk's work.

03/10/2015 By Michael Hardy

classical music

Renowned Vienna Piano Trio Brings Sound of Austria to Houston

Although only one member of the group remains from when it was founded 26 years ago, the piano trio is still considered one of the world's best.

03/09/2015 By Michael Hardy