Houston Restaurant Weeks extended through Sept. 30 to benefit businesses...
With the extension, restaurants will only need to donate $1 per meal sold to benefit the food bank.
View ArticleThe stories of Gulfton are celebrated through public art
We learn about the Gulfton Story Trail and its importance to the neighborhood.
View ArticleThe Houston Zoo’s new “Birds of the World” exhibit opens Friday
The new exhibit features birds from three different regions of the world, and is part of the Zoo's "Keeping our World Wild Centennial Capital Campaign" that launched in 2017.
View ArticleDodging rain and gloom? Maybe check out a little dance!
Dance Afrikana and the Houston Black Dance Collective present the inaugural Houston Black Dance Festival this weekend.
View ArticleFrom a downtown soda shop, Rosenberg woman preserves part of the town’s history
Renee Butler opened Another Time Soda Fountain & Cafe in 2003 after her then-husband purchased the building to restore it. She hired an interior designer to style the space with a 1920s and 1930s...
View ArticleHoustonian Pet Peeves: Gripes about the quality of Houston restaurant tortillas
Each month, Houston Matters welcomes your complaints about the things that make your life in Houston a little less than it could be.
View ArticlePat Green suggests waiting until you’re forty to start writing songs
The Texas country music star discusses his career and creative process ahead of his visit to Houston this Friday.
View ArticleThe Full Menu: Great places in Houston for small plates and dishes to share
In this month's installment of The Full Menu, food writers discuss their favorite restaurants in Houston to get small plates and dishes to share.
View ArticleImagine the pressure of playing a notable figure like Ruth Bader Ginsburg in...
Actress Michelle Azar discusses her role as the late Supreme Court Justice in a new play on stage at the Hobby Center tomorrow and Friday.
View ArticlePickles and pickle-flavored foods are having a moment, including in Kingwood...
Houston Matters learns more about some of the unusual pairings of pickle flavor available Saturday at the fifth annual In a Pickle Festival.
View ArticleCampaign aims to help restaurants weather climate disasters
The James Beard Foundation is hosting an event in Houston this week connected to its campaign to bring together business owners, famers, and policy makers to help restaurateurs and confront the...
View ArticleHistoric River Oaks Theatre set to reopen in October
The theatre closed in 2021, but in 2022 it was bought by Culinary Khancepts and Star Cinema Grill.
View ArticleHouston Ballet’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ is no Disney love story
Acclaimed choreographer John Neumeier talks about this more haunting version of Hans Christian Andersen's 1837 fairy tale, which Neumeier first adapted in 2005 to mark the 200th anniversary of...
View ArticleMeow Wolf Houston to open on Halloween; ‘explorable radio station’ featured...
Tickets go on sale Oct. 1 with doors opening Oct. 31. Pre-sale tickets are available Meow Wolf subscribers or season ticket holders.
View ArticlePoet Ayokunle Falomo wrestles with ‘placelessness’ and his sense of self in...
Falomo, who moved to Houston from Nigeria when he was 17, says he feels like he doesn't fully belong in either place. That's a topic he meditates on in his new collection, "Autobiomythography of."
View Article15 Houston area Hispanic Heritage Month 2024 events for you to check out
Originating from Hispanic Heritage Week in 1968 under the President Lyndon B. Johnson administration to honor and celebrate the Hispanic and Latino contributions to the U.S., the commemoration grew...
View ArticleFrom a take on Galveston’s Jack Johnson, to voicing Darth Vader: We remember...
Houston Matters host Craig Cohen and film critic Joe Leydon remember their favorite films and performances featuring the legendary actor with an unforgettable voice.
View ArticleIconic Houston-area Showboat Drive-in will host its final screenings this...
The Theater first opened in 2005 and also served as a graduation venue for several local high schools during the COVID Pandemic.
View Article‘The Latino Vote’ isn’t monolithic, but it is a new play mocking the...
Houston-born playwright Bernardo Cubría talks about his new comedy, "The Hispanic / Latino / Latina / Latinx / Latine Vote," which is making its world premiere through Oct. 6 at Stages Houston.
View ArticleDavid Cross is known for quirky characters, but would gladly trade it all to...
The comedian, known for shows like "Arrested Development," "Mr. Show," and numerous movies, brings his latest standup tour to Houston on Sept. 24.
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