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Danielle Bradbery's amazing Voice win hits home — and now League City wants a piece

Big change at MFAH: Rich Kinder elected new chairman of renowned museum's board

The Heights' feel-good yarn art is destroyed by a vicious old woman vandal: This happened

Drake dials up the arrogance for his new concert tour — and Houston is in his cross hairs

City Life

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Bikini Season 101: How to stay sane and love your hot body — no fat questions allowed

A hybrid that actually looks good? Lexus shakes up the gas-saving game with its CT 200h

Teenage lifeguard drowns while trying to prove his underwater swimming prowess in Katy

Hazmat suit team pulls off a bold Woodlands jewelry store robbery: They got it at Jared (quickly)

Fashion/Style

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The hottest looks for summer: Ditch that boring, basic black for summer pastels

Who needs high heels to be sexy? 10 wedges that will blow away any boring shoe notions

Must-shop Houston boutiques: Break free of the chains to shop local

H&M partners with hip Paris designer for new collection

Food/Drink

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In-N-Out Burger threatens a high-end Houston chef in burger flap — and the response is hilarious

How Texas' new beer laws are changing the local craft beer scene: Everything you need to know

Houston bar king rails against spirit rep "hookers" and other Big Liquor games

New Midtown bar promises to serve only "American" craft beer: Is the USA, USA chant next?

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Color your world: Sofas in bold shades are among popular new furniture trends

Bayou Planting Guide helps your garden grow: Five foolpoof plants that thrive in the Houston climate

Inside The Tinderbox: New craft shop emerges amid the restaurants and bars of Mid-Main

Inside great designer homes: Lifestyle blogger Ronda Rice Carman gives everyone house envy

Real Estate

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Houston home sales break an all-time record: Has a white-hot market reached its peak?

Galveston ups its luxury game: New multi-million homes to include private helipad access

Mansion fever grips the real estate market: Is a $200 million home on the way?

A $6.7 million party house? Six bedrooms, a Zen vibe and not your ordinary design up the cool factor

Social Scene

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A red letter night at the Louvre with Diana Ross and Princess Charlotte brings in $3 million

Murder, super powerful Texas women and liver transplants all touch the Houston party scene

Young professionals raise a glass to Houston Ballet finale — and to never growing up

Party in Paris: Gypsy Queens rock Luxembourg Palace but Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes won't sing

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Johnny Manziel has a point on College Station: Is Twitter or the truth hurting Texas A&M?

Racists on Twitter taught a lesson by the NBA Finals 11-year-old National Anthem hero

Astrodome debate continues: 19 ideas for redo; nominated to National Register of Historic Places

Ed Reed stands up to Obama: Questioning his heart is absurd — Houston fans should know better

Travel

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United Airlines ups the Dreamliner ante, orders more new stretch planes — and look at that fuel burn

Galveston to get a new bridge? Historic old bridge seen as an economic block

With love from Paris, romantics lock up a controversial new tradition on Seine bridge

Carmen Electra's boobs to be bronzed for breastaurant Hall of Fame: You're surprised?

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Summer Fest Wraps

Best of Free Press Summer Fest: Mavis Staples sizzles, Mayor Parker dances, crowd surfers scale fence

By Reid Schroder

06.03.13 | 6:24 am

Five Years. That’s how long Free Press Summer Fest has been in existence, and coincidentally, that’s almost exactly how long it’s been since I’ve made this ...

Houston's Music Festival

The ultimate guide to Free Press Summer Fest's food: Eat like a rock star

By Reid Schroder

05.31.13 | 3:57 pm

So what is your plan for eating and drinking this weekend at Free Press Summer Fest, Houston? Are you going to throw down a blanket, take your shoes off, and ...

The Showman

Like a Bono who champions Texas cowgirls, charismatic Luke Bryan surprises RodeoHouston fans

By Reid Schroder

03.17.13 | 6:40 am

Towards the middle of Luke Bryan's performance on Saturday night, the man threw a guitar pick towards the sold-out crowd, but it landed a good thirty yards away from ...

Easy Going

The real deal: Kenny Chesney's genuine performance is one of RodeoHouston's best

By Reid Schroder

03.13.13 | 6:42 am

This story says it all: When the gates to Reliant Stadium's exclusive dirt-level chute seats opened at the start of the Kenny Chesney show Tuesday night at RodeoHouston, a ...

