

Bio Takes Al Green to the River, to the Pulpit…and to Task
The private man behind one of history’s great R&B/soul singers is more of a shape-shifting phantom.
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real Uphold Tradition On Their Own Terms
The son of the Red Headed Stranger is now one of Americana’s most promising artists in his own right.
Whitney: Can I Be Me Surveys the Pressures Faced by a Pop Great
Whitney: Can I Be Me premieres on Aug. 25 on Showtime In the February 2016 issue of ESPN The Magazine, Danyel Smith penned a powerful essay on Whitney Houston’s chill-inducing rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Super Bowl XXV, perhaps the pinnacle of national anthem performances. Smith frames Houston as…
Tommy Tune, Chita Rivera and Sophia Loren Headed to Galveston
Looks like Galveston’s historic opera house will be rolling out the red carpet on more than a few occasions this season.
This Week in Houston Food Events: All-Day Waffles and An Oktoberfest Kick-Off
Here’s a look at this week’s hottest culinary happenings: All month long Houston Restaurant Weeks Time is running out to enjoy Houston Restaurant Weeks, which is running through Labor Day, September 4. Throughout the fundraising event, which raised a record-breaking $2,015,157.77 for the Houston Food Bank last year, diners can…
Get To Treats of Mexico For The Concha Ice Cream Sandwich and Mangonada
After just five months in business, EaDo dessert shop Treats of Mexico has already reached the pinnacle of internet restaurant fame: clinching a spot on a Buzzfeed superlatives article about the “Best Ice Cream Sandwiches in America.” I mean, who else thought to put ice cream inside a sliced Mexican pastry…
NFL Preseason Week 2: Texans 27, Patriots 23 — 4 Winners, 4 Losers
For the first time since leaving the field after disposing of the Connor Cook-led Oakland Raiders in last season’s NFL wild card playoff round, the Houston Texans took the field at NRG Stadium on Saturday night. They did so against the New England Patriots, and of course, we should symbolically…
NFL Preseason Week 2: Patriots-Texans — Four Things To Watch For
If there is one team in the NFL with whom the Houston Texans are familiar, outside of their annual AFC South foes, it’s the New England Patriots. Over the last five seasons, the Texans and the Pats have met in all but one (Bill O’Brien’s first season as head coach…
Kay Jay is Going Places in “Nothing to Something” Video
Houston rapper Kay Jay has come out of nowhere to climb the local rankings quickly, and he’d like you to know how he did it.
Houston’s 5 Best Weekend Food Bets: Biers, Brats and Kolache at King’s BierHaus
Here’s a look at this weekend’s best culinary happenings: Opening Weekend Extravaganza at King’s BierHaus Friday through Sunday 2044 East T C Jester King’s BierHaus is kicking its grand opening festivities off with $5 shots of schnapps, $5 signature drafts, $5 wurst combos and live music beginning at 11 a.m. on…
“Nature Boy” Ric Flair Has One Last Match to Fight
The world still needs the Nature Boy.
Upcoming Houston Food Events: Save the Date for Tacolandia
Mark your calendars, because you don’t want to miss these deliciously fun culinary happenings: Tickets for the 2017 Houston Press Tacolandia are on sale now. The third annual taco sampling event will be held at The Water Works at Buffalo Bayou Park, 105 Sabine, on Saturday, October 21, from 4 to…
Houston’s Best Bets This Weekend: Get Into the Arcade at Discovery Green
Follow the yellow brick road, even if it’s technically not a road but more of an intricately created display of colorful fringe and tassels that hang up above. It’s Arcade, a whimsical installation on view now through November 15 at Discovery Green; and keep reading for more of this weekend’s best…
Openings and Closings: Aqui Opens in Montrose
Aqui, 520 Westheimer, the new Montrose restaurant from Paul Qui, the Austin-based Top Chef champion and James Beard award winner, who last year was arrested for domestic violence, started its dinner service without fanfare on August 14 at 5 p.m. According to CultureMap, Qui himself was not in attendance on…
Violated Seeks to Expose the Truth of the Baylor Sexual Assault Crisis
Jasmin Hernandez was raped by Tevin Elliott. Both were Baylor students — Jasmin was on an academic scholarship while Elliott was a football player. After he raped her, she struggled in school, struggled to receieve academic support, struggled to get access to counseling. Jasmin and her rapist both left Baylor…
Ten Times White Supremacists Got What They Deserved On Film
It’s been a big week for doughy Caucasians with delusions of racial superiority.
