THE BLVD: Houston's City Guide
A Houston City Guide
When visiting Premium Goods in The Village, the vibe definitely takes customers to a cool place outside of Houston. Premium Goods, the original hub out of Brooklyn, is a great place for sneaker aficionados to purchase limited edition kicks in an eclectic east coast atmosphere. You may walk in on a DJ spinning some classic [...]
Yates High School has a troubled history in Houston. The school is seemingly constantly under attack from all sides, but Houston can’t let it go because of the students it produces. Take Jason “DJ Flash Gordon Parks” Woods for example. He is a product of the photography program at Yates, lead by Ray Carrington III, [...]
“That’s how weeee do itttt,” Anjelah Johnson proclaimed throughout the night as she entertained a nearly sold out show at the Verizon Wireless Theatre on June 27, 2009. From couples on ”date night” to groups of high-heel clad females on a “girl’s night out,” Houstonians came out in flocks prepared to laugh and be entertained by the 27-year-old comedian and [...]
Enthusiasts of ink and skin turned up from around the country on May 22 – 24 to attend Houston’s first annual Body Art Expo. Contrary to popular opinion, the event was a true family affair, where all kinds of people showed up to see true artists go to work. Brian from Undisputed Tattoos based in [...]
These days it seems that everyone’s talking about the state of the world around us. People are “going green” or taking time to examine the way they treat the earth. Not to be left behind, the Houston Center for Photography will be hosting Human Nature for the following month. Human Nature is a collaborative [...]
Welcome to springtime, Houston. The time of year when there is no excuse too small to justify spending the day outside. The time, for the art world, in which paintings walk off the walls to enjoy a day in the park instead. This weekend Memorial Park hosted the Bayou City Art Festival, a three-day event [...]
Of the five galleries housed in the space at 4411 Montrose Blvd, you can always count on a champagne reception of a Friday evening. This week, the reception in question was for Texas native painter Charlotte Smith, held in the Anya Tish Gallery from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Smith’s work, described as both “pointillism on steroids” [...]
Zine Fest Houston is an event dedicated to promoting zines, minicomics and other forms of small press, alternative, underground and diy media & art. It is also a grassroots attempt to build the local zine, diy and alternative media scenes and form networks with media creators in other areas. ADMISSION IS ALWAYS FREE and table [...]
