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Innovation in Themed Retail Environments at the Festival of Innovation

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Arik Lubkin is an award-winning architect and designer. Informed by a broad background in immersive, scenic, hospitality, retail, educational, and residential design, he brings a holistic, sensory-based approach to architecture and design that seeks to bring people together and elevate everyday moments. Through his work at CAMP, Lubkin hopes to bring imagination to life and make magic real for his two daughters and families everywhere. Prior to CAMP, he led experiential design teams at Museum of Ice Cream where he opened MOIC Austin, Singapore, Shanghai, and Chicago, and at Meow Wolf, where he led design efforts on Omega Mart in Las Vegas and master planning for the House of Eternal Return in Santa Fe.

How Meow Wolf Blends Sound Design and Visual Art for Peak Immersion

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How Meow Wolf Blends Sound Design and Visual Art for Peak Immersion Radio Tave and its companion dive bar Cowboix Hevvven engage multiple senses to take visitors on a mysterious interdimensional adventure.

Best of the City: The 11 best things our Time Out Texas editor saw, ate and visited in 2024

TimeOut

Best Exhibition of the Year: Meow Wolf, Houston. What started as a small collective of artists in 2008 has grown into the immersive multimedia experience known today as Meow Wolf.

The best new attractions of 2024

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Another new attraction that made its debut at Halloween 2024 was Meow Wolf’s latest venue, Radio Tave, in Houston, Texas. Located in the city’s historic Fifth Ward, it introduces guests to a surreal world where a radio station has been transported to another dimension. They can explore an expansive maze of interconnected rooms, uncovering hidden stories along the way.

Behind Closed Doors: Discovering Las Vegas' Hidden Speakeasies

The Blast

A not-so-hidden speakeasy can be found inside Omega Mart in AREA15. Located behind the windows of a pharmacy in Omega Mart lives Datamosh. Keeping with the vibe of AREA15 and Omega Mart, Datamosh offers a unique and memorable experience.

Meow Wolf Denver – A Different Kind of Art Museum

My Home and Travels

Meow Wolf Denver is one of six out of this world art and exhibition centers located across the country. Focused on an interactive approach to sharing the arts, Meow Wolf is all about creating an entire experience for its visitors, not just paintings on walls or sculptures on stands. When you visit their locations, you’re stepping into an entirely different universe.

Art Club: Part Museum, Part Nightclub Exhibitions Open At POST Houston

Secret Houston

Houston loves immersive experiences. The city is home to all sorts of large-scale, mixed-media venues ranging from Meow Wolf’s wonderful and weird new Radio Tave to ARTECHOUSE’s dreamlike digital studio, Space Explorers out-of-this-world exhibit, and more.

Enter An “Unreal Winder” at Meow Wolf at Grapevine Mills

Simon Said

If you’re looking for a dose of inspiration this season, head to the immersive exhibitions of meow wolf — this month, Meow Wolf Grapevine is transforming The Real Unreal Installation into a multiversal winder wonderland.

Suspension of Disbelief: “Jonah Freeman + Justin Lowe: Sunset Corridor”

Glass Tire

Immersion and the Suspension of Disbelief The term immersive as it relates to art suggests a suspension of critical thinking and logic for the purpose of “buying into” the narrative. A transformation occurs where the visitor is transported to another realm. Pippilotti Rist does this well. Meow Wolf is another example of an immersive experience. While visiting Meow Wolf attractions in Las Vegas and Grapevine, Texas, I consciously knew I did not enter into the multiverse or “unreal” world. However, to understand the narrative or appreciate the event beyond the surface spectacle, I needed to make a conscious decision to ignore the fact that I was in a suburban shopping mall. For those who have experienced Meow Wolf, you are familiar with the immersive concept

Stuck in an airport this holiday season? 7 things to do at some of America's biggest terminals

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Looking for something out of this world? Concourse C at Denver International Airport is home to the Meow Wolf gift shop. Meow Wolf, an arts production company that creates immersive, multimedia experiences that transport audiences of all ages into fantastic realms, has locations in Los Angeles, Santa Fe, Las Vegas, Denver, and Grapevine and Houston, Texas.

