Anthony Nguyen

It started with a pinching of your cheeks. A vigorous pat on your head. Now, it's turned into a full scale interrogation. Thanksgiving dinners signify togetherness and appreciation. They may also signify the first time in 365 days that you've seen your parents and close relatives. The dreaded Q&A begins...

Work by dozens of Texans from Lubbock, Austin, Nacogdoches and Houston, including magnificent creations made from wood, metal, glass, fiber and/or ceramic material, is on display at CraftTexas 2010, presented by Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. One piece, Mama Never Told Me!, displays the painstakingly detailed practice of Scherenschnitte -...

Nothing says Thanksgiving like peanuts. Charles M. Schulz-roasted Peanuts, that is. Since 1973, the sounds of Vince Guaradi's ivory-tickling and the lessons of friendship and togetherness displayed among Charlie and co. have made A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving a delightful tradition. The feast of popcorn, toast and pretzels prepared by a...

Tryptophan isn't the only substance abundant in ridiculously mass quantities on Thanksgiving. Thanks to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, soaring amounts of helium are injected into crowd-pleasing floats. Each year, five new floats, balloonicle or falloon, are introduced. 2010's most heralded are: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (empowering) Kung Fu...

In the documentary Deep Down, Beverly May says, "You figure that every landowner has a price for which they'll allow their homeplace to be destroyed, but you're wrong." Coal mining is to Southeastern Kentucky what oil is to Texas. And when a mining company sets its mountaintop-removal sights on Maytown,...