Artists have a way of taking lackluster, commonplace things and turning them into gallant masterpieces. In creative hands limited spaces become endless, small ideas inflate into ingeniously crafted concepts,  and the indifferent become the impassioned. This interest in turning over useless, inanimate scraps of household waste has consumed much of sculptor, Toney Feher’s, artistic energies. UH’s Blaffer Art Museum exposition of sculptor Tony Feher currently awaits local art devotees. The exposition, started October 13th and ending March 31st, showcases a 20-year collection of Feher’s sculptures. The materials that comprise Feher’s work are the kind of stuff, again–stuff– you might nag your roommate’s about disposing ... Read More »

You are 23 years old. You are sitting on an airplane, anxiously waiting to be jet-streamed away from the godforsaken place you call home. You’ve spent your whole life here, only wanting to spend it there. Wherever there is, doesn’t matter. But there isn’t here. You peer out the window, impatiently massage the stained upholstery of your armchair. A middle-aged flight attendant wobbles past you and stumbles into a passenger. You think she’s drunk. She’s probably drunk. You nearly regret what you’re about to do. Will you end up like her in 20 years? Lonely, drunk, working a job below your “credentials.” Stacking empty bottles in ... Read More »

Malcolm McDowell doesn’t always play the bad guy or exclusively star in horror movies, and in fact if you gazed at his over 100 credits you’d notice an equal number of regular roles as villainous ones. For every appearance in a Silent Hill or Halloween movie McDowell has also played a principal in movies like Easy A or done a voice-over in an animated film like Bolt. “We just got renewed for a third season,” McDowell tells Free Press Houston in an exclusive interview regarding the series Franklin & Bash. “I like being on that show because it’s a fun ... Read More »

Photo Credit: Paul Hester/Akbar Baloch By: Amanda Hart Voices Breaking Boundaries, a local grassroots nonprofit arts organization, is putting on a “Homes and Histories” walkable art show this Saturday in Houston’s historic Freedmen’s Town. The show will begin at 2pm and end at 4pm on Saturday, December 1st. Artists will include Akbar Baloch, Tina Dismukes, Amanda Hart, Paul Hester, Jibran Jawaid, Autumn Knight, Babette Niemel, Robert Pruit, Sehba Sarwar, Kaneem Smith, Koumankele African Dance & Drum Ensemble and many more. Voices Breaking Boundaries (VBB) had this to say about the event: VBB invites you to cross borders in a journey ... Read More »

Hitchcock is a movie about famous dead people played by famous contempo actors. With a lesser cast this biopic helmed by Sacha Gervasi (Anvil: The Story of Anvil) would be a cable movie. As Hitchcock stands it bears interest mainly because of the talent on display and the scenery mulching skills of leads Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren as Mr. and Mrs. Hitchcock. (“Mr. Hitchcock.” “Just Hitch, hold the cock.”) It was easy enough recognizing modern thesps fitting into historical characters like a tight glove: Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh, Danny Huston as Whitfield Cook, Toni Colette as Hitch’s secretary, ... Read More »

This Week’s Featured Show(s) Metal, Metal, Metal!!!! Friday, November 30 Dying Fetus Cattle Decapitation Cerebral Bore @ Warehouse Live (Studio) Saxon King Project Armageddon Black Hole Caravan @ Rudyard’s Saturday, December 01 Helstar Sanctus Bellum Metavenge Apocalyptic Axis in Collapse @ Warehouse Live (Studio) Saxon King Tailgunner Deathrazor We The Enemy @ White Swan Live Sunday December 2 Dethklok Machine Head All That Remains The Black Dahlia Murder @ House of Blues Tuesday December 4 Gaza Code Orange Kids Full of Hell Omotai @ Walter’s It’s a pretty amazing week here for Metal fans who will have to choose between some ... Read More »

Killing Them Softly will absolutely bowl you over. Basically a crime drama, KTS walks quietly and carries a big stick. While the whole affair starts to unwind you keep expecting a conventional approach to a tale about the robbery of a mob run gambling den, but thankfully KTS never moves with any semblance of conventionality. Not to say it’s experimental; rather it’s a talky character study highlighted by overcast cinematography. Killing Them Softly has the highest pedigree one could hope for. It’s based on a novel by George Higgins who also wrote The Friends of Eddie Coyle. Coyle was made ... Read More »

By: Erin Dyer Houston homeowners Aisling and Wes Jones’ beloved pet was suddenly shot dead at their home last month. Boss was an eight-year-old, 54-pound Boxer dog that the couple had had in their family since Boss was just six weeks old. Like many others who raise and love their pets, Boss was like “their very own child” and is deeply missed. Free Press Houston spoke with Aisling about the details of the events that lead up to Boss’s untimely demise – one that she and her family consider to be a horrific tragedy. According to Aisling, on the day ... Read More »

John Zambrano of Muhammad Ali is really, really stoked about having helped book Canada's Freak Heat Waves this Sunday NOTSUOH. How stoked? John Zambrano - FUCKING STOKED!! Read More »

Love and loss, broken heart, moving butt. Read More »