public news a `must see` alley theater production opening this week

PN
VOL 1, ED 10 | JAN. 28 - FEB. 3, 2015 | FREE
PUBLIC NEWS
www.publicnewsonline.com
HOUSTON’S ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT NEWSWEEKLY
Dining:
Euro Bakery does Greek Proud
page 11
Public Noise:
Curtis Braly Gets Signed
page 10
THE BARD
“AS YOU LIKE IT”
A ‘MUST SEE’ ALLEY THEATER PRODUCTION
OPENING THIS WEEK
NEWS THEATRE FILM
MUSIC DINING ART HUMOR POP CULTURE
CONTENTS
JAN. 28 - FEB. 3, 2015
LIKE US ON
LETTER RIP/NO EXIT 3
www.facebook.com/houstonpublicnews/
FOLLOW US ON
www.twitter.com/The_Public_News
Specializing in full service body
waxing for men & women
- Brazilian
- Bikini/Mankini
- Back
- Upper Lip
and more
plus....
Pink Papaya Facials
Microderm Abrasions
Houston’s Premiere Full Service Body Waxing Salon
25901 I-45, Suite C, Spring, TX 77380
southbound I-45 feeder between Woodlands Pkwy and Rayford/Sawdust
281-363-5055
www.thewaxingbar.com
HOURS:
NEWS BRIEFS
4
EVENT CALENDAR
5
TO THE REPUBLIC
6
ART TALK
6
SOCIAL MEDIA
7
COVER STORY
8
PUBLIC NOISE
10
GIG GUIDE
10
NICK’S LOCAL EATS 11
DINING GUIDE
12
FILM
13
FAKE ASTROLOGY
14
CLASSIFIEDS
15
Mon (by appointment)
Tues-Fri 9am-6pm
Sat: 9am-3pm
email: [email protected]
Voted Best Of Citysearch three years in a row!
Faster, easier ways to save.
Welcome to the modern world.
Call 1-800-650-1967 to see
how much you could save
on car insurance.
Photo Credit: Alley Theatre’s production of As
You Like It. Artwork Courtesy of Alley Theatre
www.publicnewsonline.com/subscribe/
SUBSCRIBE TODAY
DON’T MISS ANOTHER ISSUE
Not available in all states. Savings may vary.
2
JAN. 28 - FEB. 3, 2015
PUBLIC NEWS
LETTER RIP
WILL NEW ENGLAND “BLOW IT”?
SUPER BOWLS ARE ALWAYS FUN WHEN THERE IS A CONTROVERSY
There is no secret that I have no love for the
New England Patriots. It’s either they are really good at football or really good at cheating
and getting away with it.
The National Football League is, always
has been and probably always will be plagued
with renegade coaches, out-of-control players
and morally bankrupt
organizations. Cheating
has become the norm
in most professional
sports and those teams
that we admire the most,
we are most quick to
forgive and/or look the
other way. In the modern
age of competition, it is
indeed sad to see fans
of a team give a pass to
Ken Petty those who have to cheat
in order to win.
What does cheating really accomplish in
the long run? Are you truly a
champion if you had to cheat
your way to the top? Whatever
happened to sportsmanship?
Whatever happened to the
integrity of the game?
I grew up in St. Louis and
still, to this day, bleed red for
the Cardinals. However, during the huge home run race of
1998, when both hometown
hitter Mark McGwire and
Sammy Sosa (of the Cubs),
crushed the nearly four decade home run
record set by a steroid less New York Yankee
named Roger Maris.
Revived after the strike shortened 1994 season, the crowds were back in the stadiums and
in huge numbers. The home run race was the
catalyst to the renewed interest in professional
baseball. That race was closely watched,
television ratings were high, and everyone
thought baseball was back.
Everything couldn’t be more wrong, and
baseball, to this day, has changed the nature of
professional competition for the worst.
Honest hard work and determined practice has
been replaced by blood doping, steroids, and
anything else that would give someone that
extra edge without working for it.
It was only years later that the “Sultans Of
Swing”, a baseball term of endearment for
those who were home run hitters of extraordinary strength, were called before the US
Congress to testify about steroid use in professional baseball. The resulting ‘slap on the
wrist’ was less than assuring that this cheating
behavior would cease forever. It didn’t.
The scenario with Barry
Bonds’ home run chase of
McGwire’s “record” as well
as Houston favorite homeboy
Roger Clemmons alleged steroid use, exasperated the issue
even further.
Why do we applaud these
things? We may have another
New England Super Bowl
victory this week, but at what
cost? Everyone remembers
Spygate where the Patriots
were filming St. Louis Ram practices prior
to Super Bowl XXXVI. The NFL is also to
blame since they did nothing about it.
I don’t expect things to change if we as
fans demand it to change. I’d rather be proud
of my team that worked hard and overcame
adversities, than be ashamed that my team had
to cheat and steal to take away a win from a
more deserving team.
Hate mails can be sent to me via [email protected].
My Super Bowl prediction is this: The
National Football League will discover that
they have finally grown a pair and will decide
that the New England Patriots will be banned
from the post-season for the next ten years and
that any other team found cheating (or team
members beating their significant others) will
face the same consequences. That should do it.
THANKS FOR THE
OFFICE SPACE!
B’s CUSTOM
Dream ComeSHOPTrue
EMBROIDERY
Custom Embroidery, Custom Leather Crafting & Repair
Custom Digitizing, Company logos on Hats, shirts, jackets etc.
Personalized gifts for Weddings, Baby Showers, Birthdays,
Great Gift Ideas for Valentines Day and Graduates!
702-B Spring Cypress Road Ste B
Old Town Spring, Texas 77373
832-831-3469
HOURS: TUES-SAT 10am-5pm, SUN noon-5pm*
CLOSED MONDAYS
LIKE US ON
Editorial Chairman: Ken Petty
Contributing Editors: Rosanne Friedman, Tom Darin Liskey, Nick Rama,
Barbara Tryon
Contributing Writers: Jan Barron, Lezlee Bushfield, Mark Crampton,
Roxanne Davis, Susan Love Fitts, Rosanne Friedman, Cindy Groover,
Heather Jackson, Jeb Kicker Tom Daren Liskey, Carl Palmgren, Bart Pearston, Ken
Petty, Anna ‘Pinion’ Pena, Nick Rama, Jody Reed, Eric Tryon
Photography: Ken Petty, Nick Rama
Graphics/Layout: Ken Petty
Advertising Executive: Ken Petty
Distribution: Ken Petty, Vertical Response Partner
Fake Celebrity Intern: Tina Fey
PUBLIC NEWS
PUBLIC NEWS
is a free arts and entertainment newsweekly
serving metro Houston, published Wednesday
and distributed via email to subscribers
#PublicNews
Contact Us:
Website: www.publicnewsonline.com
Email: [email protected]
Events: [email protected]
Music: [email protected]
832-298-5246
www.andysinger.com
Public News is an arts & entertainment newsweekly published on Wednesday
and distributed to metro Houston subscribers via email and to anyone else via our
website.
We welcome community news, press releases, and article ideas; sent by mail
or email. Deadline for calendar items and advertising is the Monday prior to our
Wednesday publication date.
Subscriptions to the Public News are free and can be obtained by going to the
subscribe link on our website:
www.publicnewsonline.com/subscribe [you should be able to click on that line]
Contents of Public News are the sole property of Public News Co. and are protected under copyright. No portion may be reproduced in whole or in part without
the written permission of the publisher.... or your hands may be slapped someone
real or imagined.
You are allowed forward a digital copy of the Public News to as many friends as
you’d like! Feel free to share on any and all social media outlets. #PublicNews
IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO DECIDE,
YOU STILL HAVE MADE A CHOICE
© 2015 Public News, all rights reserved
PUBLIC NEWS
JAN. 28 - FEB. 3, 2015
3
NEWS BRIEFS
The Red Door
Theatre Company
Presents: LOVE
a musical version 2.0
Send us your press releases and news tips for our News Briefs
[email protected]
Local Houston Students Perform World
TROUBLE WITH WORDS
Premiere of Disney’s The Lion King JR. and
An exhibition featuring new
The Lion King KIDS at National Theatre Festival works by Jamie Ellen Davis
HOUSTON - Students from Theatre Under
The Stars’ (TUTS) Humphreys School of
Musical Theatre (HSMT) recently showcased
Love is an interweaving story of ancient
their outstanding musical theatre abilities at
Greek myth with a musical score that is
the 10th nationwide Junior Theater Festival,
Goldfrapp-inspired. Demeter, Hades, Zeus, & January 16 – 18. A total of 4,800 students
a host of other mythological gods come to life
from 26 states, the District of Columbia and
in a tale that is modern, timeless, & relevant.
two countries participated in the celebration of
Love is uplifting. Love is trying. Love is light! musical theatre presented by iTheatrics at the
Performances of LOVE a musical start on
Cobb Galleria in Atlanta, Georgia. “I had the
February 6th and run through February 25th.
great pleasure of witnessing the HSMT stuPerformances are on Fridays and Saturdays
dents’ superb artistic talent and an incredible
beginning at 7:30pm and on Sundays beginstanding ovation of 4,800 of their peers when
ning at 3:30.
their performance in the New Works ShowTickets range from $10 to $15 and can be
case was complete. I am proud that TUTS has
reserved by calling 281-542-0500 or emailing
the Humphreys School and am in awe of its
[email protected]
accomplishments,” said Bob Lawson, TUTS’
The Red Door Theatre Company is located at Director of Education.
4513 Red Bluff Road in Pasadena, Texas 77503.
The students from HSMT were one of four
They are on the web at www.thereddoortheducational musical theatre groups chosen
eatrecompany.com
by iTheatrics to perform selections from a
The Red Door Theatre Company is a 501 (c)
soon-to-be-released musical for attendees in
(3) non-profit organization
the festival’s New Works Showcase. They
Entertain...Energize...Inspire
were specially selected by Disney to present
a play by Josh Jordan
WHEN THE BEACH IS
OUT OF REACH
SUN SPA TANNING
AIRBRUSH TANNING
ONLY $19.99
250 CYPRESSWOOD DR. SPRING, TX 77388
281-350-9710
OPEN MON-THURS 9-9, FRI 9-8, SAT 10-8, SUN 11-7
20% OFF ALL PRODUCTS & SERVICES
WITH THIS AD
4
JAN. 28 - FEB. 3, 2015
R & L BOOKS
COLLECTIBLE BOOKS
VINYL RECORDS
APPRAISALS
209-A Midway
Old Town Spring, TX 77373
behind the Funnel Cake Place
281-690-7816
PUBLIC NEWS
The Lion King JR. and The Lion King KIDS
at this event. With creative choreography
recreating iconic numbers like the “Circle of
Life” and “I Just Can’t Wait to be King”, the
students took the audience on a memorable
journey through the Pride Lands of Africa during their performance.
Appearing as young lion cub, Simba, was
Scott Fonseka with Fernell Hogan taking on
the role of Simba in his older years. Matthew Smith provided the voice of Simba’s
father, Mufasa, while Chase Callahan acted
as the wise lion. Rafiki - the one and only
baboon, was played by Joi Pierre. The musical
number also included Sarah Klein as young
Nala, Gerra Gistand as Simba’s mother and
Mufasa’s wife, Sarabi, and Sam Linda as the
noble hornbill, Zazu.
“The students from Theatre Under The
Stars in Houston were the perfect group to
launch The Lion King Experience with their
performance of selections from The Lion King
KIDS and The Lion King JR. at the Junior
Theater Festival,” said Lauren Chapman,
Disney Theatrical Group’s Resident Teaching
Artist. “Their performance was filled with
infectious joy and energy, as well as incredible dance technique and show stopping solos.
These young professionals captivated the
audience and proved what young artists are
capable of when given the opportunity.”
In addition to the New Works Showcase,
the HSMT students also participated in the
festival’s Adjudication where they performed
a 15-minute piece from Disney’s High School
Musical 2 JR. for a panel of distinguished
theater professionals. They received rave
reviews, along with awards for Outstanding Student Direction (Dylan Lambert) and
Outstanding Student Choreography (Matthew
Smith). Click here to view the additional honors awarded to the HSMT students.
To learn more about TUTS’ Humphreys
School of Musical Theatre (HSMT), visit
TUTS.com/HSMT.
On view January 30, 2015 - March 13, 2015
Opening reception: January 30, 2015, 6pm
Fresh Arts presents “troublewithwords”,
a solo exhibition of new work by local artist
Jamie Ellen Davis. “troublewithwords” is a
collection of simple, organic drawings, prints,
and work drawn directly on the gallery walls
that collectively create an autobiographical
narrative of the artist and how her severe
learning disabilities have influenced her work.
The result? An engaging, self-exploratory
and self-revelatory exhibition that invites the
viewer into a world where words, in their
distortion, become objects to be both seen and
read. The public is invited to a free opening
reception with the artists beginning at 6 p.m.,
on Friday, January 30 at Fresh Arts, 2101 Winter Street, Studio B11, Houston, TX, 77007.
Free parking is available.
Davis says of “troublewithwords”, “It’s neither purely visual nor purely textual. Instead
the work employs text as an aesthetic rather
than semantic material. It shifts the verbal to
the visual and by doing so changes the primary ways in which we process and produce
information. This investigation of language-as
filtered through the lens of cognitive disability-shows lines to have meaning and words
to take shape, both literally and figuratively.
The work must be seen and read, not as two
separate acts, but as one.”
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Jamie Ellen Davis received her MFA from
the University of Houston in 2014, with a
concentration in drawing and printmaking. In
the spring of 2008, she graduated from Pratt
Institute with a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in
printmaking and book arts. In 2008 she was
awarded the H. Peter Kahn Fellowship and in
addition to numerous group exhibitions, Davis
has had solo exhibitions at the University of
Houston and The Ink Shop Printmaking Center in Ithaca, NY.
