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Son Volt's Travel Guide to Five Bizarre Tour Stops

Son Volt is heading down the highway with a new album in tow, Honky Tonk, but instead of lamenting still waters and beatnik poets, Jay Farrar and company have gone strictly Bakersfield, even naming a track after the legendary country-music mecca. Yep, Farrar has gone back to his roots mixing steel ... More >>

History of Oktoberfest

Animal Haus

Bar Munich brings a little bit of Deutschland to Midtown.

The Film Issue: The Old Men and 3-D

The Film Issue

Looking back on the year in movies, and what's coming in 2012.

Cultural Feast — Oktoberfest

Breakfast on the Beltway

Flora & Muse offers charming, European-style bistro fare.

This Week in Deliciousness

The Brisket House rules their brisket with an actual iron fist.​Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where we kind of want our old pizza delivery job back just so we can hang out in the walk-in freezer. Yes, it's hot as balls here in Houston, and that's why we started t ... More >>

European Travel Tips For First-Time Bands

​Local favorites the Wild Moccasins embark on a six-week European tour this weekend. Rocks Off knows how daunting international travel can be, especially when you're on a multi-country blitzkrieg that exposes you to numerous languages and many differing cultural mores in a relatively short per ... More >>

I Think We're Alone Now, Except for the Mega Pythons

My cup runneth over.​I realize Egypt is in chaos and everyone north of the Mason-Dixon line is going to be flash frozen like a bag of Birds Eye broccoli florets and Charlie Sheen is apparently the reincarnation of Grigori Rasputin, but that is no excuse, no excuse, for the criminal lack of att ... More >>

Brew Blog: Weihenstephaner Original

​All right, beer nerds, sharpen your knives (or whatever your weapon of choice when chasing down fledgling beer reviewers, pinning them to the ground, and pouring gallons of domestic pilsner down their throats). That's right, this marks my official debut as the new Brew Blog writer here at Eat ... More >>

Ingredient of the Week: Red Cabbage

​What is it? Red cabbage is exactly what it sounds like. While it isn't as exotic as a lychee or Chinese broccoli, it wasn't something I ever ate growing up in Southeast Texas, so it is exotic to me. Until later in life when I experienced some tart, sweet and savory red kraut at a German rest ... More >>

Brew Blog: Great Lakes Brewery's Dortmunder Gold

​Listening to Wait, Wait ...Don't Tell Me on NPR a few weeks ago, a caller from Cleveland was challenged to come up with something positive about his city. After a long silence that drew plenty of laughs, he said, "Great Lakes beer." The Cleveland-based brewery is definitely one of many reaso ... More >>

Last Year at Marienbad

Director Alain Resnais makes films, not movies

Houston Sports Movies: The Top Five

Stage Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Stage Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Stage Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Stage Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Clan Ferdinand

It takes a true Scotsman to get to the bottom of this whole Franz Ferdinand thing

Deck Heads

The card game Yu-Gi-Oh! becomes a wild and crazy movie

The Dogs of War

Foster programs try to save departing soldiers' critters from becoming casualties

Letters

A Wave of Laughter, Strip Search Horrors, Fine Frye

Secrets of the Sonora Aero Club

A tale of UFOs, art collectors and the shadows of history

Roll Out the Barrel

Hackemack's is a barrel of fun

Going One-On-One With God

Illuminati muses on the Almighty and basketball, with mixed results