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  • News

    May 24, 2012

    2012 Summer Guide

    A new minor league baseball team, a new amusement park, the urban wilderness of Buffalo Bayou, food, concerts and plays — Houston, prepare to get your summer on.

  • Culture

    April 19, 2012

    Back to the Classics

    The Russian artists of "Perestroika" turn the past into something new.

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Dragonetti: The Freakin' Creepy Saint Of Bass

    Bass players, I know I spend a lot of time making fun of you, though of course you may not realize it because, well, you're bass players and the Internet hasn't evolved to the point where I can easily use puppets to explain my points. All kidding aside, I want you to know that your presence in the w ... More >>

  • Music

    September 15, 2011

    The Last Boy Scout

    Bass giant Stanley Clarke reflects on Return to Forever, Bitches Brew, and the importance of being prepared.

  • Culture

    October 7, 2010

    Special Gracias Edition

    Bass giant Stanley Clarke reflects on Return to Forever, Bitches Brew, and the importance of being prepared.

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    Great Food Truck Race Recap, Episode #5: Jonesborough, Tennessee

    Spencer on the Go.​It was really fun to hear Tyler say "Nom Nom truck" four times in a row as they spliced together each winner announcement from the last four weeks. This week, the trucks find themselves in a town of 5,000 people... "quaint, cute" (according to Tyler) Jonesborough, Tennessee. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    HISD's Greg Meyers Divorcing HCC's Sandie Meyers

    The school board president and wife split​A divorce decree is expected to be issued tomorrow morning for Greg Meyers, president of the Houston ISD school board and his wife Sandie Meyers, a Houston Community College trustee, after more than 20 years of marriage."It's an unfortunate situation," Gre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    American Idol: Tim the Tumor

    Tim Urban's only legitimate appeal comes from his abs: the real reason teen girls are voting for him en masse.​If I did have a tumor, I'd name it Tim. Tim. The scratch on the roof of your mouth that would heal if you could stop tonguing it, but you can't. I'll get back to him a minute. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    Idol Beat: Tim the Tumor

    Tim Urban's only legitimate appeal comes from his abs: the real reason teen girls are voting for him en masse.​If I did have a tumor, I'd name it Tim. Tim. The scratch on the roof of your mouth that would heal if you could stop tonguing it, but you can't. I'll get back to him a minute. Th ... More >>

  • Film

    March 11, 2010

    Mission Finally Accomplished

    American hero Matt Damon and his WMD of a movie Green Zone confirm the big lie, Hollywood-style.

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    ISO A Femme Fatale? Jail Babes Has The Hook-Up

    ​Can't find a match on Match.com? Can't get it in tune on eHarmony? Desperate for a young hottie, but not exactly a catch yourself and unable to fly to Russia for a mail order bride? We've got a dating sight for you: Jailbabes.Jailbabes is just like any other dating site, except all of the women ... More >>

  • News

    February 21, 2008

    Live-Action Role-Players Get Boffed in Amtgard

    Amid flailing swords and flying shields, these modern-day knights fight on

  • News

    January 17, 2008

    Back from Iraq with Plenty of Problems

    Paul Miles returned from Iraq needing help with the death in his head. He got prison.

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2007

    I am a Pedestrian Report: Bellaire

    Paul Miles returned from Iraq needing help with the death in his head. He got prison.

  • News

    December 21, 2006

    Business Alliances

    Just by talking to Millennium Energy Ventures, you could become a listed client

  • News

    October 26, 2006

    Haunts

    They'll scare the crap out of you

  • Film

    September 7, 2006

    Hollywoodland

    Showbiz noir investigates TV Superman's real-life tragedy

  • News

    June 29, 2006

    Cut Short

    A model student-athlete unthinkingly brings a knife to school and ends up in jail, then expelled. Why one-size-fits-all discipline fails kids.

  • News

    January 13, 2005

    Draining the Swamp

    A scorched-earth management philosophy is sucking the life out of our region's wetlands

  • Music

    March 18, 2004

    A Nashville Star Is Born

    Former Richmond Strip denizen Sheila Marshall makes it all the way to Music City

  • Culture

    December 13, 2001

    Dark Victory

    15 years later, Frank Miller once more dons Batman's cape and cowl

  • News

    October 11, 2001

    Great Expectations

    Joe's Sandwich Shop is just one of the businesses along Main Street struggling to survive until Metro gets its light rail line up and operating.

