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Vinyl Destination

Houston’s DJs Are Turning Their Record Collections Into a Vinyl Revival

06/17/2026 By Craig D. Lindsey

Hou Should Hear This

Kam Franklin’s Solo Debut Sounds Exactly Like Houston

06/15/2026 By Elisabeth Carroll Parks

Whodunnit?

How Houston’s Murder by the Book Gets Away with a Life of Crime

06/09/2026 By Holly Beretto

The City Syllabus

The Houston Summer Reading List, 2026

06/12/2026 By Holly Beretto Illustrations by Curt Merlo

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Meet the Houston Artists Turning Trash into Something Worth Keeping

06/05/2026 By Meredith Nudo

H-Town Vicious

Houston, We Have a Playlist: The Best Songs about Life in the Bayou City

05/14/2024 By Daniel Renfrow

Vinyl Destination

Houston’s DJs Are Turning Their Record Collections Into a Vinyl Revival

Local DJs have too many records. Lucky for us, they’re selling them.

06/17/2026 By Craig D. Lindsey

Hou Should Hear This

Kam Franklin’s Solo Debut Sounds Exactly Like Houston

Her anticipated album Land of the Neon Sun is polished, a bit dirty, and long overdue.

06/15/2026 By Elisabeth Carroll Parks

The City Syllabus

The Houston Summer Reading List, 2026

Need a summer read? Our favorite local indie bookstores have done the hard work for you.

06/12/2026 By Holly Beretto Illustrations by Curt Merlo

Whodunnit?

How Houston’s Murder by the Book Gets Away with a Life of Crime

For more than 40 years, this beloved institution has been the bookstore where the biggest names in crime writing insist on showing up.

06/09/2026 By Holly Beretto

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Meet the Houston Artists Turning Trash into Something Worth Keeping

These local artists are making landfill piles a little smaller while making our world a whole lot more beautiful.

06/05/2026 By Meredith Nudo

It’s Here, It’s Queer

Houston's Guide to Celebrating Pride 2026

Keep on dancing at the Pink Pony Club with all the Single Ladies because you were Born This Way.

06/01/2026 By Meredith Nudo and Daniel Renfrow

Hip-Hop History

The Story Behind Houston’s Most Iconic Dance Move

Nearly 30 years after Lil’ Keke released “Southside,” Houstonians still know every move—and the rapper never saw it coming.

05/27/2026 By Erica Cheng

Bookish Bayou

5 Houston Authors You Should Read This Summer

Anna Meriano, Bryan Washington, Helena Greer, Sim Kern, and John Merullo are writing Houston's most compelling stories right now.

05/15/2026 By Claire Sewell

It's Trill Season

UGK’s Ridin’ Dirty Turns 30, and Bun B Has Big Plans for Houston.

Bun B dishes on the Been Ridin’ Dirty concert, surprise guests, and why 1996 was such an important year in Houston hip-hop.

05/14/2026 By Brittany Britto Garley

House of Mouse

The Surprising Ways Disney Built Houston

Mickey Mouse’s glove prints are throughout Houston, but you have to search to find them.

05/11/2026 By Jef Rouner

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New Compositions

Houston’s Contemporary Classical Music Scene Is Rewriting the Score

World premieres, avant-garde programming, and a city that keeps showing up for new music.

05/08/2026 By Chris Becker

Space City Goes Steel City

The Houston Director Behind Alley’s Fences Knew August Wilson—And It Shows

Eileen J. Morris’s personal relationship with the celebrated playwright shapes her latest production at Houston’s Alley Theatre.

05/01/2026 By Trenton Butt

Hou Should Hear This

How Galveston Shaped Musician Tyson Webb’s Debut Album

Tyson Webb moved to Galveston, found his footing at the Old Quarter, and made one of the most quietly compelling debut albums in the region.

05/01/2026 By Elisabeth Carroll Parks

Hey, Figaro!

Houston Grand Opera, The Barber of Seville, and The Bugs Bunny of It All

If it looks to you like a bizarre, madcap Looney Tunes cartoon, well, congratulations. You’ve figured out that’s exactly what they are going for.

04/29/2026 By Meredith Nudo

Bayougraphy

How Houston Artist and Activist Koomah Is Fighting for Intersex Visibility

Through performance, legislation, and the Houston Intersex Society, they're building the visibility the intersex community has long deserved.

04/24/2026 By Meredith Nudo

The G.O.A.T.

The Case for Scarface as the Greatest Rapper of All Time

Scarface might have been born here, but the city has never defined his music.

04/20/2026 By Elisabeth Carroll Parks

Art & Justice

How Art Is Changing Life Inside a Harris County Jail

At the Harris County Women’s Empowerment Center, arts education is helping incarcerated women reclaim purpose, stability, and a path forward

04/13/2026 By Meredith Nudo

Literary Houston

Inside the Mind of The New Yorker’s Most Houston Writer

Before he became the voice of Manhattan irony in The New Yorker, he was shaped by a city that few literary critics have given enough credit.

04/09/2026 By Travis Alexander

Houston Collects

Houston’s Newest Art Gallery Has Picassos, Kusamas, and Free Admission

Opera Gallery opened its first-ever Texas location at River Oaks District with original works by Monet, Kehinde Wiley, and Yayoi Kusama.

04/06/2026 By Meredith Nudo

Spring Bucket List

How Houstonians Love to Spend Spring

Crawfish boils, Rodeo traditions, gardens, art events, and allergy survival. Here’s how locals make the most of spring in H-Town before the heat sets in.

03/20/2026 Edited by Erica Cheng By Houstonia Staff

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