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Cisco Rios lived to ride his bike. The 25-year-old waiter longed to ditch his job and make that passion his livelihood. His buddy Matt Wurth, owner of Heights-area bike shop I...
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A documentary that challenges biblical scriptures which seem to condemn homosexuality, For the Bible Tells Me So asserts that antigay sentiment by religious fundamentalists is...
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As a child, Texas Johnny Brown made his way across the South with his father doing street performances; as an adult, he helped pioneer electric blues, writing hits for the...
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We're not sure this is how Egyptian pharaoh Rameses the Great planned to spend his afterlife, but he's currently the star of the new IMAX film Mummies in 3D: Secrets of the...
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For cultural institutions, fall is the time to bring out the artillery, and Art League Houston's big gun is photographer Keith Carter, one of Texas's most prolific and renowned...
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It might be worth the drive to New Orleans for the cuisine of John Besh, whose Restaurant August in NOLA is generally acknowledged to be the best in town (take that, Emeril!)....
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Mexico's Monterrey Rayados meet up with the Houston Dynamo at the first-ever Dynamo Charities Cup today. The Mexican team is in the top four of its league at home, but the...
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As the Asian guy on MADtv, long-serving cast member Bobby Lee has had plenty of opportunity to do Asian and non-Asian characters alike (Kim Jong-Il, Connie Chung, John McCain)....
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Most grandfathers leave their grandsons a watch or a little cash. Cellist Evan Drachman's grandfather left him a 1725 Stradivarius. (Of course, Drachman's grandfather was the...
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Valzhyna Mort is well versed in Belarusian and English. The Minsk-born poet, the first ever to release a collection of poems translated from her native tongue into ours, reads...
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Salon.com calls Karen Armstrong the most "interesting religion writer today." It was her 1993 release A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest for Judaism, Christianity, and...
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If you disagree with the establishment, then redefine it. This could be the motto for the artists chronicled in Beautiful Losers. The documentary film, screened today by AIGA...
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Catherine Cameron, one of eight artists and photographers participating in the Bering & James exhibit "Taboo!!," makes art that examines the idea of the forbidden. Her EGO 6...
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Classical Theatre Company Artistic Director John Johnston is in a good mood. "We are thrilled to be bringing internationally renowned artist Guy Roberts to our stage this...
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Want a crash course in contemporary south-of-the-border politics? Six fascinating documentaries that comprise The New Latin American Left Film Festival, co-sponsored by Rice...
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The University of Houston's theater department tackles Oscar Wilde's comedy of manners The Importance of Being Earnest, with Jonathan Gonzales in the director's seat. One of...
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If the economic downturn has kept you out of the theater lately, the Houston Arts Alliance has just the ticket for you. Working with Theatre Communications Group out of New...
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Every year Houston boasts more than a dozen colorful festivals when the city's ethnic communities each take a turn celebrating their cultural heritage. Today it's the Eurasian...
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The Art Colony Association's Bayou City Art Festival Downtown offers not only thousands of artworks but lots of live entertainment. This year, an all-time-high 850 artists from...
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All of the 50 super-size globes (they're five feet wide and seven feet tall) in the "Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet" outdoor exhibit are messages from artists...
