The Houston Latina-Owned Bookstore Redefining Love
The popular romance pop-up bookstore Mossrose is selling literary love to a devoted Houston fan base
Jef Rouner
Jef Rouner (he/she/they) is an award-winning freelance journalist from Houston, Texas. He is also the author of The Rook Circle an Stranger Words, and a former member of The Black Math Experiment.
From Texas Scream Queen To Marketing Maven
A staple of Texas horror films now takes the helm of her own innovative marketing company (haunted toilets not included)
Untitled Art Gives Houston A First-Class Art Fair
Untitled has been an elegant annual celebration of art in Miami since 2012 and now has a Houston branch running this weekend
Texas Comic Creator Tackles Music During Jim Crow In New Strip
The Austin-based Isaiah Broussard based the adventures of the band on stories that his Great Uncle would tell him about playing music in the South
Checking In With Houston’s Viral Anti-Trump Sign Guy
The viral social media star known as "FunSignGuy" on TikTok has thousands of followers thanks to the signs he protests with in Northwest Houston
Houston Maritime Museum Reopens Where City’s History Began
The Maritime Museum is incredibly elegant, easily the fanciest of Houston’s little quirky museums (or maybe the quirkiest of the fancy museums)
The Whimsy And Rage Of Poet KB Brookins
That crevasse between what’s whimsical and what is so real it hurts is where poet KB Brookins shines the brightest
The Softer Side of Sharks
An early brush with Jaws inspired Carrolton artist Heather Karlsson to create an art series depicting friends Norman (a hedgehog) and Shark
The Time-Traveling Manga From a Rising Black Artist
Golden Mist follows a young man named Kai who is part of a legendary martial arts dynasty destined to save the world
Haunting New Exhibit At The Holocaust Museum Houston
The newest exhibit at The Holocaust Museum Houston includes materials and artifacts from a vault that have never been displayed before
A Landmark Year For The Houston Shakespeare Festival
Through Sidney “Doc” Berger, the University of Houston’s legendary director and teacher, Shakespeare became a pivotal part of the city's identity.
In Texas, Bats Are Beloved And In Danger
Though hardy animals, Texas bats are seeing major upheavals to their environment thanks to man-made climate change.
Documentary Reveals Houston’s Unsung Blues Legacy
'When Houston Had the Blues' is a deeply fascinating documentary that explores the rise and fall of the genre in the city’s historic Third and Fifth Wards
Tomashi Jackson Across A Universe In Color And Time
Her work appropriately wanders the world from Houston to Greece, but it’s in her study of time that is her true genius.
'Figurative Histories' Explores The Artistic Ascension Of Black Bodies
A new exhibition in Houston brings together four Texas-based Black artists for one goal: to re-contextualize the expression of the Black body in a way that it has rarely been done before
Hobbit Café: Houston’s Most Legendary Restaurant
The Hobbit Café has never lost the feel of a homey, hidden gem that rewarded a sense of whimsy