21 Best Things to Do in Houston This Week: Dancing With the Stars and the Batmobile
Tuesday, January 31 Singletary, Dickerson, Campbell — Texas boasts 30 NFL Hall of Famers in total, many represented in “Gridiron Glory: The Best of the Pro Football Hall of Fame” at Texas Southern University. The 6,000-square-foot traveling exhibit includes more than 200 artifacts, ranging from an 1892 accounting sheet dubbed…
Ten Things to Do in Houston for $10 or Less (five Free), January 26-February 1
We know the feeling. It’s that awkward time of month between paychecks when the wallet feels light but you just don’t want to stay home. It’s all good, because we have the 411 on improv and comedy, cars and coffee, and even a mash-up of giant cassettes and miniature toilets…
Sleepless Makes Michelle Monaghan and Jamie Foxx Work All Night Against a Tired Script
Say this for Sleepless: It gives Michelle Monaghan more to do than almost anything else you’ve seen her in lately, whether it beTrue Detective or Patriots Day, and confirms once again that she should be in the lead far more often than Hollywood would have you believe. The positives don’t…
Keith Maitland Gets Animated Discussing His Powerful Documentary Tower
One of the most powerful documentaries of 2016, Keith Maitland’s Tower immerses the viewer in the 1966 massacre at the University of Texas, during which Charles Whitman fired from a clock-tower in Austin, shooting 49 people and killing 16. The film takes a somewhat surprising and stylized approach to re-creating…
“Free Is Real, and Real Is a Motherfucker”: Michael Mann on Ali, 15 Years Later
Last June, after the death of Muhammad Ali, Michael Mann’s Will Smith–starring 2001 film Ali was briefly re-released in theaters. This allowed many of us to see it with fresh eyes. What felt like an ambitious but underwhelming biopic 15 years ago now seems more and more like a masterpiece…
Celebrate the Year of the Rooster in 2017
The year of the Fire Rooster is upon us! The Lunar New Year begins on January 28 and more than 100,000 Chinese- and Vietnamese-Americans in Houston will be ringing in the holiday with family, traditional foods and special events all over the city. To celebrate, families gather in homes and…
21 Best Things to Do in Houston This Week: Night-Time Dog, Acro-cats and Antiquing
Tuesday, January 24 A neighbor’s dog is dead and young Christopher Boone sets out to solve the mystery. What makes The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time all the more interesting is that Christopher has high-function autism and doesn’t like to be touched. Adapted from the best-seller by…
Why I Don’t Make My Kid Play Old Nintendo Games Anymore
Don’t buy your kids old Nintendo games.
Where to Dine in Houston This Valentine’s Day 2017
Whether you’re looking for a date that’s light and sweet or a night of over-the-top romance and passion, we’ve got the lowdown on the city’s best Valentine’s Day dining deals in Houston this year. Check out of 2017 Valentine’s Day Dining Guide: Backstreet Cafe, 1103 South Shepherd, 713-521-2239 Backstreet Cafe,…
The Rockets Are Really Good. This Will Get You Caught Up on Their Season.
