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Capsule Art Reviews: "Bert L. Long Jr: An Odyssey," "Cats, Bunnies, and The Surface Value of It All," "A chain of non-events," "Janice Jakielski: Constructing Solitude," "New Work: Drawings, Collages, and Tiles," "Plain Sight"

Capsule Art reviews: "Bert L. Long Jr: An Odyssey," "Cats, Bunnies, and The Surface Value of It All," "A chain of non-events," "Cruz Ortiz: I Speak Lightning," "Farewell Ruins: Julia Haft-Candell and Julia Kunin"

Capsule Art Reviews: "Bert L. Long Jr: An Odyssey," "Cruz Ortiz: I Speak Lightning," "Janice Jakielski: Constructing Solitude," "John Cage: Prints, Drawings, and a Music Box," "Toby Kamps: 99 Cent Dreams"

Shak Attack

At the Chili Shak, a California boy makes the best bowl of red in Houston.

Beyond Chili-Cheeseburgers at The Chili Shak

If Pvt. Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue had been into chili instead of shrimp, I imagine that The Chili Shak is just the sort of place he and Forrest Gump would have opened. The list of menu items that come topped with owner Bernard Montgomery's chili -- based on a secret family recipe passed down fro ... More >>

Finally -- an Interactive Exhibit of Third World Poverty!

Screw Disneyworld: this year, Hair Balls is forgoing the traditional theme park experience to explore the sights and sounds of abject third world poverty at Houston Baptist University November 14-17. Yep, that's right: a traveling interactive exhibit by Compassion International, which touts itself ... More >>

Health Department Roundup: HBU, Reef, Tina's Mystery Dive and more

We tend to forget that Houston Baptist University exists. We've never met anyone who went there, at least not that we know of. We're wondering - what's it like? Are they allowed to dance there? Is it like Baylor, but with better access to pill mills and Indian food? The Health Department visited b ... More >>

Spontaneous Memorial: A Commemorative Installation

An Afternoon with the Artists

Vic Shealy Is the First Football Coach in Houston Baptist History

Houston Baptist University took another step towards becoming a football program today by naming a head coach. He is Vic Shealy, who most recently was defensive coordinator at Kansas, a team that went winless in conference play and whose staff was thus replaced. Shealy also has coached at Richmond ... More >>

“Cartography of the Spirit: Virgil Grotfeldt’s Explorations on the Mystical, the Magical, and the Sublime”

Brilliant Lectures: Sidney Poitier

HPD Sting Snags HBU Cop with Coke

A three-year veteran of the Houston Baptist University police force has been fired and now faces first-degree felony drug charges after the Houston Police Department caught him in a sting operation yesterday. According to the Harris County District Attorney's office, HPD had received a tip that an ... More >>

Comment of the Day: Houston's Great Colleges And Universities

​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

Look Out Notre Dame: HBU To Challenge For Gridiron Supremacy Of Religious Schools

The Huskies are making a move​The college football world was (not exactly) shaken up today with Houston Baptist University's announcement that it is looking to field a team. The Huskies play in a few sports, but the school says it is looking to play football "should an appropriate league oppo ... More >>

Third Ward High

The 2010 Yates championship team proved nobody does it better.

Health Dept. Roundup: 77072-77076

​This week on Health Department Roundup, we trek through zip codes 77072-77076, a scattered area including Alief, the area around Houston Baptist University, and pockets near Hobby and Bush airports. A March 20 pre-opening inspection at the Maxim Club (11360 Bellaire Blvd. in 77072) found in ... More >>

Virgil Grotfeldt, 1948-2009

Photo courtesy Wade Wilson ArtArtist Virgil Grotfeldt died today from cancer. Born in Illinois in 1948, he was part of the Houston art community for many years. "I've always thought of him as a terrific painter, one of the best in the city," longtime friend and HBU Gallery Director Jim Edwards tells ... More >>

Donor Babies Search for Their Anonymous Fathers

All grown up, some children of sperm donors are trying to break through the secrecy that keeps them from knowing their family history

“Deeply Rooted”

Houston’s newest dance troupe, Urban Souls Dance Company, makes its debut

Albina Shagimuratova

A young soprano makes waves despite opera’s testy waters

Do You Have Multiple Personality Disorder?

Years after Sybil, the debate continues

Rudy G Comes Out in Favor of Killing Unborn Babies (In a Good Way, Of Course)

This Man Thinks He's Jesus H. Christ!

And a lot of people agree with him

Getting Sideways

It came from Japan and may turn out to be bigger than Godzilla. It,s drifting - a high-speed, fishtailing race toward a wall without a crash. They hope.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

College Credit

Shopping spree for your first apartment: $2,500
Spring break in Cabo: $1,000
Avoiding college credit card debt: priceless

Flicked Out of Court

Jurors rule against a former HBU basketballer in his hazing suit

Judge Love Strikes Again

A jurist's order restricts colleague's sleepovers with her pal

Letters, Week of November 8

Down on the Matt, High-Water Woes, Reaching the Pentacle

Full Court Press

Was it a harmless HBU jock initiation -- or hard-core hazing -- that shattered a freshman's hoop dreams?

Jailhouse Crock

Spanish-language media cries foul over Railcar Killer interviews

Laptop Liberaces

Trax in Space adds another dimension to the music galaxy

Winning in the Worst Way

Rock Knapp transformed little Northwest Academy from gridiron patsy to playoff powerhouse. So why are some parents calling for his head?

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All in the Family

A session at Sugar Hill Studios reveals the hidden sounds of fathers and sons

Visible Man

Carlton Thompson has a sportswriter's dream job. But he keeps getting asked for some I.D.