If you’ve never been to the Big Ass Crawfish Bash, then you’re in for a crawfish lovers dream.
The Galveston Symphony Orchestra’s final concert of the season will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at The Grand 1894 Opera House at 2020 Postoffice St. in Galveston. Music Director Trond Saeverud talked about the program.
It’s crawfish time in Galveston County — so, here are a few events set to take place in our area that you should pencil in:
Looking for an event the entire family can enjoy — especially your children? Well, you’re in luck this weekend.
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The 81st annual Galveston County Fair & Rodeo will kick off Friday at its fairgrounds at 10 Jack Brooks Road on state Highway 6 in Hitchcock.
The Creative Collab, under the executive artistic direction of Bryan-Keyth Wilson, a La Marque native, will present “For Colored Boyz on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown/When Freedom Ain’t Enuff” March 29, March 30, April 5 and April 6 in the Moody Arts Center at Rice University at 6100 Main…
If you like the movies — and you like watching them outside — then make sure you bundle up the family, significant other, or friends and get ready to enjoy Movie Nite on The Strand, which kicks off Saturday.
Q. The Great Symphony is great in many ways, including length. There are so many moments of lovely melody. It seems like this piece presents a challenge in that there is so much to manage — just as stage or movie directors have to work to make some plays seem like one dramatic work, rather t…
It’s usually a bad sign when half of Hollywood’s A-list actors circle a project and then drop out. Everyone from Tom Hanks, Will Smith, Casey Affleck, and Mahershala Ali were at once attached to “Triple Frontier.” Writer/director J.C. Chandor has made 4 movies, 3 of them have been about corr…
If you like romance and comedy, here’s your chance to see the award-winning romantic comedy “The Rainmaker,” by N. Richard Nash at Bay Area Harbour Playhouse at 3803 state Highway 3 in Dickinson.
If you didn’t get to party last weekend, no worries. Here’s a list of all things Mardi Gras for you and the family to enjoy this weekend in Galveston.
Irish director Neil Jordan is a bit unpredictable when you sit down for his films. “The End of the Affair” was unpredictably sexual, “The Brave One” outrageously violent and suspenseful, even his vampire flick “Byzantium” gave the genre a completely different perspective. His latest thriller…
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Don’t let the weather stop you from enjoying the first full weekend of Mardi Gras! Galveston, which officially kicks off at 5:30 p.m. Friday with the George P. Mitchell Mardi Gras Award Ceremony in front of The Tremont House at 2300 Ship’s Mechanic Row in Galveston.
Can a film be both really good and yet stereotypical in every way? “Arctic” is the best film of 2019, so far. The survival thriller received a ten-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival, but there isn’t much to celebrate in this compact 90-minute thriller that you can’t find els…
I hope you have your ticket to the Rotary Club of Texas City’s annual Mardi Gras Mainland Gala set for 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday at the Doyle Convention Center at 2010 Fifth Ave. N. in Texas City.
The Galveston Symphony Orchestra’s next concert features Mahler’s Symphony No. 1. Music Director Trond Saeverud talked about the program.
“Isn’t It Romantic” might be the first film to successfully please both those who despise romantic comedies and those who love them. Director Todd Strauss-Schulson describes his new film as “a romantic comedy about falling in love with yourself.” The script simultaneously makes fun of every …
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For all you jazz lovers out there, here’s an event that you want to make sure you get your tickets well in advance, so you can enjoy the star-studded lineup coming to Galveston Island.
It’s been nearly two decades since Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt starred in the original “What Women Want.”
Although the major Mardi Gras events are scheduled for later in the month, there are a few Mardi Gras events kicking off this weekend in Galveston County.
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