The Rockets are really, really good this year. Expected to have a ho-hum season after an early exit from last year’s playoffs, the the Rockets find themselves third in the Western Conference and eyeing a deep postseason run. The team is setting NBA records for three-pointers as James Harden racks…
Steak Glorious Steak Revisited
As we at the Houston Press have recently rediscovered, Houston loves its steak. so we thought we’d round up some of the best of the best posts we’ve ever done about steak in this area. Nine Steak Nights Not to Miss in Houston The weather is always right for a…
The Inspector and The Secret Marriage Show Off the Funnier Side of Opera at Moores Opera Center
The opera The Inspector is based upon a Russian play The Government Inspector by Nicolai Gogol. “It’s a very famous play. Every student reads it in theater class,’ says Buck Ross, the director of Moores Opera Center at the University of Houston. Eventually someone came up with the idea of…
Houston’s 5 Best Weekend Food Bets: Chili Quest & A Musical Brunch
From Yaga’s annual chili and beer fest to a barrell bourbon tasting, here’s a look at this weekend’s best culinary happenings: Taste Barrell at Federal American Grill Friday, 7 to 10 p.m. 510 Shepherd Houston Whiskey Social will be hosting a Barrell Bourbon tasting, with Barrell Bourbon’s Will Schragis there…
NFL Playoffs — NFC and AFC Title Game Best Bets
As NFL conference title weekends go, this weekend is about as good as it gets, with varying degrees and nuances of legacy on the line for all four quarterbacks involved. With all due respect to the quarterbacks eliminated last weekend (except Brock Osweiler, who was lucky to be on the…
Upcoming Houston Food Events: New Menus and a Tribute to the South
Mark your calendars, because you don’t want to miss these deliciously fun culinary happenings: Now appearing at select Berryhill locations is the Torta Cubana, a massive sandwich made with pulled pork, ham, chicken, chipotle sauce, tomato, avocado and Monterrey Jack cheese on a house-made sourdough jalapeño bun. The full-sized sandwich…
Reviews For The Easily Distracted: xXx: Return Of Xander Cage
Title: xXx: Return of Xander Cage Describe This Movie In One Simpsons Quote: Lance Murdock: Ladies and gentlemen, and especially little children, I’m glad you’re all here to witness what may very well be my grisly death. Brief Plot Synopsis: He rides a motorcycle underwater; she roundhouse kicks in a miniskirt. They…
The Johns Tackles Sex Slavery with Unfortunate Cliche
The set up: The Merriam-Webster Dictionary tells us that sex trafficking is the “illegal business of recruiting, harboring, transporting, obtaining, or providing a person and especially a minor for the purpose of sex.” The International Labour Organization estimates that there are 20.9 million victims of human trafficking globally and that…
The Five Best Things to Do This Weekend in Houston: Shadowland, Arturo Sandoval and Red Bull Flying Bach.
Every audience loves a good love story, climax and happy ending, that’s not necessarily the case for each of this weekend’s performances, except for the happy ending. At the end of each show you’ll leave satisfied with the performances of the Pilobolus Dance Theater, Arturo Sandoval and femme duo performing as Matt Damon and Ben…
Openings & Closings: Welcome Back Kiran’s
Local Foods opened its fourth store at 420 Main on January 12. The downtown location debuted inside the Joseph Finger-designed historical building at the corner of Prairie and Main. Local Foods is known for using freshly sourced ingredients and proteins from local farmers, ranchers and the Urban Harvest Farmer’s Market,…
Wednesday’s Flooding: By the Numbers
Wednesday brought widespread flooding to the Houston area for the first time in 2017. Though not nearly as severe as the Memorial Day flood of 2015 and the Tax Day deluge last year, heavy rains made traffic a nightmare, flooded homes and closed schools and businesses. Here’s the first big…
Houston Texans Promote Romeo Crennel and Mike Vrabel
In 2016, and quite honestly, for most of the three seasons that Bill O’Brien has been the head coach in Houston, no NFL team has had a larger chasm between performance on the offensive and defensive sides of the ball than the Houston Texans. The Texans were, by the measurement…
Defending Trustee Larry Marshall Cost HISD and Taxpayers More Than $1.5 Million
It cost the Houston Independent School District more than $1.5 million in attorneys fees to defend former trustee Larry Marshall, who was convicted on November 16, 2016 of violations of the federal racketeering law for accepting bribes from construction contractors who did business with the district. Construction contractor Gil Ramirez,…
Jeff Bagwell Is Cooperstown Bound!
