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November 8, 2011
Noel Sosa-Ruiz: Bizarre End For Man Who Killed His Kids' Mother At Her Office
Photo by HPDNoel Sosa-Ruiz: Tries to escape to CubaThe death of 29-year-old Yodani Cruz-Rojas was odd enough -- the father of her children walked into the suburban dentist's office where she worked and killed her in a hail of gunfire -- but now there's an odd finale. The suspected killer, No ... More >>
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September 28, 2011
The Best Thing I Ever Ate: Fried Bites
Inspired by the Food Network, I'm looking into the "best things I ever ate" around the grand city of Houston. Recently, I shared the best vegetables I ever ate. Now it's time to move on to the big guns - fried foods. In Texas, there is definitely no shortage of deep-fried delights to choose from. Th ... More >>
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September 8, 2011
Luis Abreux
Inspired by the Food Network, I'm looking into the "best things I ever ate" around the grand city of Houston. Recently, I shared the best vegetables I ever ate. Now it's time to move on to the big guns - fried foods. In Texas, there is definitely no shortage of deep-fried delights to choose from. Th ... More >>
Blogs
August 1, 2011
Coke: United States vs. Mexico
Cane sugar has been gaining on HFCS lately. Dr Pepper admitted that high-fructose corn syrup is a shoddy sweetener when it turned Lawyer Pepper on its Dublin, Texas bottler. And tonic makers have created a new market from the knowledge that gin mixes with corn syrup like gin goes with police ... More >>
Blogs
May 31, 2011
Garden Fresh: Five Hot Weather Plants
Once the temp hits 96, in the shade, most garden crops won't set fruit. The peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers already growing will continue to do so, but few new ones will appear. That's when I turn my attention to things that grow in pots, which can be easily watered and moved to shadier spo ... More >>
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April 14, 2011
Philip Kerr: Field Gray
Once the temp hits 96, in the shade, most garden crops won't set fruit. The peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers already growing will continue to do so, but few new ones will appear. That's when I turn my attention to things that grow in pots, which can be easily watered and moved to shadier spo ... More >>
Culture
March 31, 2011
Film Collage
Johan Grimonprez's stunning work screens at the Blaffer Museum.
Blogs
March 16, 2011
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand...
Photos by Troy Fields...well, you know the rest. At Macondo Latin Bistro -- the subject of this week's cafe review -- I was just as charmed by the fine little dining room as I was the food. I found myself lingering there far longer than was necessary and eagerly planning return visits for br ... More >>
Blogs
March 15, 2011
The Lost Mojito
If you've had a cocktail with rum, sugar, lime, soda and spearmint, it was probably called a mojito. That's fine with me -- I'm no cocktail cop -- but that's not what they're drinking in Havana. A Cubano would no more make a spearmint mojito than a Kentuckian would serve up a peppermint jul ... More >>
Blogs
December 29, 2010
Five Fortuitous New Year's Foods
A30_TsitikaEat grapes for smooth sailing in 2011. Not like you need any excuse to stuff yourself during the holidays, but take heed of what you eat around December 31st if you're interested in a little extra good fortune. Depending on who you ask, certain foods -- if consumed on New Year's -- ... More >>
Music
December 2, 2010
Los Van Van
A30_TsitikaEat grapes for smooth sailing in 2011. Not like you need any excuse to stuff yourself during the holidays, but take heed of what you eat around December 31st if you're interested in a little extra good fortune. Depending on who you ask, certain foods -- if consumed on New Year's -- ... More >>
Music
November 25, 2010
Alex Cuba
A30_TsitikaEat grapes for smooth sailing in 2011. Not like you need any excuse to stuff yourself during the holidays, but take heed of what you eat around December 31st if you're interested in a little extra good fortune. Depending on who you ask, certain foods -- if consumed on New Year's -- ... More >>
Blogs
October 14, 2010
Vintage Cocktails: The Mary Pickford
1937 copy of La Florida recipe bookLast week I told you about the La Florida Bar in Havana, Cuba, "la catedral del Daiquiri." This week's drink comes from a brittle 1937 copy of that bar's recipe book, which was found at a flea market. The book is old enough that each recipe is in both Spani ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2010
Recipe: The Florateani
Whenever summer hits, I find myself changing up the kind of drinks I'm imbibing. In the winter, I can tolerate heavier drinks like whiskey cokes and Cuba Libres, but in the summer, I enjoy things a little lighter and sweeter. I explained all of this to expert drink maker Brant Miller and as ... More >>
Blogs
June 10, 2010
Buena Vista Social Club Screens At Domy Tonight
Greetings from Florida. By the time you read this, Hollywood Shuffle will be well entrenched in the Sunshine State on our annual pilgrimage to visit family, douse ourselves in cuba libres and eat our body weight in Cuban pulled-pork sandwiched and plantains. It's long been a dream of HWS's to visit ... More >>
News
August 6, 2009
A Darker Look at Che's Revolution
After Guevara destroyed his family and his fortune, Gustavo Villoldo hunted the revolutionary leader to his grave.
