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Inside the Historic Garden Oaks Theater Rescue and Why Movies Could Return Sooner Than You Think

BY Alison Medley

Dedan Thomas Jr. brings a defensive intensity as Kelvin Sampson’s new Houston point guard. (Photo by F. Carter Smith)

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Houston’s In “Championship Mode” and the Rest Of College Basketball Will Catch On To What Kelvin Sampson’s Pulled Off Soon Enough

BY Chris Baldwin

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Urban Cowboy Bingo, Scary Nights and Heroes Pump Up Houston’s Ever Churning Party Season

BY Shelby Hodge and Carol Brejot

Dedan Thomas Jr. brings a defensive intensity as Kelvin Sampson’s new Houston point guard. (Photo by F. Carter Smith)

Culture

Houston’s In “Championship Mode” and the Rest Of College Basketball Will Catch On To What Kelvin Sampson’s Pulled Off Soon Enough

By Chris Baldwin

Garden Oaks Theater Fight

Culture

Inside the Historic Garden Oaks Theater Rescue and Why Movies Could Return Sooner Than You Think

By Alison Medley

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Urban Cowboy Bingo, Scary Nights and Heroes Pump Up Houston’s Ever Churning Party Season

By Shelby Hodge and Carol Brejot

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By Edward Brown

Chris & Kristy Bradshaw at Zoo Ball 2026: Sunset on the Savanna (Photo by Daniel Ortiz for the Houston Zoo)

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One Of the World’s Rarest Animals Gets a $2.1 Million Houston Zoo Boost

By Shelby Hodge

Kelsi Lamberth, Nuance Interiors Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas

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Your First Look at a Most Charming Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas

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Texas’ First Waldorf Astoria Is Betting Big on Fredericksburg

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One of Houston’s Most Revered Restaurants Celebrates 90 Years With a Rocking Food Party

By Shelby Hodge

New Live-Fire Steakhouse With an All-Star Team Of Houston Chefs Is Headed to Rice Village — Benjamin’s Is Coming

New Live-Fire Steakhouse With an All-Star Team Of Houston Chefs Is Headed to Rice Village

By Laurann Claridge

New Heights Restaurant Brings Louisiana Flavors To an Old Gas Station — Graham Laborde Makes Sure Little Bird Takes Off

New Heights Restaurant Brings Louisiana Flavors To an Old Gas Station

By Laurann Claridge

James Beard Foundation’s Taste America Returns to Houston for 14th Year — Hosted by TasteTwenty and James Beard Award-Winning Chefs Evelyn Garcia and Henry Lu

James Beard Foundation’s Taste America Returns to Houston for 14th Year

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The Billionaires’ Wine Maker — Jordan Jeffries Makes the Most Of His Settings and Knows Special Bottles Aren’t Just For Saving

The Billionaires’ Wine Maker

By James Brock

Houston’s New Michelin Buzzed Over Pizza Restaurant and the Chris Bianco Disciple Behind It — The Angie’s Pizza Frenzy Only Builds

Houston’s New Michelin Buzzed Over Pizza Restaurant and the Chris Bianco Disciple Behind It

By Laurann Claridge

The King Of Red Wines Dishes On Making the Top $25 Wine In the World, The Judgement Of Paris 50 Years Later and the Fires

The King Of Red Wines Dishes On Making the Top $25 Wine In the World, The Judgement Of Paris 50 Years Later and the Fires

By James Brock

Beloved Houston Chef Takes Breakfast and All-Day Dining To New Heights at The Branch — Chris Williams Brings James Beard Cred To Forme High-Rise

Beloved Houston Chef Takes Breakfast and All-Day Dining To New Heights at The Branch

By Laurann Claridge

At The Houstonian, TRIBUTE Launches Its New Fall Menu Featuring Fresh, Seasonal Ingredients

At The Houstonian, TRIBUTE Launches Its New Fall Menu Featuring Fresh, Seasonal Ingredients

By PC Studios

Whatever You’re Drinking, Avoid Drinking It With Wine Snobs — A Wine Lover On a Loathsome Breed

Whatever You’re Drinking, Avoid Drinking It With Wine Snobs

By James Brock

Mack Allen’s Takes the Classic Steakhouse To Another Level In Houston, With Sushi From a Master Disciple, Precious Wines By the Glass and Much More

Mack Allen’s Takes the Classic Steakhouse To Another Level In Houston, With Sushi From a Master Disciple, Precious Wines By the Glass and Much More

By Laurann Claridge

Houston’s Sleekest Cafe Can Be Found In the Stunning Ismaili Center — Diving Into Tapestry