Jeff Bagwell wasn’t supposed to play for the Houston Astros, but the Boston Red Sox were desperate for a reliever during t he final months of a playoff run. Bagwell also wasn’t supposed to play first base, but he hit the ball hard, and the Astros were desperate for bats…
Texas Tax Incentives for Filmmakers in Jeopardy
Since 2006, filmmakers who choose to shoot their films in Texas have been the beneficiaries of the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program, a tax rebate system designed to attract projects (and the money and jobs they create) to the state. However, the program is now in danger of being…
Home Baker Brings Middle Eastern-Nostalgia Goodness to Houston
Brigitte Zabak’s career path reads like a beautifully varied patchwork quilt: after earning a master’s in social work, she worked for several elected politicians, then did freelance writing coverage of music and festivals, and currently spreads joy with her home-baked Middle Eastern- and nostalgia-inspired sweets. Born and raised in Houston…
Sid Miller Promotes False Narrative That Illegal Immigrants Shot Hunters
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller has stepped in it once again. This time, he’s been spreading a fake news story claiming that a trio of hunters were attacked by illegal immigrants while hunting near Candelaria. Miller, who was considered by President-elect Donald Trump for a cabinet position, posted a story…
For the Last Time, a Meyerland Homeowner Watches the Water Creep Inside
Mahmoud Harmouche, a Meyerland homeowner, says his family only lost one car this time. A relief. The first floor of his home only flooded four to six inches — manageable, livable — and the flat-screen TV and the furniture were thankfully not submerged. By 4 p.m., most of the water…
New York City Queens Want to Give Fans a Proper Farewell
“I love everyone in the band like they were family.”
Texans Are Throwing the Only Half-Decent Inaugural Ball in D.C.
The official Inaugural concert is pretty lame, but the Black Tie & Boots soiree more than makes up for it.
My Girl’s Boss Tried to Have Sex With Her. Help!
What’s on your mind? What isn’t? Ask Willie D!
Can Pro-Choice Feminists Welcome Pro-Life Women Into the Movement?
Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa, founder of the Dallas-based group New Wave Feminists, says she just wanted to protest President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration — his misogynistic actions and comments of the past — at the Women’s March on Washington, where thousands of feminists and women’s rights advocates are expected to gather…
Right Now: Flash Sale for Artopia Tickets
The Houston Press 9th Annual Artopia is around the corner.Join us on Saturday, January 28 at Winter Street Studios for a sensory overload full of culture, fashion, visual arts, performing arts and so much more. The evening will showcase Visual Art from Reece Carnley, Ashley Henry, and Cliff Franks. A…
Here Are Your Best Transportation Options for Super Bowl Week
The Houston Super Bowl Host Committee has unveiled its plan for easing traffic congestion during Super Bowl week, from January 28 through the big game on February 5. Due to Super Bowl LIVE events, which the city expects will draw more than 100,000 people daily, several roads in downtown Houston will…
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Rains Pummel Houston, Causing Flooding Across Area [UPDATED]
Rain overnight and into Wednesday morning inundated many areas of Houston and nearby suburbs, causing closures of roads, schools and businesses. “Many roadways are closed or are experiencing dangerous flooding,” stated an announcement from Houston’s Emergency Operations Center, which has been activated in response to the flooding. “Houston residents are…
Let’s Create a Dream Team among Houston Sports Talk Talent
Houston’s sports talk radio scene is a crowded one. Whereas some cities have one or two stations dedicated to sports talk, our city has four – KILT 610 AM, KBME 790 AM, KGOW 1560 AM and KFNC 97.5 FM. Each offers something unique; some skew more local, while others offer…
