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Inside the urban jungle of southwest Houston there is an apartment complex like any other. Laundry dries from identical balconies stacked three at a time. The units are modest...
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The accolades for Spain Colored Orange keep stacking up - most recently, the band took home Best Indie Rock band in the 2009 Houston Press Music Awards. (Not bad, considering...
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Aaron Elkins knows a thing or two about human development - he's a forensic anthropologist and a former professor of physical anthropology. But Elkins is no stodgy academic -...
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Painter Edwin David Grat has said he makes an effort to stay "naive, perceptive and spontaneous." Those brave enough to explore "Postscaenium," his solo exhibition opening at...
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The movie buffs who host locally grown podcast Film Forum will step away from the digital world to present a screening of 1962's What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? They'll show...
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Grease doesn't provide a historically accurate view of the '50s. There's no Joe McCarthy, Korean War or race-specific water fountains. But so what? Thanks to the 1978 movie...
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Though it may seem otherwise, there is more to comedy than stoned man-boys and people being embarrassed on reality shows. Today, the Consulate-General of Japan at Houston and...
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The works of "Topiary Text Lead" are tied by a common subject: the natural world and our relationship to it. Highlights include Peter Brown's photos taken on kayak excursions...
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When done right, multigenerational family sagas can make for exceptional literature and theater - and in some cases, both. Main Street Theater presents the English-language...
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The Celebration of African Arts and Music Festival faces a formidable challenge: representing a continent's worth of culture in one night. That goal may be unattainable, but...
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JB Carrillo is putting a sparkly spin on Signac and Seurat. "I'm starting neo-pointillism," says the artist behind "Glitter Art Show." "I'm not doing dots with paint, I'm doing...
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Villancicos sounds like it translates as "bad guys scheming to deflower virgins in Mexican telenovelas," but the word actually describes a poetic form of singing popular in...
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Most motel stays during road trips aren't as dramatic as the ones featured in Theatre Southwest's production of A.R. Gurney's The Wayside Motor Inn. The play, set at a motel...
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Graham Reynolds gives The General the un-silent treatment. Austin's movie-music man and his ensemble, the Golden Arm Trio, will present - live - their original instrumental...
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Even the most seasoned art lovers can have a tricky time cracking the code of abstraction. Learn a few tricks at the Glassell School's new exhibition "Reduced Visibility,"...
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Jay Mohr has a resume a stand-up comedian - make that anyone looking to succeed in the entertainment business - would dream about. He's been seen on TV (Comedy Central...
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If you're too sexy for your shirt and you care about the less fortunate, you'll love POSH Magazine's Hunger Walk. The fashion show benefits the Houston Food Bank, so all the...
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While the image of a cappella singing groups conjures guys with candy-striped coats or leather jackets singing smooth doo-wop, the five-man unit Rockapella travels forward in...
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Spaced City
He Shot Michael Jackson's Doctor
Forgotten photo earns big bucks, but not for the photographer
By Richard Connelly
Thomas Nguyen is an office administrator for...
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Trouble in Fort Worth
WWJD? I am so sorry this happened to you guys in Fort Worth [Gay Panic in Cowtown," by Thomas Korosec, August 18]. I would like to hear more, especially...
