Verona

Texas Wine Blogger Alfonso Cevola Honored at Italian Wine Fair

You could hear a Texas twang at the 47th annual Italian wine trade fair last week in Verona, Italy: Organizers of the behemoth event, Vinitaly, awarded the prestigious Vinitaly 2013 International Prize to Dallas-based Italian wine blogger and journalist Alfonso Cevola, author of On the Wine Trail in ... More >>

Upcoming: Yo La Tengo, Scott Weiland, Meek Mill, Shabazz Palaces, Transit, Etc.

Alt-J: With Hundred Waters., Sun., March 10, 8 p.m., $15/$17. Fitzgerald's, 2706 White Oak, Houston. Battery (Metallica Tribute): With Ozz (Ozzy/Sabbath Tribute)., Fri., March 8, 8 p.m., $10. Scout Bar, 18307 Egret Bay Blvd., Houston. Billy Currington: Sat., March 9, 7 p.m., $35-$65. Nutty Jerry's ... More >>

Grappa Joe and the Lambrusco Revival

And they called him "Grappa Joe." "When I first started at Spec's 20 years ago," says Joseph "Grappa Joe" Kemble, who was born and raised in Houston, "I was the only one in the store who was into grappa. When a customer would come in and ask for grappa, they would say grappa, Joe over the intercom. ... More >>

This Woman Made Me Drink Merlot

"The thing I like about the Houston wine scene," says the Houston Wine Merchant's Marcy Jimenez (above), "is the Gulf Coast attitude. We're a little more relaxed than the folks to the north of here." Marcy was born in the Bronx and raised on Long Island, New York. But she cut her teeth in the New Or ... More >>

Openings & Closings

Photos by Brittanie SheyLate Night Pie takes a dirt nap...again.​As they seem wont to do nearly every year or so, Late Nite Pie (302 Tuam, 713-529-5522) has shut down once again. Boarded up windows and a sign indicating that the restaurant has been closed for non-payment of rent greeted diners ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: Driving Miss Daisy, Romeo and Julian, Among the Thugs, Auntie Mame

A Chat with Mike Sammons of 13 Celsius

Photo by Sarah Rufka​To some, a bartender is just a server with something to lean on. But Mike Sammons is an example of how, with passion and creativity, the job can be so much more. "I started doing this to make money, but I was really good at it because I liked it," he says. "I don't think p ... More >>

Staggering Something

Have screenplay, will travel: Dave Eggers makes his film writing debut with Away We Go.

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Romeo and Juliet gets a sexy makeover -- via puppets

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Our critics weigh in on local theater

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Panettone in a Pear Tree

Carlo Molinaro reminisces about Italian holiday traditions

Drawing Bard

Ten Things is the latest film to follow Shakespeare

Shakespeare with a Twist

Quirky Gentlemen twins with belabored Lear at Miller

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