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The year of Queen Bey: Houston singer makes Forbes list of World's Most Powerful Women

Menil Picasso vandal sentenced to two years in prison; plans eventual return to UH

Terrifying Oklahoma tornado videos and slices of pizza history top links we love right now

Best memories: Eight powerful performances that made this arts season special

City Life

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Fake pastor scam: Houston man pretends to be a religious leader to bilk divorcee out of $650,000

Everything is bigger in Texas: Houston is second-fastest growing city in the nation

Your weekly guide to Houston: Five (plus) don't-miss events — bras and bridesmaids galore!

New Urban Harvest executive director aims to plant seeds of growth

Fashion/Style

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Designer Toni Whitaker makes a dramatic comeback after a forced hiatus from fashion

Diamonds, pearls & 1920s flair mark Tiffany & Co. collection for The Great Gatsby

Great Gatsby movie flapper gown can be yours — for a mere $19,000

Fashion with a conscience: Chan Luu creates jewelry line from a world perspective

Food/Drink

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Houston restaurants dominate region's best list: Oxheart beats Austin's best easily

Another in-town Mexican restaurant announces closing after 15 years in business

Brewpub freedom: Texas House loosens craft beer restrictions; Gov. Perry will decide

Revamped Heights ice house is a craft beer and food truck Drive Inn haven — and it's not too hip

Home/Design

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Inside The Tinderbox: New craft shop emerges amid the restaurants and bars of Mid-Main

Inside great designer homes: Lifestyle blogger Ronda Rice Carman gives everyone house envy

The coolest gifts online: Houston entrepreneur aims to make handmade chic & cheap

Hometown girl turned celeb tastemaker Ronda Rice Carman lets you inside her drawers

Real Estate

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Houston is getting a new live music restaurant — and it comes with Montrose cred

Houston home sales hit highest point in six years as prices rise; no slowdown in sight

Defying the demolition craze: New $80 million downtown hotel to save a 102-year-old skyscraper

Historic Heights church to be bulldozed as more restaurants and stores move into 19th Street district

Social Scene

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Houston's most powerful room: Heavy hitters pack a ballroom to show H.E.A.R.T.

Art flies off the walls at this first-time gala: Montrose gallery draws a happy crowd

Rubber duckies rule as young professionals cowboy up at a hot restaurant

Hot men, cool cars and cigar girls: This Boys Night Out is beyond sizzling

Sports

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J.J. Watt tries to clone himself: The Texans force changes things up, sets a new mission

Snow cone vendor at Minute Maid Park is caught with his pants down

Houston Super Bowl to include a rocket ship ride, a Space Needle and big-name concerts

Astrodome future not tied to Super Bowl, judge insists: But forget those neat save it ideas without money

Travel

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Vail in the summer? Colorado reps descend on Houston to try and pump up mountain tourism

Making flying sexy: Hooking up at the airport is easy thanks to a new niche dating website

National magazine dubs Houston one of most affordable travel destinations in America

Punk times are back: New NYC fashion exhibit shows off spiked hair, safety pins and more

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Hunky firefighters are Angels on this night: Hot calendar men share honors with Mayor Annise Parker

By Shelby Hodge

04.19.13 | 5:39 pm

One wouldn't ordinarily expect to see the hunky Houston Fire Fighter Calendar men posing for photos with guests at a classy evening fundraiser. But when the Houston Fire Department is one of th ...

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On a $1.9 million night, Barbara Bush hands over the reins to Celebration of Reading

By Shelby Hodge

04.22.12 | 6:29 pm

"This time it is goodbye." And with that Barbara Bush made it official at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. After 18 years of leading Celebration of Reading fundraisers around ...

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Food trucks, rock climbing & a zip-line turn this Family Day into one to remember for Texas Children's

By Shelby Hodge

04.21.12 | 7:34 am

Pony rides, a petting zoo and carnival rides — oh my! That was just part of the entertainment at Texas Children's Hospital's Ambassadors Family Day at Houston Arboretum and Nature Cen ...

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Sporting clays tournament keeps 'em shootin' straight at "Target for Tourettes" benefit

By Shelby Hodge

04.02.12 | 11:22 am

It wasn't all about shooting clay pigeons at the "Target for Tourettes" fundraiser held at the Greater Houston Gun Club although there were more than a few serious corporate teams com ...

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Let the best hat reign! See the wildest headwear in Houston at this saucy fundraiser

By Shelby Hodge

03.08.12 | 10:28 am

We're about to declare San Antonio's Donna Bruni an honorary citizen of Houston and Tuesday's "Hats in the Park" luncheon, which she chaired, was delightful testimony to her a ...

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Smokin' hot chefs Randy Evans, Renato de Pirro & more rule the runway at Green Beans and Guacamole launch

By Shelby Hodge

11.28.11 | 6:00 am

Who would have known that that was Sorrento Ristorante's Abbas Hussein in the dashing suit or recognized Mockingbird Bistro's John Sheely in an equally stylish ensemble? Without their chef& ...

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Now that's the spirit! Determined trio hosts party raising funds to feed more than 200 families

By Shelby Hodge

11.27.11 | 1:20 pm

It was just one of those spontaneous things. New friends (really new) Myra Johnson, Amy Powell and Ken Krimmel decided over cocktails one day that it would be a good thing to try to help a few fami ...

