Shelby's Social Diary

Red wine, dark chocolate and heart art: American Heart Association's salute to power women

By Shelby Hodge

04.21.13 | 12:15 am

Seven local artists, seven generous women and one colorful night — the American Heart Association's “Red Wine Dark Chocolate” celebration held at Gallery M Squared was an ...

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 ...

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Blending creative souls: Behind the scenes with Taft McWhorter's Double Entendre

By Joel Luks

12.22.12 | 10:30 am

My Canadian elementary school guidance counselor used to say ad nauseam: "Happiness is like peanut butter and jelly. You can't spread it around without getting some on yourself." ...

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A private wine cellar to rival Tony's, artful double entendres and opera heavyweights shake the scene

By Shelby Hodge

09.25.12 | 6:27 pm

Interests in science and medicine came together over cocktails a the Tanglewood home of Laura and George Pontikes when they honored Baylor College of Medicine president and CEO Dr. Paul Klotman at ...

CultureMap Video

The happy art lady: Chris Silkwood brings zest to an ancient form, makes mosaics fit into any decor

By Joel Luks

09.02.12 | 5:56 am

There's a reason why mosaic artists aren't a dime a dozen. The métier is taxing, time consuming, labor intensive. Those same qualities are what charmed Metairie, La.-native, Hous ...

Shelby About Town

The best birthday surprise ever; Houston's age-defying star & an Olympics stats maven shake it up

By Shelby Hodge

07.31.12 | 6:37 pm

Popular Buzz Lady Roseann Rogers thought that hubby Dr. Aashish Shah was taking her along on a business trip to Sacramento over the weekend. That was until they got to the airport where they w ...

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"Art of Leadership" fete salutes Tricia Dewhurst as local talents applaud her support of the arts

By Shelby Hodge

07.28.12 | 3:30 pm

Artist Hanh Tran's compact studio/apartment in West Ave brimmed with more artworks than usual during the Art of Leadership dinner evening that saluted Tricia Dewhurst, member of the Texas Cultu ...

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Kristi Schiller campaigns for K-9 cops, Houston artists take Manhattan and a Bayou City building with buzz

By Shelby Hodge

06.26.12 | 3:30 pm

Today is K9s4Cops founding chair Kristi Schiller's big 4-0 birthday and rather than focus on herself and mope about the aging process (after all 40 is the new 30), she decided to pump up her da ...

Fresh Arts Workshop: Business Skills for Visual Artists II

07.11.12

Fresh Arts brings successful businessman and full-time artist Taft McWhorter back to offer a more in depth workshop that builds on his Basic Business Skills workshop offered in February of this yea

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A movie on manscaping with H-Town laughs, a $2,000 per person celeb chefs dinner & Susan Sarandon's hip table tennis club

By Shelby Hodge

05.25.12 | 11:10 am

The ladies who sat down for this lunch at Hotel Granduca on Thursday savored a treat not only from Restaurant Cavour's kitchen but also from the Donna Karan pre-fall line. Houston Donna Karan A ...