Houston Chronicle: Entertainment
- "Home Improvement" actor, Bob Dylan drummer Mickey Jones dies
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 07:45 PM
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Modern and mischievous 'Peter Rabbit' has unexpected charm
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 04:03 PMThe previews for "Peter Rabbit" were a chopped salad of juvenile slapstick, pop music and sudden loud noises - as distant from Beatrix Potter's lovely "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" as an English country garden in a Chuck E.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- The past lives of AvantGarden
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 12:03 PMRecently, Mariana Lemesoff, the longtime owner of the AvantGarden in Montrose, shared a photo of what the bar and performing-arts venue looked like before she took over the property in the '90s.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- 'Love' is unleashed in conductorless concert
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 12:03 PMLike a ringmaster leads a circus, conductors direct classical music concerts, presenting various acts or compositions while serving as an intermediary between the audience and the performers.
But the show must go on, with or without, and River Oaks Chamber Orchestra is here to prove it's possible to have a concert without a conductor, with the return of its annual conductorless concert this weekend at the Church of St.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Concerts in the Houston area
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 12:03 PMThursday
Sam Turner & The Cactus Cats
Americana/indie act plays this nine-year anniversary party for Steamboat Amps. 6 p.m. at Steamboat Amps, 1505 Gano; 713-229-0629.
Lili Blessing
Austin singer-songwriter. 7 p.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Art Daybook: Photographer has a crush for canines
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 12:03 PMThe piece: "Margaux"
The artist: Martin Usborne
Where: Through Sunday at Houston Center for Photography, 1441 W. Alabama, 713-529-4755; hcponline.org
Why: Like William Wegman before him, Martin Usborne seems to find dogs more interesting to photograph than people.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Deaf 'America's Got Talent' finalist Mandy Harvey to appear at ReelAbilities festival
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 10:45 AMBack in December, Mandy Harvey posted a selfie while sporting a reindeer hat with jingle bells and wrote, "Hahaha it makes me laugh knowing I'm making a bunch of noise!"
The woman has a sense of humor.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Charles Lloyd is a living jazz master
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 10:45 AMIdentifying "the last of ... " in any musical realm is a fool's errand. That said, representatives from a robust 1950s and 1960s jazz scenewho could be called "legendary" are scant these days.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- On the go
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 10:45 AMHouston RV Show
A large expo of motor homes, travel trailers, tent campers, fifth wheels and van conversions.
When: Noon-7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, noon-6 p.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Twitter hilariously reacts to Kylie Jenner's baby name
Tuesday - 02/06/2018 - 07:26 PMKylie Jenner didn't make her fans wait too long to reveal the name of her baby girl after a extremely secretive pregnancy.
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- Rapper Big Sean is coming to Sugar Land
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 04:03 PMFans will vote and choose their top 20 songs for each city starting Thursday at uknowbigsean.com.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Art gallery and museum listings: Feb. 8-14
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 12:04 PMHouston's art scene is as diverse and colorful as the city itself, with galleries and museums that feature works by local, national and international talents. All shows are free unless otherwise noted.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- The real 'House Husbands' of Houston
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 12:03 PMDavid Rodriguez remembers the altercation that changed his life and landed him in an immigration detention facility two years ago.
A violent scuffle that happened almost a decade ago came back to haunt him when he passed through an airport checkpoint following his honeymoon.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Don't fear the Carolina Reaper seasoning at Casian Crawfish
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 12:03 PMHouston has an intense and growing fondness for Vietnamese-style Cajun crawfish, often coated with lip-smacking spices that ramp up the heat.
But one local Vietnamese restaurant specializing in spicy mudbugs is taking things to incendiary levels.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Theater and dance listings: Feb. 8-14
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 12:03 PMTheater
"Leap and the Net Will Appear"
Musical by Chana Porter. Presented by The Catastrophic Theatre. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, through March 4; MATCH, 3400 Main; all tickets pay-what-you-can; 713-522-2723, catastrophictheatre.com.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bosscat Kitchen's Matt Sharp and Ramen Tatsu-Ya's Shion Aikawa serve up rye two ways ahead of Whiskey Affair
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 12:03 PMWhether you like it neat, on-the-rocks or the Old Fashioned way, Texas Monthly's Whiskey Affair has a brown spirit for you - 50, to be exact.
