Invective

Houston Deplored: Our Wretched Mudhole Through History

A "city without a single good restaurant," and "infested with Methodists and ants" to boot.

02/27/2014 By John Lomax

Newsfix

Video: the Dome's Darkest Day

Not everyone’s Astrodome memories are G-rated. Radio host Jay Lee recounts one of the Astrodome’s darkest days.

02/27/2014 By Dan Derozier

News

Did This Man Write Houston's Official Theme Song?

Local "inspirational rapper" Rocko Stedy claims to have been commissioned to write anthem for the city.

02/27/2014 By Michael Hardy

Newsfix

Video: Rodeo Preview

The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is not just a local tradition, it's a cultural phenomenon.

02/27/2014 By Peter Holley

Picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Feb 28–March 2

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

02/26/2014 By Michael Hardy

List

The 10 Worst Songs of the Century (So Far): Part II

In which we count down the final songs on our worst-of-the-worst list

02/25/2014 By Michael Hardy

We Were There

Kendra Gives Back

Fashionistas shop baubles and sip bubbles for a cause.

02/24/2014 By Sarah Pendley

List

The 10 Worst Songs of the Century (So Far): Part I

Or, now that's what I call bad music.

02/24/2014 By Michael Hardy

Visual Art

Menil Launches First-Ever Advertising Campaign

The traditionally low-profile museum partners with local marketing firm ttweak to promote its new Magritte exhibition.

02/21/2014 By Michael Hardy

Slideshow

Inprint 2014 Poets and Writers Ball

02/21/2014

Slideshow

Happy Hour for Pier & Beam, Preservation Houston’s Next-Generation Group

02/20/2014

Slideshow

The South Asian Chamber of Commerce 20th Anniversary Gala

02/20/2014

Slideshow

Memorial Park Conservancy’s 90th Anniversary Green Gala

02/20/2014

Slideshow

The 2014 Houston Ballet Ball

02/20/2014

Pop

Indie Music Fans Come Out In Force To Support Neutral Milk Hotel, Elf Power

Two bands that emerged from the experimental Elephant Six Recording Company join forces at Warehouse Live.

02/20/2014 By Dean Davis

Architecture

Menil Collection Unveils Drawing Institute Design

Latest addition to Menil campus to be designed by Los Angeles architecture firm Johnston Marklee

02/19/2014 By Michael Hardy

Picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Feb 21–23

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

02/19/2014 By Michael Hardy

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

Sketches: Emanuelee "Outspoken" Bean (Video)

The Houston wordsmith on the power of poetry

02/18/2014 By Peter Holley

Concert

Sea Wolf Makes Landfall at Fitzgerald's

Local singer-songwriter Chase Hamblin opens for Sea Wolf's Alex Brown Church in a concert of contrasting styles and attitudes.

02/17/2014 By Dean Davis

Slideshow

2014 Heart Ball benefiting the American Heart Association

02/14/2014