Harry Houdini

Tonight: The Melvins and Big Business at Warehouse Live

Magic for the Masses

Penn & Teller offer not just the art of illusion, but illusions as art

Rotation

Penn & Teller offer not just the art of illusion, but illusions as art

Press Picks

Penn & Teller offer not just the art of illusion, but illusions as art

Press Picks

Penn & Teller offer not just the art of illusion, but illusions as art

Feature

Headline:The Case Against Hurwitz In one of the last big S&L cases from the '80s, two federal agencies are pursuing Charles Hurwitz over the failure of united Savings. And for once, Hurwitz may have no place to hide.

Grunge Schmunge

The Melvins don't give a damn, and so should you

Press Picks

The Melvins don't give a damn, and so should you

Too Much Magic

Fairytale is charming, inspiring -- and almost entirely fraudulent

The Wooden Indian Ticket?

A Gore vote in 2000 could send Brown back to D.C.

The Melvins

The Melvins perform Wednesday, November 15, at Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel, 713-225-5483.

Welcome to the Grand Illusion

Memento director plumbs the depths of magic and loss

Björk to the Future

Matthew Barney's girlfriend inspires his most coherent film yet

There's No Place Like Home

Especially when you're eating at Montrose Diner, where the food's subpar and the wait's long

Fire, Steel, Leather and Blood

Houston people exchange power (and pain) at the Bartender's Fetish Ball

Rome If You Want To

The highbrow thespians at the Alley take on a lowbrow musical

Leatherface to Picasso

UT's Harry Ransom Center has it all

Where the Kid Stuff Ends

Shel Silverstein had a dirty mouth

The Man of Ink

Creator of Wonder Boys and supermen, Michael Chabon is a literary hero

Caution: Swoon Zone

"Outbound" recalls the best of the '90s with ten works that you may (literally) fall head over heels for

End Game

This is the way the year ends, this is the way the year ends, this is the way the year ends, not with a bang but a ... year-end roundup

Yes We Khan

Theatre LaB Houston gets un-PC in China: The Whole Enchilada

Magical Gardens

The Edies mesmerize all at Stages Repertory Theatre in Grey Gardens.

"Magic: The Science of Wonder"

Do we have any volunteers from the audience?

Houdini The Museum District Goose Flies Coop, Leaves Mate Distraught

The Goose is loose​Biking up to work one afternoon, we spotted this sign on a telephone pole just south of the main campus of Houston Community College.We wondered if the missing goose had been found, so we called the number. Dawn Adams answered. Adams is a daughter of Joy Boone, the matron of Dan ... More >>

Sage Francis Transcends Genres At House of Blues

Photos by Marc Brubaker/See the slideshowSage Francis with members of Free Moral Agents​Sage Francis' new album Li(f)e should have received better reviews than it did. Although the reviews it got weren't terrible, none of them seemed to acknowledge that Sage managed to marry rap and rock witho ... More >>

I Love You Phillip Morris

Photos by Marc Brubaker/See the slideshowSage Francis with members of Free Moral Agents​Sage Francis' new album Li(f)e should have received better reviews than it did. Although the reviews it got weren't terrible, none of them seemed to acknowledge that Sage managed to marry rap and rock witho ... More >>

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 >>

6 College Football Coaching Changes: From Shadiest to Slimiest

UH's departed skipper makes the cut​From status-seeking coaches to wheeling-and-dealing athletic directors, the post-season shake-up of college football head coaches has been a bit curious. The top (lowest?) six moves are ranked here on a scale of shady to slimy ("mildly shady" being a 1 whi ... More >>

The 2011 Houston Press Crimes of the Year

From a fake vampire to a getaway guy in a wheelchair, a defendant peeing in court to a cop-car backseat blow job, it's been a wild year.

The 2011 Houston Press Crimes of the Year

From a fake vampire to a getaway guy in a wheelchair, a defendant peeing in court to a cop-car backseat blow job, it's been a wild year.