Last semester, Jonathan Schipper’s “Cubicle” filled the space of the Rice Gallery with the familiar setting of an office, easy to mistake for a functioning workspace until the viewer more closely inspected the exhibit.
From “The Walking Dead” to “World War Z,” zombies have infested the cultural landscape in a big bad way in the last decade.
Along with a good chunk of Rice students, I have always regarded Jinya Ramen Bar as the daddy of ramen joints.
Rapper Lupe Fiasco always has tricks up his sleeve. Whether it’s lyrics and wordplay that take on multiple meanings or cryptic album concepts, you are often rewarded for digging beneath the surface.
Many of the Chinese restaurants around Houston serve food from the Hunan or Sichuan provinces, although Chinese cuisine encompasses many regional cuisines.
Based on the acclaimed children’s book series and following the derided movie adaptation of the same name, “A Series of Unfortunate Events” returns to the screen in an eight-episode first season on Netflix.
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.
A new restaurant joined predecessors Tinys Boxwoods and Tinys No. 5 in November, completely centered around the chain’s famous chocolate chip cookie rather than brunch.
“Oczy Mlody”(Polish for “eyes of the young”) is the Flaming Lips’ new attempt at staying relevant 34 years after the band’s inception.
Recently, the idea of “truth” and factual basis has come under scrutiny. It’s no longer enough to label something true, even with evidence, as “alternative facts” are now given legitimacy.
For my loyal followers: I realize that for all of my past reviews, I have decided to write about sandwiches.
In an era of increased sexual consent awareness and trigger warnings, Paul Verhoeven has produced a film that walks a fine line between nonconventional empowerment and graphic exploitation in its storytelling.
British indie trio The xx have returned from a five-year hiatus with the recent release of their third studio album, 2017’s “I See You.” Slated to play at huge summer music festivals such as Bonnaroo and Primavera Sound, the band’s new material will likely draw large crowds.
Patricia Bellan-Gillen’s collection of whimsical prints, drawings, paintings, and installations titled “Willful Wondering and Disorderly Notions,” now on display at the Rice Media Center Gallery, embodies just what its name suggests: Art as an expression of wonderment and disorder emphasizing the powers of memory and experience.
As a native Californian whose first trip to Texas was my senior year Rice visit, I was largely unfamiliar with the tourist attractions that this state has to offer.
So apparently the editors of the Thresher want me to let y'all know what I think of the restaurants I review in the first paragraph, so here's a skinny, low-fat, diet version of the whole thing: I love this place.
In coming-of-age films, the teenage protagonists usually find themselves straddling the abyss, one foot firmly in the ignorant bliss of childhood and the other foot in the unfamiliar confusion of the adult world.
A silver lining often repeated in the wake of the presidential election is the potential for great art as a reaction to despair.
In 2016, “the worst ever” dumpster fire of a year, Houston’s restaurants seemed to follow suit.
Cane Rosso, a Dallas-based pizza chain, has opened two locations in Houston, the first coming to the Heights this past summer and the second coming to Montrose in late October.
