Statue of Liberty

Capsule Art Reviews: "Ewan Gibbs: Arlington National Cemetery," "[Houston Times Eight]," "Kathryn Kelley: "The uncontrollable nature of grief and forgiveness (or lack of)," "Mac Whitney: Sculptures and Paintings," "Maggie Taylor: No Ordinary Days"

Capsule Art Reviews: "Claes Oldenburg: Strange Eggs," "Common Objects," "Ewan Gibbs: Arlington National Cemetery," "Maggie Taylor: No Ordinary Days,"

Capsule Art Reviews: "Claes Oldenburg: Strange Eggs," "Ewan Gibbs: Arlington National Cemetery," "Mac Whitney: Sculptures and Paintings," "The Progress of Love," "Unpremeditated Natures: Russ Havard and David McClain"

Capsule Art Reviews: "Claes Oldenburg: Strange Eggs," "Ewan Gibbs: Arlington National Cemetery," "[Houston Times Eight]," "Joseph Havel: Hope and Desire," "Unpremeditated Natures: Russ Havard and David McClain"

Upcoming Events: 'Tis the Truffle Season

White truffle season has finally arrived after a delay in the harvest thanks to weather issues in Italy. And as a result of that weather delay, the white truffle supply is somewhat limited this year -- so the truffles that are already Italy's most expensive (costing upwards of $350 an ounce) are mor ... More >>

No Fences: Garth Brooks & the Fuzzy Math of 10 Mega-Concerts

Fifteen years ago this week, the greatest country music artist of all time, Garth Brooks, made history by playing a free concert to a massive crowd in New York's Central Park. Now, not just anybody gets to play Central Park, but Brooks had the megawatt stroke in the entertainment biz back then to ma ... More >>

Five Ways the Cell Phone Camera Has Changed the Way We Live

When I was a kid, I used to follow my dad around with a Kodak Instamatic he got me from a drugstore. He was the pro in the family, shooting photos for magazines and for himself. Like most shutterbugs, he had an ample collection of lenses and camera bodies. When I turned 12, he bought me my first rea ... More >>

Petrol Station

A Russian artist explores the force behind American foreign policy.

Andrei Molodkin: "Crude”

SPECIAL BEST-OF EDITION

What Part of Illegal Don't Mexicans Understand? And why do so many homes have wrought iron fences?

Gov. Rick Perry May Have Used Taxpayer Dollars To Promote "The Response", Says ACLU

Photo by Mandy OaklanderReverend Barry Lynn and Terri Burke are protesting The Response​Diversity-minded, Constitution-abiding folks are pissed at tomorrow's one-day Jesus camp called "The Response." Governor Rick Perry, of course, is the belle of the ball. It's a little complicated since he' ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: Arline Fisch: Creatures from the Deep, Hardbodies, "Liz Hickok: Jiggling Geography", Lynda Benglis: Glass Masks, Marc Swanson: The Second Story, "Mitch Dobrowner: New Work", "Musicians Who Make Art"

Shuttle Atlantis: Its 10 Weirdest Mission Patches

In May, as it prepared to take off, we offered a list of the five coolest mission patches of the shuttle Endeavour. We wish we could do the same for the Atlantis, scheduled tentatively to go up on the last shuttle mission Friday, but it appears the ship did not provide as much inspiration as the En ... More >>

NY Senator Chuck Schumer Feels the Awesome Power of Michael Berry

​Take that, New York Senator Chuck Schumer!!! You insult Houston at your peril while Michael Berry's here to defend it!!! The tiresome KTRH talk-show host has found a new dead horse to beat: the decision to spurn Houston when it comes to retired space shuttles. Pretty much everyone else got o ... More >>

Captain Beefheart, Houston Misses You

"An electric guitar attracts Beelzebub..." ​Today's comment of the day comes to us from Friday afternoon's announcement that artist and avant-garde rocker Captain Beefheart, aka Don Van Vliet, had passed away in Southern California at age 69. radiocitizen: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooo ... More >>

The BQE

Wait a minute, nothing could be as ugly as I-45

Capsule Stage Reviews: A Christmas Carol, the Musical, Miracle on 34th Street, The Nerd, The Story of My Life

Capsule Stage Reviews: Lohengrin, 'night, Mother, The Story of My Life

The Scoop

We all scream for Houston's best ice cream

Moody Gardens, A Bigger Tourist Attraction Than The White House

If you had your choice to stand anywhere as a tourist in the United States, where would you choose?The Las Vegas Strip? Mount Rushmore? The White House?No way, dude -- you prefer to be standing in Moody Gardens in Galveston.At least you do if you're one of the respondents to what has to be described ... More >>

Sonidos Y Mas: Marcio Local

Ernest Barteldes Marcio Local Says Don Day Don Dree Don Don: Adventures in Samba Soul www.luakabop.comDuring the late '60s and early '70s, Brazilian songwriters like the late Tim Maia and Jorge Ben became increasingly frustrated with the creative limitations of samba, and also felt out of place wit ... More >>

Scarface

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Slideshow: 42 Statues of Liberty for the Major League Baseball All-Star Game

“Wendell Minor in the American Tradition”

A well-known illustrator brings his vision of America to the Children’s Museum of Houston

Flock to "Flicker Fusion"

Don't miss the powerful, curious animation screening at DiverseWorks

Miss Pop Rocks Has the Flu

John Royal’s Friends’ Top Twenty Sports Moments of 2007, Part One

“Tradition and Invention: the Woodcut Prints of Akira Kurosaki”

Japan’s leading woodcutter makes his first Texas trek

The Harder They Come

The subversive mainstream friendliness of Shortbus

Capsule Reviews

A picture of our opinions on local exhibitions

Capsule Reviews

A picture of our opinions on local exhibitions

Free At Last

A harrowing journey leads to America, and then to someplace better

Clash Course

Warriors of the right take their battle against the left to the streets of New York

Baller's Ball

Ex-Rocket Steve Francis returns for the Summer Fiesta Slam Fest

POWerful Images

Comic book characters reign in this CAM exhibit

Violent Femmes

Tenderhearted mutants kick significant keister in X-2: X-Men United

The Critical Craftsman

H.C. Westermann was the quintessential American artist

The Idea Man

Lee Mingwei's high-concept art arrives at the Rice University Art Gallery

Musicians Sound Off

For Nick Cooper, music and politics are hard to separate

Aping an Icon

Tim Burton monkeys around with the original Planet of the Apes, but is it evolution?

Border Line

In the predawn hours, immigrants face an eternity of waiting at the INS office

Correct-a-mundo

Fumbling towards reality

Poor, Pitiful Me

Even the great Alan Parker can't save Angela's Ashes from sappy self-absorption

Spirit of Texas

Luis Jimenez approaches the intangible by depicting the flesh

Crystal Clear Persuasion

Alvaro Barretto's relatives are out to catch a killer

People's Art

Personalities are as diverse as the art at Blaffer Gallery

Crossed Cultures

Is "A" for Asia, America -- or both?

Squeeze Me!

Fans of the instrument with folds descend on Houston

A Sound of Hovering Wings

Angels in America arrives buoyed by hype, but rises on its own power

Mr. Big

Houston sculptor David Adickes has one message for the art world: large is good