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Your weekly guide to Houston: Five (plus) don't-miss events — late-night cattle rave included

By Joel Luks

04.24.13 | 1:37 pm

Oy. What a week coming up. Houston groups dish quite an extensive menu of delicious options. My favorites include a melange of art and wine, haute design, love for nature, a wild dramatic party, a ...

In Town

Adam Carolla opens up on A-holes, "white Kardashians" and the Guinness Book of Records scam

By Tyler Rudick

07.11.12 | 4:03 pm

Timing is everything when it comes to comedy . . . And sadly, when CultureMap had the chance to interview comedian Adam Carolla, his now-infamous "dudes are funnier than chicks" comm ...

$3.5 million

Behold: The world's most expensive tequila comes to Houston

By Whitney Radley

06.27.12 | 1:12 pm

What makes a $3.5 million dollar bottle of tequila so expensive? It's not so much what's inside (supposedly 1.3 liters of a seven-year-old, 100 percent agave tequila distilled by&n ...

Sunday at Discovery Green

Going to Hula Hoop school: Watch and learn some loopy moves for Houston's Guinness moment

By Joel Luks

08.26.11 | 4:50 pm

Remember when as a young 'un, certain things came easy to you? Like Hula Hooping? I am not sure what happened between seven and 35 that morphed such a pastime from a hilarious and care ...

Pick Five (Plus)

Your weekly guide to Houston: Hula hooping, theater hopping, MURAL listening & craftsy socializing

By Joel Luks

08.25.11 | 10:46 am

Just when you think you know the city, you learn there's much more to discover.  There's only one place to get the beat on the covert creative scene in Houston. That's Spacetak ...

Care2Spin Hula Hoop Challenge

Discovery Green

08.28.11

Ready to hula? With the goal of surpassing the current world record of 2,450 simultaneous hula hoopers, attendees are invited to spin in unison at Discovery Green. Participants are required to