Back in the early 1940s when the U.S. Department of Defense was looking for some remote corner of nowhere to work on the Manhattan Project, maybe Texans were just a bit hurt that none of the out-of-the-way corners of our state (ahem -- the Panhandle) got picked. Alas, Texas wasn't even on the list, ... More >>
Images of battles won and lost paint us all with the brush of brutality at a searing, resonating MFAH exhibit.
It may not be PTSDs or brain injuries that pose the most long-term danger to our surviving vets from their Middle East tours.
Jim BrickerGood ole boy done good: Hayes Carll had a productive homecoming.Chris Gray: Not long after I got to Summer Fest Sunday, I spotted festival honcho Omar Afra finishing up one of local musician/yogi Tyagaraja's yoga workshops in the wooden glade known temporarily as the Budweiser Beer ... More >>
Photo illustration by Monica Fuentes and Chris Gray"Heeeeeeeeeeere's Charlie!!"The social media Hiroshima and Nagasaki that is the past two weeks of Charlie Sheen's life has led us to join the party by making our own playlist of Sheen songs. As if enough hasn't been written about this gonzo ... More >>
This past week marks the 64th anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the U.S., on August 6 and 9, respectively, bringing an end to World War II. The subsequent decades have brought us a Cold War, explosive proliferation, and largely fruitless attempts to ... More >>
Javier de Villota's bold re-creation of a marketplace massacre in Sarajevo is installed at the Station.
Watch happiness flutter away in Puccinis most-loved opera
This Nagasaki indie rock group is gathering fame in the US
Coke is the new weed
Think Japanese photography begins with Nikon? You've got a lot to learn
Texan Vernon Fisher mines his own archives for his rich, multilayered images