When Bad Movies Happen to Good Soundtracks
Many times, a soundtrack far outpaces its cinematic counterpart. Like these.
Could the Federal Voting Rights Order Against Texas Trigger a Second Special Session?
Even though the 2017 special session adjourned in a stalemate one day early on Tuesday, it might be a little premature to think it’s all over just yet. Because Governor Greg Abbott has plenty of reasons he may decide to call a second special session. On the same day the…
Art Meets Alt at Houston Fringe Fest, Now Celebrating Its Tenth Year
Several solo performances highlight the yearly celebration of all things artistic and envelope-pushing.
Antone’s Will Have 55 Cent Po’ Boys, September 11-17
For those of you always on the hunt for a great dining deal, Houston’s longtime po’ boy favorite Antone’s Famous Po’ Boys has one coming up that’s hard to beat. From September 11 through September 17, 1 to 3 p.m. only, customers can score 55-cent Original po’ boys, along with…
Drummer Alan White Will Always Be a Yes Man
The longtime drummer for the iconic prog-rock group talks their long-overdue Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, and losing founding member Chris Squire shortly beforehand.
Houston’s 10 Most Unique Doughnuts
Who doesn’t love fried dough? Basically…no one, so it’s hard to get a doughnut wrong. That is, unless you’re tasting 22 doughnuts side-by-side, in which case some doughnuts tend to rise to the top. In any case, these 10 doughnuts are taking the art of fried dough to the next…
A Neo-Nazi Is Trying to Recruit My Son. Help!
What’s on your mind? What isn’t? Ask Willie D!
George W. Bush and His Dad Tag-Team in Criticism of Trump Over Charlottesville
For a moment, it looked like things were finally starting to simmer down. Sure, President Donald Trump had initially failed to decry white supremacists and white nationalists after a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia over plans to remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee turned violent over the weekend,…
4th Wall Theatre Company Announces It’s Shutting Down
Sad news today indeed. Kim Tobin-Lehl and Philip Lehl, the co-founders of 4th Wall Theatre Company and its predecessor Stark Naked Theatre Company will be closing up shop in December. They will continue with their September production of Disgraced by Ayad Ahktar and the December production of Reckless by Craig…
Federal Judge Tosses Ex-Porn Star’s Facebook Lawsuit Seeking $1 Billion
In a move that probably surprised no one except the plaintiff, a federal judge in Houston dismissed an ex-porn star’s libel suit this week against Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. The ex-performer, whose lengthy criminal record shows her using over a dozen aliases, sued the billionaire under her most recent name,…
Special Session Comes to Abrupt End Without Top Priority Legislation
Coming to an abrupt finish late Tuesday night, the Texas Legislature’s 2017 special session has adjourned, passing a total of 12 bills that addressed just ten of Governor Greg Abbott’s 20 priorities on the agenda. The curtain came down after the House reached a dissatisfactory compromise with the Senate on…
Caracol Sommelier Andres Blanco Brings Texsom “Best Sommelier” Title Back to Houston
For the second year in a row, a Houston-based wine professional has won the prestigious “Best Sommelier Competition” held at the Texsom conference last weekend at the Four Seasons Resort in Irving. Caracol general manager and floor sommelier Andres Blanco brought the highly coveted title back to Houston for a…
As Confederate Statues Tumble Throughout the South, Turner Hints Houston Could Be Next
After a protest against the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee turned violent in Virginia this past weekend, state and city leaders in the former Confederacy questioned whether to keep similar statues at their capitols, court houses and public parks. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner on Tuesday afternoon joined…
It’s Official: Tick Tock For Ten HISD Schools
Backed by a cohort of Houston ISD principals who were able to get their schools off the state’s Improvement Required list, superintendent Richard Carranza headed up a press conference Tuesday, assuring the media and staff members that this kind of turnaround can and will be done by others. And now…
Dream Machine 2017 Cooks Up an All-Night Art Rager
“Wild attire” is encouraged.
