Electric Reading From the Holiday Rock Shelf
Three new books examine the mighty Black Sabbath, the history of the electric guitar, and many accidental hit songs created by said instrument.
Judge Dismisses Case Against Backpage.com Founders, CEO
A California judge last week dismissed criminal charges against the CEO and two former owners of Backpage.com, a website the state’s attorney general said promoted prostitution and sex trafficking. The Sacramento judge, Michael Bowman, disagreed, and said threw out the case against Carl Ferrer, James Larkin and Michael Lacey. Police in…
Raw Power: Jim Jarmusch’s Unhinged Stooges Film Crashes MFAH
Before there was punk rock, there was this band of blue-collar misfits who were so awful they started a revolution.
21 Best Things to Do in Houston This Week: Monty Python Royalty & Touchdown Tour
Tuesday, November 29 And now for something completely unbelievable: John Cleese and Eric Idle, known best for co-founding the landmark British sketch troupe Monty Python, are appearing at the University of Houston for one night only, presumably to pay off some back royalties and legal fees. (Don’t laugh — that’s…
Ten Things to Do in Houston for $10 or Less (Seven Free), November 24-30
Holiday season is in full swing but that doesn’t mean you have to go down a carb-filled rabbit hole with no end in sight. Stay active this week by heading to Discovery Green for Cheap Skate Night go for a couple of laps around the rink if you know you…
Flipping, Cranking, Whirring and Turning: New Sculptures Turn Clocks Inside Out
Gone are the days when Jeff Shore had to tinker with abandoned household electronics to cobble together his next kinetic sculpture. Named Best Artist in 2003’s Best of Houston®, the Texas-based sculptor now has the luxury of purchasing off-the-shelf parts to create his artistic mechanisms. He began partnering with sound…
21 Best Things to Do in Houston This Week: Selfies on the Green & Stagecoach Rides
Tuesday, November 22 Get out your hashtags, because it’s another selfie alert over at Discovery Green. One of our favorite downtown green spaces is bringing in another blockbuster public art installation this winter, but it’s really a two-for-one special. Both Firmament and Enchanted Promenade debut on November 22, and they’re both…
This Week in Houston Food Events: Thanksgiving Feasts & Black Friday Eats
From Thanksgiving specials to a Greek wine dinner, here’s a look at this week’s hottest culinary happenings: Monday, November 21 “It’s All Greek To Me” at Helen Greek Food & Wine Helen Greek Food and Wine, 2429 Rice, will host the second installment of its charity series, “It’s All Greek…
Houston’s Long Line of Teachers Arrested for Sex Crimes
The past several weeks have brought us two reminders of how horrible people — especially those we trust with caring for our children — can sometimes be. Last week, a Houston ISD kindergarten teacher was arrested and accused of inappropriately touching a five-year-old girl. Then on Wednesday, a former teacher in Aldine…
Muggling Along: Fantastic Beasts Conjures Too Little of the Potter Magic
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, written as an original screenplay by author J.K. Rowling, is an expansion of her Harry Potter universe, and a test: Without lovable, adolescent leads Harry, Hermione Grainger, and Ron Weasley, or the elaborate narrative backbone provided by Rowling’s novels, can the wizarding world…
Best Bets for This Weekend’s College and NFL Games
What goes up, must come down… the immutable law of gravity? No, the immutable law of GAMBLING. We all learned this hard way last weekend. I’ve been giving out six weekly picks every Thursday or Friday during football season for seven seasons now here in this space, and until last…
Houston’s 5 Best Weekend Food Bets: Ghetto Dinner & a BBQ Throwdown
From a pop-up dinner featuring two fan-favorite chefs to a holiday wine sale, here’s a look at this weekend’s best culinary happenings: Beaujolais Nouveau Release at Hunky-Dory Tavern Saturday, 1 to 3 p.m. 1801 North Shepherd Beaujolais nouveau—a red wine made from Gamay grapes produced in the Beaujolais region of…
Punk Rocker, Journalist, Comedian Henry Rollins on Speaking Truth to Power
In these uncertain times, it can be hard to truly speak your mind. Henry Rollins has no such problems. The writer-journalist-comedian-musician is bringing his act to the House of Blues for what he calls bluntly “a talking show,” deadpanning that all he can promise is that he’ll be “onstage, talking, likely at a high…
Upcoming Houston Food Events: An Italian Brunch & Rare Beer Dinner
