Banh Mi Hub Cali Sandwich Will Close Wednesday and Move to a New Location
Regulars made sure to hug Nga Chung today during lunch at perennial banh mi favorite Cali Sandwich, as she informed customers that her Midtown restaurant at 3030 Travis is closing Wednesday, March 29. Thankfully, not for good, but maybe for about a month, as Cali makes the move into the former…
Stirred And Shaken: Poison Girl’s Moscow Mule
The first time I ever tried a Moscow Mule was at a Mardi Gras party in New Orleans, back in 2003. I was in college and was visiting my sister, believing the idea of muddled lime topped with vodka and ginger beer served as it was at a friend’s house,…
Ten Things to Do in Houston for $10 or Less (Nine Free), February 23-March 1
Roll out the red carpet because Houston is celebrating the grand opening of two venues this weekend: the Moody Center for the Arts and Upper Kirby’s Levy Park, which is unveiling $15 million in upgrades. That makes for a great start for a staycation in the Bayou City, plus we’ve…
Drake’s “Fake Love”: Why This Song Sucks
Paranoid Drake takes center stage.
The Good Fight: Christine Baranski Battles on in a Timely Spinoff
Television’s smartest network drama went out last year with a slap. The Good Wife, the hour-long CBS procedural about savvy lawyers and sexy investigators, looked as if it was going to end where it began, with Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies) standing by her politician husband Peter (Chris Noth) at a…
You Won’t Believe Hollywood Let Jordan Peele Get Away With Get Out
Jordan Peele’s Get Out is the most trenchant studio release in years, a slow-building, often hilarious horror thriller built upon a dead-serious idea: that a black man walking alone through white suburbs is in as much danger as any slasher-flick teenager. Peele opens with that image, showing us, in a…
Netflix’s Santa Clarita Diet Offers a Twisted Look at Codependence
Even zombies need sensible snacks. In Sheila Hammond’s case, that means a baggie of severed fingers, which she munches like baby carrots while stalking her next victim in a parking garage, her pink “kill poncho” pulled tightly around her shoulders. In Santa Clarita Diet, the new 10-episode Netflix original series,…
Houston’s Best Food Festivals, Spring 2017
Houston loves to eat. That’s obvious from the 10,000+ restaurants currently open in the city, but it’s probably a good idea to save some room for the awesome food festivals hitting the Bayou City this spring as well. The food fests coming to the greater Houston area in the next…
What Revenant Kingdom Needs to Fix in Ni no Kuni
When Studio Ghibli delved into the video game market with Ni no Kuni in 2013, the result was something that ranks just below Chrono Trigger in my estimation. However, there is one thing I am hoping Revenant Kingdom fixes when it comes out later this year; the post game. Ni…
21 Best Things to Do in Houston This Week: An American in Paris and Snap Judgment
Tuesday, February 21 Differing somewhat from the iconic movie, the Tony Award®-winning musical An American in Paris takes up the story of Jerry Mulligan, an American expat trying to restart his life as a painter in Paris after the horrors of World War II. He meets and is intrigued by…
Original Scores the Oscars Forgot This Year
The Oscar is destined for La La Land, but these soundtracks are also worth a listen.
This Week in Houston Food Events: Girl Scout Cookie Cupcakes & Margaritas Galore
From National Margarita Day festivities to a Heights crawfish boil, here’s a look at this week’s hottest culinary happenings: All week long National Margarita Day /Week at El Tiempo Cantina In honor of National Margarita day and week, hit any location of El Tiempo Cantina to enjoy a special Herradura Silver…
New Digs, New Plates, Same Southern Charm at Kitchen 713
Back in October of 2014, James Haywood and Ross Coleman opened Kitchen 713 in a humble little space with only enough seating for 33 diners at the corner of Canal and North Hagerman in Second Ward. The guys decided to shut down back in June of last year in order to transition…
Houston, Tilt Brush by Google Has Landed
Chances are, if you can’t draw worth beans now, you’re not going to get any better with the Tilt Brush by Google. But this virtual reality experience is an infinitely cooler way to create three dimensional paintings, and those who have experienced it have been blown away. It’s being installed…
Bro Metal’s Toxic Masculinity Problem
If Bro Metal were a person, it would ask if you even lift.
