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Rhode Island

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Chef Chat, Part 3: Amanda McGraw of Brasserie 19 - The Tasting

    This week, we've been chatting with Brasserie 19 and Ibiza's Chef de Cuisine, Amanda McGraw, about the rewards of staging in kitchens outside of Houston, and about the specifics of her role. Today, we sample some of her food. To highlight the in-house charcuterie program, McGraw put together a pict ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2012

    Surviving A Nightclub Fire: 7 Tips On How To Get Out Alive

    On Feb. 20, 2003 - nine years ago today - Great White performed at the Station nightclub in West Warwick, R.I. During opener "Desert Moon," spray-style pyrotechnic gerbs (a kind of firework that shoots a stream of sparks) went off. Couple that with highly flammable low-density polyurethane foam tha ... 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

    October 24, 2011

    Marcus Manchild: NYC Flips For UGK

    Houston rapper Marcus Manchild and his label partners at AMG (Authentik Music Group), George, Chad and Nate, are currently traveling the country as part of the Smoker's Club Tour, headlined by Method Man, Curren$y and Big K.R.I.T. The Smoker's Club tour comes to Warehouse Live November 11, and Marcu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    Houston Tops Dallas for Dining, Says LivingSocial, But What's In a Survey?

    I mean, look at this survey. What the hell does it even mean?​In the last two weeks, two very different surveys have been released on the dining scenes in cities across the nation: one from Travel Leisure, which placed San Antonio above Austin on its top 20 list -- while failing to recognize ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    Bun B, Deer Tick Come Aboard BestFest Lineup

    Jason WolterDeer Tick at HOB's Bronze Peacock Room, October 2010​Rhode Island rockers Deer Tick do so wish they were from Houston. They have a deep-seated ZZ Top fetish that manifested itself in a cover of "Cheap Sunglasses" at SXSW a couple of years back, nearly causing a couple of members of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    Last Night: The Low Anthem At Fitzgerald's

    Photos by Jim Bricker​The Low Anthem Fitzgerald's May 2, 2011 In another lifetime, and another location, Fitzgerald's could have been a barn. Every time we see a show upstairs, Aftermath halfway expects an owl to swoop out of the rafters and sink its talons into an errant field mouse. Note t ... More >>

  • News

    February 24, 2011

    Ruins in the Park

    The search for remnants of Houston's past

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2011

    Rhode Island Wants a Medical Center Like Ours

    Rhode Island: Almost as many square miles as Harris County​Lincoln Chafee, the former senator from Rhode Island who is now the (barely a) state's governor, announced today he wants to build a presumably mini-version of the Texas Medical Center. A "knowledge center" would be developed on land ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    I Put A Spell On You: The Vixens And Visuals Of Voodoo Fest

    Photos by Mark C. AustinMGMT: "Ruh Roh! Better play something off the first album!"​Village Voice Media dispatched Houston photographer Mark C. Austin to New Orleans this past weekend for the Voodoo Music Experience, the Crescent City's annual three-day Halloween engorgement of live music and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    Local Music Photographer Wins Deer Tick's Tour Bus

    Photos courtesy of Mark C. Austin​Mark C. Austin just keeps on living the dream. Last month he opened "Three Songs, No Flash," his first-ever exhibition of his bountiful collection of concert photography - many shot for these very "pages" - now on permanent display in Warehouse Live's Green Ro ... More >>

  • News

    October 21, 2010

    Resurrecting Phi Slama Jama

    Can UH resurrect its basketball glory days?

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    Unidentified Male, Bayou Body Count No. 166

    Looking for a truck with Rhode Island plates​Outside of a South Gessner nightclub at 4:40 a.m. is not particularly the safest place to be.One man found that out early Saturday morning when he got in a dispute with other clubgoers and was shot to death, Houston police say.The incident occurred outs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong: Metal Edition

    ​Dave Chapelle teaches us that the art of "keeping it real" may sometimes go awry. According to urbandictionary.com, this occurs when "in the act of keeping it real, the outcome is unexpected and usually has a negative effect on the individual who decided to keep it real." Rock stars are not i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    Texas Sucks At Recycling Computers, But We'd Be A Lot Worse Without Dell

    We're no Minnesota, that's for sure​The numbers are in. When it comes to recycling computers and monitors, Texas sucks. Not only sucks, but out of the 20 states with computer recycling laws, Texas finished dead last, according to a study by the educational nonprofit, Texas Campaign for the Environ ... More >>

  • Music

    April 29, 2010

    Dr. Dog, Deer Tick

    We're no Minnesota, that's for sure​The numbers are in. When it comes to recycling computers and monitors, Texas sucks. Not only sucks, but out of the 20 states with computer recycling laws, Texas finished dead last, according to a study by the educational nonprofit, Texas Campaign for the Environ ... More >>

  • Music

    April 1, 2010

    White Mice

    We're no Minnesota, that's for sure​The numbers are in. When it comes to recycling computers and monitors, Texas sucks. Not only sucks, but out of the 20 states with computer recycling laws, Texas finished dead last, according to a study by the educational nonprofit, Texas Campaign for the Environ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    SXSW Aftermath: Wild Moccasins Strike, Ray Davies Quakes, Deer Tick Boogie

    Photos by Craig HlavatyWild Moccasins​Aftermath roused ourselves from our quick hour-long vegetative session after Thursday's day-party frolicking to venture into another night of SXSW music, that would include a local band's breakthrough, a legend reconnecting with his base and two indie-twang ba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    An Orangutan Predicts Longhorn Victory Tonight, But Can Such Animals Be Trusted?