Mark your calendars, because you don’t want to miss these deliciously fun culinary happenings, from seasonal tamales to the perfect way to escape your family this Thanksgiving weekend: On Saturday, November 19, Italian-American stunner Arthur Ave, 1111 Studewood, is slated to debut its specialty weekend buffet brunch. Offered on Saturdays and…
Openings & Closings: Rich’s Reopens and Hello to Holler Brewing
Rich’s at 2401 San Jacinto in Midtown has reopened, according to a November 14 press release. The 15,000-square-foot multi-level club has undergone a complete remodel and now includes a large dance floor, five bars including a patio bar, a video bar, a VIP lounge and a private space called the…
How to Survive Spending Thanksgiving Alone in Houston
Maybe your family members live too far away for you to visit this year. Maybe your friends abruptly decided to flee the country after the results of last week’s election. Maybe trying to navigate Thanksgiving air travel just seemed like too much work. For whatever reason, with the big holiday…
College Football Playoff Rankings, Week 12 — Eight Burning Questions
If you’re a member of the College Football Playoff selection committee, you had the easiest job in the world, as of last Friday night. That was the final night in which order would prevail, the last night before chaos ensued, one more sleep before three of the top four teams…
State Board of Education Votes Against Mexican-American Studies Textbook
The State Board of Education has weighed out the proposed Mexican-American studies textbook, and found it wanting. That’s right, on Wednesday the board voted 14-0 to reject the controversial textbook which critics have been enthusiastically opposing. They maintain the textbook is racist and inaccurate. Ironically, the textbook, Mexican American Heritage, was…
Larry Marshall Did Engage in Bribery While on the School Board, a Federal Jury Finds
Gil Ramirez said if you weren’t willing to hand over bribes to Houston ISD trustee Larry Marshall, you could count on losing out on construction contracts with the school district. It took six years, a reversal of a lower court ruling, and days upon days of testimony in federal court,…
James Harden Is Easily One of the NBA’s Best Players. Why Isn’t He Treated Like It?
James Harden is one of the two or three best basketball payers in the world, yet his reputation has cost him in the eyes of fans and NBA pundits.
Jersey Boys at the Hobby Filled With Elation and Feel-Good Nostalgia
The set-up: Has there ever been a musical filled with such elation and instant, feel-good nostalgia as Jersey Boys? You can feel the excitement in the lobby; you feel the vibes pre-show, the audience is happy to be here. They’re pumped to go back to their youth. The execution: This…
Survive Your Dysfunctional Family With the Help of These Holiday Movies
As the holidays inch closer, so do the inevitable awkward silences at the family dinner table, reminders not to mention long-simmering disagreements and, of course, political arguments where no one will win over anybody else to their side. (If you have absolutely zero family drama to fear this holiday season,…
Our HPMA Woke Nominees Predict America’s Next Four Years
Houston’s most thought-provoking musical acts answer a question for us.
Texas Best Burger Restaurant Offers “Round of Beers for the Kitchen” in Exchange for God-Awful Service?
Imagine the thrill when the Bearded Lady in Fort Worth was not only included in Texas Monthly’s list of the 50 Best Burgers in Texas, but its so-called signature burger was also the cover model. In the August 2016 issue, the gastropub’s L.U.S.T. burger had been anointed as the third…
Uber Agrees to Stay in Houston Through Super Bowl…Then What?
Mayor Sylvester Turner announced Wednesday what is likely to be a major relief to the city’s thousands of Uber users: At least through the Super Bowl, Uber has promised not to leave. As part of the compromise, Uber will agree to continue requiring fingerprint background checks for drivers (which it…
Report Finds Texas Prison Officials Commonly Ignore Rape Grievances
Partnering with the Prison Justice League, the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault released a report Wednesday suggesting that sexual violence in prisons is not just rampant, but routinely ignored by Texas prison officials. The two organizations surveyed prison inmates in May 2016 who had self-reported sexual assaults at 15 Texas…
Let’s Argue: What Is Metallica’s Greatest Era?
There have been many different Metallicas over the years. Only one can rule them all.
Angry About a Trump Presidency? Go Form a Band
Be the change you want to see. Go form a band.
I Hate All Women. Help!
What’s on your mind? What isn’t? Ask Willie D!
