Here’s Where to Catch Dinner and a Show this Fourth of July!

Robin Barr Sussman

IF YOU DON’T have a view of the many fireworks displays around town on July 4, these spots are celebrating Independence Day with dinner, brunch, live music, deals, drinks and a seat to Houston’s spectacularly lit-up sky show.

Amid Roe Ruling Controversy, a Houston Scientist-Artist Offers a Vivid, Psychedelic Perspective

Chris Becker

“IT LANDED RIGHT in it,” says Houston artist and scientist Suzette Mouchaty.
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Symphony’s ‘Spooktacular’ Among the Weekend’s Best Bashes for the Whole Family

IN THE EARLIEST days of Hollywood, minor keys, minor seconds, tritones, and the hoariest of classical music themes were used to great effect, such as the “Merry Widow Waltz” in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1943 thriller, Shadow of a Doubt (scored by Dimitri Tiomkin). And who can forget hearing composer Bernard Herrmann’s screeching violins in Psycho? You could say Halloween and symphonic music go together like peanut butter and jelly (or candy corn and dental floss).

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The Children’s Museum Boogies Into a Record-Breaking Night at Studio 54

Scott & Katie Arnoldy, Holly & Steve Radom

ANDY WARHOL AND Liza Minnelli — well, convincing impersonators anyway — welcomed 600 guests dressed in disco-glam looks to The Children’s Museum’s annual gala. Bergner and Johnson Design transformed The Corinthian into Studio 54 for a night of dancing, bellbottoms, boas and raising $1.1 million for the museum’s outreach services.

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