Beginning today and running through Sunday - the party is ON in Galveston! It is time for the Lone Star Rally, one of the largest AMA sanctioned events anywhere. Where to start? There will be a humongous amount of activities going on, and stuff. We'll highlight a few and let you bang the link to the website for the full list. First, there will be the Leather and Lace Ball and Halloween Costume Party at......

Get your Halloween partay kicked of a little early tonight at the Houston Museum of Natural Science at "Spirits & Skeletons", the spooky special edition of the Mixers series. See and get yourself seen tonight, beginning at 8:00 p.m. where the night kicks off with Danse Orientale Belly Dancers, questions answered by Fatima and her band of merry Psychics (Miss Cleo? Nah, she's busy with her hotline - Fatima has it all going on, anyway......

::Cheeky Vintage Debut Trunk Show:: Looking for a new place to find something old? Check out Houston's newest vintage clothing shop, Cheeky Vintage. A friend tipped us off to this style haven, and we're dying to check it out. Tonight, Barbara Davis Gallery (4411 Montrose) hosts a Debut Trunk Show featuring Cheeky Vintage designs. We're headed there to check it out. Stay tuned for a full report, fashion mongers. Or, just meet us there.......

Calling all crafters, inventors, gearheads and crazy creatives - the ever-amusing Maker Faire wants YOU to show off your best projects, inventions and designs at Sunday's Maker Faire audition at the Houston Children's Museum (1500 Binz St). Confused? Maker Faire is: A two-day, family-friendly event that celebrates arts, crafts, engineering, science projects and the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset. It's for creative, resourceful folks who like to tinker and love to make things. We call them......

The song is simple, totally electronic, and very new wave, but we still love it. It's hard to believe that it's been 28 years since the release of "Cars" from Gary Numan. A Top 10 hit from 1980, it was a very left-field hit that year, sounding like nothing else you heard on the radio. We're happy that the YouTube poster included the lyrics to the song; we just now realized that for almost......

So maybe you’re the kind of person who has Adidas wet dreams and buys $500 pristine condish sneakers to put on display. We are so down with that, although admittedly slightly ashamed of the scuffed up All Stars currently ‘showcased’ on our feet. Club Fame (4704 Montrose Blvd.) is hosting the semi-annual H-Town Sneaker Summit to cater to sneaker snobs of all sizes and styles. Join the shoe head crowd to buy, trade, sell and......

No, it's not a new adult film premiering at Aurora, its White Linen Night in the Heights, and it's back for it's 2nd coming. "Small town cool, in the center of the big city." This Saturday, Heights residents, and curious visitors from all across the city, descend upon one of Houston's fastest-growing art scenes for a celebration of culture and community. The annual event, now in its second year, focuses on art, galleries, retail, outdoor......

Today until 5:00pm is your last chance to catch works by students attending the Glassell Junior School of Art as they are presented at the annual Junior School Spring Exhibition. Works will be on view through July 31 in the Norma R. Ory Gallery at the Junior School, 5100 Montrose Boulevard. The exhibition includes more than 200 works created by students age 4 to 18. Media represented includes painting, sculpture, fashion design, and ceramics. Also......

Today’s Photo of the Day comes from flickr user and Houstonist photo contributor slight clutter. It's a shot of downtown, but taken in an extraordinary fashion capturing elements of two different buildings that combine to create a very futuristic looking shot. It's shots like this that reinforce the fact that we are Space City, Texas. Oh and of course because we have NASA here too! If you have a passion for Houston and photography,......

While SFist cringed at the fatal dose of crime littering the Bay Area, it found solace in Hillary Clinton's San Francisco campaign headquarters opening, which featured loads of exposed mammary glands. In other news, SF Taxi Commission ruled that Satan's cab must keep its (in)famous medallion number, 666; and in an un-fashion-forward frenzy, San Francisco Fashion Week (chortle) bars bloggers from covering and getting smashed at their shows and parties, respectively. Also, they found a......

