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The Year of Living Anxiously

Are We Having Fun Yet? Or is it just the jangly buzz of advanced urban stress syndrome?

Macy's Whistleblower Settles Suit In Time For Holidays

Thanksgiving and Macy's have always gone hand in hand. And this turkey season, one former local Macy's employee has an extra reason to be thankful.   She recently settled a lawsuit against the retail giant claiming members of management at the Baybrook Mall store were running a theft ring ... More >>

Santa Round-Up Part Four: Finding The Real Thing In A Dying Mall

This and every Christmas season the most important person is the baby Jesus, with a bearded, white-haired toy factory owner coming in a close second. Every year we flock to the malls to sit in our kids down on Santa's lap. Sometimes they run off screaming, while others take to the old guy just like ... More >>

You've Put Off That Christmas Shopping Long Enough

You have just a few shopping hours left, but if you still haven't done all of your Christmas shopping, Hair Balls has a few suggestions. Aquarium World Yeah, walking in with a goldfish in one of those little plastic bags might be really lame, but the folks at Aquarium World can hook you up with a re ... More >>

Santa Round-Up Part Six

This and every Christmas season the most important person is the baby Jesus, with a bearded, white-haired toy factory owner coming in a close second. Every year we flock to the malls to sit in our kids down on Santa's lap. Sometimes they run off screaming, while others take to the old guy just like ... More >>

Dudes, Time To Get That Thoughtful Anniversary Gift

Annoyed because you're not able to stand in long, long lines for the Obama inaugural?Why not wait in long, long lines for free make-up?As a result of a court settlement, several of the nation's fancier chain stores -- including ones in Houston -- are giving away free make-up in order to "make up" (h ... More >>

Dish

Annoyed because you're not able to stand in long, long lines for the Obama inaugural?Why not wait in long, long lines for free make-up?As a result of a court settlement, several of the nation's fancier chain stores -- including ones in Houston -- are giving away free make-up in order to "make up" (h ... More >>

Naked Brunch

Annoyed because you're not able to stand in long, long lines for the Obama inaugural?Why not wait in long, long lines for free make-up?As a result of a court settlement, several of the nation's fancier chain stores -- including ones in Houston -- are giving away free make-up in order to "make up" (h ... More >>

U2 Ticket Presale Going On Now

The back cover of U2's latest album, No Line on the Horizon.If you want to make sure you get tickets to U2's 360 Tour stop at Reliant Stadium October 14, your best shot is to sign up at www.reliantpark.com for the presale going on from now until 5 p.m. Thursday. Once you're registered, you'll ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: A Christmas Carol, A Fertle Holiday, The Nutcracker, Panto Cinderella, Santaland Diaries, Twelve Ways of Christmas

The back cover of U2's latest album, No Line on the Horizon.If you want to make sure you get tickets to U2's 360 Tour stop at Reliant Stadium October 14, your best shot is to sign up at www.reliantpark.com for the presale going on from now until 5 p.m. Thursday. Once you're registered, you'll ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: But Not Goodbye, A Fertle Holiday, The Gifts of Christmas, The Nutcracker, Panto Cinderella, Santaland Diaries, Spirits to Enforce, Twelve Ways of Christmas

The back cover of U2's latest album, No Line on the Horizon.If you want to make sure you get tickets to U2's 360 Tour stop at Reliant Stadium October 14, your best shot is to sign up at www.reliantpark.com for the presale going on from now until 5 p.m. Thursday. Once you're registered, you'll ... More >>

The Season Brings a Mixed Bag of Christmas Shows

All Wrapped Up

Club 26Ten Looks to Spend Its Way to The Top

Galleria Glitz

Time Sensitive

Main Street should place Cole Porter's Jubilee back on its dusty shelf

Merry Christmas, Beeyotch!

Forget caroling. Here are a few hip-hop jammy-jams to warm your yule log.

Style Council

Macy's Impulse party is all about chic shopping

Cleaning Rags to Riches

Crappy gigs are grist for this humorist's mill

Strange Days

Theater LaB and Atomic Cafe take us from a Squeamish religious sect to drinks with cannibals

Buddhism and B-boys?

Sanford Biggers connects disparate traditions

Local Music News

Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fashion

Chef Rick Bayless: Reluctant Rock Star

Photo by J.C. Reid​A visitor to Macy's at Memorial City Mall last Wednesday would have been surprised at the more than 100 people -- many of them young women -- lined up in the Kitchen and Home area. Were the Jonas Brothers endorsing a line of tableware? No, but it was a rock star of sorts -- ... More >>

Dancing With the Stars: Damn That Michael Irvin!

​It's the halfway point of the season! Tom Bergeron said so! I wish he'd said that the night before, when I was glumly pondering how many more episodes this season would foist upon an innocent populace. But there you go: only a few left. Here's hoping someone gets really hurt. The opening cr ... More >>

Santaland Diaries

The Alley Theatre offers up a humorous look at the reality behind the magic of Macy's Christmas wonderland display

Capsule Stage Reviews: A Christmas Carol, the Musical, Miracle on 34th Street, The Nerd, The Story of My Life

The Alley Theatre offers up a humorous look at the reality behind the magic of Macy's Christmas wonderland display

A Free Way To Get Around Downtown This Christmas Season

​If ever there was a day to come downtown, it would be today -- there's no freaking traffic, the stores aren't packed with the Black Friday madness of a Pearland Target, and you can get around for free.The Houston Downtown Management District is reviving the free trolley that used to be such a ... More >>