Alligators, rice cookers, Detroit and Meow Wolf: An interview with Odie Leigh

Michigan Daily

Out of curiosity, I asked what moments stood out from the tour, and Leigh talked about playing at the Santa Fe venue Meow Wolf, an eccentric interactive art collective and exhibit. “I think the most memorable part was probably playing at Meow Wolf.” Leigh said. “We got to explore the Meow Wolf exhibit completely empty, they were closed for repairs, and so they turned it on for us with no one there, and we got to just run around in this beautiful interactive art exhibit and just get completely lost.”

Meow Wolf Houston Now a Certified Autism Center Providing Specialized Support for Visitors

Travel And Tour World

The recently opened Meow Wolf in Houston, Texas, has earned the prestigious Certified Autism Center™ (CAC) designation from the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards™ (IBCCES)

3 Immersive, Must-See Experiences When Visiting Las Vegas with Friends

Leisure Group Travel

What makes this experience so special is its sheer unpredictability and the sense of wonder it inspires. It’s not just an attraction—it’s an adventure, and one I can’t recommend enough. Meow Wolf is located within the Area 15 entertainment complex.

Superplastic’s new ‘Dopeameme’ experience opens at Area15

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Area15, an immersive entertainment district, is already home to unique attractions like Meow Wolf‘s Omega Mart, Illuminarium, and Wink World: Portals Into the Infinite.

Fun Across America – Meow Wolf & Wink World

RePlay Magazine

The entertainment world is no stranger to boundary-pushing innovations, but two immersive art experiences are truly shaking up the industry: Meow Wolf and Wink World

Elphaba and Glinda Enchant at Opening of Universal Studios Orlando’s Wicked Experience

Gizmodo

Traveling to Las Vegas this holiday season? AREA15 gets back to its quirky and whimsigoth holiday spirit. You can venture to Meow Wolf for portal jumping into bizarre and bombastic worlds at Omega Mart and also take a break in a fully immersive viewing of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas

Head to another dimension

Dallas Voice

Meow Wolf Houston didn’t kill the radio star; it took it to strange new places

104 Things You Must Do in Dallas-Fort Worth This Christmas

D Magazine

Meow Wolf Grapevine will transform The Real Unreal into Unreal Winter, giving everyone a “frosty fusion of art, adventure, and seasonal wonder” right before the holidays. Expect an unreal—get it?—winter quest, participate in winter workshops, and (assuming you’re a grown up) join adult theme nights such as Ugly Sweaters and Winter Ball. December 1-21, various times.

Multiversal Travel Companion Alva Is Ready to Take You Through Convergence Station

Westword

Just in time for all those holiday visits, Meow Wolf Denver has introduced a new app, Psychic Sensor, designed to elevate the visitor experience at Convergence Station. When you activate the app, multiversal travel companion Alva appears, sending notifications when you can collect psychic traces or uncover significant discoveries in the immersive installation's four worlds.

Meow Wolf Offering New Unlimited Passes to Convergence Station

Out Front Magazine

Meow Wolf, a renowned immersive arts experience that began in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2016, announced that they are now offering discounted “Portal Pass” tickets through December 5, according to a press release. The Portal Passes, which are currently $67 per adult versus their usual $84 price tag for the Colorado location, work as unlimited entry to a single Meow Wolf location for one year, including Denver’s own Convergence Station which opened in 2021.

Meow Wolf Las Vegas Review [Personal Experience With Photos]

Upgraded Points

In early October, I visited Omega Mart, Meow Wolf’s second permanent installation after the original House of Eternal Return in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Inside the Area15 interactive art and entertainment complex off the Las Vegas Strip, Omega Mart offers an engaging and unusual experience.

Unlock a Year of Art, Adventure, and Escape with Meow Wolf’s Portal Pass

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Meow Wolf’s Portal Pass is the ultimate way to buy your way into a year of surreal art, adventure, and escaping your daily grind—at a discount, of course.

Meow Wolf Offers Houston a New Art Outlet with Radio Tave

Texas Trend Mag

For over a year, construction has been happening at a warehouse space across from St. Arnold’s Brewery in East Downtown Houston. Shortly before Halloween, invites were sent out to media to preview what was quickly coming to completion. While many came with eager expectation, others arrived having no real clue what they were about to enter. I was one of those people who got to experience Meow Wolf for the first time, and after spending a few hours getting lost within its winding halls, I can’t wait to go back.

MCU’s Captain America, Anthony Mackie, talks about filming “Elevation” in Colorado, Coach Prime and more

The Denver Post

“That Meow (Wolf Denver) museum is the craziest (stuff) I’ve ever seen in my life,” said the 46-year-old actor, unprompted, referring to the surreal installation just west of downtown.

