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Carlos de Aldecoa, "the Coffee King," is a dashing young Mexican-American with wavy black hair and a sly smile. He seems too young to be the head of the largest privately held...
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It's not every day that Houston hosts a Nobel Prize winner, but the Bayou City will get a chance to see one in the flesh when Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk - who won for...
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We could call A.J. Jacobs an odd duck, but actually he's a guinea pig. A writer for Esquire and a best-selling author, he spent a year completing what he calls "radical...
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For 30-year-old Antoine Sforza, it isn't that "you can't go home again" as much as it's "you shouldn't go home again." In the film Le fils de l'épicier (The Grocer's...
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Quirky Works Texas allows Houston Metropolitan Dance Company to brag about its friends list. Every year, fellow troupes from around the country come to strut their stuff with...
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Melanie Schlossberg literally drew her subjects from the ground up for "The Growth Experiment." "I begin with a young plant and continue to paint the same plant as it grows...
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As if the screening of the 1924 silent gem Peter Pan weren't enough of a treat, audiences will also enjoy musical accompaniment written by children from HISD's MacGregor...
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In "Obsession of the Essential," artist Brent Kollock reminds society that it rarely fixates on what matters. "You know, life, love and the woes and the joys," he says. His...
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As her first solo show in Texas is about to come to a close at Blaffer Gallery, Josephine Meckseper will host an artist's talk and video screening to accompany the exhibit....
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Indecisive types, be warned: The array of art going up for auction at the 13th Annual Art on the Avenue benefit will not be conducive to easy choices. More than 275 Texas...
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Hitler, train wrecks, rare bottles of wine, treasure maps, a hero, a terrorist and a descendent of Persian kings all figure in Clive Cussler's two newest novels, Spartan Gold...
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A mixture of apocalyptic fiction and awful truth is the basis for the film Naked Lunch, based on the writings of William S. Burroughs. A dark, convoluted tale, Naked Lunch...
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If you've ever attended Nancy Henderek's impressive Dance Salad Festival, you know it's more smorgasbord than salad - there's something for everyone and no one leaves...
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Torn between seeing a cool new film or enjoying a night of modern dance? The Dance on Camera Festival, hosted by Freneticore, has your ticket. The eclectic series of films...
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So you have a successful career as a scientist and a bucket full of graduate degrees, but you chuck it all to become a major player in the world of - wait for it - origami....
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Trey McIntyre, former choreographic associate with Houston Ballet, is returning to Houston with his own company, the Trey McIntyre Project, for one night. And what a night it...
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Author Kenneth Breaux was at a New Year's Eve party when he met a young woman who told him about her father, Lieutenant William Lewis, who went down in a fighter plane during...
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It's three full days of music, dance, art and food at the Houston Peruvian Festival. Along with live bands, folk dancers including Houston-based dance group Raices del Peru,...
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Even if your kids have been to "Seasons of Sharing" celebrations before, there's good reason to visit again. "I would say people should come back several times, because...
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Josh Jordan, artistic director for the Red Door Theatre Company, has a warning for audiences coming to see the Knights of the Casa Bolero: "You have to be a Tex-Mex food...
