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Providence (Rhode Island)

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Houston: More Hipster-Friendly than Salt Lake City and Dallas, At Least

    Earlier this month Travel and Leisure asked their readers to rank 35 American cities on the quantity and quality of their live music scenes, coffeehouses, microbrews, and independent boutiques. They also asked their readers to quantify more ineffable qualities such as the quirkiness of a city and h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    Julio César Chávez Jr. Defeats Peter Manfredo at Reliant to Retain WBC Crown

    Photo by Marco TorresChavez on the attack.​ Ed Hocken: You sure know your boxing. Lt. Frank Drebin: All I know is never bet on the white guy. I'm not quite as ignorant of boxing as the late Leslie Nielsen. For example, I've watched most of the heavyweight title bouts (of the various sanctionin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    Top Five Best & Worst Songs About 9/11

    ​This Sunday will be 10 years since America was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001. In that time, a lot of musical ground has been covered. Some artists mention that day only in passing, as Jay-Z and Alicia Keys do in "Empire State of Mind," but some have crafted songs about 9/11 itself. Some of thes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    Prog-Rock Bassist Enters Stupid Criminal Hall Of Fame

    GroovehouseCoheed's Claudio Sanchez: Now auditioning bassists.​Sometimes when Rocks Off interviews this musician or that one, we'll ask them what they do to kill time on the road. Some of them read, others take in the local sights if they have time, obviously a lot of them listen to music. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Houston's Same-Sex Couples More Likely to Raise Children

    And they may just live in Houston.​The Atlantic's blog has crunched some numbers from a recent gay survey and census data, and it's found that when it comes to raising kids, Houston's same-sex couples are near the tops in the nation. The Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown area had the seventh-highest ... More >>

  • Music

    June 9, 2011

    Liz Isenberg

    And they may just live in Houston.​The Atlantic's blog has crunched some numbers from a recent gay survey and census data, and it's found that when it comes to raising kids, Houston's same-sex couples are near the tops in the nation. The Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown area had the seventh-highest ... More >>

  • Film

    February 24, 2011

    Hall Pass

    The Farrellys fulfill their raunch and goo quotients.

  • Music

    June 10, 2010

    Sage Francis

    The Farrellys fulfill their raunch and goo quotients.

  • News

    April 22, 2010

    The Man Who Sued the Pope

    Houston's Daniel Shea thinks Joseph Ratzinger has a lot to answer for if he'd talk.

  • Culture

    January 28, 2010
  • Culture

    January 14, 2010

    "Bright" Stars

    The MFAH hosts a masterfully curated show of works by 12 Korean artists.

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    Inquiring Minds: Deer Tick's Front Man Goes for That Chased-by-Alligators Sound

    Providence, R.I., band Deer Tick may hail from "Up North" but their sound is purely steeped in grungey folk and rockabilly yelp. They, in fact, hear this description so much that the band has started to rebel against it by in fact upping the dosage on their new More Fuel For The Fire EP, which just ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2009

    Four Possible Reasons Jay-Z Is Skipping Houston on His Blueprint 3 Tour

    ​Self-proclaimed king-of-rap Jay-Z unveiled his autumn tour schedule last week. The 26-date jaunt - which began Monday night in Chi-town and winds down just in time for Thanksgiving - will take Hovito all around the world, from New York to London to Kentucky to noise-rock haven Providence, R.I., t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Topol Likes It Hot: Fiddler On The Roof Puts On The Sizzle For Two Weeks In Houston

    The most amazing thing in seeing the national tour of Fiddler on the Roof now at the Hobby Center is when 73-year-old Topol comes out on the stage at the start to huge applause and somehow keeps going for the next three hours -- singing and dancing as he plays Tevye, the poor Jewish father trying to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2009

    You Are Now Free To Pahk Your Cah In Boston Yahd

    Logo courtesy Southwest AirlinesSouthwest Airlines is taking another step in its plan to stop being thought of as "that airline that flies only to airports no one's heard of."The airline announced today it will begin service soon to Boston's Logan Airport. Up to now, travelling to New England via So ... More >>

  • News

    October 16, 2008

    John McCain's Neglected Veterans

    The candidate's fame is based on his POW status, but he has abandoned his fellow veterans time and time again

  • Music

    August 23, 2007

    Rough Justice

    Randall Jamail rides again

  • Music

    July 19, 2007

    Get Him Eat Him

    Get Him Eat Him performs Thursday, July 19, at Proletariat, 903 Richmond, 713-523-1199.

  • Calendar

    April 24, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Get Him Eat Him performs Thursday, July 19, at Proletariat, 903 Richmond, 713-523-1199.

  • Music

    December 19, 2002

    Slick Billies

    Cowpunkers Slick 57 try to make people forget about their fancy college degrees

  • Dining

    January 10, 2002

    Too Hot to Handle

    Fire + Ice gets burned by the Bayou City

  • Dining

    February 1, 2001

    Culture Shock

    An East Coast company launches an "improvisational grill" that merrily swipes cooking methods from other countries

  • Calendar

    July 1, 1999

    Art Imitates Life

    An East Coast company launches an "improvisational grill" that merrily swipes cooking methods from other countries

  • News

    February 11, 1999

    News of the Weird

    An East Coast company launches an "improvisational grill" that merrily swipes cooking methods from other countries

  • Dining

    June 19, 1997

    Capital Idea

    Is one more palace of red meat one too many? If it's the Capital Grille, the answer is no.

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