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Kings battle in Houston: It's Camelot vs. Spamalot, may the best Arthur win

TV drives partners to cheat on their spouses: A new shocking adultery study

Artist Mark Fox manipulates text and blurs lines in If That Then This

Hans Graf's farewell: Hang on to your Wunderhorn, this is Mahler like you've never heard it

City Life

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Secrecy still surrounds Deepwater Horizon oil spill cleanup: Please don't look at those tar balls!

The best city for young families? The Woodlands runs away with that honor in new rankings

Mystery solved: Bizarre mega-aircraft at Hobby Airport is part of Space City's forgotten past

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

Fashion/Style

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Designer Toni Whitaker makes a dramatic comeback after a forced hiatus from fashion

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

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

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

Food/Drink

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What would zombie survivors eat? A must-read blog for foodie fans of The Walking Dead

Max's Wine Dive comes clean on its 2nd Houston restaurant, promises a "unique" surprise

Another longtime sushi restaurant suddenly closes: Is this food craze on the wane?

Big restaurant win: Houston dubbed America's great new food capital by wowed national magazine

Home/Design

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The coolest gifts online: Houston entrepreneur aims to make handmade chic & cheap

Hometown girl turned celeb tastemaker Ronda Rice Carman lets you inside her drawers

Billionaire developer swoops in from NYC to present Decorative Center Stars of Design awards

The design event of the year: Your cheat sheet to Decorative Center Houston's Spring Market

Real Estate

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Defying the demolition craze: New $80 million downtown hotel to save a 102-year-old skyscraper

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

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

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

Social Scene

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

Hot cars, fine watches and beautiful Italian models build LaFerrari anticipation

Spring Fling brings the ladies out to shop, eat and coo over a sweetie designer

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

Sports

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Forget Collin Klein and even Case Keenum, this country music star's son is real impact Texans longshot

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

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

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

Travel

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

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

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

Another win for Southwest Airlines: Nonstop service slated for Washington D.C.

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Brendan is an Austin-based writer and stand-up comedian. He is the co-host (with Duncan Carson) of "The Pop Almanac", a weekly pop culture podcast presented by Culture Map Austin.

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Going Nowhere

NBA Trade Deadline truth: Why Daryl Morey should blow up the Rockets roster and start over

By Brendan K. O'Grady

03.13.12 | 10:17 am

As the NBA trade deadline looms in a season that’s positively raced by thus far, two-thirds of the teams in Texas seem quietly content. The Spurs are, as ever ...

funny money

Bill Maher's new stand-up special brings a first for new media and Obama's Super PAC

By Brendan K. O'Grady

03.03.12 | 9:12 am

Bill Maher is putting his money where his mouth is. The acerbic, politically-inclined comedian and television personality will be coming to Texas Sunday to play San Antonio’s Majestic Theater ...

The Courtside Couch

Does Dirk Nowitzki deserve an 11th All-Star appearance over the likes of Gasol or Millsap?

By Brendan K. O'Grady

02.19.12 | 3:30 pm

The 2012 NBA All-Star Game rosters have been set in advance of next weekend’s festivities, and arguably the biggest surprise in the typically predictable field was the inclusion of ...

Internet activism

Julian Assange and Kim Dotcom: No heroes in the Internet Age

By Brendan K. O'Grady

02.09.12 | 9:15 am

Last month, an uproar surrounding the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act (SOPA/PIPA) managed to divert the course of government restriction of Internet freedom with a groundswell ...

The Courtside Couch

Life without Yao: Can Houston Rockets' Moneyball plan succeed without a franchise player?

By Brendan K. O'Grady

01.21.12 | 3:15 pm

Call it the NBA’s answer to Moneyball. Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey made his reputation as an executive advocate of advanced statistical analysis, a new-school thinker who looked ...

The Courtside Couch

NBA on Christmas: Mavericks vs. the Heat continues a Texas sports tradition

By Brendan K. O'Grady

12.24.11 | 12:33 pm

The weather has turned colder, the leaves are beginning to fall, and turkey may or may not be involved. It’s a veritable sports holiday in the Republic of Texas ...

dream team

Beyond Billy Crystal and more than Eddie Murphy: Examining our fantasy Oscars host

By Brendan K. O'Grady

11.16.11 | 9:15 am

It’s probably safe to say that the Academy Awards telecast has never seen so much pre-show news coverage as it has in 2011. The Oscars first made modest waves ...

Bloodsport as business

George Clooney offers anything but hope in Ides of March: Is Hollywood's No. 1 idealist broken?

By Brendan K. O'Grady

10.15.11 | 3:10 pm

There is a little more than a year until the 2012 Presidential Election, and campaign season is officially in full-swing as the Republican candidates' debates have become a near-weekly fixture ...

