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  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Tina Madrid: Mother Charged with Murdering Her Special-Needs Son, Found in a Box

    The bizarre, tragic story of ten-year-old Jonathan Singer took another turn yesterday when police arrested his mother for his murder. The body of Singer, who had cerebral palsy, was found in a cardboard box in his father's Kia about one year ago. The boy's father said he had drowned in a bathtub, b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    An Auspicious Dinner at Nardino Ristorante

    I am usually not one to predict the future. When it comes to prognostication, I am far too conservative and neurotic to articulate publicly my thoughts on upcoming fads, fashions, movements, etc. Seriously, identifying the Big Cupcake as a 2012 food trend was really going out on a limb for me. But ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2011

    Gothic Council Makes Its News Year's Resolutions

    Well, Christmas is over, as is Festivus for the rest of us, and now 2012 is barreling down at us like Donkey Kong threw it. Some people say that this year will be humanity's last, but since we say that as often as we can we're not too worried about it. Personally, we think the Mayans were just too b ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 31, 2011

    A Night in Madrid

    Well, Christmas is over, as is Festivus for the rest of us, and now 2012 is barreling down at us like Donkey Kong threw it. Some people say that this year will be humanity's last, but since we say that as often as we can we're not too worried about it. Personally, we think the Mayans were just too b ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 24, 2011

    Aluminum Show

    Well, Christmas is over, as is Festivus for the rest of us, and now 2012 is barreling down at us like Donkey Kong threw it. Some people say that this year will be humanity's last, but since we say that as often as we can we're not too worried about it. Personally, we think the Mayans were just too b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    One Cocktail, Please, Heavy on the Garnish

    Anvil. ​When I became interested in cocktails, especially rarer and more creative varieties of mixed drinks, I focused almost entirely on flavor, strength and composition. I judged cosmopolitans on their icy smoothness, sidecars on their subtle orange notes, and corpse revivers on that little ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    Top 10 Last Words By Famous Musicians

    ​Musicians tend to be a mouthy lot. It takes a certain kind of soul to want and express your own inner world to the outer world at large. So when the time comes for them to shuffle off this mortal coil, they often have some very interesting exit lines... 10. Ludwig Van Beethoven, "Friends a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    The Week In TV: Charlie Sheen's Career Not Hurt By Punching Women

    Back, for some reason​The dog days are here, people keep dying, and there's plenty of static on the dial. This was the week in TV Land:• When I was very young, my heart and soul were ruled by Thundercats. I even at one point made the regrettable decision to wear a watch featuring Lion-O to schoo ... More >>

  • Film

    December 24, 2009

    Blind Faith

    Pedro Almodóvar still believes in Pedro Almodóvar.

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    Andalucia Tapas & Taverna

    ​We felt pretty smart nabbing a spot near the kitchen for the standing-room-only grand opening of Andalucia Tapas & Taverna last week. The waiters had to get through us to reach the rest of the crowd (the poor suckers by the door surely went hungry). The cavernous restaurant, in the Downtown ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 3, 2009

    Andalucia Tapas and Taverna

    ​We felt pretty smart nabbing a spot near the kitchen for the standing-room-only grand opening of Andalucia Tapas & Taverna last week. The waiters had to get through us to reach the rest of the crowd (the poor suckers by the door surely went hungry). The cavernous restaurant, in the Downtown ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    We've Been Had: The Enduring Wisdom of Uncle Tupelo's Anodyne

    Anodyne: Noun. Anything that relieves distress or pain. (dictionary.com)​When Son Volt goes onstage tonight at the Continental Club (we've heard around 11 p.m.), there's an outside chance the band might pull out Doug Sahm's "Give Back the Key to My Heart" - we are in Texas, after all. Otherwise do ... More >>

  • Film

    May 21, 2009

    The Man, The Myth

    Wandering Spain with the lone wolf of Jim Jarmusch's Limits of Control.

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2009

    Last Call For Art: Shows Closing This Weekend

    Art by Jesse LottThe must-see shows Jesse Lott: "The Urban Frontier" and Javier de Villota: "DeHumanization Echo" close this Sunday at the Station Museum of Contemporary Art. Lott and de Villota, both based in Houston, share not so much a style as a purpose -- to express a belief in humanism.Lott's ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 14, 2009

    Capsule Art Reviews: "Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul," "Bryan Wheeler: The Souls of Texans Are In Jeopardy In Ways Not Common To Other Men," "Helen Lessick: Other Arrangements," "Javier de Villota," "Round 30: Home. Space"

    Art by Jesse LottThe must-see shows Jesse Lott: "The Urban Frontier" and Javier de Villota: "DeHumanization Echo" close this Sunday at the Station Museum of Contemporary Art. Lott and de Villota, both based in Houston, share not so much a style as a purpose -- to express a belief in humanism.Lott's ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 7, 2009

    Welcome to the War

    Javier de Villota's bold re-creation of a marketplace massacre in Sarajevo is installed at the Station.

