events

Support Houston Art with South African Jewelry

This bead-centric pop-up shop on Saturday is raising funds for Selven O'Keef Jarmon's ambitious public art installation.

02/20/2015 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

choral work

The "Singing Revolution" Comes To Houston

Inspired by the Baltic nations' musical protests against the Soviet Union in the 1980s, the Houston Chamber Choir performs works by living Baltic composers.

02/19/2015 By Sydney Boyd

picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Feb 20–22

Featuring two American poets, a documentary about La Sagrada Família, and your last chance to see Bruce Munro's Discovery Green art installation

02/18/2015 By Michael Hardy

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Haute Hoedown Rodeo Kick-Off

02/18/2015

books

Rice Art Historian Publishes His Magnum Opus

William Camfield will discuss the first installment of his four-volume Francis Picabia catalogue raisonné at the Menil on Wednesday.

02/17/2015 By Michael Hardy

notes on camp

Bringing The Rocky Horror Picture Show To Life

Once a month, performance troupe The Royal Mystic Order of Chaos takes over the River Oaks Theatre.

02/16/2015 By Bryan Washington

news

Have Tea with Lady Carnarvon, Mistress of Downton Abbey

Can't travel to England to tour Highclere Castle, where the hit TV show is filmed? Here's the next best thing.

02/13/2015 By Michael Hardy

investigation

What the Hell's Going On at Opera in the Heights?

Staff turnover, bickering board members, unpaid contractors, a mid-season overhaul. Life at the regional opera company is starting to resemble, well, an opera.

02/12/2015 By Sydney Boyd

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ABC-13’s Women of Distinction 2015 Winter Ball

02/11/2015

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The Eye Ball

02/11/2015

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2015 Inprint Poets and Writers Ball

02/11/2015

picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Feb 13–15

Featuring Baroque painting, Baroque music, Kinky Boots, and Cirque du Soleil.

02/11/2015 By Michael Hardy

Visual Art

The Art Guys Sell Out (Again)

The Houston performance artists partner with multinational asset management company Brookfield for their latest project. Have they lost their edge?

02/10/2015 By Michael Hardy

breaking news

KTRU Returning to Houston Airwaves

Rice's student-run radio station received an FCC permit today to resume broadcast on a new frequency, 96.1 FM.

02/09/2015 By Michael Hardy

Music

The Houston Blues Museum Finds a Home

A long-awaited tribute to Houston’s rich blues tradition will open in the Fifth Ward this spring.

02/08/2015 By Michael Hardy

Voluntary Constraints

Get Free With a Little Help From Your Friends

In which we try—and fail—to work our way out of Escape Room Houston.

02/08/2015 By Michael Hardy

Crime

HBO Films Takes on Houston’s Favorite (Suspected) Serial Murderer

A new true-crime documentary series explores the life of infamous eccentric Robert Durst.

02/08/2015 By Michael Hardy

Affordable Art

Skateboard Art That Really Moves You

ArtDeckCo's mix of skater culture and art is on display in Houston for the first time this weekend.

02/06/2015 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Eat Play Love

Valentine's Day Plans for the Tragically Romantic

When a formal dinner at a fancy restaurant just doesn't appeal

02/05/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

literature

Houston's 4 Best Reading Series

We may not be New York or San Francisco, but we do have some world-class reading series. Here are a few of our favorites.

02/05/2015 By Bryan Washington