What’s Up With That Houston-Dallas Bullet Train, Anyway?
Houston and Dallas are 239 miles away from one another on a map and perhaps further than that, culturally speaking. Driving between the metropolises has never been enjoyable, and flying such a short distance is quick but impractical. A high-speed rail line would give another option, and that’s exactly what…
More Booze, Please
Top 5 Simple Foods To Pair with Scotch and Whiskey I recently started drinking whiskey for the same reason most other people do — because someone they knew was drinking whiskey. For the past decade, I’d stayed away from the brown stuff, because all the Crown shots from college had left…
Everybody Loves Somebody Is the Rare Romantic Comedy That Deserves Love
Romantic comedies seem to have soured more than most movie genres. It could be due to their insistence on happy endings, or perhaps it’s the rigid structure that demands easily avoidable conflict followed by the protagonist breathlessly chasing down his or her true love just in time for the end…
The Odds of Keeping Each Texans Free Agent
On the NFL’s calendar, free agency technically begins March 9, but it really begins much sooner, if you count the smoke signals, posturing, and decisions needing to be made on using the franchise tag. For the Houston Texans, this looked like it would be a quiet free agency season, if…
The Results Are In: Which Films Made the Cut in 2017’s Houston Jewish Film Festival?
Curating flicks for the annual Houston Jewish Film Festival involves a little bit of the good, the bad and (sometimes) the ugly. It also sounds remarkably similar to the Academy Awards selection process, but without all the super secret, locked briefcase, cloak-and-dagger tallying of PwC accountants. On the plus side,…
Houston’s 5 Best Weekend Food Bets: A Second Fusion Taco
Here’s a look at this weekend’s best culinary happenings, from a hot new ramen house opening to a gumbo cook-off: The 106th Celebration of Mardi Gras in Galveston Friday through Sunday 23rd and Strand Texas’ largest Mardi Gras celebration starts with more than three million beads, as party goers hit…
Reviews For The Easily Distracted: The Great Wall
Title: The Great Wall Describe This Movie In One Simpsons Quote: Mr. Burns: “You know, I’m no art critic, but I know what I hate. And I don’t hate this.” Brief Plot Synopsis: Sir Jason of Bourne gets medieval on some Eastern demon ass. Rating Using Random Objects Relevant To The Film: Three…
Upcoming Houston Food Events: A Rodeo Burger & Barbecue Festival
Mark your calendars, because you don’t want to miss these deliciously fun culinary happenings, from a rodeo-inspired burger to a Girl Scout cookie-and-beer pairing: Just in time for the rodeo, Jerry Built Homegrown Burgers, 3501 West Holcombe, 10403 Katy Freeway, has launched The Outlaw, a burger topped with all-natural pulled pork, batter-fried…
The Five Best Things to Do in Houston This Weekend: Mardi Gras & a Caffeine Crawl
Name that tune while Barbra Streisand and Frank Sinatra take the stage this Friday night. Although it technically isn’t Babs and the Sultan of Swoon, the likeness is uncanny and the stage egos should be just as on par too. Wherever your weekend adventures should take you remember to pack your camera, charge your phone…
Openings & Closings: Hello Hughie’s, Good-bye My Fit Foods
Hughie’s Tavern & Vietnamese Grille announced the opening of a second location in the former space of Foreign Correspondents and Canard at 4721 North Main. Co-owner, Phillip Pham told the Houston Press that the move should be a simple turn-key situation. The space is “ready for move-in with a few…
Rain or Shine, Soulquarius Offers a One-Day R&B Nostalgia Trip
For one day, fans of ’90s & ’00s R&B can bask in the memories with one major festival.
10 Popular Band Names Lifted Directly From Pop Culture
Save Ferris took its name from a little snippet of pop culture. The band isn’t alone in this regard.
