Elmer Fudd

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DoV-ine Inspiration

Harvey Bott has a system. And Kelly Klaasmeyer has a travelogue.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Harvey Bott has a system. And Kelly Klaasmeyer has a travelogue.

Lay of the Land

Kenny Boy's fall: a sign of Houston's corporate culture gone wrong

Crash and Yearn

Howard Hughes gets what he wants, in this case a fun and loving biopic

A New Cut

HGO has a ball with The Barber of Seville

High Flier

HGO's Little Prince comes up big

We'll All Cry Boo-Hoo

Ron Howard's cuddly new Grinch puzzles our puzzler till our puzzler's puzzled out

Mad Dog's Demise

Alan Mabry was a man on a mission. His death last month left friends, colleagues and authorities baffled -- as did his obsessive life.

Puccini And The Radioactive Death Of Opera

Giacomo Puccini (left) and Arturo Toscanini​People who know nothing about opera know one of two names. The first is Wagner, whom most of us are familiar with because Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd danced around singing "Kill the Wabbit" to the tune of "Ride of the Valkries." The other is Giacomo P ... More >>

Saturday Night: Space City Beat Battle At Warehouse Live

Photos by Jae Tovar/The Hive SocietyBlack Keys (left) and Space City Beat Battle organizer T. Piper​Space City Beat Battle Warehouse Live Green Room February 26, 2011 7:36 p.m.: Earlier this morning, our sons played their very first t-ball game. T-ball teams for 3-year-olds are six kids deep, ... More >>

Giacomo Meyerbeer: The Holocaust of an Opera Composer

Josef Kriehuber​If you know absolutely nothing about opera, you still know Richard Wagner's name. His "Ring Cycle" of four operas based on Teutonic and Norse mythology was famously parodied by Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, forever cementing his music into pop culture. His biggest fan was Adolf Hi ... More >>

Rocks Off Open For Bidness On Memorial Day

someecards.com​James McMurtry, "Memorial Day": Rocks Off has no idea what we're going to be doing on Memorial Day; we just know we're not going to be here, as in the office. We suspect Leon's Lounge will be involved somehow, because it usually is. But you should be here, as in on this very ... More >>

Not So Spectacular

This CAMH show features plenty of good work, but not much connects it together.

Nancy Jane Mancuso Gelber: Police Say Aspiring Crime Writer Wanted Estranged Hubby Whacked

Brazos County JailNancy Mancuso Gelber: Could use old friend Percy Foreman in her corner about now.​ Nancy Mancuso Gelber could face up to life in prison after she was arrested Friday and charged with attempting to hire a hit man to kill her estranged husband. Unfortunately for the 53-year-old ... More >>