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| | | Four days of culture, color, and connection light up Downtown Houston. Blanket Bingo, Coco under the stars, Una Noche en Market Square Park, and the 5th Annual Día de los Muertos Parade, plus more at Discovery Green! Explore decorated storefronts and honor loved ones through tradition. Oct 30–Nov 2. |
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| 713 Things We Love About Houston |
|  | Photos by Brooke Lewis/City Cast, Jeswin Thomas/Pexels, and RDNE Stock/Pexels. Shrimp taco photo is courtesy of Soliz Tacos (#26 on our list!) |
| What isn't there to love about Houston? Whether we're admiring our beautiful diversity, eating at another delicious restaurant, jamming to new music from a Houston artist, exploring our wonderful parks, there is SO much to love about this city. | | So that's why in honor of our legendary 713 phone number, we (the City Cast Houston team, our podcast guests, readers, and listeners) have compiled a list of 713 things we love about Houston. I’m sharing the first 50 things in the newsletter, but click below to see the full list. | | - A warm donut from Shipley Do-Nuts
- Learning how to line dance
- Shopping on Harwin
- When that first fall breeze hits
- When the power stays on
- When the city doesn’t flood
- River Oaks Christmas Lights
- Lights in the Heights
- White Linen Night
- Seeing the Be Someone graffiti as you drive into downtown
- Trail riders going along Allen Parkway and downtown
- When your power comes back on after a storm
- Bayou City Art Festival
- All of our tire shops and that flats get fixed ASAP
- Looking up at the Water Wall
- Brazos Bend State Park
- Alley Theatre
- Brays Bayou (as long as it doesn't overflow)
- Going to Bun B's Takeover at the Houston Rodeo
- The summer rain shower that breaks the heat
- Picking up Houston Chronicle’s Sunday paper
- Hearing Houston Public Media in your Uber
- No zoning (love it or hate it??)
- Sitting on Empire's patio
- Snapping a photo on POST Houston's rooftop
- Soliz Tacos
- You can wear summer clothes in the winter
- The diversity
- The way we band together after disasters
- Throwing up the H
- The goat chops at Aga's
- Clutch City Coffee
- Eating on Hillcroft
- Gumbo at Goode Co.
- Crawfish boil at a friend's backyard
- Dona Leti’s
- Graces on Kirby
- Tex-Mex
- BBQ Brisket
- Fajitas
- When Houstonians peacefully protest
- Seeing the bats at Buffalo Bayou
- Seeing a movie downtown at AMC Houston 8
- 40 and under night at Houston Grand Opera
- Bringing a cocktail into the theater while you watch a show at Hobby Center
- The MLK Day Parade downtown
- Thursday night bingo at SPJST Lodge 88
- Free days at Houston Zoo
- Coffee at Slowpokes
- When Turkey Leg Hut didn't have drama
| | Also, a special shout-out to former City Cast Houston Executive Producer Laura Isensee who initially started this project, contributed items to this list, and cheered with us along the way as it came together ♥️ | | |
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| | | Get ready for the Houston Cinema Arts Festival, November 6–16, 2025! This year's theme, "HERE," explores presence and experience. The festival is bursting with dozens of features, short film blocks, live music, an arts market and photography exhibit. Experience over 50 features, documentaries, workshops, live performances and so much more! |
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