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

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

The Must List

Why Untitled Art Fair Chose Houston for Its Next Big Stage

The Miami-born event arrives at the George R. Brown Convention Center this September, featuring 88 exhibitors from five continents—including 11 Houston galleries.

09/18/2025 By Meredith Nudo

Behind the Curtain

NEA Grant Cuts Leave Houston Arts Groups Facing Uncertainty

The loss of NEA dollars is pushing Houston arts groups to rethink how they fund performances, exhibits, and education programs.

09/16/2025 By Holly Beretto

Houston In Color

Queen B Gold, Be Someone Blue, and Queso Yellow: Welcome to Houston's IAH

James Glassman’s H-Tones turns everything from Ninfarita Yellow to Menil Gray into swatches that greet travelers from around the world.

09/12/2025 By Brittany Britto Garley

Amid the Flowers

Craft Meets Community in HCCC’s Artsy, One-of-a-Kind Garden

Learn where dyes, papers, basket-weaving fibers, and other natural craft supplies come from thanks to Houston Center for Community Craft’s incredible collection of over 70 plants.

08/26/2025 By Meredith Nudo

Dolla Dolla Bills

Houston Creatives Balance and Blend Their Day Jobs with Their Art

Being an artist can be financially precarious even for the most talented, but these creators show it’s possible to thrive even as they pursue careers elsewhere.

06/26/2025 By Meredith Nudo

The Must List

This Free Crafting Event Delights Houstonians Every Month

Hands On Houston at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft provides up to 400 visitors with free supplies and lessons.

06/17/2025 By Meredith Nudo

Gumshoeing

Will the Owner of Mark W. Spencer’s Border Storm Please Stand Up?

The neo-surrealist artist hasn’t seen his seven-foot painting since 1993, and the story of its mysterious life seems to have dead-ended in Houston.

05/21/2025 By Meredith Nudo

Plan My Weekend

Our Guide to the Best Weekend Ever in Houston

This weekend we’re exploring Houston’s biodiversity and chilling to jazz.

04/24/2025 By Uvie Bikomo

H-Town Till We Drown

150+ Reasons to Love Houston

Why we’re still totally in love with (and committed to) the Bayou City.

04/11/2025 By Emma Balter, Uvie Bikomo, Sofia Gonzalez, and Meredith Nudo

Best Medicine

In Houston, Art and Medicine Work Together

A city powered by both the sciences and the arts has led to medical professionals pursuing both career paths.

02/13/2025 By Meredith Nudo

Civic Minded

Discovery Green’s Art Lab Provides an Education in Public Art

Houston artists receive mentorship on how to design and develop civic art in a new fellowship program intended to beautify the city while keeping it local.

02/03/2025 By Meredith Nudo

The Must List

ReelAbilities Houston Returns to Elevate Artists with Disabilities

The annual event, now in its 12th year, will fill the city with disability-centered art, music, film, education, and advocacy for three weeks in February.

01/31/2025 By Meredith Nudo

Down South

Project Row Houses’ Biennials Change the Gallery Game

Every two years, the museum showcases the best of the best artists from the South in its Southern Survey Biennial.

01/28/2025 By Meredith Nudo

Gates of Heaven

The Rothko Chapel’s Restoration Has a Long Road Ahead

The paintings damaged by Hurricane Beryl opened up critical conversations about the arts and climate change, but also inspired some touching community outreach.

01/15/2025 By Meredith Nudo