Occupy Wall Street

Rick Perry Has An International Ally For His (Possible) Secession Plan: The Brutal, Civil-Rights-Crushing Government Of Belarus

The campaign to have Texas secede from the U.S. has been a long struggle with little to show for it so far beyond helping to torpedo Rick Perry's presidential hopes, and as it turned out Perry was entirely capable of doing that himself without any secessionist torpedoing. But now -- just as it seem ... More >>

Capsule Art Reviews: "Flying Solo," "Gilad Efrat: Negev," "Jerry Jeanmard: Collages," "Jonathan Faber: Surface," "Laura Nicole Kante: Fibers of Being," "Unpremeditated Natures: Russ Havard and David McClain"

Capsule Art Reviews: "Demiak: The Big Blow," "Flying Solo," "J. Todd Allison: Unresting," "Jonathan Faber: Surface," "Peat Duggins: Wreaths"

Capsule Art Reviews: "Flying Solo," "Gilad Efrat: Negev," "Jonathan Faber: Surface," "Peat Duggins: Wreaths"

Capsule Art Reviews: "Flying Solo," "[Houston Times Eight]," "Jonathan Faber: Surface," "Joseph Havel: Hope and Desire," "Shane Tolbert: Talk of Montauk"

Capsule Art Reviews: "Flying Solo," "[Houston Times Eight]," "Jonathan Faber: Surface," "Structural Impermanence: New Works by Renée Lotenero," "Translucent Trajectories"

2012 Turkeys of the Year

Puffed up, plucked and ready for roasting, here's this year's best of the worst.

Football! This Weekend's Best Bets, "Satan Hates Auburn" Edition

I was saddened on Thursday to hear of the passing of legendary college football historian and journalist Beano Cook, who passed away in his sleep at the age of 81. Back in the `80's and early `90's, before the television landscape was cluttered with literally dozens of studio shows all blending toge ... More >>

Annise & the Kiss-In

The Annise Parker Non-Factor: Why Did The Chick-fil-A "Kiss-In" Fail?

It seemed like the perfect mixture for a successful display of civil disobedience: there was apparent bigotry against a robust community by a very conspicuous company. But still, Friday evening's kiss-in to protest Chick-fil-A and its president, Dan Cathy, who has condemned gay marriage as anti-God, ... More >>

Local Activist Aaron Brown Arrested at Cruz/Palin Event in Woodlands, Doesn't Even Get to Show His Signs

Local activist Aaron Brown, one of the organizers of protests against Westboro Baptist Church, was arrested by a Montgomery County Sheriff's deputy Friday while walking to the Cynthia Mitchell Woods Pavilion to protest Sarah Palin's appearance at an event supporting Republican senatorial candidate ... More >>

Why So Serious?

Self-important and overstuffed, The Dark Knight Rises feels like Batman forever.

Who's Behind Helena Brown?

Some say the councilwoman known for her diatribes is influenced by senior adviser William Park, who last year was banned from the investments industry.

''Flying Solo''

Danny Lyon's Out of "This World"

Moving photos at The Menil Collection make us yearn for more.

Capsule Art Reviews: "Escapism," "Hate Expo," "John Sonsini: New Paintings," "Luminous," "Reconstruction," "Sherrie Levine: Selected Works"

Capsule Art Reviews: "A Crack in Everything," "John Sonsini: New Paintings," "New Paintings: Geoff Hippenstiel," "Reconstruction," "Sherrie Levine: Selected Works, " "Since I've Been Away"

Capsule Art Reviews: Houston Permitting Center, "New Formations: Czech Avant-Garde Art and Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection," "Perspectives 177: McArthur Binion," "Peter Massing: Time After Time," "Reconstruction," "Sherrie Levine:

Nine Bands From the '90s Underground That Should Consider Reuniting

Photo via officialrefused.com​Everyone was all abuzz about the reunion announcements of Refused and At the Drive-In this week. I was less abuzz. I never much cared for Refused (nor International Noise Conspiracy) and I was one of those people that liked ATDI "before" (and I certainly had no ne ... More >>

