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38m ago
University of Houston professor Cristina Rivera Garza has won a 2024 Pulitzer Prize for "Letters and Drama," the university announced this week. Garza was awarded the prestigious prize for her memoir, Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice ..read more
CultureMap Houston
38m ago
A venue with celebrity ties is coming to Houston: Called Koe Wetzel's Riot Room, it's a bar-restaurant and live music spot named for country music star and co-owner Koe Wetzel, and will open a location in Midtown at 2416 Brazos St., taking over a space previously occupied by '70s disco bar Electric Feelgood, which closed in April ..read more
CultureMap Houston
4h ago
Houston’s smash hit smash burger restaurant Trill Burgers has a new menu item that features another celebrity-backed brand. This time, Bun B’s burger joint has teamed up with Astros star Alex Bregman’s salsa company Wild Sol to create Trill Smash Tacos ..read more
CultureMap Houston
15h ago
Music superstar Leon Bridges repped his home state and adopted hometown at the 2024 Met Gala, donning a suit adorned with Texas bluebonnets and inspired by a Fort Worth museum exhibition ..read more
CultureMap Houston
18h ago
Columbia and Harvard Business School graduate Piersten Gaines noticed a market gap for women with highly textured hair. She wanted to transform the salon experience by making an establishment dedicated to women of color, focusing on saving women money, time, and effort ..read more
CultureMap Houston
21h ago
For the past few years, the Austin City Limits Music Festival lineup has been making people feel old. It doesn't look like that feeling is going away in 2024 — in fact, it may be intensifying, with an even more prominent platforming of new and young artists. The festival is returning October 4-6 and 11-13 with more than 100 acts on nine stages ..read more
CultureMap Houston
21h ago
It may still be five months away, but racing fans are already gearing up for the 2024 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas on October 18-20 ..read more
CultureMap Houston
21h ago
Houston Airports is making a major investment in helping travelers take care of one of their most basic needs. Over the next two years, the agency will invest $30 million in upgrading the bathrooms at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and at William P. Hobby Airport (HOU ..read more
CultureMap Houston
1d ago
Many people dream of retiring to the Texas countryside and getting away from the big city hustle and bustle, and there are two places in particular that should be on the radar for any retiring Houstonians: Georgetown and Burnet ..read more
CultureMap Houston
2d ago
An ambitious new restaurant is coming to downtown this fall. It will be led by a chef that most Houstonians may not know much about, but they do know the prominent local restaurants where he’s worked ..read more