The City was tired. It drank the night away at clubs in Tribeca, the East Village and the Meatpacking District. It kept the buzz going the next day at alumni bars, kicking off...
Joe Sample, considered a pioneer in contemporary jazz, laughs while he talks about growing up in Houston's Fifth Ward area. "I was six years old, and my priest asked me what I...
It was a long time since I had a trout. Like most of the seafood on the menu at Glass Wall on Studewood, it's a fish that's not from around here. I forgot how much I loved it....
Sweet, crazy and tinged with sadness, Michel Gondry's The Science of Sleep is a wondrous concoction. The tricksy romantic story -- in which Gael Garc�a Bernal plays a hapless,...
The award-winning Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is the Bart Simpson of Broadway musicals -- tasteless yet entertaining. This could also describe the extraordinary star turn by...
Football is a game of inches. The same goes for the Madden series. Each fall, a new Madden game arrives, with a roster update and an incremental change in the game-play...
Houston is no stranger to disaster. When Katrina hit, we were there for the citizens of New Orleans. When Rita came through, our officials were ready. Sure, no city is perfect...
The bright spotlight of the journalistic world shone on George Adams recently, when he starred in the lead anecdote for a Time magazine cover piece that asked, "Does God Want...
In the summer of 1981, the new music critic at the Houston Chronicle walked down five flights of stairs at 801 Texas Avenue, went through the lobby and stepped into the thick,...
The eight-inch sausage in the po-boy sandwich ($3.99) at Frenchy's (3919 Scott, 713-748-2233) wears its Creole heritage on its sleeve. It's bold, brash, hot and spicy and, like...
One would never confuse the work of writer-director Todd Phillips with that of the late Robert Hamer, whose filmography includes the essential Kind Hearts and Coronets. Hamer's...
Boy Gets Girl In award-winning playwright Rebecca Gilman's thought-provoking 2001 drama, in its premiere production for Houston's newest theater group, The Pendulum Theatre...
The Big Animal (Milestone) It's a simple yet lesser known law of comedy: Camels are always funny. There are the jaws that drool and chew side to side, the front legs that...
If an actor lives 50 years without burning out and fading away, or without dying like James Dean or John Belushi, it's a cause for celebration. If a theater lives to 50, it's a...
Who's in Charge? Cop-out: I feel great sympathy for Lisa Collins and her child -- heartfelt sympathy ["Baby Blues," by Todd Spivak, September 14]. However, I suggest that Lisa...
We'd love for you to come to the Randy Rogers video shoot," coos the P.R. rep over the phone. "Come at lunchtime, he'll be able to sit and talk with you then." Excellent,...
A friend and I meet up at Dean's (314 Main Street, 713-227-3326) on a Wednesday night. The place is celebrating its tenth year of operation, which is eons in Houston bar...
Watching The Guardian, you'll learn that the U.S. Coast Guard's rescue swimmers rank among the bravest and least heralded of military personnel, selflessly hurling themselves...
Printmaking has been the redheaded stepchild of the art world, never getting the same attention and respect as sculpture or painting. But art critic, art dealer and filmmaker...
Beowulf & Grendel (Anchor Bay) The Book of Daniel: The Complete Series (Universal) Bratz: Passion Fashion Diamondz (Fox) Con Man (Docurama) Curious George (Universal)...