Capsule Art Reviews: Houston Permitting Center, "New Formations: Czech Avant-Garde Art and Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection," "Reconstruction," "Sherrie Levine: Selected Works"

Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia Opens at Main Street Theater

Main Street Theater Executive Artistic Director Rebecca Greene Udden says she loves the work of playwright Sir Tom Stoppard -- "his ideas and his language and the way he's able to articulate complicated ideas in such eloquent ways." Undaunted by the fact that Stoppard's Tony Award-winning trilogy T ... More >>

Capsule Art Reviews: "Ballast/Break," "A Brave New World" "New Formations: Czech Avant-Garde Art and Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection," "Reconstruction," "Soundforge," "Toni LaSelle: Climate of the Heart: Paintings from the 1950's"

Occupy Houston: Unnamed HPD Cops Reprimanded for Blacking Out Their Badge Numbers

A verbal reprimand​Police officers who intentionally concealed their identity before arresting Occupy the Port protesters Monday hardly got a spanking for deceiving the public, according to their unamused daddy, Chief of Police Charles McClelland. He admitted that several of his officers use ... More >>

Pop Rocks: A Brief Cinematic History of Lachrymatory Agents

By now you've seen the photographs and videos from UC Davis last Friday, where brave campus police officers defended themselves from a group of seated and docile OWS protestors the only way their extended law enforcement training would allow: by dousing them in pepper spray. The chancellor of the ... More >>

Pop Rocks: A Cinematic History of Pepper Spray

By now you've seen the photographs and videos from UC Davis last Friday, where brave campus police officers defended themselves from a group of seated and docile OWS protestors the only way their extended law enforcement training would allow: by dousing them in pepper spray. The chancellor of the ... More >>

Occupy Houston: Some Arrests Made As Traffic Is Blocked

Screencap from KTRK​Above is a screencap from KTRK's helicopter coverage of an Occupy Houston protest at the north end of town. Several arrests have been made, peacefully, for blocking traffic. Right now things look to be relatively calm. Occupy Wall Street protests have heated up in other ... More >>

Occupying Houston: The Faces & People Behind The Protest

Marc BrubakerOccupy Houston headquarters in Tranquility Park​The Occupy Together movement, begun in solidarity with New York protesters' takeover of Wall Street and Zuccotti Park, is now no stranger to the media. (As to whether they report on it fairly or not, we'll leave that to individual di ... More >>

Libra Soul: The Singing Voice Of The 99 Percent

Photos courtesy of Aiton Extea/Libra Soul​Around this time last year, Rocks Off told you about a man named Aiton Etxea and his quest to find "reason-filled musicians" for the purposes of forming a band. His use of the term "reason-filled" caught our attention because we were regular trollers o ... More >>

Too Late to Succeed

Dramatizing the financial crisis, tone-deaf to the times, in Margin Call.

Of Ghost Peppers and Cristal: The Dudebro as Self-Parody

The video above was making the rounds on the Internet earlier this week under such headlines as "Dudebro chugs entire bottle of Cristal." I was recovering from a bout of food poisoning on Monday and couldn't bring myself to watch something so intentionally nauseating, so I didn't view the video in ... More >>

Professor Bun B Visits The OccupyHouston Protesters: "There's Strength In Numbers"

Photos by RizohBun B (left) with protestors at the Occupy Houston demonstration in front of city hall Tuesday.​If Occupy Wall Street was a song, it's sounding like a global hit right now. The movement continues to proliferate, with factions popping up in over 70 cities, including Boston, Chica ... More >>

The Bank of America Five Dollar Fee Firestorm Reminds Us Timing is Everything

As old as paying bills with checks​Last week, Bank of America announced it would begin charging $5 monthly fees to any customer who wanted to use a debit card at retail establishments, setting off a wave of angry online protests by customers and people already infuriated by government bailouts ... More >>

Occupy Wall Street: 99 Percent Protesters March to City Hall for Occupy Houston

See lots more pics of the protest in our slideshow. Joining a movement of protests across the country, several hundred Houstonians gathered at Market Square Park this morning to march to Hermann Square in front of City Hall, which they plan to occupy indefinitely in solidarity with the Occupy Wall ... More >>