Industrial Design and Dance Meet In NobleMotion’s Catapult
NobleMotion Dance’s presents dance and industrial design in Catapult: Dance meets Design.
Free Fall Shows Leave Houston Fans Plenty of Options
Party on the Plaza, Discovery Green Thursdays, and the return of Canned Acoustica. Holla.
Ranking The Eight Houston Texans Road Trips of 2017
Back in the day, before I started doing the postgame show for the Houston Texans on Texans Radio (hey, shameless plug — be sure to tune in Saturday night on SportsRadio 610 after the Texans-Patriots game!), my girlfriend Amy and I would travel to a couple of Texans road games…
First Look at R&R Crafthouse Grill in Cypress
There is a multitude of restaurants along Highways 249 and 290, but the Cypriots (okay, Cypress residents) living in between the major thoroughfares contend with a bit of a dining desert. Sure there are the various Mexican restaurants and little Chinese joints, but there aren’t a lot of other options…
Ten Easy Ways to Beat the August Houston Heat
Yes, it’s hot. But not unbearable.
As Lege Fails to Restore Disabled Kids’ Medicaid Funding, a Child Loses Therapy [UPDATED]
When the insurance decided to cut off two-year-old Lillian Hinojosa’s speech therapy, her parents, Carlos and Maggie, were puzzled. Their daughter, who has a developmental disorder called Prader Willi syndrome, was only just learning how to talk, and how to swallow soft, puree-like food without throwing it up. Prader Willi…
10 Acts Long Overdue a Show In Houston
Enough with this ‘patience’ nonsense.
Justin Chon on Gook and Putting the Complex Truth of the Los Angeles Riots Onscreen
When actor/writer/director Justin Chon was 11, his father took in early news reports about the Los Angeles riots of 1992 and left without a word to drive to the family’s shoe store in Paramount, a relatively poor 4.8-square-mile city bordered by Compton and Downey. “In a lot of Korean families,…
With The Defenders, Marvel and Netflix Pick up the Pace — and Lighten the Mood
The Defenders premieres on Netflix on Aug. 18 Look, you don’t need to have watched Iron Fist to enjoy the brisk, brawling silliness of The Defenders, a team-up adventure that’s something like a surprising return on an investment you thought had soured. In fact, not knowing all the plot details…
Feel-good rapper comedy Patti Cake$ doesn’t earn its mic
The story beats of Patti Cake$, a socioeconomic-sermonizing comedy about a thick young white woman with huge hip-hop dreams and little prospects, are as predictable as the ticking of an egg timer, as generic and tinny as the pulses of a drum machine. I rooted not for Patricia Dombrowski (Danielle…
Justin Chon’s Comic Drama Gook Examines the Korean Experience of the L.A. Riots
Besides your discomfort, one effect of writer/director Justin Chon choosing the title Gook for his electric, impassioned second feature is a suggestion of definitiveness, a suggestion that, for better or worse, this isn’t just the story of its characters but that of a people. The film, a comic drama tinged…
Texas A&M Cancels “White Lives Matter” Protest
Citing campus security concerns, Texas A&M has canceled a September 11 “white lives matter” event that was to feature white supremacist activist Richard Spencer. Scheduled by Preston Wiginton, a white nationalist supporter and former A&M student, the day-long protest was meant to take place in front of the Rudder Plaza…
Two Days Left in Special Session, 15 Bills to Go. What Will Fail?
