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What to Eat, Drink, and Do in Houston This Weekend: November 7

Rely on Houstonia for your weekend plans, including tasty meals you can make at home, a film festival in Round Top, and gallery openings galore.

11/07/2025 By Erica Cheng and Houstonia Staff

Toi Toi Toi

How Houston Grand Opera Turned Porgy and Bess Into a Global Hit

Almost 50 years ago, HGO changed the opera-going public’s minds about the messy musical’s original intentions and helped update its troubled racial history.

11/04/2025 By Meredith Nudo

Eat, Drink, Hou

What to Eat, Drink, and Do in Houston This Weekend: October 31

From Michelin-starred dining to haunted tours and Halloween cocktails, here’s your weekend playbook.

10/31/2025 Edited by Brittany Britto Garley

Go in Peace

Casa Ramirez, Houston’s Beloved Mexican Folk Art Gallery, Will Close After 41 Years

The Heights institution that helped popularize Día de Muertos and champion Latin American artists will close next spring, but its legacy lives on.

10/31/2025 By Meredith Nudo

The Must List

Houston’s Jewish Book & Arts Festival Returns with Authors, Art, and Flavor

Now in its 53rd year, the Ann and Stephen Kaufman Jewish Book & Arts Festival brings global voices, food, film, and family programming to the Evelyn Rubenstein JCC.

10/30/2025 By Meredith Nudo

Art for All

One Year Later, Houston’s Art Lab Program in Discovery Green Faces Uncertainty

Amid overarching questions of funding, one of Houston’s beloved hubs for public art will need to reach out to the community to make sure its popular, successful mentorship program moves forward.

10/29/2025 By Meredith Nudo

Eat, Drink, Hou

What to Eat, Drink, and Do in Houston This Weekend: October 24

Fresh stone crabs, early voting, and plenty of pumpkins—here’s where to eat, sip, and celebrate in Houston this weekend.

10/24/2025 By Brittany Britto Garley

The Must List

This Free Monthly Event Teaches Japanese Culture Through Origami

Japan-America Society Houston sets up supplies at Evelyn’s Park for beginner, intermediate, and advanced papercrafts, with lessons about Japan folded in along the way.

10/23/2025 By Meredith Nudo

Fantasy awaits

A Beginner’s Quest to the Texas Renaissance Festival

Here’s how to conquer the 51-year-old festival like a king with daggers, turkey legs, high tea, and camping.

10/23/2025 By Saba Khonsari

Get Inline

Beyond the Trend: How Roller Skating Creates Community in Houston

Roller skating experienced a resurgence during COVID-19 shutdowns, but the benefits and community go well beyond TikTok videos and Instagram snaps.

10/22/2025 By Meredith Nudo

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Starlight and Cinema

Grab the Lawn Chairs: Here’s Where to Watch Outdoor Movies in Houston

Finally, good weather has returned to Houston. It's time to enjoy this rare moment by catching a movie at one of the city's many outdoor screens.

10/20/2025 By Rosemary Akpan and Meredith Nudo

Eat, Drink, Hou

What to Eat, Drink, and Do in Houston This Weekend: October 17

Our editors share the best bites, drinks, and happenings in Houston this weekend, from creative tacos and playful cocktails to bold theater worth snagging tickets for.

10/17/2025 By Erica Cheng and Houstonia Staff

Bayougraphy

Mused Houston’s Melissa Richardson Banks on the Labor of Art Marketing

From Los Angeles to Houston, she’s spent three decades championing artists and the organizations that support them.

10/17/2025 By Meredith Nudo

Limitless

Iconoclastic Artist Robert Rauschenberg Would’ve Turned 100 This Year

The Menil Collection and Port Arthur’s Museum of the Gulf Coast honor the genre-defying artist’s 100th birthday with new exhibitions.

10/16/2025 By Meredith Nudo

Decisions, Decisions

How Houston Theater Companies Pick Their Plays

From stacks of scripts to strategic decisions, Malinda Beckham of Dirt Dogs Theatre Co. reveals how she builds a season. Hint: It involves quite a bit of reading.

10/14/2025 By Holly Beretto

The Must List

Families with Pride Honors Houston’s LGBTQ+ Community Sans Summer Heat

This joint effort by the Greater Houston LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce, Council Member Abbie Kamin, and Discovery Green centers the needs of queer parents and their children (yes, including fur babies).

10/09/2025 By Meredith Nudo

Bayougraphy

Pioneering Dadaist Jack Massing Has Not-So-Absurd Plans for the Orange Show

Named executive director of the legendary folk art space in 2024, the artist brings a lifetime of internationally recognized passion for the arts, for people, and for Houston.

10/09/2025 By Meredith Nudo

Party Time

Beyond the Gala: How Small Arts Orgs Raise Funds Without Big Budgets

Fancy soirées have their place in the fundraising world, but they aren’t always realistic. Luckily, Houston arts nonprofits happen to be full of creative types with bright ideas.

10/07/2025 By Meredith Nudo

Greatest Hits

A Complete Bucket List of the Best Things to Do in Houston

Whether you’re in Houston for a day or a lifetime, we have ideas.

10/06/2025 By Emma Balter

Do It

Your Guide to Can’t-Miss Houston Arts & Culture: October 2025 Edition

It’s gonna be a good month: Rothko Chapel is inviting over a beloved radical puppet theater, the Wild West comes alive through immersive theater, and the legendary Greek Fest returns.

10/02/2025 By Meredith Nudo

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