St. Petersburg

Spring Breakers: Girls Gone Godard

A thrilling corruption of the Disney princess set.

College Football: National Signing Day 2013, A Decade Of Cautionary Tales

Beginning bright and early Wednesday morning, 18-year-old football players far and wide will finalize in writing their plans on where they will ply their trade for the next three to five years, causing high blood pressure in adults three times their age coast to coast and dragging the fax machine in ... More >>

Madonna's Top 5 MDNA World Tour Transgressions

Madonna's Sex book turned 20 years old this week. The literary capstone on pop music's most frankly sexual career (sorry, Prince), the glossy collection of softcore smut managed to shock even the Material Girl's most ardent fans, crossing a few lines that many weren't entirely aware existed. Gay se ... More >>

Music World Stands Up for Embattled Russian Punks Pussy Riot

Above: A burka-clad Madonna talks about Pussy Riot to her Moscow audience Rewind: Vladimir Putin: No Pussy Riot on His Watch Free speech is a valued thing in this country. It's why journalists, writers, musicians and artists exist and are able to do what they do. However, in Russia, it seems to be ... More >>

According to This, San Antonio Has a Better Music Scene Than Houston

Like any and all lists, the Martin Prosperity Institute (MPI)'s list regarding the best music scenes in the country will leave most of you passing out side-eyes and stares. Easy to spot and digest, Nashville, New York and Los Angeles ranked 1-3, but after that it's a complete flaming crapshoot. Th ... More >>

Texas Contemporary Art Fair

LitFuse

60 Years of Russian Photography

From Stalin to Putin

Back to the Classics

The Russian artists of "Perestroika" turn the past into something new.

Why do Americans Call Mexicans "Illegal"?

And what do Mexicans think of Koreans?

“Valentin Gertsman — 30 Years in Art”

Houston Led Nation in Population Growth in Last Decade, Rice Finds

Rice U video No city in America grew more in population in the last decade than Houston, a Rice study said today. And if you don't believe it, they put out the slick video above to erase any doubt. Houston added 1,231,393 residents between 2000 and 2012, the study of census figures said; the next ... More >>

Top 5 Worst Fireworks Foul-Ups: A Video Collection

​Jackasses. That's the best way to sum up these best-worst fireworks extravaganzas. Again, like in past lists that are centered around idiocy, incidences where folks were killed and/or little kids were burned were not included in the American-centric nonsense. By the way, King Moron of Fou ... More >>

Battleship Potemkin

Messer Chups' Important Lessons From The Vincent Price Bible

Every day Rocks Off trolls the tubes of you in search of videos to share. If you have something that you think deserves to be video of the day, send a link to jef_rouner at yahoo dot com. ​The perfect man, the man all other men should aspire to be, is Gomez Adams. Rich, passionate, kind, athl ... More >>

Pop Rocks: Believe It Or Not, There Are Worse Ideas Than Kim Kardashian As Lara Croft

I can't wait to hear her English accent.​It's been a rough week: we found out the BP oil spill may spread across the Atlantic Ocean and threaten England's blessed shores (which, let's admit it, would be pretty hilarious) and dealt with the campaign in Afghanistan supplanting Vietnam as America ... More >>

"The Inner Space of War. The Blockade of Leningrad in Photographs"

This art exhibit comes straight from the vaults of Russian museums to downtown Houston

Capsule Stage Reviews: Dangerous Liaisons, Queen of Spades, Seascape

Brew Blog: Baltika No. 6 and No. 4

​Eighty-six years ago this Thursday, Lenin died. In honor of this historical marker, and because we were drawn to the Cyrillic characters on their labels, we sample two brews from St. Petersburg. Baltika labels its beers with numbers at the top of their necks. We tried No. 6, the porter, and ... More >>

Opera and Dance in Film/Swan Lake

St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Ballet gets all its ducks in a row

Bragging Rights Retained: Houston Keeps Its Status As A Top-Ten TV Market

Photo by Frankie Roberto​Those of you who toil in the world of local TV can rest easy -- you're still in a Top Ten market.It's an important piece of braggadocio to throw around, so people like to keep their eye on Neilsen's annual rankings of television markets.It came out today, and shows Houston ... More >>

“Recollections of Havana”

Web exclusive!

Workers Comp and Rescued Dogs

Mutual Decisions

Glenn Gould, The Russian Journey

This documentary film captures the Canadian pianist's visit to Leningrad and Moscow

“Moscow and St. Petersburg: A Tale of Two Cities”

The Russian Cultural Center Our Texas presents works by Russo-Texan artists

Astros-Orioles: Birds Win, Luke Scott Talks Smack

Happy Birthday Igor Stravinsky

Latin Wave: New Films from Latin America at MFAH

Some of Latin America’s most promising directors are set to screen new films in their Houston premieres

Spring Training: Shea Stadium Sucks. Dave Raymond and Brett Dolan Too.

Spring Training: Milo Hamilton, Harry Caray, Drayton McLane, Roger Clemens and Ria Cortesio

Carmen

St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre brings the sultry gypsy to life

Les George Leningrad

Les George Leningrad performs Friday, November 17, at The Proletariat, 903 Richmond, 713-523-1199.

Godunov for You

Houston Grand Opera opens its season with the tale of Boris

Supergrass

Road to Rouen

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Barbez

Friday, September 16, at Rudyard's, 2010 Waugh Drive, 713-521-0521.

What's That Smell?

Canadian art punks Les Georges Leningrad drop a number deux

Supreme Show

Works from a bygone era stand the test of time

Ark de Triomphe

Alexander Sokurov brings remarkable one-shot history to the screen

Back to the Future

Most of this year's best won't be seen until next

Onegin, Off Again

Tchaikovsky's opera follows a fickle aristocrat and the woman who loves him

Soviet Secrets

Stoli Grill's "KGB"

War or Peace

HGO's staging of Prince Igor either sings or falls on its sword

Choking on the Pit?

Houston Symphony musicians rate the conductors who dare to replace Eschenbach on the podium

News of the Weird

News of the Weird

Bolshoi Beauty

Ballet rises on the toes of a Russian icon

Gergiev the Great

Kirov kicks in masterfully for a tardy maestro

Masterful Moonlit Lake

Outdoor performance brings out the best in Houston Ballet

Tolstoy, Stripped for Speed