Manchester by the Sea May Be Kenneth Lonergan’s Most Powerful Film Yet
Eventually, there will be so many films about a sullen or damaged man returning to his provincial town to face the demons of his past that Netflix will make a separate category for them. At their worst, these movies are navel-gazing vanity projects for their writers and directors (Cameron Crowe,…
Morrissey’s Houston Fans Must Wait Even Longer for His Return
The show is off, but a pair of Houston events celebrating Morrissey and his music will go on.
Aldine Teacher Who Became Pregnant by 13-Year-Old Student Pleads Guilty
The middle school teacher charged with continual sexual abuse of one of her students pleaded guilty Wednesday morning. Alexandria Vera, who taught at an Aldine ISD’s Stovall Middle School, had allegedly been impregnated by her 13-year-old student, whom she had apparently been sleeping with long-term. (She allegedly got an abortion.)…
Houston Police Say a 10-Year-Old Shot His Dad on the Way to School
A 10-year-old boy shot his dad in the as the Houston father was driving him and his sister to school on Tuesday morning, police said. As they drove on Bissonnet in southwest Houston, the boy was sitting in the backseat behind the driver’s seat when at some point he pulled…
Trump’s Potential Cabinet Is More Terrifying Than Our Worst-Case Alternatives
Donald Trump is President-elect of the United States. If you’ve spent the last week convinced the recent election was perhaps delerium brought on by hemorrhagic fever or the result of someone swapping your chai latte with ayahuasca, allow me to bring you out of your haze with the verbal equivalent…
How Will Trump’s Deportation Plan Actually Work? (Spoiler: It Probably Won’t)
After promising on the campaign trail to deport more than 11 million illegal immigrants, President-elect Donald Trump has somewhat softened his stance. He now intends to deport about three million people instead. But one thing still boggles the mind: How in the hell is Trump going to pull this off?…
HPMA 2016 Spotlight: Best Sexytime Music
Short descriptions of just how sexy these lucky HPMA nominees are.
George Romero Can’t Get Films Made Anymore, and Why I’m Not a Fan of The Walking Dead
Once upon a time, zombie movies starred guys like Bela Lugosi, and those old timey horror films didn’t feature anything that most modern horror fans would associate with the genre. All of that changed, and changed quickly, in 1968 when a Pittsburgh resident named George Romero decided to move on…
Houston EMT Service Deceived Mentally Disabled Patients in Medicaid Scam
A former Medicare provider who owned an ambulance company has been found guilty of engaging in organized crime after deceiving dozens of mentally disabled patients and attempting to steal more than $1.3 million through fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid programs, the Texas Attorney General’s Office announced Tuesday. A Harris County judge…
Revel in the Gypsy Life With Zhenya Rock’s Art at Russian Cultural Center Our Texas
There’s something romantic about gypsies, more than just the steeped-in-tradition history and culture that’s lasted through the centuries. Sure, they plan boffo weddings with meringued-to-the-max bridal gowns. There’s also a bit of mystery and danger. Who hasn’t made plans for a vacay in Europe without hearing warnings about roving bands…
Dan Patrick Has a Very Predictable Legislative Agenda
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s legislative agenda for 2017 would almost be funny if it weren’t so predictably troubling. Of course, Patrick’s agenda, released this week, offers all of the usual goals. He wants the state Legislature to come up with a balanced budget, reform property taxes and sign off on…
First Look at Eloise Nichols Grill & Liquors
Located just a few blocks from River Oaks District, where it’s hidden on a side road off of the main Westheimer drag, Eloise Nichols Grill & Bar is a bit off the beaten path, but that’s one of the things that makes it so perfect for the type of restaurant…
Harris County Judge Says Arrests of Poor People Good for Job Security
The driving infractions and fines had piled up on Robin Clearey, who stood before Magistrate Joe Licata after she got ticketed for not having taillights, for driving without a license and with expired registration. She had been through this many times before, she told the judge, and at that very…
Sylvia Casares Tells How She Became the Enchilada Queen in Her New Cookbook
She was going to be a high school home-ec teacher. Left her home in the Rio Grande Valley to get a home economics degree from the University of Texas in Austin. But along the way, she found out she could make a lot more money working in the research lab…
Where to Take Out-of-Town Visitors During the Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend
Expecting out-of-town guests for the Thanksgiving holiday? Eating turkey and watching football will take up only so much time. After that, there’s that awkward sitting around, staring at each other phase. Avoid those l-o-n-g moments of silent boredom with a little planning. We’ve got some suggestions for family-friendly activities that…
Raising a Toddler the Beat Bugs Way
A new Netflix series is making some very young — and very enthusiastic — Beatles fans.
