Switzerland

Gloriously Gallic at L'Olivier

L’Olivier stays grounded in French bistro territory while still managing the occasional surprise.

NEW UPDATE with Court Hearing -- Michael Brown: Booked into Harris County Jail, Where Maybe He Can Meet Some Folks Who Treat Him Like Family!

Ex-hand surgeon Michael Brown has been booked into Harris County Jail for allegedly not paying child support. Bond has been set for $500,000. We're not sure yet if this is for an alleged nonpayment for his kids from ex-wife Darlina (in Colorado) or his children in Houston. It's been a tough new yea ... More >>

The Eating...Our Words 100: Catherine Rodriguez, Pastry Chef at The Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa

Since the age of 18, Catherine Rodriguez has been a rockstar at making pastries and desserts. She started her culinary career at the Institut Villa Pierrefeu in Gilon, Switzerland, then traveled back to the states to improve and develop her pastry and dessert skills in California at various kitchens ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: Miss Julie, Getting Sara Married, The Glass Menagerie, Life Could Be a Dream, Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure

Frankenstein/Evil Dead Double Bill

Capsule Art Reviews: "Bo Joseph: Empire of Spoils," "David Aylsworth: The Reverses Wiped Away," "Endearing the Line," "The Graphic Arts of Hans Erni," "HJ Bott: Rhythm and Rhetoric," "Jason Yates: All We Ever Wanted Was Everything," "Source Material: Wor

Capsule Art reviews: "Elegance and Refinement: The Still-Life Paintings of Willem van Aelst," "Endearing the Line," "Five Houses," "The Graphic Arts of Hans Erni," "Round 36"

Chef Chat, Part 1: Aquilas Chavez of La Fisheria

The first time you meet Mexican Chef and Latin American TV personality Aquilas Chavez of the new restaurant, La Fisheria, you immediately get a sense of his larger-than-life personality. He's gregarious, funny, confident, outgoing, and wholly unselfconscious. But most importantly, he grew up in the ... More >>

Capsule Art Reviews: "Anodyne," "Bridge 11: Lia Cook," "The Graphic Arts of Hans Erni," "Love Man," "Perspectives 177: McArthur Binion," "Push Play"

Thursday's Best Justin Bieber Social-Media Birthday Wishes

Yesterday the world awoke to wish Justin Bieber a happiest of 18th birthdays. Born March 1, 1994 -- a little over a month before Kurt Cobain died, quashing any reincarnation fantasies -- the young man celebrated in high style on the Interwebs, announcing a new song and receiving a $100K Fisker Karma ... More >>

Lost in Space

"Visionary" artists share their universe at The Menil Collection.

What Do Men Want

The birth of psychoanalysis in A Dangerous Method.

What's in a Name? Special Edition: Lady Gaga

Photos by Marco Torres​"Wow!" you're thinking. "That rascally little go-getter with one f managed to snuggle up next to Lady Gaga while she was in town last week and get the inside story behind her famous moniker!" Well, truth be told, she stole our cantata based on Faust and had us framed fo ... More >>

Favorite 3: Chain Restaurants

Fleming's.​ Lauren Marmaduke 1. Chipotle Mexican Grill 2. Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar 3. Armadillo Palace Lauren's Take: I have a hard-on for foods that come wrapped in tortillas and flatbread. The compact cylindrical packaging makes Chipotle's burritos an ideal lunch option fo ... More >>

FAIR-y Tales: Bookworms

White-nationalist reads in the United States and Europe reflect anti-migrant hatred in a grim economy.

