Arts & Culture

the tradition drives on

Our 10 Favorite Cars at Art Car This Year

Instead of the usual parade, the Art Car By Day Experience is showcasing the craziest motor masterpieces around.

05/14/2021 By Emma Schkloven

POST Music

Live Nation Announces New Downtown Music Venue in Defunct Post Office

The Terminal is on track for a November opening inside POST Houston, but the show schedule drops in July.

05/14/2021 By Emma Schkloven

If you’re not going to art car 

5 Things to Do in Houston This Weekend, May 14–16 

Embrace summertime and head outside and maybe down to Galveston. 

05/14/2021 By Brittany Cristiano and Emma Schkloven

Speed City

Houston's Ange Hillz Speed Painted His Way to a TIME Cover

The Bayou City painter talks passion for bright colors, memorializing George Floyd, and creating a cover for the famous magazine in five hours.

05/14/2021 By Emma Schkloven

Viva (Virtual) Las Vegas!

REVIEW: Late Nite Catechism Las Vegas: Sister Rolls the Dice! Is the Ace up Stages’s Sleeve

The hilarious one-woman show brings back Houston theater-favorite Denise Fennell.

05/13/2021 By Doni Wilson

Season's Gonna Rock

Theatre Under the Stars Will Finally Return This October

Unfortunately, 1776 won’t be coming this year, but Jersey Boys will.

05/12/2021 By Emma Schkloven

A Murder Mystery

Find Crime and Tropical Intrigue in All the Devils Are Here: A Tempest in the Galapagos

Open Dance Project's new theatrical dance production, which runs May 14-15, melds an unsolved murder in paradise with Shakespeare's island-set The Tempest.

05/11/2021 By Rebekah Kibodeaux

Operatic Joy

HGO Announces New Season and a Return of Live Audiences

Included in the upcoming 2021-2022 season is the long-awaited world premiere of Snowy Day and a RodeoHouston-inspired chamber opera.

05/11/2021 By Emma Schkloven

Brave New World

Houston's Music Community Reflects on the Pandemic

Bayou City musicians weathered Covid-19 any way they could.

05/11/2021 By Chris Gray

Shadow Boxing

How MFAH Film Became an At-Home Affair

Film curator Marian Luntz figures out how to work with an unseen audience.

05/10/2021 By Chris Vognar

Happy Mother’s Day 

5 Things to Do in Houston This Weekend, May 7–9

Spend some time with Mom and enjoy some live shows. 

05/07/2021 By Brittany Cristiano

Do, Re, Mi

Sing Along to the Sound of Music This Weekend

Houston Grand Opera's outdoor show at TDECU Stadium is bringing "a sense of healing and peace" to fans on Saturday.

05/06/2021 By Holly Beretto

rain rain go away

Despite the Rain, Women of Wardrobe's 16th Annual Spring Fling Was a Success

Houston's young professionals picnicked on-the-go to benefit Dress for Success Houston.

05/05/2021 With Marianna Corcoran

On the Road Again

Road to Revival Will Rock Market Square Park All Summer Long

The new, free concert series, which acts as a lead-up to September's River Revival Music Festival, kicks off this weekend.

05/05/2021 By Emma Schkloven

Let’s party

Junior League of Houston Raises $600K at Its Virtual Gala

On May 1, guests celebrated the League from the comfort of their own homes.

05/05/2021 By Catherine Wendlandt

In the moment

Houston Ballet Leaps Back onto the Live Stage with Reignited

The company's performances at Miller Outdoor Theatre this weekend will be its first live performances in more than a yer.

05/05/2021 By Olivia Flores Alvarez

Welcome! 

So 50 Cent Moved to Houston? 

In a cryptic tweet Tuesday morning, the rap legend announced his big move to the Bayou City, plus a new TV show. 

05/04/2021 By Catherine Wendlandt

Happy Birthday, Alley!

Alley Theatre Announces an Action-Packed 75th Anniversary Season

The 2021–2022 season, which kicks off in October with Pulitzer Prize-winning Sweat, includes four world premieres.

05/04/2021 By Emma Schkloven

and the curtain rises

Houston Ballet Announces 2021-2022 Season

The upcoming season, which begins in September, will also mark the company's return to its home stage at the Wortham Theater Center.

05/03/2021 By Emma Schkloven

the festival fest

Our Dream Festival Lineup

With no fests in sight for the summer, we're thinking about who'd headline the ultimate H-Town Music Festival.

05/03/2021 By Gwendolyn Knapp Illustrations by Michael Byers