Calendar
May 14, 2009
“Recollections of Havana”
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Music
March 26, 2009
Pitbull
Web exclusive!
Calendar
March 12, 2009
Stephanie Elizondo Griest: Mexican Enough
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Calendar
February 19, 2009
CINEMATHEQUE: Latin American “Third Cinema”
Curator Margarita de la Vega-Hurtado pairs two agit-prop classics
Blogs
December 24, 2008
Sonidos y Mas: NovaLima
Novalima Coba Coba (Cumbancha) www.novalima.net If you hear similarities between Novalima's modern Afro-Peruvian music and the rhythms brought from Cuba by Celia Cruz and Tito Puente in the '50s, you're on the right track: Peruvians have borrowed a lot from the Africans taken to South America as ... More >>
Blogs
August 29, 2008
Hurricane Gustav -- Already A Disaster
Novalima Coba Coba (Cumbancha) www.novalima.net If you hear similarities between Novalima's modern Afro-Peruvian music and the rhythms brought from Cuba by Celia Cruz and Tito Puente in the '50s, you're on the right track: Peruvians have borrowed a lot from the Africans taken to South America as ... More >>
News
January 10, 2008
Immigration: Cubans Enter U.S. at Texas-Mexico Border
Novalima Coba Coba (Cumbancha) www.novalima.net If you hear similarities between Novalima's modern Afro-Peruvian music and the rhythms brought from Cuba by Celia Cruz and Tito Puente in the '50s, you're on the right track: Peruvians have borrowed a lot from the Africans taken to South America as ... More >>
Calendar
September 20, 2007
“Lizards & Snakes: Alive!”
The Houston Museum of Natural Science is squeamish for squamates
Calendar
July 19, 2007
Holocaust Museum Houston Lecture Series
Examining Anti-Semitism
Music
April 12, 2007
Classic Cuban CDs
Reissues of six classic Cuban CDs
Music
March 8, 2007
The Silos
he Silos perform Saturday, March 10, at the Continental Club, 3700 Main, 713-529-9899.
Calendar
May 4, 2006
Cuba Cine
he Silos perform Saturday, March 10, at the Continental Club, 3700 Main, 713-529-9899.
Calendar
September 9, 2004
A Slave's Trade
Edward P. Jones reveals another World
News
July 29, 2004
Pretty Please, Tilman
Houston's Donald Trump can't be bothered with paperwork
News
July 15, 2004
Peace -- For Now
A caravan to Cuba isn't hassled. Yet.
Dining
June 17, 2004
Spotted Cock
A caravan to Cuba isn't hassled. Yet.
Calendar
June 5, 2003
Crash Course on Cuba
A one-night film fest at the Shrine bookstore
Dining
May 15, 2003
Classic Cubano
Boca Chica
Dining
April 18, 2002
Short Courtship
A whirlwind romance with The Little Havana
Music
February 7, 2002
Low Fidel-ity
There's more than just the Gulf of Mexico between musicians in Cuba and those from Cuba
Dining
October 25, 2001
Stirred and Shaken
El Tiempo's Cuba Libre
Dining
July 26, 2001
Stirred and Shaken
Aries's Ernest Hemingway daiquiri
Music
May 17, 2001
Felix Baloy
Baila Mi Son: The Afro-Cuban All Stars Present Felix Baloy (Tumi)
Film
February 22, 2001
Silence Equals Death
Before Night Falls recounts an imprisoned Cuban writer's struggle to keep his voice alive
Music
November 16, 2000
Chucho Valdés
Overpowering the piano
Best of Houston
September 21, 2000
Best Cuban Restaurant
Cafe Piquet
Music
July 6, 2000
Red Rhythms
Maraca and Otra Vision
Calendar
May 4, 2000
The Apolitical Blues
Los Van Van
News
July 3, 1997
Letters
Los Van Van
News
June 12, 1997
The Insider
Los Van Van
Film
May 22, 1997
Gay Old Time
Los Van Van
News
May 22, 1997
The Insider
Los Van Van
Music
March 28, 1996
Sound Check
Los Van Van
Culture
March 31, 1994
Socialist Surrealism
FotoFest curates the work of a brave new generation of Cuban photographers
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