Spain brings up a lot of different images for a lot of different people. For many young travelers it’s a man carrying a cooler of cheap brew down the street yelling “cervesabeer!”, but the MFAH and its partners are going beyond that. The lasting images of 15th to 18th century Spain are showcased in the MFAH exhibition, Portrait of Spain: Masterpieces from the Prado. The MFAH is kicking off the exhibition this Sunday, December 16th, with a street fair celebrating all things Spanish. From 1 – 4 p.m., Sunday December 16th the Beck Building Main Street entrance will be fully ... Read More »

It is said that the low points in life are what makes the high points that much sweeter. We experience this sensation all the time on a smaller scale. Like when you showed up to that Christmas party and you didn’t know anyone else there so you got a drink and a plate of food which you sat awkwardly alone to eat, staring out into the crowd of people you didn’t know, feeling like an awkward loser. So when that girl you haven’t seen since high school shows up you greet her like she was your best long lost friend, ... Read More »

Photo by Nicole Kibert By: Ramon Medina FPH asked folks in the music community for their highlights or thoughts on 2025.  Here’s what they told us: B.E. Godfrey (listenlisten) Houston in 2025 was paused, anxiously awaiting its impending doom. Like a nervous child awaiting the inevitable punishment from misdeeds, frantically still, imagining every possible scenario. In such a close proximity to the center of Mayan rule, our fate is sensed in the bones of every emotionally-tuned Houstonian. Deeply aware that we’ll surely receive the first wave of apocalyptic destruction. Bob Weber (Anarchitex) There is a migration of bent genius into ... Read More »

By: Erin Dyer Join Dionisio Winery next Saturday, December 15, from noon until 7pm, for its first Wine Festival! Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online through Eventbrite at the link listed below. Each entry ticket includes a souvenir glass and 10 taste tickets that will also be entered into a raffle. Alongside the raffle, there will also be a silent auction. Complimentary bites will be served by Pi Pizza Truck, as well as Buffalo Bayou brews and Dionisio wines. Each additional taste ticket is $1 each. Music for your listening pleasure will be performed by Nick Gaitan and ... Read More »

By Jacob Calle There are stars, superstars, and then there is Mark Rackley. The person in front of the camera isn’t always the person that you want to see. Why don’t you look behind the camera at the most extreme cameraman in the world. He’s done film work with predatory animal expert, Manny Puig, filmed “Shark Feeding Frenzy” for Discovery Channel’s Shark Week – which has the all time highest rating for any Shark Week special, filmed for Jackass the Movie and for Wildboyz, and more. His death-provoking camera work has led him to be a legend in the nature ... Read More »

If you’ve never heard of Danny Way you’ve probably never said “Skate or die.” Suffice it to say that Way has accomplished athletic feats of Olympian proportions using a skateboard. It’s not irony but happenstance that the doc on Way, Waiting For Lightning, is playing exclusively at the Sundance Cinemas Houston, which is literally less than a 10-minute walk from downtown west on Memorial to Houston’s premiere skate park (the Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark). WFL starts out as Way is about to jump on his skateboard over a section of the Great Wall of China and then rewinds to ... Read More »

by Will Guess Remember when bands in the late 80s and early 90s had a limitless budget and were able to create elaborate, ridiculous music videos?  With a budget of $4 million and Axl Rose’s genius mind, it is the indisputable truth that “Estranged” by Guns N’ Roses is the greatest music video of all time.  Before your inner dialogue starts and tells you why you’re right and I’m wrong, allow me to present to you a series of exhibits that includes a walkthrough and screenshots to prove it. Exhibit A: The video opens with an enormous amount of police, ... Read More »

By: Amanda Hart The Station Museum of Contemporary Arts presents: Liminal Space Contemporary Music Ensemble. Liminal Space is presenting a program of works by American expatriate composer Frederic Rzewski, featuring the politically-charged minimalist masterpieces Coming Together and Attica, inspired by found text related to the 1971 Attica State Prison riot. Liminal Space is: George Heathco, electric guitar and Luke Hubley, marimba and percussion with Special Guest Misha Penton, speaker Liminal Space seeks to develop and present a contemporary alternative within the Houston community, and to serve as a bridge to connect those on the fringe, distanced by the boundaries of genre and style. ... Read More »

As the year rapidly approaches its conclusion (which some believe might actually be the last we’ll have on earth), many of you are probably worrying that you haven’t been charitable enough with your lives. I’m one of you, but fear not, for we bring good news. This holiday season, you can be philanthropic AND party at the same time. Houston’s Black Sheep Agency is hosting its 3rd annual Tweet Drive party on December 12th at 7 p.m., an event that will benefit the children and families of the  Houston Area Women’s Center. Getting into the party is easy: Bring in ... Read More »

This is a banner weekend for movies at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Not only are they unspooling a retrospective on the Quay Brothers but they are also unreeling a bona fide classic war (or anti war if you’re reading the signs) movie, Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers. Pontecorvo broke the mold on war procedural movies with Battle of Algiers (1966), a film that examines France’s war with Algeria in the late ‘50s. A film on urban guerilla war, Battle of Algiers exists as a blank canvas of battle that can be read two ways. In one sense ... Read More »