21 Best Things to Do in Houston This Week: Texas Derby and Pride Houston Events
Tuesday, June 20 Gladiators are typically depicted as the chiseled models of athletic perfection. In this case, they literally are chiseled — into stone. The Houston Museum of Natural Science will present Gladiator Graffiti & Roman Blood Sport: Findings from Aphrodisias by Peter De Staebler, a one-day-only lecture that shows…
Houston’s 5 Best Weekend Food Bets: Treat Yo’ Dad (and Yo’ Self)
Here’s a look at this weekend’s best culinary happenings: Saturday Morning Bake Sale at Fluff Bake Bar Saturday, 10 a.m. 314 Gray Fluff’s next a.m. bake sale features San Antonio’s Southerleigh Fine Food & Brewery and chef Jeff Balfour, with an innovative menu including fried chicken and praline crepes with…
Reviews For The Easily Distracted: Rough Night
Rough Night can’t decide between what kind of comedy it wants to be: “black” or “female empowerment,” two tastes that don’t necessarily go together.
Upcoming Houston Food Events: Beef Up at the First Annual BBQ MeatUp
Mark your calendars, because you don’t want to miss these deliciously fun culinary happenings: Ooh La Dessert Boutique’s Cupcake of the Month is the Banana Cream Pie cupcake. A dense banana cake filled with house vanilla pastry cream and topped with a vanilla whipped cream/buttercream frosting and a crunchy banana…
The Five Best Things to Do in Houston This Weekend: Boys, Boas Then an Undies Run
Get into your undies for a run around the Gorgeous Gael with a group of your favorite fitness-loving, body-expressing friends. Rendezvous at the Gorgeous Gael afterwards for a what could be considered a pool party minus the pool.
Openings & Closings: Cypress Says Howdy to a New Shack Burger Resort
Low key burger and craft beer spot The Shack Burger Resort grand opened its third location in the Houston area at 15719 Mueschke in Cypress on June 10. The new space, similar to two other locations, 16602 Cypress Rosehill and 12710 Telge, is sprawled out on ten acres of land…
Consider the Bands Who Get Oddly Frozen in Time
Music is an emotional instrument; sometimes it uses its powers for good, other times not.
The Doobie Brothers’ Long Train Is Still Runnin’
The classic rockers who put China Grove, Texas on the map are rockin’ down the highway with Chicago this summer.
The 10 Most Fake-Looking Recent Movie Monsters
People really loved CGI monsters in the 1990s, didn’t they?
Well, That’s It. It’s Time to Ban Baseball.
It had a good run, sure, but it’s too slow, too outdated and too divisive to survive much further into the 21st century.
United Airlines Assaulted 71-Year-Old Houston Man, Suit Claims
In the latest bit of bad publicity for United “Our Way Or The Highway” Airlines, a Houston attorney is suing the not-so-friendly-skies company over a 2015 incident at Bush Intercontinental Airport where a United employee allegedly shoved a man to the floor. KPRC first reported the story, and published a…
The Lonzo Ball Father’s Day Foot Locker Commercial Is Fantastic
With Father’s Day on the horizon this weekend, it’s a reminder that the topic of fathers and sons in sports has been a hotly debated one over the last couple months, fueled largely by LaVar Ball’s helicopter style, battering ram over-involvement in his oldest son Lonzo’s transition from one season…
Houstonian Zack Barth One of the Injured at Virginia Ball Field Shooting
A congressional aide from Houston was among those injured at a shooting in Alexandria, Virginia that targeted GOP lawmakers on Wednesday. Texas Republican representatives Joe Barton, Kevin Brady Mike Conaway and Roger Williams were all at a Republican practice for a charity Congressional baseball game on Wednesday morning when a…
Steve Krase Has a Case of the Blues
“How does a kid from Long Island end up being friend with these blues legends? It could only happen in Houston.”
