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One of our primary economic development strategies must be to return these [vacant] properties to productive use and get them back on the tax rolls. --John Fabrizi; mayor,...
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the "cultural cringe" -- the ingrained belief that nothing from Houston is as good as stuff from other, more glamorous places -- and its...
Sylvia Casares-Copeland, chef and owner of Sylvia's Enchilada Kitchen, answers a few burning questions: What's your fave ingredient, right now? Chiles and cumin -- now and...
On December 2002, ABC's 20/20 ran a story on Eric O'Neill, an undercover surveillance specialist for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The piece was titled "Spycatcher,"...
"Brooke Stroud: New Drawings" and "Michael Petry: In the Garden of Eden" There are two new exhibitions at Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery -- one is subtle, the other subtly...
Marie Antoinette (Sony) Sofia Coppola's third feature grabs you by your frilly lapels from the jump, with Gang of Four's "Natural's Not in It" showering guitar chords all...
Profound, insightful and sorrowful stories poured forth from news organizations around the world two weeks ago commenting on the death from breast cancer of Molly Ivins -- an...
"I wanted to first play music when I went to a Cheap Trick show when I was in sixth grade," recalls Robert Schneider. "I went with my friend Jeff Mangum and I met my friend...
Some days I barely get ahold of; other days I'm on top of things from the get-go. Then there's the day I end up at the Skyline Bar & Grill (1600 Lamar, 713-739-8000), running...
You remember Andrew Ridgeley, don't you? He was the other guy in Wham!, the one who found himself stranded in 1986 after George Michael had faith enough in his own talents to...
Charlie & Out at Sea Having lived under Communist domination, modern Polish emigre writer Slawomir Mrozek thrives in the "theater of the absurd" as if he were a hothouse exotic...
Lately, the Nintendo DS has become a virtual Monster.com. You can play a defense attorney (Phoenix Wright), surgeon (Trauma Center) and even a cook (Cooking Mama). Now, thanks...
Rice University is known for a lot of things, but political passion ain't one of them. The engineers and other career-minded types at the school have never quite embraced the...
Baron Guy was in his early teens when he started a career as a sideman playing trumpet for the likes of Overton Owens. That was in the 1960s and '70s. By 1975, Guy was married...
My medium-rare filet mignon at Chez Georges on Westheimer came with foie gras on top and a truffle sauce underneath, so I got to sample all of those old French standards in one...
Let us applaud, on principle, Anthony Minghella's return to small-scale storytelling. Breaking and Entering marks his first original screenplay since the oddball rom-com Truly,...
Dear Readers, Mucho comments about my Feb. 1 column regarding the metamorphosis of Mexican names into seemingly wacky nicknames -- Nini from Alejandrina, for instance, or...
Run for Cover Okay, y'all: "How to Hide Your Weed" definitely wins for the best Houston Press cover ever! And I thought it was gonna be tough to beat "Master Cockfighter."...
Imagine a singer who looks like Anita Baker and sings like Tracy Chapman. Seems rather incongruent, doesn't it? Well, that's what record execs were trying to get when they...
The oyster nachos ($5.99) at Fish City Grill (15980 City Walk, Sugar Land, 281-494-3474) are unusual. What makes this most addictive treat so different are the crispy fried...