Tonight: Catch Khruangbin's Hometown Show Before Their Global Tour

FOUNDED IN HOUSTON in 2010 by guitarist Mark Speer, bassist Laura Lee, and drummer Donald “DJ” Johnson, Khruangbin is a rock band Miles Davis would have loved to have played with, for space is the key to their interlocking, antiphonal ambience. It’s (mostly) instrumental music you can listen to alone, or enjoy with a few thousand of your closest friends.

Top Chefs Serve Up Food Frenzy at Four Seasons, Support Camp for Kids Touched by Cancer

Jeff Gremillion

SOME OF HOUSTON'S most noted chefs gathered in one of the city’s grandest hotels to raise about $85,000 for children touched by cancer.

Pop and Pour! New Cali Food and Wine Festival Ropes in Texas Celeb Chefs, Spotlights Sonoma

Robin Barr Sussman

READY FOR A long weekend of Northern California sunshine, fine wine, and epic natural beauty? It’s well worth the 3.5-hour flight for Houstonians to attend the Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience (May 20-22) and stay a few extra days to explore the glorious region.
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This Weekend: Breakdancing Choreographer — and a Superstar Tween Dance Troupe — Make Moves at MATCH

Mezclada (photo by CS Visuals)

IN 1973, A first-of-its-kind performance by Twyla Tharp Dance with the Joffrey Ballet changed the dance world. Combining contemporary dance, classical ballet, and a then-burgeoning, multi-disciplinary art form called hip-hop, Tharp invited a crew of graffiti artists to spray paint the stage backdrop live while her dancers shimmied and pirouetted to the sunny sounds of The Beach Boys.
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Bronstein ‘Rescues’ Food to Fill Hungry Bellies, Not Landfills

Second Servings founder Barbara Bronstein and, right, Fanny Frederick and Bronstein on Food Rescue

UNDER HER LEADERSHIP, $60 million worth of perfectly edible food has been rescued, and nine million pounds of food have been diverted from landfills in Houston. Founder of nonprofit Second Servings Barbara Bronstein — set to be honored at a luncheon this month, with food prepared in a unique way that speaks to her mission — first had her aha! moment when attending one of many banquets where guests either don’t show, or too much food was ordered and it was being thrown away.

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