An old Houston favorite gets a second chance
· At times, Houston can seem like a never-ending desert of cultural wasteland, with sprawl and strip malls as far as the eye can see. Cactus Music and Video -- a bastion of eclectic Houston culture for over 30 years--stood as an oasis in that desert. That is, until its owners retired and closed the place down last March. Now, just one month after its pre-grand-opening reopening, Cactus is already creating a local buzz about its reinvention.
Rice Sketch Comedy creates laughs at Rice's expense
· If there is one lesson that is to be gleaned from the premiere of Rice Sketch Comedy, it is thus: Never stare at a girl with big boobs. For, if we are to believe RSC's creator-director Faheem Ahmed, "She will think you are a terrorist. And you will go blind."