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Astros Swept by Tigers: 4 Winners, 4 Losers
Baseball is so tough because the season is so long and it can end so abruptly leaving those who love it with a hollow pit in their stomachs. That's essentially what happened on Wednesday as the Astros were swept in the Wild Card series against the upstart Detroit Tigers and...
Vice Presidential Candidates Go Head-To-Head Politely During Tuesday Night Debate
Tuesday night's debate between Ohio Senator J.D. Vance and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz was a restrained affair with few fireworks as each vice presidential candidate discussed matters of policy rather than attack each other. Was there a winner? That might depend on what camp the voters were in to begin with...
Review: Peter Pan at Broadway at the Hobby
When the overture to your musical is more brassy, fast, and loud than the show that follows, something has gone terribly flat. When Peter Pan, a Broadway oldie and goodie from 1954 – probably more beloved for its NBC TV presentation a year later, starring its original Tony-winning stars, Mary...
Things to Do: Where to Cheer on the Astros in Houston This Postseason
The entire city is abuzz as our beloved Houston Astros head into the postseason after officially clinching the AL West division title, starting with a three-game faceoff against the Detroit Tigers to determine the AL Wild Card. As always, Houston bars and restaurants are ready to cheer on the ‘Stros...
Preview: Dracula at Classical Theatre Company
Whether Bram Stoke conjured up Dracula from a nightmare, the historical account of Vlad the Impaler from modern day Romania, or Irish myth, he created a creature both terrible and legendary that has never passed from the human imagination. And although there have been several iterations of the vampire over...
Astros Down 0-1 in Series Versus the Tigers
The Astros lost in Game 1 of the best-of-three AL Wild Card series to the Tigers 3-1 on Tuesday. Likely Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal absolutely shut down the Astros bats allowing just four hits and one walk in six innings. Meanwhile, Astros ace Framber Valdez struggled through a tough...
Chef Alex Au-Yeung's Legacy: Phat Friends for Life
When Houstonians learned of Chef Alex Au-Yeung's death from cancer this past March at the age of 52, it came as quite a shock since many people, even those in the restaurant industry, were unaware he was battling the disease. Determined to fulfill his dream of opening his second Phat...
Best of Houston ® 2024: Best Dessert Service
Best Dessert Service: The Marigold Club Goodnight Hospitality’s posh, Mayfair London-inspired supper club mashes high dining with cheeky fun. In addition to delights like the Kaluga caviar sandwich, Duck Wellington and sophisticated riff on fish and chips, Marigold’s playful opulence extends to dessert service in the form of its fancy-pants...
Things to Do: Group Acorde Presents Beat at the MATCH
Roberta Paixao Cortes, a choreographer and co-founder of Group Acorde, remembers recently seeing a post online about a hurricane churning in the Gulf, her body reacting before she even knew where it was headed. “I just stopped,” says Cortes. “I think I held my breath.” Cortes says we can all...
HISD $4.4 Billion Bond Issue Opponents Appeal to the Greater Houston Partnership
Weaving their way through streets loaded with Astros fans headed for Minute Maid Stadium, a group of about 20 parents, teachers and children arrived at the offices of the Greater Houston Partnership Tuesday bearing boxes of letters asking the GHP to back away from its endorsement of the Houston ISD...
Best of Houston ® 2024: Best Wings
Best Wings: Southern Yankee Crafthouse This neighborhood brewhouse and kitchen gives its addicting wing the wood-fired cast iron treatment, resulting in meltingly tender, scorched in all the right places wings before being smothered in the sauce of your choosing — hot buffalo, sweet or spicy bbq, garlicky-parm, sweet chili, garlic-honey-soy,...
Review: Harlan Ellison;s The Last Dangerous Visions
Harlan Ellison’s The Last Dangerous Visions has been one of the world’s greatest unreleased pieces of art for half a century. Against all odds, it is finally finished thanks to his close friend and literary executor, J. Michael Straczynski. It as good as hoped for, and it also serves as...
Alvarez, Altuve Among Candidates on All-MLB Ballot
As the Houston Astros continue to play through their championship window, year after year, it's worth noting that, while the Astros are still a fixture in October baseball, they're not quite the juggernaut they were back in, say, 2019, when they won 107 games. Last season, they won 90 games,...
This Week's Best Concerts
How can you not feel sympathy for Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, the two astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station and will not return to earth for another six months. It’s kind of like going to a party and then discovering your ride has left without...
Three Things to Watch in Game 1 of Astros-Tigers
The Astros and Tigers begin a best of three game series to decide the AL Wild Card on Tuesday. While the Astros have the better record and home field advantage, the Tigers have been on a roll with the best record in the American League since the All-Star break. Astros...
Rockets Will Lean on Toughness, Familiarity in New Season
In a rare showing at Houston Rockets annual media day on Monday, all 14 players who are expected to be on the roster this season made a pass through the press room. While not evident of anything really, it felt significant simply because the words out of the mouths of...
Things to Do: See KK's Priest at Warehouse Live
Like a lot of teenage headbangers in the early/mid 1980s, Tim Owens had posters of his heavy metal heroes on the walls of his bedroom in Akron, Ohio. There, as he played records and cassettes over and over again and pored through magazine articles (no internet yet, kids) they stared...
Things to Do: Where to Eat, Drink and Get Spooky in Houston This Halloween
As the days grow shorter and the air turns (kind of) crisp, Houston transforms into a ghoulish playground of spine-chilling sips and wicked good treats, boo-zy bashes and costume parties, and experiences that will both haunt and delight. Embrace spooky season with these Halloween-themed food and drink offerings at Houston restaurants...
Residents Encouraged To Check Their Voting Status
Houston area voters are only three weeks away from early voting as Harris County election officials gear up for the usual uptick in voter participation that comes with presidential election years. Amid the recent voter roll cleanup — which is standard practice — residents are encouraged to check their voter...
Best of Houston ® 2024: Best Fast Casual Restaurant
Best Fast Casual Restaurant: Little Rey Restaurateur Ford Fry (La Lucha, Superica, State of Grace) expands his well-established local footprint with the opening of this Northern Mexico-inspired concept, which takes the attention to detail of a full-service restaurant and mashes it up with a more casual, counter-service feel. There is...
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