Email Author ABBY KOENIG

2012 Stories by ABBY KOENIG

• Christmas Comes Early: WHAM is Here

  published Nov 15, 2012

  Christmas is coming early for all you art lovers out there - the 7th Annual Winter Holiday Art Market (WHAM) is just around the corner. The annual holiday market, filled with wares from local artists... More >>

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  Happy Birthday Claude Monet: Top 5 Monet Paintings

  published Nov 14, 2012

  November 14 marks the birth of one of the art world's most beloved painters, Claude Monet. Monet was one of the first painters to explore impressionism, which gained popularity in France and Europe in... More >>

• 666 Park Avenue: Please Tell Us What is Going On Already

  published Nov 12, 2012

  Many amazing things happened in 1998, Japan launched a probe to Mars, the Second Congo War began, Frank Sinatra passed away and Nona from 666 Park Avenue was born in an elevator at the maniacal Drake ... More >>

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  Robert Redford Talks Sundance, His Craft and Messing With Paul Newman at the Cinema Arts Festival

  published Nov 12, 2012

  Friday night, Houston got a little taste of Hollywood when renowned actor, producer and director Robert Redford graced us with his presence. Redford was in town because of the 2012 Houston Cinema Arts... More >>

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  HCP's "Soldier, At Ease" Captures the Human Behind the Camo

  published Nov 09, 2012

  At various points during this embittered election, talks of the events in the Middle East came up. Did we accomplish anythingr Has anything changed from the time we entered upon their foreign soilr O... More >>

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  A Car Just For the Ladies and Other Women Centric-Products

  published Nov 08, 2012

  Now that the election is starting to wind down, the pundits are flapping their gums over the results -- who got the most votes from this, who got the least votes from that, etc. Of the many demographi... More >>

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  Get Out Your Reading Glasses, Britney Spears Is Writing a Book

  published Nov 06, 2012

  There are some days when we should all thank our lucky stars that we can read (assuming that you can because you are reading this). Reading is the cornerstone of knowledge and democracy and freedom.... More >>

• 666 Park Avenue: Why Do You Still Live in This Buildingr

  published Nov 05, 2012

  Jane's starting to looooooose it. After last week's deadly Halloween party, everybody at the infamous Park Avenue high rise, The Drake, is on edge, especially Jane. But when she goes to show the pol... More >>

• Quilt Craziness at the International Quilt Festival

  published Nov 05, 2012

  Each year thousands of people gather together in Houston with one common love: Quilts! This weekend marked the annual International Quilt Festival. The Houston festival is the largest in the country, ... More >>

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  Breaking Down the Physiological Attributes of a Gremlin

  published Nov 02, 2012

  This Friday and Saturday night, River Oaks' Midnight Movie Classic is screening everyone's favorite Christmas-gone-awry flick, Gremlins. Gremlins is one of those '80s movies that remain unparalleled. ... More >>

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  Highlights from People.com's "Celebrity" Baby Blog Because Such a Thing Exists

  published Oct 31, 2012

  Celebrities and their babies have become a bizarre infatuation in this country over the past decade. Why are the working uteruses of famous people so fascinatingr Maybe we can't believe that the beaut... More >>

• Alamo Drafthouse Soliciting Your PSAs About Movie Etiquette

  published Oct 30, 2012

  There are few things more annoying than going to a movie and having to sit in front of some loudmouth going on and on during the film. Horror flick, comedy, you name it, there's nothing cool about ta... More >>

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  666 Park Avenue: Nothing Ruins a Good Party Like a Murderous Ghost

  published Oct 29, 2012

  Let's take a stroll back in time. It's October 31, 1929, and the fabulous Drake, the real star of ABC's 666 Park Avenue, is bopping with news of the Wall Street crash. The mystery smoke man, whom we m... More >>

• The Moores School of Music Goes Latin with Salsipuedes

  published Oct 29, 2012

  A lighthearted romp overtook the Moores Opera Center this weekend with its production of Daniel Catan's Salsipuedes: A Tale of Love, War, and Anchovies. Catan was a celebrated composer who died quite ... More >>

• A Chat with Aurora Picture Show's New Executive Director, Sarah Stauder

  published Oct 26, 2012

  Aurora Picture Show is always on the hunt for something -- a good film, a good arts collaboration, a new filmmaker -- but its latest acquisition wasn't of the celluloid kind, it was of the executive d... More >>

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  Top 10 Stephen King Movie Adaptations

  published Oct 24, 2012

  This past weekend, AMC was having a Stephen King mini-marathon, airing some of King's scariest books-turned-movies. I caught the end of Christine and the first hour of Pet Sematary. I have to admit th... More >>

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  Henry Tanner, Retrospective of the African-American Artist at the MFAH

  published Oct 23, 2012

  There are members of the art history world who, despite their significant contributions to the field, are sadly underrepresented. Henry Ossawa Tanner is one such artist. His name may not sound familia... More >>

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  666 Park Avenue: Don't Open That Suitcase!

  published Oct 22, 2012

  Don't you just hate when you tell a lie and out of nowhere that lie becomes a real person hell-bent on murdering your This week's 666 Park Avenue opens with obit writer/lying sack Annie tied to a ch... More >>

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  Friday Night: Louis C.K. Kills It at Jones Hall

  published Oct 22, 2012

  There are few comedians who have ever been in Louis C.K.'s place. The guy can basically do no wrong. His FX show, Louie, has been going strong for three years now despite its cult appeal and often irr... More >>

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  20 Years Ago in TV; the Good and the Bad

  published Oct 22, 2012

  I was flipping through channels yesterday and stumbled upon an episode of Barney; you know, the purple dinosaur. It's been a long time since I had any reason to watch Barney, but I could have sworn I ... More >>

• Sneak Peek of the Texas Contemporary Art Fair

  published Oct 19, 2012

  Oh art, how lovely you arer Let us count the ways... Last night kicked off the second annual Texas Contemporary Art Fair filling the George R. Brown with so much lovely art work, it was almost overwh... More >>

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  Is Tom Hanks the Most Overrated Actor in Hollywoodr

  published Oct 18, 2012

  Last week it was announced the Tom Hanks was headed to Broadway. The revered actor will be making his debut on the Great White Way in the late Nora Ephron play Lucky Guy. Ephron loved Hanks; she put h... More >>

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  CBS Cancels First Show of the New Season. What's Nextr

  published Oct 17, 2012

  The ax has come out once again, and the networks' Fall programming line up, with its pipe dreams and million dollar budgets, is starting to get wacked. It happens like clockwork this time of year. Mid... More >>

• 666 Park Avenue : Oh Great, Now the Walls Are Bleeding

  published Oct 15, 2012

  Here's something you should know about ABC's eerie new horror/drama 666 Park Avenue -- if you ever happen to find yourself in a private conversation with the owner of the ritzy Drake building, Gavin D... More >>

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  Would You Pay to Promote Your Facebook Statusr

  published Oct 15, 2012

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