Houston’s Sleekest Cafe Can Be Found In the Stunning Ismaili Center

By Laurann Claridge

Michelin Guide Texas Winners Are Here — Fort Worth Gets Its First Star, While Dallas and Houston Retain Theirs But See Bib Gourmand Changes

Michelin Guide Texas Winners Are Here

By Megan Ziots

Houston’s Rollicking Food Fest Turns Autry Park Into a Chefs For Farmers Dream — See Which Dishes Reigned Supreme

Houston’s Rollicking Food Fest Turns Autry Park Into a Chefs For Farmers Dream

By Shelby Hodge

Your First Look at The Woodlands’ Much Anticipated Bar Bludorn as Its Opening Beckons — Chef Aaron Bludorn Shares What’s Unique About This New Restaurant

Your First Look at The Woodlands’ Much Anticipated Bar Bludorn as Its Opening Beckons

By Laura Landsbaum

Houston’s Massive New Restaurant Brings Old Hollywood Glamour and a Real Dress Code To Post Oak — Mack Allen’s Lives Large

Houston’s Massive New Restaurant Brings Old Hollywood Glamour and a Real Dress Code To Post Oak

By Shelby Hodge

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One Of the World’s Rarest Animals Gets a $2.1 Million Houston Zoo Boost — A Reimagined Rhino Habitat Beckons

One Of the World’s Rarest Animals Gets a $2.1 Million Houston Zoo Boost

By Shelby Hodge

Houston’s Magical Party in the Park Turns Into a Glowing Success For The Menil

Houston’s Magical Party in the Park Turns Into a Glowing Success For The Menil

By Anne Lee Phillips

Urban Cowboy Bingo, Scary Nights and Heroes Pump Up Houston’s Ever Churning Party Season

Urban Cowboy Bingo, Scary Nights and Heroes Pump Up Houston’s Ever Churning Party Season

By Shelby Hodge and Carol Brejot

Heartwarming Search Reunion Powers a $1.1 Million Houston Night — Texas EquuSEARCH Finds Missing Persons

Heartwarming Search Reunion Powers a $1.1 Million Houston Night

By Shelby Hodge

Stunning River Oaks Mansion With a French Twist Hosts Houston’s Hottest New Society — A Crown Jewel Of the Neighborhood

Stunning River Oaks Mansion With a French Twist Hosts Houston’s Hottest New Society

By Shelby Hodge

Patty and Craig Biggio’s Four Decade Mission Helps Power Sunshine Kids On a Boot Scootin’ Night

Patty and Craig Biggio’s Four Decade Mission Helps Power Sunshine Kids On a Boot Scootin’ Night

By Shelby Hodge

Kid Crime Fighters Become a Houston Thing With Crime Stoppers’ New Youth Ambassadors

Kid Crime Fighters Become a Houston Thing With Crime Stoppers’ New Youth Ambassadors

By Shelby Hodge

12 Visionary Houstonians Win Don Quixote Awards and the Julia Ideson Building Serves as the Perfect Stage

12 Visionary Houstonians Win Don Quixote Awards and the Julia Ideson Building Serves as the Perfect Stage

By Shelby Hodge

Harry Connick Jr. Swoops Into Houston and Shares His Mom’s Love In Emotional Appearance For Barbara Bush Foundation

Harry Connick Jr. Swoops Into Houston and Shares His Mom’s Love In Emotional Appearance For Barbara Bush Foundation

By Shelby Hodge

Dennis Quaid and His English Bulldog Peaches Keep Houston’s $1.2 Million Howl-O-Ween Ball Rocking

Dennis Quaid and His English Bulldog Peaches Keep Houston’s $1.2 Million Howl-O-Ween Ball Rocking

By Shelby Hodge

An American Masterpiece, a Grammy Win To Celebrate and No Tragic Ending — Houston Grand Opera’s Opening Night Hits the Mark

An American Masterpiece, a Grammy Win To Celebrate and No Tragic Ending

By Shelby Hodge

Capri Comes To Houston With an Island Party Worthy Of the Mediterranean — All Things Italian Celebrated La Dolce Vita

Capri Comes To Houston With an Island Party Worthy Of the Mediterranean

By Shelby Hodge

River Oaks’ Garden Maestro Brings Houston’s Old Guard Power Brokers Out For a Green Celebration

River Oaks’ Garden Maestro Brings Houston’s Old Guard Power Brokers Out For a Green Celebration