Seaside Poke Is a Quick and Easy Lunch Spot in EaDo
It’s definitely the sleekest and chicest of Houston’s poke crop, that’s for sure. It’s also the latest and, potentially, the greatest— well, that can only be determined by H-Town’s locust cloud of poke-consuming masses, of course. Whatever the case, Seaside Poke, the newest restaurant specializing in raw fish bowls…
The Van Halen Book You’ve Been Waiting For
The ’70s and ’80s AOR kingpins’ former manager
With Vouchers Rescinded, Former Foster Care Youth in Houston Stuck in Limbo
On the morning Chastity Goodin was scheduled to receive her housing voucher, she was already thinking it might be rescinded. She caught the news before she took a one-hour bus ride from a homeless shelter to the Houston Housing Authority, and as she sat in the waiting room for 15…
Exclusive Video: Handsomebeast’s “Sweet James ’76”
“We wanted our music to have a bounce to it,” says singer Nick Serena. Good call.
How Soon Should I Ask My Girl About Her Sexual Past? Help!
What’s on your mind? What isn’t? Ask Willie D!
The Best New Happy Hours and Booze Specials in Houston
With the official start of summer just a week away, June 21 to be exact, restaurants and bars around town are rolling out new deals for boozing this summer. Here are ten new (or drastically updated) happy hours and booze specials you’ll want to check out in the days ahead…
Taxpayers to Spend $1.3 Million on a Failing METRO Houston Pilot Program
According to METRO Houston figures, Harris County taxpayers will cough up an annual $1.3 million subsidy so that around 55 people per weekday can ride what’s essentially a limited neighborhood shuttle. When METRO implemented its debatable new “System Reimagining” bus network in August 2015, critics say that METRO attempted to…
Lance Zierlein Declines Contract Option at 790, Leaves Morning Show
Houston sports radio is about to endure another shakeup. Long-time on-air talent and native son Lance Zierlein announced Tuesday he would not sign a contract extension with 790 KBME where he has been since 2011. During his time at KBME, he has worked the morning show with both Adam Clanton…
Brutal ’79 Brit Drama Scum Pits Delinquents against the System
Alan Clarke’s once-banned, twice-filmed Brit scandal, Scum, stands as one of the great films about boys and violence, about the allure and horror and inevitability of young toughs seizing power by smashing some skulls — and replicating, in their own private hellscape, the societal structures that have ground them down…
Harris County Deputies Seize 600 Pounds of Kid-Friendly Meth Lollipops
A call for a burglary in progress turned into a weird discovery when Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies showed up to find “bags and bags and bags of candy lollipops — but they all have meth inside of them,” according to Lieutenant Ruben Diaz, a narcotics investigator. Neighbors called 911…
The Top 10 Head Football Coaches in Big XII History
Of all the Power Five conferences in college football, the Big XII, on so many levels, is the furthest from overall conference royalty. While the other four conferences — the SEC, Big Ten, Pac-12 and ACC — have undergone some sort of realignment-induced facelift in the last few years, the…
Friends (and This Cast) Deserve Better Than the Sour Rough Night
At least Rough Night, Lucia Aniello’s dutifully raucous new bachelorette-party comedy, achieves verisimilitude. It’s a rough watch and an evening killer, this film about friends who seem not to love, like or even really know one another. If you enjoy strained fun with people who have grown apart from you,…
Galveston Arts Center Hosts a Visual Celebration to the Spirit of Juneteenth
Not so much an in-your-face indictment of the atrocities of slavery as a reminder of black beauty and excellence in defiance of oppression.
Ken Paxton Gets New Judge, but Felony Trial Stays in Harris County
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has a new judge overseeing his criminal trial — but he may not like this one, either. For months, Paxton has fought to get a new judge in his trial for securities fraud. Paxton was charged with three felonies in 2015 after he encouraged investors…
Rainbow Flag Flies High Over Another Month of Pride Festivities
Next Saturday the party goes from noon to 11 p.m., and it will have the typical barely-dressed boys, glitter-covered girls, and plenty of entertainment for all.