EVENT CALENDAR
Send us your events for inclusion in our Events Calendar [email protected]
KINKY BOOTS
photo by Matthew Murphy
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
ONGOING
BALDWIN BOETTCHER BRANCH LIBRARY
The Baldwin Boettcher Branch Library will
provide ESL classes for library patrons that are at a
beginning, intermediate, and advanced level. Our
beginning English classes are on Mondays, 6-7:30
pm and Fridays, 1-3 pm; intermediate level classes,
Wednesdays, 6-7:30 pm and Thursdays, 1-3 pm;
Advanced Level English class, Tuesdays, 4-5 pm;
Conversational English Class for all levels, Tuesdays, 10-12 pm beginning on February 3rd.
All ESL classes are free. Sign up for the ESL
classes at the information desk at the Baldwin
Boettcher Branch Library. The address of the library is 22248 Aldine Westfield Rd, Humble Texas
77338. For more information about the English
classes call the Baldwin Boettcher Branch Library
at 281-821-1320.
WRITING A GREAT ARTIST STATEMENT
JANUARY 28th
FRESH ARTS
What is an artist’s statement, and why do I have to
write one? Whether applying for consideration into
a gallery or whether your art will be showing at a
coffee shop, studio space or museum, you will most
likely be asked for an artist’s statement to accompany your work. Some artists feel like they’ve said
everything they want to say through shape, form,
and color, so why say more? These feelings are
understandable, but, at the same time, being able to
write a clear, inspired artist’s statement can be crucial to your success. And, creating one can be fun
and can more deeply connect you with your vision.
Come join Elizabeth White-Olsen, founder and
UR
YO
RAGE
FITS
HE
RE
director of Writespace, Houston’s newest literary
arts organization, and let her guide you in writing
an artist’s statement that you will be proud of!
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH
FEBRUARY 16th 6pm
BALDWIN BOETTCHER BRANCH LIBRARY
Mr. Daniel Sample, Genealogy Specialist, Fort
Bend County Libraries Genealogy and Local History Department will host an African American
Genealogy class at the Baldwin Boettcher Branch
Library. He will cover online databases including
www.ancestry.com and print resources.
The genealogy class is scheduled Monday,
February 16th at 6 pm. Register for the class at
the information desk or call the Baldwin Boettcher
Branch Library at 281-821-1320 for more information about the program.
KINKY BOOTS
FEBRUARY 10th-22nd
THE HOBBY CENTER
Kinky Boots, the smash-hit musical that brings
together four-time Tony® Award-winner Harvey
Fierstein (Book) and Grammy® Award-winning
rock icon Cyndi Lauper (Tony Award-winner for
Best Score for Kinky Boots), plays at The Hobby
Center February 10-22.
Directed and choreographed by Tony Awardwinner Jerry Mitchell, Kinky Boots opened on
Broadway April 4, 2013 and continues to play to
standing-room-only crowds nightly. The show,
which has broken all box office records at the
Hirschfeld Theatre, recouped its costs in October
2013, after just 30 weeks on Broadway.
Kinky Boots took home six 2013 Tony Awards,
the most of any show in the season, including
Best Musical, Best Score (Cyndi Lauper), Best
Choreography (Jerry Mitchell), Best Orchestrations (Stephen Oremus) and Best Sound Design
(John Shivers). The show also received the Drama
League, Outer Critics Circle and Broadway.com
Awards for Best Musical and the Grammy Award
for Best Musical Album, along with many other
accolades.
In Kinky Boots,Charlie Price has reluctantly
inherited his father’s shoe factory, which is on the
verge of bankruptcy. Trying to live up to his father’s legacy and save his family business, Charlie
finds inspiration in the form of Lola. A fabulous
entertainer in need of some sturdy stilettos, Lola
turns out to be the one person who can help Charlie
become the man he’s meant to be. As they work to
turn the factory around, this unlikely pair finds that
they have more in common than they ever dreamed
possible… and discovers that when you change
your mind about someone, you can change your
whole world.
Kyle Taylor Parker plays the role of Lola. Kyle
was one of the Angels in the original Broadway
company as well as the Lola understudy. Steven
Booth stars as shoe factory owner Charlie Price.
Parker and Booth are joined by Lindsay Nicole
Chambers as Lauren, Joe Coots as Don, Craig
Waletzko as George and Grace Stockdale in her
touring debut as Nicola.
Rounding out the ensemble are Damien Brett,
Stephen Carrasco, Lauren Nicole Chapman, Amelia
Cormack, Troi Gaines, J. Harrison Ghee, Blair
Goldberg, Darius Harper, Andrew Theo Johnson,
Crystal Kellogg, Jeffrey Kishinevskiy, Jeff Kuhr,
Ross Lekites, Patty Lohr, Mike Longo, Tommy
Martinez, David McDonald, Nick McGough, Bonnie Milligan, Anthony Picarello, Horace V. Rogers,
Ricky Schroeder, Anne Tolpegin, Juan TorresFalcon, Hernando Umana and Sam Zeller.
TUTS will offer several special events and add-on
packages in conjunction with the show to make for
an unforgettable musical experience:
Kinky Boots Sundance Film Screening – Monday, Feb. 2 at 7 PM
OUT@TUTS post-show cast party - Thursday,
Feb. 12
Valentine’s Day Add-On Package – Saturday,
Feb. 14 (2 PM & 8 PM performances)
“Kinky Kocktails” VIP Event – Thursday, February 19 at 6 PM
Tickets (starting at only $30) are available:
Online at tuts.com
Phone at (713) 558-TUTS (8887), outside the
Houston area at (888) 558-3882
In person at the TUTS Box Office, (800 Bagby),
Monday - Friday 10 AM - 6 PM, and Saturday Sunday 11 AM - 4 PM.
Special offers are available for groups of 10 or
more by calling (713) 558-8888 or via email at
[email protected].
TUTS’ production of Kinky Boots is made possible
by the generosity of Spectra Energy.
TRIBUTE TO MAE WEST
FEBRUARY 11th 2pm-3pm
HUNTSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Huntsville Public Library will present Mary
Anne Burkhalter’s “Tribute to Mae West” on
Wednesday, February 11, from 2-3 p.m., in the
Library’s Community Room.
Ms. Burkhalter has portrayed Miss West across
the country for over 20 years, bringing rare songs
and material to the show, and takes great pride in
keeping the comedienne’s work alive in her “Tribute to Mae West.” Her comedy carries over into the
audience, as she employs a unique brand of walkaround humor and involves audience members in
on-stage comedic skits.
Mae West rose to international stardom, and in
1932 was the highest-paid woman in America.
Ms. West was notorious for her snappy wit and
controversial characters, and notable for writing all
her own material.
Mary Anne Burkhalter was raised in Houston,
where her first role was playing Dorothy in The
Wizard of Oz at the Alley Theatre. She has since
performed from coast to coast and overseas, and is
currently writing and performing more than a dozen
musical shows.
The Huntsville Public Library is located at 1219
13th Street. Contact Denise Tilson at 936-291-5471
for more information.
WHERE LEADERS ARE MADE
SUCCESSFULLY SPEAKING
TOASTMASTERS
DENNY’S RESTAURANT
20015 Interstate 45 Spring, TX
WEDNESDAY NIGHTS 7:15pm - 8:45pm
GREAT SPEAKERS
Moore
oore Tim
Ti e
INNOVATIVE
STRESS
RELIEF
$3
WATCH
BATTERY
702-B Spring Cypress Rd.
Old Town Spring, TX 77373
RAGE FIT
www.ragefit.net
WITH AD
832-831-5147
202 MAIN ST OLD TOWN SPRING
281-528-5400
Mon-Sat 10-6
Hours of Operation:
Tues - Sat 10am-5pm (closed Sunday & Monday)
Appointments Available
www.mooretime.net
PUBLIC NEWS
JAN. 28 - FEB. 3, 2015
5
TO THE REPUBLIC
ART TALK
How fast can YOU go
THE KOREAN MOON JARS
from 69 to 290 ?
by Rosanne Friedman
As long as I can remember, Harris County
has developed along Interstate “corridors”
radiating out from Houston with two concentric
“loops” connecting them. 610 and Sam Houston Beltway, the primary ways for Northsiders
to get from the one side
of the county to the
other, are increasingly
congested and dangerous loops.
Commerce has
become strangled and
commuters downright
stresses by this. Last
Monday, taking my son
to Kum-Do lesson on
Rd., just south of
Bart Pearston Pruitt
Rayford, took me a full
hour.
Now, it shouldn’t take anyone 60 minutes to
go 10 miles, 30 miles from downtown. Driving
this area resembles a jig-saw puzzle map with
missing pieces in the middle. The “missing
pieces” are known as F1, F2, and G in SH99/
Grand Parkway terms. So, if you are finding
yourself like me sometimes, frustrated with the
traffic here, let me offer my “glass half full”
perspective.
The Grand Parkway is a $1.1 billion project
of TxDoT and several other local agencies. It
will be another example of how state and local
governments here are meeting the growing
area’s needs. According to Forbes, half of the
U.S. 10 fastest growing counties are in Texas,
and Montgomery is one of them. SH99’s
completion in 2012 on the Westside has turned
the focus on the stretches from 249 to 69 (or
59/Eastex as most call it).
Its projected 38 miles and 120 bridges will
include 4 lanes of scenic drive with intermittent access roads. Toll rates have yet to be
announced, but we can rest assured it will
ease traffic times and save fuel and emissions
greatly. Zachry-Odebrecht Parkway Builders projects opening in late 2015, just in time
for the openings of developments like Spring
Commons and the Exxon-Mobil campus on
I-45. They project a scenic section crossing Cypress and Spring Creeks and both branches of
the San Jacinto Rivers while accessing numer-
6
JAN. 28 - FEB. 3, 2015
ous new and existing housing developments.
Did you experience horror of trying to evacuate in 2005 when Houston was projected to
take a direct hit from Hurricane Rita? Our van
overheated trying to go north on Kuykendahl
as traffic snarled from cars that had overheated
or ran out of gas in the 100+ degree heat. This
is overdue.
Two major factors used in figuring quality of
life for an area are always infrastructure and
roads. The completion of F1, F2, and G sections of the Grand Parkway will improve both
in the Spring-Montgomery area. Stay calm and
keep telling yourself, “We’re coming into the
home stretch”. And say another, ”God bless the
inventor of automotive air conditioning.”
I’ll leave you with a well known chuckle as
the temps begin to rise again here.
The four Goldberg brothers, Lowell, Norman, Hiram, and Max, invented and developed
the first automobile air-conditioner. On July
17, 1946, the temperature in Detroit was 97
degrees.
The four brothers walked into old man Henry
Ford’s office and sweet-talked his secretary
into telling him that four gentlemen were there
with the most exciting innovation in the auto
industry since the electric starter.
Henry was curious and invited them into his
office. They refused and instead asked that he
come out to the parking lot to their car. They
persuaded him to get into the car, which was
about 130 degrees, turned on the air conditioner, and cooled the car off immediately.
The old man got very excited and invited
them back to the office, where he offered them
$3 million for the patent. The brothers refused,
saying they would settle for $2 million, but
they wanted the recognition by having a label,
‘The Goldberg Air Conditioner’ on the dashboard of each car in which it was installed.
Now old man Ford was more than just a little
anti-Semitic, and there was no way he was going to put the Goldberg’s name on two million
Fords. They haggled back and forth for about
two hours and finally agreed on $4 million and
that just their first names would be shown.
And so to this day, all Ford air conditioners
show: Lo, Norm, Hi, and Max.
PUBLIC NEWS
This 400 year old form is called a
Moon Jar and is made from white porcelain clay. It’s a mesmerizing shape
that has been described as simple,
spare, poetic and beautiful. It’s not
perfectly round, but subtly asymmetrical, voluminous, it surrounds space in
almost a spiritual way. Though it might
seem to have been a meditation device,
or have a sacred utility, it was used for
practical household purposes such as
food and drink storage.
These forms caught the attention of Bernard
Leach (1887-1979), a famous British potter
credited for sharing Asian art with the west and
Western art with the east, he saw them in Korea
about a hundred years ago. By the end of the
19th century the British were the first foreigners
Korea allowed into the country and the first with
whom Korea established diplomatic relations.
In 1935 on Leach’s second trip to Korea he
brought a Moon Jar back to England with him,
that Moon Jar is now at the British Museum.
These Moon Jars have many things in common with Modernism, they both embrace Modernist principles of simplicity, truth to materials,
form following function, and the idea that less
is more.
Moon jars are from the Joseon Period (13921910), the jar at the Museum of Fine Art in
Houston was made during the 18th century.
They came from a time when the country was
recovering from two different invasions and was
finding its own national identity. .
The craftspeople were anonymous, the
construction of the pot reflected the clay from
which it was formed. Where the top half was
attached to the lower there is a line in the middle
of the vessel that is evident and part of the spirit
of the container. According to the thinkers of
the time there is a life force that is in all natural
objects. The asymmetry of the container caused
by warping on the wheel or slumping in the
kiln was not viewed as a deformity but rather
nature expressing itself in the form. The white
jar symbolizes the Confucian ideals of austerity,
simplicity, and modesty. Imagine living with
household objects whose beauty vibrates across
cultures and centuries.
According to the British Museum there are 20
remaining Moon Jars from the Joseon Dynasty
now existing in the world, we have one on
display every day in Houston at the Museum of
Fine Arts. We are a multicultural Houston, Peter
Marzio (former director of the MFAH) made
sure to embrace us all, he enriched all Asia,
including a proportionate Korea.
SOCIAL MEDIA TIP OF THE WEEK
Last week we explored Facebook Lists
and how they work. This week, let’s go
over the List feature on Twitter; what it is
and how it works.
Twitter Lists are for reading tweets only.
Unlike on Facebook, you can’t choose
whom to share a tweet with; all of your
tweets go to all of your followers. Also
different from Facebook Lists, you can
subscribe to lists created by others.
To create a list on
Twitter, click on the
picture icon drop
down menu on the
top-right hand navigation bar and select
“Lists”. Click on
“Create List” and add
a name for the list,
a short description
and select either the
or Private opJeb Kicker Public
tion. Only you can see
private lists and users
are not notified when added to a private
list. For public lists, users are notified
when they are added to it, but not when
they are removed.
