film

Deli Owner Ziggy Gruber Stars in New Documentary

Deli Man tells the story of the rise and fall (and rise?) of the traditional Jewish delicatessen.

02/27/2015 By Michael Hardy

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Vision of Love

02/26/2015

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Green Valentine Green Hearts Gala

02/26/2015

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Start Your Engines Kick-Off Party

02/26/2015

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Neighborhood Centers Inc. Annual Heart of Gold Celebration

02/26/2015

picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Feb 27–March 1

Featuring New Orleans's Rebirth Brass Band, Houston Ballet's new Romeo and Juliet, and the World Championship of Barbecue

02/26/2015 By Michael Hardy

news

Free Press Summer Fest Announces Lineup

Headliners include Skrillex, R. Kelly, Weezer, The Decemberists, and Belle and Sebastian

02/25/2015 With Michael Hardy, Sarah Rufca Nielsen, Lucy Spicer, Maggie Berardo, Jared Monmouth, and Yasmine Saqer

event

TED Talks For Christians?

On Thursday, 75 cities around the world will host simultaneous Q Commons events, featuring addresses from Malcolm Gladwell and Soledad O'Brien.

02/25/2015 By Emma Hurt

news

City Looking for Public Input on New Arts Plan

The Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs is in the midst of collecting public feedback about its new civic arts plan. But where's the Houston Arts Alliance?

02/25/2015 By Michael Hardy

the sporting life

Houston Bicycle Museum Opens Its Doors This Week

The new museum features hundreds of historic bicycles at its temporary Museum District location.

02/23/2015 By Michael Hardy

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