"My sense is that he's extremely frustrated right now. Things seem to be out of his control. It is hard to control what somebody writes about you." -- Lawyer Ed McAninch on...
Walter Hyatt King Tears MCA A musician's death, it's sad to note, often sparks considerable interest in his music. You want evidence? Just look at how Townes Van Zandt's...
I am not used to being surprised in Indian restaurants. After all, as a native of Bangladesh, I have a pretty good familiarity with what the subcontinent has to offer in the...
You can bet that at one point or another, some executive wanted the title to this long-awaited nonsequel to A Fish Called Wanda to be A Lemur Called Rollo (since the story does...
thursday january 23 Houston Job Expo Looking for work? Or already working, but dreaming of something better? Today, more than 50 Houston companies are scouting for...
It may be a theatrical cliche to say that what goes on backstage can often be more entertaining than what the audience sees, but in the case of first-time producer Michael...
Eddie Martinez Jr. was riding on a grass mower when a nearby co-worker's mower struck a pipeline carrying liquid natural gas, triggering an explosion that sent flames 20 feet...
The last time anyone looked, Counting Crows was still a plural entity -- a sextet, not a solo act. Yet if you judged by the stories written about the California band, you might...
Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh) is Prince of Denmark. After his father (Richard Briers) dies, his uncle Claudius (Derek Jacobi) takes the throne and marries Hamlet's mother, Gertrude...
Stages Repertory Theatre has fixed its attention on a little jewel of a play, Jeffrey Hatcher's Three Viewings, and ended up with an elegant evening of theater that would serve...
Like many of Houston's topless clubs, the Ritz Cabaret tries hard to offer its patrons a taste of glamour. In contrast to the fast-food restaurants that share its strip of the...
Back when responsible adults refrained from using words such as "smart-ass" in the presence of children, a relative of mine affectionately described certain people as...
In Mother, Albert Brooks plays John Henderson, a science-fiction novelist recently divorced from his second wife who decides he can't risk another relationship until he comes...
Having used this space as an opportunity to grapple with my anxiety over abstract painting, it seems only right to use it to confront my misgivings about figurative painting as...
Charter Now, Pay Later The University of Houston will unveil its new charter school for 20 kindergartners and first-graders this week, but until recently its administrators...
Minor cause for concern... Over the last few weeks, certain politicians in Austin have been mulling over some new regulations that, if you believe certain Texas nightclub...
Now He's Appalled... I am quick to admit that I am not a regular reader of the Houston Press, so I don't know what tone you normally use in commenting on readers' letters....