Also, other users can
subscribe to that list.
Click “Save List”
and you’re all set!
To add or remove
users to lists, you
must go to their
profile; you cannot add or remove
users from the Lists
page. On a users
profile, click on
the gear icon drop
down menu and
select “Add to or
Remove from Lists”.
A pop-up menu will
appear displaying
all of your lists and
you can check the
lists you’d like to
add the user to, or
uncheck the lists you’d like to remove the
user from.
To view another users’ lists, go to their
profile page and click on the gear icon
drop-down menu and select Lists at the
very bottom. If they have any public lists,
they’ll appear here. To subscribe to one of
their lists, click on the list you want and
hit “Subscribe” in the upper right-hand
corner. This list will now appear in your
own lists page.
You can view your customized List
timelines by going to your lists page on
your profile and clicking on the list you’d
like to view. You can also view who has
subscribed to your lists and members of
each list on this page. To access the Lists
page on Twitter’s mobile app, go to your
profile, click the gear icon drop down
menu and select Lists.
Lists are a quick and easy way to
customize the posts you want to see and
make for a much more enjoyable social
experience. Start by subscribing to our
Public News list on Twitter. Happy Listing!
PUBLIC NEWS
2015
READERS CHOICE
AWARDS
CREATIVITY EXCELLENCE PROFESSIONALISM PASSION
Celebrating Excellence
Voting Starts Later This Month
PUBLIC NEWS
JAN. 28 - FEB. 3, 2015
7
ALLEY THEATRE RESIDENT COMPANY FEATURED IN
SHAKESPEARE’S ROMANTIC COMEDY AS YOU LIKE IT
As You Like It runs January 30 through February 22 as part of the “Alley Theatre @ UH” season
HOUSTON, Texas – Alley Theatre Artistic
Director Gregory Boyd announces the cast
and creative team for As You Like It, the first
play of 2015 in the “Alley Theatre @ UH”
season. “All the world’s a stage” in this masterpiece about romance and mistaken identity.
Elizabeth Bunch, Chris Hutchinson, James
Black, Jeffrey Bean and Todd Waite lead the
company in one of Shakespeare’s greatest
comedies.
As You Like It traces the separate and intertwining journeys of Rosalind and Orlando,
who have each been banished from their home
and family. Independently, they each set out
with a faithful friend and loyal servant and
make their way through the Forest of Arden.
Lovers discover lovers, fathers find daughters,
brothers reclaim brothers, people are transformed and evil is converted in this delightful
story of love.
Alley Theatre Resident Company members
Elizabeth Bunch as Rosalind, Chris Hutchinson as Orlando, and Todd Waite as Duke
Frederick/Duke Ferdinand lead the cast. The
cast of As You Like It also includes Resident
Company Members Jeffrey Bean as Touchstone, James Black as Jaques, Charles Krohn
as Adam, Melissa Pritchett as Phebe, David
Rainey as Corin and Jay Sullivan as Silvius.
Returning to the Alley are John Feltch as
Oliver and Nicole Rodenburg as Audrey. Emily Trask makes her Alley debut as Celia. The
cast also features musicians Aaron Echegaray
on guitar and percussionist Luke Hubley.
As You Like It features scenic design by
Kevin Rigdon with costume design by Tricia
Barsamian and lighting design by Rui Rita.
Music composition and sound design are by
Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen with voice
and text direction by Barney Hammond,
choreography by Peter Pucci and Assistant
Director Brandon Weinbrenner.
As You Like It, by William Shakespeare,
directed by Gregory Boyd, begins performances Friday, January 30 opens officially
Wednesday, February 4, and runs through
February 22, 2015 at the University of Houston’s Wortham Theatre. Suitable for general
audiences.
As the Alley Theatre undergoes the first
major renovation in its history, all 2014-2015
season performances are at the University of
Houston’s (UH) main campus. Details about
the previously announced renovation can be
found at www.alleytheatre.org/renovation.
Construction on the Alley Theatre building
began in July, 2014 and will continue through
the summer of 2015, with the grand opening
of the renovated Alley Theatre scheduled for
October 2015. For more information about
the venue at UH visit www.alleytheatre.org/
gettouh
ABOUT THE CAST
Jeffrey Bean (Touchstone) is in his 20th
season as an Alley Company Artist and has
appeared in over 100 Alley productions since
1989. Recently he has appeared in A Christmas Carol as Ebenezer Scrooge, Dracula as
Dr. Seward, The Old Friends as Albert Price,
8
JAN. 28 - FEB. 3, 2015
PUBLIC NEWS
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike as
Vanya, Communicating Doors as Reece, the
World Premiere of Fool as King William, You
Can’t Take it With You as Mr. De Pinna, The
Elephant Man as Frederick Treves, Clybourne
Park as Russ/Dan, Death of a Salesman as
Charley and November as Charles Smith.
Previous Alley highlights include Amadeus
as Salieri, Boeing-Boeing as Robert, The
Farnsworth Invention as David Sarnoff,
Cyrano de Bergerac as Cyrano, The Scene as
Charlie, Doubt as Father Flynn, Subject to Fits
as Prince Myshkin, Much Ado About Nothing as Benedick, The Pillowman as Michal,
Twelfth Night as Feste, The Importance of
Being Earnest as Algernon, Billy Bishop Goes
to War as Billy Bishop, Gross Indecency as
Oscar Wilde, The Foreigner as Charlie Baker
and Stones in His Pockets as Charlie Conlon,
et al. Broadway credits include Bells Are
Ringing as Francis and Amadeus as Kappelmeister Bonno. Film & Television credits
include Clinger, Law & Order, Law & Order:
SVU and All My Children. He is a graduate
of Southern Methodist University’s Meadows
School of the Arts and a Princess Grace Award
winner. www.jeffreybean.com
James Black (Jaques) is proud to be celebrating his 29th consecutive season at the Alley
Theatre where, as an actor and occasional
director, he has been involved in over 100 productions. Recent appearances include Dracula
as Van Helsing, Communicating Doors as
Julian, Freud’s Last Session as Sigmund
Freud, You Can’t Take It With You as Martin
Vanderhof, The Hollow as Sir Henry Angkatell, Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure
of the Suicide Club as Mr. Richards/Mycroft
Holmes, The Elephant Man as Man/Conductor/Snork, A Few Good Men as Capt. Matthew
A. Markinson, Black Coffee as Hercule
Poirot, Noises Off as Lloyd Dallas, The Seafarer as James “Sharky” Harkin, The Seagull
as Trigorin, Dividing the Estate as Lewis
Gordon, Pygmalion as Colonel Pickering,
Amadeus as Count Orsini-Rosenberg, August:
Osage County as Steve Heidebrecht, Peter Pan
as Captain Hook/Mr. Darling, St. Nicholas,
Boeing-Boeing as Bernard, Harvey as Elwood
P. Dowd, Mrs. Mannerly as Jeffrey, and Our
Town as Stage Manager among others. He has
also directed Good People, Clybourne Park, A
Behanding in Spokane, Doubt, Death on the
Nile, Glengarry Glen Ross, Deathtrap, Dial
“M” for Murder, Our Lady of 121st Street,
The Foreigner, Of Mice and Men and As Bees
in Honey Drown. His film and television
credits include Olympia, The Man with the
Perfect Swing, Houston: The Legend of Texas,
Fire and Rain, Challenger, Night Game, and
Killing in a Small Town. He received a Theatre World Award for Outstanding Broadway
Debut and a Drama Desk nomination for Best
Actor for Not About Nightingales and a BackStage West Garland Award for his appearance
as Eddie Carbone in the Alley’s production of
A View from the Bridge.
Elizabeth Bunch (Rosalind) As You Like It is
Elizabeth’s 50th production at the Alley Theatre since 2002. Previous Alley performances
include Lucy in Dracula, Margaret in Good
People, Joss in the World Premier of Fool by
Theresa Rebeck, Brooke Wyeth in Other Desert Cities, Mrs. Kendal in The Elephant Man,
Bev/Kathy in Clybourne Park, Desdemona in
Othello, Bernstein in November, Eliza Dolittle
in Pygmalion, Hero in Much Ado About
Nothing, Emily in Our Town, August Osage
County, Peter Pan, Boeing- Boeing, Harvey,
39 Steps, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Doubt,
Steel Magnolias, Proof, and Who’s Afraid of
Virginia Woolf. Television includes Law and
Order SVU. Elizabeth is a graduate of New
York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
John Feltch (Oliver) is always happy to be
back at the Alley Theatre, where he was a
proud member of the acting company for
eleven seasons and over sixty productions
(1989-2000). In addition to playing Marley
and Mrs. Dilber in A Christmas Carol these
past three years, John’s most recent roles at
the Alley are the Father in Eurydice and Atticus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird. He has
appeared on Broadway in Enchanted April
and off Broadway at Roundabout Theatre in
Richard Greenberg’s The Dazzle. Film credits
include Tadpole, Looking For Nick and About
Time. Education: BA from Williams College,
MFA from UNC Chapel Hill. John has taught
for Rice University, University of Houston
and UNC Chapel Hill.
Chris Hutchison (Orlando) is in his eighth
season as an Alley Company Artist. This is
his 43rd Alley Theatre production since first
appearing here as Hal in Proof in 2004.Other
favorite roles include Weber in What We’re
Up Against, Nicky in The Seafarer, Mervyn in
A Behanding in Spokane, Dennis in Mauritius,
Padraic in The Lieutenant of Inishmore, and
Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird. OffBroadway credits include Ensemble Studio
Theatre Marathon and revivals of The Second
Man, Museum and The Hasty Heart with Obie
award-winning Keen Company. Chris’s solo
show TRIP was selected for production by
HERE Arts Center in SoHo. Film and television credits include Kill the Poor, Ed, Chappelle’s Show, All My Children, Guiding Light
and some Movies of the Week.
Charles Krohn (Adam) is in his 29th season
with the Alley Theatre. His roles include
Beverly Weston in August: Osage County, Dr.
Bradley in The Man Who Came to Dinner,
Billy Bones in Treasure Island, General Ivoglin in Subject to Fits, Leonato in Much Ado
About Nothing, Anselme in The Miser, Senex
in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the
Forum, Father Lux in Our Lady of 121st St.,
Gravedigger/Player in Hamlet, Martin Vanderhof in You Can’t Take it With You, Charon in
The Invention of Love, and numerous others.
He played the role of Otto Frank in The Diary
of Anne Frank, an Alley collaboration with
the University of Houston. National Tours
include The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
At Theatre LaB he played the title role in
Barrymore. He is a proud member of Actors’
Equity Association.
for Bayou City Concert Musicals including
The Pajama Game, One Touch of Venus,
Finnian’s Rainbow and Fiorello! She holds a
BFA in Musical Theatre from Sam Houston
State University.
David Rainey (Charles; Corin) is in his 15th
season as an Alley Company Artist. Recent
roles include Bert/Spirit of Christmas Present
in A Christmas Carol, Donald in You Can’t
Take it With You, Col. Julius Alexander Randolph in A Few Good Men, Albert/Kevin in
Clybourne Park, Dwight Grackle in November, Ben in What We’re Up Against, Rogers
in And Then There Were None, Sterling in
Mauritius, Nasty Interesting Man/Lord of the
Underworld in Eurydice, and the title role in
Othello. Film and television credits include
Cosby, Law & Order, Vengeance Unlimited, As the World Turns, One Life to Live,
Lowball, North Starr, Hell Swarm, Starforce,
Multifacial, and The ‘M’ Word. He holds
degrees from Eastern New Mexico University
and Juilliard, where he received the Drama
Division’s highest honor, the Michel and Suria
Saint-Denis Prize. He is Executive Artistic Director of The Landing Theatre Company and
also teaches professional acting classes.
Nicole Rodenburg (Audrey; Court Lady) is
excited to be back at the Alley after her debut
last season in Venus in Fur! Favorite regional
theatre credits include Cherie in Bus Stop at
Huntington Theatre with director Nicholas
Martin, the world premiere of Samuel D.
Hunter’s award-winning play The Whale at
Denver Center for Performing Arts, as well
as the world premieres of Allison Moore’s
Slasher at ATL/Humana Festival and Sheri
Wilner’s The End at Guthrie Theater. She also
starred as Alice in You Can’t Take It With
You opposite screen legend Robert Vaughn at
GeVA Theater. TV/Film credits include Inside
Amy Schumer on Comedy Central, The Girl’s
Guide to Depravity on Cinemax, Good News
for Modern Man, and the upcoming web series
This Is Not a Comedy. Training includes BFA:
University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater BFA
Actor Training Program.
Jay Sullivan (Silvius; Le Beau; William) is
an Alley Company Artist. Alley appearances
include Dracula as Dracula, The Old Friends
as Tom Underwood, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike as Spike, Freud’s Last Session
as C.S. Lewis, You Can’t Take it With You as
Tony Kirby, The Hollow as Edward Angkatell,
Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the
Suicide Club as Prince Nikita Starloff, The
Elephant Man as Merrick, A Few Good Men
as Cpl. Howard, Clybourne Park sd Jim/Tom/
Kenneth, A Christmas Carol as Fred/Scrooge
at 21, Death of a Salesman as Happy, Black
Coffee as Richard Amory, Red as Ken, Peter
Pan as Peter, Our Town as George Gibbs and
Eurydice as Orpheus. Jay recently made his
Broadway debut in Jerusalem as Lee. Film
and television credits include The Good Wife,
Law & Order: SVU and The Unidentified.
Graduate of Florida State University.
Trace Pool (Jaques de Boys) Originally from
Gun Barrel City, Texas, Trace graduated
summa cum laude with his BFA in Musical
Theatre from Sam Houston State University
in May of 2014 and moved to Houston in
September. Since September, he has appeared
with Lanfour Productions in Happy Hour as
Keith, Cosi fan Tutte at Houston Grand Opera,
the Alley Theatre’s ECE Tour Oskar and the
Big Bully Battle as Frank, and Sanders Family Christmas as Dennis at Texas Repertory
Theatre. He is also a proud Company Member
of The Performing Arts Project under Jonathan Emily Trask (Celia) comes to Houston
straight from New York’s Lincoln Center
Bernstein and Neil Patrick Stewart.