Unique Gifts For The Person Who Has Absolutely Everything — 9 Presents That Will Make a Holiday Impression

Paper City

Entertainment company Meow Wolf just opened its fifth immersive art wonderland in Houston, a year and a half after the opening of the Grapevine Meow Wolf. Dubbed Radio Tave, this surreal universe in the Fifth Ward promises a world of bizarre adventures and multi-sensory environments.

Meow Wolf Houston: Radio Tave

The Buzz Magazines

To make their installations representative of each city’s art scene, Meow Wolf works with local groups to identify artists they think would be a good match for the project

Bridging Cultures Through Art

Out Smart Magazine

Meow Wolf transforms spaces into interactive wonderlands where each exhibit invites visitors to journey into alternate realities to explore hidden pathways, solve mysteries, and unlock stories within stories

Art Dirt: Interdimensional: Visiting Meow Wolf Houston

Glasstire

Brandon Zech and Gabriel Martinez discuss their experience visiting Radio Tave, the new Houston branch of the Meow Wolf franchise.

Life Balanced: Give experiences, not things, this holiday season

Colorado Community Media

Take your family on a surreal adventure at Meow Wolf, an immersive art experience like no other. This mind-bending maze of interactive art installations is great for teens and adults alike, and it’s a day of creative exploration they won’t soon forget.

Grapevine: Meow Wolfs The Real Unreal Entry Ticket

Travel Buddies

Meow Wolf’s "The Real Unreal" exhibition in Grapevine, Texas promises an immersive and captivating experience for visitors of all ages

Vegas City Opera Teams Up with Meow Wolf Omega Mart for ‘The Love of Three Oranges’

Operawire

Starting this November, the aisles of Omega Mart will be transformed with live accompaniment in the form of “The Love for Three Oranges.” According to the official description, the organizations will team up to “present live opera with live musical accompaniment that begins in the aisles of Omega Mart and finds its way throughout the multiverse.”

New York Times 2024 Holiday Gift Guide

New York Times

The Santa Fe, N.M.-based interactive art playground Meow Wolf has been expanding rapidly, with five locations nationwide and another set to open in Los Angeles in 2026. It's a psychedelic steampunk funhouse that appeals to kids (and parents), with fewer trinkets hocked than the typical theme park.

Meow Wolfs Omega Mart at AREA15

Travel Buddies

Meow Wolf’s Omega Mart at AREA15 in Las Vegas is a captivating immersive art experience that’s been delighting visitors since its opening. Guests can explore hidden rooms, engage with interactive art pieces, and even try their hand at activities like indoor ziplines and ax throwing

Meow Wolf Houston Is Unmistakably Texan but Still Otherworldly

Texas Monthly

The art company’s fifth exhibition breaks tradition, paying tribute to and soaking up the culture of its location.

In First Ever Collab Meow Wolf Welcomes Vegas City Opera To Its Worlds

LiveDesign

Omega Mart and Vegas City Opera come together to present live opera with live musical accompaniment that begin in the aisles of Omega Mart and find their way throughout the multiverse

Meow Wolf’s New Houston Exhibition Is an Otherworldly Tour Through America’s Most Diverse City

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Radio stations can help connect you to the world, but they shouldn’t physically transport you to an entirely different one. That’s what happens when you visit the offices of ETNL Community Radio in Houston, though.

The Texas Artists Behind Meow Wolf Houston

Texas Highways

Meow Wolf aims to be a place of belonging for all

The Business Journals

The immersive arts organization’s ultimate goal is to create a place of belonging, where both guests and employees feel valued, respected and included.

Meet 4 artists behind Meow Wolf Houston's immersive multiverse

Culture Map Houston

Meow Wolf — what a phenomenon! While the original location in Santa Fe, New Mexico, was once an artistic pilgrimage, people living in or traveling to more accessible cities are able to finally get a taste: Las Vegas, Denver, Grapevine (Dallas), and now Houston belong to the Meow Wolf universe

What to touch, see, and hear at Houston's new Meow Wolf installation

Culture Map Houston

The art anticipation is almost over as Meow Wolf Houston finally opens on Thursday, October 31. Radio Tave becomes the fifth location for the immersive and interactive art experience venture, joining Santa Fe, Las Vegas, Denver, and Grapevine,Texas, as Meow Wolf’s alien worlds take over America.

