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Magic and Illusions

  • Culture

    April 7, 1994

    Magic for the Masses

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

  • Culture

    July 20, 1995

    Play With Your Food

    Houston's dinner theater leaves a bad taste in our critic's mouth

  • Film

    August 31, 1995

    Top Fright

    Houston's dinner theater leaves a bad taste in our critic's mouth

  • Film

    June 12, 1997

    Magical

    Rough Magic has plenty up its sleeve

  • Culture

    July 9, 1998

    Child's Plays

    Cures for the summertime blues

  • News

    August 27, 1998

    News of the Weird

    Cures for the summertime blues

  • Calendar

    November 6, 2008

    Vagabond Cirque

    L’imprevu Bellydance hosts a sexy circus for the bad kid in you

  • Film

    June 5, 2003

    Heart Felt

    Lawless provides an alert look at human bonds and the emotions that break them

  • Calendar

    October 2, 2008

    The Prestige

    Christian Bale simmers in The Prestige

  • Film

    November 15, 2001

    The Magic Touch

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

  • Calendar

    July 24, 2008

    The Lady Vanishes

    Hitchcock hits the rails in his 1938 release

  • Best of Houston

    September 26, 2002

    Best Place for a Kid's Birthday Party

    Houston Museum of Natural Science

  • Calendar

    November 22, 2007

    58th Annual H-E-B Holiday Parade

    See floats, bands, balloons and more at this “Circus Celebration”

  • Music

    May 17, 2007

    YACHT

    YACHT performs Monday, May 21, at the Proletariat, 903 Richmond, 713-523-1199.

  • Home Entertainment

    January 11, 2007

    Hold Your Horses

    YACHT performs Monday, May 21, at the Proletariat, 903 Richmond, 713-523-1199.

  • Film

    October 19, 2006

    Welcome to the Grand Illusion

    Memento director plumbs the depths of magic and loss

  • Film

    August 17, 2006

    The Illusionist

    Eerie melodrama explores the dark arts in turn-of-the-century Vienna

  • Film

    June 16, 2005

    The Wiz

    Miyazaki returns with a beautiful but confounding fairy tale

  • Best of Houston

    September 25, 2003

    Best Clown School

    Houston Clown School

  • Calendar

    April 3, 2003

    Learn a Lot from a Dummy

    Ventriloquist Jonathan Geffner visits the JCC

  • Calendar

    March 13, 2003

    Just a Gigolo

    One princess isn't enough for Disney's lady-killer

  • Culture

    October 31, 2002

    Paul Faaaaag!

    The creator of TV's Freaks can't stop talking about being a geek

  • Best of Houston

    September 20, 2001
  • Calendar

    July 30, 2009

    Circo Comedia

    Web exclusive!

  • Calendar

    October 1, 2009

    Target Free First Sunday: To the Moon and Beyond

    Like sci-fi flicks? This 1902 film started it all

  • Calendar

    October 22, 2009

    McDonald's Halloween Mansion

    The Children's Museum of Houston starts trick-or-treating early

  • Calendar

    February 25, 2010

    "Magic: The Science of Wonder"

    Do we have any volunteers from the audience?

  • Film

    February 25, 2010

    Oscar Time

    The 2010 Academy Award-nominated Shorts screen at the Angelika.

  • Calendar

    June 17, 2010

    Abracadabra Aladdin!

    It's a magic carpet ride to fun

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    Last Night: Mates Of State And Free Energy At Warehouse Live

    Photos by Marc Brubaker / Click here for a slideshowFree Energy​Mates of State, Free Energy Warehouse Live July 8, 2010 There's nothing like getting ripped from your lemon grass tofu because there's a magician opening a Mates of State show. Aftermath was sitting down like a real, live human b ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 25, 2010

    The Nutcracker

    Photos by Marc Brubaker / Click here for a slideshowFree Energy​Mates of State, Free Energy Warehouse Live July 8, 2010 There's nothing like getting ripped from your lemon grass tofu because there's a magician opening a Mates of State show. Aftermath was sitting down like a real, live human b ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 30, 2010

    Disney Live! Mickey's Magic Show

    Photos by Marc Brubaker / Click here for a slideshowFree Energy​Mates of State, Free Energy Warehouse Live July 8, 2010 There's nothing like getting ripped from your lemon grass tofu because there's a magician opening a Mates of State show. Aftermath was sitting down like a real, live human b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Similar But Not the Same: 5 Pairs of Movies That Are Pretty Much the Same Thing

    ​Friends With Benefits opens July 22, and more annoying than the fact that some studio executive probably said, "You know who I want to see in a movie? Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis!" is the fact that this movie comes out a brief six months after No Strings Attached, which is basically the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    Before Harry Potter, There Was Dr. John Dee...

    ​History is full of mysterious magicians. The modern world gives us Anton LaVey, Gerald Gardner and Aleister Crowley. In the ancient world you had Edward Kelley, Nicolas Flamel, and the Count of St. Germain. Of all those illustrious names, however, the name of Dr. John Dee stands out from the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 22, 2011

    3rd Annual Indian Film Festival of Houston

    ​History is full of mysterious magicians. The modern world gives us Anton LaVey, Gerald Gardner and Aleister Crowley. In the ancient world you had Edward Kelley, Nicolas Flamel, and the Count of St. Germain. Of all those illustrious names, however, the name of Dr. John Dee stands out from the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 27, 2011

    Houston Press Halloween Bash and Costume Contest

    ​History is full of mysterious magicians. The modern world gives us Anton LaVey, Gerald Gardner and Aleister Crowley. In the ancient world you had Edward Kelley, Nicolas Flamel, and the Count of St. Germain. Of all those illustrious names, however, the name of Dr. John Dee stands out from the ... More >>

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