Houstonist has been a fan of martinis since Dad taught us how to make them at age 12 so that he wouldn't have to. We have always believed that a martini should consist of only the gin or vodka variety and that the label should not be applied to fru fru cocktails served in martini glasses. Whatever your stance on what constitutes a martini, you need to try the cocktail below because it is......

Free Movie Monday @ Domy Books It's no mystery that we love us some Domy Books. And not in the "we love anything that is next door to Cafe Brasil" kinda way, more like in the way we love perusing the shelves of this quirky book store and entering a world of the weird and unique. And in the fashion of the weird and unique, each Monday night Domy screens off-beat thrillers, cult classics,......

Bridal Extravaganza + Ticket Giveaway Getting married soon? (Yikes.) If you are ready to dive into the world of florists, photographers, DJ's, and bridal gowns, you are in luck! This weekend, the 23rd Bi-Annual Bridal Extravaganza walks down the aisle at the GRB, July 14 & 15. The nation’s largest bridal show will take place on Saturday, at the George R. Brown Convention Center this Saturday and Sunday. This year’s event features over 300,000......

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. After a bit of a hiatus, The Tech Buzz is back. It's not new or improved, just back. iPhone Madness We're not going go too in-depth with the iPhone as it has been covered by just about every major media outlet in the U.S. this past week. What we are going to do is provide you with this link to two local geeks and their reports......

Arriving into Los Angeles with their first three-game sweep, the Astros came into Angel Stadium to make a statement and to turn a mediocre season around. With the game on the line, Angels manager Mike Scioscia went to his closer in the ninth inning to preserve a 9-9 game. He knew the importance of this game and managed like it and it paid off. Francisco Rodriguez got out of a bases loaded jam to......

Four Walls: Untitled Exhibit Opening @ Winter Street Studios As we are all recovering from the Houstonist Happyist last night @ Kay's, it's on to thinking about tonight's festivities. Some of us will be all-electronica'ed out at Warehouse, but if you are looking for a treat for your other senses, check out Winter Street Studios exhibition, Four Walls: Untitled Check out what Spacetaker.org has to say about the opening: "If you have ever been......

High Fashion Home Hosts Organica Lounge + Guest Environmental Speakers It may not easy being green, but High Fashion Home is making it more bearable. Tonight, the swanky Midtown furniture and fabric retailer introduces their Environment Furniture Gallery, a line of environmental-friendly furniture and decor. To help launch the collection, the evening will include guest speakers Rebecca Foster, Green Education Consultant for Healthy Child Healthy World, on organization who works to expand awareness and......

It's been a busy weekend for Texas Southern University, where the regents are reportedly meeting this morning to fire interim President James Timothy Boddie, whom they had picked to lead the troubled school last fall. According to KTRK, the new president will be Morris Overstreet, a law professor who earned his law degree from TSU in 1975 and was elected to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in 1990. There aren't any more details on......

Hamilton, Houston's very own custom shirtmaker, was recently featured in an issue of Men's Vogue. Even if the article does make fun of their location "on a gaudy suburban strip a block beyond Kwik Kar Lube & Tune and across the street from a purveyor of erotic novelties" (on Richmond, near Chimney Rock), we were very excited to see Hamilton get some great press. Hamilton's shirts are impeccably designed and crafted, and are available only......

Lawndale Art Center presents 20th Century Modern Market Preview Party | Friday, April 27 6 pm - 9 pm Admission: $40 per person $30 for Lawndale Members at the Friend level and above Shop early for the best in Mid-Century Modern design at Lawndale Art Center's 12th Annual 20th Century Modern Market. Sip on cool libations and nibble on tasty treats amongst the finest selection of furniture, accessories, clothing, jewelry, rugs and art. It's definitely......

