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Roland Carnaby was on the run. Pulled over going 75 in a 60, he'd panicked and taken off from the traffic cop and now was racing along Highway 288 at nearly 120 miles per hour...
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"The Image Altered" celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with the work of five accomplished local artists. The multimedia showcase features contributions from Rebecca Villarreal,...
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The art in "Ancient Lands/Modern Landscapes: Aboriginal Paintings from Sandover River Country" will take you halfway around the world to a remote desert region of Australia....
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You know you're in for a real treat when the guy in charge of the show you're about to see gets advice from the BDSM enthusiasts in the Women in Power Society. John Harvey, the...
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If you're a history nerd - or even better, a history nerd with a penchant for ancient China - the Houston Museum of Natural Science wants to feed your intellectual fire with a...
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Fans of edgy filmmaking with a global bent will be riveted by the diverse selection of the Manhattan Short Film Festival. Ten finalists were culled from more than 420 entries...
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Get a taste of exceptional international cinema when The First Annual Indian Film Festival of Houston brings some of the country's latest and greatest to Houston. The fest goes...
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Joseph O'Neill would be interesting enough even if he weren't a successful novelist: He was born in Ireland and raised in Mozambique, South Africa, Iran, Turkey and Holland. He...
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, a comedy of manners directed by Stanley Kramer, was nominated for a whopping ten Academy Awards. One could argue that it didn't deserve quite such...
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Ars Lyrica, the local group committed to bringing the Baroque, is kicking off its season with A Musical Offering. The group's stable of talented singers and players will...
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The Grandfather of modern theater, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen loved theatrical noise: the wintry blizzard in Brand (1866), that famous door slam in A Doll's House...
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Say the words "hip-hop mogul," and Russell Simmons immediately comes to mind. But the Def Jam founder and creator of Phat Farm has some heady interests beyond music and fashion...
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Being little is big in "It's a Small World." The international miniature art show celebrates the teeny and tiny with works no larger than four inches by four inches....
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Noél Coward's Waiting in the Wings, opening this weekend at Country Playhouse, is a rarity for the English playwright. The comedy about a retirement home for actresses...
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If you're going to drag yourself through paint, don a doll mask or smash TVs in the name of performance art, you might as well tape it. Performance Documentation: Body Acts...
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See Ace. See Ace run. See where Ace runs...and go there. It's all part of what you'd expect from local guerrilla-theater company BooTown. The troupe's latest offering, Ace of...
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Most people's familiarity with Tchaikovsky includes The Nutcracker and maybe extends to Swan Lake; those works alone should tell you that his compositions are interesting,...
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Now, we're not here to judge. But if you still find yourself in paroxysms of despair when you think of how much you miss Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you may want to seek help (or...
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Out of the Dark: Bobbindoctrin Nightclub Acts features works Joel Orr has been waiting to do for a long time - again. The revue includes shows from the early days when Orr...
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Edumacation, Political Animals
Opting Out on Obama
Nearly four thousand at least looked at the form in Houston
By Richard Connelly
The Houston school district provided some...
