Lucky's Pub has become the place for Houstonist’s pre and post Astros game hangout. Haven’t been there yet? Where ya’ been? Yeah, the ‘Stros may be hovering around last place in their division, but that’s no reason not to take in as many games as you can and have a good time, regardless of standings or the final score. Don’t have tickets for the game? There’s no shortage of TV’s around, including the 21 foot......

Can we interest you in the brisk salt air and the reassuring view of distant oil platforms in the Gulf with your beer? If so, you'll want to attend the next Saint Arnold pub crawl this Saturday, June 28th starting promptly at 4:00 p.m. The oft-held and oft-enjoyed pub crawl is getting a new (and an old) twist this weekend. The new twist is that -- for the first time ever! -- it's being held......

Many people are unaware that Planned Parenthood offers a variety of free or low-cost services to the local communities in which they operate, including yearly well-woman exams, healthy babies programs, breast cancer screenings, pap smears, cervical cancer treatments, access to all forms of birth control and educational information about men's and women's reproductive health. In the past year, Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas provided 300 prenatal care exams for low-income Gulfton residents, treated......

It's that time of year again! No, not Christmas -- but close. The Saint Arnold gang are releasing their Divine Reserve No. 6 in stores and pubs today, but don't expect it to be there come Sunday afternoon. If you want to get a pint (or a six-pack!) of their heavenly brew, you'd better act fast. Each Divine Reserve is a single batch of beer, brewed only once and with a different recipe each time......

::Sangria & Salsa at the Tasting Room:: Does dancing With the Stars make you wonder just how many washed up D-List stars are in Hollywood? Us, too. Who's next? The cast of Gimme a Break? Check out some Houston A-List dancers tonight as the Tasting Room in Rover Oaks hosts Sangria and Salsa Wednesdays! Heck, it takes us a few bottles glasses before we're any good anyway. Enjoy great music from the Charlie Perez Trio......

::NetSquared Meetup at Stag's Head:: Join the Houston NetSquared Meetup tonight as they welcome Robin Reagler, Executive Director of Writers in the Schools (WITS). She will discuss the history of WITS and ways that her organization is reaching out to low income students and changing lives. Who should attend? Anyone who has a passion for social issues and a love/morbid curiosity for technology should attend our Net2 discussions! We welcome all techie levels, as......

::Max's Goes Underground:: Max's Wine Dive first caught our attention way back in December of 2006 with what has to be the best URL ever conceived: www.friedchickenandchampagneaftermidnight.com Since then, Max's has been serving up home cooked goodies alongside a steller wine and spirits list. Tonight, Max's embarks on a new concept, Max's Underground. About MAX’s Underground This new addition to Max's Wine Dive is a club that gets members exclusive details on all things......

::DRAG QUEEN BINGO!:: Ripped form the headlines of Facebook, today we bring you: Drag Queen Bingo! We're no strangers to Drag Queen Bingo at JR's, with it's wacky prize giveaways, gender bending antics, and some of our f Tonight's charity is the Montrose Counseling Center , so come on down and get ready to jiggle those balls, er, tuck 'em. Your first round is gratis, and each additional card is $3, well worth seeing......

::St. Patty's Day Celebrations. Duh.:: Sure, we could sit here and try and incorporate every Irish saying we know into this post, and impress you with our vast knowledge of the land of green. (But then we'd probably have to admit we learned it all from working at Bennigan's for 4 years. Doh!) Here's a list of where you are sure to find some green beer tonight. And maybe an Erin to take home,......

Photos from our 2008 Light Rail Pub Crawl...

The Houston Rollerderby season ended in October, and Houstonist is having "DT's" - a condition in which lack of flat track action causes delusions (in which we actually think we CAN sing), nervous tic's and random verbal outbursts. We're gonna be just fine though, because there's Derbyoke in our immediate future - like tomorrow night! What is this "Derbyoke" of which we speak? Well, given that it's karaoke with, by and for HRD - it's......

::Houston NetSquared Meet Up:: The Houston Chapter of NetSquared returns tonight to kick-off another year of fascinating speakers. The Houston group recently got national props from Social Change advocate, Britt Bravo. Keep up the great work, guys! We are really excited to start the 2008 year with a wonderful guest speaker!! Kelly McCann, longtime advocate and CEO of the AIDS Foundation Houston, Inc., will be speaking about her work promoting AIDS awareness, prevention education. Kelly......

Christmas is a week away (great googlymoogly - we still have some last minute gifting to get) and if you had planned to have lots of different cookies on hand, or made up to take to your rotten coworkers, and haven't quite managed to bake, a lot. This is a super simple, very fun way to host a gathering, have a good excuse to get your nog on, and have a respectable assortment of goodies.......

::ANNUAL TAPPING OF THE LAST CASK OF CHRISTMAS ALE at Stag's Head:: Come to the Stag's Head this tonight at 6 PM and witness the annual tapping of the final cask of Christmas Ale. Then we get to see how long it will last! Free hors d'oeuvres will be devoured. ------- tonight, Tuesday, December 18, 6 PM till it's gone! Stag's Head | 2128 Portsmouth......

For everyone from the suckers who went to the sports bars because they thought the game was only on the NFL Network, to the lucky souls who knew that the game was on Channel 20, the confused folks who mistook the Texans red-on-red uniforms for a horrible laundry error, and to Channel 20 itself (which no doubt got their highest ratings since they ceased to be a UPN affiliate), the Texans thumping of the Broncos......

::Double Header at AvantGarden:: A great double-book tonight at AvantGarden: Terell James opens his "Neoformalism 1" exhibit, followed by FrenetiCore's production of "Exile", a dance film. "Neoformalism" Terrell James Terrell James' paintings and prints evoke nature rather than depict it. With minimal contour line, gestural rubbing, and reserved color her works describe the landscape through abstraction. James' work is included in numerous collections including Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, Museum of Fine......

