University of Houston-Downtown

The Best Concerts In Houston This Week: Collie Buddz, The Killers, Carolyn Wonderland, etc.

Collie Buddz House of Blues (Bronze Peacock Room), May 6 Just when the week is getting started, here comes the "Light It Up" tour to slow it down to a mellow Caribbean groove; you know what that means. Headlining over Cris Cab and New Kingston, Bermuda-raised Collie Buddz already has a solid Housto ... More >>

Odd Twist In Smear Campaign Against UH-D Student Targeted for "Homosexual Agenda"

It seems the smear campaign against Kristopher Sharp, the potential candidate for University of Houston-Downtown student body president, hasn't yet slowed. One week after fliers touting Sharp's "homosexual agenda" were plastered across campus, someone is posting as the junior in an attempt to gather ... More >>

Kristopher Sharp: UHD Student Targeted for Spreading AIDS, Promoting "Homosexual Agenda" on Campus

Late last week, Kristopher Sharp, a third-year social work major at the University of Houston-Downtown, was called into Dean of Students Tommy Thomason's office. The dean handed Sharp a flier, printed on both sides. It had been found been scattered through the university's stairwells and tacked to t ... More >>

Treaty Oak Collective Aims For a Badass Weekend at Walters

Walters' new location finally has a head of steam. A frighteningly long downtime followed the shuttering of the Washington Avenue location, and some began to fear a new one would never materialize. Sure enough, the new location finally opened it's doors at 1120 Naylor late in 2011, just north of UH- ... More >>

The Taxman Cometh

Pearl Bar runs up a hefty tab with the comptroller's office as once-hot Washington Avenue sings the blues.

Inglorious Basterds

12 things we learned about Houston rap in 2012.

Houston's Top 5 Alternative Venues

5. NUMBERS Numbers fell off. Numbers ain't what it used to be. No one goes there anymore. Blah, blah, blah. Sure, the venue may be a far cry from what it was during its heyday, when the likes of Iggy Pop and Henry Rollins were stomping through town and nearly tearing its walls down. But Houston, as ... More >>

[PHOTOS] Light Rail Expansion Moving Faster Than You Might Think

Since 2004, anyone living or visiting the areas near Main Street, the Medical Center, the Museum District or Reliant Park has probably gotten to experience METRO Rail, for better or worse. Some ride it daily. Some get in accidents with it. Some just gawk. But, one of the busiest stretches of commute ... More >>

Discovery Green's Fall Shows Even Better Than the Spring

Late Monday evening, Discovery Green announced the lineup of its increasingly popular Thursday-evening free concert series, which will resume Sept. 13 with the patchouli-scented Austin group Mingo Fishtrap and Houston rocksteady revivalists the Suffers, who were all over this year's Houston Press Mu ... More >>

[PHOTOS] Remember How the Rain Was Supposed to Stop? Neither Do We

A funny thing happened on the way to drier weather, a funny thing called Mother Nature. After a fairly quiet late afternoon and evening, and with much of the storms we experienced the last couple days moving mostly off to the east of town, there was reason for optimism, reason to think the rain migh ... More >>

Last Night: The Gourds at Discovery Green

The Gourds Discovery Green June 14, 2012 I have lost count of how many Gourds shows I have seen over the years. I doubt I have seen any other band live more times than this one. But I never realized how much children loved the Gourds until Thursday at Discovery Green. Man, these kids loved the Gou ... More >>

Walter's Preps For Its First Monthly Swap Meet & Bazaar

Coming up on Sunday, May 27 at 6 p.m., Walter's will be hosting it's first swap meet, or the Walter's Bazaar as they are calling it. Sort of designed like a punk-rock craft show, the event welcomes vendors the opportunity to sell records, art, clothing, or whatever else they feel like swapping and d ... More >>

The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 10 Coffeehouses

Photo by Kevin O'MaraA reminder of what our No. 3 pick used to look like.​For the next 20 weeks, we'll be rounding up the runners-up to our 2011 Best of Houston® winners. In many categories, picking each year's winner is no easy task. We'll be spotlighting 20 of those categories, in which the ... More >>

Steamrolled

Mom-and-pop industrial plants not as wholesome as they seem.

