local music

The Top 5 Concerts of 2014

Local music obsessive Dean Davis remembers his favorite moments from a difficult year.

12/11/2014 By Dean Davis

picks

Top Things To To This Weekend: Dec 12–14

Featuring the Houston Chamber Choir, artist Miguel Amat, and the return of Fleetwood Mac

12/10/2014 By Michael Hardy

dance

Here Come the Rockettes!

A traveling production of the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular sets up camp at the Hobby Center.

12/09/2014 By Michael Hardy

Low Budget Leisure

This Winter, Make a Cheap Date at Alamo Drafthouse

A $5 movie ticket and an inexpensive late-night menu are just a few of the presents Alamo Drafthouse has in store this season.

12/08/2014 By Katharine Shilcutt

opera

Review: HGO's Christmas Carol Deserves Lump of Coal

Houston audience members were right to walk out on insipid new opera inspired by the Dickens classic.

12/08/2014 By Sydney Boyd

best of 2014

The Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2014

Featuring Houstonians Jason Moran and Walter Smith III.

12/05/2014 By Justin Mitchell

Best of 2014

The Top 5 Operas of 2014

From Wagner to Verdi to Humperdinck, it was a very good year indeed.

12/04/2014 By Sydney Boyd

picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Dec 5–7

Featuring Usher, the Radio City Rockettes, and a festival devoted to the theremin.

12/03/2014 By Michael Hardy

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UTHealth Constellation Gala

12/03/2014

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Preservation Houston/Pier & Beam #ThrowbackThursday

12/03/2014

Best of 2014

The Top 5 Classical Music Concerts of 2014

Our music critic counts down her favorite moments of the past year.

12/02/2014 By Sydney Boyd

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Momentum Jaguar Holiday Sip & Shop

12/02/2014

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14th Annual “A Night Out”

12/02/2014

Best of 2014

The 10 Best Art Exhibitions of 2014

From Dario Robleto to John Singer Sargent, we count down the year's most impressive shows.

12/01/2014 By Michael Hardy

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Five Houston Socialites and Their Children’s Books

11/30/2014

Festivals

Preview: The Theremin Hits Houston

The peculiar electronic instrument enjoys a rare limelight at this year’s Bayou City Music and Film Festival.

11/30/2014 By Joe Leydon

Bah, Humbug

A Christmas Carol Is Taking Over Houston

Houston gains a third production of Charles Dickens’ holiday classic as the HGO premieres its brand-new operatic adaptation.

11/30/2014 By Michael Hardy

Brush with Fate

Is This Man the Greatest Living Native American Artist?

Forty years after a prophetic vision in the desert, Ron Anderson moved to Houston for one last shot at fame—but it may be too late.

11/30/2014 By Michael Hardy Photography by Brian Goldman

picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Nov 27–30

There's plenty to do this weekend, including the 65th Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade, The Nutcracker, and a pair of Beethoven symphonies.

11/26/2014 By Michael Hardy

Art

Tilda Swinton and W Magazine's Surreal Fashion at the Menil

Inspired by the de Menils' house and collection, Swinton and photographer Tim Walker create fashion as art in Houston.

11/25/2014 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen