George R. Brown Convention Center

Five Fabulous Authors for Kids

40th Anniversary Chevron Houston Marathon

Stitched

37th Annual International Quilt Festival/Houston

HSPVA's Encore 40!

Houston Fine Art Fair

Final Four: Metro Thinks It's Ready to Handle the Load

Bring it on, says Metro.​Metro sounds confident that it can handle the rush hour/Final Four crowds this evening, with extra buses, more maps and CEO George Greanias personally directing lost hoops fans. As for the poor misbegotten folks who thought it would be easy to get a taxi in Houston an ... More >>

NCAA® presented by Lowes Senior CLASS Award ®

Bring it on, says Metro.​Metro sounds confident that it can handle the rush hour/Final Four crowds this evening, with extra buses, more maps and CEO George Greanias personally directing lost hoops fans. As for the poor misbegotten folks who thought it would be easy to get a taxi in Houston an ... More >>

The Five Coolest Things at This Weekend's Antiques Show

That mannequin is keeping us up at night​See lots more knick-knacks in our slideshow from the antiques sale. This weekend we visited the Hada Spring Antique Show, upstairs at the George R. Brown Convention Center. It was full of heirlooms, artwork, one-of-a-kind artifacts and plenty of fragil ... More >>

39th Annual Chevron Marathon Houston

That mannequin is keeping us up at night​See lots more knick-knacks in our slideshow from the antiques sale. This weekend we visited the Hada Spring Antique Show, upstairs at the George R. Brown Convention Center. It was full of heirlooms, artwork, one-of-a-kind artifacts and plenty of fragil ... More >>

Smokey Fire Just East Of Downtown

Photos by Katharine Shilcutt​Office-dwellers downtown might have thought the George R. Brown Convention Center was on fire this afternoon, as smoke from that area burgeoned up. Instead it was an abandoned commercial building on the other side of 59, at Polk and St. Emmanuel, that was the site of ... More >>

Upcoming Events

© David Nathan-Maister and Oxygenee Ltd.​Although it's taking place next month, spots will fill up quickly for Absinthe: Revealed, so we're doing you a favor by telling you about it now. On December 5 at 7:30 p.m., Avant Garden will be hosting a "celebration of tastings and truths" about o ... More >>

37th Annual Moonlight Ramble

Roll into a new season

2009 International Quilt Festival/Houston

The world's largest show of fabric arts comes to town

2009 NWS Hurricane Workshop

Web exclusive!

National Black Book Festival

Readers, writers and wannabes all have a spot at the NBBF

Houston Antiques Dealers Association Spring Show & Sale

Web exclusive!

12th Annual Texas Children's Hospital Kids' Fun Run

Get up all you baby couch potatoes, it's Fun Run time

International Quilt Festival

Make room for those who sewed the way at this fabric-friendly expo

36th Annual Moonlight Bicycle Ramble

BikeHouston's fund-raiser on wheels encourages you to get lit

Ozone Awards, Tastemaker DJ Contest Headed to Houston

BikeHouston's fund-raiser on wheels encourages you to get lit

Discovery Green Family Day

Downtown’s newest park opens today

Tristar Collectors Show

Craig Biggio, Joe Theismann and Jim Brown will all be in the same place, with pen in hand

Chevron Houston Marathon

Runners from around the world will challenge the race’s course records

23rd Biannual Bridal Extravaganza Show

Before you say “I do,” check out this “everything for the big day” show

No Show: EMC Expos

A long line of people say they've been stiffed by Rolando Dumagan and company.

Moonlight Ramble

Cycle under the stars with Bike Houston

Oni-Con

Houston’s haven for the anime-obsessed

Everybody, Run!

Houston’s haven for the anime-obsessed

Hook Up

Catch a clue at the Houston Fishing Show

Pom Pilots

Get some spirit at the Cheer America Championships

Mini Cooperstown

Swing by the All-Star FanFest

Heavy Heaving

The Scots know about throwing games

Best Barbecue

Thelma's Bar-B-Que

Night & Day

October 29 - November 4, 1998

Morris the Cad

October 29 - November 4, 1998

Press Picks

October 29 - November 4, 1998

Press Picks

October 29 - November 4, 1998

"I Didn't Create This Mess ..."

October 29 - November 4, 1998

Press Picks

October 29 - November 4, 1998

Press Picks

October 29 - November 4, 1998

Fast Eddie's Getaway

Insider deals. Outrageous perks. Exorbitant salaries. No wonder Eddie Webster's taken a permanent vacation from the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Press Picks

Insider deals. Outrageous perks. Exorbitant salaries. No wonder Eddie Webster's taken a permanent vacation from the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Press Picks

Insider deals. Outrageous perks. Exorbitant salaries. No wonder Eddie Webster's taken a permanent vacation from the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Press Picks

Insider deals. Outrageous perks. Exorbitant salaries. No wonder Eddie Webster's taken a permanent vacation from the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Press Picks

Insider deals. Outrageous perks. Exorbitant salaries. No wonder Eddie Webster's taken a permanent vacation from the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Live Shots

Insider deals. Outrageous perks. Exorbitant salaries. No wonder Eddie Webster's taken a permanent vacation from the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Losing Focus?

Once groundbreaking, this year's FotoFest just tilled old soil

Press Picks

Once groundbreaking, this year's FotoFest just tilled old soil

Wanna Buy a RoboDome?

The city's sports tycoons maneuver for inside position, and the questions mount: Who needs it? Why? At what cost?