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Summer Fest Day One reflects more than music, mimics Houston's unzoned spirit

Celebrate Kanye's Tweets, synchronized cats, a year at Disneyland and more

Beyoncé's next role: Joining Colin Farrell as an animated queen in Epic

"Gold on the Ceiling" (and in Curt Schilling's bank account), marker murals and more

City Life

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Summer mystery: Why is the water hose always in a twisted pile?

Rise of the Wortham Theater Center: How it all began

Empty bowls means full stomachs: Craft gathering raises funds to feed 200,000

A dinosaur lover's dream: Inside the Houston Museum of Natural Science's new Hall of Paleontology

Fashion/Style

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Fashion show stops traffic on Westheimer — all for a good cause

Hanging on a Thread: Heights children's boutique deepens its community bond with story time

Fun, frenzy & the Harlem Shuffle as H&M opens in Baybrook Mall

Galleria shakeup: Henri Bendel heads to Houston as Christian Dior exits and Louis Vuitton expands

Food/Drink

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A fresh martini for a digital cowboy: Shaking it with Michael Garfield, the High-Tech Texan

Get ready to make your own beer: Café Luz closes to become Project Brew

National Doughnut Day has long-standing history of bravery: Vote for Houston's best donut

Small plates make a big move: Tapas restaurant taking over Berripop space in Uptown Park

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Urban pioneers wanted for this 2,100 sq.ft. bungalow located where doves coo and roosters crow

Get 'em while they're hot: Starbucks Texas-themed debit cards are a big hit

Arts hub or hip grocery store? Renderings of Independent Arts Collaborative space have an industrial edge

Composting 101: It's not that hard to get started & environmental benefits are great

Real Estate

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The case for the Imperial Sugar Mill Apartments: Development will preserve history and improve amenities, city official vows

Urban pioneers wanted for this 2,100 sq.ft. bungalow located where doves coo and roosters crow

The birthplace of Houston grows up: Inside the delicate transformation of the East End

Highland Tower is puttin' on the Ritz: Galleria condos go for real estate wows

Social Scene

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With dancing nudes summoning aliens and tequila flowing, Ballroom Marfa benefit rocked

Space Center Houston fans celebrate at Clear Lake mansion as shuttle replica sails to new home

Billy Reid opens new store with laid-back frat party bash featuring Hayes Carll and a roasted pig

Young professionals, food trucks and an art frolic rock at "Night Vision 3 — A Festival of Art"

Sports

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Houston's NBA Draft Lottery nightmare continues: Daryl Morey is the unluckiest man in America

Dynamo taking on soccer royalty: New stadium-lured Valencia is best team Houston's ever played

The greatest lawn game of them all? Forget Frisbee and get your Kubb on

David Beckham does Houston: Hot female fans, underwear talk, ref bashing, pink shoes and a big L

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Thanks to Anna Wintour, new Met exhibit stages "impossible" conversation between very shy Prada and very dead Schiaparelli

$1 to Dallas? Megabus hits Texas with fancy buses and super-low fares

United keeps bullying Houston? Airline employee feels massive job cuts are being made in anger

Houston City Council approves Southwest bid for Hobby expansion in lopsided vote

Music Matters

Summer Fest Day One mimics Houston's unzoned spirit

Good Cause

Empty bowls raises funds to feed 200,000

movie mania

Beyoncé's next role: Animated queen in Epic

Runway funway

Fashion show stops traffic on Westheimer — all for a good cause

By Clifford Pugh / Jun 2, 2012
Summer Fest 2012

Summer Fest Day One reflects more than music, mimics Houston's unzoned spirit

By Reid Schroder / Jun 3, 2012
Silver anniversary memories

Rise of the Wortham Theater Center: How it all began

By Carl Cunningham / Jun 2, 2012
Shelby's Social Diary

West Texas good time:Dancing nudes summon aliens at Ballroom Marfa benefit

By Shelby Hodge / Jun 2, 2012

Bottoms up! Video A fresh martini for a digital cowboy: Shaking it with Michael Garfield, the High-Tech Texan

Joel Luks: Your weekly guide to Houston: Summer Fest rules, a gluten-free celebrity chef teaches & accordions rock

Shelby Hodge: Olivia Newton John brings poodle skirts back to H-Town, Katsuya becomes the Texans' hangout and a historic house turns 100

Joseph Campana: Behind the art scenes: Gary Tinterow's own private MFAH is a place to save face

Marene Gustin: Why Texas watermelon is No. 1: Chefs delight in showcasing the state's top crop with summer wows

Cynthia Neely: The craziest thing about Comicpalooza? Weird people watching & ghost hunters cede to serious networking

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Prada & Schiaparelli talk in dazzling Met exhibit

By Joseph V. Amodio

Food/Drink

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Get the glaze on: Vote for Houston's best donut

By Michael Graupmann

City Life

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Inside the Houston Museum of Natural Science's new Hall of Paleontol...

