Shooter Jennings at Wired Live

Wired Live

Apr 9th, 2010 at 8:00 PM

The only son of Waylan Jennings and Jessi Coulter has recently veered away from his outlaw country roots with a rock-fueled album, Black Ribbons.  While he is likely to sing ...

The shows must go on

A make-over for the Meridian

By Sarah Rufca

Jan 28th, 2010 at 11:36 AM

The scene in the Warehouse District (sometimes known these days as EaDo) is changing, so it comes as no surprise that the venues are adjusting to keep up. With new ...

Wired Live

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Houston, TX 77003

Saturday's Concert Pick

Where's the band? Booker T. goes solo for Houston

By Michael D. Clark

Mar 27th, 2010 at 9:53 AM

Tom Petty & The Heartbreaker. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. Some artists' identities are so intertwined with the bands they front that to remove them ...

Law & Disorder

It's not over yet: The repercussions of Jeffrey Skilling's partial Supreme Court win

By Sarah Rufca

Jun 24th, 2010 at 12:01 PM

The Supreme Court has spoken in the appeal of former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling and their decision is ... confusing. Written by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the ruling comes in three ...

It's the Leno push for George Lopez

Will TBS give Conan O'Brien the Samantha treatment?

By Caroline Gallay

Apr 12th, 2010 at 12:58 PM

TBS, the channel that has to remind you that its shows are, in fact, "very funny," will soon have a legitimate funnyman on its roster: Conan O'Brien. (George Lopez ...

The Island's real mystery

Do you have to be young or a loser to be obsessed with the Lost finale? The clues point to YES!

By Chris Baldwin

May 23rd, 2010 at 6:53 PM

Lost ends tonight, which is either a monumental deal or a world-changing one, depending on who you listen to (ABC execs are clearly in the latter camp). No one loves ...

Tonight at 9 on HBO

Critics' Choice: Treme earns praise for fictional look at New Orleans after Katrina

By Clifford Pugh

Apr 11th, 2010 at 12:02 PM

The HBO drama, Treme, premiering tonight at 9, is earning high praise. Critics who saw a preview of the first episode are enthusiastic about the new series set in New ...

She's Out

Lonestar win: Softball goddess Jennie Finch is retiring to Texas (thank Daigle!)

By Caroline Gallay

Jul 21st, 2010 at 5:31 PM

Jennie Finch, the unexpectedly good-looking softball phenom who brought the United States a gold medal in the 2004 Olympics (and a silver one in 2008) while being the subject of ...

On Notice

Stephen Colbert is as good as dead to Houston

By Sarah Rufca

Apr 8th, 2010 at 1:02 PM

Oh, Stephen Colbert. We laughed when you took Canada down a peg. Your geographic tour through the crapiness of the nation's Cantons was amusing to no end (calling Canton ...

Difference Maker Gone

I-Spy star who helped change attitudes with one-liners dies from a fall

By Joe Leydon

Mar 24th, 2010 at 7:14 PM

Robert Culp — one half of the attitude-changing I Spy pairing — died today after falling on a sidewalk outside his home and hitting his head. Culp was 79. If you're ...

Tattered Jeans

Feeling caged in at the Houston rodeo

By Katie Oxford

Mar 10th, 2010 at 8:46 AM

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 ...

The Reel Thing

Watch out Avatar: These movies have stood the test of time

By David Theis

Jan 2nd, 2010 at 12:00 AM

Time and technology march on. About 100 years ago, the movies came along to kill the novel, the theater, the opera and almost every other art form besides popular music ...

Yankee Doodle Doggie

No Buddy left behind: A U.S. soldier's Iraqi puppy comes home to a Houston hero's welcome

By Fayza A. Elmostehi

May 29th, 2010 at 10:10 AM

"Charlotte has lived for this day," an excited volunteer breathlessly gushed to anyone who'd listen, earnestly twirling an American flag. As I awkwardly shifted on my feet at IAH ...

Must See TV

Jim Parsons, Conan O'Brien & four other Emmy nods we like

By Sarah Rufca

Jul 8th, 2010 at 11:51 AM

Every year, fans hope their brilliant-but-struggling show gets some Emmy love, and every year Emmy instead calls out Charlie Sheen's name for his gritty, complex work on Two and ...

Tattered Jeans

A special Valentine's box for a special child

By Katie Oxford

Feb 10th, 2010 at 12:15 AM

Did you ever make a Valentine's box? In elementary school we made one every year out of cigar boxes. Your Valentine’s box was almost as big a deal ...

night court at Isabella & Main

Art's New Guard arrives in Midtown

By Steven Thomson

Jan 20th, 2010 at 10:33 AM

Prada sheathed in parkas was the assumed attire for Friday’s drizzly evening of openings at the Isabella Court’s row of art galleries. Assuming his new throne at the ...

At last the holiday balloon launches

Flying high over Houston (with camera in hand)

By Rachel Hanley

Dec 18th, 2009 at 4:00 PM

UPDATE: Rides on the Administaff Holiday Balloon at Discovery Green continue through Feb. 28 When I was 7 years old, my friends and I attempted to create a helium balloon ...

Hidden Houston

Searching for solitude

By Douglas Newman

Dec 12th, 2009 at 9:00 AM

I'm not a religious fella. Nor am I particularly spiritual. I'm more likely to feel the presence of a higher power listening to a Coltrane solo rather than ...

At the Art House

Exit Through the Gift Shop delights, and that's no street art hoax

By David Theis

May 8th, 2010 at 2:45 AM

For the moment, at least, I’m resisting the urge to Google “MBW,” or “Mr. Brainwash,” because if I do then I’m afraid that I’ll find out that ...