Prestigious HGO Program's New Music Director Arrives from San Francisco

Evan W. Black

ONE OF THE country’s most prestigious opera-training programs, HGO Studio has announced its next music director.

MFAH Welcomes Exclusive Items from New York's Jewish Museum, Prepares to Open Permanent Gallery

Evan W. Black

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH New York’s Jewish Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has just unveiled a collection of “exceptional objects” called Beauty and Ritual, on view through Sept. 18.

Here’s Where to Chill Out for National Ice Cream Month

Robin Barr Sussman

OF ALL THE national food holidays, ice cream day is probably the most important if you live in sweltering Texas. President Reagan gets the credit for making it official in 1984 when he designated July as National Ice Cream Month, and the third Sunday of the month as National Ice Cream Day. Scoop up these mouthwatering specials while it’s hot!
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'Boo Ball' Bash! Night Owls and Ghoul-friends Pull Out Tricks, Treats and $800K for Ronald McDonald House

Daniel Ortiz and Jacob Power

Jose and Carolina Quiros

OF THE MANY festive fetes over the weekend, the annual Boo Ball benefiting Ronald McDonald Houston may have been the biggest, most spook-tacular one! More than 700 costumed partygoers descended upon the Hilton Americas ballroom, where a haunted house — complete with photo opps and bubbly — awaited.
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Important Houston Artists Create Mobile Billboards to Advocate for Prison Reform

Mel Chin's 'Actual Size' billboard

IN A TIME when our nation’s politics seem hopelessly divisive, it may be surprising to learn that prison reform — including improving conditions inside prisons and enacting viable alternatives to incarceration — is a bipartisan issue. And it’s one that hits home for Houstonians.

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