Arts & Culture

Paper and Paint

Take a Closer Look at Hong Hong’s Textural Masterpieces

The interdisciplinary artist has exhibitions at Art League Houston and Asia Society. She'll also be featured in Lawndale Art Center’s The Big Show 2021 in June.

05/24/2021 By Rebekah Kibodeaux

Vroom Vroom

5 Things to Do In Houston This Weekend, May 21-23

Feel the buzz, listen to a little night music, and get two-dimensional.

05/21/2021 By Emma Schkloven

Time to Shine 

A Look at the Houstonians on Reality TV Right Now

From The Bachelorette to Bravo, Houstonians are popping up all over the place. 

05/20/2021 By Catherine Wendlandt

oh the places you'll go

Dr. Seuss Experience Brings Out the Child in Everyone

We meant what we said, and we said what we meant, you'll enjoy this whimsical playscape 100 percent.

05/20/2021 By Emma Schkloven

Bettin' on Beethoven

Itzhak Perlman Talks Beethoven Ahead of Houston Symphony Concert

The living legend of the violin comes to the Bayou City for his first concert as artistic partner of the Symphony May 22–23.

05/19/2021 By Emma Schkloven

Lights up on Washington Heights!

Lin-Manuel Miranda Dropping By Blue Willow Bookshop for Virtual In the Heights Event

The June 15 event will launch his new book In the Heights: Finding Home, which tells the story of his first Tony-winning musical.

05/19/2021 By Emma Schkloven

The cowboy rides back 

George Strait Tickets Go on Sale Next Thursday

The King of Country is coming back to town for RodeoHouston's 90th anniversary. 

05/18/2021 By Catherine Wendlandt

Vroom Vroom

Here's What We Loved about Art Car This Year

It's wasn't the parade we're used to, but the three-day festival-like experience was a ride.

05/17/2021 Photography by Daniel Kramer By Catherine Wendlandt and Emma Schkloven

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