Houston-to-Dallas Bullet Train May Run Huge Deficits, Study Warns
President Donald Trump has said he wants high-speed rail lines to finally become a reality in Texas, but so far that has been a pipe dream. Now, Texas Central Partners has been working to remedy that with its plan to construct a 240-mile Houston-to-Dallas bullet train, but the process has…
What to Expect at the Rodeo’s Food Events This Year
The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is right around the corner, happening March 7-26 at NRG Park with 2.5 million people expected to attend and millions of dollars in proceeds benefiting area school kids. You already know the crazy new foods hitting the carnival this year. Now it’s time to…
HISD Superintendent Richard Carranza Asks Houston to Pony Up for Equity
Dressed in a dapper suit, moving easily across the stage, Superintendent Richard Carranza gave his first State of the School District speech Wednesday, clocking in with about 55 minutes of bright ideas to a packed room (at least at the start) of business leaders, Houston ISD teachers and administrators. Not…
The McMahon Family Visits Donald Trump and Its Historical Significance
The history between WWE CEO Vince McMahon, patriarch of the First Family of wrestling, and Donald Trump, the patriarch of the actual First Family of the United States of America, goes back nearly three decades. In the late ’80s, McMahon and Trump collaborated on not one, but two Wrestlemania events…
5 PlayStation Exclusives to Look Forward to This Year
I’ve been a Sony fanboy since just after Kurt Cobain died, and to this day I still think the Playstation is the superior gaming console. One of those reasons is that it tends to get some extremely sweet exclusives, tough I had to eat crow on that and wait a…
Metallica’s Five Most Notable Collaborators
The Lady Gaga pairing may not have worked out, but these others did.
AG Paxton Makes Texas First State to Support Trump’s Travel Ban
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Wednesday awarded Texas the dubious honor of being the first state to support President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily banning immigrants and refugees, primarily from seven countries in the Middle East. The order was struck down by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals,…
The 10 Coolest Shinyribs Songs to Date
Presented if you’re late to the party and need a primer to one of the coolest bands on the Gulf Coast.
Texas Senators Kick Off Arguments Over Three Proposed Abortion Laws
Surprise, y’all: Fights over abortion laws in Texas are ramping back up again. The Senate Committee of Health and Human Services on Wednesday held a day-long public hearing on three abortion laws Republican senators have proposed this session. They included SB258, which would require the burial or cremation of aborted…
Short True Headliners, FPSF 2017 Boasts Diversity and Local Depth
FPSF organizers have finally gotten the message: girls to the front.
Dollie Barnes Let It Loose on Striking Debut Album
Haley Barnes’ group of local indie-rockers nod to Fleetwood Mac on their excellent new LP.
My 12-Year-Old Daughter Wants a Thong. Help!
What’s on your mind? What isn’t? Ask Willie D!
Announcing the Artists Playing the Middlelands Arena
One place where traditional, rock-centric music festivals lag behind their EDM-centric counterparts is theming. Your average fest might have an overarching theme of some sort — “we upstart smartasses” or “we book bands so cool, pretty people will come get photographed here” for example — but when it comes to…
As Overheated Prisoners Die, Texas Jailers to Stand Trial Over Sweltering Conditions
A federal judge is putting the Texas prison system on trial over suffocating conditions of extreme heat due to lack of air conditioning in the summer. Over the past 19 years, at least 20 inmates have died of heat strokes in prison, with ten of them dying in 2011 alone…
Here Are Houston’s James Beard Award Semifinalists
The James Beard Foundation has just released its list of semifinalists for 2017, and a handful of Houston chefs, restaurateurs and bar programs have all received some major love. Cocktail bar Anvil and chef Hugo Ortega have both been named finalists five times in their respective categories, so maybe, just…
From Sports to Socialites: Gow Media Acquires Culturemap
When we wrote about KGOW 1560 The Game for our 2011 cover story, changes had already come for the growing Gow Media company that owned the station. Soon, they would acquire Sporting News Radio (eventually becoming Yahoo Sporting News radio and SB Nation radio) and ESPN 97.5 FM. There was…
Solange, Lorde, Flume, G-Eazy and the Shins Top FPSF 2017 Lineup
The festival continues to shift toward electronic music and hip-hop, and away from artists with guitars.
