CultureMap Video

A hidden Houston is revealed: 10 stories of the city that will surprise you

By Joel Luks

04.19.13 | 11:50 am

You can always count on Houston's Voice partners to deliver thoughtful video vignettes that spotlight tales from the city, anything from influentials doing what they do best to events that advo ...

See for Yourself

Houston's arts diva releases a sultry music video: Can you hear the softly crashing waves?

By Joel Luks

04.13.13 | 4:22 pm

What separates artists from art technicians is one thing: The ability and desire to keep on reinventing themselves.  Misha Penton, the founder and artistic director of Divergence Vocal The ...

Selkie, a sea tale

On the record: Inside Misha Penton's new chamber music work — and her tryst with film

By Joel Luks

03.29.13 | 9:30 am

Soprano Misha Penton, the enterprising Houston-based theatrical diva with a reputation of skipping along to her own tune, was faced with a difficult decision after she fulfilled her dream of openin ...

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The most amazing chocolate ever dreamed up? Sugar Land pioneer challenges dessert norms

By Joel Luks

03.18.13 | 4:01 pm

Cardamom is in almost every single Indian-South Asian dessert, but you won't find chocolate in any of those recipes. "Why not mix things up?" thought local chocolatier Annie ...

KHOU & CultureMap

Not your old man's Cadillac: Vibrating driver's seat warns of impending collisions

By Joel Luks

03.08.13 | 2:56 pm

In this week's KHOU CultureMap Moment, editor-in-chief Clifford Pugh and automotive writer Nic Phillips got a peek at the new 2013 Cadill ...

Inside look at C-section

A bloody good time: Women's Memorial Hermann Hospital broadcasts first surgical birth

By Joel Luks

02.20.13 | 1:30 pm

Dr. Anne Gonzalez, Dr. Sherri Levin and Dr. Amelie Chu aren't characters in the latest fictionalized reality television fad. In an alternate universe where actors act and real people do rea ...

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Could you hang with a professional jump roper? Cirque star throws down a Double Dutch gauntlet

By Whitney Radley

02.14.13 | 4:32 pm

Jump roping is a lot harder than it looks, as Cirque du Soleil performer Adrienn Banhegyi reminded us when she stopped by the CultureMap office for a visit. The 29-year-old Hungarian   ...

KHOU & CultureMap

Great last-minute Valentine's Day ideas: Your sweetie never has to know you procrastinated

By Joel Luks

02.13.13 | 11:55 am

Have you made plans for Valentine's Day?  If you haven't, it's best not to let your sugarplum know that you are scrambling to get your act together last minute. Your friendly f ...

CultureMap & KHOU

Veggie delivery service takes off: Local farmers see their goods delivered door to door

By Joel Luks

02.12.13 | 7:32 am

For those who love crisp, fresh fruits and vegetables picked at their peak of flavor but don't live on a farm, there's a Texas-based company that's making it possible to green up withou ...

Slide Jam - A Curatorial Perspective: Sally Frater and Kimberli Gant

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

02.07.13

This Slide Jam presents another side of Houston's diverse and talented arts community: The curator. Along with a rapidly expanding art world, the role of the curator has grown in prominence, so