Michael Hardy is the arts editor of Houstonia.

Visual Art

The Art Guys Sell Out (Again)

The Houston performance artists partner with multinational asset management company Brookfield for their latest project. Have they lost their edge?

02/10/2015 By Michael Hardy

breaking news

KTRU Returning to Houston Airwaves

Rice's student-run radio station received an FCC permit today to resume broadcast on a new frequency, 96.1 FM.

02/09/2015 By Michael Hardy

Music

The Houston Blues Museum Finds a Home

A long-awaited tribute to Houston’s rich blues tradition will open in the Fifth Ward this spring.

02/08/2015 By Michael Hardy

Spring Gardening Guide

Houston’s 5 Best Public Gardens

No room or time for a garden of your own? These gardens may inspire you.

02/08/2015 By Michael Hardy

Home-Erotic

(Nude) Pictures at an Exhibition

What began as a Galleria-area woman’s vintage erotica collection has now become a personal museum of prurience.

02/08/2015 By Michael Hardy

Voluntary Constraints

Get Free With a Little Help From Your Friends

In which we try—and fail—to work our way out of Escape Room Houston.

02/08/2015 By Michael Hardy

Crime

HBO Films Takes on Houston’s Favorite (Suspected) Serial Murderer

A new true-crime documentary series explores the life of infamous eccentric Robert Durst.

02/08/2015 By Michael Hardy

picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Feb 6–8

Featuring Jason Moran, John Lewis, Sherlock Holmes, and something called Frostival

02/04/2015 By Michael Hardy

Theatre

These Boots are Made for Walkin’

Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper’s new musical Kinky Boots arrives, both heralded and unsung.

02/04/2015 By Michael Hardy

theater

Sherlock Holmes Takes the Stage at Classical Theatre

Forget Sherlock and Elementary. Here's your chance to see the detective up close and personal.

02/03/2015 By Michael Hardy

Visual Art

Menil's Byzantine Fresco Chapel Reopens, Minus the Frescoes

The now-deconsecrated space will host a series of site-specific installations.

01/30/2015 By Michael Hardy

musical theater

Elton John's Ballet Joins Long Tradition of Rock Music On Stage

The Alberta Ballet's celebrated Love Lies Bleeding comes to Houston this weekend.

01/29/2015 By Michael Hardy

picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Jan 30–Feb 1

The Super Bowl isn't the only game in town this weekend.

01/28/2015 By Michael Hardy

installation

Artist Tara Conley Invites You Into Her Doll House

The sculptor examines issues of gender and childhood in colorful HMAAC installation.

01/27/2015 By Michael Hardy

picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Jan 23–25

Featuring the Harlem Globetrotters, the Come and Take It Comedy Takeover, and Madame Butterfly

01/21/2015 By Michael Hardy

promotion

Never Seen an Opera? Maybe a Half-Price Ticket Will Change Your Mind

Opera in the Heights offers discount tickets to Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito for first-time operagoers

01/20/2015 By Michael Hardy

Visual Art

At Innovative New Gallery, Community Is the Work of Art

Artist Lynne McCabe drew on memories of growing up in working-class Scotland when creating her new Montrose space.

01/19/2015 By Michael Hardy

art

Time to Say Goodbye to the Flower Man's House

After finding high levels of toxic mold, Project Row Houses announces plans to raze house, preserve Cleveland Turner's legacy in other ways.

01/16/2015 By Michael Hardy

dept. of creative promotions

This Weekend, Go Ice Skating at the MFAH

For two days only, a ticket to Monet and the Seine comes with free access to a full-size ice rink.

01/15/2015 By Michael Hardy

art and architecture

MFAH Unveils Ambitious $450 Million Expansion Plan

The plans, by Steven Holl and Lake | Flato, will transform the museum's campus.

01/14/2015 By Michael Hardy