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ADL Torch of Liberty dinner soars on the sound of music and raises close to $600,000

By Shelby Hodge

11.20.11 | 3:00 pm

For the 700 guests attending the Anti-Defamation League's Torch of Liberty Dinner at the Westin Galleria, there was a special treat this year — moving music by the Houston Symphony and th ...

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It was a nighttime picnic, really, in Jones Plaza — complete with a disco diva and dancing puppets

By Shelby Hodge

11.08.11 | 7:18 am

How rare — a Houston night so chilly that California heaters and heavy coats were required for an outdoor picnic. When Susan Krohn and Mary Yenik, co-founders of Knowledge Arts Foundation, pl ...

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Big dogs for the big guns: The fledgling K9s4Cops non-profit barks up $500,000

By Shelby Hodge

11.04.11 | 4:34 pm

It's a wonder the various pooches weren't howling with glee at the success of the first K9s4Cops benefit evening. The night closed with $500,000 in the till, a windfall of funds that will h ...

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Not-To-Be-Missed Ceviche	Free Museum Days

Hugo's Escalante's-Highland Village Cyclone Anaya's Ninfa's on Navigation Pico's Mex-Mex	The Menil Collection Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Houston Museum of Natural Science Children's Museum of Houston Holocaust Museum Houston Blaffer Art Museum
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Quirky Houston attractions	Test Drives: Today's hottest cars

Beer Can House National Museum of Funeral History Orange Show Center for Visionary Art Anderson Fair Glenwood Cemetery	Formula One technology hits the streets: A sneak peek at McLaren's new supercar Revving up summer in the 2011 Chevy Camaro convertible: Does the top down love stack up? A sporty new Range Rover that's big on style: CultureMap previews the new Evoque The Ford Mustang GT convertible is the original pony car, but is it the best? An exotic tour of the town with Houston Motor Club: Inside the culture of hot car swapping Volvo S60 T5 strives to be a little naughty, but with nifty features it sure is nice The comeback kid: Chrysler experiences a renaissance with the 200 and 300
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Late Night Bites	Swell Party Venues

Spanish Flowers BB's Cajun Café Frank's Pizza House of Pies Theo's Smith & Wollensky Taqueria La Tapatia	The Corinthian Goode's Armadillo Palace Hotel ZaZa Houston House of Blues Houston Hudson Lounge La Colombe d'Or Lucky Strike Lanes
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Places to see an art house movie	A-List Art Deco

Sundance Cinemas River Oaks Theatre Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Brown Auditorium 14 Pews Alamo Drafthouse Mason Park Rice Media Center AMC Studio 30	Lawndale Art Center Houston City Hall JPMorgan Chase Building University of Houston — Downtown Macy's Downtown
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Downtown Watering Holes	Where the NFL/NBA Players Play

CharBar The Flying Saucer Draught Emporium Hearsay La Carafe McElroy's and Molly's State Bar notsuoH	Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse Vic & Anthony’s Hotel Icon Sushi Raku Yao's Restaurant and Bar at Houston Pavillions (closed)
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The Bow Wows of Dog Parks	Imperiled Architecture

Market Square Park Danny Jackson Family Dog Park Congressman Bill Archer Dog Park Millie Bush Dog Park Discovery Green Ervan Chew Dog Park	River Oaks Theatre Alabama Theater Astrodome Rice Museum building Sears
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Frosty Sno Cone Stands	Happy Hour treats

MAM's House of Ice Tampico Tropical Chill Sno Beach	Uchi Benjy's-Washington Alto Pizzeria (Closed) Bistro Bar Brennan's of Houston Fleming's-River Oaks Down House
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Cool hotel pools for chilling	Gallery Hopping in The Heights

Hotel Granduca Four Seasons Hotel Hotel ZaZa The St. Regis Hotel Hotel Sorella, CityCentre Westin Houston Memorial City	Gallery M Squared Hiram Butler Gallery 18 Hands Gallery G Gallery Redbud Gallery
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Hotel Bar Great Escapes	Shops for the Hip H-Town Man

The Bar at La Colombe d’Or Hotel Bar Malatesta Monarch Lounge Monnalisa Vinoteca Line and Lariat	Mortar Reserve Supply Company Kuhl-Linscomb Billy Reid Hamilton Shirts
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Indie Coffee Joints	Cupcake Heaven

Greenway Coffee Co. Brasil Agora Black Hole Café Catalina Coffee Down House The Coffee Groundz	Sprinkles Cupcakes Crave Cupcakes Sugarbaby's Cupcake Boutique Ooh La La Dessert Boutique Dessert Gallery-Kirby Celebrity Cupcakes Jodycakes
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05.24.13

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Polarizing restaurant loses its chef: Goro & Gun gets a kitchen change a few months after opening

05.24.13

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Comcast SportsNet Houston faces yet another obstacle: A la carte pricing changes the game

05.24.13

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Craziest wedding party ever? Always a Bridesmaid bash pushes the envelope at Rienzi

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Houston airports among most expensive in the entire country: Hobby fares skyrocket

05.24.13

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Hangover III could be year's most disappointing movie: Why it's so bad

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Station Theater
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Community Artists' Collective
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Blank Slate
24 \| may at 6:00 pm	Pura Vida Tequila Bottle Signing with Sully Erna, Lead Singer of Godsmack
Spec's Liquor Warehouse