Ukraine

The Best Concerts In Houston This Weekend: JD McPherson, Drew Ireland Benefit, etc.

JD McPherson Continental Club, March 1 Tickets are already getting scarce for one JD McPherson, who is rapidly rising out of obscurity via Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. McPherson came by his bopping R&B/rockabilly sound honestly, by studying vintage labels such as Vee-Jay and Specialty, and then working ... More >>

Houston Rockers Pitch In to Help Some Ukrainian Kids Learn English

Houston native/musician Drew Ireland is currently volunteering in Kryzhopil, a small village in the Ukraine, teaching young kids English as a second language. Ireland is need of updated supplies, and some of his friends here in the Bayou City are putting on a show to help him out. The benefit show ... More >>

Euro 2012: How to Fake a Conversation on Europe's Huge Soccer Tournament

Wait a minute, your American red blood-soaked brain might be thinking, wasn't there just an international soccer tournament? World...something? And didn't we win that already? Are we going to kick ass in this one, AGAIN? In short:a) two years ago, b) Cup, c) no and d) no, because this tournament is ... More >>

Back to the Classics

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

Keep It Up: 5 Songs For Viagra

It was on this day in 1998 that your email inbox was changed forever when the FDA OK-ed the use of Viagra for use in treating erectile dysfunction, the first pill in the United States approved to do so. The drug was originally researched as a treatment for angina, but doctors noticed that while it w ... More >>

Health Department Roundup

Starting with an update from last week - no, Juan Mon's is not closed. In fact, the sandwich shop now has an "international bar." Which sounds like a backstreet den in Kiev where, if you don't get a $200 drink-slash-prostitute, you get a free walk to an ATM in the company of some enthusiastic local ... More >>

''Revelation: Major Paintings by Jules Olitsk''

Overlooked and Underrated: Finding Bonnie's in South Houston

​It spent nearly 25 years in the hands of a woman who started as a bar owner when she was only a few years short of senior discounts, and upon her death, it was passed on to her beautician because she didn't have any blood family, though she seemed to have the other kind in spades. Bonnie's ha ... More >>

Michael Giventer: Sudden-Stop-Accident Scammer Arrested For Bankruptcy Fraud

A simple accident -- or was it?​Michael Giventer owed State Farm Insurance $8.6 million after losing a civil suit where the company proved he had been scamming the company for years through false claims stemming from "sudden-stop" accidents. he also had been convicted of criminal fraud for st ... More >>

The 6 Worst Air-Show Disasters: A Video Collection, Just In Time For Wings Over Houston

Things can go wrong​Next time you go to an air show, take a look at the fine print on the ticket. Besides the usual stuff about acts of God and "Promoter not responsible if the frontman doesn't show due to injecting Drano into his balls," there's something else. It says they're really, really ... More >>

Vintage Postcards and Ancient Ukrainian Art: Gallery Openings and Closings This Weekend

Courtesy HMNSAncient Ukrainian bracelet​The summer's coming to an end, which means this is one of the last weekends to catch the many exhibitions in town. In fact, this is the last weekend to see two of the Houston Museum of Natural Science's popular exhibits: "Ancient Ukraine" and "Texas! The ... More >>

10 Politician Photos Sexier Than Anthony Weiner's Shots (NSFW)

If you've ever had any curiosity about how photogenic Anthony Weiner's crotch is, you're having a great week or so. (The answer, by the way, is "Not one-on hundredth as photogenic as he seems to think it is.") Weiner, who's taken a leave of absence from the U.S. House of Representatives to deal wit ... More >>

Teen Encounters

For all their similarities, teens separated by geography and culture can be very different, as these photos show.

“Ancient Ukraine — Golden Treasures and Lost Civilizations”

WikiLeaks: Texas Company Helped Pimp Little Boys To Stoned Afghan Cops

DynCorp: WikiLeaks is not kind​Another international conflict, another horrific taxpayer-funded sex scandal for DynCorp, the private security contractor tasked with training the Afghan police. While the company is officially based in the DC area, most of its business is managed on a satelli ... More >>

Preserving the Sanctity of Marriage Through Ted Bundy and NAMBLA

Even South Park supports NAMBLA​With a closet Muslim in the White House and gay teachers recruiting our innocent children, it's no wonder that American values have crumbled to the point where four out of ten people say marriage is obselete. We can thank Time and the Pew Research Center for th ... More >>

My Top Five Imported Mustards

​When I wrote about mustard recently, I got so many interesting recommendations that I went out and bought a bunch. Some of the tastiest mustards I tried were imported. Here are my current top five imported mustards: 5. Maille Dijon Originale (Canada) Good mustard seed, excellent vinegar, a ... More >>

Weekend Find

Late season heirloom tomatoes at the newly-opened H-E-B in west Houston at Bunker Hill and I-10. These beautiful babies were going for $5.99 a pound when I visited the much-ballyhooed new H-E-B on Saturday afternoon.  The bins were heaving with at least a dozen varieties of tomatoes ... More >>

2007 Music Year in Review

Get Inside. It's Summertime!

Your guide to the season's hottest films (and the other ones, too)

Striking Three

A photo exhibition at the MFAH has some real standouts

Gods and Lovers

During their massive, five-day Indian wedding, a local couple was worshipped

Top of the World

You've never heard of him, but Mike Willcox is one of the best on the planet at what he does

Something Missing

Liev Schreiber adapts a best-selling novel, without the best results

One Dead Guinea Pig

A bad reaction to a drug trial sparks an investigation into Houston's Fabre Clinic and its founder

Who's Your Daddy?

Track your true identity along a DNA trail left behind by your ancestors

Supreme Show

Works from a bygone era stand the test of time

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Gut Reactions

Plus: Catcher in the Wry, The Brown Brown Vote, Super-Kid Cynics

Not That Turkey

Where have all the Turkish restaurants been? Hiding in plain sight as "Mediterranean" cafes.

Tipsy Gypsies

Gogol Bordello combines Balkan folk traditions with a theater of anarchy

An August Occasion

Wilson takes a Jitney to the Alley

Universal Circus

Dralion brings the world together underneath the big top

Forever On His Toes

Ben Stevenson has built Houston Ballet into one of the biggest companies in the country. So why does his job often seem in jeopardy?

For the Love of Sauerkraut

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

Best Shish Kebab

Cafe East

News of the Weird

Seafood for Thought

Stoli Moments

For Russians, eating out means more than just food

News of the Weird

Davidian Branches Out

Former Chronicle reporter turns into a Tennessee Matt Drudge

Letters

Post-Commie Depression

In A Friend of the Deceased, our hero longs for the U.S.S.R.

Jackie Can

First Strike packs a stronger punch than most recent Chan films

Press Picks

Lovely Latin Ladies

Looking for a gorgeous, subservient wife? One who can't nag you, because she doesn't speak English? The Latina Connection will hook you up.

A Cultural Question

Jewish Worlds is back after two years. It should have waited a third.

Taste of Russia

Yakov's Deli proves there is more to the bear than borscht (though the borscht ain't bad)