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This is my third year covering the Comicpalooza convention, and each year it's gotten better and bigger. 2013 seems absolutely massive with pockets of all kinds of geekdom spread out all over the...

Jef With One F This is my third year covering the Comicpalooza convention, and each year it's gotten better and bigger. 2013 seems absolutely massive with pockets of all kinds of geekdom spread out all over the...

Continue reading "Comicpalooza 2013 Day 1: Talkin' 'Bout Geek Education" > ]]> 1 http://blogs.houstonpress.com/common/assets/702025.100x95.jpg Comicpalooza 2013 Day 1: Talkin' 'Bout Geek Education http://blogs.houstonpress.com/common/assets/702025.t.jpg tag:blogs.houstonpress.com,2013:/artattack//187.701777 2013-05-24 12:00:00 2013-05-23T23:01:45Z

It's time again to check out the Houston Press Flickr Pool and see what kinds of art shots our talented photographers have added. We love street art, unique perspectives and beautiful photos of ...

Cory Garcia It's time again to check out the Houston Press Flickr Pool and see what kinds of art shots our talented photographers have added. We love street art, unique perspectives and beautiful photos of ...

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When we decided to watch Twin Peaks based on the numerous suggestions for you, Jef thought we should check out the seminal episode that proved to the world that this show was not going to be yet a...

Abby Koenig When we decided to watch Twin Peaks based on the numerous suggestions for you, Jef thought we should check out the seminal episode that proved to the world that this show was not going to be yet a...

Continue reading "Summer TV Club: Twin Peaks "Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer" " > ]]> 0 http://blogs.houstonpress.com/common/assets/701776.t.jpg tag:blogs.houstonpress.com,2013:/artattack//187.701753 2013-05-24 10:00:00 2013-05-23T22:18:45Z

Burlesque clown princess and producer KiKi Maroon describes the KiKi Maroon's BurlyQ Lounge show, seen on Friday at McGonigel's Mucky Duck, as classy and sexy, dirty and funny." Okay, we're in. ...

Olivia Flores Alvarez Burlesque clown princess and producer KiKi Maroon describes the KiKi Maroon's BurlyQ Lounge show, seen on Friday at McGonigel's Mucky Duck, as classy and sexy, dirty and funny." Okay, we're in. ...

Continue reading "Top Five Things to Do in Houston This Weekend: KiKi Maroon's BurlyQ Lounge, Comicpalooza 2013 and More " > ]]> 1 http://blogs.houstonpress.com/common/assets/701753.100x95.jpg Top Five Things to Do in Houston This Weekend: KiKi Maroon's BurlyQ Lounge, Comicpalooza 2013 and More http://blogs.houstonpress.com/common/assets/701753.t.jpg tag:blogs.houstonpress.com,2013:/artattack//187.701598 2013-05-24 09:30:35 2013-05-24T15:54:43Z

Title: Epic What? No Fast and Furious 6? No Hangover Part III? I can attend one screening a week. When you have children, you'll understand. Rating Using Random Objects Relevant To The Film: Two...

Pete Vonder Haar Title: Epic What? No Fast and Furious 6? No Hangover Part III? I can attend one screening a week. When you have children, you'll understand. Rating Using Random Objects Relevant To The Film: Two...

Continue reading "Reviews For The Easily Distracted: Epic" > ]]> 1 http://blogs.houstonpress.com/common/assets/701598.100x95.jpg Epic]]> http://blogs.houstonpress.com/common/assets/701598.t.jpg tag:blogs.houstonpress.com,2013:/artattack//187.701867 2013-05-24 09:00:00 2013-05-24T18:56:02Z

This weekend, the newly created Station Theater will present a first for Houston - a full three days of comedy, sketch and improv. "The Trill Comedy Festival," which opened last night, is the bra...

Abby Koenig This weekend, the newly created Station Theater will present a first for Houston - a full three days of comedy, sketch and improv. "The Trill Comedy Festival," which opened last night, is the bra...

Continue reading "Trill Comedy Fest Kicks Off With Lots of Laughs" > ]]> 0 http://blogs.houstonpress.com/common/assets/701867.t.jpg tag:blogs.houstonpress.com,2013:/artattack//187.700551 2013-05-24 08:00:00 2013-05-21T19:42:34Z

My friends Rachel and Naomi recently welcomed an adorable pair of twins into the world. Cute couple, cute kids, everyone healthy and happy and basically the story you always hope for when the preg...

Jef With One F My friends Rachel and Naomi recently welcomed an adorable pair of twins into the world. Cute couple, cute kids, everyone healthy and happy and basically the story you always hope for when the preg...