Field & Tides Brings Southern Comfort Food to The Heights
Liberty Kitchen alum and spicy heat enthusiast, chef Travis Lenig, has just opened his debut eatery Field & Tides Restaurant and Bar at 705 E 11th in the former Zelko Bistro space. The Houston native honed his chops from an early age, working at Dominic Mandola’s Ragin Cajun, and moving…
The 8 Most Significant NBA All Star Games
The NBA All-Star Game gets a bit of a bad rap, in my opinion. If you accept the level of basketball for what it is, essentially a glorified pickup game (after which everyone wants to still have enough energy to party), and embrace the historical significance of some of the…
Clayface: Best Part of the DC Rebirth?
I’m not going to sugarcoat this; I have not exactly been a fan of the DC Rebirth. Partially I was one of the three people on Earth who really, really loved the New 52, especially the assorted Bat-people and Bat-people adjacent books. Red Hood and the Outlaws was my favorite…
First Look at One Fifth Steak
Among the flurry of restaurants that opened in the two weeks just before Super Bowl LI, One Fifth Steak by James Beard Best Chef Southwest 2014 winner Chris Shepherd, centrally located on lower Westheimer in the heart of Montrose in a space that formerly housed Mark’s American Cuisine, was arguably…
Just Say No to NRG Stadium Renovations
The Houston Chronicle’s stories about the desperate need to upgrade and renovate NRG Stadium actually started way back in February of last year. But it’s only this past week that the true barrage has truly begun, starting with John McClain begging for Harris County to give Bob McNair whatever he desires,…
Industry Insiders Name The Best Brunches In Houston
The mingling of breakfast sweets with lunch treats gives rise to the most perfect meal time of the day, Brunch. Made quintessential with the addition of mimosas and cocktails, a good brunch sets the tone for a Sunday fun-day, a time to reflect on the weekend’s adventures or a moment…
Mid-Century Sharpstown Homes Allow Us a Look Back at Houston’s Architectural Past
Houston has its share of interesting older neighborhoods, and many of them appeared during the post war years. One of the biggest and most revolutionary for its time, was Sharpstown, developed by Frank Sharp, the same man who’d created Oak Forest a few years earlier. The neighborhood was originally a…
Houston (Restaurants), We Have a Problem
If you have not noticed lately, some of our favorite restaurants in Houston are closing, and it does not look like it’s going to stop any time soon.
NASA Is Looking at Three Spots for the Mars 2020 Rover to Explore
As NASA continues to build the Mars 2020 rover and plan for the robot’s mission to the Red Planet, government scientists are also tackling the quandary of what part of the planet the rover will explore. NASA started its final design and construction phase of the Mars 2020 rover last…
A Lesson In Self-Promotion: Slim Thug’s Welcome 2 Houston
Slim Thug’s Super Bowl tape rings out loud as a current view of Houston rap.
10 Women in Electronic Music You Should Know
There has never been a better time for women in electronic music than right now.
Legion’s Manic Wonder Inspires Awe, Despite Its Handling of Mental Illness
Legion, the much-anticipated new FX series created by Fargo showrunner Noah Hawley, wastes no time plunging us into the murky depths of its lead’s unraveling mind, from blissful youth to harrowing adulthood plagued by a failed suicide attempt. Every scene is a dense visual and sonic cornucopia. Even quiet moments…
Le parc, One of This Winter’s Best New Movies, Premieres on MUBI
Like just about everyone else, MUBI has gotten into the distribution business — in a way. The streaming service, a favorite among cinephiles, has been offering a curated selection of arthouse titles for years: 30 movies at a time, each available for 30 days. Its new Discoveries platform, which seeks…
A Cure for Wellness Starts Creepy but Then Swoons — and Never Recovers
In 1902, Dr. John Kellogg changed two letters in the word “sanatorium” — defined as a resting spot for disabled soldiers — and changed the world. “Sanitariums” became the health resort of choice for the wealthy and weary, instilling in the privileged a sense that they were perpetually ill, and…
Apocalypse Today: Mad Max Matters More Now Than Ever
George Miller’s sci-fi series began in 1979 with the low-budget, practically DIY gearhead grindhouse flick Mad Max, and it was revived in 2015 with the delirious action masterpiece Mad Max: Fury Road. All along the way, these pictures have captured something about their times that has allowed them to break…
Ask a Stoner: Is Pot Smoke Harmful to Dogs?
