Food for Thought

This Tex-Mex restaurant's new coasters make an important cultural statement

By Marene Gustin

05.13.13 | 12:41 pm

There's something new at El Real Tex-Mex Cafe. No, not the pork fajitas or the family style menu items. Nope this is a coaster. Usually, when they bring your margarita they set it o ...

Musical Humor, Seriously

Eine kleine: Conductor reveals the real secret of Mozart's addictive little tune and why we love it

By Naomi Galvez

04.10.13 | 7:01 pm

When Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed Eine kleine Nachtmusik — A Little Night Music as it's familiarly called — he actually never penned a proper title. He simply noted that he comp ...

Mark Your Calendar

Classical freedom: Mercury reveals a grander plan for its new season

By Joel Luks

04.08.13 | 11:36 am

It's been a year since Mercury — The Orchestra Redefined underwent a style overhaul in image and branding. Formerly Mercury Baroque, the period ensemble had organically and gradually move ...

Food & Fundraising

Music-loving foodies give standing ovation for Triniti & Mercury eight-course spring feast

By Joel Luks

04.02.13 | 10:14 am

Birds chirped, flowers blossomed and streams awakened from their wintry slumber as happy bellies and attentive ears received the bounty of spring. The third in a collaborative series that tests ...

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A smoking hot party: Bach to the Future gala turns up the theatrics, moves big spenders

By Joel Luks

03.25.13 | 5:42 pm

Everyone knows what happens when the clock strikes midnight. But only zealots of the Back to the Future trilogy are fully cognizant of the implications of 10:04 p.m., that is, when lightening ...

Cultural Tourism Lives Here

New music festival to put Houston on the early music map as it draws national attention, curiosity

By Joel Luks

03.04.13 | 4:58 pm

Ask and you shall receive, so they say. In a nutshell, that's how the first annual Texas Early Music Festival was born. With a healthy dose of planning and a pinch of serendipity, the weeke ...

Triniti and Mercury present "Spring Concerto in Eight Courses: A Choreographed Celebration of Music, Food & Wine"

Triniti

03.28.13

Once again, Mercury, the orchestra redefined, and Triniti Restaurant collaborate in another culinary event — the third in an ongoing series — pairing live music choreographed by Mercury

Calendar Closeup

Your weekly guide to Houston: 5 (plus) don't-miss events — escape the NBA All-Star frenzy

By Joel Luks

02.14.13 | 11:50 am

On the itinerary this week (besides the NBA All-Star frenzy) are Valentine's Day events, puppet horror shows, Academy Award film screenings, spring gardening lectures, artsy concerts and RodeoH ...

Mercury's Fifth Annual Gala "Bach to the Future"

Wortham Theater Center

03.22.13

Mercury will celebrate its musical success with its fifth annual gala titled "Bach to the Future." Join for a fun-filled '50s themed evening of fine music, dance, food and wine.

From Bach to Mozart

All in the family: Mercury connects the dots from Baroque to Classicism through one busy father

By Joel Luks

11.17.12 | 9:00 am

What happened between Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? Nothing, for starters, because they never met — at least not on this planet. Bach was pushing up daisies six years ...