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Tom Mitchell started learning what it was like to live with mental illness almost 30 years ago, after he returned from Vietnam. At the time, the public mental health system...
It's a weekend night at Fitzgerald's, but the upstairs stage at this Heights institution doesn't sound like its usual raucous, juvenile self. A languorous bass line and a...
The yellow dragon rears back on his hind legs and opens his jaws wide while an ominous drumroll thunders through the room. The monster leaps into the air, trying to grab a...
It's almost impossible to know what to make of Monkeybone after one viewing; there's so much going on in this dreamland of stop-motion and computer-generated animation and...
Now in its third year, the Rice University Asian-American Film and Literature Festival launches this weekend with a compelling lineup of films, speakers and panelists that will...
Hate to admit it, but there's something strangely persuasive about a grown man in his yummy black leather hotpants and matching suspenders. It's even better if he swaggers with...
Chris doesn't recall much of what happened that day in December 1996, when he was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. "I can't say it happened, or it didn't...
Aceyalone is not some corporate mouthpiece. He's a messenger from hip-hop's underground, an MC who briefly surfaced and dipped his toe in the major-label pond, only to find the...
We Love to See You SmileTM here at the Houston Press, so this column will be devoted to a subject that's Always Quality. Always Fun.TM : the McDonald'sTM Corporation. Let us...
Van Gogh was a lunatic who cut off his ear. Picasso was a self-absorbed cur who abused women. Warhol turned out to be a weird, desperate loner, Basquiat a doomed junkie. Try as...
From an ordinary sap, any mention of intemperance might come off as crude, possibly even mean-spirited. Yet a rare talent such as Richard Lewis can zero in on this...
Vladimir Gorsky considers the two faces of George Herbert Walker Bush in his living room. One of them, in a painting that hangs unfinished on the wall, is grim, serious,...
Many misconceptions exist regarding the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. One of these is that Spencer is a gnarled old bluesman of indeterminate age and ethnicity. Another is that...
Q. With all of the high-priced olive oils on the shelves of premium grocers and gourmet shops, what should a buyer know about choosing an oil? Should one choose by country of...
That anyone should consider making a film of Reinaldo Arenas's memoir Before Night Falls is curious. That the person to do it should be painter-turned-film director Julian...
Pam Kohler quit her regular day job this year to follow the dreams of her husband, Mark, in the world of western art. He had left the nine-to-five grind three years ago to...
The flyers suck you in. Since last July, flyers have been circulating around town for Starlight, a monthly party that takes place inside the confines of Club Waxx (1601...
The menu description provided by the folks at Carmelo's Italian Restaurant [14795 Memorial Drive, (281)531-0696] -- a nearly clinical "artichoke bottoms" -- is so minimalist it...
Five years ago my brother sent me a dozen red roses because he wanted to make sure I got flowers from a boy. That made me so happy, he sent bigger and better bouquets every...
Parachutes is a bald, unabashed testament to the squishier emotions, boasting such syrupy lyrics as "I wanna live life and be good to you." That the album is the handiwork of...