Cinematic flair: That's politics

Rick Perry, moviegoer? Campaign ad has traces of Children of Men, 28 Days Later & The Postman

By Brendan K. O'Grady

09.24.11 | 3:50 pm

Lucas Baiano creates epic blockbusters of two minutes or less. It takes a bit longer than their running times to put these films together, it's true, but not by ...

Pop Psychology

Katy Perry's (non-Madonna) influences: Pat Benatar, Blondie & Cyndi Lauper

By Brendan K. O'Grady

07.27.11 | 9:52 am

Ringing alarm bells in some conservative circles of southeast Texas, Katy Perry brings her personal brand of 21st century pop-rock to Houston Friday. Two albums into her career as a ...

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Not-To-Be-Missed Ceviche	Indie Coffee Joints

Hugo's Escalante's-Highland Village Cyclone Anaya's Ninfa's on Navigation Pico's Mex-Mex	Greenway Coffee Co. Brasil Agora Black Hole Café Catalina Coffee Down House The Coffee Groundz
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A-List Art Deco	Free Museum Days

Lawndale Art Center Houston City Hall JPMorgan Chase Building University of Houston — Downtown Macy's Downtown	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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The Bow Wows of Dog Parks	Hotel Bar Great Escapes

Market Square Park Danny Jackson Family Dog Park Congressman Bill Archer Dog Park Millie Bush Dog Park Discovery Green Ervan Chew Dog Park	The Bar at La Colombe d’Or Hotel Bar Malatesta Monarch Lounge Monnalisa Vinoteca Line and Lariat
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Swell Party Venues	Cupcake Heaven

The Corinthian Goode's Armadillo Palace Hotel ZaZa Houston House of Blues Houston Hudson Lounge La Colombe d'Or Lucky Strike Lanes	Sprinkles Cupcakes Crave Cupcakes Sugarbaby's Cupcake Boutique Ooh La La Dessert Boutique Dessert Gallery-Kirby Celebrity Cupcakes Jodycakes
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Gallery Hopping in The Heights	Cool hotel pools for chilling

Gallery M Squared Hiram Butler Gallery 18 Hands Gallery G Gallery Redbud Gallery	Hotel Granduca Four Seasons Hotel Hotel ZaZa The St. Regis Hotel Hotel Sorella, CityCentre Westin Houston Memorial City
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Downtown Watering Holes	Test Drives: Today's hottest cars

CharBar The Flying Saucer Draught Emporium Hearsay La Carafe McElroy's and Molly's State Bar notsuoH	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
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Imperiled Architecture	Where the NFL/NBA Players Play

River Oaks Theatre Alabama Theater Astrodome Rice Museum building Sears	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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Quirky Houston attractions	Shops for the Hip H-Town Man

Beer Can House National Museum of Funeral History Orange Show Center for Visionary Art Anderson Fair Glenwood Cemetery	Mortar Reserve Supply Company Kuhl-Linscomb Billy Reid Hamilton Shirts
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Places to see an art house movie	Happy Hour treats

Sundance Cinemas River Oaks Theatre Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Brown Auditorium 14 Pews Alamo Drafthouse Mason Park Rice Media Center AMC Studio 30	Uchi Benjy's-Washington Alto Pizzeria (Closed) Bistro Bar Brennan's of Houston Fleming's-River Oaks Down House
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Late Night Bites	Frosty Sno Cone Stands

Spanish Flowers BB's Cajun Café Frank's Pizza House of Pies Theo's Smith & Wollensky Taqueria La Tapatia	MAM's House of Ice Tampico Tropical Chill Sno Beach
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05.23.13

11:42 am

Your weekly guide to Houston: Five (plus) don't-miss events — bras and bridesmaids galore!

05.23.13

11:02 am

Rubber duckies rule as young professionals cowboy up at a hot restaurant

05.23.13

10:39 am

New Urban Harvest executive director aims to plant seeds of growth

05.23.13

10:20 am

Houston is getting a new live music restaurant — and it comes with Montrose cred

05.23.13

06:02 am

Hot men, cool cars and cigar girls: This Boys Night Out is beyond sizzling

23 \| may at 5:00 pm	Fresh Arts' Cultured Cocktails 2013
Boheme
23 \| may at 5:00 pm	Tai Chi at the Reflecting Pool with Henderson Smith
Rothko Chapel
23 \| may at 6:00 pm	Bollywood Night Event benefiting The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Proof Bar + Patio
23 \| may at 6:00 pm	Market Street Spring 2013 Concert Series
Market Street, The Woodlands