Theatre and the world premiere of Sarah
Ruhl’s, The Oldest Boy. Selected credits
Melissa Pritchett (Phebe; Court Lady) is an
Alley Company Artist recently appearing in A include Travesties at Bay Street Theatre,
directed by Gregory Boyd; Twelfth Night; The
Christmas Carol as Mary Stuart/Fred’s Sister
Gaming Table at The Folger Theatre; Tartuffe;
In-Law, Dracula as Maid, Miss Wells, Good
People as Jean, Communicating Doors as Jes- Christmas Carol; Pirandello’s Yes. No. Maybe
sica, You Can’t Take it With You as Essie, The So..., Chaps! The Musical; world premiere
of Armadale by Jeffery Hatcher at MilwauHollow as Gerda Cristow, Sherlock Holmes
and the Adventure of the Suicide Club as Mrs. kee Rep; The Tempest at Pioneer Theatre;
Macbeth at Colonial Theatre; The Lark; The
Hudson/Lucy O’Malley. As a dancer, she
Players Club; Three Day Hangover; Ensemble
was a principal dancer for Longview Ballet
Theatre. She has choreographed several shows Studio Theatre/NYM; The Greene Space/
PUBLIC NEWS
WNYC; Titan Theatre Co; The Yale Rep; The
Yale Cabaret; and five seasons as a company
member with The Utah Shakespeare Festival
including Portia in Merchant of Venice; Ophelia in Hamlet; Lily in The Secret Garden; and
Estella in Great Expectations The Musical.
Emily can be seen as the lead in the Alison
Krauss/Sandra Boynton music-video End of
a Summer Storm, and rubbing her eyes in
Accuvue commercials. BA, Grinnell College
Theatre/Literature. MFA, The Yale School of
Drama. www.emilytrask.net
Todd Waite (Duke Frederick; Duke Ferdinand) is in his 14th season as an Alley
Company Artist. Most recently seen in A
Christmas Carol, Dracula, Communicating
Doors, The Santaland Diaries as Crumpet,
You Can’t Take It With You, The Hollow,
and Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of
the Suicide Club as Sherlock Holmes. He has
appeared in over 60 productions including
six Christmas seasons of the one-man show,
The Santaland Diaries. Other shows include:
Noises Off as Frederick Fellowes, Pygmalion
as Henry Higgins, Sherlock Holmes, Rock
‘n’ Roll as Jan, The Goat or Who is Sylvia?
as Martin, Arsenic and Old Lace as Mortimer
Brewster, Hapgood as Kerner, Deathtrap as
Sydney, Art as Ivan, Stones in His Pockets
as Jake, The Devil’s Disciple as Burgoyne,
The Mousetrap as Christopher Wren and The
39 Steps as Richard Hannay. He is the sole
recipient of the 2014 Presidential Arts Award
for Teaching Acting, and his students have
attended Julliard, Yale, Stage door, Interlochen
and HSPVA. Education: BFA (Acting), MFA
(Directing).
ABOUT DIRECTOR
Gregory Boyd (Director) is celebrating his
25th Season as Artistic Director of the Alley.
During his tenure the Alley has risen in national and international prominence, winning
the Special Tony Award and experiencing
record growth in its Houston audiences, while
also transferring its productions to major
European Festivals (including two in one
season at the Venice Biennale), Broadway, and
on tour to 40 American cities. Boyd’s addition
of artistic associates has enhanced the Alley’s
visibility and reputation worldwide; while
his commitment to maintaining a resident
company of actors has made the Alley unique
among American theatre companies. At the
Alley, Mr. Boyd has produced over 100 new
productions of the widest ranging repertoire
in the country, among them the premieres
of Not About Nightingales by Tennessee
Williams (Alley, London, Broadway), Jekyll
& Hyde, (Alley, National Tour, Broadway),
The Civil War (which he also co-authored),
Shakespeare’s Roman Plays (with Vanessa and
Corin Redgrave); Robert Wilson’s productions
of Hamlet, When We Dead Awaken and Danton’s Death (with Richard Thomas); and Ellen
Burstyn in O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into
Night. At the Alley, he has appeared as an actor in Danton’s Death (Tom Paine) and Cyrano
de Bergerac (Cyrano) and directed over 40
productions including: Seagull, Rock ‘n’ Roll,
Eurydice, Cyrano de Bergerac, Treasure Island
and Subject to Fits. This season, he directed
Dracula, the Original Vampire Play. Boyd has
served as Panelist for the National Endowment
of the Arts, the Texas Commission on the Arts
and the Massachusetts Council for the Arts.
He was educated at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is a Distinguished
Alumnus, and at Carnegie-Mellon.
JAN. 28 - FEB. 3, 2015
9
PUBLIC NOISE
GIG GUIDE
CONROE
The Corner Pub
302 N. Main St., Conroe 936-788-2390
www.thecornerpubinconroe.com
Tuesday Open Mic with Jeremy Bankhead
Wednesday Hippie Night with The Lankfords Brothers
Thurday FarLand jams with Adam McFarland
Fri Jan 30 9pm Joe Teichman
Sat Feb 7 9pm Texas Johnny Boy
Fri Feb 27 9pm Jeremy Bankhead Band
Dosey Doe Music Cafe
463 FM 1488, Conroe 936-321-2171
www.doseydoe.com
Thurs Jan 29 8:30pm Chris Knight [$24]
Fri Jan 30 8:30pm The Black Cadillacs [$10]
Sat Jan 31 8:30pm Max Stalling [$20]
Thurs Feb 5 8:30pm Amanda Shires [$20]
Fri Feb 6 8:30pm Jody Booth [$12]
Kat Daddy Bar
463 FM 1488, Conroe 936-273-9342
www.katdaddysbar.com
No Live Music in January
Papa’s On The Lake
9400 Hwy 105 W., Lake Conroe 936-447-2500
www.papasonthelake.com
Live Music resumes in the Spring
Singer Curtis Braly Signed to New
Recording and Distribution Deal
Studio Gold Nashville, the Independent Record Label subsidiary of Studio Gold Music,
Inc., has announced the signing of Texasbased singer Curtis Braly to a recording,
distribution and artist development contract.
Braly, a talented artist from Houston, has
established a wide following across the Southwest United States with his live performances.
He was recently nominated for Country Male
Artist of the Year by the International Music
and Entertainment Association.
“All of us at Studio Gold Nashville are elated to have Curtis on our roster. Curtis Braly
is a fantastic performing artist who feels so at
ease in front of a crowd. He loves to perform
and entertain”, said Mike Mouret, President of
Studio Gold. “Curtis is dedicated to being the
best entertainer possible, and we look forward
to sharing his talents with the world”.
In addition to being nominated for the IMEA
Artist of the Year Award, Braly’s upbeat recent
news also includes being named the Exclusive
Artist representing RWB Vodka, the UltraPremium Vodka line owned by the publicly
traded Aristocrat Company. Additionally, he
has just completed outfitting his own full-size
custom tour bus in preparation of his upcoming album support tour.
When asked for his comments, Braly stated
“I’m really excited about this new opportunity
with Studio Gold Nashville. I think we are going to make a great team and accomplish some
amazing things in the near future.”
Braly joins Ryan Laird on Studio Gold
Nashville’s performing artist roster. Studio
Gold Music, Inc., is an independent publishing company headquartered in Brentwood,
Tennessee, that offers traditional music publishing, single-song publishing, artist development and related promotional activities. For
more information, they can be contacted at
their offices located at 7003 Chadwick Drive,
Suite 154, Brentwood TN 37027, or via their
website at www.StudioGoldMusic.com
Crescent Moon Wine Bar
& Restaurant
Upscale Casual Dining  Live Music & Dancing
Extensive Wine List & more
440 Rayford Rd Ste 115, Spring TX
(281) 364-9463
www.crescentmoonwinebar.com
10
JAN. 28 - FEB. 3, 2015
PUBLIC NEWS
Red Brick Tavern
119 Simonton, Conroe 936-539-2000
www.theredbricktavern.com
Every Sunday Gospel Sunday Brunch
Fri Jan 30 9:30pm Mike Blakely
Sat Jan 31 9:30pm Jeremy Bankhead
Wolfies Lake Conroe
14954 SH 105 W., Montgomery 936-588-8200
http://www.wolfiesusa.com/locations/lake-conroe.html
CYPRESS CREEK
Acadia
3939 FM 1960 W., Houston 281-893-2860
www.acadiabarandgrill.com
Thurs Jan 29 8pm Control, Vanilla Whale, Four Hour
Letter
Fri Jan 30 8pm Five Eyes Wide, Downfall 2012, Pulse
Rate Zero, Dark Cloud Horizon
Sat Jan 31 8pm Aftervibe,Color, A More Perfect Union,
Polly Suede, Washed Up
The Concert Pub North
2470 Cypress Creek Pkwy., Houston 281-583-8111
www.theconcertpub.com
Fri Jan 30 Modoc (Southern Rock Tribute Band)
Sat Jan 31 Wattzit2ya
Swanny’s Bar & Grill
6224 Theall Rd., Houston 281-440-1308
NORTH SPRING
19th Hole Grill & Bar
202 Sawdust Rd #118, Spring 281-363-2574
www.19th.cc [$10 cover on all shows]
Thu Jan 29 8:00pm TreynWrek
Fri Jan 30 8:00pm Cody Wayne and Westbound 21/
Morgan & Sara Country Duo
Sat Jan 31 8:00pm Metal Down/Black Kennedy/Shane
Jones
Mon Feb 02 8:00pm Channing & Cowling Acoustic
Thu Feb 05 8:00pm Tribe Hill
Sat Feb 07 8:00pm Turn~N~Burn
Thu Feb 12 8:00pm TreynWrek
Mon Feb 16 8:00pm Channing & Cowling Acoustic
Thu Feb 19 8:00pm Big E & The Lowdown
Fri Feb 20 8:00pm Another Pearl Harbor/To Whom it May
Sat Feb 21 8:00pm The Guillotines/poor dumb bastards
Crabby Daddy
25186 I-45, The Woodlands 281-296-2722
www.crabbydaddy.com
Crescent Moon Wine Bar
440 Rayford Rd., #115, Spring 281-364-WINE (9463)
www.crescentmoonwinebar.com
Thur Jan 29 8pm Slasa Night with Grupo Kache
Fri Jan 30 8pm Bayou Funk Experience
Sat Jan 31 8pm Cool Breeze Band
Tues Feb 3 7pm Zack Schaffer
Fri Feb 6 8:30pm Alter Ego Band
Tues Feb 10 7pm Jack Allen
Weds Feb 11 5pm Cavender’s Fashion Show with Buck
Yeager Band
Fri Feb 13 8:30pm Johnny and the Spinsations
Dosey Doe Big Barn
25911 I-45 N., The Woodlands 281-367-3774
www.doseydoe.com
Fri Jan 30 8:30pm Tracy Lawrence [$158]
Sun Feb 1 5pm & 8:30pm Blood Sweat & Tears [$168]
Fri Feb 6 8:30pm Tracy Byrd Trio [$128]
Sat Feb 7 8:30pm BJ Thomas [$138]
Sun Feb 8 7:30pm Riders In The Sky [$118]
Tues Feb 10 8pm Statesboro Revue [$15]
Fri Feb 13 8:30pm Asleep At The Wheel [$128]
Sat Feb 14 8:30pm John Conlee [$148]
Sun Feb 15 7:30pm The Association [$148]
Thurs Feb 19 8:30pm Confederate Railroad [$118]
Fri Feb 20 8:30pm Dr. John & the Nite Trippers [$198]
Sat Feb 21 8:30pm George Winston [$128]
Papa’s Ice House
314 Pruitt Rd, Spring 713-364-8140
www.papasicehousetx.com
Live Music will resume in January 2015
OLD TOWN SPRING
Cross Track Ice House
http://www.cross-track-tx.com
200 Magnolia St., Old Town Spring 281-907-0711
Puffabellys
100 Main St, Spring 281-350-3376
www.puffabellys.com
Wednesdays 8pm Davin James’ Songwriter Showcase
Thursdays 6pm Open Mic
Wunsche Brothers Cafe
103 Midway, Spring 281-350-1902
http://www.wunschebroscafe.com
SPRING
Bombshells
21005 I-45 North, Spring 281-288-2769
www.4bombshells.com
Fri Jan 30 9pm Not The Rachels
Fri Feb 6 9pm Not The Rachels
Sat Feb 7 9pm J B Burnett
Chicago Joe’s
18433 Kuykendahl Rd Spring 281-533-3000
Fri & Sat Dueling Pianos
Fri Jan 30 8pm Kaos
Sat Jan 31 8pm Chicago Joe’s Band
Mak’s Place Sports Bar & Grill
5200 Louetta Rd., Houston 832-698-1611
www.maksplacesportsbar.com
Fri Jan 30 10pm J. B. Barnett
That One Bar
4660 Louetta #100, Spring 832-562-3942
www.thatonebar.com
Fri Jan 30 9:30pm TBA
Two Mules Tavern
http://www.twomulestavern.com
100 Cypresswood Dr., Spring 281-528-0600
Sat Feb 21 9pm Under Cover Brothers
Sat Feb 28 9pm Spinning Still
Sat April 11 9pm Under Cover Brothers
Gig Guide continued on page 15
PUBLIC NEWS KNOWS MUSIC
NICK’S LOCAL EATS
PUBLIC NEWS DINING GUIDE
Public News is going through
this directory to make sure
our readers have the most
accurate and up-to-date
information on locally owned
and operated restaurants.
The strength of our local
economy depends on
supporting local merchants
such as these.
CONROE
EURO BAKERY & CAFÉ BRINGS
HOUSTON THE GREEK’S BEST
by Nick “Spring Foodie” Rama photos by John Wade
Owned and operated by New York transplants Amjad & Dimitra Khan, who moved to
Texas from Queens, NY where Dimitra was
born and raised, Euro Bakery & Café opened
in December 2009. Dimitra’s dream was to
open a New York style
“hole in the wall” bakery. Euro Bakery started
mainly as a bakery with
some sandwiches and
soups. When customers
found out Dimitra was of
Greek decent they began
asking for Greek Food.
