Karen Rust

British newspaper the Guardian published its notorious list of the 100 greatest non-fiction books last week, giving bibliophiles yet another tallying mechanism to measure each other by ("You haven't read Erasmus' In Praise of Folly? What's wrong with you?"). Sure, we could bitch and moan about how the Communist Manifesto...

Experience the tales behind the fairytales at Simply Grimm during The Lone Star Lyric Theater Fest and get the real dirt on Cinderella and company. The fest features the world premieres of five specially commissioned one-acts, running in various combinations today through Sunday. The Lone Star Lyric Theater is known...

Only one chance to the see the one ring on the big screen remains. The Return of the King Extended Edition is the final film of the Lord of the Rings Film Trilogy. Based on the book by J.R.R. Tolkien, this epic concludes Frodo Baggins's quest to rid the world...

Conductor Joshua Weilerstein and pianist Benjamin Hochman may be young, but these two have already established themselves as award-winning musicians. Today, they will join the Houston Symphony for Mozart and Dvorak at Miller Outdoor Theatre's Summer Symphony Night. The concert will feature Marquez's Danzón No. 2, Mozart's Piano Concerto No...

When we listen to a song and think about the performers that made it, we usually picture singers and instrumentalists performing on stage, not illustrators and a sexy hologram, oh yeah and a few musicians. But that's exactly what this concert has. That's right. We've officially entered the future. We...