Life + Arts
Houston restaurant’s quality leaves bad taste in mouth
Like a skinny rooster with no spurs, Houston’s own Big Red Cock is a lot of talk with little game. This restaurant, excuse me, “Gastro-Pub,” has little to show for all its flash. I usually...
Avoid illness from deadly bacteria found in cantaloupe
As many as 18 people, including two Texans, have died from the Colorado cantaloupe listeria outbreak, which health officials are calling one of the deadliest outbreaks in a decade. The Centers for Disease Control has...
Horoscope: Moon, Capricorn escalate work potential
Libra: You have the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Saturn in your sign this week. Holy cow, Batman. You might come across a lesson in love, or perhaps you should be careful with your words. In...
Review: Orchestra, choir performance strikes a chord
Student ensembles brought nothing less than music to the ears with their performance this weekend at the Moores Opera House. The concert, which featured the collaborative work of the combined choirs — Concert Chorale, Concert...
Theatre season opener heats up stage
The 2011-2012 School of Theatre and Dance production season began with its opener “Hot L Baltimore” over the weekend. Directed by Leslie Swackhamer and written by the revered Lanford Wilson, the play revealed itself to...
Moores brings music to your ears
Overtures, Tuba concertos, tone poems and the Poulenc “Gloria” — an eclectic program — kicks off the Moores School of Music’s fall season on Oct. 1 at the Moores Opera House at 7:30 p.m. The...
Award-winning play opens theatre season
The School of Theatre and Dance presents its season opener “Hot L Baltimore” on Friday. The play is set to launch on stage in the Lyndall Finley Wortham Theatre and run through Oct. 9. Written...
Advice: Closed doors open windows of opportunity
Dear Bryan, I need help with a relationship problem. My ex-girlfriend and I were together for three years and now that we’ve broken up, everything is just messed up. I can honestly say this —...
UH art museum opens latest exhibit at architecture school
With the Blaffer Art Museum’s main campus site closed for major renovations, the art museum is holding a major exhibition off site. Opening on Friday at the UH Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture Gallery...