The German shepherd's hair bristled. Sniffing the air, his nose twitched and his black body stiffened. From his ears to his tail, the dog froze, silently alerting the platoon...
In 1964, when Memo Villarreal opened a tiny record store on the corner of 75th and Canal Street in the East End, Houston had only one Spanish-language radio station. Now the...
When the Four Seasons began revamping its restaurant spaces last summer, two standbys of the hotel dining scene closed their doors forever. The popular Terrace Café and...
One of the fun things about the media is that many people who work in it lie almost constantly, creating a social minefield that keeps everybody hoppin'. For instance, take the...
In this publication's long-standing tradition of informing you of stuff you may not have known, we offer you Tim Conway's deepest, darkest secret: The veteran funnyman used to...
The battle for the Ballet has begun. In corner one is homegrown hopeful Trey McIntyre. In corner two, Australian upstart Stanton Welch. It's a good match-up: Both...
Just the potential of executing Andrea Pia Yates sparked an international media frenzy not seen since the State of Texas offed Karla Faye Tucker in 1998. But in the midst of...
Nelly Furtado is on the line, and she's stoked. She's on a high from her Grammy win for best female pop performance, decent reviews of her concert tour and the fact that her...
"Look at that!" Rick Bayless says in amazement. "Geez, I wish I had my camera!" The trilingual sign he's pointing to, on a breakfast joint at the corner of Wirt and Long Point,...
Kissing Jessica Stein ends several times, which explains how a film with a 96-minute running time feels as though it lasts much longer. Each conclusion feels real, natural and,...
As far as mechanized vehicles go, mopeds, scooters, even remote-control cars have a leg up on lawn mowers in the speed department. Racing these tortoises of transportation is...
Nobody knows his audience better than Christian DeVries, producing director of Bienvenue Theatre. His latest production, Ed Allen's Saturday Night at Billy's, is filled with...
After almost 20 years and $1.5 million in legal fees, Mickey Reynolds thought there was victory. The Wharton County commissioner had been among the hundreds of residents...
Like most of his fellow Texan singer-songwriters, but unlike his hero Woody Guthrie, Jimmie Dale Gilmore rarely proclaims his politics in public, neither from the stage nor in...
Legend has it that former Houston Oilers coach Bum Phillips was so impressed with this appetizer the first time he tasted it that he proceeded to order two more platters for...
FotoFest is the art world's version of the Bataan Death March. Large-scale art events always offer an overwhelming amount of work to see and engender a commensurate level of...
Lisa Thompson and husband Rodney Collins want to build an environmentally responsible house he designed for their lot at Colquitt and Greenbriar. They plan for it to be a...
Just over a year ago, when U2 was in danger of losing its constituency, the group returned to its roots with All That You Can't Leave Behind, and -- voilà! -- the...
It was an eerily quiet Monday night at Noche Cocina y Bar (2409 Montrose, 713-529-8559). After a weekend of Bob Marley music, I felt like I had just smoked my hemp bracelet,...
When Houston Congressman Ken Bentsen decided to run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Phil "Enron" Gramm last fall, he immediately raised the hackles of Democratic...