Rep. Al Green Becomes First Texas Democrat to Boycott the Inauguration
As we roll into the final days before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on Friday, a number of Democratic lawmakers have announced that they intend to boycott the ceremony, including Rep. Al Green. The Houston-based congressman, who represents Texas’s 9th Congressional District, announced his decision via Twitter on Monday night…
Top 10 Offseason Story Lines for the Houston Texans (Guess What’s No. 1…)
Hard to believe, but we are heading into our fourth offseason with Bill O’Brien at the helm of the Houston Texans, counting the 2014 offseason in which he was, technically, the franchise’s first big maneuver. This time last year, the organization was seeking a solution at quarterback, as they’ve been…
Sophia Loren Plans Stop in Galveston
There’s nothing negative to say about Sophia Loren. Ever. OK, maybe the film version of Verdi’s Aida (1953) was the Italian movie clunker to end all movie clunkers, but young earthy Sophia barged through that experience when everyone else would have sunk. Dubbed by opera’s super diva Renata Tebaldi and…
Kevin Naderi Will Moderate the Iron Fork Competition at the 2017 Menu of Menus
Get ready for one of Houston’s hottest foodie events of the year. The Houston Press is excited to present the 15th Annual Menu of Menus® Extravaganza, presented by Stella Artois. Sign up for the Houston Press Dining Newsletter by January 23 to gain access to the exclusive Pre-Sale: January 24…
Study Finds That Mostly Older Voters Helped Elect Mayor Turner, Other Mayors
Sure, Mayor Sylvester Turner is a mayor for all the people of Houston — but really, it was all the senior citizens who elected him. According to a new study by Portland State University, which looked at voter participation in the mayoral elections of the 30 largest cities, the voices…
Supernatural Comes to Houston Complete With the Winchester Brothers and Death
When character actor Julian Richings walks on an elevator or travels by plane, he says it’s not unusual for people to recognize him — and flinch. That’s probably because to more than one generation of fans of the TV show Supernatural, they see Richings and think Death, the character he’s…
The Middlelands Lineup Is a Perfect Fit for Grimes County
You can’t please everyone, but this lineup is crazy awesome.
Out-of-State Music Festivals Worth Traveling to This Year
Come with us as we get the hell out of Dodge in search of some great music.
10 Artists Who Should Be Playing the Inauguration Concert
The concert celebration President-Elect Donald Trump’s inauguration is Thursday night; why aren’t these entertainers on the bill?
The Biggest Twist: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love M. Night Shyamalan
M. Night Shyamalan appears again to be having a moment. His last film, 2015’s grandparents-gone-wrong horror flick The Visit, proved a small hit with critics and audiences alike, and his latest, this week’s multiple-personality abduction thriller Split, seems poised to do likewise. And why not? Both films are effective chillers…
Ask a Stoner: Why Roll a Joint Inside Out?
Dear Stoner: A festival-going friend rolls joints inside out and says they’re better that way. Wouldn’t they be manufactured that way if that were the case? Dab-oo Sweeney Dear Dab-oo: Papers and blunt wraps are merely canvases for rolling artists to spin their magic. The regular way is the easiest…
Cooking Girl Closing Today for Sewer Repair. Back Later
Cooking Girl at 315 Fairview in the Heights is closed for business starting today. Don’t panic though, the closure is only temporary, according to a server at Pepper Twins, its sister restaurant at 1915 West Gray. The server mentioned that it was an “ordinance by the city of Houston,” and…
2017 Truffle Masters Event Crowns Kata Robata Winner for Second Year in a Row
More than 500 truffle-loving food enthusiasts turned out last night for The Truffle Masters competition at Hobby Center. Organized and hosted by Diane Roederer of DR Delicacy (a truffle importer) and Elizabeth Stone of Silver Stone Events, this is the third time this truffle competition has taken place in Houston…
