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New Fifth Ward Education Center to Teach Girls Sewing, Boys Leadership

Okay, so Masjid At-Tawhid is establishing a community center in the Fifth Ward. The center will offer hot meals, free monthly clothing giveaways, and tutoring in math and reading, along with streaming video seminars on family strengthening and self-esteem -- these are the kinds of places that can ma ... More >>

Houston, You're Damn Mellow When It Comes To Finances (Really?)

A new study claims Houston is one of the best cities in the country when it comes to not getting too stressed about personal finances. This "Houston" that CardHub.com is talking about is apparently the one right here in Texas -- the one where we don't know too many people who aren't "stressed about ... More >>

NFL Free Agency 2013: "Dead Money" Overview

As a concept, the NFL salary cap is a fairly easy one to understand. Unlike the NBA, with its myriad of loopholes, exceptions, and fine print that allow teams like the Lakers and, well, almost everyone else to zoom past the artificial "cap", the NFL is a simple hard cap. What you spend is what what ... More >>

SXSW Releases First Batch of 2013 Performers

Here go hell come, SXSW has just released the first batch of names for the 2013 festival. I know, only a week after Fun Fun Fun Fest and a month since ACL. Did you see the FPSF blog from earlier today? Yeah, time is moving too fast. The big names on the list so far include the Zombies, Alt-J, Akro ... More >>

A Few Things You Didn't Know About "Oh! Susanna"

On this day in 1847, legendary American songwriter Stephen Foster debuted the song "Oh! Susanna" to a crowd at the Andrews' Eagle Ice Cream Saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. "Who gives a tin Enchirito about something we sang in grade school?" you're shouting because you're a weird shouty person wi ... More >>

2012: Year of the Texans

Assessing all their strengths and weaknesses, we could be looking at a repeat or better.

OG Ron C Purplefies Girl Talk's All Day

There are a lot of reasons why OG Ron C running Girl Talk's All Day through his "Chopped Up Not Slopped Up" purplefication process is fun, but one of them seems more substantial -- or, at the very least, more appropriate -- than the rest. To be entirely reductive: Girl Talk is a DJ from Pittsburg ... More >>

Four Earl Campbell SI Covers to Remember His Greatness

Anyone old enough to remember the Luv Ya Blue days of the Houston Oilers (hell, a lot of you probably don't remember the Houston Oilers!) likely remember very specific things like Bum Phillips, the rally in the Astrodome, Dan Pastorini and the AFC title games in Pittsburgh. But, above all else, you ... More >>

Friday Night: The Lemonheads At Fitzgerald's

The Lemonheads Fitzgerald's February 10, 2012 The Fitzgerald's air was heavy with '90s nostalgia Friday night, as fans flocked to see The Lemonheads. The band is currently on tour performing their lauded 1992 release, It's a Shame About Ray, in its entirety. Despite the fact that front man Evan ... More >>

Football! This Weekend's Best Bets: Stanford, Wisconsin & Other Bullies

Not seen at Camp Randall.​Nobody likes a bully. Unless, of course, that bully can win you some money! Through the first ten weeks of the college football season, in my mind, four BCS conference college football teams have set themselves apart as "bullies" of the college football world, meanin ... More >>

Last Night: Wiz Khalifa & Big Sean At Reliant Arena

Photos by Marco Torres​See pics of Wiz Khalifa and friends in our slideshow. Wiz Khalifa, Big Sean feat. Trae Tha Truth & Bun B Reliant Arena July 6, 2011 Wiz Khalifa can smile now. The Pittsburgh rapper had a minor hit in 2007's "Say Yeah," a breezy dance cut laced all over Dutch trance ac ... More >>

KBR Loses Bid to Have Iraqi Court Hear Electrocution Suit

Ryan Maseth: Electrocuted while showering at an Iraq base.​A federal judge has said no to KBR's move to have a (friendly) court in Iraq, rather than one in America, handle the lawsuit filed against the company by survivors of a Green Beret who was electrocuted in one of their facilities. U.S. ... More >>

Kyle Beltran Drops Shakespeare For Rap In The Infectious In The Heights

Photo copyright (C) Joan Marcus 2009Daniel Bolero, Natalie Toro and Kyle Beltran ​Kyle Beltran, who plays the lead role of Usnavi in the Broadway Across America version of the Tony Award and Grammy Award winning In the Heights, now showing at the Hobby Center, credits the musical for bringing "hip ... More >>

