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Jose Aguilar
- April 8, 2012
Classic burger joint brings heat, grease
Believe the hype, people. Though I’m not a fan of Guy Fieri, his “Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives” stop at Midtown’s Lankford Grocery was for good reason. The Midtown burger joint is not a place for...
- March 21, 2012
Universities explore local hip-hop culture
A conference on the history and effects of DJ Screw and Houston hip-hop will take over the University Center Houston Room from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on March 28, but you need to...
- March 20, 2012
Prof’s autobiography makes the big screen
Poet, playwright and UH creative writing professor Nick Flynn took a moment from promoting the opening of the movie, “Being Flynn,” to talk with The Daily Cougar about the process of turning a written...
- February 23, 2012
Gym Class Heroes, VerseCity take on UH
UH’s Student Program Board is ready to let UH students fight for their right to attend the first of its “Large Concert” series. The limited-entry event — there will only be 1,500 people able to...
- February 20, 2012
Works of art cue the words of local writers
The term “ekphrasis” is defined as a literary description of or commentary on a visual work of art. Don’t be fooled; often there is so much more to these works of art than just...
- February 16, 2012
European band takes tour to Texas
With the winding down of a month-long North American tour that gave them a single day off, Welsh band Los Campesinos! is ready to let Texans have it during their final four gigs in...
- February 8, 2012
Debate tackles marriage definition
As the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals was preparing to hand over its decision on California’s Proposition VIII, two people on opposing sides of the gay marriage issue went head-to-head Tuesday inside the...
- January 19, 2012
Play focuses on 1950s gay life
Before the Stonewall Riots of 1969 made the modern day gay rights movement a part of the national mentality, a group of five friends pushed the radical notion of an organized gay community in...
- January 18, 2012
‘Say Revenge’ say hello to new adventure
Most bands tend to stay together when they venture off into new territory, but San Antonio-based Say Revenge is going another route. Following their first tour stop at Houston’s Super Happy Fun Land on Saturday...
- November 17, 2011
British legend kicks off North American tour
British crooner Morrissey sauntered onto the stage to the deafening screams of a sold-out San Antonio crowd on Monday night, took hold of the microphone and said, “Just lookie here — you don’t mess...