    Everyone knows orangutans like to wear people clothes or tool around with Clint Eastwood, but they're also famed football oddsmakers. To wit: Bruno, an o-tan at the Los Angeles Zoo, has predicted UT will beat Alabama tonight. In what might be interpreted as a not-so-subtle allusion to the sport's la ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2009

    Gettin' Kinda Crowded -- Texas Grows More Than Any Other State In Past Year

    ​Further proof that we're not being hit as hard in the Great Recession as some -- Texas added more residents in the past 12 months than any state in the union, the Census Bureau reported today.Texas added 478,000 residents in the previous 12 months, beating out California, which added almost 100,0 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    UH Hoops Still Dreaming Of Making It Back To March Madness

    Photo courtesy UH​Guy V. Lewis last coached the University of Houston men's basketball team in 1986. His last great team lost in the 1984 NCAA title game to the Georgetown Hoyas. He left a legacy of 27 straight winning seasons. Fourteen seasons with 20-plus wins. Fourteen NCAA tournament appearanc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    Not Everything's Bigger In Texas. Take Penises, For Example

    ​All you gay guys in Texas, you have let us down.Manhunt, a website designed to encourage hook-ups between consenting male adults, has done an utterly scientific survey of dick size based on its ads. "Now that we have cock size as a feature on Manhunt profiles, we couldn't resist getting a fee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Friday Night Noise: Earn and Black Pus

    Earn, "She Could Only Remember" Snaggled-drone unit Earn is a solo project of Houston's Matthew Sullivan, who also records under the name Privy Seals and has his paws in a slew of outfits, including Deep Jew and Vague Apology. As Earn, he's all up on the "disturbing ambient with interruptions" tip, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2009

    Houston Ranks Second in All-Important Commando Cilantro Index

    Photo by babyparentingguideDamn, guys, what's up with Houston only being the 39th manliest city in the land? We're only one spot above Seattle, and we all know what kind of dudes hang out there. Not very manly dudes, that's who. In all seriousness, this is easily one of the lamest surveys ever. ... More >>

  • Music

    January 22, 2009

    Badfish, Scotty Don't

    Photo by babyparentingguideDamn, guys, what's up with Houston only being the 39th manliest city in the land? We're only one spot above Seattle, and we all know what kind of dudes hang out there. Not very manly dudes, that's who. In all seriousness, this is easily one of the lamest surveys ever. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2008

    Top Five Houstonians As Hurricanes

    Photo by babyparentingguideDamn, guys, what's up with Houston only being the 39th manliest city in the land? We're only one spot above Seattle, and we all know what kind of dudes hang out there. Not very manly dudes, that's who. In all seriousness, this is easily one of the lamest surveys ever. ... More >>

  • Music

    June 19, 2008

    Russian Circles, with Daughters

    Photo by babyparentingguideDamn, guys, what's up with Houston only being the 39th manliest city in the land? We're only one spot above Seattle, and we all know what kind of dudes hang out there. Not very manly dudes, that's who. In all seriousness, this is easily one of the lamest surveys ever. ... More >>

  • Film

    June 28, 2007

    Evening

    Chick-flick genre to Evening: Why you gotta make us look bad?

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2007

    Oh, Yeah? Well, If We’re So Slow, Why Didn’t You Tell Us Via Telegram?

    Chick-flick genre to Evening: Why you gotta make us look bad?

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2007

    Last Night: GZA in Austin (Cuz We Missed Him in Houston)

    Chick-flick genre to Evening: Why you gotta make us look bad?

  • News

    December 28, 2006

    Welcome back, Rock Star

    Dilana comes home to the reality after reality TV

  • Calendar

    March 2, 2006

    Go West, Young Woman

    Dilana comes home to the reality after reality TV

  • Calendar

    January 12, 2006

    (Don't) Forget This

    Amnesia and brief nudity make this show truly memorable

  • Film

    November 24, 2005

    All Yours

    Yours, Mine & Ours lowers the bar for miserable remakes

  • Music

    March 10, 2005

    Whitey on the Mike

    The all-time greatest white-boy rhymes

  • Music

    March 4, 2004

    One Hundred Million Reasons to Go See Great White

    "Once Bitten Twice Shy" ain't one of 'em

  • Music

    October 19, 2000

    The Amazing Crowns

    Manic musicianship

  • Film

    June 22, 2000

    Dr. Jekyll and Jim Carrey

    The freewheeling comedic actor has double the fun in Me, Myself & Irene

  • Calendar

    May 4, 2000

    For Swingers Only

    Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra

  • Film

    September 2, 1999

    Outside In

    Farrellys' Providence pits innocence with outrageous fun

  • News

    May 6, 1999

    Letters

    Farrellys' Providence pits innocence with outrageous fun

  • Calendar

    April 15, 1999

    Take This Show on the Road

    Farrellys' Providence pits innocence with outrageous fun

  • News

    January 28, 1999

    News of the Weird

    Farrellys' Providence pits innocence with outrageous fun

  • Music

    May 21, 1998

    Earl of Blues

    Farrellys' Providence pits innocence with outrageous fun

  • Calendar

    February 5, 1998

    Press Picks

    Farrellys' Providence pits innocence with outrageous fun

  • Dining

    December 11, 1997

    The Boom Is Back

    At Vallone's: Big hunks of meat and other people's money

  • Music

    August 28, 1997

    Strange Days

    At Vallone's: Big hunks of meat and other people's money

  • Music

    May 4, 1995

    Belly, Going Up

    A meeting in Rhode Island helps lead to a new King

  • News

    March 23, 1995

    Winners and Losers

    Lottery operator Gtech was especially kind to the political friends of Texas Comptroller John Sharp. But when supervision of the company was moved from Sharp's office, the party was over.

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