By Whitney Radley

Food/Drink

Café Luz closes to become Project Brew

By Sarah Rufca

Travel

Megabus hits Texas with fancy buses and super-low fares

By Erin Schwarz

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City Life

Hidden Houston

Business talk: Accion Texas nurtures non-bankable small business entrepreneurs

By Houston's Voice Correspondent

06.03.12 | 01:30 pm

06.03.12

09:45 am

Am I still Jewish if I'm Christian? An identity crisis reemerges on my daughter's last day of school

By Cameron Dezen Hammon

06.03.12

08:30 am

Summer mystery: Why is the water hose always in a twisted pile?

By Katie Oxford

06.01.12

02:32 pm

Oh, what a sight! Shuttle replica makes its way to Johnson Space Center

By Clifford Pugh

From wine and cheese to tacos and cerveza, new restaurants making Kings Harbor home

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By Promoted Series Correspondent

04.12.12 | 11:08 am

Fashion/Style

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Off the Cuff

New York City Southern belle Tinsley Mortimer talks tattoos and Southern Charm

By Lindley Arnoldy

06.03.12 | 02:45 pm

06.01.12

05:56 am

Hanging on a Thread: Heights children's boutique deepens its community bond with story time

By Whitney Radley

05.31.12

04:56 pm

Fun, frenzy & the Harlem Shuffle as H&M opens in Baybrook Mall

By Erin Schwarz

05.31.12

12:46 pm

Galleria shakeup: Henri Bendel heads to Houston as Christian Dior exits and Louis Vuitton expands

By Clifford Pugh

CITYCENTRE lives green: From organic restaurants to fab shopping finds, it's an eco land

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By Promoted Series Correspondent

04.27.12 | 11:38 am

Home/Design

On the Market

Urban pioneers wanted for this 2,100 sq.ft. bungalow located where doves coo and roosters crow

By Shelby Hodge

06.01.12 | 07:31 am

05.26.12

02:02 pm

Get 'em while they're hot: Starbucks Texas-themed debit cards are a big hit

By Clifford Pugh

05.24.12

01:48 pm

Arts hub or hip grocery store? Renderings of Independent Arts Collaborative space have an industrial edge

By Joel Luks

05.19.12

08:30 am

Composting 101: It's not that hard to get started & environmental benefits are great

By Tiffany Harelik

Real Estate

Sugar Land tussle

The case for the Imperial Sugar Mill Apartments: Development will preserve history and improve amenities, city official vows

By Whitney Radley

06.02.12 | 10:00 am

06.01.12

07:31 am

Urban pioneers wanted for this 2,100 sq.ft. bungalow located where doves coo and roosters crow

By Shelby Hodge

05.31.12

02:21 pm

The birthplace of Houston grows up: Inside the delicate transformation of the East End

By Houston's Voice Correspondent

05.27.12

08:32 am

Highland Tower is puttin' on the Ritz: Galleria condos go for real estate wows

By Whitney Radley

Social Scene

A homecoming, of sorts

Space Center Houston fans celebrate at Clear Lake mansion as shuttle replica sails to new home

By Shelby Hodge

06.01.12 | 05:00 pm

06.01.12

11:18 am

Billy Reid opens new store with laid-back frat party bash featuring Hayes Carll and a roasted pig

By Shelby Hodge

05.31.12

10:21 am

Young professionals, food trucks and an art frolic rock at "Night Vision 3 — A Festival of Art"

By Shelby Hodge

05.30.12

12:49 pm

Dinosaurs rule at dinner party for major donors to Houston Museum of Natural Science

By Shelby Hodge

Sports

No. 14 — again

Houston's NBA Draft Lottery nightmare continues: Daryl Morey is the unluckiest man in America

By Chris Baldwin

05.30.12 | 08:01 pm

05.30.12

04:27 pm

Dynamo taking on soccer royalty: New stadium-lured Valencia is best team Houston's ever played

By David Theis

05.27.12

03:58 pm

The greatest lawn game of them all? Forget Frisbee and get your Kubb on

By Reid Schroder

05.25.12

01:53 pm

Buy it like Beckham: Dynamo need to use new stadium money to purchase a true star

By David Theis

Travel

1,300 Gone

United keeps bullying Houston? Airline employee feels massive job cuts are being made in anger

By Sarah Rufca

05.31.12 | 01:31 pm

05.30.12

11:50 am

Houston City Council approves Southwest bid for Hobby expansion in lopsided vote

By Whitney Radley

05.29.12

02:59 pm

Is Denver the big winner in United-Southwest-Hobby spat? Houston-New Zealand nonstop up in the air

By Clifford Pugh

05.29.12

01:38 pm

Pleasure Pier draws huge crowds, Mardi Gras talk and promises of roller coasters to come

By Karen Burd

6.2

The case for the Imperial Sugar Mill Apartments: Development will preserve history and improve amenities, city official vows

6.1

Urban pioneers wanted for this 2,100 sq.ft. bungalow located where doves coo and roosters crow

6.2

Thanks to Anna Wintour, new Met exhibit stages "impossible" conversation between very shy Prada and very dead Schiaparelli

