Controversial African art collection once housed by Harris County...
Approximately 1,400 pieces of artwork owned by Sam Njunuri are set to be auctioned as part of a nearly $990,000 judgement against Njunuri. The collection was at one point being stored by the office of...
View ArticleLooking to make last-minute travel plans from Houston for the solar eclipse?...
Hotel rooms and airfare into the path of totality are becoming more and more scarce ahead of next Monday's total solar eclipse, and in some cases travel prices are skyrocketing.
View ArticleHouston staple El Tiempo Cantina to open Dallas-area location across from...
The restaurant staple will occupy a space in the Choctaw Stadium in Arlington, the former home of the Texas Rangers.
View ArticleHouston Livestock Show and Rodeo announces dates for 2025
The annual rodeo at NRG Park will be held from March 4-23 next year. This year's event, which concluded March 17, drew more than 2.55 million visitors.
View ArticleThe Full Menu: Houston’s best places for Middle Eastern and Mediterranean food
In this month's installment of The Full Menu, food writers discuss their favorite places for Middle Eastern and Mediterranean food in Greater Houston.
View ArticleEmmanuel Chavez of Houston restaurant Tatemó named as finalist for 2024 James...
Chavez, 34, is in the running for Best Chef in Texas. Last year Tatemó was a finalist for Best New Restaurant, a nationwide category.
View ArticleAs the Art Car Museum closes, the Art Car Parade remains as popular as ever
We discuss this year's parade with The Orange Show's Tommy Ralph Pace, and this year's Grand Marshal, Saint Arnold Brewery's Brock Wagner.
View ArticleCourt-ordered auction of controversial African art scrapped after collection...
About 1,400 pieces of African art, which once were in the possession of Harris County Precinct 1 Commissioner Rodney Ellis, were set to be sold Thursday morning as part of a nearly $990,000 court...
View ArticleSolar eclipse 2024: Houston residents should expect traffic delays if heading...
Significant traffic impacts are expected across Texas before, during and after Monday's total solar eclipse, according to both TxDOT and DPS, with the state expected to get up to a million or so...
View ArticleI SEE U, Episode 113: The Legendary Keith David: “Acting Is My Ministry”
Award-winning actor Keith David sits down with I SEE U to discuss his lifelong passion for acting, in a career spanning nearly five decades.
View ArticleWill the plants in our gardens notice the solar eclipse?
Meg Tapp from The Garden Club of Houston answers that and other gardening questions from Houston Matters listeners.
View ArticleCloudy skies won’t ruin the solar eclipse for budding physicists
A group of UH physics students go ahead with experiments, despite the weather.
View ArticleMontrose-area home of ‘Reality Bites’ fame set to be demolished
The vacant building at 409 W. Clay St. was one of three neighboring four-plexes purchased in 2022 by Aim Star Investments. All three are being demolished, including the one featured in the 1994...
View ArticleEpisode 217: Ars Lyrica Houston
Ars Lyrica performs works by Scarlatti, Vivaldi, and Purcell.
View ArticleHouston’s Art Car Parade festivities are underway. Here’s what to know
Festivities for this year's art car parade and festival kick off on Thursday in Houston. The Orange Show's 37th annual Houston Art Car Festival and Parade will take to the downtown streets on Saturday...
View ArticleWhite Linen Night 2024: Tickets will be required for 19th Street portion of...
There will be an admission charge for the outdoor party on West 19th Street, where Houston's White Linen Night celebration originated in 2006, for the first time this year. An organizer for the Aug. 3...
View ArticleOJ Simpson, fallen football hero acquitted of murder in ‘trial of the...
Orenthal James Simpson "succumbed to his battle with cancer" on Wednesday, according to a family statement on social media.
View ArticleDrake dismissed from Astroworld Festival litigation, while Apple among those...
A judge in Harris County has yet to rule on a request by Travis Scott, who headlined the deadly Houston concert in November 2021, to be removed from a series of civil lawsuits filed by the victims....
View ArticleThe Houston Symphony presents Medieval songs of love, fortune… and drinking
Houston Matters explores the history and cultural impact of Carl Orff's epic work, "Carmina Burana."
View ArticleWriter Elizabeth Acevedo on the ways we pass down ‘Family Lore’— and why we...
The National Book Award-winning author of "The Poet X" talks about her latest novel ahead of an appearance in Houston on April 15.
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