How Problematic Priests Are Warehoused
Since at least 1947, when a religious community called the Servants of the Paraclete opened one of the first treatment centers for priests grappling with pedophilia and substance abuse, dioceses have often warehoused problematic priests. The “rehab” facility closest to Houston is Splendora’s Shalom Center, whose website states, “We genuinely…
Parents Sue Houston, Officer Who Shot Their Son in Restaurant Parking Lot
Phillip Garcia Jr. was only celebrating a Houston Rockets win with some drinks and grub at a restaurant called Bombshells in southeast Houston — but he didn’t make it home after an off-duty cop shot him to death in the parking lot. That’s according to the civil rights lawsuit his…
The Rockets Are Entering One of the Toughest Stretches of the Season
CBS Sports released its midseason power rankings on Monday and, not surprisingly, the Cavs, Warriors and Spurs were atop the leaderboard. However, following them was a curious selection: the Boston Celtics, one spot ahead of the hometown Rockets. It’s curious because the Celtics have lost their only game against the…
Astronaut Gene Cernan, Last to Walk on the Moon, Dies at 82
Astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, died on Monday. He was 82. Cernan, wasn’t as famous as some of the other NASA astronauts from the manned spaceflight program — everyone knows Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon — but Cernan…
Plastinated People Are Back, This Time With a Message: “Get Healthy, Houston”
“Every body is a treasure,” said Dr. Angelina Whalley, creative and conceptual designer for the new “BODY WORLDS RX: Prescriptions for Healthy Living” exhibition at The Health Museum. We wanted to know more about the deceased who donated their bodies for plastination to make up the more than 75 real…
Judge Rules Business Can’t Open “Krusty Krab” Joint Because of SpongeBob
Further solidifying the legacy of SpongeBob SquarePants and his shrewd boss, Eugene H. Krabs, a federal judge has ruled that a Houston-based company can’t open a restaurant called The Krusty Krab in Kemah due to trademark infringement. Perhaps in the spirit of Mr. Krabs — the Krusty Krab’s penny-pinching owner…
Steaks Please and Ambience Disappoints at Steak 48
The eight ounces of Wagyu petite filet arrived still sizzling on the plate, no frills, no sides, just the meat rubbed with the house spices, in a small pool of clarified butter and its own meaty juices. After I recently experienced cer-tified, Japanese-imported A5 Wagyu, it was -difficult not to…
Upcoming: A Perfect Circle, Big Sean, Billy Ocean, Jonathan Richman, Middlelands, Olivia Neutron-John, Robin Trower, etc.
A constantly updated guide to upcoming concerts in the Greater Houston area.
The Buried Abuse of the Galveston-Houston Archdiocese
On the phone, the former Houston priest didn’t recognize the name of the 13-year-old boy he molested in 1978. So much time has passed since that third encounter with the boy, in the Town & Country Village movie theater in Memorial City, where the priest slid his hand into the…
Dale Watson & Ray Benson’s Charming Texas Two-Step
No matter the honky-tonk situation, Dale & Ray are on the case.
The Most Intriguing Concerts of RodeoHouston 2017
This year the Rodeo has booked several artists they can count on, meaning they can fill up some of the other spots with less traditional options like these.
Alain Guiraudie’s Latest Anarchic Adventure Finds a Way to Right Itself
In Staying Vertical, as in nearly all of French filmmaker Alain Guiraudie’s tonically unorthodox work, the emphasis is on the abundant possibility of pairings and practices when people get horizontal. Filled with quite literal chubby-chasing, Guiraudie’s sexually anarchic romp The King of Escape (2009), for example, centers on a middle-aged…
The Founder Finds America (and Its Food) Turning Nasty
Like its subject, the man who took McDonald’s from a single burger shop to a globe-straddling child-fattener, John Lee Hancock’s The Founder can’t stop selling. The first fast-food kitchen, set up in 1953 by the solemn McDonald brothers in San Bernardino, gets celebrated here as rousingly as John Glenn’s first…
