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Culture

The Best Private Social Clubs in Dallas

BY Megan Ziots

Houston Ballet Sonja Kostich

Arts

Dancer Turned Leader Aims To Make People Fall In Love With the Houston Ballet and the Bayou City’s Arts Power

BY Adrienne Jones

Grown Brilliance

Fashion

Grown Brilliance Shakes Up the Diamond World With Its Celeb-Loved Lab-Grown Gems

BY Edward Brown

Houston Ballet Sonja Kostich

Arts

Dancer Turned Leader Aims To Make People Fall In Love With the Houston Ballet and the Bayou City’s Arts Power

By Adrienne Jones

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Culture

The Best Private Social Clubs in Dallas

By Megan Ziots

Grown Brilliance

Fashion

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By Edward Brown

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Zac Posen

Fashion

Zac Posen Talks Tensions, Trompe L’oeil, and Texans as GapStudio Debuts Fall 2026 Collection

By Melissa Smrekar

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Culture

The Best Private Social Clubs in Dallas

By Megan Ziots

University of Houston Cougars men’s basketball team clawed out to a 76-54 blowout win over the Cincinnati Bearcats in a Big XII contest at the Fertitta Center, January 31, 2026

Culture

Kelvin Sampson, Fran Fraschilla and More Big Names To Be Part of New H-Town Basketball Tipoff Event

By Chris Baldwin

Allison Thacker makes the scene at the Hermann Park Conservancy 'Hats in the Park' luncheon. Now she is one of Houston's Best Dressed. (Photo by Jenny Antill)

Society

This Music Lover and Rice Management President Brings Houston Best Dressed Style

By Shelby Hodge

Mar y sol Dallas

Restaurants

A Lively Uptown Latin Spot Closes, Docent Steakhouse Sets Opening Date in Harwood District, and More Dallas Restaurant News

By Megan Ziots

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Houston’s Restaurant Wine Queen Gets Real On People Who Take Wine Too Seriously, Dream Bottles and Martini Breaks

Houston’s Restaurant Wine Queen Gets Real On People Who Take Wine Too Seriously, Dream Bottles and Martini Breaks

By James Brock

The Can’t-Miss Dallas Dining Events This September — Chefs For Farmers Launches Community Impact Awards Dinner

The Can’t-Miss Dallas Dining Events This September

By Megan Ziots

Élephante Sets An Opening Date, An Australian Fro-Yo Shop’s First U.S. Outpost, 4 Harwood Spots Shutter, and More Dallas Restaurant News

Élephante Sets An Opening Date, An Australian Fro-Yo Shop’s First U.S. Outpost, 4 Harwood Spots Shutter, and More Dallas Restaurant News

By Megan Ziots

Fort Worth’s 7 Best Omakases — Chef-Driven Dining Experiences Delivering Unforgettable Sushi

Fort Worth’s 7 Best Omakases

By Edward Brown

Old Hollywood Inspired Restaurant Shakes Up the Post Oak Scene, Builds On Its Woodlands Success — Your First Look at the New Audrey

Old Hollywood Inspired Restaurant Shakes Up the Post Oak Scene, Builds On Its Woodlands Success

By Laurann Claridge

Late Summer Wines That Keep The Fun Going — A Pinot Noir With Staying Power, Chardonnay Picks and More

Late Summer Wines That Keep The Fun Going

By James Brock

An Exclusive First Look at Élephante Dallas — A Los Angeles-Based Italian Coastal Hot Spot

An Exclusive First Look at Élephante Dallas

By Megan Ziots

Montrose Wine Bar Boosts Its Caviar Power and Keeps Its Chic Vibe Rolling — Taking Another Look at Fiora Bottle Shop

Montrose Wine Bar Boosts Its Caviar Power and Keeps Its Chic Vibe Rolling

By Laurann Claridge

Fort Worth’s Best Breweries — 7 Craft Beer Destinations Offering More Than Brews

Fort Worth’s Best Breweries

By Edward Brown

Our Favorite New Dallas Restaurants Right Now — What To Order at Scilla, Walkers’, and Palladino’s