Dimitra and Amjad
decided to start adding
Greek fare like PasNick Rama titsio, Filet Mignon and
Chicken Souvlaki and
Moussaka, to go along with their famous Pita
Chips and Tzatziki sauce. Since they already
had the Tzatziki sauce, Gyros were a natural
for their next menu item. The hardest decision
you will have walking into Euro Bakery is
contemplating which dessert you are going to
have out of their three cases as you enter this
quaint little restaurant/bakery.
Here are some of the questions and answers
from sitting down with this delightful couple:
Nick: Where did the inspiration for your
recipes come from?
Euro Bakery & Cafe: The recipes we use
are family recipes with Dimitra’s twist on
them. Dimitra loves to cook and bake and is
addicted to the Food Network cooking shows.
We moved to Texas and all the baked goods
we could find here in the area tasted very
commercial and processed, like Costco, Sam’s
and the super markets. We could not find the
quality & ingredients that we were used to in
all the small New York bakeries we were used
to visiting.
Nick: Since desserts are what made you all
famous, my favorite dessert here is the Galaktoboureko, Tell us what that is and also
what are your best selling desserts?
Euro Bakery & Cafe: The Galaktoboureko
is layers of phyllo filled with a creamy
semolina pudding between the phyllo layers
and soaked in honey syrup. We sold over
200 whole ones Thanksgiving week; it is
as authentic as you can get down here. We
have excellent Baklava and traditional Greek
Cookies like Kourambiedes (Greek Almond)
Koulourakia (Greek Butter), Melomakarouna
(Greek Honey Dipped). We also do many
Italian Cookies like you will find in NY, Italian Rainbow Cookies, Butter Cookies, Jam
Filled, Chocolate filled, Florentines and Italian
Amaretti to name a few. We have a strong following on our Chocolate
Decadence cake and our
Apple Pie is made with
a Shortbread cookie top.
Napoleans (traditional,
apricot and raspberry)
and my famous lemon
bars and fudge covered
brownies to name a few
best sellers.
Nick: Do you do special occasions cakes?
Euro Bakery & Cafe:
Yes, we are known for
all of our chocolate
cakes, people say the
photo by John Wade Chocolate Decadence
(Layers of our rich
chocolate cake, filled with French chocolate
buttercream, iced with chocolate ganache
with the side dipped in chocolate sprinkles)
is the best they have ever eaten. Our cakes
start at $34.99 and can be customized for any
See Nick’s on page 12
105 Cafe
3010 W Davis St (936) 539-3447
Alfonso’s Mexican Restaurant
1208 S Frazier St (936) 441-9110
Asian Bbq & Grill
604 N Loop 336 W (936) 539-3995
Asian Fusion Noodle Bowl
3301 W Davis St (936) 828-3469
Baytown Seafood Restauranta
1400 N Frazier St (936) 494-2246
Burger Boy
217 E Davis St (936) 756-3440
Burger Fresh
804 Gladstell Rd # 110 (936) 756-4414
Carmelita’s Restaurant
109 W Davis St (936) 539-3323
Chelsea’s Tea Room
202 N Main St (936) 539-2993
Chiller Bee Frozen Yogurt
2820 Interstate 45 N (936) 756-2337
China Buffet
226 S Loop 336 W (936) 788-2888
China Delight
1108 N Loop 336 W (936) 756-8686
Clint’s Kuntry Katfish Catering
5855 W Davis St (936) 760-2737
Corner Pub Delia
302 N Main St (936) 788-2390
Culver’s
1426 N Loop 336 W (936) 788-5959
East Buffet
2104 N Frazier St (936) 760-1007
El Bosque
1420 N Loop 336 W (936) 539-3823
El Kiosko Taqueira
116 S Frazier St (936) 539-6794
El Oro
225 S Main St (936) 756-4315
El Rincon
705 Everett St (936) 756-5522
El Tucan Refresqueria
516 Mill Ave (936) 539-6492
Frutilandia
525 S Frazier St (936) 441-3045
Gallery Off The Square
202 N Main St (936) 539-2993
Garden Cafe
1406 N Loop 336 W (936) 539-9663
George’s Bar & Grill
2031 Plantation Dr (936) 788-8222
Hibacha Grill & Super Buffet
2020 Interstate 45 N (936) 788-9999
Honey Bee Ham & Deli
1418 N Loop 336 W # I (936) 760-3354
Hunan Village Restaurant
1402 N Loop 336 W (936) 539-6811
I Love Sweets
1 Devonshire Dr (936) 539-4742
Jalisco Mexican Restaurant
201 N Frazier St (936) 756-2344
Joe’s Pizza & Pasta
1604 N Frazier St (936) 760-9002
LA Mariposa
1111 W Dallas St (936) 756-1222
LA Mexicana Restaurant
221 Mill Ave (936) 539-6791
LA Palapa
402 E Davis St (936) 756-8408
LA Palma Taco
309 W Avenue G (936) 539-6792
Los Altos De Jalisco
1108 N Loop 336 W (936) 756-2233
Los Carnales Taqueria
1121 N 1st St (936) 718-0874
Main Street Cafe a
330 N Main St (936) 756-8885
Mama Juanita’s Mexican
1118 League Line Rd (936) 856-9012
Margarita & Peppers
2259 N Loop 336 W (936) 788-1408
Margarita’s Mexican
1027 N Loop 336 W (936) 647-3880
Maverick Saloon
2017 N Frazier St # E2 (936) 539-9300
Mckenzie’s Bbq & Burgers
1501 N Frazier St (936) 756-3131
Meztizos Restaurant & Bar
721 W Davis St (936) 760-3220
Mollys Pub Conroe
901 N Loop 336 W (936) 441-6167
New Conroe Japanese House
2107 W Davis St (936) 756-6866
Ostioneria Caminos
400 S Frazier St (936) 760-3803
Pie In The Sky Pie Co
3600 N Loop 336 W (936) 760-3301
Pincho Rico Grill
2017 N Frazier St (936) 756-3077
Pit Stop
4203 Old Highway 105 (936) 539-9274
Red Brick Tavern
119 Simonton St (936) 539-2000
River Plantation Grille
550 Country Club Dr (936) 271-1083
Shogun Japanese Grill & Sushi
2107 W Davis St # A (936) 756-6886
Smokey Mo’s
2960 Interstate 45 N (936) 441-2323
Star Cinema Grill
2000 Interstate 45 N (936) 539-6088
Taqueria & Panaderia San Luis
402 E Davis St (936) 788-1199
Taqueria Guerrero
129 S Frazier St (936) 242-8176
Taqueria Jalisco
1108 N Loop 336 W # L (936) 756-2233
Taqueria Mexicana
2017 N Frazier St (936) 756-3150
Taqueria Sol De Mexico
820 N Loop 336 W (936) 756-9316
Tejas Mexican Restaurant
105 N 6th St (936) 756-6559
Thirsty’s
192 Fm 3083 Rd (936) 441-1050
Toasted Yolk Cafe
2129 W Davis St (936) 828-3944
Tortilleria LA Buena Bida
1103 W Dallas St (936) 756-2133
Tortilleria LA Unica
808 N 1st St (936) 441-4477
Tri Mexican Restaurant
129 S Frazier St (936) 756-0626
Van Thong Chinese/Vietnamese
2114 W Davis St (936) 756-8762
Vernon’s Kuntry Bar-B-Que
5000 W Davis St (936) 539-3000
Vernon’s Kuntry Katfish
5901 Highway 105 W (936) 760-3386
Vero Italian Kitchen
1301 W Davis St (936) 441-0411
Villa Italia
603 N Thompson St (936) 539-5599
Weng’s Wok
1140 N Fm 3083 Rd W (936) 756-8888
Whistle Stop Cafe
11133 Interstate 45 S (936) 828-4652
Wild Ginger
3061 Interstate 45 N (936) 788-9988
HUMBLE
Baytown Seafood & Bar
7855 N Sam Houston (281) 441-5187
Beijing Wok Restaurant
21131 Aldine Westfield (281) 821-0367
Cactus Moon
1702 Wilson Rd (281) 446-2202
Cafe East Humble
260 1st St W (281) 548-0082
Catfish Cafe
7042 Fm 1960 Rd (281) 812-8055
Chez Nous French Restaurant
217 S Avenue G (281) 446-6717
Culver’s
5420 Atascocita Rd (281) 812-8600
El Jalapeno Mexican Cafe
5324 Fm 1960 Rd E (281) 548-2230
El Ranchero Mexican Restaurant
24551 Loop 494 # 111 (281) 358-5660
Fiesta Azteca Restaurant 20669 W Lake Houston (281) 812-3002
Fish Place
5324 Atascocita Rd (281) 318-7096
Ginger Cafe
7548 Fm 1960 Rd E (281) 812-8853
Goings Barbeque
20669 W Lake Houston (832) 644-9721
Got Wings
10920 Will Clayton Pwy (281) 441-9464
Grand Garden
5324 Atascocita (281) 812-5858
Granny’s Tamales Three
802 1st St E # 802 (281) 446-0363
Grimes Bakery
14618 Lee Rd (281) 441-9213
Happy Buddha Japanese Steak
9556 W Fm 1960 Rd (281) 446-3373
Hector’s Mexican Restaurants
3333 Fm 1960 Rd E (281) 446-1803
Hin’s Garden
4582 Kingwood (281) 360-3388
Honey Bee Ham & Deli
9638 Fm 1960 Bypass (281) 446-1222
Humble City Cafe
200 E Main St (281) 319-0200
Humble Ice
6902 Bender Rd (281) 441-3318
Italiano’s Restaurant
217 Fm 1960 Bypass (281) 446-6111
Javaman Coffee
19131 Sprinters (281) 812-5726
Jitters Coffee
18445 W Lake Houston (281) 360-9589
Johnny’s Pizza House
20669 W Lake Houston (281) 570-4652
Kay’s Sandwich Shop
204 Charles St (281) 446-2662
LA Cabana Mexican Restaurant
3390 Fm 1960 Rd W (281) 209-1585
Las Ramadas Mexican Grill
18455 W Lk Houst Pkwy (281) 812-4900
Lavilla Mexican Restaurant
7920 Fm 1960 Rd E (281) 441-7222
Lexey’s
7015 Manor Way (281) 548-7774
Lia’s Drive Inn
14010 Homestead (281) 441-2051
Lloyd’s Bar
111 N Avenue A (281) 446-5565
Los Vega Mexican Restaurant
3824 Atascocita Rd (281) 812-4567
Manuel’s Mexican Restaurant
5856 Fm 1960 (281) 852-6322
Mencius Gourmet Hunan
1379 Kingwood Dr (281) 359-8489
Mimi’s Tea Room LLC
8042 Fm 1960 Rd E (281) 360-6464
Mo’s B-B-Q
8321 Fm 1960 Bypass (281) 548-3777
N Zone
1005 1st St E (281) 348-9063
Nara Thai Dining
18455 W Lk Houst Pkwy (281) 812-0291
Noyola’s Mexican Restaurant
242 1st St W # B (281) 319-4912
Pizziola’s
8790 Fm 1960 Bypass (281) 446-3260
Queso Bonito
1123 S Houston Ave (281) 446-0095
Rico’s Mexican Restaurant
1377 Kingwood Dr (281) 358-2637
Sarap Pinoy
19333 Highway 59 N (281) 446-5080
Sarpino’s Pizzeria
5326 Fm 1960 Rd E (281) 548-7492
Savvas Greek Cuisine & Grill
PUBLIC NEWS
6730 Atascocita Rd (281) 312-6358
Smoothies Ice Cream
20131 Highway 59 N (281) 446-2191
Taco Flores
4806 Fm 1960 Rd E (281) 852-8338
Tai Li Chinese Restaurant
7948 Fm 1960 Rd E (281) 852-9507
Tamales Atascocita
5105 Fm 1960 Rd E (281) 812-0444
Texas Long Branch Saloon
314 Moonshine Hill Lp (281) 319-5400
Tin Roof BBQ
18918 Town Center (281) 852-5577
Titas Taco House
320 Wilson Rd (281) 446-4175
Top Hat Catering Co
1702 Wilson Rd (281) 446-8434
Trigg’s Catering
1414 1st St E (281) 540-2700
Trigg’s Humble Inn
1410 E Bus F M 1960 (281) 446-9484
Twin Oaks Tavern
211 E Main St # 4 (281) 359-8687
Wazabi Sushi Bar
8130 Fm 1960 Rd E (281) 359-2555
Westco Breakfast House
5371 Atascocita Rd (281) 852-9065
Windy City Pizza
5377 Atascocita Rd (281) 812-2446
KINGWOOD
Akashi Sushi Fusion Cuisine
2271 Northpark Dr (281) 358-8828
Amedeo’s Italian Restaurant
22704 Loop 494 # A (281) 359-4451
Cafe Du Bois
2845a W Town Center (281) 360-2530
Chachi’s Mexican Restaurant
4300 Town Center Pl (281) 360-1789
Chelsea Deli & Cafe
1538 Kingwood Dr (281) 359-2972
Chimichurri’s South Amer Grill
1660 W Lake Houston 281) 360-0015
El Charro Mexican Restaurant
4580 Kingwood Dr (281) 361-2000
Hunan Garden Restaurant
4331 Kingwood Dr (281) 360-2668
Nathaniel Center
804 Russell Palmer Rd (281) 348-7800
Oriental Gardens
1528 Kingwood Dr (281) 358-7119
Philly Cheesesteak Co
520 Northpark Dr (281) 359-7592
Raffa’s American Bistro
1660 W Lake Houston (281) 360-1436
Rib Itz Catering
3911 Hill Springs Dr (281) 360-8138
Sharkys
1660 W Lake Houston (281) 360-0660
Three B’s Grill
4590 Kingwood Dr # A (281) 360-7797
Veranda
2820 Chestnut Ridge (281) 358-2820
Zacharys Cajun Cafe
716 Kingwood Dr (281) 359-2256
Zammitti’s
1660 W Lake Houston (281) 361-7499
Zz Gator Cove
733 Hamblen Rd (281) 359-2200
NORTH SPRING
3 B’s-Bill’s Burgers & Beera
466 Rayford Rd # 107 (281) 419-3553
Alfonso’s Mexican Restaurant
3126 Sawdust Rd (281) 298-8032
Amerigo’s Grill
25250 Grogans Park Dr (281) 362-0808
Asia Buffet Inc
355 Sawdust Rd (832) 585-0688
Beijing Chinese Restaurant
409 Sawdust Rd (281) 363-2308
Cactus Jacks
343 Sawdust Rd (281) 419-3644
Casa Imperial Mexican a
387 Sawdust Rd # C (281) 298-8195
Crescent Moon Wine Bar a
440 Rayford Rd #115A (281) 364-9463
Cru Wine Bar
9595 Six Pines Dr (281) 465-9463
Greek Tony’s Pizza & Sub Shop a
432 Sawdust Rd (281) 292-4313
Hello Taco
25114 Grogans Mill (832) 819-4639
Hyderabad House
407 Sawdust Rd (281) 203-5020
KOBE Japanese Grill & Sushi
433 Sawdust Rd (281) 298-2000
Mario’s Mexican Restaurant
610 Rayford Rd # 650 (281) 367-9336
Mooyah Burgers Fries & Shakes
2115 Rayford Rd (832) 585-0300
Pallotta’s Mexican Grill
2211 Rayford Rd # 119 (281) 362-1114
Pit Master BBQ
842 Rayford Rd (281) 362-1111
Sitar Cuisine Of India a
25701 Interstate 45 # 12 (281) 364-0200
Spring Asian Cuisine
2907 Rayford Rd # 106 (281) 298-7798
Cabo Baja & Mexican Grill
544 Sawdust Rd (281) 298-7377
SHENANDOAH
Aldo’s Cucina Italiana
18450 I 45 S (936) 447-9623
Alonti Cafe & Catering
27868 Interstate 45 N (832) 585-0694
Another Broken Egg Cafe
19075 Interstate 45 S (936) 273-2011
BJ’S Restaurant & Brewhouse
19075 Interstate 45 S (936) 273-7100
Boutte Deli
19267 Main St (281) 298-5498
Buca Di Beppo
19075 Interstate 45 S (936) 321-6262
Compadre’s Texas Cafe
continued on page 13
JAN. 28 - FEB. 3, 2015
11
From Nick’s on page 11
occasion.