Popular Country

Jason Aldean entertains rowdy RodeoHouston Spring Break crowd with lots of his No. 1 hits

By Reid Schroder

03.12.13 | 6:52 am

I am happy to report that Rodeo Houston is alive and well, two weeks in. The paid concert attendance has not dropped below 71,000 since last Thursday, and Monday ...

Eclectic mix of songs

Zac Brown Band's modern take on Southern rock and soul energizes lively rodeo crowd

By Reid Schroder

03.01.13 | 6:43 am

A cow got loose during a cutting horse competition in Reliant Arena early Thursday afternoon, and nobody got hurt. It took some very capable officials quite a bit of time ...

Country Fever

A cooler Johnny Drama: Gary Allan brings intensity, fun and crazy looks to all-out Rodeo show

By Reid Schroder

02.27.13 | 6:32 am

The sound was off in the press box. Earlier in the evening, I had wandered around Reliant Stadium, taking in the sights and the sounds of a typical Tuesday night ...

Opening night fun

Toby Keith kicks off RodeoHouston with muted show that is heavy on the hits

By Reid Schroder

02.26.13 | 6:45 am

The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is indeed back in town. I can't help but get hooked on Texas when I step inside the gates of Reliant Stadium in ...

For The Record

Cody Canada on making real Southern rock, Latin wordplay and giving up radio

By Reid Schroder

12.06.12 | 12:57 pm

Cody Canada makes rock music. If you want to get specific, Cody Canada makes good, honest, warts-and-all Southern rock, with a little bit of Texas country sprinkled throughout. That’s ...

In The Moonlight

Bob Schneider and the Tosca String Quartet explore new territory in holiday-themed show

By Reid Schroder

11.30.12 | 7:35 am

Until recently, I've fallen into the trap of overlooking large chunks of Bob Schneider’s career. As a music fan, I hope this is understandable, if not forgivable. After ...

Worth The Wait

Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder falls hard for Houston, wins over patient fans in hot-ticket solo night

By Reid Schroder

11.13.12 | 9:57 am

If you were driving down Louisiana Street on Monday evening, you might have noticed an unusual throng of flannel-clad twenty- and thirtysomethings milling around Jones Hall. Though not a typical ...

Music Matters

Fire in the Kitchen's Aaron Blackerby talks Texas cuisine & the band's seat-of-their-pants style

By Reid Schroder

06.16.12 | 6:40 am

Nine months ago, San Antonio/Corpus Christi native Aaron Blackerby decided to make some music. His philosophy was simple, “record an album, and then gig to promote it.” The musician ...

Behind the Strings

Not your Washington Ave scene: Houston lounge spotlights songwriters for a unique vibe

By Reid Schroder

06.06.12 | 12:27 pm

There’s a scene in the 1965 documentary Don’t Look Back that highlights the friendly rivalry between two songwriters during Bob Dylan’s 1965 England tour. In this scene ...

Summer Fest 2012

Summer Fest Day Two: Fighting the collective hangover with musical energy and a friendly waterboy

By Reid Schroder

06.04.12 | 5:00 am

Two short scenes from Free Press Summer Fest on Sunday that defined the weekend for me: Scene One: It’s toward the end of Robert Ellis’ 1:30 p.m ...

Summer Fest 2012

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

By Reid Schroder

06.03.12 | 6:22 am

There is an elevated walkway above Allen Parkway near the east entrance of Free Press Summer Fest that, in my mind, has always served as an unofficial gateway to the ...

Summer Fest 2012

A "Little Engine" of Summer Fest: Sour Notes band members riff on movies, music & Houston fans

By Reid Schroder

06.01.12 | 2:07 pm

Free Press Summer Fest 2012 is finally upon us, and my does the bill look amazing! When looking at the schedule, I always like to divide the music between what ...

Music matters

Tex-Mex & record store on singer Charlie Mars' agenda before Mucky Duck appearance

By Reid Schroder

05.30.12 | 9:31 am

Charlie Mars has traveled the country from coast to coast, palled around with the likes of Bob Schneider and Mary-Louise Parker and released five albums (with another one coming just ...

From Sweden with fun

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

By Reid Schroder

05.27.12 | 3:58 pm

I’m a big fan of lawn games. A picnic isn’t a picnic without a lively round of throwing washers or Frisbee, as far as I’m concerned. What ...

