Classical

Festival Stakes a Claim for Houston's Early Music Scene

Four Houston early music groups team up for groundbreaking festival's second year.

02/11/2014 By Michael Hardy

Theater

Review: Clean/through Plumbs the Depths of Addiction

In a genre plagued with clichés and stereotypes, Miki Johnson's new play finds beauty in the most unlikely places.

02/10/2014 By Michael Hardy

Interview

How to Reconstruct Your Life From Photographs

UH Creative Writing Program graduate David Stuart MacLean discusses his new memoir about amnesia ahead of his Brazos Bookstore reading tonight.

02/07/2014 By Michael Hardy

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Feb 7–9

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

02/05/2014 By Michael Hardy

Classical Music

Violinist Gidon Kremer Brings Eastern Europe to Houston

An interview with the founder of the innovative Kremerata Baltica chamber orchestra.

02/04/2014 By Michael Hardy

History

The Magna Carta Comes to HMNS

Catch a rare glimpse of one of democracy’s founding documents.

02/02/2014 By Michael Hardy

Arts & Culture

Arts in The Woodlands: Beyond the Pavilion

In The Woodlands, cultural offerings begin and end with the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. Is the public hungry for more?

02/02/2014 By Michael Hardy

Online Dating

Looking for Love in All the Online Places

An internet dating cheat sheet

02/02/2014 By Michael Hardy

First Impressions

Why Yes, This Is My First Rodeo

A novice confronts his prejudices.

02/02/2014 By Michael Hardy

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Jan 31–Feb 2

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

01/28/2014 By Michael Hardy

Opera

Review: The Passenger's Difficult Yet Important Journey

New Houston Grand Opera production of 1968 Holocaust opera stuns with its power and passion.

01/27/2014 By Michael Hardy

Classical Music

Does Andrés Orozco-Estrada Have Too Many Jobs?

The incoming Houston Symphony music director's recent appointment at the London Philharmonic—the conductor's fourth titled position—raises the question of his commitment to Houston.

01/24/2014 By Michael Hardy

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Jan 24–26

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

01/22/2014 By Michael Hardy

Pop

She is Helen: Hear Her Roar

'70s pop icon Helen Reddy discusses "I Am Woman," practicing hypnotherapy, and returning to the stage after a prolonged absence.

01/21/2014 By Michael Hardy

Theater

Review: Other Desert Cities

New Alley production of Pulitzer Prize–winning play hampered by dated references, flimsy caricatures.

01/16/2014 By Michael Hardy

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend (MLK Day Edition): Jan 17–20

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

01/15/2014 By Michael Hardy

Art

What If the MFAH Raised Ticket Prices and Nobody Noticed?

Last September, the Museum of Fine Arts raised ticket prices for the third time in two years. So where's the uproar?

01/14/2014 By Michael Hardy

Preview

Slideshow: 2014 Rodeo Houston Performers

From country superstars like Blake Shelton and Keith Urban to radio mainstays like Robin Thicke and Maroon 5, the 20 nights of this year's rodeo will be packed with talent.

01/13/2014 By Michael Hardy

Dream Homes

Top Homes: The Experts’ Lists

Our four local architecture experts share their top 10 favorite Houston homes.

01/13/2014 By Michael Hardy Illustrations by Sebastian Gomez de la Torre

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Jan 10–12

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

01/08/2014 By Michael Hardy