The magazine's Editor-in-Chief Tim Taliaferro pairs up with wine and spirits contributor Jessica Dupuy to host the second taste-a-thon at Silver Street Studios.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Must List: Chronicle critics offer entertainment suggestions
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 10:45 AM1.Robots in love
"Nufonia Must Fall" is a fascinating multimedia piece built around a graphic novel by animator and illustrator K.K. Barrett. His innovative piece includes puppets filmed in real time, telling the story of a robot falling in love.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - What movies are showing outside the megaplex?
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 10:45 AMALAMO DRAFTHOUSE CINEMA
531 Mason, Katy; drafthouse.com/houston
"Zoolander"
At the end of his career, a clueless fashion model is brainwashed to kill the prime minister of Malaysia. 7:30 p.m. Thursday
"Moulin Rouge!"
A poet falls for a beautiful courtesan whom a jealous duke covets.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Favorite sandwich shop gets caught storing food in questionable place
Tuesday - 02/06/2018 - 10:03 PMSee which restaurants made this week's (Jan. 31- Feb. 6) list of Houston restaurants with health code violations.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Here's the trailer for the new Wes Anderson movie
Tuesday - 02/06/2018 - 06:03 PM"Isle of Dogs," the new film about a boy's search for his dog from Houston-born director Wes Anderson, lands in theaters March 23 but the new trailer is out now.
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- 'RuPaul's Drag Race' stars Valentina, Shangela, Peppermint and more land in Montrose
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 05:15 PMJR's in Montrose hosts the after party for Werq the World, featuring a performance by Valentina.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New films opening this week
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 12:03 PM"The 15:17 to Paris"
The true story on which this film directed by Clint Eastwood is based - three young Americans thwarting a terrorist attack on a train speeding from Amsterdam to Paris - certainly is dramatic enough to warrant the Hollywood treatment.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Black Panther' bites into previous records
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 12:03 PM"Black Panther" is outpacing all previous first-quarter advance sales, according to the movie-ticket site Fandango.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Makeup 'boot camps' tailor-made for teens
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 12:03 PMWhen Erin Thornton's 12-year-old daughter Taylor began watching makeup tutorials on YouTube, she says she and her husband were shocked.
An interest in makeup shouldn't start until age 15 or 16, right?More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Lover, Beloved' is a lover letter to a literary hero
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 12:03 PMThe setting is a literary talk at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. A woman with bad posture, cropped hair and an endearing blend of sarcasm and candor takes the stage.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Music fans: Stop excusing these musicians' faults
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 12:03 PMJustin Timberlake's Super Bowl halftime performance was fine - just fine!
But "just fine" isn't good enough for one of the biggest stages in the world.
Forgetting the way he did Janet Jackson during the 2004 Super Bowl performance in Houston.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ReelAbilities festival to include Houston-born filmmaker's work on online dating for the blind
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 10:45 AM"We need to be allowed to run into things and fall if we have to. It teaches us, and it teaches society as well."
So says Nefertiti Matos in "Blind Date," a documentary by a filmmaker from Houston that follows three blind New Yorkers as they face challenges the digital age brings in their search for love.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Family fun:
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 10:45 AMMusiqa in Concert
In conjunction with the exhibition "Christopher Knowles: In a Word," Musiqa presents a special concert inspired by his work and poetry.
When: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday
Where: Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, 5216 Montrose
Information: facebook.com/events/157930724827963
Tristar Collectors Show
Collectors expo with sports memorabilia, autographs, trading cards and collectibles.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'America's Next Top Model' recap: Beauty sandwiches, with a side of petty
Wednesday - 02/07/2018 - 02:51 AM
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Metal god Ozzy Osbourne bringing his farewell tour to the Woodlands later this year
Tuesday - 02/06/2018 - 06:03 PMThe Prince of Darkness is coming to the Woodlands shed later this year.
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