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Top Things to Do This Weekend: June 19-21

A burlesque show, a museum party, Darius Rucker in concert, an art event and an all-day yoga fest

06/17/2015 Edited by Nick Esquer

Design

Street Art Heads Indoors with New Houston Tile Collection

47 local murals are featured in the first-ever collection by La Nova.

06/11/2015 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Museums

Escape the Heat with Houston’s Summer Museum Exhibits

Be cool at these hot shows.

06/08/2015 By Jenae Sitzes

Hyper Local

The Universal Houston Experience on Canvas

A young artist whose paintings explore the city

06/05/2015 By Maggie Berardo Illustrations by Roger Seward

Museum Exhibits

Finding the Kid (and Monster) In All of Us

A cool interactive installation hits the MFAH.

06/01/2015 By Trey Strange

Art Openings

Texas Art & Aesthetics

The ninth annual Texas Aesthetics showing is open.

05/14/2015 By Maggie Berardo

Deals!

Run, Don't Walk: The Art Guys Host 50 Percent Off Sale!

Get your own piece of Houston history.

05/12/2015 By Maggie Berardo

Don't Take the Summer Off

Calling Houston Creatives

Art and acting opportunities on the horizon

05/11/2015 By Maggie Berardo

essay

In Praise of Kitsch

Houston is the town too busy for taste, where the only relevant question is, "Does it look cool?"

05/04/2015 By Cort McMurray

Paint Job

Making Fast Work of the Houston Symphony

The world’s greatest speed painter returns home for a unique musical performance.

05/03/2015 By Michael Hardy

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design

Past and Present Collide in Historic Home Tours

This weekend, peek inside the most interesting historical buildings in Houston and Galveston.

04/30/2015 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

flower power

MFAH Is in Bloom with Renowned Florescence Floral Competition

Trust: you have never seen flowers like this before.

04/28/2015 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

visual art

FotoFest Exhibition Shines Spotlight on Hidden World of Drone Warfare

Sensor features provocative work by six international artists.

04/24/2015 By Michael Hardy

Lecture

When We Designed the Future

Sarah Schleuning on the automobile designers that dared to dream big during the Lawndale Design Fair.

04/15/2015 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: April 17–19

Featuring the CounterCurrent Festival, Die Walküre, and Branford Marsalis

04/15/2015 By Michael Hardy

picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: April 10–12

Featuring the Art Car Parade, Garrison Keillor, and an exhibition of ancient Chinese artifacts

04/08/2015 By Michael Hardy

talks

Famed Installation Artist Michael Petry To Deliver Rice's Campbell Lectures

The London-based artist (and Rice alum) will discuss his career and scholarship over three nights.

04/07/2015 By Michael Hardy

picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: April 3–5

Featuring Talib Kweli, John Biggers and the Dance Salad Festival

04/01/2015 By Michael Hardy

Visual Art

At the CounterCurrent Festival, an Explosion of Art and Violins

First created by Muslims in Central Asia, the violin—now banned in Saudi Arabia—serves as a symbol of tolerance in Ibrahim Quraishi’s new work “Islamic Violins.”

03/30/2015 By Michael Hardy

Archaeology

The Mystery of China’s Lost Civilization: Unusual Artifacts Come to the HMNS

Houston is the only city outside of Sanxingdui to host rare antiquities discovered in a remote area of China.

03/30/2015 By Michael Hardy

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