Continue reading "10 First Moments in Parenting That No One Warns You About" > ]]> 1 http://blogs.houstonpress.com/common/assets/700551.100x95.jpg 10 First Moments in Parenting That No One Warns You About http://blogs.houstonpress.com/common/assets/700551.t.jpg tag:blogs.houstonpress.com,2013:/artattack//187.699873 2013-05-24 07:00:00 2013-05-23T20:30:28Z

Sophia L. Torres has always loved being onstage, even if that meant playing the Wicked Witch of the West in elementary school. "It was my first big role, and I loved it," she says, even though ...

Adam Castañeda Sophia L. Torres has always loved being onstage, even if that meant playing the Wicked Witch of the West in elementary school. "It was my first big role, and I loved it," she says, even though ...

Continue reading "100 Creatives 2013: Sophia L. Torres, Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Psophonia Dance Company" > ]]> 0 http://blogs.houstonpress.com/common/assets/699873.t.jpg tag:blogs.houstonpress.com,2013:/artattack//187.700892 2013-05-24 06:00:00 2013-05-25T22:03:27Z

Since the Daughter With One F turned three I figure I've watched approximately infinity hours of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. While I'm pretty sure I would never sit through another episod...

Jef With One F Since the Daughter With One F turned three I figure I've watched approximately infinity hours of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. While I'm pretty sure I would never sit through another episod...

Continue reading "Comicpalooza: Here Come the Bronies" > ]]> 1 http://blogs.houstonpress.com/common/assets/700892.100x95.jpg Comicpalooza: Here Come the Bronies http://blogs.houstonpress.com/common/assets/700892.t.jpg tag:blogs.houstonpress.com,2013:/artattack//187.701020 2013-05-23 12:30:00 2013-05-23T17:31:30Z

Houston's been home to former presidents, movie stars, famous crooks and the lawyers that got them out of jail, sports legends and medical pioneers, and all sorts of colorful folks. Where do all ...

Olivia Flores Alvarez Houston's been home to former presidents, movie stars, famous crooks and the lawyers that got them out of jail, sports legends and medical pioneers, and all sorts of colorful folks. Where do all ...

Continue reading "The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 10 Cemeteries " > ]]> 1 http://blogs.houstonpress.com/common/assets/701020.100x95.jpg The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 10 Cemeteries http://blogs.houstonpress.com/common/assets/701020.t.jpg tag:blogs.houstonpress.com,2013:/artattack//187.700553 2013-05-23 10:00:00 2013-05-23T12:29:16Z

This weekend Houstonians will have the chance to meet the one and only Frazer Hines, who played the Second Doctor's longtime companion Jamie McCrimmon when he's in town for Comicpalooza. Jamie obv...

Jef With One F This weekend Houstonians will have the chance to meet the one and only Frazer Hines, who played the Second Doctor's longtime companion Jamie McCrimmon when he's in town for Comicpalooza. Jamie obv...

Continue reading "Doctor Who: Meet Jamie McCrimmon at Comicpalooza" > ]]> 0 http://blogs.houstonpress.com/common/assets/700553.t.jpg tag:blogs.houstonpress.com,2013:/artattack//187.701207 2013-05-23 09:00:00 2013-05-22T12:22:36Z

In Tehran, more than a million people viewed it; at the Smithsonian Institution, there was timed ticketing. While worlds apart, all these people came to see a clay object no larger than a footb...

Meredith Deliso In Tehran, more than a million people viewed it; at the Smithsonian Institution, there was timed ticketing. While worlds apart, all these people came to see a clay object no larger than a footb...

Continue reading "One of the World's Most Important Ancient Artifacts, On View at the MFAH" > ]]> 0 http://blogs.houstonpress.com/common/assets/701207.t.jpg tag:blogs.houstonpress.com,2013:/artattack//187.701375 2013-05-23 08:00:00 2013-05-22T19:07:29Z

Seven long years ago the world was forced to say goodbye too early to the most screwed up family on television. The Bluths, of Fox's Arrested Development, slipped quietly into the night on Februa...

Abby Koenig Seven long years ago the world was forced to say goodbye too early to the most screwed up family on television. The Bluths, of Fox's Arrested Development, slipped quietly into the night on Februa...

Continue reading "Pop Rocks: What if Arrested Development Sucks? " > ]]> 1 http://blogs.houstonpress.com/common/assets/701375.100x95.jpg Arrested Development Sucks? ]]> http://blogs.houstonpress.com/common/assets/701375.t.jpg tag:blogs.houstonpress.com,2013:/artattack//187.701150 2013-05-23 07:00:00 2013-05-21T23:36:37Z

Mark Shanahan was that kid. "I was that kid at 11 or 12 under the bed with a flashlight reading Hound of the Baskervilles. Those stories hold up; those characters hold up," says Shanahan. And ...

