By Romeo San Vicente And she’s playing The White Violin. Are you already confused? Thought it was about umbrellas? Here’s where you catch up: The Umbrella Academy is an offbeat comic book series from Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba, and Netflix is giving it the TV platform it deserves. Already cast is Ellen Page, one of
By Chris Azzopardi Reba McEntire has released a beautiful new Christmas album. The melancholy spirit of her friend Dolly Parton’s 1982 holiday staple “Hard Candy Christmas†is preserved on McEntire’s new reading, and her sparse version of “Mary, Did You Know?†featuring Christmas mainstays Vince Gill and Amy Grant engenders a spirited hopefulness even the
By Nancy Ford “I never went out in the evening thinking, ‘Now I must get some sex,’ which nowadays most people do. I went out saying, ‘I must be my glorious self and it will attract people to me….’ I just wanted to be admired…. Ms. (Marlene) Dietrich said, ‘You have to let them put
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Well, by the time you are reading this publication you have already gorged yourself with all the turkey you can possibly eat and you swear to never eat my Aunt Laura’s (name has been changed to protect the innocent) green bean casserole. Finally, all the leftovers are gone and your egg
By Randall Jobe Music Box Theater brings Emmy Award winner Ernie Manouse from Houston Public Media on board with regulars Rebekah Dahl, Brad Scarborough and Luke Wrobel in Three-Part Harmony: The Rise and Fall of an American Cover Band, a musical satire on the art of documentary filmmaking. Manouse interviews three disbanded singers as they
By Jim Ayres Let’s step away from the new and trendy for a moment. Two of Houston’s biggest names in old school comfort classics are opening new locations. One makes me very happy. The other saddens me a little bit, but I understand completely. A recent Sabbath saw me celebrating Sunday Funday in Montrose. That’s
By Forest Riggs As the little sand bar island readies for the holidays, try and make a visit across the causeway to enjoy some real southern hospitality as this year’s celebration promises to be bigger and better. There’s something for everyone! Shine a light With all the dirty dishes from Thanksgiving feasts being washed and
by Mikey Rox Like many of you, I was once confused about my sexual orientation. There were times as a teenager that I would stand in front of my bathroom mirror, staring into my own eyes, and cry – trying to figure out what was wrong with me. Why did I feel so different? Why
By Nancy Ford As Chechnya rounds up queers into detention camps, Isis beheads and throws gay men from rooftops, and yet another mass shooting right here in the good ol’ USA leaves us all horrified and housebound, you’d think a little thing like the legal wranglings of a local non-profit organization would seem pretty insignificant.
By Randall Jobe The Holidays are upon us and several Houston theatres are willing to put the Scrooge among us in the best of spirits with a variety of options. Music Box Theater brings Emmy Award winner Ernie Manouse from Houston Public Media on board with regulars Rebekah Dahl, Brad Scarborough and Luke Wrobel in
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