Dear Stoner: I always feel so bad for dogs when people blow smoke in their faces. I can tell they don’t like it. Are they getting high, or is it just irritating them? Money Monet Dear Monet: Both — but if I had to pick one, I’d say the dog…
Inmate Dead After Found Hanging at Harris County Jail Infirmary
Harris County sheriff’s deputies found an inmate dead in the Baker Street infirmary Monday evening, the Harris County Sherriff’s Office said. Vincent D. Young, 32, was found hanging by a bed sheet at 7:10 p.m. by guards. His 33rd birthday would have been Saturday. The Institute of Forensice Sciences will…
Tuesday Storms (And Perhaps a Tornado) Leave More Than 25,000 Without Power
Strong thunderstorms — and perhaps a tornado — that brought heavy rain and gusting winds knocked power for thousands of Houston homes and businesses Tuesday. As of 12:30 p.m., about 6,100 Centerpoint Energy customers were without power. As a heavy band of storms whacked Houston from the west, outages peaked…
Rodeo Subs in Demi Lovato for Meghan Trainor
Swapping out one pop star for another.
Animal Welfare Groups Sue USDA Over Purged Records
A group of animal welfare organizations have sued the USDA in an effort to get the department to repost thousands of pages of animal welfare inspection reports that were removed from an online database February 3. Filed Monday in a Washington, D.C. federal court, the suit accuses the USDA of…
Tornado Watch Issued for Houston Into Tuesday Afternoon
Houston put the city’s Emergency Operations Center on increased readiness Tuesday morning, as forecasters predict strong thunderstorms to sweep the region. The Houston/Galveston branch of the National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch until 1 p.m., for most of the region. A tornado warning, which indicates that conditions favoring…
You Can Get Free Taco Cabana Delivered Tomorrow
You can score free tacos tomorrow, February 15. San Antonio-based chain Taco Cabana and delivery-app Favor are teaming up for their third annual Random Acts of Tacos Day (as part of Random Acts of Kindness Week, who knew) tomorrow from 9 to 11 a.m. Just select the free giveaway option…
Advice: Never Trust Anyone That Tells You They’ll Take a Bullet For You
As our own Cory Garcia will attest, one of the things I actually do get paid for when working here is arguing on social media. It turns out one of the best ways to track and study human behavior in the online space is, well, to engage with people whose…
Second Time Around Was the Charm at Rise No. 2
The salad Niçoise was crafted with a generous mound of spring-mixed greens tossed with thinly sliced red onions, capers and olives piled atop roasted fingerling potatoes. Six small slices of seared ahi tuna, rubbed with toasted sesame seeds, and wedges of a boiled egg flanked the hill of greens. From…
The A.J. Bouye Situation: Breaking Down What the Texans Can Do
If you had told Rick Smith or Bill O’Brien heading into the 2016 season that they’d have a big decision to make on a contractual situation at the cornerback position the following year, they’d probably have politely dismissed you and wondered what the hell you were talking about. (To be…
21 Best Things to Do in Houston This Week: Babs, Ol’ Blue Eyes & Broadway’s N’Kenge
Tuesday, February 14 With more than 11 CDs under their belt, Cuarteto Casals just might be the first Spanish string quartet with a truly international profile. The ensemble is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, and Vera Martinez (violin) and Jonathan Brown (viola) join founding members and brothers Arnau Tomàs…
Upcoming: The Black Angels, Desiigner, Fat Tony, John Legend, Jucifer, Morrissey, Rickie Lee Jones, Sturgill Simpson, etc.