America’s Dark Turn Comes as No Surprise to Peter Case
A million miles away from his time in the Plimsouls, Peter Case is still a truth-telling hero.
Houston’s 10 Best Bars Open on Thanksgiving
Need to get away from the family for a few on Thanksgiving? Any of these local bars should be able to hook you up.
Peter and the Farm Gets Back to Nature, but Isn’t Always Happy About It
When you call cows, you say co’boss. And when you call sheep, you say co’da. This information is relayed to us in the first few minutes of Peter and the Farm by Peter Dunning, who’s lived and worked on 187 acres near Brattleboro, Vermont for the lion’s share of his…
Dear Stoner: Will Trump Destroy Legal Weed?
Four states legalized recreational marijuana in the same election Trump won, and Arkansas, Florida, Montana and North Dakota rolled back tight restrictions on medical marijuana.
Nocturnal Animals Strands Together Flashy Tales of Male Weakness
Tom Ford has entirely overstuffed his nesting-doll domestic drama-cum-thriller Nocturnal Animals, and yet I spent much of the film worrying that it might not have a point. Its aesthetic footprint is huge, but its impact decidedly small-scale. That’s not always a bad thing; there’s a perverse elegance to so much…
It’s Fan Bingbing vs. the Patriarchy in the Enthralling I Am Not Madame Bovary
According to Forbes, Fan Bingbing last year made $17 million — more than any actress on the planet not named Jennifer Lawrence, Melissa McCarthy, Scarlett Johansson or Jennifer Aniston. The Chinese megastar is likely most familiar to American audiences for a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it role in X-Men: Days of Future Past, but…
Bleed For This: The Latest Underdog Movie Boxer Battles Back
Ben Younger’s workmanlike but nevertheless rousing Bleed for This accomplishes something that’s a tall order for any boxing movie: It makes the inspirational training-montage sequences weird. Those are generally the most requisite and unexciting element of the genre, but Bleed for This freshens them thanks to the strange and disturbing…
Teen Comedy The Edge of Seventeen Finds More Life in its Grown-ups Than its Teens
Sure, teen comedies make stars of their leading ladies and fellas, but what about the authority figures? Eugene Levy’s nameless dad in American Pie is peripheral but memorable as a bumbly guiding force. Tina Fey’s Ms. Norbury in Mean Girls is a motherly but revelatory mess of a teacher. Harry…
Houston Police Arrest Suspect in Mr. 3-2 Murder
The Houston Police Department announced today that they have arrested a suspect in the murder of Christopher Barriere, the influential Houston rapper known as Mr. 3-2., who was shot and killed last Thursday evening in southwest Houston. According to an HPD statement, the suspect has been identified as Vincent Depaul…
Bill Proposes Texas Officials Regulate Uber Instead of Cities
As anticipated, State Senator Charles Schwertner (R-Georgetown) has filed a bill for the 2017 legislative session proposing that ride-share companies like Uber be regulated by the state instead of individual cities. The bill would require ride-share firms to pay an annual fee to the state and require drivers to undergo an…
Exclusive, Limited Time Only, Pre-Sale Opportunity for Houston Press Artopia®
Houston Press Artopia® 2017, one of our premiere signature events, brings together the best from the city’s art and culture scene. Set for January 28, 2017, this is the place to see and be seen while indulging in culture, fashion, art, music and food. Tickets technically don’t go on sale…
Texans 24, Jaguars 21 — Five Gifts From Jags QB Blake Bortles
One of the underrated pleasures of covering an NFL team is the second go-round with the game film, the coveted RE-WATCH of the game you just saw and broke down live the day before. You see things you may not have noticed the first time, and you really get to…
Judge Blocks Federal Rule That Would Have Made It Easier to Sue Nursing Homes
It’s going to continue to be hard for elderly nursing home residents and their families to have their day in court. After a series of troubling cases where elderly people or their survivors were not allowed to sue a nursing home because of the pre-arbitration contracts that most nursing homes…
TCEQ Proposes Taking Galena Park Off the Air Pollutant Watch List for Benzene Emissions
Well this is an interesting development. Galena Park has been on the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality Air Pollutant Watch List since 2000 to track the level of benzene in the air of the community, which abuts the Houston Ship Channel and thus the beating, belching petrochemical center of the…
Lucky Palace Korean Restaurant Does Best by Its Dinnertime Combos
The year was 2014. Three Korean restaurants opened in Houston. Two of them — Nara and Dosi — debuted inside the Loop to a lot of press, potential and promise, offering modern takes on traditional Korean fare. One of them, Lucky Palace Korean Restaurant, opened without making even a blip…
A Tats Portfolio: The 20 Best Tattoo Parlors in Houston — 2016 Edition
Most of us start our trek on this planet with the same equipment: ten fingers, ten toes, one head. You know, the basic factory model issued to carbon-based bipeds. While we all begin our journey with certain characteristics inherited from the parental units, for most of us that’s not enough…
Inmate Sues Houston Police Officer Who Slammed His Head Into Wall
What should a police officer do when a handcuffed prisoner spits on him? Yell at him and spit back? Punch him in the face? Slam his head against a metal door frame then choke him from behind in a neck nerve-hold causing him to collapse to the floor and convulse? In…
Upcoming: 30footFALL, Dale Watson, Gemma Ray, Jens Lekman, Khruangbin, Shinyribs, Trudy Lynn, We Houston, etc.