6.2

Rise of the Wortham Theater Center: How it all began

5.29

In bid for top European & American designers, Fashion Houston moves its date

5.26

Wortham Theater Center's milestone celebrated at Houston Ballet opening night

5.29

What are you reading? Carrie Fisher loves Henry Miller's raw language — and hates eReaders

5.21

In new book, Friday Night Lights author Buzz Bissinger details complicated relationship with special son

5.14

The case that decriminalized being gay: Flagrant Conduct author sheds light on landmark fight

6.3

Business talk: Accion Texas nurtures non-bankable small business entrepreneurs

5.31

The birthplace of Houston grows up: Inside the delicate transformation of the East End

5.28

The hidden history of Midtown and what it means for an ambitious area's future

6.1

Hanging on a Thread: Heights children's boutique deepens its community bond with story time

5.7

The UH bodybuilder tycoon: Lee Labrada pumps up a thriving business of sports supplements

4.16

An IT kingpin who rocks: CEO Jack Brandt goes from Sixth Street to the boardroom

4 \| jun at 10:00 am	Eighth Annual Impact A Hero Golf Challenge
Champions Golf Club
4 \| jun at 6:30 pm	Recipe for Success' June Chef Surprise: Chef David & Kenji from Katsuya
Recipe House
4 \| jun at 7:30 pm	2012 Texas Music Festival Jazz Project "Traditions in Transition"
Annenberg Presidential Conference Center at Texas A&M University
4 \| jun at 7:30 pm	Thunderclap Productions Previews: Rum and Vodka
Various Locations

Where the NFL/NBA Players Play	Gallery Hopping in The Heights

Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse Vic & Anthony’s Hotel Icon Sushi Raku Yao's Restaurant and Bar at Houston Pavillions	Gallery M Squared Hiram Butler Gallery 18 Hands Gallery G Gallery Redbud Gallery
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Swell Party Venues	Cool hotel pools for chilling

The Corinthian Goode's Armadillo Palace Hotel ZaZa Houston House of Blues Hudson Lounge La Colombe d'Or Lucky Strike Lanes	Hotel Granduca Four Seasons Hotel Hotel ZaZa The St. Regis Hotel Hotel Sorella
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Quirky Houston attractions	Frosty Sno Cone Stands

Beer Can House National Museum of Funeral History Orange Show Center for Visionary Art Anderson Fair Glenwood Cemetery	MAM's House of Ice Tampico Tropical Chill Sno Beach
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Hotel Bar Great Escapes	Not-To-Be-Missed Ceviche

The Bar at La Colombe d’Or Hotel Bar Malatesta Monarch Lounge Monnalisa QBar Line and Lariat	Hugo's Escalante's-Highland Village Samba Grille Cyclone Anaya's Ninfa's on Navigation Pico's Mex-Mex
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Indie Coffee Joints	Downtown Watering Holes

Greenway Coffee Co. Brasil Agora Black Hole Café Catalina Coffee Down House The Coffee Groundz	CharBar The Flying Saucer Draught Emporium Hearsay La Carafe McElroy's and Molly's notsuoH State Bar
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Late Night Bites	The Bow Wows of Dog Parks

Spanish Flowers BB's Cajun Café Frank's Pizza House of Pies Theo's Smith & Wollensky La Tapatia Taqueria	Market Square Park Danny Jackson Family Dog Park Congressman Bill Archer Dog Park Millie Bush Dog Park Discovery Green Ervan Chew Dog Park
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Shops for the Hip H-Town Man	Free Museum Days

Mortar Reserve Supply Company Kuhl-Linscomb Billy Reid Hamilton Shirts	The Menil Collection Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Houston Museum of Natural Science Children's Museum of Houston Holocaust Museum Houston Blaffer Art Museum
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A-List Art Deco	Imperiled Architecture

Lawndale Art Center Houston City Hall JPMorgan Chase Building University of Houston — Downtown Macy's Downtown	River Oaks Theatre Alabama Theater Astrodome Rice Museum building Sears
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Happy Hour Feasts	Cupcake Heaven

Alto Pizzeria Benjy's-Washington Bistro Bar Brennan's of Houston Fleming's-River Oaks Indika RA Sushi	Sprinkles Cupcakes Crave Cupcakes Sugarbaby's Cupcake Boutique Ooh La La Dessert Boutique Dessert Gallery-Kirby Celebrity Cupcakes Jodycakes
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Test Drives: Today's hottest cars	Places to see an art house movie

Formula One technology hits the streets: A sneak peek at McLaren's new supercar Revving up summer in the 2011 Chevy Camaro convertible: Does the top down love stack up? A sporty new Range Rover that's big on style: CultureMap previews the new Evoque The Ford Mustang GT convertible is the original pony car, but is it the best? An exotic tour of the town with Houston Motor Club: Inside the culture of hot car swapping Volvo S60 T5 strives to be a little naughty, but with nifty features it sure is nice The comeback kid: Chrysler experiences a renaissance with the 200 and 300	River Oaks Theatre Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Brown Auditorium 14 Pews Alamo Drafthouse West Oaks Rice Media Center AMC Studio 30
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