Need to know just a little bit about something? Ask a dilettante. This was a rough week for the gun lobby. Federal “safeguards” didn't stop a very disturbed young man in Virginia from being able to purchase guns that he later used to kill lots of people. Though there has been no official statement from the NRA, many pundits, talk radio callers and a guy sitting at a bar in Houston who was overheard by......

Dress for Success: Azur Salon Salutes Houston Women in Business Azur Salon (S. Shepherd @ Colquitt) invites you to join them tonight in their celebration of Houston Women in Business. In conjunction with Dress For Success Houston, the trendy salon will honor six women in Houston who have impacted their community in a positive way, while encouraging other women to do the same. The honorees include Whitney Casey of KHOU's Great Day Houston, 002houston......

Houstonist Shops: Frock Boutique Celebrates 2 Years Ok, so at Houstonist, we are not exactly know as fashionistas (or fashionistos? for the fellas), but we do like to get our shop on every once in awhile. Like for example, on a Wednesday afternoon in April. Join Frock Boutique (2609 Greenbriar) tonight from 6-8pm as they celebrate thier second b-day with clothes, cake, and cool cocktails provided by Patron (shots anyone?) and Red Bull. DJ......

The last time we brought you Social-ist, we nearly ended up on National TV. Keyword being "nearly." But thanks to the damn terrorists, our appearance was shelved. We swear! Some people's priorities! Last night Houstonist scoped out Houston's own Project Runway winner Chloe Dao's Rice Village shop, Lot 8, for a Dress for Success fundraiser. From our count, most of the boutique's namesake, the eight Dao sisters, were in attendance, including sister Sydney, who can......

Good morning, Houston. We're ashamed to admit that, on occasion, we succumb to road rage — especially when we're staying within the speed limit and other drivers get right on our tail, flashing their lights and acting like we need to go faster. We've often been tempted to slam on our brakes and show the tailgaters what's what, but according to the Chronicle's resident police expert, maybe we shouldn't: HPD Sgt. Steve Copeland warns......

Every once in awhile, Houstonist gets an invite to a sneak peek on how the other half lives, parties, and rubs elbows. Last night, as IMG's Fashion Week visited the Bayou City, Houstonist was on hand to take in the newest spring fashions, and peruse among Houston's elite. Parked in a series of tents in front of the Waterwall, we arrived with our ultra-fabulous "Platinum $1200 tickets", which apparently gets you in to an......

The Play By Play Now the writers — oh, we mean editors — are starting to place the girls into their appropriate characters. Houstonist already pointed out some of the crazies, but we have yet to meet the other stereotypes... Just started, we have Jaslene, the fierce Latina, wait, cut to Samantha, the county bumpkin with the eyebrows. Aww, she's homesick y'all. We bet she really likes Britney Spears, pre coke binge. Was there a......

Good morning, Houston. If you attended mass on Ash Wednesday, we hope it went more smoothly than one at the cathedral in Santa Fe, N.M. During the mass, CD players duct-taped to the undersides of pews began blasting sexually explicit language — as you might expect, it was disruptive. Church staff members took the CD players to the basement, after which a bomb squad arrived and blew two of the three players up. For......

We probably wouldn't buy Britney Spears' recently shaved off hair, but we would peer pressure our other millionaire friends to do so. Perhaps the City of Houston should step up to the plate on this one. Just think, Houston would be all over the world news, tabloids, and internet scene, and with a population of just over 2 million, it would only cost fifty cents per citizen. There are numerous other ways to spend......

FactoryPeople Weekend Pop-up Store @ FineSilver Gallery FactoryPeople, Austin’s hub for fashion, music and culture, is hitting the road with everything from designer deals to DJs to create a weekend of shopping at Houston’s FineSilver Gallery. Kicking off on Sat., Jan. 27 (11a – 7p) through Sun., Jan. 28 (11a – 5p), FactoryPeople will showcase its handpicked Spring ’07 collections and end-of-season bargains with 10% of all sales benefiting local non-profit Workshop Houston. On......