Margaret Downing Mark Shanahan was that kid. "I was that kid at 11 or 12 under the bed with a flashlight reading Hound of the Baskervilles. Those stories hold up; those characters hold up," says Shanahan. And ...

Continue reading " Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club Gives Us a New Look at a Great Character, Director Mark Shanahan Says" > ]]> 0 http://blogs.houstonpress.com/common/assets/701150.t.jpg tag:blogs.houstonpress.com,2013:/artattack//187.700891 2013-05-23 06:00:00 2013-05-21T19:44:21Z

Having spent a good portion of my life on stage I enjoy my role as a journalist on the sidelines a great deal. You see a lot of interesting things when you fade into the background. At Comicpalo...

Jef With One F Having spent a good portion of my life on stage I enjoy my role as a journalist on the sidelines a great deal. You see a lot of interesting things when you fade into the background. At Comicpalo...

Continue reading "Comicpalooza: Meet the Cosplayers" > ]]> 1 http://blogs.houstonpress.com/common/assets/700891.100x95.jpg Comicpalooza: Meet the Cosplayers http://blogs.houstonpress.com/common/assets/700891.t.jpg tag:blogs.houstonpress.com,2013:/artattack//187.701194 2013-05-22 12:00:31 2013-05-22T21:30:47Z

It's taken a while, but after years of self- (and external) loathing, Houstonians have largely come around to appreciating their city. Houston's negative aspects can't be waved off: the heat and...

Pete Vonder Haar It's taken a while, but after years of self- (and external) loathing, Houstonians have largely come around to appreciating their city. Houston's negative aspects can't be waved off: the heat and...

Continue reading "Reality Bites: Burger Land" > ]]> 1 http://blogs.houstonpress.com/common/assets/701194.100x95.jpg Burger Land]]> http://blogs.houstonpress.com/common/assets/701194.t.jpg tag:blogs.houstonpress.com,2013:/artattack//187.701183 2013-05-22 11:00:00 2013-05-22T14:03:58Z

I rarely pay attention to any of Youtube's "suggested" videos, mostly because they are primarily paid advertisements hidden behind too-obvious product placement, or they are videos of cats with h...

Abby Koenig I rarely pay attention to any of Youtube's "suggested" videos, mostly because they are primarily paid advertisements hidden behind too-obvious product placement, or they are videos of cats with h...

Continue reading "You Need To Watch Amy Schumer Immediately " > ]]> 0 http://blogs.houstonpress.com/common/assets/701183.t.jpg tag:blogs.houstonpress.com,2013:/artattack//187.701167 2013-05-22 10:00:00 2013-05-22T00:13:29Z

When I lived in Mississippi on the edge of undeveloped land, our family spent a lot of time and effort beating back the kudzu during the year. We were beating it because it couldn't be killed. At...

Margaret Downing When I lived in Mississippi on the edge of undeveloped land, our family spent a lot of time and effort beating back the kudzu during the year. We were beating it because it couldn't be killed. At...

Continue reading "The Bayou Planting Guide: Updated and Ready to Help Save Houston" > ]]> 0 http://blogs.houstonpress.com/common/assets/701167.t.jpg tag:blogs.houstonpress.com,2013:/artattack//187.701076 2013-05-22 09:00:00 2013-05-21T19:32:48Z

Everyone's favorite blue men return to Houston for an eight-performance engagement at Jones Hall from June 4 to June 9. Blue Man Group's touring production brings together all of its trademark ...

Adam Castañeda Everyone's favorite blue men return to Houston for an eight-performance engagement at Jones Hall from June 4 to June 9. Blue Man Group's touring production brings together all of its trademark ...

Continue reading "Blue Man Group Returns to Houston" > ]]> 0 http://blogs.houstonpress.com/common/assets/701076.t.jpg tag:blogs.houstonpress.com,2013:/artattack//187.700555 2013-05-22 08:00:00 2013-05-21T12:47:17Z

If there's any sentiment I've heard consistently since last fall it's that this has been the worst season of Doctor Who since the 2005 reboot. Now that we've all had our brains thoroughly exploded...

Jef With One F If there's any sentiment I've heard consistently since last fall it's that this has been the worst season of Doctor Who since the 2005 reboot. Now that we've all had our brains thoroughly exploded...

Continue reading "Doctor Who: A Look Back on Series 7" > ]]> 1 http://blogs.houstonpress.com/common/assets/700555.100x95.jpg Doctor Who: A Look Back on Series 7]]> http://blogs.houstonpress.com/common/assets/700555.t.jpg