You’re sick of beating your head against closed doors. Sick of hearing “no” everywhere you try to sell. Tired of making goals and falling short of them.

Downtown Houston will be glowing brightly with an evening of lights, artists and machines kicking off the holiday season on Saturday, November 28, 2009. The night procession of art cars in H-E-B’s 1st Annual Illuminated Art Car Parade

Perfect your Halloween table with the combination wine glass and costume from Lolita. The delicious drink recipe featured on the bottom of the glass, a Lolita trademark, inspired the festive orange and black design.

Practically from the minute you were born, somebody was shushing you. Hushing your crying when you were a baby. Whispering to get you to settle down and listen. Yelling at you so you’d be silent as a mouse. Giving something to do so you’d leave them in peace for five minutes.

That’s all you’d need to be happy. A measly million… no, wait, TWO million dollars. Imagine all the great things you’d be able to do with those kind of bucks.

Micro sculptor Willard Wigan’s Art in the Eye of a Needle Exhibit Tour will be in Houston to raise funds for the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum’s-“Leave-A-Legacy…Buy-A-Brick” Paver Program on Thursday October 8th at 6:00 PM at the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum. The event is open to the public.

The image that graces the cover of the auction catalogue for Swann Galleries’ sale of African-American Fine Art on Thursday, October 8 is John Biggers’s powerful 1987 oil and acrylic painting titled Shotguns. The Biggers painting—probably the artist’s best known work—is one of 116 paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings from notable collections and estates to be offered in the auction.

His uncle tells him what to do and where to go. Your husband is obviously a grown man, but he must get permission from his uncle to go almost anywhere and do practically everything. This uncle says “Jump” and your man says “How high?” And the most interesting thing is, they both think it’s all good.

On Saturday, September 19, 2009, Houston Style Magazine was on hand at the 24th Annual UNCF Walk for Education at Tom Bass Park, where Terence Fontaine served as honorary chair. UNCF plays a critical role in enabling more than 65,000 students each year to obtain college degrees and in providing operational support to the 39 member Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

On Thursday, September 17, 2009, Houston Style Magazine was on hand at the Quarterly Community Partnership Breakfast at the South Union Church of Christ. It is the largest community partnership breakfast in Houston since 2000.

You gave one of your employees a project and he screwed up. Not a little, either. No, this was a colossal mistake and you can see that he’s mortified, times ten. He’s apologized on several occasions and this is fix-able (eventually), but you don’t know whether to laugh, fire him, or send him off to a remote work-post in Northern Siberia.

Superb examples from luminary basket weavers Louisa Keyser (Dat-so-la-lee), Scees Bryant and Elizabeth Hickox, featured in the Sept. 19, 2009 American Indian Art Auction at Heritage Auction Galleries in Dallas, have collectors buzzing about the singular artistry of the works as well as the controversial history of their representation by pioneering dealers Amy and Abe Cohn (Keyser and Bryant) and Grace Nicholson (Hickox).

On Saturday, September 5, 2009, Houston Style Magazine was on hand at the 25th Annual State Farm Labor Day Classic at Reliant Stadium. Festivities began when NFL Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson presented the game ball and help conduct the coin toss.

On Friday, September 4, 2009, Houston Style Magazine was on hand at the Night of Freedom: Urban Professional Wine Tasting and Fundraiser at Vintropolis- Houston. Presented by the Freedom Reliance with the Tom Joyner Foundation, the affair help to raise funds to support the Tom Joyner Foundation and Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

On Thursday, August 27, 2009, Houston Style Magazine was on hand at the 2009 Global Leadership Empowerment Awards Gala at The Houston Club, featuring Dr. Myles Munroe. Chaired by CEO of TWEF, Dr. Deavra Daughtry of Excellent Care Management.

On Wednesday, August 25, 2009, Houston Style Magazine was on hand at the Letoya Lockett Record Release Party at the Bamboo Club.

Alex Kvares was born in the Ukraine and studied printmaking at the University of Kansas. He creates intricate, tightly rendered drawings full of decadence and decay. These intuitive works are the result of Kvares’s own experiences of a dichotomous culture. A culture of consumption and regurgitation: simultaneously innocent and jaded; vulgar and gentle; beautiful and grotesque.

On Saturday, August 22, 2009, Houston Style Magazine was on hand at the . Presented by Walker Entertainment Group, the concert also had an extensive of “Keeping Ourselves Alive” Health and Wellness Fair that featured free health education and screenings with the assistance of wellness partners.

On Sunday, August 16, 2009, Houston Style Magazine was on hand at the 4th Annual Macy’s Spelling Bee at Macy’s at the Woodlands. The competition was held in 26 store locations across the country in partnership with Reading Is Fundamental (RIF).

On August 15 & 16, 2009, Houston Style Magazine was on hand as The Ensemble Theatre’s The Wiz was performed at Miller Outdoor Theatre. The two shows were a part of The Ensemble extended performance schedule. Adapted from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum, The Wiz tells the story of Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion’s journey down the yellow brick road.