Nick: Euro Bakery has something called
“Frozen Hot Chocolate. Describe what that
it is exactly.
Euro Bakery & Cafe: It is an icy frothy drink
made with lots of Belgian Chocolate shavings,
ice, and a little milk, topped with whipped
cream. We take a 15lb European chocolate
bar and shave it off by hand; you will not find
Hershey bars anywhere near this establishment. Available in four flavors: Euro (which
is semi-sweet and dark chocolate mixed),
Dark, White and Mocha. Our Frozen Hot
Chocolate truly tastes like you are drinking a
fine imported chocolate bar and is such a great
summer dessert. It is out of this world!
Nick: I love mom and pop restaurants
because the quality is usually better, and
it seems you take pride in what you serve
here. Tell me a little about that.
Euro Bakery & Cafe: Everything here is made
from scratch with the highest quality ingredients we can find, eggs, butter, flour; i.e. ”real
food”. We eat everything here, our kids eat
here and we tell our cooks/chefs if you are not
comfortable feeding the food you are about to
serve to your own family, don’t serve it to our
guests. We even have vegetarian, vegan and
gluten free options on our lunch menu.
Nick: I just had your Piekies for the first
time, and they are delicious and so original.
Please tell us in your words what a Piekie is
and how did you come up with it?
Euro Bakery & Cafe: Pickies crumble like a
cookie but is filled like a pie. It’s my latest
mini dessert invention since the cronut and
cake pop became so popular. The Pieckie
{Pronounced - Pie Key) has a crust of buttery
goodness that holds delicious fillings like
almond apricot, raspberry cheesecake, and
the chocolate fudge. We serve it up warm in a
perfectly portioned individual size...that is if
you can stop at one.
I got the idea one day when I was at the restaurant craving two of my favorite desserts - a
cookie and a pie, and I love that I can get my
pie and cookie fix in one dessert. The Pikies
have been available at the restaurant since
Thanksgiving and have become one of the
most popular items on the menu, often selling
out.
Nick: Congratulations Dimitra on the success of your cooking channel on Youtube.
You must be proud to have your own show
after watching them for so many years. Tell
us a little about Dimitra’s Dishes?
Euro Bakery & Cafe: Dimitra’s Dishes is my
channel on Youtube that currently has almost
500 subscribers and 30,000 views. I show my
viewers how to cook my versions of classic
Greek cuisine & more. Please check it out and
share with your friends and family.
Nick: Five words to describe Euro Bakery
and Café?
Euro Bakery & Cafe: Homemade, delicious,
family, unique and Greek!
LOCATION:
5010 Louetta Rd.Spring, TX 77379
Phone: (281) 257-3023
HOURS: Mon - Sat, 10am – 9pm
WEBSITE: www.eurobakery-cafe.com/
OPEN
6am-10pm
DAILY
FILM
NEW THIS WEEK
BLACK OR WHITE
Black or White
PG-13 121 min Drama
Writer/director Mike Binder’s family drama Black or
White stars Kevin Costner as Elliot, a wealthy citizen
of Los Angeles whose wife dies in a car accident in the
movie’s opening scene. This leaves him alone to care
for his young biracial granddaughter Eloise (Jillian Estell). Eloise’s mother, Elliot’s daughter, died in childbirth,
and the girl’s African-American father has been out of
the picture because of his serious drug problem. Eloise’s
paternal grandmother, Rowena (Octavia Spencer) is
a straight-talking self-made woman who lives with her
large family in East L.A., and she decides that Eloise
needs to be around all of her family now more than ever
and sues for custody.
Director: Mike Binder
Stars: Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer, Gillian Jacobs,
Anthony Mackie
IN THEATERS:
American Sniper
R 132 min Action | Biography | Drama
U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) takes
his sole mission -- protect his comrades -- to heart and
becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives
but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. Despite
grave danger and his struggle to be a good husband and
father to his family back in the States, Kyle serves four
tours of duty in Iraq. However, when he finally returns
home, he finds that he cannot leave the war behind.
Director: Clint Eastwood
Stars: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner
19790 Interstate 45 Spring, TX 77379
(713) 389-5627
CHECK OUT OUR SPECIAL LISTED IN THE CLASSIFIEDS
466 Rayford Rd # 107
(281) 419-3553
FAMILY FRIENDLY
NEW EXPANDED MENU ITEMS
SPORTS BAR
SMOKE FREE
Open 11am daily, 12 noon Sundays
12
JAN. 28 - FEB. 3, 2015
PUBLIC NEWS
Annie
PG 118 min Comedy | Drama | Family | Musical
Quvenzhané Wallis stars as Annie, a young, happy foster
kid who’s also tough enough to make her way on the
streets of New York in 2014. Originally left by her parents
as a baby with the promise that they’d be back for her
someday, it’s been a hard knock life ever since with her
mean foster mom Miss Hannigan (Cameron Diaz). But
everything’s about to change when the hard-nosed tycoon
and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks (Jamie
Foxx) - advised by his brilliant VP, Grace (Rose Byrne)
and his shrewd and scheming campaign advisor, Guy
(Bobby Cannavale) - makes a thinly-veiled campaign
move and takes her in. Stacks believes he’s her guardian
angel, but Annie’s self-assured nature and bright, sun-willcome-out-tomorrow outlook on life just might mean it’s the
other way around.
Director: Will Gluck
Stars: Quvenzhané Wallis, Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx
Big Hero 6
PG 102 min Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy |
Family | Sci-Fi
The special bond that develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team
up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech
heroes.
Directors: Don Hall | Chris Williams
Stars: Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Jamie Chung, T.J. Miller
Birdman
R 119 min Comedy | Drama
Project Almanac
PG-13 106 min Sci-Fi | Thriller
As a group of friends discover plans for a time machine,
they build it and use it to fix their problems and personal
gain. But as the future falls apart with disasters, and
each of them disappear little by little, they must travel
back to the past to make sure they never invent the
machine or face the destruction of humanity.
Director: Dean Israelite
Stars: Amy Landecker, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Virginia
Gardner, Jonny Weston
The Loft
R 108 min Thriller
Five married guys conspire to secretly share a penthouse loft in the city--a place where they can carry out
hidden affairs and indulge in their deepest fantasies. But
the fantasy becomes a nightmare when they discover
the dead body of an unknown woman in the loft, and
they realize one of the group must be involved.
Director: Erik Van Looy
Stars: Karl Urban, James Marsden, Wentworth Miller
A washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero
must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a
Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory.
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Stars: Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton,
Andrea Riseborough
Black Sea
R 115 min Adventure | Thriller
Soon after losing his salvage job, former naval officer
Robinson (Jude Law) assembles a misfit crew of unemployed sailors for a risky mission: Find a sunken Nazi
U-boat, rumored to contain a fortune in gold. Promising
each man an equal share, Robinson leads the mixed
British and Russian crew to comb the depths of the Black
Sea. Before long, greed takes hold of a crew already
divided along language and cultural lines -- and the fewer
men that make it back alive, the more gold to go around.
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Stars: Jude Law, Jodie Whittaker, Ben Mendelsohn,
Tobias Menzies
Escobar: Paradise Lost
R 120 min Romance | Thriller
In Colombia, a young surfer meets the woman of his
dreams - and then he meets her uncle, Pablo Escobar.
Director: Andrea Di Stefano
Stars: Josh Hutcherson, Benicio Del Toro, Brady Corbet,
Claudia Traisac
Exodus: Gods and Kings
PG-13 150 min Action | Adventure | Drama
The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian
Pharaoh Ramses, setting 600,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of
deadly plagues.
Director: Ridley Scott
Stars: Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Ben Kingsley,
Sigourney Weaver
Fury
R 134 min Action | Drama | War
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the
European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant
named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and his
five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines.
Out-numbered, out-gunned, and with a rookie soldier
thrust into their platoon, Wardaddy and his men face
overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the
FILM
PUBLIC NEWS DINING GUIDE
heart of Nazi Germany.
Director: David Ayer
Stars: Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael
Peña
reigning robotics champion, MIT.
Director: Sean McNamara
Stars: Alexa PenaVega, Jamie Lee Curtis, Marisa Tomei,
Aubrey K. Miller
Gone Girl
R 149 min Drama | Mystery | Thriller
With his wife’s disappearance having become the focus of
an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned
on him when it’s suspected that he may not be innocent.
Director: David Fincher
Stars: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris,
Tyler Perry
St. Vincent
PG-13 102 min Comedy | Drama
Vincent is an old Vietnam vet whose stubbornly hedonistic ways have left him without money or a future. Things
change when his new next-door neighbor’s son, Oliver,
needs a babysitter and Vince is willing enough for a fee.
From that self-serving act, an unexpected friendship
forms as Vincent and Oliver find
so much of each other’s needs
through each other. As Vincent
mentors Oliver in street survival
and other worldly ways, Oliver
begins to see more in the old
man than just his foibles. When
life takes a turn for the worse
for Vincent, both them find the
best in each other than no one
around them suspects.
Director: Theodore Melfi
Stars: Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, Naomi Watts, Jaeden
Lieberher
Interstellar
PG-13 169 min Adventure | Sci-Fi
A team of explorers travel
through a wormhole in an
attempt to find a potentially habitable planet that
will sustain humanity.
Director: Christopher
Nolan
Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway,
Jessica Chastain,
Mackenzie Foy
MORTDECAI PG-13 109 min Action | Crime
Into the Woods
PG 124 min Comedy |
| Thriller
Family | Fantasy | Musical
Liam Neeson returns as ex-covert operative Bryan Mills,
Into the Woods is a modern twist on the beloved Brothers whose long awaited reconciliation with his ex-wife is tragiGrimm fairy tales in a musical format that follows the
cally cut short when she is brutally murdered. Consumed
classic tales of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack
with rage, and framed for the crime, he goes on the run
and the Beanstalk, and Rapunzel-all tied together by an
to evade the relentless pursuit of the CIA, FBI and the
original story involving a baker and his wife, their wish to
police. For one last time, Mills must use his “particular set
begin a family and their interaction with the witch who has of skills,” to track down the real killers, exact his unique
put a curse on them.
brand of justice, and protect the only thing that matters to
Director: Rob Marshall
him now - his daughter.
Stars: Anna Kendrick, Meryl Streep, Chris Pine, Emily
Director: Olivier Megaton
Blunt
Stars: Liam Neeson, Forest Whitaker, Maggie Grace,
Famke Janssen
Mortdecai
R 106 min Action | Comedy
The Boy Next Door
Juggling some angry Russians, the British Mi5, his
R 107 min Thriller
impossibly leggy wife and an international terrorist,
When a handsome, charming teenager named Noah
debonair art dealer and part time rogue Charlie Mortdecai (Ryan Guzman) moves in next door, newly separated
must traverse the globe armed only with his good looks
high-school teacher Claire Peterson (Jennifer Lopez)
and special charm in a race to recover a stolen painting
encourages his friendship and engages in a little bit of
rumored to contain the code to a lost bank account filled
harmless -- or so she thinks -- flirtation. Although Noah
with Nazi gold.
spends much of the time hanging out with Claire’s son,
Director: David Koepp
the teen’s attraction to her is palpable. One night, Claire
Stars: Johnny Depp, Olivia Munn, Ewan McGregor,
gives in to temptation and lets Noah seduce her -- but
Gwyneth Paltrow
when she tries to end the relationship, he turns violent.
