Ray Hafner

While you may think one way to protect kids from sexual predators would be to keep them away from bikers and rock musicians, the organizers of today's Rock Safe beg to differ. The aim of the event, which includes both riding and rocking, is to help teach teens and pre-teens...

Numismatists of Houston, rejoice. The JMV Coin and Currency Show is landing in town today, making it the best opportunity to get your hands on rare and special gold doubloons. (Johnny Depp never had it so easy.) The show will feature coins of all metals — both ancient and modern...

It's Saturday afternoon and I'm stuck watching soccer. I hate soccer. Now, I know that's hardly a daring sentiment, or something a great many good and true Americans haven't already yammered on about over the past few weeks, but not many of those people have roommates who've insisted that the...

There are few venues in Texas as storied as the Balinese Room on Galveston Island, which makes it the perfect place for the Gulf Coast Music Festival. Getting the party started will be Sky Blue 72, a straight-ahead rock trio fronted by Jessica Zweback (named Houston Press best female vocalist...

No matter which potions we try, we still can't seem to get our Level 5 wizard past this one damn orc. It's driving us crazy! Fortunately, this weekend brings ApolloCon, Houston's only sci-fi, fantasy and horror convention. It's three days of pure geek heaven, with sci-fi lectures, live-action role playing...