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Not Ready to Part with Your Sweats? This Trend Has You Covered

Not Ready to Part with Your Sweats? This Trend Has You Covered

A spring look by Brunello Cucinelli

READY TO VENTURE back into the public eye? From happy-hour haute to glorified pajamas-gone-glam, our style guru collected five must-shop trends to revamp your style. For those not yet prepared to part with their sweats, try a chic upgrade! A trend of matching sets — like ones from Brunello Cucinelli or Nanuska — provides both cozy comfort and a sense of style ready for reengaging with reality.

Orlan crinkle satin shirt, $300, by Alexis

Makiko crinkle satin pant, $260, by Alexis

Tippi top, $425, by Nanuska

Tupsa satin trouser, $510, by Nanuska

Hair clip, $400, by Gucci

Le Petit Riviera bag, $330, by Jacquemus

Wedge, $770, by Valentino

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New Artist-Run Gallery Rises and Hits the Ground Running with Diverse Group Show

Sarah Sudhoff (photo by Katy Anderson)

SINCE THE 1970s, Houston’s cultural scene has only grown richer and more diverse thanks to the DIY spirit of its visual artists. As an alternative to the city’s major museums (which are awesome) and commercial galleries (again, awesome), they show their work and the work of their peers in ad-hoc, cooperative, artist-run spaces — spaces that range from the traditional white cube interiors, to private bungalows, to repurposed shipping containers.

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Houston’s Grammy-Nominated Music Org Gets ‘Bach’ to Basics with Concert and Book Release

Matthew Dirst (photo by Jacob Power)

FOR FANS OF early music — an often scholarly lot who aren’t afraid to wear their hearts on their sleeves — bad-boy Baroque-era painter Caravaggio certainly nailed something in his dramatic 1595 painting, “The Musicians.” (Simon Schama talks about this in his TV series The Power of Art.) One look at his masterpiece, and you feel as if you’ve stumbled upon and surprised a roomful of dewy-eyed musicians, their youthful faces swollen with melancholy, with the lutist looking like he’s about ready to burst into tears before he’s even tuned his instrument. So no, you certainly don’t need a Ph.D. to enjoy and be moved by the music of Handel, G.P. Telemann, or J.S. Bach, but a little bit of scholarship never hurt anyone. Knowing the history of this music may even deepen your appreciation of it.

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