It only happens once in a lune bleue, so point your Citroen to 1308 Slocum Street in the Design District, where decorator Jan Showers is having a red-tag moment — and only through this Friday. What's marked down? Murano glass lamps, French '40s chairs, an Aldo Tura bar cart, even a Jean Pascaud sofa. Can't promise the rarer bits will still be there by the time you see this, but you'll find ...

Normal 0 0 1 138 790 6 1 970 11.518 0 0 0 He tends to a pair of Kessler Park Shelties who spin when they see a bus drive by, walks a Lakewood Yorkie who prefers to balance on street curbs, and checks on a Highland Park cat who greets him by pawing his left shoe. There’s someone out there who pays as much attention to your pet’s idiosyncra...

HITS Theatre — a local nonprofit dedicated to training children in the performing arts — honors soprano Camille Zamora at its inaugural Distinguished Alumni Celebration in the Houston Heights on Saturday, February 6.Zamora's past affiliations and venues have included the Houston Grand Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. She has appeared in D...

... then be sure to buy the CD of the concept album before you leave the Alley Theatre. Otherwise, you'll be lucky to find it anywhere. Even Amazon doesn't sell the CD right now, and Borders.com doesn't acknowledge its existence.Need another reason to add it to your collection? Most of the Alley's premiere cast recreate their roles on this recording. Only the Caterpillar is different; I'll update...

This past weekend, the Houston Symphony launched its extraordinary marriage of performing art and science with the world premiere of a high-def version of Gustav Holst’s early 20th century classic, The Planets. The ambitious project orchestrated by Sundance-acclaimed, British filmmaker Duncan Copp (also an astrophysicist who is one of the world’s experts on the volcanology of Venu...

Whether you’ve been up all night with a crying baby or caught the red-eye from New York to L.A., no doubt your skin is showing the telltale signs of little sleep.  Born with darkness beneath my baby blues I’ve been locked in a vain attempt to hide it for years. Good news you have the power to combat those shadows beneath your eyes (and very easily).   My favorit...

In case you were wondering... Yes! The show now being promoted as Phantom truly is Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (not to be confused with Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit's Phantom, which premiered in Houston many years ago). The chandelier, the half-mask, the golden angels... Everything is just as you remember it. And it's settling into Dallas for a generous run, February 17 throug...

Drumroll, please: The Society for the Performing Arts is bringing back the international hit Stomp for five performances only, February 12 through 14, at Jones Hall. Even if you've experienced the show before, you'll want to catch this return engagement to see (and hear) what's changed. Sections have been updated and restructured, and there are even two new routines — think tractor-tire inn...

It looks like the musical Les Misérables is about to be immortalized again in a brand-new audio recording. The news comes from John Owen Jones, who  plays Jean Valjean in the 25th Anniversary UK Tour. He just announced via Twitter that his cast will be recorded live next week.Whether or not the resultant CD will be sold in the States has yet to be announced. Presumably the recording wil...

This made the day. I was playing about on Smythson.com, dreaming of some creamy writing paper and note cards, and I decided to order a catalog. I clicked on the pull-down menu for "Title" (a title is a required field, by the way, which is why we love Smythson) and look what popped up — the best pull-down title menu on the planet. The British rock. I rest my case.