For the members of the Brazosport Bike Club, Saturdays typically meant a 55-mile trek along peaceful rural lanes south of Houston. It was a good three or four hours of...
Daniel Partner plays old-school American dance music, and he's exceedingly particular about how authentically he presents it. Before we proceed, cast out of your mind the...
Water cascades over the glistening ersatz stones of a 12-foot-high waterfall while palm trees sway in the gentle evening breeze. Beneath the dramatically lit scenery, a duo on...
A humorous and touching tale about unexpected friendship, The Station Agent marks the auspicious writing and directorial debut of an actor named Tom McCarthy. It concerns three...
The adult entertainment industry has officially entered the American mainstream. The proof is everywhere. Val Kilmer is on the big screen playing porn icon John Holmes in...
During the hushed opening moments of Craig Wright's Recent Tragic Events, Stages Repertory Theatre is enveloped in eerie darkness. A "stage manager" walks out and does his...
The girl in the film is pretty and funny. She has long, dark curly hair and a great smile. She giggles and kids around. Her family is with her and it's clear she likes being...
Being the anointed one doesn't always sit well with Canadian alt-country rocker Kathleen Edwards. This past March, at South By Southwest, she bristled when asked about her...
Hutchins Street in old Chinatown is one of those thoroughfares that most people drive down only when they're lost. The street was once home to several little mom-and-pop...
If you lie down with dogs, you've got to expect to get up with fleas. And when you go to a movie about a coked-out former porn star who was implicated in the grisly murders of...
Thursday, October 16 We all fondly remember the heady days of the fin de siècle economic boom. Only the stupid and non-adventurous were bothering to finish college or...
Those blurry slides from second-semester art history survey have sprung to life at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. "The Heroic Century: The Museum of Modern Art Masterpieces,...
Is the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority past due for a resident shaman? Consider: During the 1998 construction of what is now Minute Maid Park, a 28-year-old concrete...
Although it has been a while since Shonen Knife was the rage, the band has certainly never been without style. The Japanese all-girl trio first captured America's hearts in the...
Getting breakfast is about to get easier. Twenty-nine new IHOP restaurants will soon open in Houston, Austin and Dallas. The chain (ten locations citywide; see www.ihop.com)...
Sometimes I feel myself slipping, but I guarantee you I'll never fall. I'll hold my breath up high and wade through water, mud and all. -- Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown The...
Mike Nixon knew how to make a big entrance. It can be hard sometimes to upstage the antics at the floating party bar that is Lance's Turtle Club in Seabrook -- where...
Ho-hum, here we go again. Another sports and entertainment palace opens in Houston, and the Chronicle pulls out all the stops saying it's the best thing to happen to the sports...
Thanks to a new local company, the president of the United States may find himself hanging out in your child's bedroom, hitting the beach with G.I. Joe or taking Barbie out on...
Choice Cuts Anti-abortion wackos: I don't think you will have to worry about anyone accusing you of being "fair and balanced" ["Go, Baby, Go," by Michael Serazio,...
