Arts & Culture

Picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: March 7–9

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

03/05/2014 By Michael Hardy

Classical

WindSync Shakes Up World of Chamber Music

Acclaimed Houston wind quintet makes a name for itself by playing without sheet music and experimenting with performance styles.

03/04/2014 By Michael Hardy

Local Music

The Tontons Debut New Album (with a Little Help from Their Friends)

Buxton and The Octopus Project join local music stalwarts as they unveil music from their latest release.

03/03/2014 By Dean Davis

It Coulda Been Verse

Houston’s Found Poetry Tells Us a Lot About Ourselves

Poetry can be found just about anywhere.

03/03/2014

Opera

You Can’t Keep a Good Diva Down

In the HGO’s A Coffin in Egypt, a once-retired opera legend returns to the stage.

03/03/2014 By Michael Hardy

Photography

Fotofest Turns Its Focus to the Arab World

The FotoFest Biennial features 48 artists from 13 countries, fitting its theme, View From Inside: Contemporary Arab Video, Photography, and Mixed Media Art.

03/03/2014 By Kelly Klaasmeyer

Theater

Review: Fool Makes Fools of Us All

The Alley's fifth production of a Theresa Rebeck play proves one too many for our valiant critic.

02/28/2014 By Scott Vogel

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