Denver Delights: 17 Unique Things to Do in Denver

Redfin

You can’t miss Denver’s premier interactive art venue and immersive experience, Meow Wolf Denver’s Convergence Station. It’s the first multiversal transit station serving Earth and home to one of Denver’s most unique performance and event venues. 90,000 square feet of art, imagination, and portals of possibility, Meow Wolf Denver is a fun place to explore for all age groups. Solve the mysteries of The Convergence and become immersed in the excitement of Meow Wolf’s four worlds, events, or creative workshops.

Get a Sneak Peek at Meow Wolf Houston; Tickets Now On Sale

Glasstire

Meow Wolf Houston has released sneak peek images of its permanent exhibition Radio Tave. Last month, the arts and entertainment company announced its Houston location will open on October 31, 2024.

Meow Wolf Opens in Houston With a Trippy Campaign

Ad Week

For a heaping helping of mind-bending marketing, look no further than art collective Meow Wolf. That’s both a broad and a specific statement, with the growing entertainment company providing the latest example of its trippy advertising style with a campaign to promote its new Texas exhibit

PHOTOS: Meow Wolf Reveals New Images Of Radio Tave Exhibit In Houston

Secret Houston

Ahead of its coming opening this October in Houston, Meow Wolf has unleashed a new series of images giving us Houstonians a sneak preview of the Meow Wolf Houston Radio Tave exhibition. Furthermore, tickets to Meow Wolf’s Houston exhibit are now on sale!

Meow Wolf Houston's dive bar will serve 'Hot Slop,' 'Hooch,' and more

CultureMap

Part of what makes Cowboix Hevvven so intriguing is that it’s the first time Meow Wolf has integrated its food and beverage offering into the venue’s overall aesthetic. Visitors will find characters, a pool table, and a jukebox of songs recorded for Meow Wolf as well as a full menu of dive bar-style dishes that fit the exhibit's theme of a radio station from the '70s.

Meow Wolf unveils Radio Tave exhibition in Houston ahead of opening

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Immersive art company Meow Wolf has unveiled its upcoming Houston exhibition, named Radio Tave, ahead of the opening on 31 October.

Otherworldly radio station crashes into Houston: Meow Wolf's mind-bending new exhibit

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This permanent installation promises to bend minds and frequencies alike, transforming a run-of-the-mill radio station into a portal to infinite dimensions. Expect to stumble through cavernous grottos filled with living instruments, an interdimensional cowboy dive bar, and the surreal realms of Obsidiodyssey — a multi-room exploration of the creative process by artist Janell Langford.

Meow Wolf has spooky plans for October, including a new exhibition in Houston

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Meow Wolf Grapevine has a series of events planned for October, with Meow Wolf Houston opening Oct. 31 By Kimberly Richard • Published September 28, 2024 • Updated on September 30, 2024 at 10:37 am

‘Obsidiodyssey’: Meow Wolf unveils six-room art installation for Houston site

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Meow Wolf has unveiled ‘Obsidiodyssey’, a new six-room art installation at its fifth permanent exhibition in Houston, Texas, which is named ‘Radio Tave’. Created by Santa Fe-based artist Janell Langford, Obsidiodyssey explores the creative process in multiple dimensions. Highlights in this space include ‘Insidiopolis’, an alley inspired by the film noir style that represents the artist’s fears and anxieties.

I Discovered that Nothing is as it Seems in this Interactive Art Exhibit in Grapevine Texas

Only In Your State

I Discovered that Nothing is as it Seems in this Interactive Art Exhibit in Grapevine Texas Interactive, artistic, and totally bizarre the Meow Wolf art exhibit in Grapevine is one wild adventure.

I Discovered that Nothing is as it Seems in this Interactive Art Exhibit in Grapevine Texas

Only In Your State

After thoroughly exploring I have to say this has got to be one of the best art exhibits near Fort Worth and Dallas. Forget everything you know about the natural world and prepare yourself to have everything you think you know get challenged, because this odd attraction will certainly take you on a journey.

Meow Wolf Reveals Name and Opening Date of Houston Location

Glasstire

Radio Tave is Meow Wolf’s newest permanent immersive exhibition and is located in Houston’s historic Fifth Ward. While there are connecting elements among Meow Wolf’s exhibitions, each is unique. The Houston location takes the shape of a radio station.

