Santa Fe

New Map Splits Texas Into Five States, Again

Neil Freeman is a civic planner and artist who puts out the engaging website Fake Is The New Real. You'll never really what you'll find on the site, but one of his recent efforts has started buzzing around the net, especially among political-types frustrated with the electoral-college system. Thos ... More >>

Galveston Cop Wins Humane Society Award for Busting Big Cockfighting Ring

Galveston Police Sgt. Joel Caldwell has won an award from the Humane Society of the United States for his role in organizing a December raid of a facility that had 350 roosters raised for cockfighting. Caldwell was the first officer in Texas to make an arrest under a 2011 law banning the raising o ... More >>

Upcoming Events: Cheap Cheesecake and Free Tequila; What Could Be Better?

Hopefully, you're already celebrating National French Fries Day today. But hang on -- we've got two more good ones coming up. What better place to celebrate National Cheesecake Day is there than The Cheesecake Factory itself? The restaurant is known for having more than 30 different flavors of chee ... More >>

It Is What It Is. Or Is It?

This CAMH show features plenty of good work, but it's not all worth the effort.

Ask a Mexican: Taco Bell Goes High Class

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 >>

The Key to the Kitchen: Coppa's Female Executive Chef, Brandi Key, Is No Novelty Act

November 3 was National Men Make Dinner Day, one of an increasingly nonsensical line of national holidays that are being trotted out in larger numbers every year. This particular holiday was especially perplexing to those in the food industry, where men make dinner every night. A man probably will m ... More >>

This Just In: SXSW Announces First Round Of 2012 Showcasing Bands, Including Fat Tony and Something Fierce

Photo By Marco TorresFat Tony at a day show at SXSW '11​Sweet lord, it's not even Thanksgiving yet and South By Southwest is making us excited for March in Austin already. Today the industry festival announced a few bands coming to the capitol city next year, and a few Houston names and Rocks ... More >>

Pasadena, Home to Some Sickos, Is Also a Nifty Place to Retire

Retire to this in Pasadena.​The economy blows, especially for old folks, who aren't as able to kick it with an umbrella drink at some beachside hang like in the old days. No worries, according to Tom Corley, author of The Top 100 Cheapest Places to Retire in the U.S. in 2012. Instead of sink ... More >>

Upcoming Events: A Taste of Triniti and Brews on the Bayou

Photo by Paul KnightBrews (and booze, if you go inside and order it) will be served on the bayou at Brenner's upcoming Beer Fest.​This weekend, if you aren't headed to our own BestFest, check out the 3rd annual Wine Festival on the Kemah Boardwalk on Saturday, September 24, from 2 to 5 p.m. Mo ... More >>

Ryan Wheeler: Goes to Pay Traffic Ticket with Coke in Pocket

Ryan Wheeler: What he takes to court.​Let's give civic-duty props where they are due: Ryan Dan Wheeler had a traffic ticket he needed to pay, and he manned up and went to the Santa Fe municipal court to do so. Why he would do so while he had a suspended license, not to mention while he had co ... More >>

“Tom Berg”

Chef Chat, Part 1: Michael Kramer of The Tasting Room

​Eating Our Words recently caught up with Chef Michael Kramer at The Tasting Room's Uptown location to get the scoop on the huge new City Centre location, set to open in February 16, and find out what goes into a good wine bar restaurant. Eating Our Words: Hi Michael. This Uptown Park locati ... More >>

One Last Hit of K-2

Fake weed's final freewheeling days

This Week In Set Lists: Pixies, Kings Of Leon, Tom Petty, Rush, Etc.

GroovehouseKings of Leon, Toyota Center, October 2009​Rocks Off has been both eagerly anticipating and dreading this week for months now. Anticipating because several of our all-time favorite bands are playing within the span of a few days, as are a couple of our favorite newer bands (though n ... More >>

The Great Food Truck Race, Episode 2: Recap

The Ragin' Cajun team. ​8:00 - Recap of last week's episode. Damn, this is a long recap! 8:01 - Here we are in Santa Fe with six trucks remaining: Crepes Bonaparte, Grill 'Em All, Austin Daily Press, Nom Nom Truck, Rajin' Cajun, and Spencer on the Go. Tyler is still wearing a hideous outfit. ... More >>

