Galveston County will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a few events this weekend leading up to Monday’s actual holiday.
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Who doesn’t love family drama and intrigue — with a twist?
Hold up, wait a minute... the holiday season isn’t quite over with — yet.
Editor’s note: The Galveston Symphony Orchestra will begin 2019 with a pops concert. Music Director Trond Saeverud talks about the program.
Mimi Leder’s "On the Basis of Sex" is a nice movie with good intentions. Its release comes on the heels of the award-winning documentary, "RBG," detailing the life of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. The film seeks to introduce viewing audiences to the earlier part of Ginsberg’s li…
The Hanukkah and Christmas holidays have come and gone, but Kwanzaa, which began Wednesday, is still being celebrated throughout the county and nation in various forms and events.
Nicole Kidman hasn’t transformed herself on screen this drastically since playing Virginia Woolf in “The Hours,” which won her an Academy Award. Kidman is the only reason to see “Destroyer,” in which she plays an irritable detective chasing suspects, carrying heavy firearms, and beating bad …
The Peanuts gang: Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Snoopy, Sally, and more, will perform in “A Charlie Brown Christmas Live on Stage” at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday at The Grand 1894 Opera House at 2020 Postoffice St. in Galveston.
Peter Hedges’ (“Pieces of April”) new film has a genius teaser trailer showing Julia Roberts emotionally embracing her son played by Lucas Hedges. The rest of the film, and its many surprise narrative turns, you will have to see for yourself.
The book “Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart” by John Guy makes a lot of assumptions that one can only wonder if they are true or just wishful thinking. If you are able to set aside questions of historical inaccuracy, “Mary, Queen of Scots” will prove an enjoyable, diverse experien…
The Grand 1894 Opera House will present “The Nutcracker” at 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at 2020 Postoffice St. in Galveston.
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The city of Kemah is inviting the entire county to its Candy Land Christmas event, which kicks off Friday and concludes Saturday.
Despite internationally acclaimed director Yorgos Lanthimos not penning the script this time “The Favourite” is still very much one of his films.
Each fall, a glorious spectrum of colors blankets the hardwood forests in many areas of the United States. I grew up on a family farm located in South Central Virginia and I looked forward to the fall season every year. Each fall, the area would be covered in a quilt of colors so vibrant tha…
The 45th annual Dickens on The Strand, sponsored by the Galveston Historical Foundation will turn downtown Galveston into a Victorian-era holiday wonderland Friday through Sunday.
It’s only Alfonso Cuaron’s eighth feature film, but the Oscar-winning director of “Gravity” says he wanted to make “Roma” for years.
The 11th annual Galveston Holiday Lighting Celebration will begin at 6 p.m. Friday at the Hotel Galvez & Spa at 2024 Seawall Blvd. in Galveston.
If you’ve always wanted to visit the North and South poles and encounter polar bears, penguins, reindeer and more — look no further than Moody Gardens’ chilly ICE LAND: Pole-to-Pole winter wonderland delight!
Music Director Trond Saeverud talked about the Galveston Symphony Orchestra’s next concert.
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Pianist Clay Howell is set to perform from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at the 23rd Street Station Piano Bar at 1706 23rd St. in Galveston.
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