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    Can't Get It Out of My Head: "New Madrid"

    Wilco, "New Madrid," live at the Fox Theater, Boulder, Colorado, May 1995 Rocks Off is never really not on an Uncle Tupelo kick, but it sure came flooding back after he heard "New Madrid" on Fred Imus' Saturday-morning Trailer Park Bash satellite-radio show last weekend. Even among such fut ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 25, 2008

    Top Ten Latin Music Albums of 2008

    Americans who still think of Latin music as mariachi bands and gyrating Ricky Martins and Shakiras might want to lend a closer ear to the genre. This country's Hispanic population isn't just growing, it's growing more diverse. More and more unique musical styles are being gobbled up, and that should ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 20, 2008

    Was Jimi Hendrix Mexican?

    Americans who still think of Latin music as mariachi bands and gyrating Ricky Martins and Shakiras might want to lend a closer ear to the genre. This country's Hispanic population isn't just growing, it's growing more diverse. More and more unique musical styles are being gobbled up, and that should ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 2, 2008

    Compañia Flamenco José Porcel

    Spain's most exciting performers bring their mix of gypsy, Indian, Arabic and Jewish dance to the SPA stage

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2008

    Am I the Only One Craving Chinese Food While Watching the Olympics?

    Spain's most exciting performers bring their mix of gypsy, Indian, Arabic and Jewish dance to the SPA stage

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2008

    A Modest Proposal: Train the Homeless to Be Better at Being Homeless

    Spain's most exciting performers bring their mix of gypsy, Indian, Arabic and Jewish dance to the SPA stage

  • Music

    February 7, 2008

    The Return of the Kashmere Stage band

    Spain's most exciting performers bring their mix of gypsy, Indian, Arabic and Jewish dance to the SPA stage

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2007

    Tales from Transit: Proxima Estacion

    Spain's most exciting performers bring their mix of gypsy, Indian, Arabic and Jewish dance to the SPA stage

  • Calendar

    September 6, 2007

    Luis Fernando Roldan

    Sicardi Gallery presents “Drawings”

  • Culture

    December 7, 2006

    Who Is Chapulín?

    Sicardi Gallery presents “Drawings”

  • Music

    November 16, 2006

    Fight the Power

    Could there be a fun, pro-music political action committee in Houston? Why the hell not?

  • Culture

    June 15, 2006

    Capsule Reviews

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Film

    May 11, 2006

    Un-American Dream

    Goal! follows an immigrant's pursuit of a European fantasy

  • Calendar

    April 13, 2006

    ¡Viva Eléctrico!

    Spain's answer to Devo brings the Korgs

  • Music

    December 29, 2005

    Farewell to the Twenty Nickel

    Looking back on the '05 and dreaming in the '06

  • Dining

    August 25, 2005

    Texas Burger Binge

    Our food critic reports on the state of the Texas burger -- and recommends 18 you need to try immediately

  • News

    August 11, 2005

    Train in Vain

    A bomb scare at a Midtown light-rail stop

  • Film

    December 30, 2004

    Den of Iniquity

    A gay "bear" learns to parent his nephew in a delightful Spanish drama

  • Film

    December 23, 2004

    Leaning Sideways

    In a year when small movies came up big, picking the best was a Payne

  • News

    November 11, 2004

    Ready for a Rumbo?

    News wars return as two Spanish papers go mano a mano

  • Music

    September 30, 2004

    Playbill

    News wars return as two Spanish papers go mano a mano

  • Calendar

    May 20, 2004

    Rev Up

    News wars return as two Spanish papers go mano a mano

  • Calendar

    March 18, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    News wars return as two Spanish papers go mano a mano

  • Calendar

    July 10, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    News wars return as two Spanish papers go mano a mano

  • Music

    December 5, 2002

    Barandúa / Sisters Morales

    Nuestras Canciones/Our Songs (Self-released) / Para Gloria (Luna Records)

  • Dining

    December 7, 2000

    Stirred and Shaken

    Mi Luna's sangria

  • Culture

    March 23, 2000

    Light Touch

    MFA's Beck building stands like a fortress but caresses sunlight like a doting mother

  • Film

    December 23, 1999

    Screwball Drama

    Almodovar leans toward the dark side in this often funny meditation on the bond of all women

  • Dining

    February 4, 1999

    Class of '98

    A reluctant retrospective

  • Dining

    May 7, 1998

    Dish

    A reluctant retrospective

  • Film

    February 12, 1998

    After the Obsession

    Is Pedro Almodvar at an awkward in-between stage? Or is he just lost?

  • Calendar

    March 9, 1995

    Press Picks

    Is Pedro Almodvar at an awkward in-between stage? Or is he just lost?

  • Film

    April 21, 1994

    Despite its Oscar,

    Fernando Trueba's new film isn't a prizewinner

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