Shelby's Social Diary

Celebrity art fever: Annise Parker's cactus painting sells for 10 grand as a Texans star masquerades

By Shelby Hodge

02.01.13 | 11:03 am

Thank you Michael Cordúa for transforming Mayor Annise Parker from merely head of the nation's fourth largest city into a top-selling artist. For it was his bid of $6,000 for the pa ...

Send me an Angel

Dream on: With a little imagination, the sky's the limit for public arts in Houston

By Reginald C. Adams

01.12.12 | 9:47 am

Editors Note: As part of the celebration of Houston's 175th anniversary, we asked some of Houston's leaders to imagine the city's future. In this essay, Reginald C. Adams, founder of th ...

More than beer money

Bayou City Art Festival gives back to Houston, helps keep arts education alive

By Joel Luks

05.25.11 | 10:48 am

The 2011 Capital One Bank Bayou City Art Festival at Memorial Park may be a distant memory for art lovers, families and presenting artists. The community awaits the next carnival where a juried ars ...

Shelby's Social Diary

Vamps and vampires romp through H-town with a posse of Chilean miners & sexy playmates

By Shelby Hodge

11.01.10 | 12:39 pm

Who was that masked woman that so coyly greeted me on the steps of the Corinthian? Frankly, I had no idea who she was nor most of the 750 other costumed strangers packing the party venue for the Un ...

Cirque De MOCAH

10.30.10

The Museum of Cultural Arts Houston invites you to a masquerade ball featuring Toni Whitaker's 2010 fall/winter collection and "Artist of the Year" John Ross Palmer. DJ Sun & The