Hikers Imprisoned In Iran Getting Houston Support Tomorrow

Music and a vigil this Saturday​Ben Felleman is hoping that the vigil he is hosting this Saturday to mark the one-year anniversary of his cousin Josh Fattal's arrest and imprisonment in Iran's infamous Evin Prison is canceled: "I would be thrilled to get that call that could transform the event fr ... More >>

Chef Chat: Nguyet Nguyen of the Houston Country Club

​The Houston Country Club has been experiencing a sweet revolution ever since Nguyet Nguyen assumed the role of assistant pastry chef. Originally from My Tho, Vietnam, Nguyen is just 27 years old but has already won accolades for her desserts in numerous cooking competitions. This August, Nguy ... More >>

World Cup 2010: Spain Vs. Germany -- Starry Individuals Face A Daunting Team Of Relative No-Names

All Euro all the time​One team has been laying beat downs.The other team, well, hasn't.That pretty much sums up the difference between Germany and Spain heading into their semifinal date later this afternoon - evening in Durban, South Africa.In a rematch of the 2008 European finals, the Germ ... More >>

World Cup 2010: These Teams Will Make It Out Of The Group Stage. Guaranteed

Now THAT was a USA World Cup squad​The 2010 edition of the FIFA World Cup is finally here. Thirty-two teams made it to the big dance to see just who is the best in the world. Realistically though, only a handful of teams have a shot of winning the cup. It's all going to come down to matchups ... More >>

Game Time: My Plea To In-N-Out Burger...Let Me Speak For You

​I host a sports talk show for a living, four hours a day, five days a week. That's a lot of air time to fill, so you can imagine the number of hotly debated topics that arise during a regular twenty hour broadcast week. Just over the last few weeks on our show, we've seen John Harris and Rich ... More >>

For Method Man, Five Musical Shootings

​Should be an interesting scene at House of Blues this evening, where Method Man, not exactly the shy type, might get a little more attention than he bargained for. Rumor has it some time between sound check and the tall, fragrant rapper's headlining set with Redman, he'll be served with papers in ... More >>

Classic Rock Corner: Ian Gillan's Deeper Shade of Purple

www.gillan.comThough best known as the talented tonsils behind British hard-rock legends Deep Purple, Ian Gillan has also found the chance to log in some serious studio and road time both fronting his own bands and as a solo artist. Gillan's new CD, One Eye to Morocco (Eagle Records) finds th ... More >>

Youth Without Youth Is Not Entirely Terrible

Coppola romanticizes his source material

"Pompeo Batoni: Prince of Painters in Eighteenth-Century Rome"

Travel back in time with Pompeo Batoni's tourist portraits

Art Capsule Reviews

A picture of our opinions on local exhibitions

Art Capsule Reviews

A picture of our opinions on local exhibitions

Capsule Reviews

A picture of our opinions on local exhibitions

Authors of "Authenticity"

Contemporary Africa -- with a theme

Rants About Stuff

A Bevy of Bad News

Just Say Ho

A Tennessee-based Virginia rocker salutes the Big Drunk in song; also: Mary Cutrufello gets back on track

Brunch in the Alps

Take a ride out to Richmond and discover the wonders of old-fashioned Swiss cooking

The Black Dahlia Murder, with Cephalic Carnage, Between the Buried & Me and Into the Moat

Tuesday, October 18, at the Engine Room, 1515 Pease, 713-654-7846.

Richard Dobson

Friday, April 1, at the Old Quarter Acoustic Café, 413 20th Street in Galveston, 409-762-9199. Dobson also appears Saturday, April 2, at Anderson Fair, 2007 Grant, 713-528-8576.

Lt. Nanny

Vin Diesel moves in, and the laughs move out

Boy Meets Whirl

A lost lad longs for life

Playbill

Playbill

Drinking Canada Dry

Ride the north wind down to see Kathleen Edwards

Botched Job

David Mamet plots and schemes, then blows his own Heist

Image Versus Reality

MFA exhibits shatter two things that America loves: Its myths and its marketing

For the Love of Sauerkraut

Somehow a restaurant from the Black Forest finds its way to Midtown

Can the Band Play On?

The Houston Symphony opens its new season without a music director, an executive director or a clear vision for the future. Only one thing appears certain: The post-Eschenbach era is going to look a lot different.

Bawdiness and Brains

Tom Stoppard's Travesties offers both

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Soles on Ice

For 20 years, prima ballerina Janie Parker's feet have been harnessed to the Houston Ballet. In one more month, she plans to set them free.

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