It was a perfect night fit for art lovers and ultimate sweet tooths with Houston Young People for the Arts and their 5th Annual Culinary Arts evening at the historic Hogg Palace in Houston's Theater District. Strip House's 7 layer cake of chocolate decadence, *17 at Alden Hotel's fried-while-you-wait doughnuts accompanied with an array of dipping sauces, Hearsay's amazing bread pudding that had people clamoring for the more burnt bits for its amazing texture and Sprinkles' mini cupcakes that are perfect-sized bites for those that always hear "calories, calories" chiming in ...
Launching a new season, members and guests of Houston Symphony’s Young Professionals Backstage (YPB) reveled in a swingin’ evening to celebrate the first event of their subscription season, YPB @ One O’Clock Swings. Starting at Jones Hall, the group enjoyed the Houston Symphony’s POPS concert, One O’Clock Swings, which featured the Symphony musicians and the University of North Texas’ One O’Clock Lab Band in a blend of classic jazz and swing tunes by Count Basie, Duke Ellington and George Gershwin. The troupe then strolled across the street ...
Although it may not seem like it in terms of temperature (100 degrees of hotness), it is officially the end of the lazy days of summer. We're in the final weeks of preparing for Capital One Bank Theater District Open House (always the best day to purchase season tickets!) and invitations are arriving for season kick-off events and tickets are being secured for opening night performances. Although the arts seasons really never goes dark, it's the start of the season for the resident Theater District companies...and ...
One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating. ~Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright
In less than two weeks we will all have the opportunity to devote our attention to eating while making a difference. Houston’s annual Restaurant Week, which runs August 1-21, will allow Houstonians to combine two of the things we are known for: food and philanthropy. The 2010 Houston Restaurant Week will feature over 100 restaurants ...