Avoid The Cyber Monday Crowds By Shopping At These Sites

Today is Cyber Monday, a special day drummed up by the National Retail Federation to trick people into thinking there's some special reason people should shop online today, as opposed to yesterday. Or two weeks from now. The Federation's idea was to drive people to www.CyberMonday.com, which f ... More >>

Miracle on 34th Street

Yes, Susan, there is a Santa Claus

Capsule Stage Reviews: A Christmas Carol, Miracle on 34th Street, The Nerd, The Nutcracker, O Little Town of Bagels, Teacakes, and Hamburger Bun, Panto Sleeping Beauty

Yes, Susan, there is a Santa Claus

They Came, They Saw, They Protested....A Not-Yet-Opened Planned Parenthood Office

Photos by Paul Knight​The enormous crowd in the parking lot of the Catholic Charismatic Center, just south of downtown, began to thin out at about noon as people headed for the streets, or school buses, to make their way across I-45 to protest the opening of a Planned Parenthood clinic (it hasn't ... More >>

A Muddled Mess

Photos by Paul Knight​The enormous crowd in the parking lot of the Catholic Charismatic Center, just south of downtown, began to thin out at about noon as people headed for the streets, or school buses, to make their way across I-45 to protest the opening of a Planned Parenthood clinic (it hasn't ... More >>

Bun B Counts His Money; Kenny Chesney Chopped And Screwed

Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies. ​"Get Well Soon, Bun" Single of the Week: "Countin' Money," Bun B feat. Yo Gotti Wire to Wire That Trae vs. The Box situat ... More >>

The Santaland Diaries

Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies. ​"Get Well Soon, Bun" Single of the Week: "Countin' Money," Bun B feat. Yo Gotti Wire to Wire That Trae vs. The Box situat ... More >>

Lamar's eLibrary

Goodbye paper books, hello Facebook.

Christmas Cookies on Stage

Houston's theater scene offers a tasty sampler of holiday treats.

Christmas Eve Store Hours, For All You Procrastinators

The doors!! They are closing!!​Maybe you've got today off and are planning to do your Christmas shopping. Maybe you don't have today off, or maybe you just like putting things off to the last minute. A Friday Christmas Eve shopping trip sounds like hell to us, but if you're determined to go t ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: A Fertle Holiday, Panto Pinocchio, Santaland Diaries

The doors!! They are closing!!​Maybe you've got today off and are planning to do your Christmas shopping. Maybe you don't have today off, or maybe you just like putting things off to the last minute. A Friday Christmas Eve shopping trip sounds like hell to us, but if you're determined to go t ... More >>

Third World: Never Making Music For Other People

Each Wednesday (or Thursday), Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to sheaserrano@gmail.com. ​Typically ... More >>

Soul City: Talent Scouts Lola Anne Cullum And Lela Macy

Black History Month is always a great time to recall some of Houston's greatest musical innovators and leaders. Rocks Off will highlight some of them during the remainder of February. Jody PerryTexas Johnny Brown, one of the few Houston musicians who remembers "Mrs. Cullum"​At a local blues j ... More >>

Oscar Night 2011: The Live Blog!

​We are only less than three hours out from bringing you live-blogging coverage, right here, of this year's Academy Awards, and we are more than excited to take you through the night for every win, loss, awful dress, awesome dress, foible, and foul-up Hollywood throws our way.

George Zimmer Will No Longer Head Men's Wearhouse; Five Ads to Mourn the End of an Era

Houston's own Men's Wearhouse has announced that after almost 40 years in charge -- and almost that long bedeviling TV viewers -- George Zimmer is stepping down as CEO. Zimmer started the company in Houston in 1973, and now blankets America with his "You're going to like the way you look; I guarant ... More >>

Avoid the Clear Beer Bottles This Cinco de Mayo

You can't go wrong with a beautiful brown bottle.​"I don't drink much Mexican beer," laughed Justin Vann over the phone on Tuesday afternoon. I'd called on the beer and wine manager at Central Market in hopes of getting some recommendations for off-the-beaten path Mexican beers for Cinco de M ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: Hairspray, The Mikado, Spring Awakening

You can't go wrong with a beautiful brown bottle.​"I don't drink much Mexican beer," laughed Justin Vann over the phone on Tuesday afternoon. I'd called on the beer and wine manager at Central Market in hopes of getting some recommendations for off-the-beaten path Mexican beers for Cinco de M ... More >>

Gifts Galore

Wrapping up Houston's holiday shows.

Top 5 Gifts for Wine Lovers

Photo by Jeremy Parzen.Decanters by Riedel take wine service to a higher level of aesthetic pleasure. ​If you're ever invited to dine in someone's home in France, please don't bring a bottle of wine. Nothing will spur a French host to recoil in abject dishonor and displeasure than the gift of ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, A Christmas Story — A Ghost Story of Christmas, Fruitcakes, The Nutcracker, The Santaland Diaries

Photo by Jeremy Parzen.Decanters by Riedel take wine service to a higher level of aesthetic pleasure. ​If you're ever invited to dine in someone's home in France, please don't bring a bottle of wine. Nothing will spur a French host to recoil in abject dishonor and displeasure than the gift of ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Cinderella, Fruitcakes, The Santaland Diaries

Photo by Jeremy Parzen.Decanters by Riedel take wine service to a higher level of aesthetic pleasure. ​If you're ever invited to dine in someone's home in France, please don't bring a bottle of wine. Nothing will spur a French host to recoil in abject dishonor and displeasure than the gift of ... More >>