Get sweating

These Summer Arts Activities Are at Least as Interesting as Your Kid's iPad

There are plenty of fun (and often free) ways to get the family out of the house this summer.

06/08/2018 By Holly Beretto

Ice House

This League City Family Is a Little OutDaughtered

The TLC reality show follows the lives of the first surviving set of all-female quintuplets in the country.

05/29/2018 By Emily Tiernan

wildin' out

HGOco's World-Premiere Monkey and Francine in the City of Tigers is a Cross-Cultural Kids Opera Made for Houston

Blend together Bollywood, Ethiopian jazz, traditional opera singers, and plenty of animals, and you have Miller Outdoor Theatre's latest production.

05/02/2018 By Holly Beretto

Ball is Life

This Basketball Poet Just Might Get Your Kid Excited About Verse

Newbery-winning poet Kwame Alexander comes to Houston to talk his new novel, Rebound.

04/19/2018 By Ryan Pait

The Great Outdoors

This Texas Parks & Wildlife Program Makes Camping With Kids a Breeze

Texas Outdoor Family Workshops teach hands-on camping basics.

02/21/2018 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Add to Calendar

52 Weekends of Family Fun

Your year with the youngsters, planned.

12/29/2017 By Katharine Shilcutt

Now Playing

6 Movies Worth Your Christmas Day Ticket Purchase

Let us simplify a decision that is known to tear families apart.

12/22/2017 By Morgan Kinney

School's Out

TUTS' Kid-Friendly Musical Camps Return This Winter Break

Maybe your child is the next Lin-Manuel Miranda. Maybe you need a few hours alone at H-E-B.

11/24/2017 By Laura Furr Mericas

Kid-Friendly

The Top 5 Spots for Family Fun in Sugar Land

From broomball to digging for dinosaurs, there's no shortage of ways to keep the kids entertained in Fort Bend County.

11/14/2017 By Katharine Shilcutt

Houstonia's 2nd Annual Summer Pop Up Shop

They came, they sipped, they strolled and they shopped!

08/15/2017 With Liz Lopez

Get Out

6 Family-Friendly Flicks to Catch Outside This Weekend

BYO blanket and popcorn for these feature films—all screened for free in green spaces across the city.

08/07/2017 By Katharine Shilcutt

"I'm Bored"

6 Family-Friendly Summer Arts Activities

Keep the kids engaged and off the couch this summer while flexing their creative muscles.

05/29/2017 By Brandy Hickey

Family Flick

Meet Bailey Gambertoglio, the Leading Voice in Netflix's Spirit Riding Free

This Texan loves horses on and off the screen.

05/02/2017 By Rafa Farihah

Slideshow

2017 Bayou Art Festival

Art lovers sprinted down to Memorial Park on March 24 - 26 for Bayou City Art Festival.

04/03/2017 With Liz Lopez

DIY

Where to Pick Your Own Fruit This Spring

These five farms offer fresh berries for the picking and much more.

03/24/2017 By Katharine Shilcutt

Family Guide to Florida

Living History: Spending a Day in St. Augustine

The oldest continually inhabited city in the U.S. isn't just interesting for the adults.

01/23/2017 By Jamie Portwood

Family Guide to Florida

The 5 Best Florida Beaches for Families

"There are no bad beaches in Florida," says Dr. Beach ... but these are his favorites.

01/23/2017 By Craig Pittman

Get Out

Where Can You Kayak and Ice Skate with Santa in One Place?

Discovery Green, of course.

12/14/2016 By Katharine Shilcutt

Winter Wonderland

Typhoon Texas Brings the North Pole to Houston with Winterfest

What's a waterpark to do in the winter? Transform itself into an ice paradise, of course.

12/09/2016 By Teresa Rodriguez

Charity

Start Your Engines

Racing to meet the needs of families by raising over $150,000.

10/21/2016