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Bigwigs worldwide live in fear of The Yes Men and their hijinks-style activism. The protesters pose as seminar speakers and spokesmen to expose organizations - such as...
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Hey Houston, y'all weren't the first art car creators. "In Pakistan...[18-wheeler] trucks are festively decorated," says Sebha Sarwar of Voices Breaking Boundaries. The...
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"Flickerlounge: Short Works by Dara Greenwald" exposes the media artist's political side. (Not that she was trying to hide it.) The short-filmmaker/activist's pieces include...
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David Sedaris's forthcoming book, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary, is a collection of tales in which turtles, toads, kittens and more are given personal lives so...
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Writer Gary Paulsen leads children into the wilderness - and leaves them there. The three-time Newbery Award Winner has written more than 200 books for young adults, many of...
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Read in deep, movie guy voice: In a town full of aspiring filmmakers, one contest determines who among them can work best under a deadline. Stop. The 48 Hour Film Project...
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Lauren Kelley usually works with video, but her contribution to the “Ladies First” group exhibit at Art Palace is a photographic still from a video work. Kelly, who...
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In his latest nonfiction book Strength in What Remains, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder chronicles the escape of Deogratias Niyizonkiza, a young man, from the...
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Eileen Maxson remembers the '90s in "Orphans of Failure." The exhibit features images salvaged, or made to look salvaged, from 1993 Ñ a year whose calendar, Maxson...
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"Justin Garcia: Along the Rail" is the artist's way of spiking interest in Houston's industrial history. Discarded rusted railroad pins (from local tracks) protrude from his...
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Bryan Kuntz embraces the red, white and blue in his exhibition "My America: Portraits with the Flag." Kuntz's contribution to this year's FotoFest features cowboys, kids, can...
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Houston Ballet is celebrating 40 years with a new production of La Bayadère, the story of the doomed affair between temple dancer Nikiya and her warrior Solor. Set in...
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At the exhibition "Norman Bluhm: A Retrospective of Works on Paper," viewers will see a cache of never-before-exhibited work by the late artist. "For the first time the...
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Bill Burr isn't fond of repeating himself. "I kind of retire [jokes], just because one of my huge paranoias is people actually knowing what I'm going to say before I get...
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Inprint's Poets and Writers Ball 2010 will feature tasty food (care of Elouise "Ouisie" Jones) and bookworm-appropriate entertainment (readings and lectures). The local...
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Jeremy Justeson has chosen five made-for-the-sax ditties - inspired by Barkley L. Hendricks's portrait exhibition "The Birth of Cool" - to perform at today's Musiqa Loft...
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Comedian Jim Gaffigan can talk for hours about food, but don't eat anything yourself while he's at it. His takes on cakes, pies, vegetables and fruit are hilarious enough to...
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The Gold Sounds snuck onto Houston's indie music scene in 2008, grabbing attention with a classic blues-rock "boo." But then the Deer Park trio disappeared. "A lot of stuff...
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Tom Green is taking his comedy offline. The original MTV prankster-turned-Internet talk-show host is returning to the stage. "I've done stand-up over the years off and on," he...
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Doomsday Wrestling announcer Tex Lonestar is itching to throw down his microphone...and get into the ring. At the don't-tell-them-we-called-it-a-comedy wrestling troupe's 14th...