Director: Rob Cohen
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Kristin Chenoweth, Ryan Guzman,
PG 97 min Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
John Corbett
When the exhibits at New York’s Natural History Museum
start behaving strangely, Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) -- now
The Gambler
the director of nighttime operations -- must find out the
R 111 min Crime | Drama | Thriller
cause. He learns that the Tablet, which magically brings
Jim Bennett is a risk taker. Both an English professor
Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams), Jedediah (Owen
and a high-stakes gambler, Bennett bets it all when he
Wilson) and the other exhibits to life at night, has started
borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as colto decay. Larry, along with his son and museum friends,
lateral. Always one step ahead, Bennett pits his creditor
must travel to London’s British Museum to learn how to
against the operator of a gambling ring and leaves his
prevent the Tablet’s magic from disappearing.
dysfunctional relationship with his wealthy mother in his
Director: Shawn Levy
wake. He plays both sides, immersing himself in an illicit,
Stars: Ben Stiller, Robin
underground world while
Williams, Owen Wilson, Dick
garnering the attention of
Van Dyke
Frank, a loan shark with a
paternal interest in Bennett’s
Paddington
future. As his relationship with
PG 95 min Comedy |
a student deepens, Bennett
Family
must take the ultimate risk for
After a deadly earthquake
a second chance.
destroys his home in
Director: Rupert Wyatt
Peruvian rainforest, a young
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Jesbear (Ben Whishaw) makes
sica Lange, John Goodman,
his way to England in search
Brie Larson
of a new home. The bear,
dubbed “Paddington” for the
The Hobbit: The Battle
london train station, finds
of the Five Armies
shelter with the family of
PG-13 144 min Adventure
Henry (Hugh Bonneville) and
| Fantasy
Mary Brown (Sally Hawkins).
THE WEDDING RINGER Having reclaimed Erebor and
Although Paddington’s
vast treasure from the dragon
amazement at urban living
Smaug, Thorin Oakenshield
soon endears him to the Browns, someone else has her
(Richard Armitage) sacrifices friendship and honor in
eye on him: Taxidermist Millicent Clyde (Nicole Kidman)
seeking the Arkenstone, despite Smaug’s fiery wrath and
has designs on the rare bear and his hide.A live-action
desperate attempts by the Hobbit Bilbo (Martin Freeman)
feature based on the series of popular children’s books by to make him see reason. Meanwhile, Sauron sends leMichael Bond.
gions of Orcs in a sneak attack upon the Lonely Mountain.
Director: Paul King
As the fate of Middle Earth hangs in the balance, the
Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters, Jim races of Men, Elves and Dwarves must decide whether to
Broadbent
unite and prevail -- or all die.
Director: Peter Jackson
Spare Parts
Stars: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage,
PG-13 Sport
Four Hispanic high school students form a robotics club.
With no experience, 800 bucks, used car parts and a
See Film on page 15
dream, this rag tag team goes up against the country’s
Taken 3
26797 Hanna Rd (281) 292-0333
Fieldings Wood Grill
1699 Research Forest (832) 616-3275
SPRING
Alicia’s Mexican Grille
20920 Kuykendahl Rd (281) 350-8383
Alma Latina Taqueria
25222 Aldine Westfield (281) 288-1767
Antojitos Quiche
25190 Interstate 45 (281) 651-5391
Arturo’s Taqueria
1402 1/2 Spring Cypress (281) 350-6808
Barracudas
2616 Fm 2920 Rd (281) 288-5376
Bombshells
21005 I-45 N. (281) 288-2769
Brother’s Pizza Express
163 Cypresswood Dr (281) 288-1300
Budegon Del Sur
26506 Oak Ridge Dr (832) 813-8334
C J’s Hot Dogs
4660 Louetta Rd (832) 299-6079
Chef Chan’s Restaurant
17833 Kuykendahl Rd (281) 370-3884
Chicago Joe’s
18433 Kuykendahl Rd (281) 533-3000
Corkscrew Bbq
24930 Budde Rd (832) 592-1184
Country Time BBQ & Fixins
25330 Richards Rd (281) 298-7455
Datpho Vietnamese Noodle House
523 Louetta Rd (281) 528-8989
El Palenque Mexican
1485 Spring Cypress Rd (281) 353-4055
Fiesta Acapulco
25770 Interstate 45 (281) 419-8666
Fukuda Sushi & Robata
25701 Interstate 45 (281) 419-8980
Golden China
25024 Interstate 45 (281) 363-2412
Golden Jade Chinese
1419 Spring Cypress (281) 350-5363
Gozzetti’s Pizzeria
8000 Mcbeth Way (832) 592-7750
Gratzi Italian Restaurant
6334 Fm 2920 Rd (281) 376-4800
Guadalajara Mexican Grille
27885 Interstate 45 (281) 362-0774
Hoi Yin Chinese Restaurant
200 Cypresswood Dr (281) 355-6800
Hong Kong Chinese
4334 Fm 2920 Rd # 10 (281) 528-9288
Hunan Garden Z
3930 Louetta Rd # I (281) 288-6288
I-45 Diner
19790 Interstate 45 (713) 389-5627
Italian Cafe
19620 Kuykendahl Rd (281) 528-2919
Jack Pot Pizza
6450 Louetta Rd (281) 257-0762
Juanita’s Mexican Grill
18525 Kuykendahl Rd (281) 379-3199
Kim Leng Chinese Restaurant
18430 Kuykendahl Rd (281) 355-0434
LA Cabana Mexican
4702 Louetta Rd (281) 907-7007
Las Cascadas Mexican
250 Cypresswood Dr (281) 528-9921
Las Delicias Taqueria
5010 Louetta Rd (281) 374-0303
Los Generales Mexican
5407 Louetta Rd # F (281) 251-9390
Los Tres Ranchitos Restaurant
19620 Kuykendahl (281) 288-4304
Luly’s Mexican Kitchen
3307 Spring Stuebner (281) 907-0012
Main Moon Asian Bistro
2129 Fm 2920 Rd (281) 288-8868
Mama Juanita’s Mexican
3930 Louetta Rd (281) 288-3800
Mama Mia Italianas
30420 Fm 2978 (281) 419-7662
Mikey’s Pizza
6114 Root Rd (281) 251-5551
Ming Cafe
6052 Fm 2920 Rd (281) 257-4886
Nadia’s Mediterranean Grill
5921 Fm 2920 Rd # B (281) 907-7070
Nielsen’s Deli & Bakery
26830 Interstate 45 (281) 363-3354
Orient Express
4660 Louetta Rd # 180 (281) 288-5290
Pavarotti Italian Restaurant
4660 Louetta Rd # 130 (281) 350-9749
Pizza Tonight
27190 Glen Loch Dr (281) 465-4774
Pizza Zone
17711 Kuykendahl Rd (281) 257-3100
Pollos Asados El Regio
25602 Interstate 45 (281) 292-4377
Shogun
5941 Fm 2920 Rd # H (281) 288-0996
Sicily Pizza & Pasta
4890 Louetta Rd (281) 288-8004
Skinny Pig Pizza Shack
417 Gentry St (832) 598-6605
Sreenath Murph’s Deli
20400 Interstate 45 N (281) 296-5303
Tabasco’s Mexican Grill
4334 Fm 2920 Rd (281) 288-0125
Taco Crave
5200 FM 2920 #120 (281) 288-0940
Taipei China Bistro
25807 Interstate 45 (281) 363-9188
Taqueria Arandas 36 Inc
25598 Interstate 45 # A (281) 419-3582
Taqueria Los Petates
25602 Interstate 45 (281) 362-9333
Taqueria Rodeo De Jalisco
19411 Kuykendahl (281) 251-3186
Taquma Japanese Grill
5200 Louetta Rd (281) 251-6338
Thomas Bar B-Q
25312 Interstate 45 (281) 364-1177
Tommy Wok
18363 Kuykendahl (281) 251-9190
Wacky Mongolian Grill
21212 Kuykendahl Rd (281) 288-3232
Wunsche Brothers Cafe
103 Midway St (281) 350-1902
Zum Barrel
13101 Kuykendahl (832) 446-3390
TOMBALL
B J’s Pizza
24419 Kuykendahl Rd (281) 516-1770
Casa Amas Mexican
30522 State Hiway 249 (281) 255-8684
CC’s Cafe
1231 Alma St (281) 357-8025
Chang Gourmet Chinese
28575 State Hiway 249 (281) 255-9818
Chick N Fish House Of Tenders
32350 State Hiway 249 (281) 789-4193
Chinese Wok
1017 Louetta Rd (832) 717-7400
Ciscos Salsa Co
209 Commerce St (281) 351-7572
Ciudad Latina Grill & Market
32360 State Hiway249 (832) 521-3898
Cobi Ice Cream
11246 Timber Tech Ave (281) 516-1311
Cornerstone TX
990 Village Square (832) 422-1370
Country Bumpkins
18929 Telge Rd (281) 290-6512
Country Gardens
36102 Fm 149 Rd (281) 252-4443
Da Vinci’s Gallery & Expresso
315 W Main St (281) 516-9595
Deshazer Ranch
19600 Stone Lake Dr (281) 290-9585
Dragon Inn Restaurant
30006 State Hiway 249 (281) 351-9178
Dumas’s Taco Co
25435 Fm 2978 Rd (281) 255-9444
Egg & I
14051 Fm 2920 Rd (281) 516-9100
El Charro Grill
24914 Kuykendahl Rd (281) 516-2134
El Taco Madres
16918 Fm 2920 Rd (281) 351-8226
Ella’s Garden
1415 Ulrich Rd (281) 290-0998
Fang’s Cafe
24914 Kuykendahl (281) 516-0850
Fina’s Taco Factory
22526 Hufsmith Kohrville (832) 698-2395
Frey’s Backyard Cafe
14441 Fm 2920 Rd (281) 255-8282
Gianna Italian Kitchen
28301 State Hiway 249 (281) 290-6676
Golden Pagoda Chinese Rstrnt
908 W Main St (281) 351-8130
Goodson’s Cafe
27931 State Hiway 249 (281) 351-1749
Gumbeaux’s
9111 Hufsmith Kuykendahl
(281) 323-8494
Harris County Smokehouse
14239 Fm 2920 Rd (281) 351-4060
Hugo’s Italian Grill & Pzzr
23110 Kuykendahl Rd (281) 257-9720
Hunan Inn Asian Bistro
11407 Spring Cypress (281) 251-8388
Israel Tinda Y Panaderla
17719 Kuykendahl (832) 559-3696
Jax B F S Tomball
32350 State Hiway 249 (281) 259-6569
Julio’s
19235 Fm 2920 Rd (281) 255-8818
LA Tranquila Ranch
9418 Fm 2920 Rd (281) 576-8882
LNT Family Dining Cafe
18535 Fm 1488 (281) 252-8357
Longhorn Builders
21931 Kobs Rd (281) 357-1465
Los Arcos Mexican Restaurant
28048 State Hiway 249 (281) 351-9677
Los Pinos Mexican Restaurant
1231 Alma St # A (281) 255-2636
Los Toros Mexican Grill
701 E Main St # 140 (281) 255-2526
Los Tres Ranchitos Mexican
16143 N Eldridge Pkwy (281) 826-0333
Luie’s Smokehouse
17323 Pikes Peek Ct (832) 868-3643
Macayo’s Mexican Restaurant
24814 Kuykendahl (281) 516-3015
Marco’s Pizza
16949 N Eldridge (281) 251-3334
Mel’s Country Cafe
24814 Stanolind Rd (281) 255-6357
Mexican Kitchen
16949 N Eldridge Pkwy (281) 251-5115
My Pizza
32360 State Hiway 249 (281) 259-2458
Nate’s Place
22526 Hufsmith Kohrville (832) 843-7977
Nona’s Italian Grill
1025 Alma St # E (281) 255-6088
Nonnie’s Soda Fountain
102 Market St (281) 516-1942
Nook Restaurant
1218 W Main St (281) 255-8406
Original Rib Tickler
28930 State Hiway 249 (281) 255-8119
Patsy’s
425 W Main St (281) 290-9664
Submarina
11022 Spring Cypress (281) 257-4432
Susie’s Tearoom
309 Market St # A (281) 516-4521
Tail Gate Grill
22008 Main Blvd (281) 255-9353
Taqeria Acapulco
32015 State Hiway 249 (281) 356-5885
Taste Of Asia
27910 State Hiway 249 (281) 516-0838
Tomball Bar-B-Q Co
30042 State Hiway 249 (281) 351-0929
Tomball Taqueria Restaurant
27941 State Hiway 249 (281) 516-7366
Whistle Stop
107 Commerce St (281) 255-2455
Whistle Stop Tea Room
104 N Elm St (832) 843-7437
WATERWAY
Burger Fi
1501 Lake Robbins Dr (713) 389-5823
Goose’s Acrea
PUBLIC NEWS
21 Waterway Ave (281) 466-1502
Grimaldi’s Pizzeriaa
20 Waterway Ct (281) 465-3500
Hubbell & Hudson
24 Waterway Ave # 125 (281) 203-5641
LA Lupita Mexican Cuisine
29 Waterway Ave (832) 510-2111
Luca & Leonardoa
20 Waterway Ave (832) 510-2110
Refuge Bar & Bistro
24 Waterway Ave (713) 389-5674
Towncenter Burger
20 Waterway Ave (281) 292-6385
Yucatan Taco Stand & Tequila
24 Water Way (281) 419-6300/1144
WILLIS
El Buen Taco
606 S Danville St (936) 856-3597
El Tapatio
509 Highway 75 N (936) 856-6202
Leroy’s Bar-B-Q & Burgers
707 W Montgomery (936) 856-5232
Los Molcajetes Tex Mex
106 N Danville St (936) 856-9977
Olde Towne Willis Cafe
509 Highway 75 N (936) 890-0609
Original Super Burger
201 N Danville St (936) 856-8098
Pizza Shack
115 W Montgomery (936) 856-9780
Rico’s Mexican Grill
12501 Canyon Falls Blvd (936) 856-6200
Smokey Mo’s
507 S Danville St (936) 856-5581
Sweatpeas Cooking
506 Highway 75 N (936) 333-3439
Taqueria Las Moras
106 W Montgomery (936) 890-4148
Yummy Yummy Mongolian Grill
12709 Interstate 45 N (936) 890-8855
Zach’s Bbq
200 E Powell St (936) 890-6969
THE WOODLANDS
Alameda Juice
9595 Six Pines Dr (281) 681-1167
Benihana
1720 Lake Woodlands (281) 292-0061
Berryhill Baja Grill
9595 Six Pines Dr # 250 (281) 298-8226
Black Walnut Cafe
2520 Research Forest (281) 362-1678
BRIO Tuscan Grille
1201 Lake Woodlands (281) 465-8993
Brothers Pizza
2260 Buckthorne Pl (281) 298-9299
Brothers Pizza Express
6700 Woodlands Pkwy (281) 419-8550
Cajun Grilla
1201 Lake Woodlands (832) 585-0883
Charley’s Grilled Subs
1201 Lake Woodlands (281) 465-4333
Chef Chan’s Restaurant
7 Switchbud Pl (281) 363-0037
China Bridge
7901 Research Forest (281) 419-9888
China Springs
6777 Woodlands Pkwy (281) 419-9961
Crust Pizza Co
4775 W Panther Creek (281) 298-8844
Crust Pizza Co
8000 Research Forest (832) 585-0999
Dimassi’s Mediterranean Buffet
1640 Lake Woodlands (281) 363-0200
Double Dave’s Pizza
6777 Woodlands Pkwy (281) 419-3282
Frullati Cafe
1201 Lake Woodlands (281) 296-6657
Great Wraps
1201 Lake Woodlands (281) 298-0223
Green’s International
8000 Research Forest (281) 419-7787
Grotto Ristorante
9595 Six Pines Dr # 100 (281) 419-4252
Honey-B-Ham & Deli
4747 Research Forest (281) 364-9200
Jasper’s Woodlands
9595 Six Pines (281) 298-6600
LA Trattoria Tuscano
4223 Research Forest (281) 419-2252
Los Cucos Mexican Cafe
4775 W Panther Creek (281) 296-2303
Mama J’s BBQ & Grill
26710 Oak Ridge Dr I-45 (936) 273-9444
Mariachi’s Mexican Bar & Grill
6777 Woodlands Pkwy (281) 292-2222
Masa’s Sushi & Robata Bar
4775 W Panther Creek (281) 298-5688
Mi Cocina
1201 Lake Woodlands (281) 298-6426
Pit Master BBQ
343 Sawdust Rd (281) 419-3644
Pizza By Marco
9595 Six Pines Dr (281) 298-8794
Potbelly Sandwich Works
9595 Six Pines Dr (281) 292-6652
Ristorante Tuscany
1601 Lake Robbins (281) 367-9797
Rico’s Grill
4747 Research Forest (281) 367-7382
Rico’s Mexican Restaurant
8000 Research Forest (281) 465-4820
Romano’s Macaroni Grill
1155 Lake Woodlands (281) 367-3773
Sakekawa Japanese Restaurant
6777 Woodlands Pkwy (281) 419-5988
Sakekawa Japanese Sushi-Steak
4221 Research Forest (281) 298-9188
Santaplus
1201 Lake Woodlands (281) 292-0868
Shanghai Bistro
38 Highland Cir (281) 298-9998
Skeeter’s Mesquite Grill
4747 Research Forest (281) 364-1094
Taco USA
7 Switchbud Pl (281) 292-8226
Tsukiji Sushi
24 Waterway Ave # 100 (281) 298-1888
UNI Sushi
JAN. 28 - FEB. 3, 2015
13
FAKE ASTROLOGY
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN STILL
SHINES, OR QUIT YER COMPLAINING
by Chris Alvarez
Aries-(Mar. 21- April 20)- Aries, if it’s work you
wanted, it’s work you got. You should have finished
your college degree while you were young enough
to use it. But, now you have to wonder what good
is an East German translator in a modern, postcommunism economy. At this point in your life, it
may serve you well to learn Russian as Vlad Putin
seems to have his sights on everything that was
formerly Soviet.