Friday Night Lights, Houston Style: The Difference Between High School Football In Texas And Pennsylvania

Photos by Paul Knight​Hair Balls traveled to a high school football game this weekend with a native Pennsylvanian to see how high school football in that state matches up against high school football in Texas. We went to Rosenberg to watch a Saturday night match up between the B.F. Terry Ran ... More >>

Feel a Whole Lot Better: For His Birthday, Five Great Non-Petty Tom Petty Songs

Tuesday just happens to be the 59th birthday of Rocks Off's personal hero, role model and by all accounts someone who smokes even more weed than we do, Thomas Earl Petty. Speaking of, it's also Snoop Dogg's birthday, which means 10/20 deserves to be a NORML holiday even more than 4/20 does. But unt ... More >>

Seven's Heaven

Ensemble Theatre draws on an American icon for its latest production

Pretty Vacant: The Trouble With Houston's (Newly Award-Winning) Skyline

Photo courtesy GHCVB​Forbes Traveler has a new list up -- called alternately "the 13 greatest urban silhouettes" and "the world's most stunning city skylines."Here is what makes a skyline great, according to the article: It has to be more than merely memorable, it must have some exceptional chara ... More >>

The Texas Bowl Grows Up, Bit By Bit

Well, Houstonians, our bowl game has grown up. That's right, the Texas Bowl is going big time and this year will be joining ESPN's Capital One Bowl Week lineup. The game will be played on New Year's Eve this year, and kick-off will be at 2:30 pm.Did I mention the game is on ESPN this year?That mean ... More >>

The Summer of Our '80s Youth in Adventureland

Great America

Tuesday Morning Quarterbacking: Texans Settle Into Mediocrity

Okay, so the Texans beat the Chicago Bears on Sunday to finish their second straight season at 8-8. That's two seasons in a row of mediocrity. Can I have a YAY TEAM! Over at the Chron, Richard Justice thinks the team is heading in the right direction and has turned the corner. He likes how G ... More >>

Tuesday Morning Quarterbacking: Texans Settle Into Mediocrity

Okay, so the Texans beat the Chicago Bears on Sunday to finish their second straight season at 8-8. That's two seasons in a row of mediocrity. Can I have a YAY TEAM! Over at the Chron, Richard Justice thinks the team is heading in the right direction and has turned the corner. He likes how G ... More >>

The Collector: Mack McCormick's Huge Archive of Culture and Lore

A great American folklorist has spent a life squirreling away bits and pieces of Texas culture. Now time is running out on him and his inventory.

Kevin Smith Blows His Wad with Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Strictly Softcore

The John Royal College Football Top 25, Week Five

John Royal's Forecast for the Astros in June: Not So Hot

Gem of the Ocean

One of August Wilson’s last plays opens at the Ensemble Theatre

Jason Friedman’s NFL Picks, Week 16: On a Quest to Become the Bizarro John Royal

John Royal’s NFL Picks, Week 16: It Ain’t Over Till…Whatever, It’s Over

Jason Friedman’s NFL Picks, Week Five: Whorin’ for Hits? Or Just Lovin’ the Ladies?

Setting the Stage

2007–2008 promises a year of provocative productions

Is Purpura Going to Make a Trade? We Hope Not. Not.

It's Going to Be an Ugly Month for the Astros

Black Box Office

Je'Caryous Johnson brings movie and TV stars to Houston. And chances are, you've never heard of him — unless you're African-American

Analyze This, That and the Other Thing!

Stage Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Stage Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Stage Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Pot o' Gold

Riches await Houston theatergoers

Portrait of the Architect as a Young Man

With a Paddle

Local table-tennis players whack away

Best Texan

Aaron Glenn

Getting Carnal

Sexcapades come to Conroe ISD

Rap Avengers

Damage Control brings hip-hop back to Pacifica

Les Passé

A tap-dancing Tony Curtis? Yet another My Fair Lady? The shows may be aging and tired, but TUTS remains Young at heart.

Immodest Proposals

The solution to Houston's image problems? Spin them away.

High-Tech Hell

Cops and courts cleared Richard King 25 years ago. But databases don't care.

Neighborhood Values

The Ensemble puts Two Trains Running on the right track

Tales of the Father

Though not true to its source, Roommates is a delight

Where the Boys Aren't

Into Africa