There is only one Larry King By Forest Riggs You do not have to dig too far back into your recall to remember a lovable Galveston resident and very active community member, Larry King, a.k.a. Pickles. Larry was well-known in the community. As an entertainer, artist, theatre director, actor, bartender and other titles, Larry possessed
A meteoric rise to Island Goddess By Johnny Trlica Just over ten years ago he entered a talent night contest. So, You Think You Can Drag hosted by Kofi was a regular feature at Meteor. The Montrose club is just a memory now, but Serena Spellman is still showing the world who can drag, and
By Romeo San Vicente The perpetually low-key stand-up comic/actor Jerrod Carmichael has had a fascinating past few years. He came out on a stand-up special, co-starred in the Oscar-nominated film Poor Things, and now he’s doing reality TV. OK, his version of it, anyway. No stranger to turning the camera on himself for short personal
By Colby Etherton It has been a mainstay in politics for decades, going back to 1960: the general election presidential debates. We typically see the Democratic and Republican candidates debate one another three times in an election cycle. Though we are in peculiar times, and whether or not Biden and Trump, the presumptive nominees of
The queer comedian wants to show ‘people as people’ as he takes on a hot-button issue that has personally affected him By Chris Azzopardi When I think of Julio Torres, I think of someone who gave life to Ferrero Rocher. It’s a wild detail to recall about someone, but indicative of Torres as a comedian
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: Should I go to JR’s or Barcode? Do I want a Shiner Bock or Bud Light? Should I sleep with my best friend or not? Decisions, decisions! Some choices are difficult to make.  Should I take an Uber out or risk driving home from the male strip contest at Tony’s Corner
By Nancy Ford First things first: I’m sorry. It truly was my intention to write this month’s column about something other than Donald Trump. Anything other than Donald Trump. Sweet Jesus, we are all so tired of Donald Trump. But just as Holy Week rolled into full swing last month, the former president announced he
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Hello again, everyone! Hoping everyone has a good and safe Easter holiday.   In my family, it was just understood that we would be in church almost every Sunday. However, it was even more understood that we would travel to my grandmother’s house to go to her little country church
By Jim Ayres The night I visited Hamsa was the night I fell in love. Not with my dining companion (it wasn’t a date.) And not with anyone else. It was with this jewel of an Israeli restaurant, its ambience and charming service, and amazingly good food. You’ll find Hamsa on that storied block of
By Romeo San Vicente The filmmaker’s name is Tamika Miller, a writing and directing veteran of episodic TV and commercials. She’s already got one indie feature, the critically well-regarded “Honor Student,†under her belt, and now she’s in pre-production on her next feature she’s writing and directing, “Undercard.†A boxing drama, it’s got its lead
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