Picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Sept 12–14

Where to go, who to see, and what to do

09/10/2014 By Michael Hardy

Boutiques

Mondays Mean Deals at Space Montrose

Look for specials and steals every Monday at Space—starting today.

09/08/2014

art and commerce

Overheard at the Texas Contemporary Art Fair

There was no better place for people-watching (or people-listening) this weekend than the George R. Brown Convention Center.

09/08/2014 By Michael Hardy

Dance

SonKiss'd Combines Hip-Hop and Contemporary Dance

Local Christian dance troupe pushes boundaries of the medium.

09/05/2014 By Adam Castañeda

books

From Jail Guard to Middle School Teacher

Mark Dostert worked as a juvenile detention officer at one of Chicago's most notorious prisons. Now he teaches English in HISD.

09/05/2014 By Michael Hardy

Post

ICCC Gala and Casino Night

09/04/2014

dance

Voloshky Dance Company Brings Ukrainian Culture to Houston

Against the backdrop of civil war, a 40-year-old cultural institution celebrates its country's folk traditions.

09/04/2014 By Adam Castañeda

Picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Sept 5–7

Where to go, who to see, and what to do

09/03/2014 By Michael Hardy

HSO

A New Conductor Takes the Baton

Andrés Orozco-Estrada leads the Houston Symphony into its second century.

09/01/2014 By Michael Hardy

film

Truffaut Retrospective Revisits Work of a Modern Master

The Museum of Fine Arts's 13-film festival devoted to the great French new wave director begins with The 400 Blows.

09/01/2014 By Joe Leydon

Post

Brothers Forever Book Signing

08/29/2014

special event

Three-Month Celebration Honors East End, Ship Channel Centennial

Transported + Renewed brings dozens of cultural events to the city's historic transportation hub.

08/29/2014 By Elise Rambaud Marrion

dance

Review: FrenetiCore's Quench Doesn't Satisfy

Everyone gets to be a choreographer in Houston dance troupe's new show. That's not a good thing.

08/28/2014 By Theodore Bale

Cuisine and Culture

Cajun Food for the Football Soul

Houston author and entrepreneur pens a love letter to his home state—and LSU football—in the form of a recipe book.

08/27/2014 By Chris Abshire

picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Aug 29–Sept 1 (Labor Day Edition!)

Where to go, who to see, and what to do

08/27/2014 By Michael Hardy

Living History

Nixon in Houston

Two unique events bring the biggest scandal in (secretly) recorded history to town.

08/27/2014 By Michael Hardy

frontiers of science

This Is Your Brain on Art

Visitors to Dario Robleto's Menil Collection exhibition will soon have the chance to be part of medical history.

08/26/2014 By Michael Hardy

dance

NobleMotion Dance Explores the Cosmos in New Show

The tech-savvy company's new production wrestles with the ideas of time and space.

08/25/2014 By Adam Castañeda

theater

Musical Theater + Pop Music = Midtown Live

Weekend event at Alley Kat tries to introduce musicals to a new audience.

08/22/2014 By Adam Castañeda

theater

Review: The Old Friends Proves Good Company

Broadway veteran Betty Buckley shines in the Alley's invigorating production of 1960s-era Horton Foote dramedy.

08/21/2014 By Scott Vogel