Our Favorite New Dallas Restaurants Right Now

By Megan Ziots

Houston’s 10 Best Dessert Shops — All Sweet Treats Are Not Created Equal

Houston’s 10 Best Dessert Shops

By Danielle N. Bartholet

5 New Buzzy Dallas Restaurant Openings to Look Forward to This Fall

5 New Buzzy Dallas Restaurant Openings to Look Forward to This Fall

By Megan Ziots

A Lively Uptown Latin Spot Closes, Docent Steakhouse Sets Opening Date in Harwood District, and More Dallas Restaurant News

A Lively Uptown Latin Spot Closes, Docent Steakhouse Sets Opening Date in Harwood District, and More Dallas Restaurant News

By Megan Ziots

Former Private Chef to Taylor Sheridan, Fort Worth’s Levi Gardner Takes On Roy Pope’s New Direction With Westland Hospitality

Former Private Chef to Taylor Sheridan, Fort Worth’s Levi Gardner Takes On Roy Pope’s New Direction With Westland Hospitality

By Edward Brown

New Art Deco-Inspired Cocktail Lounge To Open in Uptown Dallas This Fall — A First Look at Marlowe

New Art Deco-Inspired Cocktail Lounge To Open in Uptown Dallas This Fall

By Megan Ziots

New Fast Casual Vietnamese Restaurant Opens In The Heights With Chipotle Visions — Your First Look at Iim

New Fast Casual Vietnamese Restaurant Opens In The Heights With Chipotle Visions

By Laurann Claridge

SOCIETY

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Record-Breaking Walk Boosts Interfaith and Gives The Woodlands’ Community Champions Their Much Deserved Runway Moment

Record-Breaking Walk Boosts Interfaith and Gives The Woodlands’ Community Champions Their Much Deserved Runway Moment

By Laura Landsbaum

Million Dollar-Plus Night Kicks Off The Woodlands Social Season With a Bang — YES to Youth Lets Kids Shine Bright

Million Dollar-Plus Night Kicks Off The Woodlands Social Season With a Bang

By Laura Landsbaum

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

This Houston Best Dressed Dynamo Wins at Golf and Life

By Shelby Hodge

This Music Lover and Rice Management President Brings Houston Best Dressed Style — Allison Thacker Embraces the Butterflies

This Music Lover and Rice Management President Brings Houston Best Dressed Style

By Shelby Hodge

This Parent Teacher Organization and School Reform Advocate Channels Milan and Madrid Style as One of Houston’s Best Dressed — Ellecia Knolle’s Heart Is Full

This Parent Teacher Organization and School Reform Advocate Channels Milan and Madrid Style as One of Houston’s Best Dressed

By Shelby Hodge

This Couple Quickly Adopted The Woodlands and Became Community Champions — How Cindy and Craig Heiser Make Giving Back Fun

This Couple Quickly Adopted The Woodlands and Became Community Champions

By Laura Landsbaum

This Mom Of Four Is a Houston Best Dressed Nonprofit Crusader — Cotton Queen Amy Pierce Stylishly Gives Back

This Mom Of Four Is a Houston Best Dressed Nonprofit Crusader

By Shelby Hodge

This Accountant With a Fashion Sense Is One Of Houston’s Best Dressed — Myrtle Jones Makes an Impact

This Accountant With a Fashion Sense Is One Of Houston’s Best Dressed

By Shelby Hodge

Elizabeth Smart Delivers a Powerful Body Message as a Woodlands Area Leader Is Celebrated

Elizabeth Smart Delivers a Powerful Body Message as a Woodlands Area Leader Is Celebrated

By Laura Landsbaum

This Southern Charmer Is a Serious Attorney and One Of Houston’s Best Dressed Times Two — Leigh Smith Lifts Up the Arts

This Southern Charmer Is a Serious Attorney and One Of Houston’s Best Dressed Times Two

By Shelby Hodge

Houston’s Philanthropist Lawyer Almost Became a Professional Dancer — Best Dressed Erica Littlejohn Burnette’s Incredible Story

Houston’s Philanthropist Lawyer Almost Became a Professional Dancer

By Shelby Hodge

Texas Favorite Makes a High Fashion Splash in the Hamptons With Loads of Celebs — The Studio Mayfair Turns Important Heads

Texas Favorite Makes a High Fashion Splash in the Hamptons With Loads of Celebs

By Shelby Hodge

A Scion of a Billionaire Houston Family Steps Into the City’s Best Dressed Ranks — Gillian Sarofim Brings Style and Art