A constantly updated listing of upcoming concerts in the Greater Houston area.
House of Cards: The Rise and Fall of Restaurateur Chris Cusack
Six days before Christmas 2016, Darth Vader strolled into the Thai food restaurant on Main Street with the bad news: The joint was closing and everyone was out of a job. To be clear, it wasn’t the dark-helmeted, planet-exploding villain himself who lowered the boom, but a 35-year-old, boyishly handsome…
The Best, Worst and Weirdest Love Songs of All Time
The best, worst and weirdest tunes to jam this Valentine’s Day.
Shinyribs’ Medicine Show Is His Best One Yet
A high-energy fusion that pushes the ex-Gourds singer’s Gulf Coast stylings into new territory.
FPSF 2017 Predictions & Suggestions
This is shaping up to be a crucial year for Houston’s annual multi-stage musical cornucopia.
Tracking the Street Cats of Istanbul, Kedi Reveals a City’s Humanity
“A cat meowing at your feet, looking up at you, is life smiling at you,” says one of the interviewees in Kedi, and who am I to argue? Ceyda Torun’s daydream-like documentary explores a subject near and dear to my heart: the street cats of Istanbul, those countless, fearless denizens…
Auspicious Debut American Fable Makes Horror Out of Midwestern Anxiety
The movies never get the Midwest right. When, onscreen, have you seen white people at the grocery store mouth that shy, apologetic “oop” noise every time someone walks close enough that they feel they must shift out of the way? Or a father lecturing his children about the greatness of…
American Fable Director Anne Hamilton on Capturing the Truth of Rural Life
In recent months, there have been serious calls for liberal city dwellers to reach beyond their “bubble” to better understand their rural counterparts. What’s rarely brought into the conversation: that large swathes of the so-called liberal elite have roots in rural places. These people, myself included, came of age among…
Horror Anthology XX Offers a Too-Rare Showcase for Women Directors
The horror anthology — multiple short films, often from different directors, all tied together with a wraparound framing device — has been a staple of the genre since at least 1919 and the German Eerie Tales. Since then, horror has thrived in the short form, though television was the preferred…
Chapman & Kirby to Open in Mid-April in East Village
Chapman & Kirby, anchored in EaDO’s latest hot-spot-to-be, the East Village, announced that it will conduct a month-long soft opening in three to four weeks. The ultra-posh bar and lounge scored one of the biggest parties in the city, hosting the super private official NFL Media Party during Super Bowl…
Five Questions for the Rockets Entering the All-Star Break
It’s been a pretty remarkable year already for the Houston Rockets. Despite many believing they would, at best, only marginally improve over last season’s dreadful mediocrity, the team has flourished around MVP candidate James Harden. With a win over Miami on Wednesday, they would equal their win total for all…
Dashboard Confessional Easily Connects With Emotional House of Blues Crowd
These days, Chris Carrabba’s music serves as a fountain of youth for his band’s fans.
A.D. Players Unveil New Theater With a Fitting To Kill a Mockingbird
The set-up: A.D. Players has started off its 50th season (!) with a tremendous double whammy. First and foremost, the venerable company, formed as After Dinner Players in the ’60s, has finally relocated from its musty digs on West Alabama, its home for decades, to a state-of-the-art theater complex on…
Even Adele Has No Idea How She Beat Beyoncé for Album of the Year
“What the f*ck does Beyoncé have to do to win Album of the Year?” We don’t know Adele, we don’t know.
