Email Author TRAVIS HENSLEY

2010 Stories by TRAVIS HENSLEY

• Frankenstein Unbound

  published August 19, 2010

  Time travel, a classic monster and its creator all make their way into Frankenstein Unbound. In the 1990 film adaptation of the... More >>

• Houston Roller Derby

  published August 19, 2010

  The 2010 Houston Roller Derby season has almost come to an end, but you still have time to see some of the last bouts of the year. The... More >>

• “Out of the Cold Refuge”

  published August 19, 2010

  Claire Richards’s solo exhibition “Out of the Cold Refuge,” currently at the Heights Contemporary Fine Art Gallery... More >>

• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

  published August 19, 2010

  The A.D. Players bring the classic C.S. Lewis children’s story The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to the stage. In the play,... More >>

• October Country

  published August 19, 2010

  The documentary October Country was inspired by Donal Mosher’s photography. The film takes viewers through one year in the life of the... More >>

• The Decline of Western Civilization

  published August 12, 2010

  The title The Decline of Western Civilization sounds more like a class for philosophy students than a documentary about the punk... More >>

• Trash Humpers

  published August 12, 2010

  According to the film Trash Humpers, some older people just need to hump trash. Not us, mind you. We're just saying some other... More >>

• 2 Everything 2 Terrible 2: Tokyo Drift

  published August 12, 2010

  Neither The Fast and the Furious nor Vin Diesel has anything to do with 2 Everything 2 Terrible 2: Tokyo Drift. Everything is... More >>

• “Vladimir Frumin: Beyond the Frames”

  published August 5, 2010

  Borrowing the stylistic use of light seen in Renaissance paintings, NASA engineer and photographer Vladimir Frumin has put together a series of... More >>

• “A5: The Annual Affordable Australian Aboriginal Art Fair”

  published August 5, 2010

  Art from down under is coming to Houston in “A5: The Annual Affordable Australian Aboriginal Art Fair.” Critic Robert Hughes... More >>

• "The Whole Shebang"

  published August 5, 2010

  Playing its part in Art Houston 2010, “The Whole Shebang” will feature the works of three artists, Tom d. Duimstra, Mark Fox and... More >>

• Popcorn Kids: Boot Camp Screening

  published July 29, 2010

  Young filmmakers' works will be on display in the second annual showing of the Aurora Boot Camp Films. The films were made as part of the... More >>

• Seth Alverson

  published July 29, 2010

  Check out Seth Alverson's haunting works at Art Palace. The University of Houston graduate endows the most innocuous imagery with a... More >>

• Ridley Pearson: In Harm's Way

  published July 29, 2010

  Murder By the Book is celebrating Ridley Pearson's new book In Harm's Way, which comes out August 2, with a much-anticipated reading... More >>

• "Bhutan: A Visual Odyssey Across the Last Himalayan Kingdom"

  published July 29, 2010

  When it comes to big books, Atlas Shrugged has nothing on the literally life-size, 133-pound, tall-as-a-small-child Bhutan: A Visual... More >>

• Brad Garrett

  published July 29, 2010

  Everybody loves Brad Garrett. The popular comedian, who played the downer brother on Everybody Loves Raymond, can now be seen... More >>

• "The Interactive Book: Works from the Hirsch Library"

  published July 29, 2010

  Some books are more than just words on a page. The eight books on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's "The Interactive Book: Works... More >>

• "When the Spirit Moves: African American Dance History"

  published July 29, 2010

  It's been said the spirit can move people to dance, and we won't argue with that. "When the Spirit Moves: African American Dance in History and... More >>

• Taxidermia

  published July 22, 2010

  The 2006 Hungarian film Taxidermia, directed by Gyorgy Palfi, features a flame-throwing penis, an obese competitive eater and a... More >>

• The Big Slide Show

  published July 22, 2010

  The opening reception for "The Big Show" at Lawndale Art Center was, as one person called it, like "a nightclub." There were so many people to... More >>

• I Love the '80s Month: E.T.

  published July 22, 2010

  E.T. is not going home; he's coming to the Alamo Drafthouse. Steven Spielberg's 1982 science fiction classic, the story of Elliot... More >>

• [Rec]2

  published July 22, 2010

  The Spanish horror movie [Rec]2 will be shown at the River Oaks Theatre in a midnight screening. Writers and directors Jaume... More >>

• Inherit the Wind

  published July 22, 2010

  Monkeys will be tried at Playhouse 1960 during the production of Inherit the Wind. The play centers on John T. Scopes, a high school... More >>

• WWE Raw World Tour

  published July 22, 2010

  Get to see some of your favorite wrestlers bang, bump and slam each other around the ring today when the WWE Raw World Tour makes a stop in... More >>

• Pauly Shore

  published July 15, 2010

  Pauly Shore has a comedy legacy few others can match: His father opened for Elvis, his mother owned the Comedy Store on Hollywood's Sunset... More >>