League City Dentist Amanda Hoover Files for Bankruptcy
The hits just keep on coming for Dr. Amanda Hoover, the League City dentist whose former patients have filed a lawsuit alleging medical malpractice and asking for Hoover to pay damages. First there was the initial lawsuit. After Mark and Lisa Deel learned in December 2015 that Hoover had allegedly performed…
Shade Revamp Alice Blue Opens in the Heights
Alice Blue is now open in the Heights at 250 W. 19th Street in The Heights. The restaurant has debuted not even one full month after owner, Claire Smith, announced that her flagship Shade— a longtime hub for Southern food and shrimp and grits in the area— would rebrand itself…
Northside Neighbors Claim Houston Isn’t Trying Hard Enough to Police WOMH
The Near Northside neighbors living near White Oak Music Hall are doubling down on their demands that the City of Houston step in and hold the concert venue accountable for its blaring rock ‘n’ roll that vibrates their homes and disturbs their kids. On Tuesday, the group of residents sued…
Six Ways to Keep Your Kids Learning Over the Summer
Teaching your kids over the summer might seem like a daunting task, but it actually doesn’t take that much time to keep brain-drain at bay.
The Coffee Lover’s Diet: A Light Roasting
Bob Arnot, M.D. wants you to change your coffee. He’s concerned you’re drinking too much dark roast, like most Americans, and piling it high with cream and sugar. He wants you to sip from the single origin light roasted beans of high-elevated locales in exotic places he’s visited and you…
Prince’s Legacy Comes to Houston: “I Need to Do It to Keep Him Alive”
“Prince was really a member of The Revolution; that’s what made it incredible,” says his longtime drummer.
What Is It With Houston and Outdoor Festivals?
Because this is getting a little ridiculous.
Salma Hayek Commandeers Beatriz at Dinner‘s Nimble Class Comedy
A film often smartly attuned to language, Beatriz at Dinner — a sober comedy about class clash and soft-to-hard racism directed by Miguel Arteta and written by Mike White — operates in several different idioms. English and Spanish (sometimes unsubtitled) are spoken, as are the lexicons of healing and affluence…
Emmanuelle Devos Makes the So-So Thriller Moka Worth Watching
Though it’s a phlegmatic, sometimes stumbling thriller, Moka, directed and co-written by Frédéric Mermoud, still has its share of gripping suspense. These tense moments arise not from any plot machinations but from the anticipation of the next exquisitely calibrated response by Emmanuelle Devos, the film’s star, who appears in every…
Sally Hawkins Dazzles Even When Maudie Drags
Maudie is hit-or-miss, but you’ll probably bawl anyway. Its creators have elected to dramatize nothing but the things that traditional narrative features usually botch. The film, directed by Aisling Walsh, surveys the life of a beloved artist, Nova Scotia’s self-taught folk painter Maud Lewis, who produced scores of cheerily primitive…
The Art of Waiting for It: Koji Fukada’s Harmonium Smashes its Own Façade
You can’t be blamed for wondering, quite a while into Koji Fukada’s Harmonium, just exactly what kind of movie it is. Tense family melodrama? Middle-aged infidelity thriller? Study of repression? Psycho-vengeance genre-spree? All of the above? Maybe the measured, calm, withholding pace of the film, particularly in its first half,…
Stateside at Last, De Sica’s Il Boom Satirizes a Moneyed Culture’s Crackup
Among the most savage and surreal of Italian comedies, starring one of the country’s biggest stars and directed by one of its legendary filmmakers, Vittorio De Sica’s Il Boom barely made a ripple when first released, in 1963. It sank so deeply that it’s only now getting a proper release…
Hernandez Family Says Man Accused of Strangling Father Was MMA Fighter
The family of John Hernandez is suing her husband’s alleged killers — and says the man accused of choking him to death was a trained in mixed martial arts. Lawyers for the Hernandez family brought a wrongful death lawsuit Monday against Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Chauna Thompson and her husband, Terry…
President Trump on Texans QB Deshaun Watson: “Gonna Be a Great NFL Player”
The Houston Texans begin mandatory minicamp later Tuesday morning, and when they do, Tom Savage will be their starting quarterback. He will be the signal caller taking snaps with the first team, and he will be the one that coaches give the starter’s treatment. However, if that is indeed the…
Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs Stage a Master Class in Blue-Eyed Soul
Two veteran blue-eyed soul men benefited from a veteran crowd, and a good time was had by all.