A Scion of a Billionaire Houston Family Steps Into the City’s Best Dressed Ranks

By Shelby Hodge

Fast Friends Become Community Champions Together In The Woodlands — Kristen Byrnes and Carrie Greenberg Are Ready To Walk

Fast Friends Become Community Champions Together In The Woodlands

By Laura Landsbaum

Houston’s Best Dressed Champagne Cowgirl Moves From Nonprofit Leadership To More Personal Giving Back — Amanda Boffone Opens Her Heart

Houston’s Best Dressed Champagne Cowgirl Moves From Nonprofit Leadership To More Personal Giving Back

By Shelby Hodge

Fast Cars, High Fashion and Philanthropy Make This Second Time Houston Best Dressed Honoree’s Heart Zoom — Getting To Know Ann Ayre

Fast Cars, High Fashion and Philanthropy Make This Second Time Houston Best Dressed Honoree’s Heart Zoom

By Shelby Hodge

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A Tuscan Estate Tucked in Dallas’ Old Preston Hollow Hits the Market for $10.9 Million

A Tuscan Estate Tucked in Dallas’ Old Preston Hollow Hits the Market for $10.9 Million

By Melissa Smrekar

Private Spa and Sauna Homes In The Woodlands — When the Getaway Retreat Is In Your Own House

Private Spa and Sauna Homes In The Woodlands

By Jillian Richstone

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Grandson Puts Family Ranch in North Texas On the Market for $21.5 Million

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Grandson Puts Family Ranch in North Texas On the Market for $21.5 Million

By Edward Brown

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

Mini Mansions In The Woodlands with Separate Living Quarters For Guests, Adult Kids Or More — From East Shore To Grogan’s Mill

Mini Mansions In The Woodlands with Separate Living Quarters For Guests, Adult Kids Or More

By Jillian Richstone

4 Must-Visit Neighborhood Gems in East Dallas

4 Must-Visit Neighborhood Gems in East Dallas

By Melissa Smrekar

Buisier Dev Brings Luxurious Mediterranean Villa Living to Dallas

Buisier Dev Brings Luxurious Mediterranean Villa Living to Dallas

By PC Studios

These Million-Dollar Plus Townhomes In The Woodlands Prove That Luxury Living Does Not Require a Lawn

These Million-Dollar Plus Townhomes In The Woodlands Prove That Luxury Living Does Not Require a Lawn

By Jillian Richstone

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

A Creekside $6.85 Million Highland Park Home That’s Primed For an Art Collector

A Creekside $6.85 Million Highland Park Home That’s Primed For an Art Collector

By Melissa Smrekar

A $14.5 Million Mediterranean Revival Estate Hits the Market in Fort Worth’s Westover Hills

A $14.5 Million Mediterranean Revival Estate Hits the Market in Fort Worth’s Westover Hills

By Edward Brown

A First Look Inside The Lora, Knox Street’s Posh New Apartment Tower in Dallas

A First Look Inside The Lora, Knox Street’s Posh New Apartment Tower in Dallas

By Melissa Smrekar

William David Homes Brings Custom-Level Luxury to Chambers Creek

William David Homes Brings Custom-Level Luxury to Chambers Creek

By PC Studios

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

CULTURE

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Fran Fraschilla Expects Kelvin Sampson To Have Another Top 10 Team at Houston, Sees Chendall Weaver and Ikenna Alozie Making Major Impacts

Fran Fraschilla Expects Kelvin Sampson To Have Another Top 10 Team at Houston, Sees Chendall Weaver and Ikenna Alozie Making Major Impacts

By Chris Baldwin

The Best Private Social Clubs in Dallas

The Best Private Social Clubs in Dallas

By Megan Ziots

How Megan Henderson Plans to Grow Near Southside While Preserving Its Soul — Inside the Fort Worth Neighborhood’s 30 Year Transformation

How Megan Henderson Plans to Grow Near Southside While Preserving Its Soul

By Edward Brown

Kelvin Sampson, Fran Fraschilla and More Big Names To Be Part of New H-Town Basketball Tipoff Event — a PaperCity Exclusive

Kelvin Sampson, Fran Fraschilla and More Big Names To Be Part of New H-Town Basketball Tipoff Event

By Chris Baldwin

Competitive Camaraderie Takes Centerstage at Champions — North Texas’ Hottest New Social Club

