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Paris (Texas)

  • Dining

    May 5, 1994

    Paris, Texas

    Montparnasse, er, Montrose Boulevard gets a civilized new hangout

  • Film

    October 16, 1997

    Start Making Sense

    Has Wim Wenders lost his mind?

  • Calendar

    November 13, 2008

    Hommage à Max Ernst: A Musical Collage

    The German artist inspires a concert by Sarah Rothenberg and company

  • Music

    November 13, 2008

    Doll Parts: Mydolls

    Amid Noise and Smoke, legendary Houston post-punks reunite

  • Calendar

    September 4, 2008

    Paris Falls

    This group makes killer ‘60s/’70s rock

  • Calendar

    April 10, 2008

    Marjane Satrapi

    Persepolis author gets her Academy Award-nominated brain picked

  • News

    May 5, 1994

    A Bad Place to Die

    Robbie Bayley's life led straight to his death. Only nobody could see where he was going.

  • Calendar

    July 19, 2007

    The Deep by Jackson Pollock

    A discussion of the masterwork

  • Film

    April 6, 2006

    Knockoff

    A German new waver resorts to tired old tricks

  • Calendar

    December 9, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    A German new waver resorts to tired old tricks

  • Music

    February 26, 2004

    Stone Country

    Sean Reefer and the Resin Valley Boys spark up some primo Western swing and trad C&W

  • News

    January 22, 2004

    Letters

    Sean Reefer and the Resin Valley Boys spark up some primo Western swing and trad C&W

  • Calendar

    September 4, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Sean Reefer and the Resin Valley Boys spark up some primo Western swing and trad C&W

  • News

    May 29, 2003

    Film Buff

    The naked truth about why Houston isn’t the third coast

  • Dining

    August 1, 2002

    Roll Your Own

    Saigon Pagolac's DIY Vietnamese fajitas may be a lot of work, but they're worth it

  • Dining

    April 4, 2002

    Paris Matched

    Laurier Café is turning out Parisian bistro food at Paris, Texas, prices

  • Calendar

    April 4, 2002

    Out on the Town

    Cars full of scavenger hunters dart across town, all for a good cause

  • Music

    September 21, 2000

    Important Imports

    The U.K.'s Travis is big in Europe really

  • Film

    October 7, 1999

    Sappy Happy

    Indie accolades can't elevate a generic film

  • Music

    May 21, 2009

    Screen Plays

    Indie accolades can't elevate a generic film

  • Calendar

    October 15, 2009

    1909-2009: The Great Collaborators of the Ballets Russes

    The Dominic Walsh Dance Theater re-creates century-old classics

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    Café Rabelais and Manon

    ​Since we were seeing Opera in the Heights's production of the French opera Manon, we decided to pay homage by writing about another amazing French feat going on here in Houston. Café Rabelais in the Village is dear to many a European's displaced heart - it's the focal point of casual French ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2010

    Craving Crepes: Melange Creperie Hits the Streets

    ​It's 10 a.m. The parking lot at Mango's, the hipster hangout at Westheimer and Taft, is mostly empty as the usual rush of Montrose traffic tumbles past Melange Creperie, the self-contained crepe stand with a distinctive red awning that's set up shop in one corner of the asphalt lot. Buffalo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    Headed to Round Top? Eat in Burton.

    ​This week and weekend is the annual Round Top Antiques Fair, a gigantormous event that draws tens of thousands of people from all over the country, all looking to score the very coolest in antique furniture, knick-knacks, jewelry, and finds. Thinking about heading up? With so many out-of-to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    Food Fight: Battle Falafel

    Al's Quick Stop.​Falafel is a Middle Eastern staple made with spiced chickpeas or fava beans which are ground into a paste, formed into balls, and then fried. The resulting patties are sometimes served alone, but most often rolled up in a flatbread and topped with a tangy tahini sauce... Sort ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    Indian Jewelry, Future Islands And Friends Wave The Red Flag

    Photos by Matthew KeeverIndian Jewelry​ At 10 p.m. Saturday night, Aftermath made our way into Mango's. It was hardly half full, but by the time Indian Jewelry took the stage a little before 1 a.m., we couldn't move. Not that we'd want to, of course, but even if we had wanted to leave, we woul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Houston's Growing Garden Party

    Chef Ryan Pera tends the garden at the Grove.​If food is fashionable, local food is the flashiest piece on the Paris runways. These past few years have seen the locavore movement skyrocket like mad in Houston. The city now boasts dozens of farmers' markets, and people are beginning to explore ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    Summertime Blues: Songs As Sad As The Season

    "The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to the place where he arose..." ​So reads the prologue to Ernest Hemingway's 1926 treatise on the horrors of existential dread. In the book, Jake Barnes and a band of entirely unlikeable expat misfits flit around the globe, from Paris to P ... More >>

  • Culture

    July 1, 2010

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Fear of Ducks, Panic

    "The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to the place where he arose..." ​So reads the prologue to Ernest Hemingway's 1926 treatise on the horrors of existential dread. In the book, Jake Barnes and a band of entirely unlikeable expat misfits flit around the globe, from Paris to P ... More >>

  • Culture

    August 12, 2010

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Art, >Fear of Ducks, Leaving Iowa

    "The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to the place where he arose..." ​So reads the prologue to Ernest Hemingway's 1926 treatise on the horrors of existential dread. In the book, Jake Barnes and a band of entirely unlikeable expat misfits flit around the globe, from Paris to P ... More >>

  • Culture

    August 19, 2010

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Art, Fear of Ducks, Leaving Iowa