Super-Addictive Game Life Is Strange Getting a Prequel
Our choice for 2015 Game of the Year jumps ahead in time a bit.
Pesticide Used in Gulf Coast May Be Linked to Autism, Study Finds
For years, the question of whether pesticides are linked to autism have driven environmentalists to protest and academics mad. And while scientists have yet to prove the root cause of autism, it just so happens that pesticides continue to crop up in research as suspected culprits or contributors. Most recently:…
10 Hip-Hop Acts Besides Tupac Who Deserve the Big-Screen Treatment
All Eyez on Me is the latest in a long line of hip-hop biopics. But there are many more stories left to tell on the big screen.
Is Houston Actually Enforcing the “Anti-Homeless” Ordinance?
It has been quiet since the firestorm over Houston’s camping and panhandling ordinances put the city in an ugly national spotlight. Monday marked one month since the ordinances – which, among other things, makes it a crime for people to sleep in tents, boxes, and other makeshift shelters in public…
Houston’s Summer Wine Obsession Boils Down to Two Little Words: Glou-Glou
Beaujolais is in such high demand there’s an allocation on the good bottles from makers known, like the 1970s political punk band, as the Gang of Four; and somewhere north of Rome, nuns are burying cow horns filled with dung in their vineyard grounds and howling at the full moon…
Heights Restaurants Could Ditch That Pesky Private Club Designation by End of Year
In Texas, there are more than 1,000 private clubs in operation today and 20 of those reside in the Houston Heights. These are actually just bars and restaurants that are forced to operate as private clubs in order to sell booze thanks to a loophole dating back to the 1930s,…
Are Management Districts on the Brink of Extinction?
Fed up business owners are piling on in hopes that the point will tip in their favor, forever ridding Houston of its “clubby” management districts. Last week, Marvy Finger of Milford Ltd./The Fingers Companies, which has developed luxury apartments in Houston for decades, jumped on the Harris County District Court…
At Alliantgroup, Sexting, Racist Emails and Harassment Were S.O.P., Ex-Employees Charge
It’s June 2015, and the human resources director for Alliantgroup, a multimillion-dollar, Houston-based tax consulting firm, is dancing with coworkers on a table in the company’s elegant office building, lip-syncing to DJ Khaled’s “All I Do Is Win.” Kim Tardy is wearing a gold costume dollar-sign necklace slung low around…
Upcoming: Banks, Benjamin Booker, Chris LaForge Memorial, IndustraFest, Paulina Rubio, Richard Marx, Sheer Mag, etc.
A constantly updated guide to upcoming concerts in the Greater Houston area.
So…How About That Houston Open Air Lineup?
Solid lineup, but Five Finger Death Punch? Gross.
Nippon Schools the Competition at the First Annual Texas Poke Showdown
Anxious, hungry poke fans lined up outside of Bar Bleu, 2506 Robinhood, near Rice Village last night for Houston’s first ever poke competition. Eleven teams entered the contest and three winners each were presented for judges’ choice and people’s choice. Judges’ Choice: First Place: Nippon Restaurant Second Place: Flip N’…
Flying Tow Hitch Ball Crashes Through Windshield, Kills Woman on I-10
Another day, another tragic Houston freakshow car accident. Around 10 a.m. Saturday, a metal tow hitch ball, propelled from an unknown source, flew through the air. It crashed into the windshield of a beige Ford Explorer on westbound East Freeway (I-10), penetrated the glass on the driver’s side and struck…
Seriously, the Third Cars Movie Finishes in First Place
Here’s something I never guessed I would say: It might be worth going into the new Cars movie spoiler-free. Without giving anything away, I can tell you that, at its climax, this latest installment in a springtime of sequels the world doesn’t need eases into a surprising new gear and…
Metallica Carries the Torch for Stadium Rock at NRG
Nobody does stadium rock spectacle like Metallica. Once they’re gone, can anyone again?
