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The Rocks Off 100: Walter Suhr, the Straw That Stirs Mango Punch!

Welcome to the Rocks Off 100, our portrait gallery of the most compelling profiles and personalities in the far-flung Houston music community -- a lot more than just musicians, but of course they're in there too. See the entire Rocks Off 100 at this link. With his signature panama hat and a wide sm ... More >>

Constitutional Right to Bear Arms Found in Only Three Nations -- Rest of World Smothered in Tyranny, Apparently

We've known for some time that the American Constitution, that yellowed document containing all our inalienable and God-given rights, was a special slip of parchment. The first of its kind, we've been told. The example. The lodestar. The exceptional. But recent research, publicized last week in Blo ... More >>

Chef Endures Cancer, Loss of Sense of Taste

A stroke, a brain tumor and the loss of his sense of taste haven't kept Chef David Guerrero out of the kitchen.

Special Best Of Best Of Edition

Monica de Guzman: Three Kilos Of Heroin In Nine Packages Of Powdered Drink Mix

Let's see, the three steps of Gatorade greatness in the G Series are 10 Prime, 2) Perform and 3) Recover. In the heretofore unknown H Series, the process also includes 4) Blissfully nodding out to Lou Reed. That's the takeaway we get, anyway, from the arrest and charges filed today against Guatema ... More >>

Upcoming Events: Food Truck Fridays and Feliz Cumpleaños to El Gran Malo

Do you take a little extra tima at lunch on Fridays? If so, come and spend it with us. Starting in September, the Houston Press will be hosting Food Truck Fridays on the first Friday of each month from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the House of Dereon (2204 Crawford). Every Food Truck Friday will feature a d ... More >>

Osman Irias: Cops Say He Beat His Son, 2, To Death

When two-year-old Osman Irias Salguero died in a hospital April 28, his father, Osman Irias, said it was the result of a fall. An autopsy found 86 bruises and fractured ribs on the child, however, and today Irias, 21, has been charged with the felony of causing injury to a child. Court documents s ... More >>

House of Spirits

Alejandra Deheza had some spooky experiences writing School of Seven Bells' new album Ghostory.

Pollo Campero's Got a Brand New Bag (of Chicken)

Photos by Katharine ShilcuttCrispy chicken taco with mango coleslaw at Pollo Campero. See more in our slideshow.​I grew up eating at the old-school Pollo Campero on Bellaire Boulevard, the fast-food chicken joint featuring a bright-yellow chick with a sombrero on its head and a plate of fried ... More >>

SPECIAL MORMON EDICION

Special Mexicans Are Racist Edicion

National Illegal Immigrant Sting Nets Over 2,900 Convicted Criminals, 125 in Houston

On Wednesday, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the results of its "Cross Check" enforcement operation targeting convicted criminals who are also illegal immigrants. The sting conducted in all 50 states netted 2,901 criminals, including 125 in the Houston area. The seven- ... More >>

Green Berets' 50th Birthday: Five Best Pop-Culture Moments

One hundred men we'll test today, but only three win the Green Beret.​The Green Berets, at least the unit everyone thinks of when they think of the Green Berets, are 50 years old tomorrow. President Kennedy, on one of his romantic James Bond flights of fancy, approved activating the U.S. Army' ... More >>

Doting Mama

Tamarie Cooper returns to poke mostly gentle fun at the U.S. and delivers a new national anthem.

CONCACAF Gold Cup: Five Things We Learned At Reliant Stadium Wednesday Night

Photos by Marco Torres​As anyone not a fan of Panama or Honduras expected, the USA and Mexico came out victorious from their CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinal matches at Reliant Stadium on Wednesday night. The Stars and Stripes opened up the doubleheader with a high-scoring 1-0 victory over Panama, ... More >>

Soccer Notes: Dynamo Look for Intensity; Mexico's Stars Get Ready for Reliant

​ The Houston Dynamo locker was quiet following their 2-0 loss Saturday night to the Columbus Crew. Whether it was the loss or the fact that there was no air conditioning in the home locker room, players were quick to leave after the match. Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear went through his ... More >>

"Faces of History — Latin America: Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru"

Manifest Destiny and Museums

Houston's Best Patios: The 10 Best to Pretend You're On Vacation

Photo by Taylor LaShaeEl Pueblito, home of Houston's best cabanas.​With patio weather season in full swing, Houstonians are absolutely spoiled for places to enjoy the day outside. And sometimes all you know is that you're in the mood for a patio, but can't figure out where to go. So how do you ... More >>

Why does everything Mexican jump?

