Is Zonagen a legitimate biotech company, or is it simply a group of slick opportunists trying to make a buck off other people's innovations? Indeed, the only commodity Joe...
When local heavy-metal diehards Meanpeace perform at one of the many venues around Houston, lead singer Andre Chenier often throws homemade cassettes of the quartet's music to...
Seeing it from the street, you'd never guess that Otilia's (7710 Long Point, 681-7203) is a Mexican restaurant. That's because it's housed in what looks like a wooden chalet --...
When successful romance authors pick the settings for their sappy, melodramatic novels, they know better than to conjure scenes of windswept lust in a fish-packing plant or the...
Thursday August 20 Legendary dancer/choreographer George Balanchine once said, "All leading dancers want to dance Swan Lake at least once in their careers, and all...
Infernal Bridegroom Productions calls its red-haired, voluptuous, sassy-lipped actress Tamarie Cooper the "Lucille Ball of the Houston theater set." But with her new play...
On the afternoon of October 7, 1987, Dr. Bonnie Dunbar nervously paced the sidewalk in front of 1301 McKinney. Upstairs, in the offices of Fulbright & Jaworski, attorneys...
The print advertisement for Neil Finn's new album, Try Whistling This, places the artist smack dab in the middle of the road -- literally. In the ad's picture, it's a fine day,...
Tossing Some Salad Around Look out, Souper Salad. There's a new posse in town offering up buffet-style health-conscious fare. The San Diego-based Sweet Tomatoes introduced...
As the lights came up after a screening of the new Neil LaBute movie Your Friends and Neighbors, a colleague next to me growled disapprovingly, "That was a nasty movie." For...
Marketing-mad behemoths like Nickelodeon don't often pass up a chance to sell tons of merchandise, but the kids' cable network got caught flat-footed with Rugrats. Only two...
Opera never truly belonged to the people until the Italians began religiously dedicating it to the masses a century ago. In Rome, it's not unusual to see almost nothing but...
Weekends are typically money nights for Dan Robinson's Voodoo Lounge, but this Saturday may be different. Noticeably on edge, the New York native surveys the mostly deserted...
The mechanics of change... "How'd you notice that? You're the first person that's said anything." Mary Cutrufello knows she's been found out, and she reacts with a curious...
I'll try to be calm, but I can't promise I'll succeed because, in the past seven days, I've been to Tasca twice, and the experience both times.... Oh, what the hell! I might as...
Actress and comedian Margaret Cho remembers vividly the last time she was in Houston, although it had nothing to do with her scheduled gig. "I went to this country and western...
As tough as life has been for young Bruiser Tesar, don't expect him to talk about it, even to a grand jury. Bruiser has a good excuse for his silence. He's a 15-month-old...
Snoop Dogg Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told No Limit Eightball Lost Suave House Those who dare to seek parallels between the lanky, low-wattage Snoop Dogg...
The artfully turned opening of Vocessitas/Little Voices is the essence of filmic storytelling. The tale's female protagonist leaves work and heads home in her car, which breaks...
Party Showstopper Fiery Padilla political launch blows up There are ways, and ways, to embark on a political career, but 26-year-old native Houstonian Melina Padilla...