2017 NBA Finals: Cavaliers-Warriors, Game 5 — Four Things to Watch For
On the surface, this has been, on paper at least, a fairly ho-hum NBA Finals, with three blowouts in four games and the favorite racing out to a 3-0 lead that’s made the ultimate outcome feel like a fait accompli. However, if you’ve watched these NBA Finals, you know that…
At The Drive-In Never Lets Up at Revention Reunion Date
Houston crowds may be shy or quiet, but at least we’re paying attention.
Marilyn Manson, Prophets of Rage Top Houston Open Air 2017 Lineup Card
Hard-rock franchise hoping for more agreeable weather after a change of venue.
Meatless Mondays: How to Make (and Shop For) Vegan Kimchi
Houston is a mosaic of cultures, and its cuisine reflects that. With that in mind (and in honor of Meatless Monday), each week we’ll explore a new globally-inspired vegetarian or vegan dish, and take a look at where to find its ingredients in Houston; Discover other Meatless Mondays here. This…
Prepping Big-Screen Scores for the Symphony Is No Walk in Jurassic Park
The Houston Symphony will screen Jurassic Park with the orchestra supporting the score on June 15 and 16.
This Week in Houston Food Events: Wings, Beer and Cabs for Dads
Here’s a look at this week’s hottest culinary happenings: All summer long Half-off wine special at Damian’s Cucina Italiana This summer from June though August, Damian’s Cucina Italiana, 3011 Smith, will complement customers meals and their budgets with a bottle of wine from its vast selection for 50 percent off…
No, Brock Osweiler Is Not a Better Quarterback Than Colin Kaepernick
The Seattle Seahawks signed Austin Davis to be Russell Wilson’s backup quarterback last week. That’s not that big a deal seeing as Wilson is a pretty durable QB and that his backups really do not play that much. And that is kind of an important fact in that Davis is…
Social Trends From the 1980s That We Should Never Forget
It’s easy to remember the ’80s fondly, and to be nostalgic for that decade, but here are three things that were happening then that we shouldn’t let happen again.
10 Best Patios in Clear Lake and Nearby Areas
Summer is just about here. Flip flops, frozen drinks, and patio hopping are on the agendas of many people, especially down here by the bay. To make your hunt for that perfect patio a little easier, the Houston Press has put together a list of ten patios in the Clear…
The 10 Biggest Party Fouls at Art-Exhibit Openings
Eat all of the food; pretend you know everything.
With Anti-Fascists Nowhere in Sight, Armed Texans Rally for Sam Houston
The “This is Texas” rally, held Saturday at Hermann Park, didn’t go as planned. The event was billed as a showdown with “Antifa,” or anti-fascist, protesters. A Houston branch of the left-wing group had allegedly called for a protest June 10 demanding the removal of the Sam Houston Monument on…
Saint Arnold’s Anniversary Bash Becomes a Family Affair
A night celebrating the great beer and music Houston offers reminded everyone we can be caretakers to its legacy by looking out for one another.
A Murder Charge for a Police Officer? It’s a Rarity in Harris County
The indictment of a Harris County sheriff’s deputy on murder charges Thursday was a rare occurrence for the Houston area. While police in Harris County have killed at least 100 civilians in the past decade, most of these slayings were determined to be justified, and officers rarely face charges, let…
Houston Now Has The Impossible Burger
It was only a matter of time before the meatless burger that bleeds, Impossible Burger, landed in Texas. Now Houstonians can get a taste at Underbelly and Hay Merchant, the first restaurants outside of a dozen in California and New York, including David Chang’s Momofuku Nishi and Ssam Bar, to…
Shows of the Week: A City Unites to Assist One of Houston Music’s True Good Guys
The livest live music in the Bayou City for the second full week of June 2017.
