The first hint that Michael and Marisa Hierro had that something was amiss when they pulled into the driveway of their Dallas-area home on the night of December 20 was their...
Houston jazz musicians agree on damn few things, but they all seem to sing in harmony when the subject is saxophonist David Caceres. They agree that Caceres has "it," that...
Back in early November I wrote that Victor's Delicatessen makes the best Reuben sandwich in town. A strong statement, I admit, but a heartfelt one. Perhaps my dotage has made...
When you hear the title The Hurricane, you imagine Dorothy Lamour, reclining against a palm tree in her sarong. Instead, with this wanna-be Oscar lapdog, you get well over two...
Dressed in a half-snowboarder, half-Paul Bunyan getup on a recent HBO special, comedian Harland Williams asked his audience if they liked impressions. He obliged them not with...
Based on the familial bloodletting of Sophocles's Electra, Charles Busch's Die! Mommy! Die! twists the elements of the Greek tragedy into a larger-than-life satire that...
Wavy gray hair and translucent-rimmed glasses restore the aura of an archivist to Tary Owens. His soft, raspy voice and deliberate words temporarily hush as he closes his eyes...
Like a good novel, the narrative thrust of Richard Shindell's power folk songs emerges from characters' personalities. Unlike confessional songwriters, who can't seem to get...
"Big B" Benjy Levit, owner of "little b" benjy's in the Village [2424 Dunstan, (713)522-7602], will soon be jumping onto the comfort-food bandwagon with a second restaurant,...
Some people really are crazy, but then, "crazy" is a relative term. Does it apply to someone who feels he might spin off into outer space and never be able to get back down to...
In the stuffy and imperious world of concert pianists, Jean-Yves Thibaudet gets nearly as much attention for his attire as for his musicianship: The showman has a penchant for...
With its redevelopment problems and closets full of skeletons, the old El Mercado del Sol near downtown would make a great set for a political version of Poltergeist. The...
Everybody has probably been through this scenario once or twice: It's Christmastime. You're at the local Cactus Music looking for that new one from Calvin Owens or Ezra...
Ruin This Cheese, Please: The French may frown at the terribly American habit of baking their beloved Brie cheese, but gauche and gooey as it may be, we love it. A particularly...
In past years after the filing deadlines for the March primary, the Harris County Democratic Party celebrated the planting of their spring crop of candidates with festivities...
Beth Hart comes across as the type of woman who, if you tried to pick her up at a bar, would drink you under the table and beat you at pool, telling dirty jokes the whole time....
Sometime this year the investigation of Houston Renaissance, Inc. by the Texas Attorney General will have run its course and an opinion will be rendered on whether the publicly...
Leslie Perez ran an insurgent campaign against then-Harris County Democratic Party chair Ken Bentsen Jr. in 1990 and was rewarded with one of the great garish headlines of all...
After suffering through one of the more embarrassing moments in Houston journalism history at last year's Press Club of Houston awards, the Houston Chronicle has apparently...
My brother Joel said I was crazy. Booking a flight New Year's Day was, to him, yet another piece of evidence to prove I was switched at birth. Someone who can't name all the...
