Art and shopping go hand-in-hand, and we've got a trio of cultural events lined up for this week. Shop local at Bourbon & Bowties, check out the vintage wares at Fort Bend County Fairgrounds and put on your ugliest sweater for Winter Street's Winter Holiday Art Market. Mix in a little...
Forget Second City. Comedy and improv greats are descending on H-Town this weekend for the Houston Improv Festival; over at the Hobby Center, teenage murder is on the menu with Heathers the Musical; and the jiggly lovelies are doing some great things over at the Benefit Betties Ball. The weather...
Bayou City Art Festival’s featured artist, Gregory Arth, is pretty easygoing when it comes to selecting mediums. “The one that’s on the easel!” he laughs. Working in a variety of formats keeps him interested, he insists. Along with painting on canvas, he’s painted murals in Cinemark theaters and on the...
Among the 450 artists scheduled to appear at this week's Bayou City Art Festival at Memorial Park are designers who focus on helping us curate our most personal art collections -- our wardrobes. If you are always on the hunt for one-of-a-kind jewelry, conceptual handbags, cut-to-fit leather belts and other...
The 43rd Annual Bayou City Art Festival will be both different and the same as previous festivals. Different in that there will be closer to 450 artists instead of last year’s 300. The same in that those artists will offer fine and folk artwork in some 20 mediums. Organizers hope...
There have been a few changes to our choices of top ten centrally located parks since 2013's list. The top three spots are filled by the same parks, but not in the same order as last year. A couple of things affected our choices. One, better weather. The recent drought...
With more than 12 miles of trails within Houston's version of New York City's Central Park, Memorial Park is the closest thing inside the city limits available to a mountain biker looking to ride that fancy bike to its intended use. Ranging from beginner to intermediate to advanced, the trails...
