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MetroRail Suspending Service This Weekend: BestFest Plan Bs

Monica FuentesThe Superblock: No (train) cars go.​As a frequent and mostly satisfied mass-transit commuter ourselves, Rocks Off has been recommending those of you headed to our Best of Houston® BestFest this weekend take the MetroRail to the McGowen stop. It would have been nice, but we just ... More >>

Last Night: Peter Gabriel At Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Photos by Jay Lee​Peter Gabriel Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion June 16, 2011 Rock writers right now - hell, everyone with a musical soul - are living in the most interesting of times. No, it's not because we can pull any album we want down out of the sky at any time of day. It's because we g ... More >>

Sweet Tooth

Candy is easier on the palate than similar Midtown dance clubs.

Vera of Las Vegas

Candy is easier on the palate than similar Midtown dance clubs.

Lucky Ward: HPD Says He Was a Serial Killer

HPDLucky Ward: HPD says he's strangled five victims​Houston police are saying a man they have charged with one murder is linked to four others, all strangulations. Lucky Ward, 46, had been charged with murdering a homeless woman near the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in September; today he ... More >>

Openings & Closings: January 2011

​As the first month of the new year ended, restaurant openings picked up and Houston saw a busy week for new places. At long last, Philippe (1800 Post Oak Boulevard, 713-439-1000) has finally opened its doors. And lest you think the food is out of your price range, check out the bargain-price ... More >>

H.A. McArdle: Long-Lost Battle Of San Jacinto Painting Found In A West Virginia Attic

Found in an attic​Anyone who's visited the Texas capitol in Austin has seen the epic painting depicting the Battle of San Jacinto, where Sam Houston whipped up on the Mexican Army.There was a smaller, slightly different version of it by the artist, H.A. McArdle, but he kept it after a commission p ... More >>

No Boat, No Problem: Wakeboarding Alternative Coming To Houston Next Spring

Photo courtesy of Wake Nation"Uh, where's my boat?"​What's a wakeboarder to do when his access to a boat is strangled? Or when the local rivers, San Jacinto and Trinity, are closed off for, say, a piranha infestation? (Never say never!)Beginning in spring 2011, Houston wakeboarders, waterskiers an ... More >>

Battleship Texas Almost Sinks Again; Saved By Stuffing Rags In Holes

Photo by diveofficerSaved by rags​The Battleship Texas made it through World Wars I and II, but she almost lost it over the weekend.The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department said today that the ship sprung a leak, and only the stuffing of rags into holes -- and furious pumping -- kept the ship afl ... More >>

Mugshots: Sheriff Adrian Garcia Doesn't Want You To See Them

This mugshot would be highly secret information in Harris County, says the sheriff​Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia's office has announced a new policy where they will no longer provide the media -- or you, the public -- with mugshots of arrested people until they have been convicted of a crime ... More >>

For San Jacinto Day: Five Victories More Lopsided Than The Texas Army's

​I probably didn't need to remind you that today is the 174th anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto, where Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory over the forces of General Antonio López de Santa Anna. The battle brought an end to the bloody Texas Revolution, and made siestas unfashiona ... More >>

San Jacinto Battleground Among State's Most Endangered Historic Places, Group Says

Photo by diveofficer​Is it a good or bad thing to be named one of the state's Most Endangered Historic Places?The Sam Jacinto Battlefield is going to find out, having earned that dubious honor this morning."The landscape is all that remains of this important historic site, and without a comp ... More >>

Buh-Bye 2009

Where to celebrate the dawn of a new year: Our guide to the best events in town.

Buh-Bye 2009

Where to celebrate the dawn of a new year: Our guide to the best events in town.

Andalucia Tapas and Taverna

Where to celebrate the dawn of a new year: Our guide to the best events in town.

The Ultimate Oyster Cracker?

​My brother Dave got me hooked on these hot and spicy saltines. He says they're the perfect oyster crackers. I haven't tried them with oysters yet, but I will soon. The home version of these has been around for a long time. You mix up a package of dry ranch dressing mix, some kind of dried ch ... More >>

Battleground Fried Shrimp

The Monument Inn continues an old tradition of dining on hallowed ground.

Factory People

The new, cavernous Ei8ht dwarfs its Washington Avenue neighbors in size and status.

Houston May Be Getting Its Irish Up

Photo by closelyobserved.comAuthentic Irish weather greeted this weekend's St. Patrick's Day Parade, but the chilly rain didn't deter over 150 entrants from promenading down Caroline and San Jacinto streets in honor of Ireland's patron. According to information we received, it may be that some of th ... More >>

The Famous And Not-So-Famous Of HISD's "Prominent Alumni" List

You probably don't realize it, but the Houston school district's website has a page dedicated to prominent alumni, listed by high school.Unfortunately, many of the "prominent" alumni are politicians, especially current and former HISD board members. Any definition of "prominent" that includes HISD b ... More >>

What $9 Billion Would Have Wrought

You probably don't realize it, but the Houston school district's website has a page dedicated to prominent alumni, listed by high school.Unfortunately, many of the "prominent" alumni are politicians, especially current and former HISD board members. Any definition of "prominent" that includes HISD b ... More >>

Silver Lining Huh?

You probably don't realize it, but the Houston school district's website has a page dedicated to prominent alumni, listed by high school.Unfortunately, many of the "prominent" alumni are politicians, especially current and former HISD board members. Any definition of "prominent" that includes HISD b ... More >>

Zeppelin Video Lounge

Midtown's New Kid on the Block

All about Eve

Our guide to the city's best New Year's parties

All about Eve

Our guide to Houston's best New Year's parties

Mexican-American Culture

Special Houston-Seattle Edition

Re: In the Line of Fire

Special Houston-Seattle Edition

Rich's Redux

Now it's a straight bar

ZULA'S ESPRESSO MARTINI

Now it's a straight bar

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Now it's a straight bar

He's So Klute

Tom Withers drops his drum 'n' bass on Clark's

We Know What You Should Do This Summer

Your guide to beaches, water parks, day trips, festivals and more

Righteous Party

Get some Easter Salvation at the Jungle 13 weekend

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Get some Easter Salvation at the Jungle 13 weekend

Mystery Bopping

Racket searches for the hoppingest grocery store in town

Playbill

Racket searches for the hoppingest grocery store in town

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Racket searches for the hoppingest grocery store in town

Playbill

Racket searches for the hoppingest grocery store in town

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Racket searches for the hoppingest grocery store in town

Vodka Venue

Red Star serves up a Russian theme with its martinis

Still Young

Neil Young and Crazy Horse ride into town with Lucinda Williams

To Beer or Not to Beer

The Montrose Beer and Gun Club plays coy

To Every Man a Donkey Kong

Travel back in time to a real arcade

A Rave Mistake

Apparently the U.S. Senate has little better to do than hassle the pacifier-and-glow-stick set

Moving On Up

A new social club helps affluent young African-Americans to a rich piece of the nightlife pie

Press Picks

A new social club helps affluent young African-Americans to a rich piece of the nightlife pie

Press Picks

A new social club helps affluent young African-Americans to a rich piece of the nightlife pie

No Choice

A Baytown woman says she got an unwanted anti-abortion earful from her doctor

Lady Sings the Pinks

Self-created disco-diva Pinque: If this is camp, it's camp with a guilelessly straight face