Friday, June 01
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She’s already made a name for herself as an award-winning actor, and now with Catastrophic Theatre’s world premiere of American Falls, Miki Johnson adds playwright to her résumé. American Falls begins with the line “Let me tell you a story,” and each of the characters does just that. Lisa, who is newly dead, is watching her dangerously unstable husband... More >>
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The Rockerfeller family is associated not only with extreme wealth, but also with some of the finest art collections in America — in the case of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller III, an especially impressive collection of traditional Asian works. The Houston exhibition “Treasures of Asian Art: A Rockefeller Legacy” includes some 60 works drawn from that collection, which is... More >>
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Larry Shue’s The Foreigner is full of mild-mannered sweetness. The story takes place in a fishing lodge in rural Georgia. A very shy guy named Charlie has come to visit a friend, but the friend has to leave for a few days for business. Charlie is undone at the idea of having to talk to strangers, so he and his buddy cook up an unlikely scheme. They tell everyone that Charlie’s a... More >>
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In the '90s, Tracy Lawrence was part of the wave of pop-country marked by massive touring dollars and record sales levels not seen since, save for by a few blond girls. Like Alan Jackson and Clint Black, the nasally Lawrence was one of the most normal guys in country, turning in No. 1 singles like the heartbreaking "Alibis" and family chronicle "Time Marches On" that instantly hit the... More >>
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Although he gained a measure of fame with the proto-Americana band the Blasters, then with the L.A. punk band X, Dave Alvin is a criminally underappreciated guitarist and songwriter who has all too quietly created a distinct and rock-solid body of work. Actually, there's a good bit of country, folk, blues, and rockabilly entwined with the rock, a rootsy swath that matches his wiry, vividly... More >>
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Sturdy nice-guy rockers who came above ground in the post-grunge explosion, Collective Soul never claimed to be tortured artists, unlike the souls in Bush and Live. Albums like 1993 debut Hints, Allegations & Things Left Unsaid, a 1995 eponymous disc and 1997's Disciplined Breakdown made them mainstays on pop radio, with a mix of subdued ballads and earnest, workmanlike rock singles. Dosage,... More >>
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There's no better time for a road trip than early summer, and there just happens to be a car on the cover of Runaway Sun's Let's Run. That makes sense: The Houston four-piece's second album and first in three years is a bit of a musical travelogue itself, the adventures of a confident and charismatic blues-rock band exploring its sound, testing its limits a little but usually remaining... More >>
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Cinema enters the contemporary art world in the new exhibition ''Perspectives 178: CINEPLEX,'' opening this week at CAMH, whose Zilkha Gallery will transform into a unique cinematheque space for a whole season. Expect projections, screenings and events, featuring a variety of experimental works, essay films, documentaries and live cinema events. Among the screenings: a retrospective of... More >>
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There aren’t many places inside the Houston city limits where you can see a guy dressed up like a goth George Washington nursing a dirt cheap Long Island Iced Tea and shadow-dancing, but such is the reality at “Classic Numbers” every Friday at well, Numbers off Westheimer. The hallowed dance floor seems to be catnip for the drunken and lusty minions among us who just have to... More >>
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