West End

Baby, Please Don't Go

First Victim Claimed -- A Kid

A Dispatch from Galveston

A Seawall For The West End Of Galveston?

JFK's Assassination, 45 Years Later

On Saturday, mourners and conspiracy theorists alike converged on Dealey Plaza in Dallas to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Every year this patch of land in the West End becomes a sort of one-stop shop for shadowy speculation and bitter discour ... More >>

Woe is Me

On Saturday, mourners and conspiracy theorists alike converged on Dealey Plaza in Dallas to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Every year this patch of land in the West End becomes a sort of one-stop shop for shadowy speculation and bitter discour ... More >>

Time to Sow

A man named Verious plants a seed, and a vision takes root in the Third Ward

Press Picks

A man named Verious plants a seed, and a vision takes root in the Third Ward

Press Picks

A man named Verious plants a seed, and a vision takes root in the Third Ward

Street Walking

A stroll down Colquitt takes you to the heart of Houston art

Beer Haul

A stroll down Colquitt takes you to the heart of Houston art

Making a Killing

In the '70s, Walter Waldhauser arranged four contract murders. Nearly 20 years later, he has a new name and a new line of work -- but he still generates a profit from death.

User-Friendly Abstraction

Three Houston artists bring a genre new life. Real life.

Slow Dancing

Lughnasa stumbles in the leap from play to motion picture

The Art of Raising Hell

How Rick Lowe fought the power, led the people and came to despair of the younger generation

Sleuth

Better home and garden, but not much else in Kenneth Branagh's Sleuth remake

Twisting Witness

Better home and garden, but not much else in Kenneth Branagh's Sleuth remake

Art Capsule Reviews

A picture of our opinions on local exhibitions

Art Capsule Reviews

A picture of our opinions on local exhibitions

Art Capsule Reviews

A picture of our opinions on local exhibitions

Welcome to the Grand Illusion

Memento director plumbs the depths of magic and loss

Clan Ferdinand

It takes a true Scotsman to get to the bottom of this whole Franz Ferdinand thing

Mean Streets

NASCAR has nothing on Houston freeways

Jailhouse Crock

UTMB's controversial proposed deal with the city dies

Tunnel of Love

Houstonians go wild for the Art League's Inversion

Detail Oriented

Home buyers have other options, but they don't come cheap

The Dead Zone

Houston buries its Inner Loop past under bright new shiny Perry Homes town houses

Best Place to Take Out-of-Towners

Houston buries its Inner Loop past under bright new shiny Perry Homes town houses

Gen-X Gospel

Ecclesia beckons the young with a blend of Christianity and counterculture

The Idea Man

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

Best Sighting of a Retired Public Figure

Johnny Holmes, Former Harris County district attorney

Bulldozers at the Gate

Houston fiddles while its architectural and cultural heritage disappears

Bringing Down the House

Nestor Topchy deconstructs his TemplO

Murphy's Law

Gentrification threatens to turn out the lights at popular upper Shepherd nightspots

Houston's Theater Scene, Being Debated By The Chatters

All That Chat is the primary message board for Broadway fanatics; it gets cited from time to time in papers like The New York Times and is somewhat famous for its instant reviews of productions that have only just begun previews.What are they chatting about today? Houston.To a degree, anyway. But a ... More >>

West Galveston Tells Cops: You'll Pry Our Golf Carts From Our Cold, Dead, Lazy Hands

Photo by da nes​Things have been rough on the West End of Galveston, what with the destruction by Hurricane Ike and all that comes from building McMansions one inch about sea level.But now the gods have gone too far. Now they want to take away residents' golf carts.The Galveston city council meets ... More >>

Spicy Women, Kids and Legitimate Language

Photo by da nes​Things have been rough on the West End of Galveston, what with the destruction by Hurricane Ike and all that comes from building McMansions one inch about sea level.But now the gods have gone too far. Now they want to take away residents' golf carts.The Galveston city council meets ... More >>