Capsule Art Reviews: "James Drake: A Thousand Tongues Burn and Sing," "A Matter of Wit," "Plenitude," "Timothy Greenfield-Sanders: Injured Soldiers and Marines," "Tony Smith: Drawings"

Capsule Art Reviews: "Dynasty and Divinity," "James Drake: A Thousand Tongues Burn and Sing," "Tony Smith: Drawings"

Grinding Justice

Operation Streamline costs millions, tramples the Constitution, treats migrants like cattle and doesn't work.

Health Dept. Roundup

​City health inspectors appeared to focus mainly on taco trucks last week. Here's the lowdown: Antojitos Las Catrachas (6026 Dashwood) was closed temporarily after an October 15 visit found six violations, including some paperwork troubles and potentially hazardous foods being stored at an un ... More >>

Killer Instincts, Bad Knees

Helen Mirren will cut you in Red.

Planet Houston

The world's great cuisines converge here.

Planet Houston: Country Cooking

An around-the-world guide to the foods of Planet Houston

Crime, Punishment and Zack de la Rocha

SPECIAL COMIDA EDITION

Mexican in the Big Apple

A Peruvian Anniversary Party at Pollo Bravo

Scandalously good lúcuma ice cream, a rare treat in Houston.​Pollo Bravo (10434B Richmond Ave.) is the only place in town I know of that makes homemade lúcuma ice cream. They're the only place I know that serves lúcuma ice cream, for that matter. The flavor is difficult to describe -- caram ... More >>

Irene Keliher

Poison Pen reader makes teen angst a cross-continental affair

Mexicans, Mormonism and the "Texans" of Mexico

An Immigrant's Heart

To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big Heart. But not this big.

Dressing Right and Standing Tall?

David Corbett: Do They Know I'm Running?

His new novel has been called a "rich, hard-hitting epic"

Readers Respond, and the Mexican Middle Class

Guatemalan Tamales

​I sampled my first rice tamal last week. It reminded me of Biba's slogan, "one's a meal." The soft glutinous ground rice was stuffed with chicken and salsa and garnished with green pepper and a raisin. I had it for breakfast with a cup of coffee and a little extra pepper sauce. The Guatemalan ... More >>

Coffee Review: Fusion Beans's Guatemala Finca Vista Hermosa: El Eden

​We recently received a package of the latest offering of local roaster Fusionbeans.com, Guatemala Finca Vista Hermosa: El Eden. The farm and farmers of Finca Vista Hermosa are an institution in Huehuetenango, Guatemala. Edwin Martinez Senior oversees the farm, Edwin Martinez Jr. oversees the ... More >>

Top 11 Houston Restaurant Openings of the Decade

Since I started my job as restaurant critic of the Houston Press in May of 2000, I've had a chance to observe the Houston restaurant scene for just about the entire decade. Our fine dining scene has evolved in the last ten years, and so have our ethnic cuisines. Houston became the birthplace of some ... More >>

City of Coffee

Is Houston about to become America's coffee capital?

Salvadorans and Murals

Miley Cyrus's Successor At Houston's Most Senselessly Lavish Party? Maybe Elton John

Texas Lawyer magazine is reporting that Mark Lanier, the lawyer who puts on an amazingly expensive Christmas party each year, will follow up Miley Cyrus with Elton John next year.The magazine's blog also notes that Lanier says his "Have A Miley Christmas" bash raised $250,000 for a charity that help ... More >>

Capsule Art Reviews: "Heroes Alter Egos," "Joe Mancuso: Still Still Life," "Neo HooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith," "(Re)Vision: A Preservation of Houston's Inner Loop," "Transcendental Smoothie"

Capsule Art Reviews: "Defending Democracy," "Neo HooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith," "(Re)Vision: A Preservation of Houston's Inner Loop"

Capsule Art Reviews: "Defending Democracy," "Drapetomania: A Disease Called Freedom," "Heroes Alter Egos," "Neo HooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith," "(Re)Vision: A Preservation of Houston's Inner Loop"

Faith-Based Initiative: "Neo HooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith"

The Menil hosts one of the most compelling shows Houston has seen in a long time

Swift Meatpacking Plant and Illegal Immigrants

Swift & Company pitted employee against employee when it replaced injured workers with illegal immigrants

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