Boz Scaggs, From Urban Cowboy to Smooth Sailin’ With Michael McDonald
I just consider Houston one of the places where people ‘get it,’ says the sublime R&B crooner.
Obsidian’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch is Incandescent, With a Great Sense of Timing
It’s full moon. It’s midnight. It’s the start of Pride Month. Where else could you be than Obsidian Theater to revel in the sight and sound of Blake Jackson as the LGBT community’s theatrical icon, Hedwig, in the cult musical classic Hedwig and the Angry Inch. To paraphrase the old…
Rough Night Director Lucia Aniello on Finding the Light Heart of Darkness
Lucia Aniello’s ensemble comedy Rough Night might look, from its marketing, like a gender-flipped Very Bad Things. Both comedies feature a pre-wedding party that goes off the rails when a stripper accidentally gets killed by the rowdiest member of the crew. But Aniello’s film — which stars Scarlett Johansson, Zoë…
Picos’ New Dinner Menu Looks Dynamite
Arnaldo Richards, chef and owner of 30-year-old Bellaire turned Upper Kirby Mexican hub Picos, has decided to switch things up with a new dinner menu that launches tonight, June 9, with about 20 new items. The aim here? Adding in even more authentic Mexican dishes representing the country’s seven culinary regions…
Hours After Indictment for Murder, Deputy and Husband Are Free on Bond
A Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy and her husband, hours after being indicted on murder charges in the death of John Hernandez, are free after posting bail. Deputy Chauna Thompson and her husband, Terry Thompson, were released Thursday night after making bail payments of $100,000 each. The pair, who face up…
Cry Havoc! Rages Onstage in a One-Man Autobiography of War
If there’s a more visceral production in Houston right now than Cry Havoc! I’d like to know. It chews you up and spits you out, as it were. It gives you chills while swathing you in empathy. Its horrific images of warfare are countered with angelic theatrical effects as the…
Escaping With Jimmy Buffett Is Never a Bad Idea
The King of the Parrotheads is a hell of a showman, and a hell of a businessman.
Houston Ballet’s La Bayadère Provides a Masterclass in Storytelling
But the near perfection of La Bayadère is undeniable. Between the pacing, performances and with the richness of Peter Farmer’s scenic and costume designs, it rivals an old Hollywood film – beautiful, enchanting and just a touch out of date.
Roy Hofheinz Isn’t in the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, and That’s a Shame
Did you know that Roy Hofheinz is not in the Texas Sports Hall of Fame? Did you know that Bud Adams is? And Jerry Jones? And did you know that the hall is giving Houston Texans owner Bob McNair a lifetime achievement award for his significant and positive contributions, yet…
Outlaw Queen Jaime Wyatt Finds Redemption With Felony Blues
“I feel forced into making music, but for me it is a positive thing.”
Mayor Turner Wants to Join Other Texas Cities in Fight Against SB 4
If Houston is a sanctuary city, Mayor Sylvester Turner wants to keep it that way. Turner announced Thursday morning that he plans to fight Senate Bill 4, more commonly known as Texas’s new “sanctuary cities” law. “I will ask…City Council to consider and vote to join the lawsuit challenging the…
Chingo Bling Laughs at the Haters By Making People Laugh
As a rookie comic, the established H-Town rapper says it was all about taking a dive into the unknown.
Harris County Grand Jury Indicts Sheriff’s Deputy, Husband on Murder Charges
A grand jury on Thursday returned murder charges against a Harris County sheriff’s deputy and her husband after the pair were involved in the choking death of a man outside a Denny’s restaurant in May, District Attorney Kim Ogg announced. Flanked by Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, Ogg alleged Deputy Chauna…
Freaky Friday Arrives at the Alley With Updated Story and Transcendent Casting
You need to see the world through other people’s eyes if you ever hope to fully grasp the challenges they face. Only once we truly understand another person in this manner, can we exhibit the empathy and love they deserve. It’s this notion that comedic musical, Freaky Friday, the mother-daughter,…