‘Radio Tave’: Meow Wolf’s new Houston venue gets opening date

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Guests will find themselves immersed in an explorable radio station that has crossed into another dimension, said Meow Wolf. This dimension is full of labyrinthine paths, portals, hidden doors and multi-sensory mysteries, and the new installation will thematically play with sound and music, Meow Wolf added.

Meow Wolf announces opening date, theme for Houston venue

Santa Fe New Mexican

The company also announced the theme of the exhibit, Radio Tave, which will emulate a runaway radio station that has been transported to another dimension, encompassing paths, portals, doors and frequencies that guests will navigate both visually and with audio. The new exhibit will place a greater emphasis on sound, honing in on music and ambient audio more heavily than some of Meow Wolf’s other exhibits.

Meow Wolf is Denver International Airport’s newest, weirdest arrival

The Denver Post

Meow Wolf, the immersive art and entertainment company with an outpost in Denver, just opened a gift shop for its trippy merchandise at Denver International Airport. Located on Concourse C, the Meow Wolf kiosk “invites passengers to explore a collection of artifacts and remnants from The Converged Worlds and merchandise from other Meow Wolf locations; some from all ends in the multiverse,” the Santa Fe-based company said in a statement.

Meow Wolf: Radio Tave

Culture Map Houston

Radio Tave introduces a cast of new characters, and observant fans will spot familiar themes and appearances from beloved figures in Meow Wolf’s universe. This exhibition marks an important moment in Meow Wolf’s ongoing narrative, blending new adventures with subtle nods that will resonate with longtime followers.

Meow Wolf announces opening date, theme for Houston location

Houston Chron

The immersive art experience announced Radio Tave as the name of its fifth permanent installation filled with interactive mysteries for guests to solve in Houston's Fifth Ward. The newest Meow Wolf universe is essentially a radio station that has been transported to another dimension and will include dozens of rooms designed by more than 100 artists—many of whom are Texans.

The Denver Airport Is Getting a Mini Version of the City's Wildest Attraction

Thrillist

Meow Wolf, the freaky immersive experience with locations in Las Vegas, Denver, Dallas, Sante Fe, and more, is known for its unexpectedly twisting and endless corridors and rooms—a description that sounds eerily similar to… the airport. It’s fitting, then, that Meow Wolf is now taking up permanent residence inside the Denver International Airport, a transit hub famous for its conspiracy theories and demonic horse.

Interactive art installation Meow Wolf howls into Houston on Halloween

Culture Map Houston

Art-loving Houstonians will soon have a new venue to explore. Houston’s Meow Wolf has set its opening date and revealed the theme that governs its interactive installations. Set to open on October 31, Houston’s Meow Wolf will be called Radio Tave — a riff on “radio wave.”

Meow Wolf Reveals Opening Date & Theme for New Houston Location: ‘Music & Sound Play An Even Bigger Role’

Billboard

Meow Wolf, the arts and entertainment company known for its fantastical immersive installations, will open its newest location in Houston’s Fifth Ward neighborhood on Oct. 31. News of the Halloween opening comes alongside the reveal of the theme for the venue: Radio Tave, an explorable radio station that will transmit visitors to, a press release says, “unexpected frequencies.”

Meow Wolf unveils Cosmic Howl experience for Halloween

Blooloop

At Meow Wolf’s attractions in Santa Fe, Las Vegas, Denver and Grapevine, “the veil on the portals will be at its thinnest”, the immersive art company said in a press release. From 11 October, Cosmic Howl at The Real Unreal will allow guests to explore the exhibition “in its most paranormal form”, Meow Wolf added.

Meow Wolf opens immersive kiosk at DEN Airport

Denver 7

Meow Wolf Denver is expanding with a kiosk at DIA. So, in addition to shopping, it promises the taste of the immersive Meow Wolf experience.

Houston’s New Meow Wolf Wants to Take You to Cowboy Purgatory — A Longtime Artist Gives a Sneak Peek at What to Expect

Paper City Magazine

An interactive jukebox in the bar plays music written by Wilson under 30 pseudonymous band names. In another part of the room, a sculpture of a demon stands outside a phone booth, crying mineral oil tears into a beer bottle.

Painting the world Meow Wolf with Vinny Nicoletti

Blooloop

“My wife, son and I had a recreational trip planned to Las Vegas. We just happened to experience Omega Mart as a guest. Being in the industry for too many years, it’s fairly unusual that something would strike me as different. When I went through Omega Mart, I was blown away by its uniqueness and creativity, and the inventiveness of something that was truly differentiating within our category.”

