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Find A "Confluence" of Art and Nature on Bayou Greenway Trail

By Natalie de la Garza
Apr 9, 2021

Artist Jane Kim contributes a new mural, "Confluence," to Houston's public art scene.
Market Square Park Glows With Newest Public Art Installation

By Sam Byrd
Jan 6, 2021

The Houston Downtown Management District has installed a new permanent public artwork in the historic park. Meander, a series of raised cast-concrete troughs filled with glossy pigmented resin, mimics Buffalo Bayou’s physical form and route, giving park visitors a new view of the familiar body of water.
Downtown District’s WindowWorks Offers A Socially Distanced Escape

By Sam Byrd
Oct 15, 2020

The Houston Downtown Management District in partnership with UP Art Studio has installed a new series of public artworks by Texas-based artists along Main Street in Downtown. Make it even easier with Houston Mural Map.
6 Best Bets This Weekend in Houston: Fandemic and Wings Over Houston

By Susie Tommaney
Oct 17, 2019

There's no reason to wait for Halloween: cosplay is de rigueur at Fandemic Tour, and costumes are encouraged at the spine-tingling Symphonic Spooktacular. This action-packed weekend also includes aerial acrobatics and pyrotechnics at Wings Over Houston, flapper dresses and feather boas at HGO's Rigoletto, and celebrations of Mexican culture with...
5 Best Bets This Weekend in Houston: Houston's B-Day, Murals and a Lost Ark

By Susie Tommaney
Aug 29, 2019

We're casting a wider net this weekend, but it's all for a good reason. There's a chance to hear John Williams' epic score for Raiders of the Lost Ark in The Woodlands and a stop in Galveston to celebrate the 125th anniversary of The Grand 1894 Opera House. Closer to home,...
Best Bets This Weekend in Houston: Dog Show, Moor Fest and GONZO247's Jet

By Susie Tommaney
Jul 17, 2019

Imagine this weekend in Houston is a massive interactive scavenger hunt. Before Sunday is over, we'll have seen bar crawlers wearing Santa hats, dogs groomed to look like lions, a Hawker jet tricked out in 1960s colors, the first Moorish American festival in more than a century, and a simultaneous...
6 Best Bets This Weekend in Houston: Sizzling Dance, Airplane by Gonzo247

By Susie Tommaney
May 30, 2019

GONZO247 didn't know there were still mountains to climb. The local artist has tackled graffiti murals, beer silos and cars before, but this will be the first time he's painted an entire airplane. There's a demo this Saturday at the 1940 Air Terminal Museum, but back up those datebooks because...
7 Best Bets This Weekend in Houston: Whole Lotta Love for Cars, Tunes 'n 420

By Susie Tommaney
Apr 19, 2019

Love is in the air this weekend, and you'll find celebrations of heavy metal, jazz, plants (both native and illegal), bad-a** cars, social justice through dance, and even an updated opera that puts a new spin on seduction, passion and guilt. Keep reading because there's a "Whole Lotta Love" going down...
Aerosol Artists Transform Downtown For One-Night-Only Adventure

By Sam Byrd
Apr 4, 2019

Secret Walls X Houston exhibition, taking place at Market Square Park on Saturday from 6 - 10 p.m., will welcome 10 artists for a pop-up, one-night-only art demonstration.
Donkeeboy Unveils Leon Bridges Mural in Eado Along With Instagram Ticket Giveaway

By Carlos Brandon
Feb 14, 2019

Renowned Houston street artist and muralist Alex Roman Jr. (Donkeeboy) has unveiled his latest work of pop-art in East Downtown. The resident artist at 8th Wonder Brewery introduced a mural of Texas soul and R&B phenom Leon Bridges ahead of Bridges' April tour date in The Woodlands. In honor of...
6 Best Bets This Weekend in Houston: Yoga, Art, Real Snow and Holiday Cheer

By Susie Tommaney
Dec 21, 2018

Affordable art, yoga with dogs (or goats) and real snow? Sounds like a typical winter weekend in the Bayou City. GONZO247 also is hosting an art and dance party that celebrates female artists and, because the holidays aren't very fun for kids whose parents are incarcerated, we've got a chance...
10 Best Bets This Weekend in Houston: Hot Cars, Cool Lights and a Ghost

By Susie Tommaney
Nov 30, 2018

We shelter inside air-conditioned spaces all summer long, just trying to find respite from the heat. Now that Houston finally has some cooler weather, there's no shortage of fun things to do in and around town. We've got celebrations in Galveston, Levy Park and downtown, new performances with the Houston...
5 Best Bets This Weekend in Houston: Bikers, Graffiti and Zombie Apocalypse

By Susie Tommaney
Nov 1, 2018

Bikes, bands and bikinis are transforming historic Galveston into a motorcycle wonderland with this weekend's Lone Star Rally. Closer to home we've got anime-style cosplay at Insomnia, a zombie apocalypse disguised as a 5K, the 15th anniversary of Doomsday Wrestling and a leisurely bicycle ride past Houston's best murals and...
McDonald's Serves More Than Fries In EaDo Corridor With Art Installation

By Sam Byrd
Aug 21, 2018

McDonald's' signature symbols and those oh-so tasty fries now adorn a wall in EaDo at 1538 St. Emanuel Street as part of a mural brought about by McDonald's Houston.
Time to Paint the Town Red, Plus Blue, Green and Everything In Between

By Susie Tommaney
Nov 16, 2017

Art pioneer GONZO247 has been busy assembling his dream team, and if you feel that electricity crackling in the air, it's because street art luminaries like Pixel Pancho (Argentina), Pepe Gracmor (Mexico) and Ben Johnston (Canada) are jetting in to H-Town for the third annual HUE Mural Festival. "For us,...
Playful Colors Brighten Downtown's Newest Public Art Installation

By Sam Byrd
Aug 8, 2017

Discovery Green and the George R. Brown Convention Center's new installation, Arcade, provide beauty and shade.
The Five Best Things to Do in Houston This Weekend: Celebrate the LGBTQ at Pride

By Nancy Rodriguez
Jun 23, 2017

Slap on your body glitter and your favorite sunscreen of course as Houston will be out in full Pride effect this Saturday.
Rainbow Crosswalk Arrives in Montrose Just in Time for LGBTQ Pride

By Sam Byrd
Jun 19, 2017

Houston is the first Texas city to install a rainbow crosswalk in support of LGBTQ pride.
GONZO247 Brings Unique Brand of Street Art to Downtown Hotels

By Natalie de la Garza
Mar 31, 2017

Street artist GONZO247 to debut new mural between the entrances of Hampton Inn and Homewood Suites by Hilton Houston Downtown.
"Tree of Life" Blooms in Downtown Houston

By Natalie de la Garza
Jan 30, 2017

Reginald Adams’s “Tree of Life” mural on the side of Skanska's Capitol Tower is one of four commissioned by the Houston Super Bowl Host Committee ahead of Super Bowl LI.

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