Aggies Recruit Teh Gheys

College Station, the San Francisco of Texas

Upcoming Events

Yes, George Clinton will be playing this year. You do not want to miss that.​The big party this weekend will be all over downtown, as the city succumbs to two straight weekends of the International Festival (a.k.a. iFest). We thank the festival gods every single year that one of our favorite l ... More >>

Wine of the Week: A Pick from H-E-B's Robert Salyers

​It's just so tempting. After a long day of work, you pick up your bread and milk and then turn the corner to find rows and rows of delicious wine, begging you to take it home. You can't resist. That is exactly what Robert Salyers, Beer and Wine Manager for H-E-B on Buffalo Speedway, wants you ... More >>

Lonesome Onry and Mean: Old Home Weekend at Anderson Fair

Two alumni of Houston's fabled folk scene return to Anderson Fair this weekend. Vince Bell lives in Santa Fe, N.M., these days, but he will always be associated with the heyday of the Houston folk scene and Anderson Fair. Mentored by Townes van Zandt and Guy Clark, Bell had a major influence on Lyl ... More >>

"Just Us Ninjas Getting Shitfaced": ICP and Juggalo Nation Invade Warehouse Live

[Ed. Note: We are happy to report that Craig Hlavaty is safe and sound, if a little under the weather. Here is his report from Wednesday's ICP show.] Photos by Marc Brubaker/ Click here for a slideshow​ "Hey man, you look lonely. How's it going?" asks a big jolly Juggalo, face painted in a ... More >>

New Chef at The Tasting Room at Uptown Park

Photos by J.C. ReidChef Matthew Lynn​In a city overflowing with wine bars, The Tasting Room at Uptown Park has distinguished itself with an elegant and comfortable interior design, a large and diverse selection of wine, and a friendly staff to help you find the perfect glass or bottle of wine. ... More >>

An Update On The Strand's Comeback, From George Mitchell

George Mitchell is pretty much the guy who saved Downtown Galveston and the Strand area as it was slowly deteriorating into oblivion; now he's leading the efforts to bring it back from Ike.Today he issued an upbeat assessment of where things stand and where they'll be going.The 24 historical buildin ... More >>

The Recession Affects Free Booze In Houston, Unfortunately

Yesterday we were informed that it's official - the country is in a recession. And the lean times got us thinking -- can you still score a free drink in this town?     Keith Plocek got drunk for free for ten days straight back in December 2005 for the story "Free Booze," guzzling ... More >>

The Drive-In Theater in Kingwood Is Back in Business

Open House at the Chinati Foundation

An art world mecca -- and a small town

Alt-Weeklies Provide Web Links to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Home Address

Action Taken in Solidarity with Phoenix New Times

Stapp Infection

Sanctimonious hypocrites need love, too

Playbill

Crash Course

A stuntman is mightily impressed by Houston's rail crashes

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Pray and Prey

Anybody seen a marble megaphone? It's Sweeny's unlikely monument to school prayer.

Tom Russell

Borderland (Hightone)

Letters

Full-time Friendly, In the Hood, Humanitiy's Teacher

Left Return

Once burdened by debt and internal politics, a rejuvenated Texas ACLU is back mixing it up with those who dare to trample on the U. S. Constitution.

Turn of the Screwball

The Tao of Steve follows the emotional transformation of a geeky lothario

Storm Damage

New Wave Good-bye

Houston's The Shivers ready for Austin

Hot Country Punksters

Judicial Arts Endowment

Devine converts plaintiffs' lawyers' cash into a courtroom gallery

Night & Day

October 8 - 14, 1998

Alison Cook looks back at 1997: The Year That Bit

Press Picks

The Bender Difference

A former corporate downsizer takes a hard-nosed approach to helping the homeless

Diner's Notebook

At Home and Abroad

Diner's Notebook

Restaurant-Go-Round

What's In a Name?

A rose is a rose, and Puente's is Puente's, even when called Woodway Grill

It began in the Panhandle with the promise of great riches, only to crash and burn in a Houston courtroom. The wreckage is still smoldering, and the truth is nowhere to be found.

The Toxic Tort Case

It began in the Panhandle with the promise of great riches, only to crash and burn in a Houston courtroom. The wreckage is still smoldering, and the truth is nowhere to be found.

Wagons Ho Hum