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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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Grass roots rises up

#WeThePeople: SOPA/PIPA, Occupy Everything and the future of political activism

By Eoghan McCloskey

01.21.12 | 9:00 am

At this point, it would seem almost an understatement to refer to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Address Act (PIPA) as “controversial.” The now-infamous blacko ...

top photos of 2011

Best of the best photos of the year from Time, National Geographic, BuzzFeed & more

By Jessica Pages

01.01.12 | 2:55 pm

Photos capture what words cannot — they become illustrated moments of time that define iconic events and encapsulate fleeting feelings. From the protests in Egypt to ...

shifting history

The first anniversary of the Arab Spring uprisings: Social media on both sides of protest

By Garland Grey

12.17.11 | 3:00 pm

On Dec. 17, 2010, a Tunisian street vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi had his produce confiscated by police because he couldn’t afford to bribe them. Eyewitnesses allege a government official sla ...

First World Problems

Kate Middleton beaten for Time magazine's Person of the Year by "icky" protestors

By Whitney Radley

12.14.11 | 6:44 pm

Since 1927, as each year comes to an end, the editors of Time magazine select "the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or ill, and embodied what was important ...

the worst place in the world

Seriously? Former Houstonian faces lashing in Saudi Arabia for daring to drive

By Sarah Rufca

12.09.11 | 8:30 am

The Arab Spring has mostly sidestepped Saudi Arabia, but there is a protest movement going on in the Middle Eastern country, and one former Houstonian is caught in the crossfire. Shaima Jastani ...

Overreaction 101

Outlawing flash mobs is no crime fighting solution: Unless you ban planking and parkour too

By Sarah Rufca

08.18.11 | 1:36 pm

We can all agree that mobs are bad, right? Whether we're referring to, you know, The Mob, or just hordes of angry people, both earn a decided thumbs down. But flash mobs? Aren't those t ...

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Places to see an art house movie	A-List Art Deco

Sundance Cinemas River Oaks Theatre Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Brown Auditorium 14 Pews Alamo Drafthouse Mason Park Rice Media Center AMC Studio 30	Lawndale Art Center Houston City Hall JPMorgan Chase Building University of Houston — Downtown Macy's Downtown
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Late Night Bites	Shops for the Hip H-Town Man

Spanish Flowers BB's Cajun Café Frank's Pizza House of Pies Theo's Smith & Wollensky Taqueria La Tapatia	Mortar Reserve Supply Company Kuhl-Linscomb Billy Reid Hamilton Shirts
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The Bow Wows of Dog Parks	Gallery Hopping in The Heights

Market Square Park Danny Jackson Family Dog Park Congressman Bill Archer Dog Park Millie Bush Dog Park Discovery Green Ervan Chew Dog Park	Gallery M Squared Hiram Butler Gallery 18 Hands Gallery G Gallery Redbud Gallery
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Beer Can House National Museum of Funeral History Orange Show Center for Visionary Art Anderson Fair Glenwood Cemetery	The Bar at La Colombe d’Or Hotel Bar Malatesta Monarch Lounge Monnalisa Vinoteca Line and Lariat
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Free Museum Days	Not-To-Be-Missed Ceviche

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	Hugo's Escalante's-Highland Village Cyclone Anaya's Ninfa's on Navigation Pico's Mex-Mex
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Sprinkles Cupcakes Crave Cupcakes Sugarbaby's Cupcake Boutique Ooh La La Dessert Boutique Dessert Gallery-Kirby Celebrity Cupcakes Jodycakes	CharBar The Flying Saucer Draught Emporium Hearsay La Carafe McElroy's and Molly's State Bar notsuoH
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Frosty Sno Cone Stands	Swell Party Venues

MAM's House of Ice Tampico Tropical Chill Sno Beach	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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Happy Hour treats	Where the NFL/NBA Players Play

Uchi Benjy's-Washington Alto Pizzeria (Closed) Bistro Bar Brennan's of Houston Fleming's-River Oaks Down House	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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Imperiled Architecture	Indie Coffee Joints

River Oaks Theatre Alabama Theater Astrodome Rice Museum building Sears	Greenway Coffee Co. Brasil Agora Black Hole Café Catalina Coffee Down House The Coffee Groundz
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Test Drives: Today's hottest cars	Cool hotel pools for chilling

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	Hotel Granduca Four Seasons Hotel Hotel ZaZa The St. Regis Hotel Hotel Sorella, CityCentre Westin Houston Memorial City
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Mouthwatering matchups: CultureMap's Last Chef Standing bracket challenge needs your vote

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

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

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

20 \| may at 5:30 pm	Premium Chilean Wine Tasting
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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Grass roots rises up

#WeThePeople: SOPA/PIPA, Occupy Everything and the future of political activism

By Eoghan McCloskey

01.21.12 | 9:00 am

At this point, it would seem almost an understatement to refer to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Address Act (PIPA) as “controversial.” The now-infamous blacko ...

top photos of 2011

Best of the best photos of the year from Time, National Geographic, BuzzFeed & more

By Jessica Pages

01.01.12 | 2:55 pm

Photos capture what words cannot —­­ they become illustrated moments of time ­­that define iconic events and encapsulate fleeting feelings. From the protests in Egypt to ...

shifting history

The first anniversary of the Arab Spring uprisings: Social media on both sides of protest

By Garland Grey

12.17.11 | 3:00 pm

On Dec. 17, 2010, a Tunisian street vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi had his produce confiscated by police because he couldn’t afford to bribe them. Eyewitnesses allege a government official sla ...

First World Problems

Kate Middleton beaten for Time magazine's Person of the Year by "icky" protestors

By Whitney Radley

12.14.11 | 6:44 pm

Since 1927, as each year comes to an end, the editors of Time magazine select "the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or ill, and embodied what was important ...

the worst place in the world

Seriously? Former Houstonian faces lashing in Saudi Arabia for daring to drive

By Sarah Rufca

12.09.11 | 8:30 am

The Arab Spring has mostly sidestepped Saudi Arabia, but there is a protest movement going on in the Middle Eastern country, and one former Houstonian is caught in the crossfire. Shaima Jastani ...

Overreaction 101

Outlawing flash mobs is no crime fighting solution: Unless you ban planking and parkour too

By Sarah Rufca

08.18.11 | 1:36 pm

We can all agree that mobs are bad, right? Whether we're referring to, you know, The Mob, or just hordes of angry people, both earn a decided thumbs down. But flash mobs? Aren't those t ...

Photos capture what words cannot — they become illustrated moments of time that define iconic events and encapsulate fleeting feelings. From the protests in Egypt to ...