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  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    The April Steak and Crab Cake Offer at Sullivan's Steakhouse - Get It While You Still Can

    When I think of surf 'n turf, I automatically think of steak and lobster, but to many food lovers, crab is the sweeter "turf": its meat is more delicate, its fragrance more subtle, and its flavor more pleasing. Which is why, when Sullivan's Steakhouse announced its April Steak and Cake special, I m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Weekend Reminder: Don't Leave Your Kids Behind at Chuck E. Cheese

    Just two days after a Maryland family left their three-year-old daughter behind at Chuck E. Cheese by accident -- and were only alerted after seeing her picture on the 11 p.m. news that night -- Texas has one-upped the Old Line State. KTRK reported this afternoon that a five-year-old girl was left ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2011

    Death Penalty Is Going Out of Style, New Report Says

    Texas is still doing its part​America, you just ain't the criminal-killin' place you used to be. A new report from the Death Penalty Information Center says that for the first time since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976, less than 100 executions took place in the U.S. There have bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    Top 10 Vintage Things We Miss About Football

    ​Tear-away jerseys, the XFL and concussion-causing headhunters aren't things we miss about football. We pine for these ten items. 10. Uniforms That Don't Suck This mostly applies to college football, where repeat offenders Oregon were joined by Georgia, Ohio State, Maryland and Syracuse (pi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Football! This Weekend's Best Bets

    It's an SEC kinda week​Time for another round of college and NFL friendly wagers. Are my selection techniques the most textbook, orthodox methods in the world? No. I mean, if I hosted a handicapping show and gave out six games and chose those games because they gave me convenient fodder to ta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Vice-President Spiro Agnew, Who Made Nixon Look Good: 5 Facts, from Sex to Bribes

    On this day in 1973, the Vice-President of the United States resigned from office after pleading no contest to accepting bribes. Pretty big deal, right? But Spiro Agnew has been largely lost to history, remembered mostly for his odd name. Richard Nixon picked the obscure Maryland governor as his r ... More >>

  • Culture

    July 28, 2011

    Capsule Art Reviews: Hairspray, Spring Awakening, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Don Juan in Hell

    On this day in 1973, the Vice-President of the United States resigned from office after pleading no contest to accepting bribes. Pretty big deal, right? But Spiro Agnew has been largely lost to history, remembered mostly for his odd name. Richard Nixon picked the obscure Maryland governor as his r ... More >>

  • Culture

    July 21, 2011

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Hairspray, The Mikado, Spring Awakening

    On this day in 1973, the Vice-President of the United States resigned from office after pleading no contest to accepting bribes. Pretty big deal, right? But Spiro Agnew has been largely lost to history, remembered mostly for his odd name. Richard Nixon picked the obscure Maryland governor as his r ... More >>

  • Music

    July 14, 2011

    Half a Paycheck

    Dave Alvin is an inveterate troubadour and staunch advocate for Houston's blues history.

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Four Gung-Ho Patriotic Tunes That Are Actually British

    ​Monday, July 4th, you'll celebrate Independence Day. We say you'll celebrate it because we will have already done our celebrating on the proper day... July 2. That's the day the Continental Congress voted to tell King George III to kiss their grits. It's true that the Declaration of Independe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    Brew Blog: A Fordham Brewing Co. Sampler in Annapolis

    ​Traveling for business sucks. Sure, you may get to see other parts of the country on someone else's dime, but you also have to eat hotel food and live out of a suitcase. Whenever I find myself out of town for work, I try to make the best of it. A little bit of pre-planning can help quite a bi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2010

    Grier Hires An Aggie As His New Communications Chief

    ​Verifying rumors that have been floating around the district for days, the Houston Independent School District just announced that Superintendent Terry Grier is bringing in a Maryland administrator as his new chief communications officer. Aggie Alvez replaces William "Lee" Vela who was hired ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2010

    All-You-Can-Eat Seafood Deal

    ​Baja Seafood and Oyster Bar on Westheimer where Tommy's Steakhouse used to be is offering a grand opening special: all the oysters, shrimp and fish you can eat for $17. I think I could make a serious dent in the oyster supply at this place. The restaurant is owned by Bob Walsh and his family ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Houston's Administaff Accused Of Some Pretty Wild Anti-Semitism

    ​The allegations are so outrageous and outlandish that they almost sound like a fraternity prank, or something a cruel older brother might do to their little brother. Except that they are not. What they are, in fact, are serious accusations made in Maryland federal court against a Houston-ba ... More >>

  • News

    September 24, 2009

    Superthief

    Joshua Paul Calhoun likes to take things...BIG things

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    The Sleaziness Of The Door-To-Door Magazine-Subscriptions Industry Continues

    On March 30, Grand Prairie police say, a magazine subscription salesman knocked on the door of a 78-year-old woman, raped her, poured rubbing alcohol on her chest, and set her on fire. The question right now is not "How did this happen?" but "When and where will it happen again?" Police quickly arre ... More >>

