J.K. Rowling

Harry Hallowed Potter

Harry Potter and the Sisters of Mercy, or Goth Like Me

Aftermath: Harry and the Potters at Walter's on Washington

Where's Harry?

Nab the new Potter book at these parties around town

The Unthinkable

In the Bedroom, a couple's anguish turns to rage and then rational madness

The Magic Touch

The big-screen Harry Potter lives up to its considerable hype

Hogwarts Holiday

The big-screen Harry Potter lives up to its considerable hype

Harry Potter

Houston joins the craze

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

New Potter mines the depths of adolescent angst

Don't Be a Squibb

Take the whole damn family out to see Harry and the Potters

Fire Flies

The fourth Harry Potter rushes through its paces

Harry Goes Scary

The Prisoner of Azkaban takes a Sirius-ly dark turn

It's My Party

Not everyone was celebrating Juneteenth in Harris County

Sleepy Muggles

The Blue Willow Bookshop hosts a Harry Potter read-a-thon

The Bleeding Edge

A decade ago, Vertigo started a revolution by making comics for adults

Wonder Boy

Harry Potter's second adventure delights exactly like the first

Dream Weaver

Sandman author Neil Gaiman finds magic in the damnedest place

Midnight Fire

When kids and parents press for the hottest book ever, Potter's world turns Harried

Prince of Darkness

That old black Potter magic continues to beguile in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

And So It Begins: Do You Know Where Your Children Are? (Updated With Speech Analysis)

It's too late, parents....Unless you filled out the proper paperwork offering definitive proof you're a right-wing radical blinded by Fox News, your kid is being subjected to the amazing hypnotic power of Barack Obama at this moment.You can watch here, if you dare.Will you recognize your kids when t ... More >>

One Vampire Movie That Really Sucks

Cirque du Freak tries to get in on the trend. Fails.

More Help For Our Hard-Core Harry Potter Trivia Contest

​Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince comes out on DVD Tuesday, and we here at the Houston Press are giving them away.Well, we're not actually giving them away -- we're making you earn them.At 6 p.m. Friday we'll be posting one hard-ass Harry Potter trivia quiz, and the first three people to sen ... More >>

Top Five Non-Alcoholic Beers

Lukas VermeerThere's non-alcoholic beer in here somewhere. ​The city's beer nerds are all excited for Houston Beer Week. But for some random reason, this brew celebration has just made me crave my favorite non-alcoholic "beers." Here are my Top Five: 5. Birch Beer. Earlier this year I blogged ... More >>

The End Is Near

In Harry Potter finale the kids are not alright

Harry Potter: Wizard Rock's Greatest Hits

​For the past few years, a genre centered around J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter universe has been growing on the Internet and elsewhere. We don't think anyone involved in it is older than 25, but that's okay. Sometimes sheer youthful enthusiasm can make up for the songwriting being a little green ... More >>

"Straight Outta Hogwarts": The Birth Of Wizard Rap

​The beginning of the end is here, as Rocks Off and approximately 1.21 gazillion fans flock to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 to see the end of the saga. Many things have sprung up in the wake of the awesome cultural phenomenon. Great things like Potter Puppet Pals! Terrible thin ... More >>

Good Riddance, Dobby

I come to bury Dobby, not to praise him.​Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 was number one at the box office for the third straight week. With over $600 million in worldwide grosses, the first half of the final installment of the film franchise looks like it will probably surpass the ... More >>

Harry Potter Fans Take on Bullying

Is this a wizard-movie poster or an indie-rock publicity shot?​Say what you will about fervent Harry Potter fans who are above legal drinking age, but many of them want to use the characters and plotlines in JK Rowling's series to make the world a better place.While they're counting down the month ... More >>

Pop Rocks: Twilight vs. Harry Potter And 9 Other Geek Throwdowns

Still the only crossover I'd pay to see.​Anyone watch the MTV Movie Awards? Anyone? I didn't think so, mostly because I suspect the majority of Hair Balls/Art Attack readers are over the age of 12. And while I have no intention of revisiting the whole "'Music?"Television line of jokes, I did ... More >>

Final Destination

Harry Potter — franchise king, hero of a generation — fights his last battle.

Lady Gaga Allegedly A Song Thief, Sign Of Ragnarok

Mason Lankford said, "There will come a day when we forget the Rapture ever even happened," but Rocks Off is keeping an eye out for signs of our impending Armageddon. We were wrong last time, but we're totally right this time! Marco Torres​Lady Gaga is under fire from allegations that a song ... More >>