Competitive Camaraderie Takes Centerstage at Champions

By PC Studios

Our Must-Read Books (And What’s TBR) This Back-to-School Season — A <em>PaperCity</em> Staffers’ Guide

Our Must-Read Books (And What’s TBR) This Back-to-School Season

By Megan Ziots

J.J. Watt Teams Up With Texas Billionaire Family Son Zach Dell In a Power Play — Inside Base Power’s Battery Vision

J.J. Watt Teams Up With Texas Billionaire Family Son Zach Dell In a Power Play

By Shelby Hodge

How Austin’s Driskill Hotel Is Entering a New Era While Honoring Its Roots

How Austin’s Driskill Hotel Is Entering a New Era While Honoring Its Roots

By Edward Brown

Exploring the Arctic Aboard Le Commandant Charcot — An Icebreaking Luxury Ship From PONANT

Exploring the Arctic Aboard Le Commandant Charcot

By Georgie Miller

Houston’s Five Star Hotel Unveils New Sublime Sleep Suites — The Post Oak Teams Up With Swedish Mattress Maestros

Houston’s Five Star Hotel Unveils New Sublime Sleep Suites

By Shelby Hodge

The Best Places To Play Mahjong in Dallas

The Best Places To Play Mahjong in Dallas

By Melissa Smrekar

Tap Into a Spirit of Adventure at Bishop’s Lodge, Auberge Collection, Your Basecamp in Santa Fe

Tap Into a Spirit of Adventure at Bishop’s Lodge, Auberge Collection, Your Basecamp in Santa Fe

By Melissa Smrekar

The Best Things To Do in Dallas This Month — A Can’t-Miss Chef Dinner at Meridian, An Aston Martin Vantage Roadster at NorthPark Center’s AutoShow, and More

The Best Things To Do in Dallas This Month

By Melissa Smrekar

Texan Leon Bridges Surprises Passengers With an Intimate Performance Aboard the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express

Texan Leon Bridges Surprises Passengers With an Intimate Performance Aboard the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express

By Melissa Smrekar

The Best Places to Play Mahjong in Fort Worth

The Best Places to Play Mahjong in Fort Worth

By Edward Brown

What the Garden Oaks Theater’s Final Extension From the Wrecking Ball Really Means — Inside the Fight to Save an Iconic Piece of Houston’s Movie History

What the Garden Oaks Theater’s Final Extension From the Wrecking Ball Really Means

By Alison Medley

HOME & DESIGN

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The Two Key Spaces Dallas Home Organization Company Inspired Closets DFW Recommend Tackling First

Home + Design

The Two Key Spaces Dallas Home Organization Company Inspired Closets DFW Recommend Tackling First

By PC Studios

How to Give Your Pool The Glow-Up It Deserves With Precision Pool Restoration

Home + Design

How to Give Your Pool The Glow-Up It Deserves With Precision Pool Restoration

By PC Studios

Texas’ Pavilion Paper Makes Easy Summer Entertaining Super Stylish — You’ve Never Seen Paper Plates Quite Like This

Home + Design

Texas’ Pavilion Paper Makes Easy Summer Entertaining Super Stylish

By Shelby Hodge

Harold Leidner Landscape Architects: Why Dallas’ Most Considered Homes Begin Outdoors

Home + Design

Harold Leidner Landscape Architects

By PC Studios

PaperCity Design Awards

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The Winning Projects of the 2023 <em>PaperCity</em> Design Awards Dallas

PaperCity Design Awards

The Winning Projects of the 2023 PaperCity Design Awards Dallas

By Caitlin Hsu

The Winning Projects of the 2022 PaperCity Dallas Design Awards

PaperCity Design Awards

The Winning Projects of the 2022 PaperCity Dallas Design Awards

By Lisa Collins Shaddock

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PaperCity Design Awards

The 2022 Houston PaperCity Design Awards Winners Are…

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The 2021 Dallas PaperCity Design Awards Winners Are…

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A Houston Graffiti King, Asiatown Art and a Surprise Sister City — Why Painted Bridges Matter

A Houston Graffiti King, Asiatown Art and a Surprise Sister City

By Danielle N. Bartholet

Dancer Turned Leader Aims To Make People Fall In Love With the Houston Ballet and the Bayou City’s Arts Power — Sonja Kostich Delves Into Her Ambitious Mission

