Featured Bartender: Chad from Swamp Shack Baybrook

Chad from the Swamp shack Baybrook has been in the industry for almost 12 years now and bartending for about 8 years since moving to Houston from Michigan. Swamp Shack owner, Alan Franks, and his management team "graciously hired me in February a few months after the opening of the Baybrook location." Read More »

Dead Girls Academy brings National Tour to Scout Bar

Formed only in recent years, Dead Girls Academy has garnered a huge fan base which continues to grow exponentially, with DGA lead vocalist Michael Orlando bringing his own audience as the former vocalist of Vampires Everywhere!, a band with a strong following where he felt himself transitioning into the new sound DGA brings to the table. Read More »

10th Brewmasters Craft Beer Festival Serves Up Foam-Filled Labor Day Fun at Moody Gardens

Toast to the end of summer at the 10th annual BrewMasters Craft Beer Festival in sunny Galveston Island, Texas. For 10 years, this frothy festival has been lauded as one of the top beer fests in the U.S. and revered by beer lovers across the region. BrewMasters Craft Beer Festival is an immersive multi-day event held annually Labor Day weekend. Join fellow craft beer fans that flock to Galveston Island August 30 – September 1 in the pursuit of hoppiness and a craft beer experience unlike any other. Read More »

Playing with Heart, Blues, and Soul: Texas Flood, nation’s leading Stevie Ray Vaughan tribute, begins not in Texas but 6,000 miles away

The story of Texas Flood, billed as the nation’s leading Stevie Ray Vaughan tribute, begins not in Dallas, not in Texas – and not even the United States. A testament to Vaughan’s global impact on blues music, it begins in a country 6,000 miles away, across the Atlantic Ocean. Read More »

Truly a Family Effort: Vallensons’ Brewing Company

In a little more than two years of operation, the popular, family-owned and operated Vallensons Brewing in Pearland has made an impact locally, regionally and now internationally after winning four medals last month at the prestigious U.S. Open Beer Championship. Read More »

Michiru Sushi Celebrates 10 Years of Serving Modern Asian Cuisine

During the past decade, Michiru Sushi has been taking the Asian fusion concept beyond the typical East-meets-West mash-up of Japanese and Western influenced cuisine – broadening their scope to include ingredients not only from Japan, but also from Italy, France, New Zealand, Australia, Hawaii and other parts of the globe. But their evolution of fusion doesn’t stop there. Read More »

Space Center Houston Marked the Moon Landing with Record-Breaking Interstellar Celebration & Concert

Space Center Houston honored the 50th anniversary of the lunar landing with Apollo 11 50th Live, a spectacular all day and evening celebration. The science and space exploration learning center marked the first steps on the Moon with astronauts, Apollo legends, a concert and record-setting attendance. Read More »

The Great Kanakas Atomic Tiki Bar: New Tiki Bar in Kemah Offers Polynesian Oasis 

Located just a stone’s throw from the Kemah Boardwalk, The Great Kanakas Atomic Tiki Bar (601 5th Street) is Kemah’s newest hot spot. With tiki totems flanking the entrance, it is apparent even before you walk through the doors that the Great Kanakas is the epitome of a tiki bar Read More »

Skallywag Suds N’ Grub celebrates 6th Anniversary

For six years now, Skallywag Suds N’ Grub has offered the top craft beer selection in Galveston County, creative mixed drinks using premium liquors and a food menu of mouth-watering, scratch-made grub like none other. Read More »

Local Music Spotlight: Nick and the Groove!

What started as teenagers jamming together at the School of Rock in Clear Lake has quickly turned into band not to be missed. All members are between 16 and 19, and in less than a year have garnered the attention of major area events, radio and television outlets, not to mention hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube and beyond. Read More »