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In 1993, Bob Haslanger received a letter from his high school alma
mater, St. Stephen's Episcopal School in Austin. It seemed that
Haslanger, who was living in Seattle, had...
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Comedian Alex Reymundo is a Hick-spanic. The Mexican comedian invented the term to define the merging of his south-of-the-border heritage with his Kentucky upbringing (his...
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It’s man vs. machine in B.R. Chopra’s classic 1957 Bollywood film, the social comedy Naya Daur (New Age). To be absolutely accurate, it’s horse vs. machine, as...
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Looking for trouble? Head over to today’s Sisters in Crime reading and signing. Mystery novelist Susan Rogers Cooper will read spine-tingling tales of ne’er-do-well...
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Feeling a bit frazzled these days? Check out Inner Engineering. A five-day intensive program taught by visiting yogi Sadhguru Vasudev, Inner Engineering uses ancient yogic...
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Houston Press MasterMind Award winner Nova Arts Project presents the world premiere of Going Dark. The play by Houstonian Elizabeth Keel focuses on a new student’s...
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Freshen up your ink or work on becoming holier than thou at the Tattoo and Body Art Expo. More than 200 tattoo and piercing artists — including Gil Montie, Nate Beavers,...
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It all started with a trip to the stockyard. After rescuing a discarded, still-alive sheep from a pile of carcasses — the first of many animals saved — Gene Baur...
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In Sullivan’s Travels, it’s the 1940s and John. L. Sullivan (Joel McCrea), a young Hollywood director, is tired of making superficial comedies. He longs to make a...
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Imagine that a Category 5 hurricane lands a direct hit on Galveston, cutting a new ship channel all the way to Houston. It’s the stuff of nightmares for Bill White, but...
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Here’s the perfect plotline for a Broadway musical: Slut becomes a saint. We’re talking about Eva Perón, former first lady of Argentina, and the classic 1978...
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The Two Star Symphony revives Harold Lloyd’s 1924 silent comedy Girl Shy with a live performance of an original score during today’s screening. The film chronicles...
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Fortune-tellers, interracial relationships and plain old female frustration are the topics on hand today at the Houston Public Library’s An Evening with Gwendolyn Zepeda....
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These days, we can all sympathize with Tevye, the philosophizing Jewish father at the center of Fiddler on the Roof. He longs for the pleasures that a wealthy man must enjoy...
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You’ll be awed when you come face-to-face with the terra cotta warriors that were created by China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang. Meant to protect the...
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The working class has made a comeback in American culture; extravagance just isn’t cool anymore. And so there couldn’t be a better time to revive Clifford...
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Motown was more than a record company, it was an era. At today’s Dancin’ in the Streets…Motown & More Revue, you can enjoy hits from the 1960s, including...
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Summer concert season is upon us once again in Houston. We can look
forward to ungodly sunburns, severe chafing and mild heat exposure, and
that's just from walking to your...
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It seems longer than three and a half years ago that Astros fans
flooded downtown to celebrate the club's first National League pennant.
Since then, the team has spent plenty...
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If you've been to Hermann Park in the last few years, then you know
that as mid-city oases go, it's never been all that, well, splendid.
Yes, it offered green space and easy...
