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  • Calendar

    March 26, 2009

    Conspiracy Lectures

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  • Culture

    November 3, 1994

    Children's Hour

    The Alley's Crucible gets more than it deserves, the audience less.

  • Music

    November 10, 1994

    Live Shots

    The Alley's Crucible gets more than it deserves, the audience less.

  • Film

    December 19, 1996

    That Old Black Magic

    After 40 years, The Crucible's melodrama still works its spell

  • News

    December 4, 1997

    Stolid Citizen

    After 40 years, The Crucible's melodrama still works its spell

  • Culture

    April 16, 1998

    Too, Too Much

    With Hydriotaphia, playwright Tony Kushner can't let anything go

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2009

    For The Rodeo: Five Best Bovine Attacks In The Movies

    I hate to be the bearer of bad news, rodeo bullriders, but we're rooting against you. Don't take it personally, it's just that when wagering on an average human male vs. 1,500 pounds of pissed off ungulate, we're taking the bull. And wearing that pansy-ass body armor isn't very endearing either. In ... More >>

  • News

    October 1, 1998

    Bar Patrons

    Warning: Tobacco companies' advertising money may be addictive in Houston's club scene

  • Calendar

    February 11, 1999

    The Witching Hour

    Warning: Tobacco companies' advertising money may be addictive in Houston's club scene

  • Calendar

    May 13, 1999

    Night & Day

    May 13-19, 1999

  • News

    May 1, 2008
  • Culture

    March 17, 2005

    Elegant Elegy

    The Alley spins new life into Arthur Miller's 50-year-old morality tale

  • News

    December 9, 2004

    Letters

    The Alley spins new life into Arthur Miller's 50-year-old morality tale

  • News

    October 9, 2003

    Catching Elevators

    Dr. Hitoshi Nikaidoh stepped on a St. Joseph Hospital elevator and died. His death was gruesome and horrifying. But it wasn't unique.

  • News

    May 16, 2002

    The Dutiful Son

    Galveston prosecutors say David Hisey stole more than $700,000 from his elderly parents, murdered them, then lived with their dead bodies. David says he did what his parents wanted.

  • News

    January 4, 2001

    RV Xmas

    In which our intrepid reporter goes searching for the heart of America on a trailer pad. And finds disappointment, isolation, kindness and a great way to cook himself a turkey.

  • News

    July 13, 2000

    Midnight Fire

    When kids and parents press for the hottest book ever, Potter's world turns Harried

  • News

    September 14, 1995

    Maxwell's Demons

    If you get crosswise with Larry Maxwell, beprepared to go to court

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2009

    When the Moon Becomes Round: Songs for the Summer Solstice

    Frederic Vincent/ Wikipedia In Houston, June 21 comes and goes with very little fanfare. While technically it's the first day of summer, anyone can tell you summer around here started about two months ago. Nonetheless, it seems like a shame to leave all the celebrating to the pagans; why, they don't ... More >>

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    June 25, 2009
  • Music

    October 22, 2009

    Oregon Trail

    Art Brut taps ex-Pixie Black Francis for the down-and-dirty Art Brut vs. Satan.

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    Warm And Scratchy: A Definitive [adult swim] Discography

    ​The masterminds behind Aqua Teen Hunger Force have relocated the fast-food crew to Seattle and changed not only the name, but also the structure of the show after deciding that they were unhappy with the pilot. They even made a new theme song, recruiting Queen of the Stone Age Josh Homme and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    Apocalypse Now: 2 DJs' Playlists For The End Of Days

    Lee E. Wright/Sweaty. Sultry. Sandy.​Sand, surf, carnival - and the apocalypse. It sounds like a lead-in to "One of These Things is Not Like the Others" (although probably a little heavy for the Sesame Street crowd), but that was the theme of Sweaty. Sultry. Sandy., an art/fashion show held ov ... More >>

  • Culture

    July 28, 2011

    Doting Mama

    Tamarie Cooper returns to poke mostly gentle fun at the U.S. and delivers a new national anthem.

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Brain-Eating Bands and Songs for the Walking Dead

    ssgmusic.com​Zombies or vampires? It's a classic debate along the line of The Beatles vs. The Rolling Stones. We're not sure the Fab Four qualifies as either monster, but with The Glimmer Twins' propensity to remain upright and touring despite advanced age, decay, and a million other complicat ... More >>

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