Shelby's Social Diary

Young professionals rock into high gear as BMW Midtown showroom turns into a meet market

By Shelby Hodge

05.17.13 | 6:01 am

For the eighth annual Culture Collision, the showroom at Advantage BMW Midtown was transformed into meet-up central as more than 200 eager arts fans answered the call from Houston Young People for ...

Asia Society Texas Center Family Day: Dance and Music in Asia

Asia Society Texas Center

06.09.13

For Asia Society Texas Center's seventh Family Day, guests will enjoy a special celebration of movement and sound from neighbors across the Pacific. Join interactive folk dance and contemporary

Shelby's Social Diary

Houston's international presence celebrated at Asia Society Texas Center "Tiger Ball"

By Shelby Hodge

04.28.13 | 8:05 am

The elegance of all cultures Asian was on display in beautiful form Friday night as Asia Society Texas Center celebrated the first anniversary of its stunning Yoshio Taniguchi home in the ...

Houston Grand Opera presents The Memory Stone

Asia Society Texas Center

04.09.13 - 04.11.13

As part of HGOco's Song of Houston: East + West initiative, Houston Grand Opera presents The Memory Stone, composed by Marty Regan to a libretto by Kenny Fries. chamber opera takes place after

Shelby About Town

Henry Kissinger, diamonds, diplomacy and a swanky pool party rock the Houston scene

By Shelby Hodge

03.19.13 | 11:06 am

Two lions of U.S. diplomacy/and former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and James A. Baker III wowed more than 100 VIPs at last week's reception held just prior to their headlining Asia Soc ...

Y. Ping Sun

This rare homecoming queen/attorney is a rock star at Rice University

By Shelby Hodge

03.19.13 | 7:06 am

It's almost impossible to walk across the Rice University campus with Y. Ping Sun, wife of Rice president David Leebron, without her being stopped by admiring students and faculty. She is ...

Fasten your seatbelts!

Fast cars, cool crowd, hot music: First-ever CultureMap Close-Up Music Series gets the party started

By Shelby Hodge

03.10.13 | 4:42 pm

From the red carpet entrance at Asia Society Texas Center where two hot ATS Cadillacs welcomed guests to the rockin' scene where the Airborne Toxic Event performed, the CultureMap Clo ...

KHOU & CultureMap

Not your old man's Cadillac: Vibrating driver's seat warns of impending collisions

By Joel Luks

03.08.13 | 2:56 pm

In this week's KHOU CultureMap Moment, editor-in-chief Clifford Pugh and automotive writer Nic Phillips got a peek at the new 2013 Cadill ...

Shelby's Social Diary

Hot New York DJ turns Asia Society Texas Center into a crazy party scene for 800 lucky guests

By Shelby Hodge

03.04.13 | 8:58 am

The elegant restraint of architect Yoshio Taniguchi's Asia Society Texas Center gave way to a vibrant tableau of international cuisine, dress and music Saturday night as "Sp ...

Spotlight Asia: Cocktails and Cultural Fusions 2013

Asia Society Texas Center

03.02.13

The annual Asia Society members-only party lights up the Museum District once again. Journey along the Silk Road, complete with ambient décor, tasty cocktails, global delicacies and exotic b