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The year of Queen Bey: Houston singer makes Forbes list of World's Most Powerful Women

Menil Picasso vandal sentenced to two years in prison; plans eventual return to UH

Terrifying Oklahoma tornado videos and slices of pizza history top links we love right now

Best memories: Eight powerful performances that made this arts season special

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Fake pastor scam: Houston man pretends to be a religious leader to bilk divorcee out of $650,000

Everything is bigger in Texas: Houston is second-fastest growing city in the nation

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

New Urban Harvest executive director aims to plant seeds of growth

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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Houston restaurants dominate region's best list: Oxheart beats Austin's best easily

Another in-town Mexican restaurant announces closing after 15 years in business

Brewpub freedom: Texas House loosens craft beer restrictions; Gov. Perry will decide

Revamped Heights ice house is a craft beer and food truck Drive Inn haven — and it's not too hip

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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

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

Real Estate

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

Houston home sales hit highest point in six years as prices rise; no slowdown in sight

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

Social Scene

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Houston's most powerful room: Heavy hitters pack a ballroom to show H.E.A.R.T.

Art flies off the walls at this first-time gala: Montrose gallery draws a happy crowd

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

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

Sports

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J.J. Watt tries to clone himself: The Texans force changes things up, sets a new mission

Snow cone vendor at Minute Maid Park is caught with his pants down

Houston Super Bowl to include a rocket ship ride, a Space Needle and big-name concerts

Astrodome future not tied to Super Bowl, judge insists: But forget those neat save it ideas without money

Travel

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Vail in the summer? Colorado reps descend on Houston to try and pump up mountain tourism

Making flying sexy: Hooking up at the airport is easy thanks to a new niche dating website

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

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Your weekly guide to Houston: Five (plus) don't-miss events — with Rodeo fun & water training

By Joel Luks

02.20.13 | 5:16 pm

As the month of love nears its conclusion and the weather warms slightly, it's time to usher in one of the city's most wonderful traditions. Giddy up cowboys and cowgirls, it's rodeo se ...

The Arthropologist

Babe power breaks into Horse Head's fight club with karaoke theater and disappearing kids

By Nancy Wozny

05.12.11 | 1:16 pm

I like to give Kevin Holden a hard time about the boys club nature of his outfit, Horse Head Theatre Co. The intense artistic director makes no apologies. He's drawn to certain types of plays, ...

The Arthropologist

Art is funny: The Houston works that provoke giggle fits

By Nancy Wozny

02.18.11 | 5:32 am

Once, when I was chatting with comedian Swami Beyondananda about what actually happens in the brain to make something funny to us, I glanced over at my watch and realized I was late. I got up, trip ...

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Among the Thugs puts Fight Club and Manchester United hooliganism in Houston's face

By Nancy Wozny

09.16.10 | 1:08 pm

I thought I knew about thugs. After all, I survived parochial school, where an alpha seventh-grader's stare could melt me into a puddle of humiliation. Those rosary-toting thugettes made Li ...

The Arthropologist

Couch time is over: Let the arts season begin

By Nancy Wozny

10.30.09 | 10:27 am

CultureMap isn't the only thing launching this fall. The arts season is already in full swing and I am finally up to full speed. It's not easy going from "nadda" to "lott ...

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Indie Coffee Joints	Where the NFL/NBA Players Play

Greenway Coffee Co. Brasil Agora Black Hole Café Catalina Coffee Down House The Coffee Groundz	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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The Bow Wows of Dog Parks	Shops for the Hip H-Town Man

Market Square Park Danny Jackson Family Dog Park Congressman Bill Archer Dog Park Millie Bush Dog Park Discovery Green Ervan Chew Dog Park	Mortar Reserve Supply Company Kuhl-Linscomb Billy Reid Hamilton Shirts
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Free Museum Days	Hotel Bar Great Escapes

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	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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Quirky Houston attractions	Test Drives: Today's hottest cars

Beer Can House National Museum of Funeral History Orange Show Center for Visionary Art Anderson Fair Glenwood Cemetery	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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Places to see an art house movie	Downtown Watering Holes

Sundance Cinemas River Oaks Theatre Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Brown Auditorium 14 Pews Alamo Drafthouse Mason Park Rice Media Center AMC Studio 30	CharBar The Flying Saucer Draught Emporium Hearsay La Carafe McElroy's and Molly's State Bar notsuoH
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Cupcake Heaven	A-List Art Deco

Sprinkles Cupcakes Crave Cupcakes Sugarbaby's Cupcake Boutique Ooh La La Dessert Boutique Dessert Gallery-Kirby Celebrity Cupcakes Jodycakes	Lawndale Art Center Houston City Hall JPMorgan Chase Building University of Houston — Downtown Macy's Downtown
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Happy Hour treats	Swell Party Venues

Uchi Benjy's-Washington Alto Pizzeria (Closed) Bistro Bar Brennan's of Houston Fleming's-River Oaks Down House	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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Cool hotel pools for chilling	Not-To-Be-Missed Ceviche

Hotel Granduca Four Seasons Hotel Hotel ZaZa The St. Regis Hotel Hotel Sorella, CityCentre Westin Houston Memorial City	Hugo's Escalante's-Highland Village Cyclone Anaya's Ninfa's on Navigation Pico's Mex-Mex
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Late Night Bites	Gallery Hopping in The Heights

Spanish Flowers BB's Cajun Café Frank's Pizza House of Pies Theo's Smith & Wollensky Taqueria La Tapatia	Gallery M Squared Hiram Butler Gallery 18 Hands Gallery G Gallery Redbud Gallery
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Vail in the summer? Colorado reps descend on Houston to try and pump up mountain tourism

05.24.13

05:22 am

Houston's most powerful room: Heavy hitters pack a ballroom to show H.E.A.R.T.

05.23.13

06:51 pm

Fake pastor scam: Houston man pretends to be a religious leader to bilk divorcee out of $650,000

05.23.13

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J.J. Watt tries to clone himself: The Texans force changes things up, sets a new mission

05.23.13

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Snow cone vendor at Minute Maid Park is caught with his pants down

24 \| may at 10:00 am	American Society of Interior Designers Show Home Tour
Riverstone
24 \| may at 10:00 am	Emissaries: Galacticon III
George R. Brown Convention Center
24 \| may at 11:00 am	Art opening: Late Surrealism
The Menil Collection
24 \| may at 12:00 pm	Comicpalooza 2013
George R. Brown Convention Center