As Texas legislators enter the final two days of the special session, they’ve passed just six bills related to five priority items on Governor Greg Abbott’s list of 20 priorities. Which means that, with 15 items left, most are likely bound to fail. The bathroom bill is all but dead,…
Houston Rockets Unveil Full 2017-2018 Schedule
There has been no shortage of sports fare to satisfy our appetites lately here in Houston. The Deshaun Watson Era could be dawning here very soon, with the second preseason game a few days away, the Astros are making the race for the American League’s best record a lot closer…
Dallas-Houston High Speed Rail Line Inches Forward With New Companies On Board
Texas Central has found companies that will design and build the proposed high-speed rail line that will run from Houston to Dallas. Someday. Once it’s built. (If that ever happens.) The company announced Monday that Irving-based Fluor Enterprises Inc., the primary operating subsidiary of Fluor Corporation, and The Lane Construction…
Houston Press Tacolandia Returns in October — Special Presale Starts Today
We hope you’ve marked your calendar for the 3rd Annual Houston Press Tacolandia presented by Tabasco, happening on Saturday, October 21 at the Water Works at Buffalo Bayou Park, 105, Sabine, from 4 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, October 21. And now you can get in on an exclusive presale opportunity…
Released Video Shows Deputies Searching Houston Woman’s Vagina
After the Harris County District Attorney’s Office dismissed charges against two former sheriff’s deputies accused of ordering the search of a woman’s vagina for marijuana, the woman’s attorney has released the dashboard camera footage of the incident. William Strong and Ronaldine Pierre were charged with official oppression last June following…
Upcoming: Actress, Blanck Mass, Cherubs, Insane Clown Posse, Mayhem, The Aperio Ensemble performing work by Philip Glass, ZiegenBock Festival, etc.
A constantly updated guide to upcoming concerts in the Greater Houston area.
Mystery Science Theatre 3000 Alumni Roast Doctor Who Classic
Comedy writer and MST3K alum Bill Corbett credits his daughter with showing him the light of the legendary British sci-fi series.
Calling Texas Part of “The South” Is Still a Big Stretch
To me the real test is traveling through the South, and realizing how alien most of it feels.
Ugly God Lives The Perfect Rap Life With The Booty Tape
At its height, The Booty Tape finds a way to continue what made Ugly God popular in the first place.
If The Daily Stormer Goes Offline, Here’s the Great Coverage Texans Will Miss
White supremacists got their swastika-printed boxers in a twist Monday after web host Go Daddy announced Sunday it was kicking neo-Nazi news site Daily Stormer off its service after the site ran a story on Heather Heyer, the protester killed in Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend, “fat and a drain…
Cheap Eats: Sunny Flea Market For Fresh Elotes And $1 Tacos
Way up in North Houston, if you continue on Interstate 45 past Canino Produce, another 15 minutes or so, and crawl up Airline drive, you’ll find a large, dusty parking lot backed up to a nearly brand-new red and gold Asian theme park—at least that’s what we first saw. Then…
Alice Cooper Gets Paranormal…Which Is Normal For Him
Go ask Alice…and he’ll tell you anything you want to know about Johnny Depp, Glen Campbell and lots more.
Houston’s Tex-Mex Soul
Robb Walsh is rummaging through the dry storage area in search of the anchos. We’re in the kitchen of his Montrose ode-to-old-school Tex-Mex restaurant El Real, which the Beard Award winning writer and former Houston Press food critic opened in 2010 with chef Bryan Caswell. He pulls out a large…
A Healthy J.J. Watt and Jadeveon Clowney Are a Nightmare for NFL Offenses
For the first time in team history, in 2017, the Houston Texans have been conducting training camp outside of Houston, at the plush Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia, and, understandably, there is a newness about damn near everything. From the sub-80-degree temperatures to every throw made by rookie phenom Deshaun…
Remembering Macc Grace, a Screwed Up Original
Of one of DJ Screw’s top evangelists, the legend is all that remains now.
