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"I sit alone in my four-cornered room starin' at candles..."
— Scarface of the Geto Boys in "Mind Playing Tricks on Me," one of the most popular songs in Houston at the...
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For those of us who have tossed coins into a fountain only to be disappointed when nothing happens, “Wishing Well for Houston,” an installation at the Art League...
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Al Gore’s a Nobel Prize laureate and an Oscar Award-winning filmmaker. It’s not much of a stretch to believe he’s a film critic, too. At least that’s what...
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The Bettie Page Tribute Night puts the tease back in striptease. “It’s like, ‘Yeah, I’m about to take this off. You guys really want to see this? Are you...
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On a train to Boston in early 1924, George Gershwin came up with the main themes and movements of his classic Rhapsody in Blue. “I heard it as a sort of musical...
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Austin transplant Arturo Palacios was putting the finishing touches on the new digs for his gallery, Art Palace, when we called to ask him about the opening show,...
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Author and clergyman Rick Elliott discusses and reads from his inspirational book Faith Journeys of the Heart today to launch the Community Center Reading Series, a new GLBT...
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Get two New York Times best-selling authors for the price of one at today’s presentation An Evening of Thrills: How Science and History Make Great Thrillers at the...
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“The show is most definitely not Alice in Wonderland or Through The Looking Glass - it's not an adaptation of a Lewis Carroll story - it is proudly and totally unfaithful...
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Mark Morris, an avant-garde artist with mainstream appeal, is known as much for his affection for music as his affinity for movement. For years he’s toured the world...
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You could say Coco Peru likes being the center of attention. And apparently to the GLAAD Media Awards, that's just fine. (Peru's shows earned two GLAAD Media Award nominations...
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Be there for the first ever Yaga's Chili Quest and Beer Fest on Galveston Island. For this contest, anything containing any meat and beans qualifies as chili, and there's an...
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You might hear echoes of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Ernest Hemingway during today's reading and signing session by author Robert Crais. (The award-winning author...
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Today's performance of Thicket and Strange Planet by the Jordan Fuchs Company kicks off a three-day run at the Barnevelder Movement/Arts Complex. The show will be performed...
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Think the Astros were the first team to bring baseball glory to Houston? Or maybe it was the short-lived Colt 45s? Think again. The game can be traced back to Civil War...
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In Argentina, the tango is not just dance and music, it's life. Just ask composer Astor Piazzolla, who tried to introduce a new style of tango in the 1960s - poor guy got...
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Massachusetts resident Jarrett Krosoczka graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design and became an illustrator for an educational publisher. Pretty normal career path for...
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Here are a few hints about Russian pianist Kirill Gerstein’s impressive talents: Proficient in both jazz and classical music, he got into Berklee College of Music at age...
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Houston has a bit of Mark Morris fever. First, there was an art exhibit made up entirely of portraits of Morris by famous photographers like Annie Leibovitz. Tomorrow, it's...
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If the story of Snow White and her seven friends were written today, the guys might be named Tweeter, Porn Boy and Dude. Thankfully, playwright Laura Williams took a...
