Jack Gargan sought to raise a ruckus, if not spawn a revolution. The retired financial consultant from Florida started a campaign in 1990 against corrupt politicians who he...
The day after the April shootings in Littleton, Colorado, radio personality Howard Stern asked on air if the perpetrators "[tried] to have sex with any of the good-looking...
Good Cajun and creole food is about as rare in Houston as a mild day in August. So it's not surprising that when Mary Hodge and her husband, William, moved here from New...
There is something fairy-talelike, but also deeply human, about Twin Falls Idaho, a gentle, beautifully realized tale of love and intimacy that marks the feature film debut of...
Bull riding is dangerous business. Just ask Troy Dunn, last year's Professional Bull Riders Bud Light Cup World Champion, whose title cost him a dislocated hip. Or ask Jerome...
Nothing's more dramatic than war. No one knows that better than Frank Wildhorn (his Tony-nominated Civil War premiered at the Alley last fall) and Nan Knighton, creators of The...
When the Harris County Commissioners Court offered Dr. Joye Maureen Carter the job as the area's chief medical examiner just over three years ago, she didn't hesitate to...
When a musical performer or a musical group does an "in-store appearance," the result can be hectic, unnerving, sometimes a little monotonous. Now, that may be the way some...
You hardly ever hear anyone say, "Honey, I feel like Korean food tonight!" Ask most people what they know about Korean, and you're likely to get a blank stare, or, at best,...
Lo and behold the plight of the American gangster. John Gotti, the Dapper Don, has been sent down the river. His big-time heavy, Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, is famous and...
In the mid-'80s high school and college students flocked to the Rocky Horror Picture Show-esque midnight screenings of Jonathan Demme's Stop Making Sense at the River Oaks...
Last week state budget officials revealed that, somehow, $30 million has evaporated from the $1.9 billion earmarked by the Legislature for Texas mental health organizations...
Santa Fe, Texas, is not the most picturesque or bustling town in the Lone Star State. Petrochemical refineries and front yards decorated with rusted metal machinery line the...
Rx for heat relief: Why steam over a bowl of soup when you can chill? Refreshingly, Olivette [inside the Houstonian Hotel and Spa, 111 North Post Oak Lane, (713)685-6713,...
If Kevin Williamson has anything to say about it, the good works of noble movie schoolteachers like Mr. Chips, Miss Dove and Mr. Holland will be wiped out in one fell swoop. In...
Until recently, Linda Tripp was the biggest blabbermouth to serve up a national scoop for Newsweek investigative reporter Mike "Spikey" Isikoff. The now-indicted Pentagon...
Heavy metal has undergone a significant transformation during the '90s. Gone are the denim and leather and the open-E power chords of yesterday. Even throwing the "sign of the...
Carmencita Abad says six years in the brutal conditions of a Saipan sweatshop still left her unprepared for the reception she got in another place: Representative Tom DeLay's...
Geri Halliwell Schizophonic Capitol Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott Da Real World The Gold Mind, Inc./Eastwest Geri Halliwell and Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott are two gals...
Brenda Flynn Flores, 46, sometimes goes by the Spanish nickname Juera, or Blondie. The short, spunky Spring Branch activist and divorced mother of ten is well known at City...
