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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With Shimmering ‘Mirror’ Theme and Sexy Spanish Fare, HGO Raises $1.3 Mil for Community Outreach

Denise Reyes and Matthew Healey (photo by Katy Anderson)

THE OPERA BALL, one of Houston’s perennially elegant, must-hit galas among the society set’s top tier, tilted marvelously mod and disco-deluxe this year, with sophisticated Spanish hints, thanks no doubt to ball chairs Isabel and Ignacio “Nacho” Torras. They are, of course, the arts patrons behind two of Houston’s most popular and trendy restaurants — MAD and BCN Taste & Tradition.

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Pop-Up Pros: With Impressive Partners from Far and Wide, Four Seasons Houston Ups the Game

Smoked Salmon Cheesecake with Emeril’s Reserve Caviar

THE POP-UP CULINARY trend — when great chefs from elsewhere take over a local restaurant for a night or two — continues to be a hot in Houston. But as the novelty of the concept fades to been-there-done-that, pop-up purveyors must be increasingly clever to attract savvy foodies.

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