Dead at 47

How Adam Yauch changed the Beastie Boys: Elder statesman brought group in a new direction

By Reid Schroder

05.04.12 | 5:27 pm

Adam Yauch (aka MCA), a founding member of the influential Brooklyn hip-hop group The Beastie Boys, died at the age of 47 Friday. Yauch had been battling cancer in his ...

A Homecoming of Sorts

Please come back soon! Florence+The Machine wows bra-tossing Houston crowd with magical music & conversation

By Reid Schroder

05.03.12 | 6:43 am

To say that Florence Welch, the charismatic frontwoman of Florence+The Machine, had Wednesday night’s audience at the Bayou Music Center eating out of her hands would be a ...

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Places to see an art house movie	Free Museum Days

Sundance Cinemas River Oaks Theatre Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Brown Auditorium 14 Pews Alamo Drafthouse Mason Park Rice Media Center AMC Studio 30	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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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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Where the NFL/NBA Players Play	Swell Party Venues

Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse Vic & Anthony’s Hotel Icon Sushi Raku Yao's Restaurant and Bar at Houston Pavillions (closed)	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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Downtown Watering Holes	The Bow Wows of Dog Parks

CharBar The Flying Saucer Draught Emporium Hearsay La Carafe McElroy's and Molly's State Bar notsuoH	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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Late Night Bites	Not-To-Be-Missed Ceviche

Spanish Flowers BB's Cajun Café Frank's Pizza House of Pies Theo's Smith & Wollensky La Tapatia Taqueria	Hugo's Escalante's-Highland Village Cyclone Anaya's Ninfa's on Navigation Pico's Mex-Mex
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Cupcake Heaven	Hotel Bar Great Escapes

Sprinkles Cupcakes Crave Cupcakes Sugarbaby's Cupcake Boutique Ooh La La Dessert Boutique Dessert Gallery-Kirby Celebrity Cupcakes Jodycakes	The Bar at La Colombe d’Or Hotel Bar Malatesta Monarch Lounge Monnalisa Vinoteca Line and Lariat
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Imperiled Architecture	Frosty Sno Cone Stands

River Oaks Theatre Alabama Theater Astrodome Rice Museum building Sears	MAM's House of Ice Tampico Tropical Chill Sno Beach
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Gallery Hopping in The Heights	Test Drives: Today's hottest cars

Gallery M Squared Hiram Butler Gallery 18 Hands Gallery G Gallery Redbud Gallery	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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A-List Art Deco	Indie Coffee Joints

Lawndale Art Center Houston City Hall JPMorgan Chase Building University of Houston — Downtown Macy's Downtown	Greenway Coffee Co. Brasil Agora Black Hole Café Catalina Coffee Down House The Coffee Groundz
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Cool hotel pools for chilling	Quirky Houston attractions

Hotel Granduca Four Seasons Hotel Hotel ZaZa The St. Regis Hotel Hotel Sorella, CityCentre Westin Houston Memorial City	Beer Can House National Museum of Funeral History Orange Show Center for Visionary Art Anderson Fair Glenwood Cemetery
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06.19.13

02:29 pm

French diplomats open up their River Oaks manse to celebrate cave man life

06.19.13

02:05 pm

Bikini Season 101: How to stay sane and love your hot body — no fat questions allowed

06.19.13

12:59 pm

Danielle Bradbery's amazing Voice win hits home — and now League City wants a piece

06.19.13

12:26 pm

In-N-Out Burger threatens a high-end Houston chef in burger flap — and the response is hilarious

06.19.13

11:30 am

How Texas' new beer laws are changing the local craft beer scene: Everything you need to know

19 \| jun at 3:00 pm	Teatime At Ouisie's with Astronaut Wives Club author Lily Koppel
Ouisie's Table
19 \| jun at 6:00 pm	Phil's Wine Lounge Summer Sommelier Tastings: "Around the Roundtable" with Vanessa Trevino Boyd
Philippe Restaurant + Lounge
19 \| jun at 6:00 pm	Emerging Leaders' Networking 101
Advantage BMW Midtown
19 \| jun at 6:00 pm	Fly Me To The Moon: Book Talk & Wine Tasting "Spaceflight" with author of The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story
Plate & Bottle