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From the Tony Award–winning Alley Theatre to free Shakespeare at Hermann Park, Houston’s theater companies cover every budget. Here’s where to start.

Game-day guide to TDECU Stadium (UH), First Community Stadium (Rice) and W.W. Thorne Stadium (TSU): tickets, parking, tailgating and traditions.

Eight independent movie theaters and film series in Houston, from the Art Deco River Oaks Theatre to Aurora Picture Show microcinema and Rice Cinema.

The best public basketball courts in Houston for pickup games, from MacGregor Park’s covered pavilion to Fondé Rec’s legendary indoor hardwood floor.

Houston has Latin dancing seven nights a week: 9 clubs with salsa, bachata, cumbia, and reggaeton, plus which ones offer free beginner lessons.

The best tiki bars in Houston, from Lei Low's 100-rum list in Sunset Heights to a goth tiki cave in Montrose, with the drink to order at each.

Houston bars with games: book dart bays at Flight Club, play bocce at Wakefield Crowbar, or ping pong at the 1928 West Alabama Ice House. Free for most.

Best milkshakes in Houston: a soda fountain since 1938, late-night Montrose shakes, boozy Carvel soft-serve, and Asian-inspired black sesame and ube.

The best ceviche in Houston, from Andes Cafe's Peruvian leche de tigre to Caracol's coastal Mexican and La Fisheria's Gulf aguachile. Ten verified spots.

Best paleterias in Houston: 10 shops for paletas, mangonadas, horchata and aguas frescas from East End to Cy-Fair — with a Save-this checklist.

Everything you need for Dream Con Houston at the George R. Brown Convention Center: ticket prices, cosplay rules, parking, nearby food, and what to expect.

Find borscht, pierogi, pelmeni, and kolbasa in Houston at 9 verified Eastern European restaurants, delis, and markets, plus the Czech-Texan kolache trail.