City Life

DEA agent shot outside Houstonian May 2013

Tranquility Interrupted

Bullets fly in undercover drug sting on grounds of luxury hotel

By Whitney Radley

05.20.13 | 02:06 pm

05.18.13

02:30 pm

Epiphany at the Villa: How a serene retreat of silence turned into a terrifying encounter with God

By Cameron Dezen Hammon

05.18.13

09:30 am

Houston Food Bank partners with local artists on a hunger-fighting mission

By Whitney Radley

05.17.13

01:21 pm

Mystery only deepens around West Texas explosion: Blast compared to Oklahoma City

By Claire St. Amant

A CITYCENTRE getaway: How to spend 36 hours, no matter your travel style

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05.07.13 | 09:00 am

Fashion/Style

The Great Gatsby Tiffany & Co. Deborah Duncan Great Day Houston

KHOU & CultureMap

Diamonds, pearls & 1920s flair mark Tiffany & Co. collection for The Great Gatsby

By Whitney Radley

05.19.13 | 10:30 am

05.17.13

11:33 am

Great Gatsby movie flapper gown can be yours — for a mere $19,000

By Clifford Pugh

05.16.13

07:26 am

Fashion with a conscience: Chan Luu creates jewelry line from a world perspective

By Clifford Pugh

05.15.13

11:52 am

Little Black Dresses wow: The fashion faithful get dramatic at designer awards

By Clifford Pugh

Food/Drink

Vote now!

Mouthwatering matchups: CultureMap's Last Chef Standing bracket challenge needs your vote

By Whitney Radley

05.20.13 | 12:14 pm

05.17.13

12:20 pm

J.J. Watt to be immortalized in a cartoon: Revered steak restaurant looking for caricature artists to line the walls

By Shelby Hodge

05.16.13

01:21 pm

A once-celebrated sushi restaurant goes out of business, leaving a Midtown void

By Tyler Rudick

05.15.13

05:19 pm

Veteran Houston restaurant owner teams up with opera singer on new wine & beer playground

By Whitney Radley

Real Estate

Baptist Temple Church Heights Braun Enterprises

105-year-old congregation

Historic Heights church to be bulldozed as more restaurants and stores move into 19th Street district

By Whitney Radley

05.17.13 | 10:36 am

05.16.13

04:53 pm

A major Houston grocery store is closing as trendier options crop up all around it

By Whitney Radley

05.14.13

10:47 am

Houston art rumblings: Another theater jumps into the renovation craze, trying to update its Rice Village digs

By Joel Luks

05.09.13

12:32 pm

Greenway developer entices apartment dwellers with private dog park, cyber cafe, lap pool

By Whitney Radley

Social Scene

2 Houston Mission of Yahweh May 2013 Heather Hughes, Henry Richardson, Samantha Kennedy, Adele Hartland

Shelby's Social Diary

Singers salute angels of philanthropy with all the right notes at Mission of Yahweh gala

By Shelby Hodge

05.20.13 | 12:55 pm

05.20.13

07:14 am

Guns do good: Shooting competition raises more than $770,000 for children in Houston

By Shelby Hodge

05.19.13

12:00 pm

Music, dance & spoken word from top arts groups highlight Pink at the Brown

By Shelby Hodge

05.18.13

05:00 pm

Library supporters mambo through Clayton House gardens for "Party in the Stacks"

By Shelby Hodge

Sports

Beyond the Boxscore

Reid Ryan a better pick than Nolan Ryan for Astros, but Luhnow still ultimately controls franchise's fate

By Chris Baldwin

05.16.13 | 07:26 pm

05.15.13

02:07 pm

What it really takes to be a pro triathlete: Behind the intense prep for Ironman Texas

By Marlo Saucedo

05.14.13

01:25 pm

No wives, no gala: Astros explain cancellation of Women's Center fundraiser, pledge $18 million for kids

By Shelby Hodge

05.14.13

11:11 am

Astros move to dump "Black Ties and Baseball Caps" a blow to Houston Area Women's Center

By Shelby Hodge

Travel

No baggage?