By Shelby Hodge

Francine Ballard’s The Kno Draws Houston’s Most Fashionable Crowd For a Fun Fashion Throwdown

Francine Ballard’s The Kno Draws Houston’s Most Fashionable Crowd For a Fun Fashion Throwdown

By Shelby Hodge

BSH’s Post Oak Showroom Brings Interior Designers, PaperCity Mavens, Fashionistas and Power Players Together For a Glittering Issue Launch

BSH’s Post Oak Showroom Brings Interior Designers, PaperCity Mavens, Fashionistas and Power Players Together For a Glittering Issue Launch

By Jenna Ramirez

Fairy Tales Come To Life On an Enchanting $1.3 Million Houston Night — Princesses Galore, Little Red Riding Hood and Snow White Step Up

Fairy Tales Come To Life On an Enchanting $1.3 Million Houston Night

By Shelby Hodge

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Houston’s Most Fashionable Affair Draws a Hot Crowd Dressed To Thrill — Why Best Dressed Goes Far Beyond the Runway

Philanthropy in Fashion Best Dressed 2026

Houston’s Most Fashionable Affair Draws a Hot Crowd Dressed To Thrill

By Shelby Hodge

Houston Best Dressed Luncheon Sets National Records With $1.4 Million Raised, Tables Galore and Sweet Runway Walks

Philanthropy in Fashion Best Dressed 2026

Houston Best Dressed Luncheon Sets National Records With $1.4 Million Raised, Tables Galore and Sweet Runway Walks

By Shelby Hodge

Houston Best Dressed Hall of Famers Take Centerstage as the Anticipation Builds For the PaperCity Luncheon

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Houston Best Dressed Hall of Famers Take Centerstage as the Anticipation Builds For the PaperCity Luncheon

By Shelby Hodge

This Houston Best Dressed Dynamo Wins at Golf and Life — A Dec My Room Legacy and Three Dog Love

Philanthropy in Fashion Best Dressed 2026

This Houston Best Dressed Dynamo Wins at Golf and Life

By Shelby Hodge

REAL ESTATE

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The Pain and Lessons Of the Kirby Mansion Demolition — With a Houston Landmark Reduced to Rubble, Preservationists Try to Regroup

The Pain and Lessons Of the Kirby Mansion Demolition

By Alison Medley

Your Perfect Mountain Escape Awaits in Ridgway, Colorado — 739 Clinton Street Hits the Market for $1.68 Million

Your Perfect Mountain Escape Awaits in Ridgway, Colorado

By PC Studios

This Montrose Home Is Almost Unrecognizable After an Award-Winning Transformation — And Its About to Hit the Market

This Montrose Home Is Almost Unrecognizable After an Award-Winning Transformation

By PC Studios

Storied River Oaks Boulevard Mansion That Used To Be the Party Palace Of An Italian Baron Hits the Market — $21.9 Million For a Historic Treasure With 007 Vibes

Storied River Oaks Boulevard Mansion That Used To Be the Party Palace Of An Italian Baron Hits the Market

By Shelby Hodge

This Unbelievable Houston Property Is Its Own Hidden Compound In The Heights With a $3.6 Million List Price, and Extra Bedrooms and Porches Galore

This Unbelievable Houston Property Is Its Own Hidden Compound In The Heights With a $3.6 Million List Price, and Extra Bedrooms and Porches Galore

By Shelby Hodge

Inside a $15.5 Million River Oaks Boulevard Mansion With Its Own Indoor Swimming Pool, Beauty Salon and Crystal Chandeliers Galore

Inside a $15.5 Million River Oaks Boulevard Mansion With Its Own Indoor Swimming Pool, Beauty Salon and Crystal Chandeliers Galore

By Shelby Hodge

Todos Santos Steps Out of Los Cabos’ Shadow With a Chance to Buy Into Its Soulful, Surfside Life — Inside Paradero Homes

Todos Santos Steps Out of Los Cabos’ Shadow With a Chance to Buy Into Its Soulful, Surfside Life

By Georgie Miller

This Stunning New Build in Colorado’s Steamboat Springs is the Perfect Mountain Home for Texans

This Stunning New Build in Colorado’s Steamboat Springs is the Perfect Mountain Home for Texans

By PC Studios

Texas’ Renowned Goodthyme Farm Now Listed For $19.99 Million — Inside Bailey and Pete McCarthy’s Dreamy Family Vision In Bellville

Texas’ Renowned Goodthyme Farm Now Listed For $19.99 Million

By Shelby Hodge

The Best Golf Course Homes In The Woodlands For Under $4 Million — True Fairway Living

