Theater Review

Down the Rabbit Hole

Theatre Southwest’s rendition of the Pulitzer Prize–winning play stages the wages of grief.

02/23/2016 By Doni Wilson

Hot Buttered Chum

Booze Brews Turn Your Keurig Brewer Into a Single-Serve Speakeasy

Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should.

09/21/2015 By Nicholas L. Hall

Performance Review

The Taming of the Shrew: Summer Love on Revue

A lighthearted rendition of Shakespeare's battle of the sexes from Houston Ballet

06/16/2015 By Nick Esquer

Restaurant Review

Believing in Reincarnation (or Trying to) at the Re-Opened El Cantina Superior

The El atones for its past self—but will it be enough?

05/31/2015 By Scott Vogel

In Person

Farting Sock Puppets and Mega Bake Ovens: Alton Brown Live

The final show in Alton Brown's Edible Inevitable tour brought down the house (and thankfully didn't burn it down).

04/05/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

On the Table

Review: Jinya Ramen Makes Landfall in Webster

And it just may be the finest ramen shop in all of Houstonia.

01/04/2015 Photography by Kate LeSueur

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Review: A Very Tamarie Christmas Skewers the Holidays

From Thanksgiving to Easter, Arbor Day to Earth Day, nothing is sacred in Cooper's latest musical revue.

08/07/2014 By Adam Castañeda

Concert

Review: Beyoncé and Jay-Z Knock It Out of the Park

The married couple's sold-out Minute Maid Park concert didn't disappoint.

07/21/2014 By Michael Hardy

Bummer

Osteria Mazzantini Closing Just In Time for Our Rave Review

Dispatches from the Department of Failed Psychics

07/02/2014 By Katharine Shilcutt

Beauty Buzz

Supergoop Is Super Awesome!

It's not a cheesy headline if it's true. And it is.

06/04/2014 By Katie McNew

Theater

Review: Freud's Last Session and the Hierarchy of Bigness

An imagined conversation between Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis focuses more on metaphysics than personality.

01/30/2014 By Scott Vogel

Opera

Review: The Passenger's Difficult Yet Important Journey

New Houston Grand Opera production of 1968 Holocaust opera stuns with its power and passion.

01/27/2014 By Michael Hardy

Theater

Review: Venus in Fur

David Ives’s celebrated, Tony award-winning comedy brings sadomasochism to the Alley.

10/21/2013 By Scott Vogel

Restaurant Reviews

Remembrance of Things Repast

The cuisine of yesteryear has a champion in Frank's Americana Revival.

09/30/2013 By Robb Walsh