Is The U.S. Education System Too Broken To Fix?

Some rappers happen to be thoughtful, intelligent people. Every Monday that isn't a national holiday, Rocks Off will have some of them here discussing issues relevant to their culture. Photo illustration by John Seaborn Gray​This Week's Panel: Fat Tony, Kyle Hubbard, Renzo, Brad Gilmore Not ... More >>

Ang Lee Film Series

University of Houston-Downtown features early work by the director of Brokeback Mountain

TCEQ Gets An Earful At Town Hall Meeting, Provides The Best In Lip Service

TCEQ listens and promises​It was nearly standing-room-only at Wednesday evening's environmental town hall meeting when Deborah Wilkerson stood at the mic and addressed the panel of legislators, state regulators and experts.A resident of Acres Homes in northwest Houston, she told the story of how a ... More >>

Principal Bertie Simmons Gets Her School Fixed Up (a Little), Furr Forum Hosts Trustee Candidates

You, too, can be an HISD board member. Maybe​A spiffed-up Furr High School played host to the District VIII school board candidates forum at mid-day today, as community members and some trustees got a chance to assess who might be a good choice to replace Diana Davila.Some of the Furr High School ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: The Glass Menagerie, Hunter Gatherers

DJ Eddie Deville: Mastering Turntable Artistry; Pursuing Anesthesiology; Liking John Mayer

​ Pre-med. University of Houston. John Mayer. Atheist. Anesthesiology. These are all terms that aren't associated with hip-hop. Or could that change? Acres Homes' own Edwin Penn may change all that if he stays his course... or, should we say, passes his courses. Eddie, known better to the streets ... More >>

Quincy Troupe

The Pursuit of Happyness co-writer drops by UHD

The 10 Biggest Non-Bummers Of The Decade In Houston

​We recently took a look at the 10 Biggest Bummers of Houston's Decade; in the spirit of equal time (and the season), we now offer the 10 Biggest Non-Bummers of the Oughts.This being Houston, some of these happy developments have a not-so-happy side, but that's to be expected, we suppose.Are we mi ... More >>

Cielo High

A new Mexican bistro downtown serves up strong cocktails and tasty tapas for low prices.

Long Life

The MFAH showcases autobiographical work by a Houston legend

Eaten Alive

Rent-to-own stores, pawnshops, payday lenders -- it's hope for sale, with interest

The Princess Diaries

The HMNS presents a phenomenon that just won't Di

Letters

For Whom the Hell Tolls

Heights residents fear the toll road authority's new land acquisition plans

Mail Call

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Training Day

Light rail's first day brings one high after another

I Got You, Babe

Stan Killian puts his money where his mouth is

Slipping into Darkness

A lobbyist's last tango: politics, sex, drugs, death

Film Buff

The naked truth about why Houston isn’t the third coast

Jorma Kaukonen and Blue Country

Wednesday, February 5

Mercenary or Media Martyr?

A self-proclaimed journalist has had a paying job -- private eye

It's Ale Over

A popular British pub will become a developer's parking lot

Letters

Adoption Option, Hot Spell, No Opinion

NoDo Invades; Rebels Skirmish

A downtown taxing zone flushes the Warehouse District from its quaint quarters

Train In Vain?

Main street's light rail is on it's way, and boosters hope to see passengers lining up for a ride

Night & Day

February 25 - March 3, 1999

Situational Ethics

As Jew Don Boney has moved upward in public life, have his values changed to meet his needs rather than those of his constituents?

Press Picks

Press Picks

From the Allens to today, Buffalo Bayou has helped define the city of Houston. Now, after decades of abuse, it may finally be making a comeback as an urban resource. If, that is, we don't blow our chance.

Press Picks

Still Lives

The muse for hire at $8.50 an hour: unveiling the naked truths of Houston's art models

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A Star Is Porn

Annie Sprinkle: Performance artist par X-cellence?