Michael Hardy is the arts editor of Houstonia

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

Real Estate

Sotheby's Buys Martha Turner Properties

For their first venture into Houston, Sotheby's International Realty partners up with Martha Turner.

01/07/2014 By Michael Hardy

Small screen

Television Is Back

From Downton Abbey to Girls to House of Cards , all your favorite TV shows are returning soon. (Spoiler alert!)

01/06/2014 By Michael Hardy

Newsfix

Video: Dream Homes on NewsFix

Take a behind-the-scenes look at our Houston Dream Homes with CW39's NewsFix.

01/03/2014 By Michael Hardy

Preview

Spring Arts Preview

From the FotoFest Biennial to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, there's something for everyone in the next few months.

01/03/2014 By Michael Hardy

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Jan 3–5

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

01/01/2014 By Michael Hardy

Opera

HGO Remembers a Forgotten Russian Opera

Mieczyslaw Weinberg, composer of The Passenger, never lived to see it performed.

12/31/2013 By Michael Hardy

Dream Homes

The Shotgun Shack Is Back

The shotgun cottage is no longer shunned.

12/31/2013 By Michael Hardy

Dream Homes

Houston’s Top Homes

A insider's guide to the greatest houses in the city

12/31/2013 By Michael Hardy and John Lomax

Picks

Top Eight NYE Events

Waited until the last minute to make your evening plans? Here are some suggestions for how to ring in 2014.

12/31/2013 By Michael Hardy

Fine Art

French Impressionist Masterpieces Arrive in Houston

Works from the Clark Art Collection, one of the greatest in the world, arrive at the MFAH this month.

12/26/2013 By Michael Hardy

Exhibition

Japanese American WWII Soldiers Finally Get Their Due

Tens of thousands of Japanese Americans served on the American side in WWII, even while their relatives were being held in internment camps.

12/19/2013 By Michael Hardy

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Dec 20–22

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

12/18/2013 By Michael Hardy

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Dec 13–15

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

12/11/2013 By Michael Hardy

Pop

Review: Beyoncé in Concert

Beyoncé returns to the Toyota Center for the second time in six months to prove why she's America's superhero.

12/11/2013 By Michael Hardy

Concert

Top 10 Weirdest Parts of Saturday Night's Kanye West Concert

Like Kanye himself, the show was big, loud, overwrought, passionate, infuriating, and brilliant.

12/09/2013 By Michael Hardy

Festival

Charles Dickens Comes to Galveston

Dickens on the Strand celebrates its 40th anniversary by expanding into a third evening.

12/05/2013 By Michael Hardy

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Dec 6–8

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

12/04/2013 By Michael Hardy

Parody

Ode on a Kanye West Album

Beauty is awesomeness, awesomeness beauty—that is all Yeezy knows on earth, and all Yeezy needs to know.

12/04/2013 By Michael Hardy

Music

Top 10 Greatest John Williams Compositions

In preparation for his concert with Yo-Yo Ma and the Houston Symphony this week, we present the highlights of composer John Williams's legendary career.

12/02/2013 By Michael Hardy