A Legacy That Lasts

Main Street Theater Celebrates a Half Century in Houston

For five decades, Main Street Theater has nurtured Houston talent, challenged audiences, and built an enduring stage for the city's storytellers.

09/09/2025 By Holly Beretto

Houston originals

Houston’s La Pupusa Loca Is Celebrating 40 Years of Salvadoran Flavor

From Hillcroft Avenue to Gessner Road, this Salvadoran staple has built a Houston pupusa empire—one cheesy bite at a time.

07/25/2025 By Sofia Gonzalez

Celebration

With Half a Century Under Its Belt, Hungry’s Remains a Houston Staple

The next generation of the family-owned business is working to have the restaurants around another 50 years and beyond.

04/16/2025 By Sofia Gonzalez

Felicidades

Picos Celebrates 40 Years with New Agave Festival

Arnaldo Richards reflects on four decades of the Mexican restaurant, and looks to the future with his H-Town Agave Festival.

09/11/2024 By Sofia Gonzalez

Secret Spot

Shining a Light on Armand Bayou Nature Center on 50th Anniversary

The 2,500-acre nature preserve showcases what Houston would’ve looked like if humans never settled here. Why do so few people know it exists?

08/30/2024 By Sofia Gonzalez

Happy Birthday

White Oak Music Hall Celebrates 5 Year Anniversary

The beloved music venue will host a week of celebratory events and a free party for fans.

08/09/2021 By Amarie Gipson

Still "Dreaming of You"

For Selena, on Her 50th Birthday

In honor of the occasion, one Houstonia writer remembers the Queen of Tejano music's final RodeoHouston concert, and the legacy it left behind.

04/16/2021 By Carlos Brandon

Chopped and Screwed Review

Isaac "Chill" Yowman's Visual DJ Screw Tribute, All Screwed Up, Stays on Beat

The word “tribute” perfectly describes this project, which features a combination of scripted drama and animated cut scenes, as well as both classic and new Houston music.

11/16/2020 By Marco Torres

Art You Ready to Party?

Buffalo Bayou Park Celebrates Its Fifth Anniversary with Five Arts Events

The Park's Artful Anniversary runs throughout the month of October.

09/16/2020 By Emma Schkloven

Hold the Curtain

4th Wall Delays the Start of Its 10th Anniversary Season

The new season will begin in January with Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Between Riverside and Crazy.

08/10/2020 By Emma Schkloven

Up in the Sky! It's a Bird! It's a Plane!

Houston’s Warbirds Take to the Sky This Sunday

The Lone Star Flight Museum’s special flyover commemorates the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II.

05/08/2020 By Emma Schkloven

Snapshots From Galaxies Far, Far Away

Scoping Out The Sky: 30 Years of the Hubble Telescope

The world’s most famous telescope celebrates three decades and thousands of images this weekend.

04/24/2020 By Emma Schkloven

Houston, We Have An Anniversary

UPDATED: 7 At-Home Activities To Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 13

Space Center Houston may be closed, but there's still plenty of ways to celebrate NASA's "successful failure."

04/13/2020 By Emma Schkloven

Forever Selena

Remembering Selena on the 25th Anniversary of Her Death

The Queen of Tejano Music is still with us all these years later.

03/31/2020 By Craig Hlavaty

"Oh, you pretty things"

Houston Ballet Staging Company's 150th World Premiere as Part of Forged in Houston

NOTE: This event has been postponed until May due to COVID19.

03/12/2020 By Olivia Flores Alvarez

Of Roses and Spindles

Ben Stevenson’s Landmark Sleeping Beauty Returns to the Stage

Houston Ballet's romantic fairy tale set to Tchaikovsky's thrilling score is sure to enchant.

02/26/2020 By Olivia Flores Alvarez

The Other Sweetest Day

Like Free Cupcakes? Head to Ooh La La

Celebrate 10 years of the beloved bakery with a special treat.

10/17/2017 By Alice Levitt

The Friendly Skies

Ellington Field Celebrates a Century of Flight This Weekend

Houston's first commercial spaceport boasts 100 years of aviation history.

05/08/2017 By Katharine Shilcutt

To Touch the Heart

Lucille's Will Celebrate Its Fourth Birthday With International Dim Sum

Trips to the Asia and the Balkans will influence small plates at the September 13 birthday party.

09/02/2016 By Alice Levitt

Slideshow

The Art of Wishing: Archway Gallery 40th Anniversary

Art lovers gathered for the 40th anniversary of a landmark Texas gallery.

03/28/2016 With Jasmine Fuller

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Anniversaries