Marvin Zindler

PSA: This Rat Fetus Was Not Found in Timmy Chan's Fried Rice

The Original Timmy Chan's on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (a.k.a. Timmy Chan's Chicken & Rice) may have only been inspected by the City of Houston Health Department once since November 2010, but that inspection didn't turn up anything that we'd call remotely offensive. And that Timmy Chan's on M ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Extremities, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Romeo and Juliet

Capsule Art Reviews: "Evergreen: Original Contemporary Prints" "George Gittoes: Witness to War" "Jackie Gendel: Fables in Slang" "Just Press Print!" "Musicians Who Make Art" "Voodoo Pop: Mary Hayslip and Trey Speegle"

Capsule Art Reviews: "George Gittoes: Witness to War" "Jackie Gendel: Fables in Slang" "Musicians Who Make Art" "Nathan Green: Fill the Sky" "Perspectives 174: Re: Generation" "Voodoo Pop: Mary Hayslip and Trey Speegle"

Capsule Art Reviews: "Jackie Gendel: Fables in Slang" "Nathan Green: Fill the Sky" "Perspectives 174: Re: Generation" "Voodoo Pop: Mary Hayslip and Trey Speegle" "Wendy Wagner: Once Uponse a Time in the Land of O-Poppida"

Capsule Art Reviews: "Elaine Bradford: The Sidereal" "Guns and Roses" "Jackie Gendel: Fables in Slang" "Measured: Lawndale Artist Studio Program Exhibition" "Nathan Green: Fill the Sky" "Voodoo Pop: Mary Hayslip and Trey Speegle" "Wendy Wagner: Once Up

Capsule Art Reviews: "Guns and Roses," "Heinrich Kühn: The Perfect Photograph," "Henry Horenstein: Show," "This Is Displacement: Native Artists," "Voodoo Pop: Mary Hayslip and Trey Speegle," "Wendy Wagner: Once Uponse a Time in the Land o

Game Time: 10 Commercials Almost As Creepy As The Brown Hand Center Ads

You think THIS is creepy?​So Michael Brown and his self-named hand center (which, given his propensity to slap women around, may or may not be the front for some kind of sick wife-beater's dojo) are back in the news.The disturbing back story for this guy has been well chronicled over the last few ... More >>

Nostalgic in Houston: Desserts of Our Youth

Lester Public LibraryNo, this isn't Ruthie. ​Yesterday we remembered some of our favorite nostalgic Houston dishes. After dinner at the old San Francisco Steakhouse (remember the trapeze?), we could go home for some Blue Bell Caramel Turtle Fudge -- or we could head out for dessert. We sure lo ... More >>

Seeking The Possibly Inaudible: Is There a Houston Accent?

The rain in Spain falls mainly on South Main.....​The question of whether there exists a definable, distinct Houston accent has come up in the blogosphere, inspired from beyond the grave by Marvin Zindler. Sixty-year-old tapes of the white-suited wonder's radio broadcasts, posted on J.R. Gonzales' ... More >>

Why Rename Hillcroft Only Once? A Modest Proposal

View Larger MapThe proposal to rename the stretch of Hillcroft  that courses through the heart of Little Bombay is ginning up a surprising amount of aggro in the blogosphere. (Or is it a surprising amount of blogs in the aggrosphere -- sometimes it's hard to tell.)Under the headline "We'll give ... More >>

Felix's Queso Makes a Comeback

Photos by J.C. ReidWhen Robb Walsh chronicled the closing of Felix Mexican Restaurant last year, the outpouring of grief was reminiscent of the sadness accompanying the loss of a great statesman or member of a royal family. And in a way it was. That restaurant was the last remaining legacy of Felix ... More >>

The Stars of HISD

"Prominent" takes on new meaning

Once You've Worked With Marvin Zindler, A Career In Animation Makes Sense

Okay, here's a picture of the Marc Adler, the creator of the new animated movie Delgo ...And here's a picture of Delgo. Is it just us or does anybody else see a resemblance? We'll get back to that. Adler stopped by the Houston Press offices and spoke with Hair Balls about his new baby, Delgo, an ani ... More >>

JCPenney REALLY Wants Mentally Handicapped Woman To Have Credit Card

What Happened to Honky Tonk in Houston

Turn out the lights, the party's over

The Houston 100: The Master List

Houston's Very Best Songs Ever

...otherwise known as the H-Town 20

BEERS, STEERS AND...

Fried Twinkies, $5 bumper cars, Hannah Montana and the hardest working kids in Texas

Risqué, Medium Rare

Steak and tits -- how can you go wrong at the Strip House?

The Cow Says "Oink"

Which Houston restaurants are swapping pork for veal?

Letters

Heir Time

Debra Duncan pays her dues, hits her cues and hopes to be the next Oprah

Take a Number

Does the health department's grading system ensure safe restaurants? Or is it just fuzzy math?

Street Scene

Sex, drugs, rock & roll, and the ballad of 2100 Lexington

Houstowne, Texas

Shrouded by mists and unrecovered documents, the history of Houston is still worth a probe

Cracked

Heal Thyself

Rapid detox leaves a nurse suffering unforeseen side effects

The Mean Spirit of Texas?

Two veteran TV news reporters accuse Channel 11 of age discrimination

Alison Cook looks back at 1997: The Year That Bit

Ashley Yount Can't Hear You

When their daughter was ten months old, Julie and Greg Yount learned that she was profoundly deaf -- a diagnosis that forced them to confront profound questions of culture and identity

Six Degrees of Dolcefino

In Wayne, all things converge

Man Overboard

The Insider

The Insider

Doggone Success

The parking's horrid, the food just okay -- so why is Barnaby's so beloved?

All the Law Enforcement You Can Afford

Harris County has abdicated a basic responsibility of government: to provide for the public safety of all. Instead, those who have get and those who don't get the leftovers.

The Year of Living Anxiously

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

Live Shots

Press Picks

Press Picks

Letters

WorldFest's World View

Hunter Todd returns with a slimmed-down film festival