As Spring Training Begins, Major Leagues Mull New Rule Changes
It’s that most wonderful time of the year. That time when everything is possible. When every team is still in contention for the pennant. It’s the start of spring training. Pitchers and catchers are reporting to camp and time for being jaded and cynical is still far into the future…
Dish of the Week: Chocolate Soufflé
From classic comfort foods to regional standouts and desserts, we’ll be sharing a new recipe with you each week. Find other dishes of the week here. This week, we’re sharing a recipe to share (or not to share) with your Valentine: Chocolate Soufflé. Dating back to 18th century France and…
MFAH Brings Hauntingly Realistic Figures to Houston in “Ron Mueck”
His was a world of props and animatronics, an imaginary land of fantasy and make-believe rooted in a childhood where the family business was toy making and puppetry, and cemented by a 20-year career creating hyperrealistic sculptures for television, film and advertising. Ron Mueck’s early professional successes included designing puppets…
Presidio Officially Lands in The Heights on February 14
One of the Houston Press’s most anticipated openings of 2017, Presidio, celebrated its grand opening in the Heights at 911 W. 11th on Saturday. Chefs Charles Bishop, formerly of Southern Goods, and Adam Dorris of Pax Americana fame, debuted their new spot for casual Texas-inspired fare with a celebration that…
“Durant vs. Westbrook” Takes Center Stage As the Saltiest Rivalry in the NBA
“There’s days when I just want to tackle you and tell you to snap out of it sometimes. But I know there’s days when you want to do the same thing with me. I love you, man. I love you. A lot of people put unfair criticism on you as…
This Week in Houston Food Events: Sweet Love and Anti-Valentine’s Day
Here’s a look at this week’s hottest culinary happenings: All month long Chocolate Lover’s Month at Bernie’s Burger Bus To celebrate Valentine’s Day and Chocolate Lover’s Month all in one, Bernie’s Burger Bus, 5407 Bellaire, 2643 Commercial Center, is blending a special shake for cacao lovers. Get chocolate ice cream…
Copenhagen at Main Street Theater Explores Nuclear Ethics
The set-up: The three characters who collide with each other like subatomic particles in Michael Frayn’s award-winning deep-dish science play Copenhagen (1998) are dead from the start, ghostly presences in a shadowy limbo. That they manage to come alive in fits and pieces is due to the probing chemistry between…
Five New Restaurants Unveiled at IAH
Everything is indeed bigger in Texas! Last week at a preview event, On-The-Go, better known at OTG partnered with United Airlines to present five restaurants inside Bush Intercontinental Airport’s newest addition, Terminal C – North Concourse. The new eateries were set up in decorated kiosks in the walkway area of…
The “Western Women Aren’t Oppressed” Myth
The Women’s March was a historic push-back to the presidency of Donald Trump, a man elected despite openly admitting sexual assault. However, every counter has a counter-counter, and there’s been a lot of that since the inauguration. There have been claims that those who marched are just college students reliant…
Harris County Attorney Who Argued Some People “Want to Be in Jail” Under Fire
After a lawyer who represents Harris County in a lawsuit accusing its bail system of being unconstitutional made some questionable comments in federal court, Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis and State Senator John Whitmire are calling for his removal from the case. As the officials wrote to Harris County Attorney…
Waterparks Are Everything Good About Pop-Punk
Listening to Waterparks is a reminder of everything that I loved about pop-punk when I was a teen.
Shows of the Week: Rejuvenated AFI Still Not Afraid of the Dark
The livest music in the Bayou City for the second week of February 2017.
What the Fitzgerald’s Uproar Reveals About Houston’s Music Scene
What happened last week is not the sort of thing that can just be swept under the rug.
