Review: Material and deStructure at Poissant Gallery
18 weeks 3 days ago
Zoosphere just doesn't beat the zoo
22 weeks 4 hours ago
Two talented Houston cartoonists
22 weeks 6 days ago
Last chance to see the Blaffer student show
24 weeks 6 days ago
All the art that's not FotoFest this week
25 weeks 4 hours ago
Fotofest kicks off with dozens of parties this weekend
25 weeks 4 hours ago
Terry Suprean tells us about his father at the Temporary Space
25 weeks 3 days ago
What's new in art this week?
25 weeks 6 days ago
Art openings this weekend
27 weeks 4 min ago
Maurizio Cattelan's game of hide-and-seek at the Menil
27 weeks 1 day ago

As a Rice alum, I think you are being shortsighted. Maybe KTRU had outlived its time--that's a debate that would have been worth having (I loved it in the 80s). However, that debate was not had because Leebron secretly negotiated the sale and only announced it once it was a fait accompli. So, given that Leebron is willing to do this with KTRU, you have to ask yourself--is there any other asset at Rice that he might be considering selling to raise money for his pharoanic building schemes? Is there some part of Rice that you, as an alumnus, treasure that Leebron might right now be in the process of selling--without consulting the alumni or the students? The answer is--could be!
Since I got a 45 minute commute (each way).
1. It is totally reasonable for you to feel cynical about this.
2. CityCentre, like almost all highly planned fake urban environments, is a place where the unexpected cannot happen. It is devoid of spontaneity.
3. On the other hand, good for them for hosting this event.
4. There's hardly any "art" outside the loop, so in principle, I support this kind of thing.
5. And I live in Memorial so I'm definitely going to check it out.
Well, "at all costs" is a bit extreme, but speaking solely for myself, I only have a certain number of hours in the day, and would rather spend them in the presence of art (musical, visual, literary, etc.) that is that is serious and thought-provoking, and that has deep and lasting beauty, than on cheap and cheesy pop music or television.
I try to limit the amount of junk food I eat; likewise I want to limit the amount of junk culture I consume. The reason is simple--junk culture, like junk food, tends to crowd out what is good.
I am so glad that Brennan's is back... But what happened with James Koonce and his daughter Katherine? Koonce was the sommelier who was riding out the storm in the restaurant with his 4 year old daughter. Both were severely burned in the fire. Will Koonce be back as well?