    "The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to the place where he arose..." ​So reads the prologue to Ernest Hemingway's 1926 treatise on the horrors of existential dread. In the book, Jake Barnes and a band of entirely unlikeable expat misfits flit around the globe, from Paris to P ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 30, 2010

    Central Market’s Beer & Chocolate Pairing

    Surely, this is heaven-approved

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2010

    Galveston: 21st Most Dangerous Neighborhood? Doubtful

    Stay out of Waco!!!!​Some outfit called NeighborhoodScout.com has been getting internet run with a list of the 25 most dangerous neighborhoods in America.Tourists walking The Strand in Galveston beware: You are strolling in the country's 21st most dangerous neighborhood. Allegedly. What the w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Keyboardist Seeks Arabic Players To Explore Local Scene

    ​Rocks Off combs through Craigslist's postings hoping to find the genesis of some great musical endeavor. So when we saw a posting looking for Arabic singers, we were intrigued. After all, this is a time of mosque burnings and our upstairs neighbors passing anti-Sharia laws. It must take a he ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 25, 2010

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    ​Rocks Off combs through Craigslist's postings hoping to find the genesis of some great musical endeavor. So when we saw a posting looking for Arabic singers, we were intrigued. After all, this is a time of mosque burnings and our upstairs neighbors passing anti-Sharia laws. It must take a he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    Female Teachers Sexing Students: The Seven Types Of Internet Commenters

    Heather Merritt: The inevitable hittability debate ensues​Heather Dawn Merritt, a biology teacher in Paris, Texas, has been sentenced to three years for having sex with an underaged student. It's not exactly news these days, but such stories seem irresistible to the Web. And although the Pari ... More >>

  • Music

    February 10, 2011

    Ethnic Heritage Ensemble

    Heather Merritt: The inevitable hittability debate ensues​Heather Dawn Merritt, a biology teacher in Paris, Texas, has been sentenced to three years for having sex with an underaged student. It's not exactly news these days, but such stories seem irresistible to the Web. And although the Pari ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 17, 2011

    Brilliant "Color"

    Carlos Cruz-Diez gets large-scale retrospective at MFAH.

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Last Night: Grace Potter & The Nocturnals At House Of Blues

    Photos by Groovehouse​Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights House of Blues February 17, 2011 For more totally tasteful pictures from Thursday, see our slideshow here. Ooh la la. Aftermath is going to be real up front here. We did not know a whole lot about Grac ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 10, 2011

    Cirque du Soleil: Ovo

    Photos by Groovehouse​Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights House of Blues February 17, 2011 For more totally tasteful pictures from Thursday, see our slideshow here. Ooh la la. Aftermath is going to be real up front here. We did not know a whole lot about Grac ... More >>

  • Music

    March 17, 2011

    Weary Boy

    Ryan Bingham won an Oscar last year, but is too busy to notice.

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Houston: Better than Los Angeles, Berlin and Tokyo (and All but Ten Cities in the World)

    The only Texas city to make the list.​Hey now, it's another one of those sprawling studies ranking the best cities in the world. This time around, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the Partnership for New York City have ranked the world's urban agglomerations according to their importance and power ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 30, 2011

    "Salon des Refusés 2011"

    The only Texas city to make the list.​Hey now, it's another one of those sprawling studies ranking the best cities in the world. This time around, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the Partnership for New York City have ranked the world's urban agglomerations according to their importance and power ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2011

    Top 10 Texas Movie Soundtracks

    ​This weekend, as the rest of the world catches Harry Potter mania for (perhaps) the final time, Houston gets a serious dose of Urban Cowboy nostalgia. Theater Under the Stars' production of the Tony-nominated 2003 musical - which The New York Times called "a conclusive demonstration that it's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Where Are We Eating?

    Earlier this week, I mentioned that it was difficult to justify $3.50 for two macarons, except when they're as good as the ones at this little bakery. I was quickly inundated with responses along the lines of, "$3.50 for two macarons is a bargain!" And indeed it is. Except that -- in the larger sch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Gimme Some Truth: What Happens When Rabid Fans & Bands Meet

    ​We have all been there. You may have had a few drinks, you are at your favorite band's show, and you come to find yourself in the vicinity of one of your heroes. Word vomit. Torrential word vomit. But you mean well. "I really think youse guys is great and your albums really means a lots to ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 15, 2011

    “Valentin Gertsman — 30 Years in Art”

    ​We have all been there. You may have had a few drinks, you are at your favorite band's show, and you come to find yourself in the vicinity of one of your heroes. Word vomit. Torrential word vomit. But you mean well. "I really think youse guys is great and your albums really means a lots to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Last Night: Kanye West, Jay-Z and the Watch the Throne Tour at Toyota Center

    Photos by Marco Torres​8:08: You know what's just never a slick move? Red wine in a plastic cup. Just an FYI, ladies. "Oh, you're drinking red wine? That's classy. Wait. Is that a plastic cup? Never mind. I forgot this was the Walmart break room." 8:58: Ooh, neat. There's a guy here wearing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2012

    The 2nd Annual Main Street Block Party Announces Lineup

    Photo By Jim BrickerFinnegan's Taylor Lee at the 2011 Main Street Block Party​The Main Street Block Party is returning on January 28 to the The Continental Club, The Big Top, and The Mink's front and backrooms, armed with another great lineup, this time featuring Austin's What Made Milwaukee F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Some Judges Want Paintings Of "Shirtless Black Men Hauling...Bales of Cotton" Removed From Courthouse

    Offensive racist imagery, or benign painting well-suited for a courthouse or mid-range motel? You be the judge.​Six historical paintings at Houston's federal courthouse have raised some hackles with two federal judges, who believe the paintings dredge up offensive imagery of slavery. The pain ... More >>

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