The Real Unreal

Atlas Obscura

Meow Wolf is an art collective specializing in immersive, story-driven art installations. Like the House of Eternal Return and Convergence Station before it, the Real Unreal is built around an intriguing mystery with clues hidden in peculiar notes on refrigerators, cryptic sequences chanted through alleyway payphones, and the strange greetings given by otherworldly passers-by.

Friends With Benefits: Karla Lagunas at AREA15

Las Vegas Magazine

Meow Wolf (creators of Omega Mart) reached out to UNLV seeking an art student whose aesthetic meshed best with theirs and it was Lagunas who stood out from the rest. “I was really attracted to the interactive work and the immersion (at Omega Mart),” she says. “I was really inspired to see Meow Wolf’s capacity to create these ambitious projects.”

36 Hours in Denver

The New York Times

It’s a mesmerizing place to spend a few hours, especially with kids, interacting with Seussian animal mutations and pastel-colored laundry machines, opening endless doors to rooms with so many LED and neon lights that adults may need to recover in the on-site bar afterward.

Meow Wolf adds new installation to original Santa Fe attraction

Blooloop

Meow Wolf is expanding across the US, but it continues to enhance its original exhibition in Santa Fe, the House of Eternal Return. The immersive art collective has introduced a new installation called ‘Necro Techno Flesh Complex’ by artist Jess Johnson. An immersive multimedia room, Necro Techno Flesh Complex is a fusion of 2D drawings, 3D physical environments and digital animations.

Mysterious Objects of Ritual: Silver Jaw

The Awesomer

The Meow Wolf art collective is genius at spoofing reality at their five otherworldly locations in Santa Fe, Denver, Las Vegas, and Grapevine, TX. Now, they’ve invented the Mysterious Objects of Ritual product line to lampoon everyday stuff like staplers as strange vessels that served ritualistic functions for distant ancestors. Behold! The Silver Jaw!

Meow Wolf Santa Fe Debuts New Room Of Immersive Art

The Los Alamos Daily Post

Meow Wolf Santa Fe’s House of Eternal Return continues to evolve with new artwork. The original Meow Wolf exhibition presents its latest addition: Necro Techno Flesh Complex, a fully immersive permanent installation by internationally acclaimed, New Zealand-born artist Jess Johnson.

New installation now open at Meow Wolf in Santa Fe

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Meow Wolf unveiled the latest installation to the House of Eternal Return that is now open for you to explore in Santa Fe. The Necro Techno Flesh Complex is “a fully immersive permanent installation” and the brainchild of New Zealand-born artist Jess Johnson.

‘Necro Techno Flesh Complex’ now open at Meow Wolf Santa Fe

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There’s a new room premiering at Meow Wolf Santa Fe’s House of Eternal Return. “Necro Techno Flesh Complex” is a new permanent installation by New Zealand-born artist Jess Johnson.

Get ready to sip psychedelic spirits at Meow Wolf’s soon-to-open Cowboix Hevvven

365 Things to Do in Houston

Filled with immersive art, the surreal dive bar is set in the afterlife and promises the signature creativity and characters that Meow Wolf is known for at several distinct art experiences across the nation. Throughout the honky tonk, visitors will find a weeping grief creature, a disco ball–headed pool shark, and an octogenarian armadillo that tells tales of the bar’s numerous patrons.

Vince Kadlubek Named Meow Wolf’s Chief Vision Officer

Santa Fe Reporter

According to a news release, Kadlubek—who has been serving as a consultant at Meow Wolf—will now join its Meow Wolf Creative Studio, a “unified team that will develop the Meow Wolf Universe across all platforms.”

Meow Wolf Houston to Feature a Cowboy-Themed Dive Bar

Glasstire

Meow Wolf Houston, due to open later this year, has announced that its anchor space will be Cowboix Hevvven, a bar and restaurant combining cowboy culture with Meow Wolf’s iconic surreal style...The space will be filled with immersive art, including a tribute to Matt King, one of Meow Wolf’s founders who died in 2022. Among other things, Cowboix Hevvven will include an interactive jukebox featuring 30 songs recorded by Texas musicians.

Meow Wolf Houston pays tribute to Santa Fe creative icon Matt King

Pasatiempo

A bar and restaurant called Cowboix Hevvven set to operate at Meow Wolf Houston will feature a sculpture tribute to late co-founder and Santa Fean Matt King. The space will have the atmosphere of a dive bar, incorporating artists' creativity.

