Your weekly guide to Houston: Five (plus) don't-miss events — Johnny Depp vigil included
Let's keep it classy this week with the creme de la creme artsy groups in the city, shall we? On the sched are witty and deeply emotional operas, a musical that reminds us of the... 11 hours ago | CultureMap Houston
Documentary on Numbers in Houston begins to take shape
In less than two weeks the team behind a gestating documentary about a legendary Houston dance club will kick off a Kickstarter campaign to finish production. January 23, 2015 | Houston Chronicle
Nickelodeon remixes its formula
For years, Nickelodeon arranged and rearranged those children's sitcom building blocks to spectacular effect. children - as ratings declines have taught Nickelodeon and its cable... January 23, 2015 | Houston Chronicle
'Boy Next Door' a troubled, cliché-filled mess
the trailer alone for "The Boy Next Door" was already getting laughs and not for the right reasons, especially for the not-so-subtle phrase "I love your mom's cookies." The high... January 23, 2015 | Houston Chronicle
Music aside, little is sprightly in fairy tale
There are good things in the animated musical fantasy "Strange Magic": the ultra-detailed, photorealistic animation; the name-that-tune pleasures of a mashup-jukebox soundtrack;... January 23, 2015 | Houston Chronicle
Heating oil, trouble mix in New York 1 day ago | Houston Chronicle
Robert Redford and a Legend-ary surprise performance kick off Sundance Film Festival 1 day ago | CultureMap Houston
Artists protest alleged mishandling of $830,000 Super Bowl art commission 1 day ago | CultureMap Houston
Houston mayor wins national award for arts leadership 1 day ago | Houston Chronicle
Boy Meets Girl Meets Pistol in Overfamiliar Son of a Gun 2 days ago | Houston Press
Jennifer Lopez's The Boy Next Door Is as Nuts as You Hope It Is 2 days ago | Houston Press
Jennifer Aniston Grieves, but Cake's Script Lets Her Down 2 days ago | Houston Press
'Sons of Anarchy' star to play drug lord 'La Barbie' 2 days ago | Houston Chronicle
Weird Al bringing his parody machine to Houston this summer 2 days ago | Houston Chronicle
Wine Garden showcases rodeo wine contest winners 2 days ago | Houston Chronicle
Life is a cabaret for Book of Mormon cast with plans for a special Houston songfest
The Book of Mormon is wowing audiences at the Hobby Center through Feb. 8. But on the cast's night off, they will still be singing — for a good cause. "Charity in Song," a... January 22, 2015 | CultureMap Houston
Commissioning in Texas: ROCO
Houston-based River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (ROCO) has commissioned 43 works in their ten-year history January 22, 2015 | Arts & Culture Texas
If Mortdecai Had a Time Machine, It Could Be 1965's Top Comedy
Mortdecai is creeping into theaters with the flushed shame of a debutante who expects to be pelted with tomatoes. It's a pity. In 1965, Mortdecai would be the hit of the year.... January 22, 2015 | Houston Press
A Year to Forget
The world needs fewer tasteful movies about distasteful things. It definitely doesn't need J.C. Chandor's A Most Violent Year, in which Oscar Isaac plays a nouveau-riche heating-... January 22, 2015 | Houston Press
Fans already snatching Summer Fest tickets
Blind presale tickets for Houston's largest summer music festival, Free Press Summer Fest, went on sale at 10 a.m. today and didn't last long. January 21, 2015 | Houston Chronicle
A new walking maze for Houston: Freedmen's Town Labyrinth brings magic to a demolished church site
Crossing paths in a labyrinth isn't an objective in the meditative experience of walking these historically based creations, but that's just how one such "maze" came to being in... January 21, 2015 | CultureMap Houston
Grey's Anatomy star, architect and artist among Houstonians to receive top Texas arts honor
Dallas philanthropic duo Gene Jones and daughter Charlotte Jones Anderson recently summoned the press, Texas Cultural Trust board members and friends, and arts patrons to AT&T... January 21, 2015 | CultureMap Houston