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2012 Summer Guide: Summer in the City

Sara Paretsky: Breakdown

Agatha Christie's Miss Marple is a mild-mannered, genteel lady who ferrets out crime by using her considerable wits. Sara Paretsky's V.I. Warshawski is nothing like that. Mild manners? Nope. As a matter of fact, Warshawski has a gritty personality that grinds on just about everyone she meets. Gentee ... More >>

Bring the Stink

Readers can't wait to try Yummy Stinky

Bad Business

After Ryan Sumstad was charged with murdering his wife, his secrets were exposed.

Comment of the Day

​Christine Ha took one for the team, eating some donuts and kolaches at the venerable Christie's, and commenter Eberhard took issue with one of her observations: They almost always throw in a few donut holes. They are not "trying to get rid of old food" it's called lagniappe and it means, a ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: And Then There Were None, Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story, The Miss Firecracker Contest, Smokey Joe's Cafe

​Christine Ha took one for the team, eating some donuts and kolaches at the venerable Christie's, and commenter Eberhard took issue with one of her observations: They almost always throw in a few donut holes. They are not "trying to get rid of old food" it's called lagniappe and it means, a ... More >>

The Most Bizarre Music Memorabilia Ever Auctioned Off

michaeljacksonfuneral.orgNote: Not the actual million-dollar jacket.​Have you ever worked in a souvenir store, memorabilia outlet or run an online auction? If so, odds are you have developed a venal, burning hatred for collectors. Rocks Off isn't going to mince words: collectors are some of t ... More >>

Ingredient of the Week: Panko

norwichnuts​What is it? Panko is just the fancy, Japanese word for breadcrumbs. These crumbs are ground more coarsely from bread that tends to be lighter making for larger, crunchier and sometimes fluffier results when used in a recipe. Sometimes made from crustless bread, this variety of panko ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: Five Guys Named Moe, The Hollow, Hunter Gatherers, The Mousetrap

norwichnuts​What is it? Panko is just the fancy, Japanese word for breadcrumbs. These crumbs are ground more coarsely from bread that tends to be lighter making for larger, crunchier and sometimes fluffier results when used in a recipe. Sometimes made from crustless bread, this variety of panko ... More >>

Local Student Joshua Christie Is Le Cordon Bleu's Future Chef Winner

​They always start young. Joshua Christie says he remembers helping around the kitchen as a little kid, and that lifelong passion for cooking helped lead him to win the 9th Annual Le Cordon Bleu Future Chef of America Culinary Scholarship Competition on June 12th. Having attended Langham Creek ... More >>

Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap

The longest running show in London livens up Houston’s summer

5 Places Seniors Like to Eat

Erika RayBarbecue Inn's famous fried chicken. ​When you find yourself in one of these establishments to partake of some tasty vittles (because don't seniors call food "vittles"?), look around and we'll bet the median age is older than 60. If you enjoy the geriatric crowd as we do, check out so ... More >>

What a Tease

Maurizio Cattelan creates a building-wide scavenger hunt at the Menil.

Agatha Christie Takes Manhattan

The mystery maven tackles murder of a theatrical sort

The Unexpected Guest Will Keep You Guessing Until the Very End

Who Knows Whodunit

Sole of Houston: Richmond Avenue, Houston’s Street of Dreamz

Who Knows Whodunit

The Year In Film

Judd Apatow's pretty good year and much more

Stage Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Death on the Nile

Agatha Christie's memorable characters make great company

A River Runs Through It

Agatha Christie's memorable characters make great company

The Sole of Houston

Hi. I'm John Lomax, and I'm a pedestrian. My friend, Uncle Tick, and I walked down 16-plus miles of Westheimer. This is our story.

The Have-Nothings

A Stages show looks into life on minimum wage

Twisting Witness

A Stages show looks into life on minimum wage

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This highly entertaining play will get you thinking

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Classic Christie

Spider's Web is a thriller with twists and turns galore

Booking It

These travel narratives are as much about the teller as the terrain

Flirt for the Cure

Peddling flesh in the fight against cancer

Black Death

At the Alley, an old man dies, and everyone's a suspect

Capsule Reviews

Our critic weighs in on local theater

A Matter of Taste

Our critic weighs in on local theater

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Killer Play

The Alley builds a better Mousetrap

Scar Wars

Austin's Vallejo performs at Whiskey Blues

Identity Crisis

James Mangold's latest looks scary, plays funny and might be genius for it

Letters

From the Balcony, Kemah Savvy?, Acting in Concert?

Souvenir Hunting

MFA's Old Master exhibit reflects our modern desire to treat art as collectibles

Virgin Rebirth

The statue doesn't look like a traditional Our Lady of Guadalupe. But its appearance is just the start of the

Nacho OrdinaryTex-Mex

El Palacio offers dishes from Mexico, by way of the Continent

Dish

El Palacio offers dishes from Mexico, by way of the Continent

Night & Day

July 2 - 8, 1998

Press Picks

July 2 - 8, 1998

The Art of Cooking?

At the Restaurant at the Art Institute, professional cookingis taught -- sort of

Clever Dame

Agatha Christie dabbles in more than Black Coffee

Something Old, Something New

If El Palacio is a dream of the past, Cabo is the cocktail party of the future

Plastic Jesus

With his poetic kitsch gods, Paul Kittelson is one of Houston's most important artists

Press Picks

With his poetic kitsch gods, Paul Kittelson is one of Houston's most important artists