Life + Arts
Editor Monica Tso Email arts@thedailycougar.com
Barron’s cooks up its first summer menu
Named after Conrad N. Hilton's son, Barron's Restaurant opened doors to its first summer menu where students have a first-hand experience in the restaurant industry. Hotel and Restaurant Management seniors Dat Trinh and...
Architects brainstorm plans to improve health, neighborhoods
A panel of professional architects from organizations and different cities joined ideas at the third biennial Collaborative Community Design Initiative to create methods to improve Houston's neighborhoods. | Tuhin Dey/The Daily Cougar Guests took...
Staff members become ally for LGBT community
Facilitators Nathan Mckee (left), Selby Lo (middle) and Melanie Fitzpatrick (right) educated the group with LGBT facts, terms, history and trivia during Cougar Ally Training Wednesday afternoon. | Aisha Bouderdaben/The Daily Cougar More than...
New facility centralizes arts, theater community
The Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston will be located on Main Street, where over 120,000 students from nearby universities can socialize. More than 40 art groups and national experts have proposed ideas...
Confronting student commuter challenges
Commuter Student Services gathered traffic, parking and other resourceful links to create a new commuter website, hoping to overcome common issues shared by the 85 percent of students commuting to campus. | Monica...
Texas Music Festival commences with celebratory opening
The 24th Annual Immanuel and Helen Olshan Texas Music Festival celebrated its grand opening with an orchestra concert Saturday evening at the Moores Opera House. UH director of orchestra and guest conductor Franz Anton Krager...
Review: The Jet Age of Tomorrow’s ‘Jellyfish Mentality’
Duo producers Matt Martians and Hal Williams form the alternative hip-hop group The Jet Age of Tomorrow. The two are known for nonchalant, indie-jazz material with a touch of alternative hip-hop beats but have...
Slideshow: Free Press Summer Festival reaches a record
Free Press Summer Festival 2013 was the largest in it's history, hosting about 100,000 people at Eleanor Tinsley Park with bands from all over the...
Fat Tony discusses second album
Houston-native Fat Tony will be touring the country for another seven months as his second album, "Smart Ass Black Boy," releases on June 11. "My favorite music bands are my inspirational heroes," Fat...
Curator fills in gaps in artist’s exhibition
Having published books and articles internationally, art critic and scholar Rachel Hooper held her first lecture and Q&A session about her curatorial exploration in a compilation, called "Jsut That Way" during a curator's talk on an...