Experience the Strange World of August Strindberg in The Ghost Sonata
The set-up: Remember the scene in The Seven Year Itch where schlubby married Tom Ewell fantasizes about seducing the radiantly glorious Marilyn Monroe? To set the mood he searches through his record collection. “Debussy…Ravel…Stravinsky.” He puts that back quickly, “Stravinsky’ll only scare her.” I think that’s how most people feel…
A Story of Hip-Hop and Searching in Syncing Ink
OK Houston, If we told you that right now you could go see a world premiere hip-hop musical about a teen who learns to express himself through rapping, by a playwright dedicated to telling stories from the African diaspora vantage point, where do you think the show would be playing?…
Trevor Shows Us the Laughter and Pain of Our Animal Instincts
The set up: Some stories are ripped from the headlines and some stories are ripped from, well…. something more substantially and horrifically personal. Trevor, Nick Jones’ 2013 play is both kinds of stories. The show is based on the 2009 incident in Connecticut when Travis, a 200-pound chimp being kept…
I-45 Weekend Closure Means a Long(er) Trip to Galveston
Traveling I-45 is seldom a pleasant experience. This weekend it will be far worse, as all of the southbound lanes will be closed for construction for several miles between Houston and Galveston. Those lanes of the Gulf Freeway will be closed between Beltway 8 and NASA Bypass between 9 p.m…
Rejoice! A Heights Neighborhood Joint to Fill Foreign Correspondents Space
Back on February 1, the owner of Hughie’s Tavern & Vietnamese Grille sealed the deal to move into the former Foreign Correspondents and Canard space at 4721 Main. The owner-operator of Hughie’s, Phillip Pham told the Houston Press Friday morning that he’s been told that Treadsack, which owned both restaurants, will…
DeLorean Opts for the Basics on Take Me Back
Back to the essence for the beloved and hungry Houston rapper.
Passing Strange Makes for an Entertaining Journey Toward Adulthood
Pilgrims are on the march this month in Houston. Downtown at the Alley Theatre, young Gordon hip-hops into adulthood in the world premiere of NSangou Njikam’s bouyant Syncing Ink, while uptown at Obsidian Theater, The Youth (an ardent and innocent David Allen III) bounds into manhood in Obsidian’s …
Who Says There Can’t be a Craig Biggio Field at Minute Maid Park?
The Oakland Athletics have announced that the diamond at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum will henceforth be known as Rickey Henderson Field. That’s a fitting tribute to one of the game’s greatest players who, though he played for many teams in his long career, is best associated with the A’s. it’s also…
42 Flood-Prone Homeowners to Receive Long-Sought Home Elevation Grants
Forty-two of some of the most flood-prone homeowners in Houston are, quite literally, about to get a face lift. This week, the City of Houston announced it was working with FEMA, the Texas Water Development board and the 42 recipients of hard-sought Flood Mitigation Assistance grants that would allow those…
Mexican Woman Sentenced to Eight Years in Jail for Voting in Texas Illegally
A Mexican woman has been sentenced to eight years in jail for voting illegally. A day after being convicted for falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen and voting five times between 2004 and 2014, a Tarrant County jury on Thursday sentenced Rosa Maria Ortega to eight years in jails…
Special Prosecutors Say “Team Paxton” Tainted Jury Pool in Securities Fraud Case
In a scathing, literary court motion detailing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s dogged attempts to convince everyone he is the innocent victim of a “political witch hunt,” special prosecutors asked a Collin County judge to move Paxton’s trial for felony securities fraud charges out of the county. The reason: Paxton…
It’s a Pretty Shitty World (You’re Just Living In It)
Austinites by way of Houston and former Heroin Kids return to White Swan with a new act and a Shitty attitude.
10 Times the Grammys Got It Wrong
This has happened on more than one occasion.
They Can’t Even Make the Sex Hot: On Fifty Shades Darker
Boundaries are violated repeatedly in Fifty Shades Darker, a film that demands even more submission of its audience than its predecessor, 2015’s Fifty Shades of Grey. No safe word can protect you from the sequel’s depleting incoherence, its punishing pileup of plot and its inability to successfully stage, even once,…
California-Based Gastropub Bosscat Opens on Westheimer This Month
Newport Beach’s Bosscat Kitchen & Libations, a whiskey-focused gastropub that also slings Southern comfort food, is opening on February 22 at 4310 Westheimer. According to a press release, owner John “JT” Reed, Leslie Nguyen and Vinnie Capizzi relocated to Houston last summer and are pumped to open. Reed has released…
Fat Wreck Chords Misfits Night Birds Fly South for the Winter
“We’re a basement band at heart,” proclaim the New Jersey throwback punks.