Meow Wolf’s New Houston Exhibit Will Include a Cowboy-Themed Dive Bar

Thrillist

Meow Wolf Houston, slated to debut in the city’s Fifth Ward neighborhood later this year, shared news of a concept inside its forthcoming art experience: Cowboix Hevvven. Although “the theme and narrative for Meow Wolf Houston will be announced soonish,” we at least get a glimpse into this food and drink experience, per a release. “Cowboix Hevvven promises to transport guests into a surreal dive bar in the afterlife.”

This Psychedelic Dive Bar Is Bringing a Cowboy ‘Upside Down’ to Houston

Eater Houston

Meow Wolf, a multidisciplinary art and media company, is slated to debut an otherworldly art exhibit in Houston’s Fifth Ward this year, and its quirky dive bar is set to take Houston diners on a ride through posthumous cowboy culture. Cowboix Hevvven will operate as a restaurant and dive bar that introduces diners to fictional characters in an artfully rendered Great Beyond — a Texas Upside Down, of sorts.

Meow Wolf’s Houston location to offer a surreal dive bar in the afterlife

Blooloop

The honky-tonk establishment is an immersive space with a working restaurant and bar. In addition to Meow Wolf’s signature artworks and creations, Cowboix Hevvven includes a sculptural tribute to one of its founders, the late Matt King. Guests will also meet a “weeping grief creature”, said Meow Wolf, as well as a pool shark with a disco ball for a head, and an “octogenarian armadillo spinning yarns of the bar’s numerous patrons”.

See Meow Wolf’s Psychedelic “Afterlife Dive Bar” in Houston

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Cowboix Hevvven promises to transport guests into a surreal dive bar in the afterlife. This bar and restaurant filled with immersive art combines the charm of a honky tonk watering hole filled with Meow Wolf’s signature creativity.

Meow Wolf's new Houston installment will have a restaurant, bar

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Meow Wolf Houston is set to open later this year in the Fifth Ward, and along with it will be Cowboix Hevven.

Meow Wolf Houston to feature 'surreal' dive bar, restaurant as its centerpiece

KHOU 11

"Cowboix Hevven is a love letter from a Texan dreamer," said Cole Bee Wilson, the project's lead artist and creative director. "It’s a psychedelic space that puts the 'all' in y'all and serves as a self-referential, autobiographical take on my Texan imagination. There’s a seat at the bar for all y’all here in Cowboix Hevven."

Meow Wolf announces 'interdimensional' dive bar for Houston location

Chron.

According to a press release, Cowboix Hevvven will feature Meow Wolf's distinctive, psychedelic twist on classic dive bar fare. The bar will also include a jukebox featuring classic country, Americana, and Tejano and other genres of music from more than 30 Texas artists, remixed with futuristic soundscapes.

Meow Wolf To Open Psychedelic Honky Tonk Hidden Inside Its Houston Location

Secret Houston

Hype continues to mount for the near future opening of Meow Wolf in Houston. To add to the excitement, Meow Wolf has announced its plan to introduce a collaborative anchor space, dive bar, and restaurant at its coming Houston portal. There are immersive experiences, and then there are IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES. Meow Wolf is an experimental large-scale art venue that provides out-of-this-world installations in a truly one-of-a-kind weird wonderland.

Meow Wolf rides into Houston with cowboy-inspired dive bar and restaurant

Culture Map Houston

By any measure, the imminent arrival of Meow Wolf, the immersive art exhibition in Fifth Ward, has to count as one of Houston’s most eagerly anticipated openings of 2024. Art loving Houstonians who visit the venue will also find an opportunity for eating and drinking. When it opens later this year, Meow Wolf will include a bar and restaurant called Cowboix Hevvven.

Meow Wolf announces 'interdimensional' dive bar for Houston location

Beaumont Enterprise

According to a press release, Cowboix Hevvven will feature Meow Wolf's distinctive, psychedelic twist on classic dive bar fare. The bar will also include a jukebox featuring classic country, Americana, and Tejano and other genres of music from more than 30 Texas artists, remixed with futuristic soundscapes.

Meow Wolf Houston to Welcome Its First Restaurant—a Psychedelic, Country-Fried Bar and Grill

Artnet

What would it look like if Meow Wolf opened a restaurant? We’re about to find out, and the answer is apparently a technicolor, nonbinary honky tonk dive bar straight out of the afterlife called Cowboix Hevvven.