  • News

    June 7, 2001

    A River Ran Through It

    A historic Hill Country road brought Texans to the Blanco. Then came John O'Quinn.

  • News

    March 1, 2001

    Tresspassers Will Be Prosecuted

    Ranch Rescue's Jack Foote swears he just wants to mend fences. Is pseudomilitary secrecy, right-wing rhetoric and an armed vigilante militia the best way?

  • News

    February 15, 2001

    The Great EscApe

    In two decades, Wally Swett's sanctuary has become a place of peace for primates - it's the humans that have him going bananas

  • News

    November 2, 2000

    Dog's Day Out

    What's left for a dog to do in this high-tech world?

  • News

    September 28, 2000

    Grave Importance

    Old cemeteries rarely die. They just get buried under weeds, development and indifference.

  • Music

    September 7, 2000

    Tom Lehrer

    The Remains of Tom Lehrer

  • News

    August 3, 2000

    Out of the Closets

    Archiving Houston's queer history, one T-shirt at a time

  • News

    July 27, 2000

    Jimmy's Justice

    Years after her son's capital murder verdict, Rachel Moore found evidence that he fired in self-defense. But they're still trying to find a way out of prison.

  • News

    June 15, 2000

    God Only Knows

    Dismembered bodies. Gold booty and an ex-con's grudge. A trial rips into the mysteries of the disappearance of atheist icon Madalyn Murray O'Hair.

  • News

    April 20, 2000

    Cloning for Cash

    A&M's pet project spawns a company to mix DNA with possible IPOs

  • News

    February 3, 2000

    Letters

    From the week of February 03, 2000

  • News

    November 4, 1999

    Faith's Fusillade

    The gunman moved methodically, killing cowering churchgoers, before one of them stood up for the final confrontation. Then came the last shot.

  • Music

    September 9, 1999

    Roundabout Way

    Cornell Hurd finally finds his musical niche

  • News

    August 5, 1999

    You Gotta Want It

    And other lessons for the Sharpstown All-Stars

  • Calendar

    July 15, 1999

    Man in the Moon

    Writer James Schefter

  • News

    May 13, 1999

    Coming to No Good End

    Undertaker Jay Herman shot his lover, Edwina Prosen, to death in 1991. That's the only thing he and her family have agreed on since.

  • Music

    March 26, 1998

    Tangled Web

    From Mexico to L.A. via Alaska and El Paso, Tito Larriva has seen it all -- and more

  • News

    January 1, 1998

    Alison Cook looks back at 1997: The Year That Bit

    From Mexico to L.A. via Alaska and El Paso, Tito Larriva has seen it all -- and more

  • News

    December 18, 1997

    A Family Affair

    Roland Garcia has the political backing to be the U.S. Attorney for South Texas. He also has a brother imprisoned for murder and drug trafficking -- a fact he somehow forgot to tell his congressional sponsors. That may not be enough to disqualify him, but

  • News

    October 9, 1997

    The Unchanging Face of Milby

    For more than 70 years, Milby High School has educated working class kids from the East End. In the early 1960s, I was one of them. I recently went back to Milby to see not what had changed, but what, if anything, remained.

  • Calendar

    October 2, 1997

    Press Picks

    For more than 70 years, Milby High School has educated working class kids from the East End. In the early 1960s, I was one of them. I recently went back to Milby to see not what had changed, but what, if anything, remained.

  • Film

    December 12, 1996

    It's Topps!

    In Mars Attacks!, Tim Burton turns his ray gun on everything in sight

  • News

    November 28, 1996

    Midtown Jamboree

    Why let a few conflicts of interest get in the way of a grand redevelopment scheme?

  • Music

    September 5, 1996

    Rotation

    Why let a few conflicts of interest get in the way of a grand redevelopment scheme?

  • News

    July 18, 1996

    Letters

    Why let a few conflicts of interest get in the way of a grand redevelopment scheme?

  • News

    May 30, 1996

    Letters

    Why let a few conflicts of interest get in the way of a grand redevelopment scheme?

  • News

    August 17, 1995

    Houston's Housing

    For years, the city has been promising housing for the poor. But those promises have been trampled by politics and a desire for quick profits.

  • Film

    September 8, 1994

    End Games

    Director Boaz Yakin gives a Fresh twist to tales of the drug trade

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