Houstonist recently spent a Saturday evening downtown at the grand opening of McCormick & Schmick, the popular steak and seafood chain, at the newest attraction downtown: the Houston Pavillions. Just one of many restaurants opening in the $200 million mixed-use development that's aiming to create a shopping and dining district for both downtown residents and workers, McCormick & Schmick gave Houstonist an opportunity to experience first-hand what the Houston Pavillions will have to offer. The......

Every day this week, Houstonist will feature an event scheduled in conjunction with Lawndale Art Center's 20th Century Modern Market. Today: American Jewelry 1940s-1960s: Wearable Modernism, Free Public Lecture If you missed the sparkling (heh) Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection exhibit at the MFA organized by Cindi Strauss, you'ce got a chance to see Strauss in action again, this time at Lawndale, in conjunction with the 20th Century Modern......

Every day this week, Houstonist will feature an event scheduled in conjunction with Lawndale Art Center's 20th Century Modern Market. Today: Opening of The Hour: Cocktail Time Design 1930-1980 Ah, cocktail time — one of Houstonist's favorite times of the day, not least because it can start anytime and go as long as we want it to. But even drunken debauchery needs a touch of class every once in a while, we think, which is......

::HCP Print Auction Preview Party:: Houston Center for Photography announces its largest annual fundraiser, the 26th Anniversary Print Auction. The auction preview and exhibition open on Thursday night, January 17 from 6-8pm and continue through February 13. The auction will take place on Friday, February 15 from 5:30-10pm at the Junior League of Houston, with world-renowned photography specialist Rick Wester as guest auctioneer. Cocktails and silent auction, as well as a live auction preview are......

Here's your first look at a small sampling of pics from our rather successful photo show opening last night at M² Gallery in The Heights. We'd like to thank everyone who came out and celebrated with us. Don't forget to add your images to our Houstonist Flickr Group so that we may publish your images. Check back soon for more info and photos. --- Photos from flickr users baldheretic, mrp1001, aggiechristine, bilbao58 and groovehouse......