15 things to do at Area15

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Punch your brain in the face by attempting to puzzle-piece together the 60-plus experiences that comprise “America’s Most Exceptional Grocery Store” Omega Mart into a coherent whole. How to describe this labyrinth of perception-warping interactive art and consumer culture satire? It’s unsettling, beautiful, captivating and confounding all at once.

Meow Wolf, Illegal Pete's team up on 'psychedelic' tortillas

The Denver Gazette

Meow Wolf, the arts production company known for creating “immersive multimedia experiences,” including Denver’s Convergence Station, is now bringing a new “mind-bending” experience to burritos. Meow Wolf has joined forces with Colorado-based companies Illegal Pete’s and Colorado Tortilla Co. to introduce the “Portilla” (Spanish for little portal).

A Guide to the Top Tourist Attractions in CO

Colorado Parent

Meow Wolf offers an immersive, interactive art experience that’s fun for all ages. Explore its unique rooms and exhibits that blend art and technology.

Review: Meow Wolf: Convergence Station

Condé Nast Traveler

That roadside location is surprisingly apt for the theme inside Convergence Station, a “multiverse transit station” that connects four alien worlds as part of the QDOT, or the Quantum Department of Transportation: icy Eenia, plant-filled Numina, underground Ossuary, and urban C Street. Meow Wolf has definitely attracted a cult following, but novices will find plenty to love here.

Illegal Pete’s and Meow Wolf Partner on a Tie-Dyed Tortilla: the Portilla

Westword

Homegrown, fast-casual Mexican chain Illegal Pete’s will soon offer a limited-time special at its thirteen Colorado locations: the Portilla, a tie-dyed tortilla made in collaboration with Meow Wolf.

A Mind-Bending Experience Awaits

Red Rock City Lifestyle

If your kids or teens have been buzzing about a quirky Las Vegas spot they’ve seen on social media, chances are they’re talking about Omega Mart. Located within AREA15, this one-of-a-kind experience by Meow Wolf takes visitors on an unforgettable journey through interactive art and immersive storytelling, disguised as the most extraordinary grocery store you’ll ever encounter.

Meow Wolf Santa Fe gets nod from Tripadvisor's Travelers' Choice Awards

Albuquerque Journal

In a statement announcing the Tripadvisor recognition, Kate Daley, a Meow Wolf spokeswoman, said the company is “incredibly honored.” “This award is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our team, as well as the enthusiasm and support of our visitors,” she added. “We are committed to continuing to provide an unforgettable experience for everyone who walks through our doors.”

Got the kids in tow? Check out these family-friendly experiences in the Las Vegas Valley

Las Vegas Magazine

Omega Mart should be on everyone’s list. The next-level attraction masquerades as a supermarket with eccentric inventory items, but secret entrances lead to a backroom, multilevel maze of art installations, interactive contraptions and the headquarters of the mysterious Dram Corporation.

12 Epic Indoor Attractions Across The U.S. For When You Can't Stand The Heat

Only In Your State

Check out Meow Wolf if you're on the hunt for an otherworldly and immersive indoor experience...Meow Wolf offers epic art installations that you can interact with, and each location has its own unique story and theme.

5 things to do with kids in Santa Fe

Albuquerque Journal

This interactive art exhibit is the work of hundreds of artists aimed at imagining and crafting new and immersive worlds to explore. The venue hosts musicians and open space community events such as craft days, Kids' art and story time and even Slime Time — an exploration of play, art and science — inviting the whole family to participate.

Experience Radar: World’s First Museum Boat Sets Sail, And Meow Wolf To Open Sixth Site In LA

World Experience Organization

In keeping with Meow Wolf’s penchant for interconnected interactive worlds, complete with secret passages, touchable decor and oodles of neon, site six will be a “maximalist fantasy” land full of “absurd glitz” that plays on the city of angels’ filmmaking history “and the fantastical spells cast by Hollywood”. Expect a multi-sensory love letter to the Los Angeles art scene.

Meow Wolf Is Opening a Meta Movie Theater in LA

Double Blind

Expected to arrive in 2026, Meow Wolf’s Los Angeles edition will find its home in a movie theater complex at Howard Hughes LA, a sprawling mall on LA’s Westside. While the rest of the multiplex will remain open to moviegoers, Meow Wolf’s permanent exhibition will whisk visitors into a dream world full of cinematic references.