The Best Golf Course Homes In The Woodlands For Under $4 Million

By Laura Landsbaum

Houston Real Estate Power Player’s Posh Bachelor Pad in Montrose Turns Heads — Fabulousness and a $1.38 Million Asking Price

Houston Real Estate Power Player’s Posh Bachelor Pad in Montrose Turns Heads

By Shelby Hodge

Whitecap Is The New Watermark in Coastal Living for Houstonians

Whitecap Is The New Watermark in Coastal Living for Houstonians

By PC Studios

Why Steamboat Springs is The Hottest Destination for Texans to Call Home This Summer

Why Steamboat Springs is The Hottest Destination for Texans to Call Home This Summer

By PC Studios

One Of the Rare 100-Year-Old Mansions In Houston’s Exclusive Gated Neighborhood Courtlandt Place Hits the Market

One Of the Rare 100-Year-Old Mansions In Houston’s Exclusive Gated Neighborhood Courtlandt Place Hits the Market

By Shelby Hodge

Swank Houston High-Rise Unveils Its Showcase Pool Deck and Amenities Galore — The Langley Pushes Luxury Higher

Swank Houston High-Rise Unveils Its Showcase Pool Deck and Amenities Galore

By Shelby Hodge

Houston’s $11 Million Penthouse Is a 5-Bedroom Wonder In the Swank Belfiore Tower — A Mansion In the Sky

Houston’s $11 Million Penthouse Is a 5-Bedroom Wonder In the Swank Belfiore Tower

By Shelby Hodge

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Inside the Historic Garden Oaks Theater Rescue and Why Movies Could Return Sooner Than You Think — A New Drive-In Is Planned Before the Building Flickers Back To Life

Inside the Historic Garden Oaks Theater Rescue and Why Movies Could Return Sooner Than You Think

By Alison Medley

Houston’s In “Championship Mode” and the Rest Of College Basketball Will Catch On To What Kelvin Sampson’s Pulled Off Soon Enough

Houston’s In “Championship Mode” and the Rest Of College Basketball Will Catch On To What Kelvin Sampson’s Pulled Off Soon Enough

By Chris Baldwin

Four Seasons Resort Lanai Is the Ultimate Hawaiian Escape for Couples Seeking Seclusion

Four Seasons Resort Lanai Is the Ultimate Hawaiian Escape for Couples Seeking Seclusion

By Georgie Miller

Tim Brando Tells a Great Willie Fritz Story and Houston’s Secret Sauce Comes Into Focus — Two Head Coach Coordinators, YAC Monster Amare Thomas and Caring About Everything

Tim Brando Tells a Great Willie Fritz Story and Houston’s Secret Sauce Comes Into Focus

By Chris Baldwin

Texas’ First Waldorf Astoria Is Betting Big on Fredericksburg

Texas’ First Waldorf Astoria Is Betting Big on Fredericksburg

By PC Studios

Chendall Weaver Is Taking His Eligibility Case To a New Court as He Fights To Get To Play For Kelvin Sampson’s Houston Team — a PaperCity Exclusive

Chendall Weaver Is Taking His Eligibility Case To a New Court as He Fights To Get To Play For Kelvin Sampson’s Houston Team

By Chris Baldwin

The Houstonian Hotel Debuts Its New Grande Terrace For Al Fresco Entertaining in Houston

The Houstonian Hotel Debuts Its New Grande Terrace For Al Fresco Entertaining in Houston

By PC Studios

Chase McCarty On His MCL Injury Scare, Starting the Rehab, His Drive To Get Back and an NBA Family Reunion In Houston — a PaperCity Exclusive

Chase McCarty On His MCL Injury Scare, Starting the Rehab, His Drive To Get Back and an NBA Family Reunion In Houston

By Chris Baldwin

A Nantucket Hotel Favorite Makes Its Colorado Debut With White Elephant Aspen

A Nantucket Hotel Favorite Makes Its Colorado Debut With White Elephant Aspen

By Georgie Miller

Willie Fritz and Conner Weigman Can Make Houston Football History Without Any Big 12 Help — And Ted Pardee Thinks That Makes Fritz the Clear Coach of the Year

Willie Fritz and Conner Weigman Can Make Houston Football History Without Any Big 12 Help

By Chris Baldwin

Houston Native’s New Personal Concierge Service Caters To Busy Executives, Families and Power Players — Lauren Gray’s Gray Door Arrives

Houston Native’s New Personal Concierge Service Caters To Busy Executives, Families and Power Players

