Arts & Culture
WATCH: The Bufkins’ Christmas Light Tour
Posted on · This year, we take the family behind Pasadena's famed Bufkin's Christmas Wonderland to see the lights!
Visual Art
Arts InSight
WATCH: Tour The Innovative, Intimate Menil Drawing Institute
Posted on · The sleek, natural-light-filled building blends institutional and domestic design.
Houston Matters
How Postcards From WWI Made Their Way From A Battlefield To Houston
Posted on · Dr. Irene Guenther discusses her book, a collection of postcards hand-painted by artist Otto Schubert while fighting The Great War.
Visual Art
Sneak Peek: Menil Drawing Institute Opens This Weekend
Posted on · It’s one of the only buildings in the U.S. dedicated entirely to drawings.
Houston Matters
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Creator Joel Hodgson Gets Back Into Riffing Shape
Posted on · Hodgson celebrates the show's 30th anniversary by dusting off the old red jumpsuit and live-riffing a movie in Houston Saturday.
Houston Matters
Check, Please! How a Web Comic About Hockey and Baking Went Viral
Posted on · Ngozi Ukazu, who grew up in Houston, tells us about her popular hockey-themed web comic, which has now become a graphic novel.
Arts InSight
WATCH: Pay Phones Re-Appear As Third-Ward Time Capsules
Posted on · The nearly obsolete devices have been re-purposed as interactive historical markers.
Arts & Culture
South Houston Gallery Hopes to Become Cultural Hub
Posted on · The San Jacinto College South Campus Gallery hopes to become a cultural destination between the Museum District and Galveston. And they’re going about it in unique ways.
Arts InSight
WATCH: Interactive Exhibition Explores The History Of Human Knowledge at Rice’s Moody Center
Posted on · Artist Matthew Ritchie conceptualizes human history using multimedia and virtual reality.
Houston Matters
How Do You Perform Music That Doesn’t Look Like Music?
Posted on · In a new series of performances, Houston collective Loop38 interprets visual art as music.
Arts & Culture
WATCH: A Look Back at 25 Years of Project Row Houses
Posted on · The community-based organization celebrates a milestone.
News
Is Houston’s Cultural Community Ready for the Next Storm?
Posted on · Workshops aim to help post-Harvey arts community prepare for disasters
Arts & Culture
Rarely Loaned Van Gogh Masterpieces Will Travel to Houston
Posted on · This spring, Houstonians will have a chance to view several Van Gogh paintings and drawings, which they might otherwise have to travel to the Netherlands to see in person.
Houston Matters
Photography Book Gives Houston’s Homeless a Face — and a Voice
Posted on · Photographer Ricky Molnar discusses his book, Homeless of Houston.
Transportation
PARK(ing) Day Brings Out Houstonians’ Creativity as They Imagine New Uses for Urban Spaces
Posted on · The Houston event was part of a worldwide effort that illustrates the amount of space used for vehicles.