Burlesque clown princess and producer KiKi Maroon describes the KiKi Maroon's BurlyQ Lounge show as ''classy and sexy, dirty and funny.'' Okay, we're in. Maroon found burlesque shows a rarity when she started performing here two years ago. ''At the time there was no burlesque scene or regular... More >>

There are two things you can do when you realize that if you don't get away from your family, you will lose your mind: A) Leave. B) Buy some ''this is what I'm wearing to the insane asylum'' shoes. (We have several pairs, in a variety of pastel colors.) Jordan Vogt-Roberts's debut comedy film,... More >>

Life isn't so easy for Easy Rawlins. The private investigator was almost killed in his last outing (Blonde Faith), and now he's tasked with finding a missing man in the Sunset Strip. All he has to do is sort through the various hippies, shady characters and beautiful women who cruise the area.... More >>

With an upcoming album, Stampede, and a new single that just dropped featuring none other than Lil Wayne, Fred Durst and company are pulling out all the stops for their aim at resurgence. Seems that they might be defying the odds and pulling it off, too. Their Houston tour date at the House of... More >>

How big is Angry Birds, the addictive catapulting video game? Almost 2 billion copies have been downloaded and countless T-shirts, books and assorted paraphernalia sold. A feature film is set to join the recently launched video channel. And now the Finland-based company is moving into the... More >>

Lots of folks in Houston don't find anything funny about the Enron scandal; Tony Award® winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist David Henry Hwang, however, found a way to weave it into his comedy Chinglish. The Broadway hit follows Daniel Cavanaugh, an American businessman to China where he... More >>

The musical Road Show tells the story of two brothers, Wilson (Tom Frey) and Addison (L. Jay Myer). Sons of a critical father, they're both caught up in what seems to be a perpetual chase for success in its every guise, whether that's the Alaska Gold Rush or bogus Florida land deals. The show... More >>

Pat Jasper, a member of the Houston Arts Alliance's Folklife + Traditional Arts Program, plays down her role in putting together ''Anointed and Adorned: Indian Weddings in Houston.'' It wasn't rocket science to figure out that we could do a pretty spectacular exhibition once we got a good look... More >>

Station Theater, Houston's home for improvisational arts, plays host to an ambitiously tight three-day schedule (which on the surface seems to go against the very nature of improv itself) with The TRILL Comedy Festival, a collection of sketches, structures and riffs. ''The TRILL Comedy Festival... More >>

Houston's quickly becoming a capital of geek culture in America, as evidenced by Comicpalooza 2013, the ever-growing convention. The show attracts vendors and stars from around the globe to H-Town for a feast of cutting-edge geekdom. Star Trek/X-Men star Patrick Stewart is in town, as are bad... More >>

The band Pink Martini has a reputation for being wild, jazzy and hip. When it takes the stage with the Houston Symphony, the group will be joined by The Von Trapps. It seems The Von Trapps, made up of the great-grandchildren of Captain and Maria von Trapp (yes, from The Sound of Music), would... More >>

See the movie that François Truffaut claims paved the path for the French New Wave movement when the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston screens Little Fugitive (1953). Filmmakers used a concealed, custom-made 35mm camera to capture New York's Coney Island, the setting for the poetic story of a... More >>

Like most people, Psophonia Dance Company co-founder and choreographer Sophia Torres sometimes dreams of flying through the air (à la Superman). Unlike most people, Torres used those dreams as inspiration for a set of new works. ''love that dream,'' she tells us. ''I feel empowered when... More >>

Ta'Rea Campbell, appearing as Deloris in the musical Sister Act, says she and Deloris are both a little ''sassy,'' but while Deloris still pretty much says anything that's on her mind, Campbell says she learned awhile back that isn't always the best strategy. Sister Act, running for a week at... More >>

Out of a Third Ward blues guitar school that has now graduated to the great beyond Albert Collins, Johnny Clyde Copeland, Johnny Guitar Watson and Joe Guitar Hughes, Little Joe Washington is the last man standing. And he’s hardly standing still: He’s also pedaling his Schwinn from... More >>

Austin's Black Angels, with their band name pulled straight from the Velvet Underground's catalog, and a high-contrast image of Velvet's frontman Nico splayed across their logo, are unapologetic in their admiration of the prophetic rock band. Despite the obvious Velvet nod, the Black Angels... More >>

Soundgarden has aged remarkably well. For a band that took a long nap between 1996's Down On the Upside and last year's King Animal, the reunited Seattle crew has bridged those 15-plus years with remarkable continuity. King Animal is very much the same Soundgarden of grunge touchstones Louder... More >>

With four freakin' decades of mid-tempo Australian rock music to their name, Little River Band may be one of the most significant Aussie bands to cross over to the US charts. Led by vocal mastermind Glenn Shorrock, they've been dubbed the first real breakthrough act in the American market,... More >>

Besides making a perfect punchline to the joke "Why did the farmer start a punk-rock band?" (he was tired of haulin' oats, y'see), Darryl Hall and John Oates stand as one of the most successful and influential pop/R&B duos of the past 40 years. Combining a lot of their native Philly soul... More >>

Hands, the upbeat indie-pop band from Los Angeles, has had quite a year. Since their birth as a band in 2012, they've made an appearance on Time Magazine's list, "11 Bands You Don't Know (But Should)," and they were hailed as "Best New Band of the Day" by Guardian this past March, despite only... More >>

Despite being best known for his solo R&B career, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds has actually been a big player on the music scene since the late '70's and early '80's, contributing to the creation of new jack swing by writing and producing for big names like Bobby Brown, Paula Abdul, and Sheena... More >>

Whether Guns N' Roses' current tour across the nation's House of Blues venues is simply a naked cash grab – general-admission tickets start at $135 – or an up-close way for Axl Rose to connect with his more affluent fans, the fact remains plenty of GN'R lovers will pay that much... More >>

After coming to terms with their Christian-rock past on 2011’s We Are All Where We Belong, an album that was both gut-wrenching and exhilarating and swept the 2012 Austin Music Awards, Quiet Company seems resolved to lighten up a little on its brand-new album, A Dead Man on My Back. Gone... More >>

Believe it or not, MTV is partially to thank for the solidification of Blue Oyster Cult's spot in pop culture. It was the heavy rotation of "Burnin' for You" that contributed to the mainstream popularity of these guys, who also brought us freakin' awesome tracks like "(Don't Fear) The Reaper"... More >>

Ever heard of a little ditty known as "I Ran (So Far Away)?" You might remember it from the days that it ran across the screen of MTV literally every ten minutes, setting a record for number of video plays. And even if you don't remember the music from A Flock of Seagulls, who in their right... More >>