For Americans who lacked savings prior to the pandemic, financial stress is rising.

Savoring 2024: Houston’s culinary scene prepares for exciting restaurant openings

We visited Houston's newest holiday light show. Did it live up to the hype?

KPRC 2 visited the Nutcracker Market Thursday to capture the retail holiday spirit and mad-dash hunts for this year’s must-have items. Here’s what we saw.

The season sparkles at this holiday lights show

Here’s a rundown of some of the most spectacular displays the Houston area has to offer.

Nearly every weekend in November and December, you’ll find some version of a holiday craft show or market featuring artisan works and plenty of holiday cheer. Here are some of the best markets to shop this holiday season.

Dewberry Farm is the perfect place to spend an entire day doing family activities. Once the sun goes down, it’s time for “BOOriffic Nights.” From haunted trails to axe throwing to jack-o-lanterns, this place will keep you and the family busy.

Moody Gardens in Galveston will host a holiday celebration featuring ice sculptures of animals, an ice bar and an ice slide.

Eerie carnival music, clowns, and disturbing dolls galore

Candlelight concerts, fall festivals, pumpkin patches and more October adventures

Plays and musicals to take in this month

Our guide to the best of live music happening in the Houston area in the month ahead

Hey! Welcome to Things To Do, your weekly one-stop newsletter for all things related to weekend fun in Houston and beyond.

Looking for live music in Houston? Here’s our guide to the best of live music happening this week.

If you want to witness the eclipse in all its glory surrounded by other equally-enthused spectators, consider heading to one of numerous eclipse-watching events scheduled throughout the state.

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Fall is here, Houston!

Do you belong to the Beyhive? Here’s where to go if you want to “wave your hands side to side, put it in the air” with fellow Sasha Fierce fans.

It was a madhouse unlike anything I had ever experienced.

Fans can register now until Sept. 17, at 9 p.m. HERE for the ticket sale.

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Adventurous shoppers looking for bargains will enjoy browsing the bountiful bins of Vntg Sply

In this new Sunday feature KPRC 2 reporters, anchors, and producers offer a play-by-play of their ideal Sunday. Get ideas on where to go, what to do around town, and how to live it up on the weekends.

A glimpse of the charming abode’s exterior and passersby are likely to assume the property is the definition of normal. It’s not. See what lies just behind the front door.

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Jackie Wallace and Owen Conflenti talk about all the fun things happening at the Houston Zoo between now and December.

The sheer grandeur of the space, coupled with the dim lighting, lulled me into a state of deep calm before the session even started.

Looking to make the most of the weekend? Stay up to date on the best things to see, do, and eat in Houston.

Suffering from book lust? Kaboom Books can scratch your itch.

“It’s nice to create something that has meaning to other people,” Lakin said. “It’s my little contribution to the world.”

Looking to make the most of the weekend? Stay up to date on the best things to see, do, and eat in Houston.

Enjoy your favorite local music artists at Hermann Park on Aug. 18 and 19

Book your calendar

Houston Theater Week will return in mid-August for its second annual event.

“Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience” will open in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex on Oct. 28.

It’s a big city, with plenty to do, see, hear and watch. Here’s a sampling of the city’s cultural highlights this weekend.

The fun returns this year during the second weekend in August.

It’s a big city, with plenty to do, see, hear and watch. Here’s a sampling of the city’s cultural highlights this weekend.

Becker’s Books offers an inviting biblioscape for book lovers with plenty of time to browse.

Altered by time or a mischievous child, Mary Ann Pizzolato’s patients may have faded features, missing limbs, or excised eyes

A shrine to American sandwiches, Stuffed Belly serves cheffed-up versions of beloved basics.

“A creation so perfect in its simplicity, I was at a loss for how it could be improved upon.”

Exhibition explores the diversity of the ocean’s cool Chondrichthyes

Take a peek at this haven for horsing around

More music artists coming our way include Nickelback, Fall Out Boy, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa

Longstanding Houston burger institution Lankford’s is expanding its restaurant business with a new eatery set to open Monday.

Oh weekend, how we yearn for thee!

Where to eat now

Touted as a “harmonious blend between traditional and modern,” Albi’s menu offers a mix of Lebanese, Turkish, and Jordanian cuisines.

'We gon' party like it's your birthday'

Take the woman of the hour to a restaurant to celebrate

Battered by surging consumer prices and rising interest rates, the U.S. economy shrank at a 0.6% annual rate from April through June, the government announced Thursday, unchanged from its previous second-quarter estimate.

The company is called “Masterpiece Desserts.” It’s located in the heart of Cy-Fair at Rosehill Beer Garden. “The World’s Most Delicious Cheesecake”“Masterpiece Desserts is home of the world’s most delicious cheesecake,” Winsome Brooks said. So much so, Masterpiece Desserts was nominated and eventually selected to receive a $25,000 award, as part of the Discover “Eat it Forward” program. We really want to support public education and we want to support the teachers out there,” Winsome Brooks said. To learn more about Masterpiece Desserts, click on the link.

Here’s what we found:This “Corona” beer costume is the least distasteful of the bunch. The costume’s beer label reads “No Known Cure COVID-19.″ Note the mask on the person wearing the costume. Product shot from Amazon.com (Amazon)This ghoulish, cartoon-looking lime-green latex mask is one of the many available mask options on the site. Product shot from Amazon.com (Amazon)This is probably the only costume you’ll be able to find at a local Halloween store. Product shot from Amazon.com (Amazon)Do you think it’s OK to dress up in one of these costumes for Halloween?

Published: May 30, 2020, 9:22 am Updated: May 30, 2020, 11:59 amHOUSTON KPRC 2 is continuing to feature local businesses as the Houston economy re-opens. Today were featuring minority-owned businesses in The Woodlands area. Below youll find a variety of minority-owned businesses that offer tasty Latin food and beauty services in The Woodlands:This Asian cafe serves bubble tea, organic and vegan food, burgers, hot tea and natural smoothies and juices. Address: 3335 College Park Drive Suite 400, The WoodlandsPhone: (936) 231-89891Body Med Spas vision is devoting time to teaching its clients to love themselves from the inside out, according to its website. Address: 17947 I-45 S. Suite 226, ShenandoahPhone: (832) 562-9344Latin +58 offers authentic Venezuelan food like arepas, cachapas, tequeos and empanadas, as well as drinks and desserts.

Discover where you can find up to 40% off furniture this weekend for Presidents Day | HOUSTON LIFE | KPRC 2Published: February 12, 2020, 3:13 pmWhether is recliners, bedroom or living room furniture, there is something for every style and budget at Star Furniture & Mattresses. Houston Life reporter, Lauren Kelly, has a preview of what you can expect at this weekend at their big Presidents Day sale.