Roger Corman Tells Us About Death Race 2050, the Only Movie That Matters in 2017
Roger Corman is not a visionary. But he is a prophet foretelling the future. In 1954, the notoriously thrifty B-movie/genre director pioneered the multi-picture deal, selling his low-budget Fast and the Furious to American Releasing Corporation with a guaranteed two-movie advance — Universal eventually licensed the film/title for one of…
A Big Transition for Two of Houston’s Best Restaurateurs
Kevin Floyd and Bobby Heugel, two of the leading players in Houston’s restaurant and bar scene announced that they have amicably exchanged partnership interests in concepts they have founded together. The full transference of Floyd’s interests in Anvil Bar & Refuge, The Pastry War, and The Nightingale Room has gone…
Patriots 34, Texans 16 — How to Lose a Game in 10 Plays
The general feeling following the Texans’s 34-16 loss to the New England Patriots in Foxborough on Saturday night was that they played about as well as they could have played, given their roster and the circumstances of the team. Yes, an 18-point loss in the playoffs feeling like some sort…
Africans Again Triumph in Hot, Humid Houston Marathon
A pair of Africans again won the men’s and women’s titles at the Chevron Houston Marathon on Sunday on an unusually warm January morning that saw slower times and scores of runners treated by medical staff. Dominic Ondoro of Kenya edged out Yitayal Atanfu of Ethiopia for the men’s title…
TSU Seeks Brutal Schedule in Hope of Boosting NCAA Chances
It’s not so much that TSU destroyed Grambling State 76-55 on Saturday night. It’s not so much that Texas Southern is now a perfect 4-0 in SWAC conference play, or even so much that the Tigers have won four straight games. Instead, it’s about this. TSU played its 17th game…
Houstonians Ready to Tell All When Kevin Allison’s Risk! Comes to Town
Risk! is sort of like drunk dialing with a therapeutic twist, only the potential for embarrassment is exponentially greater. Host Kevin Allison (The State, Reno 911) returns to Houston for this live show and podcast, where brave souls are encouraged to spill their guts to a ravenous audience. “It’s kind…
Who Am I About This Time? at Stages Is All About Love
At first, director Sally Edmundson wasn’t at all sure she wanted to do the play with Stages Repertory Artistic Director Kenn McLaughlin approached her with — despite reading it several times. He asked her to read it once more and finally Who Am I This Time? clicked in for her. “There…
Feds Find Houston’s Housing Policies Perpetuate Segregation
In a blistering letter sent to Mayor Sylvester Turner last week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development concluded that the City of Houston has perpetuated segregation by allowing “racially motivated opposition” to affordable housing projects dictate the city’s decisions about where to build them. As a result, the…
Dish of the Week: Butternut Squash Risotto
From classic comfort foods to regional standouts and desserts, we’ll be sharing a new recipe with you each week. Find other dishes of the week here. This week, we’re giving an Italian classic a seasonal twist with butternut squash risotto. Risotto is a northern Italian rice dish that is toasted,…
Bookies Are Setting Odds on Donald Trump Getting Impeached
Bookies in Ireland and the United Kingdom have been setting odds on whether or not President-elect Donald Trump will complete his first term of office and whether he’ll be impeached, and lately it’s looking like they don’t think Trump will last four years. Based on how Trump has acted as…
10 Artists Who Should Have Played a Super Bowl Halftime by Now
None of these musicians have played the Super Bowl Halftime Show. That should change.
Shows of the Week: Houston Indie Favorites Go the Reunion Route
The livest live music in the Bayou City for the second full week of January 2017.
Highs & Lows, According to DJ XO & Tony Del Freshco
2017, like any year before it, is going to be a weird proving ground for local hip-hop.
