Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Jan. 15–17

Blue Man Group plays Jones Hall, DiverseWorks debuts What Shall We Do Next?, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ride into town, Chevron Houston races through the city.

01/13/2016 By Nick Esquer

Day For Night

We Own The Nights

Houston's newest music fest, Day For Night, lights up Silver Street Studios with supersonic sounds and an overload of high tech visual art.

12/25/2015 Photography by William Geoffrey Wood

Q&A

A Good Year of Suffer–ing

Houston's favorite soul band, The Suffers, closes out its best year on a high note at House of Blues.

12/21/2015 By Nick Esquer

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Dec. 18-20

Chvrches in concert, Christmas at Bayou Bend, the Symphony plays Handel's Messiah, Day For Night festival debuts, and rock–climbing dance show Moving Mountains at Texas Rock Gym.

12/16/2015 By Nick Esquer

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Dec. 11-13

The opening of La Virgen de Guadalupe at HMNS, Hitchcock/Truffaut at MFAH, Lights in the Heights returns, The Weeknd at Toyota Center, and Bach Society Houston celebrates the season with Advent Vespers.

12/09/2015 By Nick Esquer

Upcoming Events

Immerse Yourself in the Day For Night Festival

Free Press Summer Fest’s new cold-weather counterpart spares Houstonians the burn.

11/29/2015 By Nick Esquer

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Nov. 27-29

The Nutcracker opens at Houston Ballet, Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet at Houston Symphony, Bower Yusse and Thomas J. Cryan at Blue Willow Bookshop, Reverend Horton Heat at Scout Bar and SonKiss'd Dance performs at Texas Rock Gym

11/25/2015 By Nick Esquer

Pitch Perfect

No Instruments, No Problem

As this year’s Straight No Chaser show nears, we try to lure UH a capella groups into a little smack talk.

11/03/2015 By Nick Esquer

Concert

Strung Out

Rock star cellist Maya Beiser brings her own brand of classical music to Wortham.

09/28/2015 By Nick Esquer

Music

'Tis of Thee

Da Camera opens its season with an ode to Americana music.

09/21/2015 By Katricia Lang

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Sept. 18-20

Ariana Grande in Concert, The wildLIFE Project at HCCC, Groove Fest in Downtown Houston, Yes, Indeed! Music Fest and Elephant Open House at Houston Zoo.

09/16/2015 By Nick Esquer

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Sept. 11-13

Calpulli Mexican Dance Company performs at Wortham, Houston Fine Art Fair returns to NRG Park, HGO previews its new season with its Studio Showcase, Joshua Bell plays with the Symphony, and Ars Lyrica presents Autumn Hunt

09/09/2015 By Nick Esquer

Upcoming Events

Fall Arts Preview 2015: Readings/Concerts

The piano man, the Barefoot Contessa and the musings of a Texas memoirist

09/01/2015 By Nick Esquer

Entertainment

Fall Arts Preview 2015

One (nervous) arts editor’s guide to the fall’s hottest tickets.

09/01/2015 By Nick Esquer

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Aug. 28-30

Ferris Bueller's Day Off at Hotel Derek, Matthew Salesses' reading at Brazos, NobleMotion Dance's Storm Front, Venezuelan violinist Eddy Marcano and 22nd Annual Theater District Open House

08/26/2015 By Nick Esquer

Music News

A Tale of Two Venues

Houston’s live music scene grows with White Oak Music Hall, revamped Fitzgerald’s

08/14/2015 By Jenae Sitzes

Music

Hello, Dollie!

Haley Barnes, lead singer of folksy quintet Dollie Barnes, offers up sweet summer melodies at Fitzgerald's.

08/13/2015 By Nick Esquer

Music

The Second Cut Is the Deepest

Houston dance band Deep Cuts offers up dreamy sounds at Fitzgerald's.

08/06/2015 By Dean Davis

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Aug 7-9

Lowers Dens at CAMH, Sara Paretsky at Brazos Bookstore, rock-filled musical Passing Strange, Shakespeare for kids and Cutthroat Eastside Pop-Up Market

08/05/2015 By Nick Esquer

Music

Sounds of the Summer

Fashionable Topshop brings electronic vibes to Houston with its Endless Summer series.

07/31/2015 By Jenae Sitzes