Spring Break
They are easy to pass if you are not looking for them. Blink and you miss them. They have been surreptitiously placed in various public locations, especially in the Montrose area. They come in painted, stenciled, wheat-pasted and even knitted varieties. It is street art, and it has pervaded Houston.
Q: How would you describe your art and your style? A: I've been told it's dark, moody, apathetic. It's important to me that I mention all the work is from my photos and my reference.
Christian music often gets a bad rap, as people tend to write the entire genre off as sappy, overly preachy and musically weak. However, in recent years, many Christian artists have taken strides to become more universally appealing, with some even getting airtime on mainstream radio.
The opening of "Suddenly One Summer," Houston Arts Alliance's show at its Space125Gallery, coincided with Tropical Storm Erin's arrival in Houston, but attendance didn't suffer in the slightest. The healthy reception the show received is an indicator of the talent represented within the exhibition.
With Anglomania on the rise and my own slight obsession with entertainment from the United Kingdom, I was excited to see a lower-budget British comedy appear amid the summer blockbusters. Directed by Frank Oz, best known as the voice of Yoda, "Death at a Funeral" explains just why many American television shows are copies of British predecessors.
"Hot Rod" is a customary summer-teen-comedy about a hero continually failing at everything he sets out to do. The lovable loser this time around is Rod Kimble, a wannabe stuntman who dreams of becoming one of the greats. Now, if only he could win the respect of his intimidating stepfather Frank, the love of his next-door neighbor Denise, and grow a mustache, he would truly have it all!