Archive Search Results
-
Night & Day
Gutenberg! The Musical
The printing press is hilarious in this spoof
By Lee Williams
Published: March 13, 2008
Who’d have thought that a musical about the inventor of the printing press could become such a hit? But that’s exactly what’s happened with Anthony King and...
-
Night & Day
“Darfur: How Photojournalists Respond”
Eight photographers focus on genocide in the Sudan
By Julia Ramey
Published: March 13, 2008
The term “must-see” is typically used to describe something enjoyable. But it’s also the only word to describe the heart--wrenching world-premiere exhibit...
-
Night & Day
Tour de Houston
Ride turns north for its fourth year
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: March 13, 2008
The Hardy Toll Road is free today — of cars, that is! It’s also free of charge if you’re on a bike and with the Tour de Houston. The ride, now in its fourth...
-
Night & Day
“Decking the Path to Blessedness”
Barry Stone places the stars in front of your eyes
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: March 13, 2008
Staring into Barry Stone’s “Decking the Path to Blessedness,” you’d think you were looking at galaxies created hundreds of years ago and millions of miles...
-
Night & Day
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck St. Patrick’s Day Celebration
You won’t find any green beer at this St. Paddy’s party
By Julia Ramey
Published: March 13, 2008
It’s rare that you might call a St. Paddy’s party a “refined” affair, but relatively speaking, that’s the goings-on at McGonigel’s Mucky Duck St....
-
Night & Day
Lisa M. Robinson
The photographer signs copies of her new book, Snowbound
By Julia Ramey
Published: March 13, 2008
Winter may be departing, but it’s in full force today at the Houston Center for Photography, where Lisa M. Robinson is signing her recent monograph Snowbound. The...
-
Night & Day
Richard III
Baker Shakespeare Festival plays war
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: March 13, 2008
What can you expect at Baker Shakespeare’s production of Richard III? “You can expect an interesting take on a very old story,” says student director Katy...
-
Night & Day
St. Patrick’s Day Festival
Griff’s Shenanigans celebrates St. Paddy’s
By Julia Ramey
Published: March 13, 2008
Griff’s Shenanigans, Houston’s oldest sports bar, is the unofficial headquarters of all things St. Paddy’s. In past celebrations, their five-day St....
-
Night & Day
Pasties
Eight-piece punks up folk rock
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: March 13, 2008
Olympia, Washington’s Pasties are sure to stick with fans of rock, ska, punk, country and fun. The eight-piece, indie-folk orchestra employs guitars, trumpets, banjos,...
-
Night & Day
Patti LaBelle
The woman with a once-in-a-generation voice bares her soul to Houston
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: March 13, 2008
We can’t call her the queen of soul (Aretha Franklin gets her panties in a knot every time somebody else uses that title), but we can say Patti LaBelle is musical royalty....
-
Night & Day
Sunburned Hand of the Man
Shit Spangled Banner leftovers head to Houston fresh off South By
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: March 13, 2008
Sunburned Hand of the Man will stop in Houston today fresh off a SXSW appearance with Thurston Moore. The band is a good companion for the Sonic Youth co-founder (too bad...
-
Night & Day
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
David Leaf’s documentary shows the giant steps the feds took against a cultural icon
By Nick Keppler
Published: March 13, 2008
Elvis Presley. Jimi Hendrix. Janis Joplin. It’s a well-known part of rock star lore that the FBI had files on all the big names of the ‘60s, so you might chalk up J....
-
Night & Day
Tracy Daugherty and Lisa Lewis
InPrint presents readings by two UH Creative Writing grads
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: March 13, 2008
Tracy Daugherty knows Houston is worth it. The author graduated from the University of Houston’s Creative Writing graduate program and has kept our city in his literary...
-
Night & Day
“Machine Learning”
Reductive artists get to the point
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: March 13, 2008
Artist/curator Matthew Deleget saw current work by abstract artists Henry Brown, Douglas Melini, Gilbert Hsiao and Terry Haggerty, and something clicked. Although each of the...
-
Night & Day
The Case of the Grinning Cat
Chris Marker’s “cinema-essay” explores street art and paranoia in France
By Nick Keppler
Published: March 13, 2008
The Rice Cinema Web site describes Chris Marker not as a director or a filmmaker but as a “cinema-essayist.” The description is a little pretentious — and...
-
Night & Day
Making Trouble
A documentary explores the challenges of being Jewish, female and funny
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: March 13, 2008
The documentary Making Trouble highlights the careers of six Jewish women who wanted to make jokes rather than be jokes. In the first half of the 20th century, entertainers...
-
Night & Day
“Designed by Architects”
Margo Grant Walsh likes heavy metal
By Bob Ruggiero
Published: March 13, 2008
To most people, a coffee pot is simply the first thing you reach for in the morning. But to others, it’s a functional object that could also be a piece of art. Margo Grant...
-
Night & Day
A Boy and His Dog
The end of the world as conceived by Harlan Ellison, the “most contentious person on earth”
By Nick Keppler
Published: March 13, 2008
A Boy and His Dog, screening today at the River Oaks Theatre, is a post-apocalyptic scenario that could have only come from self-proclaimed “most contentious person on...
-
Night & Day
L’elisir d’amore (The Elixir of Love)
Sexual gamesmanship meets double-dealing in this comedic opera
By Lisa L. Powell
Published: March 13, 2008
Who hasn’t done something wacky in the name of love? In Gaetano Donizetti’s popular two-act opera L’elisir d’amore (The Elixir of Love), Nemorino is a poor...
-
Night & Day
Lisa Lampanelli
By Julia Youssefnia
Published: March 13, 2008
To the soccer moms who come to her shows expecting bits about dating and PMS, comedian Lisa Lampanelli says in a loud, northeast accent: “Shut up ya dirty twat, lick...
Houston Press Insiders
- Local food, music and news blasts
- Free Stuff
Now Click This