Bong Joon-ho’s Memories of Murder Fights Through the World that Corrupted Them
Moving from atmospheric mystery to political allegory, with pit stops into slapstick comedy along the way, Memories of Murder, Bong Joon-ho’s second film, remains impossible to categorize. Newly restored and re-released, the director’s breakthrough feature (he would go on to direct The Host, Snowpiercer and this year’s Okja, among other films)…
Man Spills Two Pounds Of Mercury In Midtown Apartment, Prompting Evacuation
A HazMat team with the Houston Fire Department inspected a Midtown apartment complex after a man reported spilling two pounds of mercury in his home — three days after the accident occurred. Firefighters evacuated the fifth floor of Mid Main Lofts, an apartment complex at 3550 Main, after the man…
Elderly Woman Killed By Houston Garbage Truck near Chinatown
A pedestrian was struck and killed Monday morning after a Houston garbage truck hit her on a crosswalk. The elderly woman was crossing Bellaire Boulevard near Chinatown at about 9:20 a.m. when a blue City of Houston Solid Waste Department truck hit her as it made an illegal right turn,…
Soderbergh Returns at Last With a Breezy, Comic Real-America Heist
In Steven Soderbergh’s hillbilly heist comedy Logan Lucky, the West Virginia prison where vault specialist Joe Bang (Daniel Craig) resides is pristine and peaceful. This is a high-security facility in a seemingly alternate world, a jail without racial tensions where the prisoners feast on edible food. While only a small…
The Hitman’s Bodyguard: A Giddily Irresponsible Action Comedy
Here’s what Patrick Hughes’ The Hitman’s Bodyguard has going for it: It’s exactly the movie it promises to be, but more so. It’s more wild, more hilarious, more giddily irresponsible — it’s the hard R action comedy that kids sneaking into it might imagine it’s going to be, minus ’70s…
Ted Cruz One-Ups Trump By Immediately Calling Out White Supremacists
After a white nationalist rally against the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia turned violent on Saturday, President Donald Trump jumped in with a statement that even many Republicans thought was alarmingly vague. “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display…
Bosscat Kitchen Will Open a New Heights Restaurant in Former Glass Wall Space This Fall
Glass Wall, the 11-year-old upscale Heights eatery that shuttered in June to rebrand into a new casual restaurant apparently won’t be rebranding into a new restaurant at all. Bosscat Kitchen & Libations, the River Oaks eatery known for its whiskey selection, Fruity Pebbles French toast and a pretty great burger,…
In Texas, Even The Socialists Are Carrying Guns
As David Smith stood guard before a rally in downtown Houston, cradling a rifle across his chest, heckles rained down on him from a group of men and women across the street. It’s not an unusual scene when politically left and right groups mingle, except it was Smith from the…
Houston Native, Bellaire Grad, Among Injured in Charlottesville Car Attack
A 20-year-old Houston native was among the 19 injured in Charlottesville, Virginia, after a car sped down a narrow street Saturday and rammed into a crowd of people protesting white supremacy. Natalie Romero, a graduate of Bellaire High School and now student on scholarship at the University of Virginia, sustained…
Local Rappers Stand Out While Mike Jones Keeps Fans Waiting
Making the rap both the city and the world needs right now.
Vote For Your Readers’ Choice Awards in This Year’s Best Of Houston®
It’s time to get serious about voting for your Readers’ Choice winners in the 2017 Best of Houston®. You have until August 16 to help determine who and what should get an award. This is your chance to tell us what you love about Houston. You’ll be able to vote…
This Week in Houston Food Events: A New Happy Hour and Filet Mignon Day
Here’s a look at this week’s hottest culinary happenings: New special Happy hour menu launch at Cafe Azur Cafe Azur, 4315 Montrose, recently launched a new happy hour menu featuring a variety of $6 small plates and $5 cocktails, featuring bite-sized French staples including a croque monsieur and Houston-inspired dishes such…
UH Undergoes a Major (Applewhite) Change from Tom Herman
Major Applewhite is not busy running around kissing his players on the cheek. He’s not wearing a grill or buddying up to rappers. There are no feuds with the media, no angry denunciations of rumors that he’s about to take another job. There’s no talk about family. Such is life…
Memorial Villages Police Department Accused of Racist Language by Former Dispatcher
A former dispatcher with the Memorial Villages Police Department paints a discriminatory and dysfunctional portrait of the law enforcement division for the wealthy Houston suburb, according to an affidavit filed in Harris County civil court. Among the claims from L. Kelly, an African-American woman who worked as a dispatcher for…
Braving Houston’s Back-to-School Shopping Jungle
Please stop using the SnapChat filter with the flowered headband.
Rod Stewart and Cyndi Lauper, Two Legends Who Thrill In Their Own Ways
You can put a price on a show, but it’s hard to quantify joy.
These Houston Viewing Parties Will Help You Soak Up the Solar Eclipse
Next Monday, Houstonians have the chance to view the partial solar eclipse from many different parts of town.
Shows of the Week: Oklahoma’s Best-Kept Musical Secret Won’t Stay That Way
The livest music in the Bayou City for the third week of August 2017.