::Social Media & Web 2.0 Happy Hour:: Do you spend more time on Facebook than you do reading a book? Do your sentences end with, "I'm SO Twittering that."? Do you scour the internet begging for invites to Beta testing of new sites? You're not alone. And there is help and support for people like you. Join your kind tonight at Sonoma Wine Bar as Houston's Social Media Community celebrates the season at the Houston......

::Flash Yo Stache at Vinyl Ranch:: It's back all you Urban Cowboys and Girls: Vinyl Ranch at Leon's Lounge. And this time a little twisted (at the edges). Tonight's 4th installment of the honky tonk party at Leon's Lounge brings a whole new level to the shindig. Local charity Mustaches For Kids will team up with Vinyl Ranch creator, Dave Wrangler, to create a meeting of the 'staches! How perfect is this? Be on......

Houstonist doesn't need an excuse for a party, but last night we had one: our second birthday. We got together with our readers and friends at Monsoon Wok downtown for a few drinks, a bit to nibble on and some amazing cake from The Acadian Bakers. Thanks to everyone who helped put the party together, and especially to everyone who showed up. By the way, we noticed a few of you taking photos. If......

::New Drink Tasting at Alden Hotel Lounge:: We're suckers for hotel bars. There's just something about being surrounded by out-of-towners and those foreign to the city, that makes us wanna swoop in to the fresh meat. Plus, it doesn't hurt that a bed is steps away. If in fact, the situation arises that you would need one. Join a+ lounge at the Alden Hotel today from 5-6pm as they let you test out the......

Do you find yourself a little scared to venture downtown these days, for fear of what you may or may not find? We'll admit, it's not out first pick for happy hour, what, with all the awesome parking opportunities and diverse bars, clubs, and retail? So we are looking forward to giving it a chance tonight, as ArtsHouston hosts a Meet & Greet (Hello, downtown, my name is ______) tonight at Butterfly High (705 Main......

In 2003, Detroit's Electric Six effectively made it okay for heterosexual males to sing about gay bars to fellow heterosexual males without opening the door for a sexual harassment lawsuit or nursing a bloody nose. Newly armed with their latest and release, I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me from Being the Master, Electric Six is ready to blow Houston's mind one more time. "I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me......

Ok, it's officially time: skip a Sunday in front of the NFL, ignore Terry Bradshaw's fake hillbilly schtick and dozens of former players pretending that they're still relevant, and watch your Houston Dynamo take on the New England Revolution for the MLS Cup. Here's five reasons why the Dynamo game should take precedence over the NFL on Sunday: 1. In case you haven't noticed: Boston sports fans, once the loveable Charlie Brown-esque losers of the......

::Double-Header Hump Day at Armadillo Palace:: Happy Hump Day, Houston! Where can you find the biggest hump in town? And no, we're not talking about down on Dowling Street. Why, the Armadillo Palace on Kirby! We're pretty sure it's the biggest "armadillah" west of the Mississippi. Join the American Advertising Federation of Houston & Ad2 Houston as they host thier monthly Networking & Social Mixer at Goode-Co.-Banquet Room-turned-rocking-beer-joint, Armadillo Palace (5015 Kirby Drive). The American......

::Wine and Dine with Two Star Symphony at Avant Garden:: Tonight is your last chance to catch Wine and Dine Thursdays with Two Star Symphony at AvantGarden. If you haven't been by this reincarnation of Helio's yet, stop by and check out the beautiful transformation tonight, while your ears get a treat from local favorites, Two Star Symphony. AvantGarden presents fine wines from different regions of the world. Experience samples of delicately crafted wines, from......

Spent all your cash on girlie drinks and shattered dreams again this weekend, didn't you? No worries - Thriftster gives you the lowdown on cheap stuff to do until Paycheck Friday. Monday: We are confused about the Sona play date, so let's try again shall we? The weather is awesome, as if you haven't noticed, so tonight you and your main squeeze should grab a blanket and hit the outdoors to watch the free screening......

The party is at Rudyard’s tomorrow – you know - THE party. The Black Math Experiment’s CD Release Party for “All You Need is Blood”, at which a couple of other bands will be performing. La Sed will bring some progressive rock courtesy of Puerto Rico and Mk Ultra adds politically-minded psychedelic punk to the mix (political as in the song writing may focus on fighting military culture and the 9/11 conspiracy). This should be......

::Vinyl Ranch at Leon's Lounge:: As the Houston Press finally put to rest the debate of Houston's oldest bar yesterday, we were busy planning our strategic involvement in the 2nd Annual Vinyl Ranch at Leon's Lounge. Yes, DJ Dave Wrangler is doing it again,. If you missed the first Vinyl Ranch, you are probably still kicking your self. Well, at least we are. (Kicking oursevles, not kicking you.) So what is Vinyl Ranch? Think: Gilley's......

Houston's Heavy Hitter's Club will be premiering their first CD at Fitzgerald's, Saturday night -it will be on sale for $5, but, ONLY at this party! So, what is Houston's Heavy Hitter's Club? It is what happens when you ask 30 different rock musicians to come over, hang out and write some songs. Seriously, this was pulled off in three recording sessions - not a small task, even if you have people who are accustomed......

It's an annual rite of fall, the one time each year that people in Houston care about Rice football. Yes,tonight in Austin, the number 8 ranked Texas Longhorns will play the Rice Owls in what promises to be a blowout football game. Longhorn fans and alumni from across the city will descend on the sports bars in droves, ready to feast on the blood of the Owls, who are just happy for the national tv......