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Tom Penders gets his 9th life: Houston Cougars win their way into NCAA Tournament
By Chris Baldwin
Mar 13th, 2010 at 1:13 PM
Only a few days ago, Tom Penders was just waiting for a visit from the college sports' version of the George Clooney character in Up in the Air ...
AT THE ARTHOUSE
Slow-moving Police, Adjective, is hard to decipher
By David Theis
Mar 13th, 2010 at 7:44 AM
At my son’s soccer practice the other day, I learned that one of the team dads is from Romania. Looking for a way to extend the conversation ...
RODEO NIGHTS
Nothing but a bad infomercial: Toby Keith's RodeoHouston concert a showy dud
By Michael D. Clark
Mar 13th, 2010 at 7:43 AM
I freely admit that I have been suspect of Toby Keith from the first time I saw him nearly a decade ago. There's something not quite genuine ...
SXSW INTERACTIVE 2010
Fire alarm shuts up Mark Cuban (for once) at South by Southwest
By Wilbert Chinchilla
Mar 12th, 2010 at 7:06 PM
Among the panels at South by Southwest Interactive, the Mark Cuban vs. Aver Ronen debate abruptly ended when a fire alarm rang throughout the entire Austin Convention Center ...
CELEB SPOTTING
There's a Situation at RA Sushi
By Sarah Rufca
Mar 12th, 2010 at 6:01 PM
Two nights before his Jersey Shore bestie Pauly D spins at Vintage for a sold-out crowd, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino and his crew were spotted at RA Sushi ...
WI IT MATTERS
"Nerd alert" in Austin: SXSW Interactive searches for the Web's next big thing
By Jason McElweenie
Mar 12th, 2010 at 4:37 PM
Greetings from Austin! Over the next few days, I’m going to take you deep into what some would call ‘The Woodstock of Interactive Media’ – SXSW Interactive. I ...
WHAT A DRAG
Has Robert Pattinson gone up in smoke?
By Steven Thomson
Mar 12th, 2010 at 11:40 AM
Robert Pattinson's latest flick, Remember Me, hits the box office today, representing a critical step in the actor's agenda to separate himself from vampire typecast and ...
THAT'S SO WAC
Squatting in the abandoned Landmark Chevrolet parking lot to make a furniture statement
By Steven Thomson
Mar 12th, 2010 at 10:02 AM
Watch out, Mattress Mac. You've got a guerrilla retail ambush in your backyard. Earlier this week, the furniture visionary, wacdesignstudio, hosted a daylong event at the now-abandoned ...
CONCERT PICKS
The most exciting music day at the Houston rodeo? It's this Sunday
By Michael D. Clark
Mar 12th, 2010 at 9:57 AM
Having a Go Tejano Day celebration at RodeoHouston and then inviting El Trono de Mexico and Pesado as the double-bill is a bit like having a "Nothing But ...
COCO COME HOME
An open letter to that Houston-hating slug Conan O'Brien
By Steven Thomson
Mar 11th, 2010 at 5:30 PM
YoYo Coco! Just read your tweet: "Hey Internet: I'm headed to your town on a half-assed comedy & music tour . . . I repeat: It's half-assed." Really brilliant idea ...
CONCERT PICKS
Tower of Power fights for America's most dissed city
By Michael D. Clark
Mar 11th, 2010 at 5:27 PM
In one of her more glib and misunderstood moments, 20th-century writer, art patron and all-around modern renaissance woman Gertrude Stein famously described Oakland, Calif. by declaring, "There's ...
KITCHEN INEPT
Can't boil an egg? The Food Network wants a few bad chefs
By Sarah Rufca
Mar 11th, 2010 at 3:43 PM
If you or someone you know is always the person asked to bring napkins to a pot luck dinner, you might have a chance at making the second ...
Songs 10-1
The best Radiohead songs revealed!
By Jim Beviglia - March 13th, 2010
The day you've all been waiting for has finally come! Jim lists his top 10 Radiohead songs, all ranked and defended. Agree or disagree, let's hear your take ...
On the set for rare Houston movie making: Filming Puncture in the Heights
By Sarah Rufca - March 12th, 2010
With the exception of the series of sparkling white trailers parked on the corner of 17th Street and Durham, there's no evidence that a quirky green bungalow on a ...
The Arthropologist
Art in a Bar: When drunks become unwitting extras
By Nancy Wozny - March 11th, 2010
Is a bar the new stage? Texas has a long history of performing in bars, and I'm not talking about art on the walls, or those spontaneous dances that ...
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Joseph Campana
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March 11, 2010
FotoFest brings the world of photography to Houston
In the art world, Venice has its legendary Biennale, New York has the Whitney Biennial, and Houston has FotoFest. Every two years the Bayou City showcases the state of the ...
Tattered Jeans
Feeling caged in at the Houston rodeo
By Katie Oxford - March 10th, 2010
I’m an animal advocate and the only ones I eat (on occasion) live in the ocean so the likelihood of me going to a rodeo is sorta similar to ...
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