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Thursday, March 28, 2024 — Houston, TX

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Queer in the Country: Rice students talk LGBTQ+ identity and country music

(10/30/19 3:00am)

Leaning into Texas’ big personality is a fun way for Rice students to connect with the state’s lifestyle and aesthetic, as they two-step through the Houston bar Wild West and attend parties like Don’t Mess With Texas and DuncStep. But for some LGBTQ+ students, living in a state with a notoriously poor track record for respecting and protecting marginalized communities can be a challenge in balancing identity. 



Houston literary activists organize reading to aid immigrant families

(10/09/19 2:52am)

This past Thursday, gauzy black curtains were hung to transform a children’s Sunday School room where over 30 Houston-based writers took to a gleaming wooden podium for a night of literary activism. With a suggested $10 donation for all attendees, “Writers for Families Together - Houston” was the second event in a month to raise money for organizations aiding immigrant families facing human rights violations at the Texas-Mexico border. 



Arts 101: Guide to exhibitions on and off campus

(08/28/19 2:52am)

Rice students are fortunate to be located just a stone’s throw from major artistic hubs like the Houston Museum District while also having the opportunity to participate in a flourishing arts culture on campus. With the help of this guide, you can start to explore the rich culture so readily available to you before school gets into full swing.


​Julie Maroh’s ‘Body Music’ is a longed-for ode to queerness

(11/29/17 4:31am)

Comic artist and graphic novelist Julie Maroh is back on the market with her fourth book, “Body Music.” Translated from French by David Hormel, the collection of 21 vignettes on love and relationships was published this November. Her illustrated narratives are raw, soothing, familiar and organic all at once as they unfold over pages painted in muted brown and gray tones of linseed oil. But the most refreshing aspect of Maroh’s study of love is her focus on historically erased stories. As the author states in the introduction, “Bow-legged, chubby, ethnic, androgynous, trans, pierced, scarred, ill, disabled, old, hairy, outside all the usual aesthetic criteria … queers, dykes, trans, freaks, the non-monogamous, flighty and spiny hearts [...] we are not a minority; we are the alternatives. There are as many love stories as there are imaginations.” Readers who have found themselves inundated by stories of love between people who are straight, white, monogamous and TV-screen beautiful are given a chance to see their own stories play out on the pages of “Body Music.”


​The Killers’ fifth studio album ‘Wonderful Wonderful’ fails to live up to its name

(10/10/17 4:51pm)

The Killers’ highly anticipated fifth studio album, “Wonderful Wonderful,” came out on Sept. 22, breaking the band’s five years of silence since “Battle Born.” The Las Vegas-based band enticed their fervent fan base, known as “The Victims,” by releasing the single “Wonderful Wonderful” in mid-August. Lead singer Brandon Flowers said in an interview with NME months before the release, “I’m looking in the mirror on this record, and focusing a lot on my own personal experience.” And indubitably, “Wonderful, Wonderful” is the most intimate album from The Killers yet, which makes its triteness that much more disappointing.


The Beginning of Everything Forms a Universal Language Around Drawing

(03/08/17 6:40pm)

Walking into “The Beginning of Everything: Drawings from the Janie C. Lee, Louisa Stude Sarofim, and David Whitney Collections” at the Menil, the physical arrangement of the exhibit provides a shock to the viewer’s eye. Relatively small framed portraits grace the space, and are dwarfed by the white expanse of wall so that it’s almost easy to become mindlessly lost in the negative space. But, eventually, the concentrated intensity of the drawings captures the eye with their almost incalculable beauty.


'Cheap Date' art show makes art accesible

(02/15/17 11:05pm)

The Hardy and Nance Studios building, tucked away on a side road under a commanding overpass, immediately presents a cold white concrete facade to the curious explorer. But on the night of the third Cheap Date: A $20 Art Show and Market, the faint throb of retro electronic music lead Houstonians to a cozy gravel space in front of the studio swarming with art and writing vendors and enthusiasts. To escape the cold, a mere $3 an individual or $5 a couple got you access to the studio, which was vibrating with the activity of people perusing and purchasing art and snooping through any unlocked doors. Walking through the halls, you may expect to run into couples smoking in the kitchen, empty bottles of Fireball strewn on art brochures and a woman telling everyone that they looked “very ’90s.” And while noise overwhelmed the space, it didn’t deter anyone from striking up riveting conversations with artists about their work.