Archive Search Results

21. Night & Day

    The Complete Works of William Shakespeare — Abridged

    Web exclusive!

    By Olivia Flores Alvarez

    Published: June 18, 2009

    See a parody of Hamlet reduced to just 43 seconds in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare — Abridged. All of the Bard’s comedies, tragedies and dramas are...

22. Night & Day

    “The Transitional Museum: Architecture by Mauricio Rodriguez Anza”

    Web exclusive!

    By Olivia Flores Alvarez

    Published: June 18, 2009

    Here’s an exhibit about an exhibit space. Houston’s Museum of Art and Design is set to open next year, but you can see “The Transitional Museum: Architecture by...

23. Night & Day

    Contemporary Dance Workshop with jhon stronks

    Web exclusive!

    By Olivia Flores Alvarez

    Published: June 18, 2009

    Learn from one of the best at today’s Contemporary Dance Workshop with jhon stronks. The Director of Houston Met’s Pre-professional Program, stronks leads...

24. Night & Day

    Samba Nights in the Heights

    Web exclusive!

    By Olivia Flores Alvarez

    Published: June 18, 2009

    Enjoy a big dose of Brazilian culture at today’s Samba Nights in the Heights. Live music, dancing, performances and more are all on the schedule. Don’t worry if your...

25. Night & Day

    Thunder from Down Under

    Web exclusive!

    By Olivia Flores Alvarez

    Published: June 18, 2009

    There’s going to be plenty of Aussie beefcake at today’s performance by Thunder from Down Under. Voted the Best Male Strip Show by the Las Vegas Review-Journal for...

26. Night & Day

    Buffalo Soldiers Freedom Festival — Concert and Motorcycle Rally

    Web exclusive!

    By Olivia Flores Alvarez

    Published: June 18, 2009

    One of Houston’s largest Juneteenth celebration is the Buffalo Soldiers Freedom Festival — Concert and Motorcycle Rally. In addition to the soul music concert with...

27. Night & Day

    Ask Not

    Web exclusive!

    By Olivia Flores Alvarez

    Published: June 18, 2009

    The documentary film Ask Not examines the U.S. military policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell.” Since its inception in 1993, the controversial policy has been...

28. Night & Day

    Houston Symphony: Sounds Like Fun!

    Web exclusive!

    By Olivia Flores Alvarez

    Published: June 18, 2009

    The Houston Symphony is bringing its Sounds Like Fun! series to a close, but you have one last chance to catch the family-friendly concert. The orchestra performs a program of...

29. Letters

    Traumatized Beyond Belief

    Readers are horrified to learn what BARC does with its dead dogs.

    Published: June 18, 2009

    Bad BARC Online readers respond to "You'll Be Shocked To Learn BARC Doesn't Much Seem To Care About Its Dead Dogs, Either," by Craig Malisow, Hair Balls blog, June 10: Dude:...

30. Music

    Byte This

    Consumers try hawking "old" digital music files through new Web sites.

    By Eliot Van Buskirk

    Published: June 18, 2009

    Carting a crate of used CDs to your local record store so you can make rent is a rite of passage as ancient as it can be tearful. But what about those MP3s and iTunes songs...

31. Music

    Gossip Girls

    The Veronicas aren't exactly what Gloria Steinem had in mind.

    By Steve Haruch

    Published: June 18, 2009

    I recently came across an article about The Veronicas that, in addition to mentioning the Australian-born duo in the same breath as Katy Perry (cringe) and Lady GaGa (shudder),...

32. Noise

    Defending the Polka

    By Chris Gray

    Published: June 18, 2009

    What's the difference between an accordion player and a terrorist? Terrorists have sympathizers. Yes, that's a joke, but you can forgive the polka community for not laughing...

33. Chatter

    Flash Drive

    H.I.S.D.'s DJ grinder turns his camera on.

    By Craig D. Lindsey

    Published: June 18, 2009

    Ever since he discovered the photography of Gordon Parks (who passed away in 2006) during his teenage years, Jason Woods knew he found someone to emulate, to look up to, to...

34. Local Rotation

    Mango Punch: Una Casita Blanca

    By Olivia Flores Alvarez

    Published: June 18, 2009

    Mango Punch's Walter Suhr is a great front man (as multiple Houston Press Music Awards wins prove), but his real talent lies in songwriting. His band Mango Punch's new CD, Una...

35. Rotation

    Eminem: Relapse

    By Ben Westhoff

    Published: June 18, 2009

    Having fought a prescription-pill addiction and mourned his murdered friend Proof, Eminem has chosen new album Relapse as his therapy. Whereas he played 2004's Encore largely...

36. Rotation

    Tori Amos: Abnormally Attracted to Sin

    By Gray, John Seaborn

    Published: June 18, 2009

    Tori Amos's previous album, 2007's American Doll Posse, brought back the rebellious-outsider attitude that attracted her legions of fans in the first place, which now...

37. Rotation

    Math the Band: Don't Worry

    By Doug Wallen

    Published: June 18, 2009

    All harried shouting and hurtling, Nintendo-­sounding synths, New England duo Math the Band craft ultra-geeky, ultra-poppy geek-pop that's part Matt & Kim, part Atom and...

38. Playbill

    A Gulf Coast Juneteenth

    By Chris Gray

    Published: June 18, 2009

    Even though you generally don't get to take off work, Texas state holidays just seem cooler than their federal counterparts. Who needs the Fourth of July when you've got San...

39. Playbill

    Tab Benoit

    By Ernest Barteldes

    Published: June 18, 2009

    One thing about Louisiana-born guitarist Tab Benoit that most people don't know is that he's a dedicated activist for his native state's environment; back in 2005, he and some...

40. Playbill

    Talib Kweli

    By Shea Serrano

    Published: June 18, 2009

    For students of alternative hip-hop, Talib Kweli — full name Talib Kweli Greene, which is nowhere near as hip — is a venerated elder statesman. His erratic,...