Likes We Love

Morgan Freeman's soothing voice, a smile test and Daft Punk's latest hit

By Jonathan Rienstra

04.22.13 | 6:16 pm

Editor's note: There's so much that's beautiful, funny, smart and informative on the Internet. Problem is, there's also a bunch of garbage. Here's the best of the web right now: ...

Getting personal

How does art inspire you? Houston's arts leaders offer a collage of thoughts

By Joel Luks

08.20.12 | 12:06 pm

Why do we love art? What is it about the arts that inspires us personally, spiritually and academically? CultureMap reached out to major art leaders and art makers for their innermost thoughts ...

The Texas Lyceum

Texas values: Todd Frazier's Buffalo Altar celebrates the Lone Star spirit — where oil & water mix

By Joel Luks

08.10.12 | 9:00 am

"But like I said, I ain't complaining," C.L. Pettigrew Sr., an 81-year-old oilman, asserts while looking back at six decades of drilling for black gold. He reminisces about the Goldsm ...

Mood Changer

How does art heal? Medical Center powers aim to put real research data behind the phenomenon

By Joel Luks

07.31.12 | 1:39 pm

That music has the prowess to affect our mood, psyche and overall state of wellbeing is something that most people innately understand. We reach for music in times of joy, for celebration and for c ...

Medical Innovation

Musicians on-call: Star-studded concert at Methodist sounds a new note in musical therapy

By Joel Luks

04.23.12 | 5:23 pm

Houstonians have become accustomed to finding art in unexpected spaces. Whether that's a whimsical Joan Miró downtown, a lit Jaume Plensa along Buffalo Bayou or the frisky ...

The Arthropologist

Pay it forward: If random acts of kindness work, can random acts of art change a life?

By Nancy Wozny

09.08.11 | 5:58 pm

What did you do this summer? I cleaned about 100 junk drawers in the process of selling my family home in Buffalo, NY., and found a gorgeous tabletop biography of Anna Pavlova. Just recently, I lea ...

$50,000 raised

Young Audiences of Houston honors its history while building the future

By Joel Luks

05.07.11 | 2:35 pm

Young Audiences of Houston (YAH) gets an A+ for sparking adults' curiosity, the same type exhibited by children engaged in one of its signature arts-in-education performances. At its annual ...

Shelby's Social Diary

It was a paradise for kids (both pint-sized and fully-grown) at the Houston Zoo family party

By Shelby Hodge

04.18.11 | 12:23 pm

Every other year, Zoo Friends of Houston invites the entire family out to the Houston Zoo for a night of food, frolick, romps through the grounds and up-close-and-personal contacts with zoo re ...

A Special Day

Houston composer Todd Frazier's work gets the Kennedy Center treatment with Renée Fleming

By Joel Luks

04.02.11 | 2:00 pm

Sunday is a special day for Houston composer, arts administration guru and all-around good guy J. Todd Frazier. Soprano superstar Renée Fleming will sing one of his  ...

Young Audiences of Houston Spring Luncheon: Houston's Cultural Visionaries 2011

04.28.11

Celebrating 55 years in arts education advocacy, this year's theme, Houston's Cultural Visionaries, will highlight Young Audiences of Houston's accomplishments in furthering access