  • Music

    January 29, 2009

    Longtime Cult Band O.A.R. Hopes Top 40 Success Doesn't Leave It "Shattered"

    All Sides Now

  • Music

    January 22, 2009

    Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion

    www.myanimalhome.net

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2008

    College Bowl Game Preview: Picks by A Real Expert, Part Two

    The college football bowl season is here, and it's become such a confusing mess of odd-sounding games played in smallish towns with mediocre teams that you need an expert to figure it out. And nothing says "expert" more than a teen-aged kid, whether the subject is football, driving, or how inutterab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2008

    College Bowl Game Preview: Picks by A Real Expert, Part Two

    The college football bowl season is here, and it's become such a confusing mess of odd-sounding games played in smallish towns with mediocre teams that you need an expert to figure it out. And nothing says "expert" more than a teen-aged kid, whether the subject is football, driving, or how inutterab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2008

    Get Your Shrine On

    For the second consecutive year the Shriners are bringing their postseason college football all-star game to the University of Houston's Robertson Stadium. The 84th edition of the East-West Shrine Game will be played on Saturday, January 17, 2009, with the kick-off set for 3:00 and the game to be t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2008

    College Football Preview, Tea Leoni Edition

    For the second consecutive year the Shriners are bringing their postseason college football all-star game to the University of Houston's Robertson Stadium. The 84th edition of the East-West Shrine Game will be played on Saturday, January 17, 2009, with the kick-off set for 3:00 and the game to be t ... More >>

  • Music

    February 14, 2008

    Raheem DeVaughn

    Love Behind the Melody

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2008

    OMGNKOTB: The Return of the New Kids on the Block

    Love Behind the Melody

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2007

    Orphan Ante: The Strange Story of Mike Huckabee and K.A. Paul

    Love Behind the Melody

  • Dining

    November 1, 2007

    Valentino's Seafood

    A Texas shrimper is finding out how hard it is to run a seafood restaurant in Houston

  • Dining

    September 28, 2006

    Catch the Wave

    Lance Fegen's "New American Surfer Bistro" is like, epic, dude!

  • Music

    July 6, 2006

    Rosie Ledet and the Zydeco Playboys

    Time and venue to be determined. For more information, call 337-779-2102 or 704-399-2210

  • Calendar

    June 8, 2006

    A Night of Hot Cex

    Time and venue to be determined. For more information, call 337-779-2102 or 704-399-2210

  • News

    May 11, 2006

    Letters to the Editor

    Time and venue to be determined. For more information, call 337-779-2102 or 704-399-2210

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2006

    South By Southwest

    Time and venue to be determined. For more information, call 337-779-2102 or 704-399-2210

  • News

    September 22, 2005

    Letters

    Time and venue to be determined. For more information, call 337-779-2102 or 704-399-2210

  • News

    July 8, 2004

    The Last Word

    They've fought for justice for nine years, but time is running out

  • News

    February 26, 2004

    Letters

    They've fought for justice for nine years, but time is running out

  • Culture

    July 10, 2003

    Someone's Grandmother

    Artist Fred Wilson targets museums' use of human remains in a thought-provoking exhibit

  • News

    July 10, 2003

    Ghost Dance

    Activists still wonder if Standing Deer died in a plot by the feds or Indian foes — or for no reason at all

  • News

    August 16, 2001

    Publishing Gulf?

    How Internet pipe dreams and literary ambitions dismantled one of Texas's largest publishers

  • Music

    June 14, 2001

    Playbill

    Soul Brains (né Bad Brains)

  • News

    November 2, 2000

    Pumped Dry

    Gas station dealers find big oil blocking the way in their struggles against extinction

  • Dining

    October 19, 2000

    Fish Stories

    Speaking off the toque: John Zotos

  • Music

    August 10, 2000

    Singin' in the Rave

    BT tries to do the unutterable: Be a DJ who vocalizes

  • Dining

    March 16, 2000

    Drowning in Marinara

    The last thing downtown needs is another mediocre Italian eatery like Brothers Petronella

  • News

    March 9, 2000

    News of the Weird

    The last thing downtown needs is another mediocre Italian eatery like Brothers Petronella

  • News

    February 17, 2000

    News of the Weird

    The last thing downtown needs is another mediocre Italian eatery like Brothers Petronella

  • Music

    November 4, 1999

    Extra Poppy

    Jimmie's Chicken Shack reveals the Colonel's recipe for mainstream ska-rock

  • Film

    July 29, 1999

    Wasted Wedding

    Star power can't rescue this unreally bad story

  • Film

    July 15, 1999

    Potent Project

    Sheer suspense sends Blair Witch into legendary horror status

  • News

    April 1, 1999

    News of the Weird

    Sheer suspense sends Blair Witch into legendary horror status

  • News

    October 8, 1998

    News of the Weird

    Sheer suspense sends Blair Witch into legendary horror status

  • News

    March 24, 1994

    Letters

    Sheer suspense sends Blair Witch into legendary horror status

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