By Shelby Hodge

Rudy Tomjanovich Loves the Depth Of Current Rockets, Thinks Ime Udoka’s Team Can Win It All This Season — Getting Championship Coach Blessed

Rudy Tomjanovich Loves the Depth Of Current Rockets, Thinks Ime Udoka’s Team Can Win It All This Season

By Chris Baldwin

A Visit to Luis Barragán’s Casa Gilardi Dazzles the Senses on an Editor’s First Visit to Mexico City

A Visit to Luis Barragán’s Casa Gilardi Dazzles the Senses on an Editor’s First Visit to Mexico City

By Melissa Smrekar

Conner Weigman Left Utah’s Stadium In a Walking Boot, and He Was Limited In Practice All Week — a PaperCity Exclusive

Conner Weigman Left Utah’s Stadium In a Walking Boot, and He Was Limited In Practice All Week

By Chris Baldwin

Inside Wes and Willie Fritz’s Next Level Houston Roster Building — How a Young Son’s Never-Ending Questions Grew Into a Rising College Football Power

Inside Wes and Willie Fritz’s Next Level Houston Roster Building

By Chris Baldwin

The Lancaster Hotel Turns 100 With a Century of Houston Luxury, History, and Southern Hospitality

The Lancaster Hotel Turns 100 With a Century of Houston Luxury, History, and Southern Hospitality

By PC Studios

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Houston Grand Opera’s New International Music Man Is Determined To Build Trust With Bayou City Audiences — What James Gaffigan’s Debut Shows

Houston Grand Opera’s New International Music Man Is Determined To Build Trust With Bayou City Audiences

By Adrienne Jones

Texas Artist of the Year Revealed In a Rollicking Houston Art Night With 400 A-Listers, Collectors and a Hometown Star

Texas Artist of the Year Revealed In a Rollicking Houston Art Night With 400 A-Listers, Collectors and a Hometown Star

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Going Craft Crazy at Houston Art Galleries — Collage, Clay and Aluminum Take Centerstage

Going Craft Crazy at Houston Art Galleries

By Joseph Staley

New Supper Club To Highlight the Hobby Center’s Sweeping $45 Million Makeover — Creating a Dynamic Scene Worthy of Lincoln Center

New Supper Club To Highlight the Hobby Center’s Sweeping $45 Million Makeover

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Tina Zulu Brings Her Japanese Kimonos Back To MFAH, Pushing History Into the Present With Collaborations That Challenge Assumptions

Tina Zulu Brings Her Japanese Kimonos Back To MFAH, Pushing History Into the Present With Collaborations That Challenge Assumptions

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Adopt a Duck, Win Big, and Support Music Education at This Houston Race

Adopt a Duck, Win Big, and Support Music Education at This Houston Race

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Houston Art and All Its Branches Saluted at Japhet Bates Gallery — This Lineage Deserves Protecting Even as Community Spaces Disappear

Houston Art and All Its Branches Saluted at Japhet Bates Gallery

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Dolly Parton Has Left Houston a Love Letter, and It Will Unfurl on a Special Symphony Weekend

Dolly Parton Has Left Houston a Love Letter, and It Will Unfurl on a Special Symphony Weekend

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Contemporary Texas Artists Make a Striking Statement at Houston’s Opera Gallery — Paintings That Leave an Impression

Contemporary Texas Artists Make a Striking Statement at Houston’s Opera Gallery

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Houston’s Alley Theatre Reimagines Shakespeare’s Most Famous Love Story

Houston’s Alley Theatre Reimagines Shakespeare’s Most Famous Love Story

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Untitled Art Does Not Just Bring a World Class Fair to Houston, It Unfurls With a Whole Ecosystem of Extra Creative Wonders

Untitled Art Does Not Just Bring a World Class Fair to Houston, It Unfurls With a Whole Ecosystem of Extra Creative Wonders

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Houston’s Next Generation Of Art Leaders Turn Cocktails In the Courtyard Into a Magical Night

Houston’s Next Generation Of Art Leaders Turn Cocktails In the Courtyard Into a Magical Night

By Danielle Bartholet

At Home In Houston With Two of America’s Most Celebrated Painters — Artists Sarah Lamb and David Larned Embrace the Realism

At Home In Houston With Two of America’s Most Celebrated Painters

By Catherine D. Anspon

Giant Roaming Gnomes Are Coming To One of the Greater Houston Area’s Most Creative Lands — Public Art That Amazes

Giant Roaming Gnomes Are Coming To One of the Greater Houston Area’s Most Creative Lands

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