Lisa Simon

Thursday, March 11 In much the same way Howard Dean was swept up on a tide of true-believing Netizens, guitarist Fred Eaglesmith has been continually championed by a grassroots organization of hard-core bluegrass fans. A couple of die-hard Fredheads have gone so far as to organize the Fred Eaglesmith Texas...

The rest of the country has learned what Texans have known for a long time: Karl Rove, the president's most trusted political strategist, is a scary, scary man. Rove's hidden hand in George W.'s unlikely ascendancy to the international stage will be the topic of Bush's Brain, a documentary making...

Thursday, March 4 Ask any band geek, jock or bleacher-dweller -- nothing froths up team spirit quite like an old-fashioned march. It's something just about everybody agrees on. Even folks who'd normally walk a mile in the summer to steer clear of Fleetwood Mac can get off on the group's...

Thursday, February 26 The moral of The Wizard of Oz -- that your heart's desire is best looked for in your own backyard -- will be given another airing today when the play Theophilus North, adapted from Thornton Wilder's novel of the same name, opens at Main Street Theater in...

Attention all Houstonians: It's rodeo time again. Now, before you tilt your trucker cap back down and turn up the Belle and Sebastian, let us remind you -- the annual Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is what makes us exotic to the rest of the country. Why settle for being...