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::Movie Monday - Double Feature:: Two series we love return tonight: Monday Night Movies at Domy Books, and Movies Houstonians Love at the MFA. Liquid Sky, 1983, 112 min Domy Books | 1709 Westheimer 8:30 - 10:30pm FREE Drugs, 80s Art Punks, and Aliens translated through director Slava Tsukerman would be the easy way to describe Liquid Sky. The hard way would include the endless amount of unlikable characters (including the two leads played by... more ›

The Official Tall Ship of Texas, the Elissa, has recently been given a makeover. Well, more like a facelift. The Elissa is an impressive 205 feet long and nearly 100 feet tall at her mast. Recently, Elissa's sails have been repaired and she's now in seafaring condition. more ›

Third Coast Audio Film Festival @ Aurora Picture Show more ›

The StoryCorps MobileBooth has been conspicuously parked outside of the Houston Museum of Natural Science for a few days now, giving you plenty of time to come up with a few good interview questions for your grandfather (or whomever), before they head out on February 3rd. more ›

The trial run of a city program that aims to cut energy costs in low-income areas has met with much success in one northeast Houston neighborhood. The city now has plans to expand the program to two deserving neighborhoods next year. But just how do they do it? Weatherization. According to one satisfied customer, this included fixing a broken window and installing insulation around her doors and in her attic. 641 homes in Pleasantville received this treatment. The average savings for homes participating in the program was $160. Mayor White commented on this success: more ›

Along with traffic and construction, Houston is unfortunately known for its share of potholes (sometimes, the potholes are the result of construction, but we digress). Researchers at Rice think they have found a solution our pothole problem, hopefully. more ›

SFist commeters pose for before and aftershocks when the mayor commemorates a 1906 earthquake...at 4:30 in the morning. A hot tip on the Chronicle vending machines comes in and the SFist war correspondent risks life and limb to post this dispatch from the frontlines. Houstonist announces their new Cops spinoff "World's Funniest Taser Videos" and the possible cancellation of their pervs' "World's Grossest Bathroom Videos" and PBS trains cams on cows at, uhg, MooTube. Also,... more ›