Arts/Entertainment

DJ set at MKT bar

Insider access: Passion Pit plans exclusive performance after Free Press Summer Fest appearance

By Whitney Radley

05.20.13 | 03:01 pm

If you thought that Boston-based synth-pop band Passion Pit was a coup for this year's Free Press Summer Festival, then just wait until you hear what else they have ...

King Arthur Camelot and King Arthur Spamalot

Life's A Stage

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

By Tarra Gaines

05.20.13 | 10:49 am

It’s not always good to be the king, especially if that king is Arthur, King of the Britons. Sometimes he must declare war on his best friend and see ...

Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright in House of Cards

You Dirty Dogs

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

By Jonathan Rienstra

05.20.13 | 10:21 am

According to a new survey, 28 million Americans have cheated on their significant others. Turns out, we’re pretty rotten. Of course, we’re talking about what New York Magazine ...

Nancy Art Doesn't Lie April 2013 Mark Fox Triptych 2008 stainless steel 94 by 140 inches

The Arthropologist

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

By Nancy Wozny

05.19.13 | 09:00 am

One of the burdens of having spent a few decades studying human movement is being darn good at understanding the bodily evidence of just about everything. Wandering through the Mark ...

Hans Graf Houston Symphony final concert May 2013

Hans Graf's Grand Farewell

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

By Theodore Bale

05.18.13 | 03:30 pm

In 2000, he started at Houston Symphony with a program of Mozart, Schubert, John Adams and Carl Orff's popular Carmina Burana. Tonight, Maestro Hans Graf completes his impressive tenure ...

Links we love

The week's top links: The Office ends, honoring Robocop & tons of cocktail recipes

By Samantha Pitchel

05.18.13 | 12:17 pm

Here are just a few of the stories, lists and videos we loved this week: Spin is streaming Japanther's new album, Eat Like Lisa Act Like Bart (which wins ...

Mondo Cinema

This weekend's alternative film lineup, from Hollywood cultists to Bollywood zombies

By Joe Leydon

05.18.13 | 08:30 am

What's that, fellow movie buff? You claim the pickings are slim this weekend at theaters and drive-ins near you? You say you want something more substantial — or at least ...

Houston Date In Doubt

Beyonce pregnant again: Happy or just sweating those Tour tickets?

By Whitney Radley

05.17.13 | 06:26 pm

Rumors have been swirling about Beyoncé — or, more specifically, about the possible contents of the Houston-born singer's womb — in the first month of the Mrs. Carter World Tour. Could ...

Taylor Swift's All Red

Taylor Swift lets her costumes (10 changes) and emotions fly, calls Houston a magical place

By Anna Domning

05.17.13 | 06:41 am

“Hello Houston, Texas . . . I’m Taylor.” A wide-eyed Taylor Swift played to a sold-out Toyota Center Thursday night on the 17th stop of her worldwide “Red Tour.” The show came ...

Music Matters

Psych out: Billy Corgan's yearning Smashing Pumpkins rebirth makes for one trippy Houston concert

By Tyler Rudick

05.16.13 | 11:29 am

The last time I saw the Smashing Pumpkins live was Lollapalooza 1994 . . . so, to say the least, it's been a while. As an obsessive high school Pumpkins fan through ...

Shocking Crime

Superstar singer hurt in brutal Houston attack targeted by berserk fan

By Tyler Rudick

05.15.13 | 07:29 pm

Oscar De La Rosa — frontman of the Grammy Award-winning Houston Tejano band La Mafia — is recovering at home this week after a brutal attack at a Montrose club that left ...

23 Deborah Elias My Favorite Things May 2013 Uchi Director of Culinary Operations Phillip Speer and Chef de Cuisine, Kaz Edwards

A Real Feast

Uchi restaurant whiz puts on special $500-a-plate art dinners throughout Houston

By Deborah Elias

05.15.13 | 10:32 am

Conceptual artist Mary Ellen Carroll — in partnership with Uchi culinary director Philip Speer — is just one in a series of artists to assist the University of Houston Blaffer Art Museum ...

Free Press Summer Fest Houston concert crowd

Music Matters

Free Press Summer Fest to be a high roller's paradise? With general tickets sold out, few other options for fans

By Whitney Radley

05.15.13 | 08:46 am

It's a big year for Free Press Summer Fest, which celebrates its fifth milestone with an all-star lineup and collaborations with the likes of Bun B and Uchi's ...

KHOU CultureMap Moment

The big summer movie battle is just starting: Iron Man vs. Great Gatsby only the warmup

By Clifford Pugh

05.14.13 | 03:28 pm

The summer movie season, which started in early May, is off to a robust start with Iron Man 3 going gangbusters and The Great Gatsby doing better than expected in ...

Main Street Theater's newly configured building rendering May 2013

Main Street Millions

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

By Joel Luks

05.14.13 | 10:47 am

How do you solve a problem like Main Street's theater? Doing what this coterie of entertainment professionals does best: Charming their way into the wallets of art-loving consumers. Leave ...

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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
Hotel Derek

Swell Party Venues	The Bow Wows of Dog Parks

The Corinthian Goode's Armadillo Palace Hotel ZaZa Houston House of Blues Houston Hudson Lounge La Colombe d'Or Lucky Strike Lanes	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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Test Drives: Today's hottest cars	Gallery Hopping in The Heights

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	Gallery M Squared Hiram Butler Gallery 18 Hands Gallery G Gallery Redbud Gallery
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Imperiled Architecture	Cupcake Heaven

River Oaks Theatre Alabama Theater Astrodome Rice Museum building Sears	Sprinkles Cupcakes Crave Cupcakes Sugarbaby's Cupcake Boutique Ooh La La Dessert Boutique Dessert Gallery-Kirby Celebrity Cupcakes Jodycakes
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Not-To-Be-Missed Ceviche	Late Night Bites

Hugo's Escalante's-Highland Village Cyclone Anaya's Ninfa's on Navigation Pico's Mex-Mex	Spanish Flowers BB's Cajun Café Frank's Pizza House of Pies Theo's Smith & Wollensky Taqueria La Tapatia
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Quirky Houston attractions	Downtown Watering Holes

Beer Can House National Museum of Funeral History Orange Show Center for Visionary Art Anderson Fair Glenwood Cemetery	CharBar The Flying Saucer Draught Emporium Hearsay La Carafe McElroy's and Molly's State Bar notsuoH
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Indie Coffee Joints	Frosty Sno Cone Stands

Greenway Coffee Co. Brasil Agora Black Hole Café Catalina Coffee Down House The Coffee Groundz	MAM's House of Ice Tampico Tropical Chill Sno Beach
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Happy Hour treats	Places to see an art house movie

Uchi Benjy's-Washington Alto Pizzeria (Closed) Bistro Bar Brennan's of Houston Fleming's-River Oaks Down House	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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Shops for the Hip H-Town Man	Hotel Bar Great Escapes

Mortar Reserve Supply Company Kuhl-Linscomb Billy Reid Hamilton Shirts	The Bar at La Colombe d’Or Hotel Bar Malatesta Monarch Lounge Monnalisa Vinoteca Line and Lariat
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Where the NFL/NBA Players Play	Free Museum Days

Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse Vic & Anthony’s Hotel Icon Sushi Raku Yao's Restaurant and Bar at Houston Pavillions (closed)	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	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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