NFL Playoffs: Patriots 34, Texans 16 — 4 Winners, 4 Losers
The problem with being a quarterback-challenged team playing the New England Patriots on the road in the playoffs, with Tom Brady and Bill Belichick standing ominously waiting to devour you whole, is that your chances of winning the game boil down to a six or seven proposition parlay of things…
Big Screen and Small Screen Friends From the ’90s Find Themselves on Houston Stages
Ah, the ’90s. The American 1990s to be specific. A prosperous decade squished between the end of the cold war and the tragedy of 9/11. The last great decade some have called it, with more than a little whiff of nostalgia. Some of the longing is financial – the economy…
Our Best Houston Marathon Stories
The 42nd annual Chevron Houston Marathon kicked off this morning in far-from-ideal weather, which prompted race organizers to urge runners to slow down. The marathon is one of Houston’s most popular events, so we decided it’d be a good idea to recap some of our best marathon stories from recent…
Osweiler’s Three Picks End Texans Season in 34-16 Loss to Patriots
That’s a wrap, folks. The Texans season is over after losing 34-16 to the Patriots in New England, in a game that saw the Texans make familiar mistakes. Houston kept the game close early Saturday night and capitalized on unusual New England turnover, including an interception and fumbled kick return…
Say Hello to The Bye Bye Man, a Not-Bad Twist on Candyman
Maybe it’s a just a sign of the Blumhouse-era horror-movie world we find ourselves in, but there’s something refreshing about a scare flick that (a) actually shows you its monster occasionally and (b) gives you a definite reason to be afraid of it. Hiding things in shadows to enhance audience…
M. Night Shyamalan’s Latest Is Neither Mess Nor Triumph
Despite his reputation, M. Night Shyamalan has never lived and died by the twist. His best films, like Unbreakable or even last year’s cheerily nasty wicked-grandparents thriller The Visit, work first as accomplished, emotionally engaging suspense. What’s most memorable about them isn’t the final-act revelations or even the quietly impressive…
Houston Marathon Doctor Urges Runners to Slow Down
The 42nd Chevron Houston Marathon is set to kick off at 7 a.m. Sunday, but the event is already off to an inauspicious start. Marathon officials on Friday implored runners to plan for a slower race as the temperature Sunday will reach the mid-70s with heavy humidity. “Slow down, slow…
Gov. Greg Abbott Gave Taiwan’s President a Gift Tied to Death in Chinese Culture
As if we needed another reason why it’s a bad idea for state officials to conduct foreign diplomacy, not only only did Gov. Greg Abbott recently meet with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen over the polite but forceful objections from the Chinese government, it turns out he also made an inadvertent…
Aldine Middle School Teacher Impregnated by Student Sentenced to Prison
The former middle school teacher who pleaded guilty to continual sexual abuse of one of her students was sentenced to ten years in prison Friday morning. Alexandria Vera, 24, had admitted to having a sexual relationship with one of her 13-year-old students last year, and according to court records, the…
Oh Baby! HISD Board Swears in New Trustees, Picks Officers and Rejects Time Limits
Babies were on hand for the mid-day swearing in of the Houston ISD’s newest trustees providing some extra pizzazz as Anne Sung and Holly Maria Flynn Vilaseca (Ocampo) each brought along family for the momentous event. This was followed four-and-a-half hours later by the board’s monthly general meeting in which…
Panel Advises Ways to Ensure Texas Dentists Safely Use Anesthesia on Patients
After months of reviewing cases where something went wrong as dentists were administered anesthesia to patients in Texas, a blue ribbon panel appointed by the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners has come out with recommendations for how the board can better monitor dentists who provide sedation and anesthesia. The…
Texas Rep. Randy Weber Says Reporter Who Questioned Trump Should Be Fired
President-elect Donald Trump’s news conference Wednesday, his first in more than 160 days, may be best remembered by an exchange between Trump and a CNN reporter. So of course one our own, Rep. Randy Weber, a Republican from Texas’s 14th congressional district, has waded into the mire with words of…
The Five Best Things to Do in Houston This Weekend: Marathon, Mercury and Degas
We’ve got the 411 on the Chevron Houston Marathon, so be sure to check our course map for avoiding road closures and staying on the move this weekend. The post-race hoopla actually starts on Saturday at Discovery Green after the ABB 5K, so come support these athletes on both Saturday and…
If I Were Famous: Doomstress Alexis
Our favorite local musicians contemplate being outrageously famous.
Houston to Launch “Public Shaming Campaign” Against Johns
Johns seeking to pay for sex in seedy motels should probably give that decision a second thought as the Super Bowl approaches. Because heads of local law enforcement agencies warned Thursday that they would be launching a “public shaming campaign” against anyone arrested for soliciting prostitution. In the weeks leading…
