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10 Ways To Chill Out In Montrose This Summer
Summer is officially here. The solstice ushered in Houston’s hottest season last weekend, and temperatures are rising by the day. Keep yourself cool (both literally and figuratively) by chilling out...
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Ultimate Montrose Bucket List Part IV: 100 Things To Experience In The...
From arts and culture, food and beverage, annual events and more, here is a handpicked selection of experiences in Montrose that we believe define the neighborhood; a “bucket” list of sorts. We’ve...
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There’s A “Juke Box” In The Middle Of Menil Park And Here’s How To Use It
Menil Park. Credit: David Van Horn via Flickr Creative Commons A literal box — one attached to a tree in Menil Park — is causing a stir since its recent installation. The self-proclaimed “Juke Box” is...
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“I Am Content With What I Lack” Exhibit From Japan America Society Opens This...
Photo courtesy of Japan America Society of Houston A contemplative and peaceful exhibit is open and free to the public September 11-19 at 4411 Montrose, in part thanks to the Japan America Society of...
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Watt’s Up With KPFT’s New Signal?
Credit: KPFT via Facebook Public radio station KPFT — with studios in Montrose — bumped up its broadcasting power recently to the maximum 10,000 watts. Station manager Duane Bradley told the Houston...
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Itinerary Planning: Events & Exhibitions in Montrose
Looking for something to do this fall in Montrose? There are plenty of things to eat, see, watch and experience. Here are just a handful of ideas. Credit: Texas.713 via Flickr Creative Commons Defining...
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The Hune Company Brings Intimate Theatre to Montrose
When Matt Hune moved from Chicago back to his hometown of Houston last year, he knew he wanted to start a theater company. What he didn’t know was where this company would stage their plays. Then he...
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My Montrose: Josef Helfenstein, The Menil Collection
Josef Helfenstein, the director of the Menil Collection for the past 12 years, recently announced that he was leaving the museum after this year to become the director of the Kunstmuseum Basel. What...
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Casa Argentina de Houston Brings Tango To Town
The Alejandro Ziegler Quartet It actually takes more than two to tango. The Alejandro Ziegler Tango Quartet from Buenos Aires, Argentina, brings tango music — from its inception to the present day — to...
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Classical Theatre Stages Gender-Bending Production of Henry V
On October 25, 1415, King Henry V led an outnumbered English army to victory against the French in the Battle of Agincourt, a pivotal moment in the Hundred Years’ War. Exactly 600 years to the day...
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Menil’s New Dalí Exhibition Puts Artist in Context
“Oeufs Sur le Plat Sans le Plat (Eggs on a Plate Without the Plate).” Image: Dalí Museum A mini-exhibition of work by the great Surrealist painter Salvador Dalí goes on display today at the Menil...
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Kickstarter to Fund LGBT Documentary “The Trouble with Ray” Launches
Jarrod Gullett and the team at Proud Pony International are working on a documentary about legendary Houston LGBT activist Ray Hill, but they need your help to fund it. Proud Pony launched their...
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Weeklong Houston Cinema Arts Festival Kicks Off
Port Arthur native Janis Joplin is the focus of the film Janis: Little Girl Blue The Houston Cinema Arts Festival kicked off Thursday with a full week of programming at venues throughout the city,...
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My Montrose: Woody Witt, Concert Booker at Cezanne Jazz Club
Woody Witt is a jazz saxophonist and music educator who has been booking the acts at Cezanne for much of the past 15 years. He also performs at Cezanne, as part of a wide variety of ensembles, on most...
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Inside the Effort To Restore Montrose’s Historic African-American Cemetery
For decades, Houstonians driving down West Dallas Street between Dunlavy and South Shepherd might have noticed an overgrown, apparently vacant lot on the south side of the street. Neglected by an...
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Rothko Chapel Obelisk Traveling for Maintenance
Bid a temporary farewell to the Broken Obelisk at the Rothko Chapel. The sculpture has been removed, and is headed to its original fabricator in Connecticut for some maintenance work. According to...
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My Montrose: James Cole Clay, Film Critic
Freelance writer and part-time dog walker James Cole Clay was recently inducted into the Houston Film Critics Society. His film reviews can be found at FreshFiction.tv, a Dallas-based website. Congrats...
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Painter Fariba Abedin Bridges Art and Science at the Jung Center
When she first moved to Houston with her husband in 1983, Fariba Abedin was already an accomplished artist, with a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art. Never one to stop learning, she spent the...
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Two New Art Galleries Move Into 4411 Montrose
The chic, concrete-and-glass complex of art galleries at 4411 Montrose, home to the Anya Tish Gallery, the Barbara Davis Gallery, and the Unix Gallery, recently got two new tenants: established Houston...
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Art + Artisans Make Office Art Better with Custom Consultations
In 2002, Debbie Goldgar, a marketing director for a national corporation, and her daughter Jennifer Seay, an art gallery representative, quit their jobs to fulfill a longtime dream of starting a...
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