A constantly updated guide to upcoming concerts in the Greater Houston area.
It’s Time to Start Writing a Lot More Protest Songs
As citizens unhappy with Donald Trump’s election voice their dissent in an eerily similar fashion to the Republicans they condemned eight years ago, something seems to be missing from the mix: protest music.
21 Best Things to Do in Houston This Week: Jersey Boys and Via Colori
Tuesday, November 15 By now most people know the Tony and Grammy award-winning story: Four boys from New Jersey, none of them angels, form a group that spends a lot of time searching for a name and a sound before finding fame and fortune in the ‘60s. Cory Jeacoma plays…
Besides Metallica, Five Bands Who Don’t Know When to Hang It Up
Let’s face it: Metallica hasn’t really released a real Metallica album in 20 years.
Rose-Colored Sexism: Good Girls Revolt Makes the ’70s Look Less Anti-woman Than 2016
The Amazon series Good Girls Revolt, centered on a landmark 1970 gender discrimination case at Newsweek, is the kind of period drama that’s more interested in commenting on the present than recreating the past. The storyline, about professional journalists, plays fast and loose with the facts, and creator Dana Calvo…
Houston Mom Arrested for Keeping Tigers at Home With Daughter
A Houston mother has been charged with endangering a child after investigators found she was homeschooling her daughter in a house full of wild animals — including a tiger, three tiger cubs, a cougar, a fox, a skunk and several monkeys. An investigation was opened after a California man claimed…
Robert Ellis Easily Charms a Hometown Orange Show Crowd
The young Houston singer-songwriter fought back a case of nerves to deliver a determined set before a teeming and warm hometown audience.
Board President Manuel Rodriguez Finally Hammers Jolanda Jones to a Close [UPDATED]
It was the end of another long meeting for Houston ISD trustees last week. The final audience member from the public speaking portion of the evening had delivered her concerns. Trustees were packing up, getting ready to make their ways home. Board President Manuel Rodriguez asked if anybody on the…
La Boheme Shines With A Young Cast at Opera in the Heights
The set-up: Right now, the youngest show in town is its oldest: Giacomo Puccini’s 1896 La Boheme. playing only two more performances at Opera in the Heights. The execution: This eternally youthful work, with its high-spirits tempered by that wrenching finale by librettists Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica (who would…
Dish of the Week: Galbi (Korean-Style Short Ribs)
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. Galbi or kalbi is a type of gui—or grilled dish—found in Korean barbecue. It is typically made using beef short ribs, as the word “galbi”…
Trump’s Approach to Energy and the Environment: A Texas State of Mind
Donald Trump has called climate change science a hoax, has promised to eliminate the federal Environmental Protection Agency and will be so into the U.S. energy industry as president it’ll almost feel awkward to see that kind of love play out in public, outside of pornography. So what will that…
Song About Himself Features a World of Missed Connections
The set-up: Chicago playwright Mickle Maher may be many things – provocateur, innovator, absurdist – but, first and foremost, he is a wordsmith. He plays with words, runs with them, turns them upside down and inside out, blasts them awake, and then sets them right. He embellishes them, paints with…
NFL Week 10: Texans 24, Jags 21 — 4 Winners, 4 Losers
When the betting action on NFL Week 10 opened early last week, the Texans-Jaguars game in Jacksonville Sunday afternoon opened as a PICK EM in most Las Vegas sports books. The line immediately moved to Texans -1.5, but then, in an odd and somewhat ominous move (for Texan backers), the…
This Week in Houston Food Events: Fall Cocktails and Whiskey Tastings
From wine and whiskey tastings to a bbq throwdown, here’s a look at this week’s hottest culinary happenings: Monday through Saturday Miss Ruby Anniversary Menu at Ouisie’s Table Kicking off the holiday season, the red dress named Miss Ruby will appear in her sparkling glass case on the dining room…
HPMA 2016 Spotlight: Best Fan
An overview of the 2016 HPMA Best Fan nominees.