Dancer Turned Leader Aims To Make People Fall In Love With the Houston Ballet and the Bayou City’s Arts Power

By Adrienne Jones

Montrose’s Secret Art Retreat Unveils a Culture Club That Pushes the Envelope — Basket Books Rewards Close Looking

Montrose’s Secret Art Retreat Unveils a Culture Club That Pushes the Envelope

By Joseph Staley

History Making Artists Reunited 60 Years Later In Houston Art Exhibition That’s Already One of the Year’s Best

History Making Artists Reunited 60 Years Later In Houston Art Exhibition That’s Already One of the Year’s Best

By Ericka Schiche

Kid and Teen Artists Get To Show Off Their Creative and Business Skills In The Woodlands — Young Makers Market Returns

Kid and Teen Artists Get To Show Off Their Creative and Business Skills In The Woodlands

By Laura Landsbaum

Rotating Houses and Making Unfinished Business Art — Houston Force Mary Ellen Carroll Keeps Everyone Guessing

Rotating Houses and Making Unfinished Business Art

By Alison Medley

New Texas Exhibition Space Passage Arts Makes Its Debut With Epic James Surls Show — A <em>PaperCity</em> Exclusive

New Texas Exhibition Space Passage Arts Makes Its Debut With Epic James Surls Show

By Catherine D. Anspon

5 Must-See New Dallas Art Exhibits This Fall — Iván Argote, Pablo Piccaso, Bruce Nauman, and More

5 Must-See New Dallas Art Exhibits This Fall

By Megan Ziots

Houston Artist Organizes a Pop-Up Fair to Help Her Earthquake-Torn Home Country of Venezuela

Houston Artist Organizes a Pop-Up Fair to Help Her Earthquake-Torn Home Country of Venezuela

By Danielle N. Bartholet

A Blooming Mural Created at The Waterway Arts Festival Finds a Permanent Home at the Canopy Cancer Center

A Blooming Mural Created at The Waterway Arts Festival Finds a Permanent Home at the Canopy Cancer Center

By Laura Landsbaum

The Dallas Antiquarian Book Fair To Bring George Washington Letters, First Editions, and Other Sought-After Rarities to North Texas

The Dallas Antiquarian Book Fair To Bring George Washington Letters, First Editions, and Other Sought-After Rarities to North Texas

By Edward Brown

Houston’s Flower Power Art Party Makes Montrose Even More Colorful — Art League Keeps It Healing

Houston’s Flower Power Art Party Makes Montrose Even More Colorful

By Danielle N. Bartholet

Dishing on Design + Craft’s Perfect Future with The Future Perfect’s Laura Young — Managing an Internationally-Recognized Gallery

Dishing on Design + Craft’s Perfect Future with The Future Perfect’s Laura Young

By Catherine D. Anspon

Fort Worth’s Amon Carter Museum of American Art to Present Buzzy New Exhibit — Exploring the Evolution of the Statue of Liberty’s Image Through Art

Fort Worth’s Amon Carter Museum of American Art to Present Buzzy New Exhibit

By Edward Brown

Houston’s Buzzy Art Fair Returns With a Bigger Lineup — Your Early Preview Of Untitled Art, Houston

Houston’s Buzzy Art Fair Returns With a Bigger Lineup

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The Remarkable Story Behind Houston’s Summer Art Blockbuster — Heinz Berggruen and Picasso Revealed

The Remarkable Story Behind Houston’s Summer Art Blockbuster

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Zac Posen Talks Tensions, Trompe L’oeil, and Texans as GapStudio Debuts Fall 2026 Collection

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Zac Posen Talks Tensions, Trompe L’oeil, and Texans as GapStudio Debuts Fall 2026 Collection

By Melissa Smrekar

College Football Gameday Style Is Back — The Best Texas Team Outfits, Boots, and Accessories To Shop

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College Football Gameday Style Is Back

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Grown Brilliance Shakes Up the Diamond World With Its Celeb-Loved Lab-Grown Gems

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Grown Brilliance Shakes Up the Diamond World With Its Celeb-Loved Lab-Grown Gems

By Edward Brown

L’AGENCE and FAO Schwarz’s “The Jewel Box” Open at NorthPark Center

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L’AGENCE and FAO Schwarz’s “The Jewel Box” Open at NorthPark Center

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