Nine Former Houston Texans Quarterbacks Played In Preseason Week 1
This past Friday, in the wake of Cleveland’s first taste of what a Brock Osweiler postgame press conference feels like (more on that in a second), I got an email from my boss to the group of hosts at SportsRadio 610. I don’t know if this is legwork that he…
KPFT Shows It’s Not Going Down Without a Fight
The longtime listener-supported station continues to defy reason and logic by simply staying on the air.
A.D. Players Puts On Its Dancing Shoes and Sings Up a Storm in Godspell
The set-up: A.D. Players has pulled off quite a little miracle of its own. The company has succeeded in making Godspell, Stephen Schwartz and John Michael Teblak’s flower child story of Jesus’ ministry and last days, immensely watchable. They can not, however, transform this show into a good musical, but…
Dive Into Houston Sushi
It’s that special time again, time for us to round up some of our previous top coverage. This weekend we’re focusing on a very hot to pic— sushi. Here’s some of our best sushi articles from the recent past, including a couple big openings that just hit Houston this summer…
Did a Michelin-Starred Chef Just Open a Sushi Restaurant on Washington?
Did a Michelin-starred chef just open a sushi restaurant on Washington? Well, kind of. Shimao Ishikawa, a sushi chef who made a name for himself at Manhattan’s Michelin-starred sushi bar Jewel Bako, has reportedly brought a new Japanese restaurant Kukuri to 1902 Washington. It’s in the same development at Tacodeli and Platypus…
Superintendent Carranza Says HISD Is About to Roll Up Its Sleeves to Save Threatened Schools
While Superintendent Richard Carranza spoke to the urgency of the Houston ISD turning around the ten chronically underperforming schools targeted by the Texas Education Agency for closure or takeover, the expected fireworks never really materialized at Thursday night’s school board meeting. Following a day that saw an emergency press conference…
Ryan Reynolds Deserves Better Than a Lifetime of Deadpool Sequels
Blockbuster sarcastic superhero role aside, the actor shines in movies unbefitting of his talents.
Rep. Joe Moody Holds One Last Hearing Over His Mostly Dead Marijuana Bill
State Rep. Joe Moody, an El Paso Democrat, must know there’s more of a chance that the Texas Legislature will do a group rendition of the macarena than there is that House Bill 334 will get through Legislature during the special session. Still, Moody held a public hearing on a bill…
Settling This Houston vs. Austin Debate Once and for All
Thanks to some punks staking claim to the best mosh-inducing music, the two cities are headed for an epic showdown.
NASA Scientists Answer Burning Questions on Reddit About the Total Eclipse
The coming total solar eclipse will pass from Oregon to South Carolina. It’s the first time the U.S. has experienced a total solar eclipse since 1918, when the umbra started in Washington state and passed over Denver, Jackson, Mississippi, and Orlando, Florida, before leaving via the Atlantic coast. As the…
T2 the Ghetto Hippie Enjoys a New Creative High
No Houston rapper sounds like they’re having more fun than T2 the Ghetto Hippie, and he’d like you to join him in a twisted reality dominated by Double Cups and Taco Trucks.
Little Devoted to Houston Bike Plan in $495 Million Bond Package
Houston cyclists had something to celebrate back in March, when City Council voted to adopt the Houston Bike Plan. It marked the first time in more than two decades that the city planned to comprehensively upgrade its crumbling biking infrastructure, which was last fully revamped in the early 1990s. The…
Go Inside Kenny Rogers’s Houston
The city he describes is a homelier and less hurried place, but it hasn’t vanished completely.
Video Shows Houston Cop Jumping From Bridge to Escape Alleged Drunk Driver
The Houston Police Department on Thursday released a video of one of its officers jumping from a highway bridge to escape an erratic driver police believe was drunk. Officer Roshad Carter was working a crash scene with other officers on U.S. 59 near Newcastle just before 3 a.m. on July…
Newborn Baby Found in Bushes at Harris County Apartment Complex
A newborn baby was found early Thursday morning abandoned in the bushes of an apartment complex, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said. Around 5 a.m., a man at The Bridges of Cypress Creek apartment complex on Red Oak Drive was leaving for work when he heard crying noises coming from…

