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Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

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Good News: Helpful DNA Evidence. Bad News: Her Client May Still Die

Defense attorney Sarah Frazier got the DNA results she wanted. They might even win her tomorrow's hearing. But her client could still be put to death. Frazier has fought for years to introduce new DNA testing to the case of Charles Raby, who was convicted almost 15 years ago of murdering a grandmoth ... More >>

Musicians Don't Have W. to Kick Around Anymore... So Now What?

Now that Lil' Bush has shuffled off the Presidential coil - or will in a couple of hours, anyway - and heads off into some Dallas burg to write his memoirs and reflect on his two wild and strange terms as Commander in Chief, it seems that the writers of so many protest songs can call off their guns ... More >>

Press Picks

Now that Lil' Bush has shuffled off the Presidential coil - or will in a couple of hours, anyway - and heads off into some Dallas burg to write his memoirs and reflect on his two wild and strange terms as Commander in Chief, it seems that the writers of so many protest songs can call off their guns ... More >>

Press Picks

Now that Lil' Bush has shuffled off the Presidential coil - or will in a couple of hours, anyway - and heads off into some Dallas burg to write his memoirs and reflect on his two wild and strange terms as Commander in Chief, it seems that the writers of so many protest songs can call off their guns ... More >>

Fighting for Franklin

A white lawyer has him. His grandmother wants him back

Insider

A white lawyer has him. His grandmother wants him back

Up To Date on '98

A white lawyer has him. His grandmother wants him back

All Houston Nightlife is Onscreen at Joystix's Pac-Man Fever

Insert Coin(s)

The R&B timeline in reverse via Cotton Exchange and The Real Sammie

Franklin Mint

Community Chest

Club Upscale brings the world of dance music together under one roof

Several Dancers CORE Salon

You can join in the creative process at this informal presentation of new works by Beppie Blankert and Alicia Sanchez

The Critical Craftsman

H.C. Westermann was the quintessential American artist

Ghoul and the Gang

Where to take your crew this Halloween weekend

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Where to take your crew this Halloween weekend

Bikini Wax

Show off your stuff as DJs spin at the Summer Skeet Skeet

Guinness Gracious!

The parties are brewin' for St. Patrick's Day

Panty Rave

Get down and dirty at Lustfully Yours

Dotted Lines

The Didaktiks rock some homegrown hip-hop at Helios

Cruisin' for Tail

Party before the party at Media Mania

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Party before the party at Media Mania

Best New Construction

Party before the party at Media Mania

One-Stop Shop

Everything you need to be cool in Sugar Land

Club Directory

Everything you need to be cool in Sugar Land

School's Out for Summer

Bongo's angles for the collegiate dollar without resorting to wet T-shirts and thongs

Snipping Away in Margaritaville

The Beauty Bar allows customers to get hammered while they get their nails done

Change Change

Visitors to the county jail can now get the most for their money

Quarter Masters

A bill changer is only the latest example of profiteering at the county jail

Tippling from Tap to Tap

Down and out (and drunk) in NoDo

Downtown's Waterloo

NoDo nightclub owners ask what hath God wrought

Mass (Murder) Media

The satirical Series 7 exposes the black heart of reality TV

Best Bike Shop

Shirar's Bicycle Store

Spare a Dime, Dah-ling?

Fashion shows in area clubs go philanthropic

Image Augmentation

Plastic surgeon Franklin Rose saves his best makeover for himself

Leave Your Genre at the Door

Plastic surgeon Franklin Rose saves his best makeover for himself

Aftermath: Feels Like the First Time With Widespread Panic and the Allman Brothers at the Woodlands

Photos by Kim Douglass​ There are few experiences in life that act as true rites of passage: Learning to ride a bicycle or drive a car, or that first kiss with that special post-pubescent someone. Then there's virginity, both the kind that gets lost in between the sheets and the kind that takes pl ... More >>

The Top 20 Freaks You'll Meet at Ren Fest

We went to the Texas Renaissance Festival in Plantersville this weekend to attend our cousin's wedding, and wouldn't you know we brought a camera along to document through our drunkenly narrow and judging eyes all the WTF-ery walking amongst the trees. Secretly we wish we could also don a pair of ti ... More >>

Net Gains and Losses: Red Herring

Author has his own special take on the fishing industry.

Fault Lines

Horse Head Theatre Company delivers a drama about unexpected surprises

Letters You Wrote

Dancepatheatre takes you from words into movement

Capsule Stage Reviews: Fault Lines, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, The New Century

Dancepatheatre takes you from words into movement

True Blood: Massive Attack At A Strip Club!

Alan Ball was known for his masterful use of music in Six Feet Under. He's lost none of his touch when it comes to his current HBO series, True Blood - which happens to be set in the Louisiana swamps, not terribly far from Houston. Season 3, Episode 4: "9 Crimes" ​When Gothtopia was just a ... More >>

Stirred and Shaken: 1820 Bar's Bo-Tang

​Outside of the occasional pedicab and the 24-hour glow of bail bondsmen's office lights, the northeast side of downtown was dead and dark on Tuesday evening. This isn't a good sign for the Astros considering I was two blocks from Minute Maid Park during a home game. But at 1820 Bar (1820 Fran ... More >>

1820 Bar's Bo-Tang

​Outside of the occasional pedicab and the 24-hour glow of bail bondsmen's office lights, the northeast side of downtown was dead and dark on Tuesday evening. This isn't a good sign for the Astros considering I was two blocks from Minute Maid Park during a home game. But at 1820 Bar (1820 Fran ... More >>

True Blood: Even Junkies Got A Right To Sing The Blues

Alan Ball was known for his masterful use of music in Six Feet Under. He's lost none of his touch when it comes to his current HBO series, True Blood - which happens to be set in the Louisiana swamps, not terribly far from Houston. ​Season 3, Episode 6: "I Got a Right to Sing the Blues" ... More >>

Among the Thugs

At Horse Head Theatre, men behave badly

Two Blocks From Minute Maid Park's Centerfield...In 1943

Photo via Shorpy​This is what 1900 Franklin looked like in 1943. Which, to be sure, seems a lot like what 1900 Franklin would have looked like in 1870 or so. A horse-drawn carriage in 1943? Weren't people driving boxy Ford trucks by that time?