Making flying sexy: Hooking up at the airport is easy thanks to a new niche dating website

By Allegra Fradkin

05.20.13 | 03:20 pm

05.16.13

02:01 pm

National magazine dubs Houston one of most affordable travel destinations in America

By Whitney Radley

05.16.13

01:43 pm

Punk times are back: New NYC fashion exhibit shows off spiked hair, safety pins and more

By Joseph V. Amodio

05.12.13

02:45 pm

Films from French comedy master inspire dreams of a romantic Paris getaway

By Leslie Loddeke

20 \| may at 5:30 pm	Premium Chilean Wine Tasting
The Tasting Room Wine Café - CityCentre
20 \| may at 7:00 pm	Film screening: Chasing Ice
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
20 \| may at 7:30 pm	Bayou City Concert Musicals presents "Alone Together: The Songs of Arthur Schwartz"
The Performance Centre at The Ensemble Theatre
21 \| may at 6:00 pm	CultureMap Mixers on the Map with SEARCH Homeless Services, Friends for Life, Young Neighbors and Holocaust Museum Houston's Next Generation
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A-List Art Deco	Cool hotel pools for chilling

Lawndale Art Center Houston City Hall JPMorgan Chase Building University of Houston — Downtown Macy's Downtown	Hotel Granduca Four Seasons Hotel Hotel ZaZa The St. Regis Hotel Hotel Sorella, CityCentre Westin Houston Memorial City
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Not-To-Be-Missed Ceviche	Imperiled Architecture

Hugo's Escalante's-Highland Village Cyclone Anaya's Ninfa's on Navigation Pico's Mex-Mex	River Oaks Theatre Alabama Theater Astrodome Rice Museum building Sears
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Free Museum Days	Places to see an art house movie

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	Sundance Cinemas River Oaks Theatre Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Brown Auditorium 14 Pews Alamo Drafthouse Mason Park Rice Media Center AMC Studio 30
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Happy Hour treats	Shops for the Hip H-Town Man

Uchi Benjy's-Washington Alto Pizzeria (Closed) Bistro Bar Brennan's of Houston Fleming's-River Oaks Down House	Mortar Reserve Supply Company Kuhl-Linscomb Billy Reid Hamilton Shirts
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The Bow Wows of Dog Parks	Swell Party Venues

Market Square Park Danny Jackson Family Dog Park Congressman Bill Archer Dog Park Millie Bush Dog Park Discovery Green Ervan Chew Dog Park	The Corinthian Goode's Armadillo Palace Hotel ZaZa Houston House of Blues Houston Hudson Lounge La Colombe d'Or Lucky Strike Lanes
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Test Drives: Today's hottest cars	Late Night Bites

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	Spanish Flowers BB's Cajun Café Frank's Pizza House of Pies Theo's Smith & Wollensky Taqueria La Tapatia
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Cupcake Heaven	Where the NFL/NBA Players Play

Sprinkles Cupcakes Crave Cupcakes Sugarbaby's Cupcake Boutique Ooh La La Dessert Boutique Dessert Gallery-Kirby Celebrity Cupcakes Jodycakes	Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse Vic & Anthony’s Hotel Icon Sushi Raku Yao's Restaurant and Bar at Houston Pavillions (closed)
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Hotel Bar Great Escapes	Indie Coffee Joints

The Bar at La Colombe d’Or Hotel Bar Malatesta Monarch Lounge Monnalisa Vinoteca Line and Lariat	Greenway Coffee Co. Brasil Agora Black Hole Café Catalina Coffee Down House The Coffee Groundz
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Frosty Sno Cone Stands	Quirky Houston attractions

MAM's House of Ice Tampico Tropical Chill Sno Beach	Beer Can House National Museum of Funeral History Orange Show Center for Visionary Art Anderson Fair Glenwood Cemetery
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Gallery Hopping in The Heights	Downtown Watering Holes

Gallery M Squared Hiram Butler Gallery 18 Hands Gallery G Gallery Redbud Gallery	CharBar The Flying Saucer Draught Emporium Hearsay La Carafe McElroy's and Molly's State Bar notsuoH
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