Sheriff-Elect Gonzalez and DA-Elect Ogg: The Start of a Beautiful Friendship?
It’s looking like the start of a beautiful friendship between the next Harris County sheriff and district attorney — or however else you want to put that in criminal-justice speak. DA-elect Kim Ogg has pushed decriminalizing misdemeanor amounts of marijuana for the past two years and will finally have the…
Moody Gardens Enchants With Eight Holiday Attractions
Moody Gardens delivers a holiday treat this season with eight Christmas-themed attractions.
One Day: Remembering Mr. 3-2, The Governor & Wicked Buddah Baby
Twenty years after Mr. 3-2’s most famous verse, we remember a career that always seemed destined for bigger things but stayed just right.
Shows of the Week: L.A. Indie Mystics Return From Dreamland
On tap this week: Warpaint, Dan Penn, the Yawpers, Allen Oldies Band’s 20th-anniversary bash and a Southern hip-hop blowout at NRG Arena. Brace yourselves.
Leonard Cohen’s Letter From the Future
Both Leonard Cohen and his piano-playing counterpart Leon Russell have had a profound influence on the past several decades of pop and rock music.
The Cougars Punt Their Way to Victory Over Tulane
It wasn’t pretty. It definitely wasn’t exciting. But whatever it was, the Houston Cougars still managed to get the 30-18 win over Tulane yesterday to move to 8-2 on the season before a homecoming crowd of just 36,952, another below sell-out crowd for a team that just last month was…
Video Shows Protesters Arrested at Anti-Trump Rally for Trying to Cross Street
Five activists were arrested at an anti-Donald Trump rally last night that began at City Hall and ended outside the Houston Police Department as marchers expressed their disapproval with the next president of the United States, yelling “we reject the president-elect!” and “fuck Donald Trump!” for blocks. Houston Police Department…
Mattress Mack to Pay Out $10 Million After Betting on Presidential Election
Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale is known for his balls-to-the-wall promotional tactics and guerrilla marketing, but his latest gamble, a wager on the presidential election, is a true accomplishment. After all it’s not everyone who could lose $10 million and make it seem like a triumph, but that’s why not everybody…
Are Satan’s Minions Coming to a School District Near You?
The Satanists are here, and they’re coming for your children. Or at least that’s what some Texas parents are worried about, according to KYTX in Tyler, which reports that a group called The Satanic Temple is trying to inculcate kiddos through its After School Satan Club, which frankly sounds awesome…
Houston Worships at Black Sabbath’s Altar One Last Time
Houston sold its soul to Black Sabbath one last time on Thursday as the classic metal band caps off a long, fraught and triumphant career.
Texas Politicians Stand to Gain from Trump Presidency
The dust is beginning to settle, and now that Donald Trump is president-elect and the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate have stayed in Republican control, we’ve got to ponder what this means for Texas politicians. For some, Trump’s shocking win means the end of the world as we know…
Harris County Prosecutor Lied About Deals With Jailhouse Snitches
A Fort Bend County judge has upheld complaints of prosecutorial misconduct against a Harris County prosecutor who lied to a jury in a capital murder trial about whether she had struck deals with three jailhouse snitches in exchange for their testimony. After finding that a prison inmate’s false testimony that…
Donald Trump Is Good for Art and Culture
If arts and culture has felt unremarkable or lacking passion for the past eight years or so, there might be a reason for that. A Democrat in the Oval Office. Oftentimes, the best art isn’t created when there’s plenty of food in the fridge and ample stacks of cash in…
Ray Wylie Hubbard: A Loco Gringo Looks at 70
Never mind the Dude. Ray Wylie Hubbard abides.
HPMA 2016 Spotlight: Best Festival
They range from music to art to comedy. But which local festival is the best in Houston?