They're Modifying The "Bible Of Psychiatry": Five Houston-Specific Disorders They Should Consider

​The DSM, the so-called "Bible of Psychiatry," is getting a re-do. More mental disorders will be included, as the Washington Post says: Children who throw too many tantrums could be diagnosed with "temper dysregulation with dysphoria." Teenagers who are particularly eccentric might be candidates f ... More >>

Anchor Bay: Judge Gives West Galveston Development Green Light

The Army Corps can issue its permit​A federal judge has lifted an injunction against construction of a controversial West End development on Galveston Island, the U.S. Attorney's office has announced.Judge Sim Lake lifted an injunction that had prevented the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from issui ... More >>

Heights-Area Walmart Gets its Public Hearing

The mayor says the Walmart vote can't be delayed any longer; City Council must decide tomorrow. ​The public had its last chance today to talk to the mayor and city council members about a proposed "380 agreement" between the city and developer Michael Ainbinder, who plans to build a Walmart near t ... More >>

Flagship Hotel: Five Suggested Attractions For The New Amusement Park

Don't miss the Galveston Police Whack-a-Mole game​As was announced yesterday, the not-so-beloved Flagship Hotel in Galveston is being torn down so Tilman Fertitta's Landry's Restaurants can build an amusement park on its pier.What sort of attractions should be offered at the new destination? We ha ... More >>

Wet and Half Naked

One way to smuggle cash

Texas Supreme Court Sides With Beachfront Homeowners

Oceanfront property​The Texas Supreme Court gave a big victory today to beachfront homeowners who suddenly find their homes on public land because of storms, saying the state can't take away their property. The battle over open beaches in Texas has been going on for a long time, of course, bu ... More >>

Cover Story: Keeping Up With Old Man Tim

To get this week's feature, I knew I would have to learn firsthand what it is to be a bike courier. While I have been an almost daily bike commuter for over a year, I knew that my bike was not up to the task.

Baby Sperm Whale Rescued, Could Be Killed (Updated)

Kill Willy, maybe​Vacationers on the West End of Galveston Island found a baby sperm whale this morning, and a rescue crew was called in. But unless a deep fog lifts, the baby might have to be killed. The Houston Chronicle reports that Allison Wilkins, 11, of Dallas, and her dad spotted the ... More >>

Last Night: John Mellencamp At Jones Hall

Photos by Marc Brubaker​John Mellencamp Jones Hall April 3, 2011 See pics of a dapper-looking John Mellencamp on stage in our slideshow. Don't call him Cougar. John Mellencamp has been trying to live down that record label-foisted moniker for over 30 years, ditching it entirely in 1990 and ... More >>

55 Pounds of Coke? Six Other Things Found on Galveston Beaches, Ranked from Worst to Best

Whales, gold rings, messages in bottle, coke​A jogger found 55 pounds of cocaine on the beach in Galveston this morning, a bigger haul than the 37 pounds someone else found there a year ago. In both cases, they turned it over to the cops instead of going all low-rent Breaking Bad. Of course, ... More >>

10 Semi-Obscure Facts About Led Zeppelin

​On this date in 1968, former Yardbirds guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, and session musicians John Paul Jones and John Bonham played together for the first time, rehearsing in a West End studio space in London, England. The first song they played together was a version of "Train Kep ... More >>

Christmas Carol

​On this date in 1968, former Yardbirds guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, and session musicians John Paul Jones and John Bonham played together for the first time, rehearsing in a West End studio space in London, England. The first song they played together was a version of "Train Kep ... More >>

Openings & Closings: Barcadia Burns Bridges

Photo courtesy of FacebookThe Bushes and the Molinas: Texas legends.​As we slowly move out of the winter doldrums, restaurant news is getting much more exciting -- and coming at us much more quickly. On Tuesday, two big announcements got the food community all atwitter: The Burger Guys announ ... More >>