20+ hour, 1+ min ago   (270+ words) This Week's Hot Headlines Late August is now closed. Editor's note: It's time to look back at the top Houston news of the week, including several abrupt closures and a couple of openings. Plus, a hotel transformation on the horizon....

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (65+ words) CultureMap Houston Hooks-Epstein Galleries will open its 2026-2027 Art Season with "Sanctuary," an exhibition of new paintings and drawings by Houston-based artist Angel Castelán. "Sanctuary" suggests that refuge is not always something that is discovered, but created through intimacy, memory, places,…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1044+ words) Since 2011, April Dardis has owned Creative Style Furniture, a Houston-based, under-the-radar custom furniture builder. From restaurants to hotels to manufacturing pieces for national brands, CSF sits quietly behind it all. Dardis sits at the helm of the largest female-owned furniture…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (728+ words) Theater Takes Center Stage For anyone who has ever said, “We should really go see a show sometime,” Houston Theater Week is the perfect excuse to make it happen. This year’s lineup spans familiar classics, ambitious new productions, historical stories,…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (571+ words) Hugo's will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2027. Mostly written by James Beard Award-winning food writers Brett Anderson and Bill Esparza, the duo “visited dozens of Mexicans restaurants across the country over the course of a year” to compile the list, the…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (132+ words) Breakthrough T1D, formerly JDRF, will welcome thousands of supporters and volunteers at the annual Breakthrough T1D Walk.The Breakthrough T1D Walk is a nationwide movement where hundreds of thousands rally in more than 130 events nationwide to transform the future for those with type…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (40+ words) CultureMap Houston Mickey Guyton & Friends Holiday Tour Four-time Grammy nominee Mickey Guyton and special guests will present a night of holiday cheer featuring songs off her Feels Like Christmas album, along with other festive classics....

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (95+ words) CultureMap Houston The James Beard Foundation, the organization behind the James Beard Awards, presents the return of the Taste America culinary series with a walk-around tasting hosted by TasteTwenty chefs and James Beard Award winners Evelyn Garcia and Henry Lu…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (179+ words) The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and the NASA “Freedom 250” F-5s will headline the 42nd CAF Wings Over Houston Airshow. The Freedom 250 team, a four-jet formation celebrating America’s 250th birthday, makes its Wings Over Houston debut. This year’s show also features…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (69+ words) CultureMap Houston The Music Box Theater presents Country Cabaret, a new review of some of the best country music that spans the decades. The country music show full of roots, riffs and ruckus pays tribute to early folk and blues,…...