Taurus-(Apr. 21- May 21)- Taurus, you have the sad
habit of going from one part-time minimum wage
job to another when your gift of gab may serve you
well in a sales position. Forget what your girlfriend
said about never marrying a sales guy. She would
have divorced the guy she married regardless of his
employment.
Gemini-(May 22-June 21)- Gemini, if you feel
pulled in two directions, you should. Your boss has
indicated that you are prime for a promotion. Your
significant other wants to take a three week vacation,
this year. The promotion takes a toll on vacation
time; as in no vacation will you are in the new
position for a year. You’re going to have to choose,
promotion or significant other. You are stuck, my
REAL WORLD
ONLINE
John Smith
John Smith
• Expert on autism
• Loving father and husband
• Award winning philanthropist
friend.
Cancer-(June 22-July 22)- Cancer, good luck comes
in threes this week. The bad news is that you can’t
have all three and all three are involved with body
building significant others. If you want to live, pick
one and make sure it’s the one with the relationship
on the rocks. You might want to get a copy of your
dental records to keep in your pocket if you want to
ignore this advice.
Scorpio-(Oct. 24 - Nov. 22)- Scorpio, you got zinged
at work by someone you thought had your back.
The laughing has stopped, the ex-friend prankster
has moved on to a new target so take your time to
plan something a little bit adventurous in return.
Always remember that paybacks are a bitch. Don’t
shortchange that phrase with something lame.
Virgo-(Aug. 23 -Sept. 23)- Virgo, did it ever occur to
you that working for a motorcycle company would
require you to learn to actually ride on one? So, in
trying to impress your possible employer, you drove
that BMW cycle right through the showroom display
window and took in several stitches in the process.
Your medical benefits at McDonalds won’t kick in
Sagittarius- (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21)- Sagittarius, you are
well liked, fondly thought of and genuinely regarded
as a nice person. So, why are you sitting in a pub all
alone? No one there is making eye contact; in fact
you are being avoided for some reason. Oh, wait, you
have toilet paper stuck to your shoe. Problem solved,
you’re welcome.
Capricorn-(Dec 22.- Jan. 20)- Capricorn, it’s a
bummer to have a birthday around the holidays
and everyone knows that you get shortchanged in
the present department. Let’s turn things around.
You need to invent half-birthdays that only apply
to Capricorns like yourself. Disregard that nosey
Sagittarius who thinks that Thanksgiving does the
same thing to them. It’s not true.
Aquarius-(Jan. 21 -Feb. 19)- Aquarius, water signs
rule. At least that is what you’d like to believe.
Unfortunately you are probably one of the few
Aquarius’s that never go swimming, boating or
any other aquatic venture. In fact you get the jitters
holding a glass of water. Ask your parents to see your
birth certificate. You might have a surprise coming.
Pisces-(Feb. 20-Mar. 20)- Pisces, it’s simply
amazing how you handle working two jobs, rarely
sleeping, living off coffee and playing the lottery for
entertainment purposes. You never wear a watch and
all your bills are paid automatically from your bank.
Imagine the surprise that awaits you to discover that
your job ended months ago and you’ve been living
off of your 401k.
REAL
PEOPLE
REAL
DESIRE
REAL FUN
• SEC Investigation
• Angry Customers
• Poor Ratings
CHATLINE TM
• Suppress misleading or inaccurate search results
• Protect yourself or your business from online attacks
• Increase your online credibility and authority
Try for FREE
800.978.4778
CALL FOR FREE ASSESSMENT
800.767.0954
Ahora en Español Teligence/18+
S S
M T
O O
K P
IN
G
V ST
A A
P R
IN T
G
Brazos Mall
2040 Louetta Spring, TX 77388 281-528-2020
12827 Westheimer Rd. Houston, TX 77077 281-679-6909
JAN. 28 - FEB. 3, 2015
Libra-(Sept. 24 -Oct. 23)- Libra, it’s that time of year
to figure out how to balance life’s inequalities. Work,
Family, Sleep, Eating and that other thing that you
like to put in there. The one thing holding you back is
that you need some help with that fifth item.
Looking in the Public News personals might help,
but you need to move out of your parent’s home first.
Leo-(July 23-Aug 22)- Leo, you are the king of the
jungle, the chef in the kitchen, the professor in the
living room and the wild thing in the boudoir. So
what happened to swap things around? Somehow you
have become the wild thing in the kitchen, king of
the living room, chef in the jungle and professor in
the boudoir. You gotta change that!
HOW DOES THE
INTERNET SEE YOU?
14
for a couple of months and definitely won’t cover
pre-existing stupidity.
PUBLIC NEWS
THE BACKPAGE CLASSIFIEDS
PLACE YOUR BACKPAGE CLASSIFIED AD TODAY - CALL 832-298-5246
Your Complete Music Source In Conroe
carrying all major brands, Fender, Epiphone, Martin,
Guild, Seagull, Taylor, TAMA, Ludwig, Roland, Boss,
Ibanez PEAVEY PA Equipment, and all accessories.
$40 OFF your client’s
choice of any Pillar To
Post Home Inspection
Package!
936-539-9000
PUFFABELLY’S
in OLD TOWN SPRING
OPEN MIC NIGHT
EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT 6pm-9pm
Call me to book an inspection
now - (832) 412-8495
Pillar To Post offers a great
home inspection experience for
you and your clients, as well as
our best-in-the-business report
delivered on site upon completion of the inspection.
DALE HALL
TREC License #21144
26948 Carriage Manor
Kingwood, TX 77339
(832) 412-8495
Now your clients can choose from our exclusive Home Inspection Packages, including our Prestige Package, featuring
our Healthy Home analysis.
Take advantage of my $40 SAVINGS offer and discover the
Pillar To Post difference.
http://dalehall.pillartopost.com/
Lowest Merchant Credit Card Processing Rates
0.15% or less, Best Service,
No Contract & Free Equipment!
Call Best Rate Services at 832-692-1787
or look at us online bestrateservices.com
CECI BONNICKSON
REALTOR, REALTY ASSOCIATES
WORKING WITH “HOME BUYERS, SELLERS AND RENTERS”
PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL SERVICE WITH A CASUAL STYLE
832-289-2919
[email protected]
www.cecisells.com
Panther Creek Inspiration Ranch
“Horses Healing People”
http://www.pciranch.org/
Gig Guide continued from page 10
TOMBALL
Cheers
916 West Main St., Tomball 281-351-2599
www.cheerstomball.com
Sat Jan 31 9pm Torn [$5]
Sat Feb 21 9pm Big E & the Lowdown [n/c]
Main Street Crossing
111 West Main St., Tomball 281-290-0431
www.mainstreetcrossing.com
Weds Jan 28 8pm Mark Jones
Fri Jan 30 8pm Carolyn Wonderland
Sat Jan 31 8pm Steve Krase with special guest Trudy Lynn
Weds Feb 4 8pm Paul Thorn
Thurs Feb 5 8pm Paul Thorn
Fri Feb 6 8pm Shay Domann
Sat Feb 7 8pm Darden Smith
Weds Feb 11 8pm Cody Canada
Thurs Feb 12 8pm Cody Canada
Fri Feb 13 8pm 2 Bit Palomino and Libby Koch
Sat Feb 14 8pm Valentine’s Day Dinner and Show with Shake
Russell and Michael Hearne
Weds Feb 18 8pm Micky and Gary Braun (of Micky and the
Motorcars)
Thurs Feb 19 8pm Songtelling with Host Matt Davis
Sat Feb 21 8pm Joe Ely
Weds Feb 25 8pm Sam Riggs and the Night People
Thurs Feb 26 8pm Uncle Lucius
Fri Feb 27 8pm The Damn Quails
Sat Feb 28 8pm Radney Foster
Paper Rose Saloon
32015 SH 249, Decker Prairie 281-259-8671
Fajita Jack’s
15256 Highway 150 W., Montgomery 936-588-3340
www.fajitajacks.com
The Fountainhead
17021 Ella Blvd,, Houston 281-444-1375
www.thefountainheadbar.com
The Public News regrets that some venues have not
reported their live music offerings in the area.
We suggest to our readers to patronize those that have
taken the effort to let you know who is playing where,
when and for how much.
The Public News supports the Arts, especially good music.
MOORE TIME
clocks, watches, music boxes sales & service
largest selection in greater Houston Area
281-528-5400
PUBLIC NEWS IS AVAILABLE EVERY WEDNESDAY
Make sure you get your copy by subscribing!
SPECIAL:
15% OFF
http://www.publicnewsonline.com/subscribe
offer good through 1/31/2015
CHARLES VENEZIA REALTOR©, GRI
Entire Purchase
Randy & Nancy Selby Connect Realty
Woodlands
buying or selling a home?
we’ve got over 28 years experience
832-256-7870
Keller Williams Realty The Woodlands
Member HAR, TAR, NAR
Cell) 281-389-4000
Fax) 281-364-9971
http://charlesvenezia.kwrealty.com
THE KEY TO A SUCCESSFUL EVENT
IS LETTING EVERYONE KNOW!
EMAIL YOUR EVENTS TO THE PUBLIC NEWS
PUBLIC NEWS
READERS
CHOICE
AWARDS
CREATIVITY EXCELLENCE PROFESSIONALISM PASSION
Voting begins soon
From Film on page 13
Cate Blanchett
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
PG-13 123 min Adventure | Sci-Fi
When Katniss destroys the games, she goes to District 13
after District 12 is destroyed. She meets President Coin
who convinces her to be the symbol of rebellion, while
trying to save Peeta from the Capitol.
Director: Francis Lawrence
Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson
The Pyramid
R 89 min Horror
A team of U.S. archaeologists unearths an ancient pyramid and gets hopelessly lost in its catacombs. Searching
for a way out, they become desperate to seek daylight
again. They come to realize they aren’t just trapped, they
are being hunted.
Director: Grégory Levasseur
Stars: Ashley Hinshaw, James Buckley, Denis O’Hare,
Christa Nicola
The Wedding Ringer
R 101 min Comedy
Socially awkward Doug Harris (Josh Gad) is two weeks
from marrying the gal (Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting) of his
dreams, but he has a problem: He doesn’t have a
groomsman for the occasion. Desperate and running out
of time, Doug calls upon Jimmy Callahan (Kevin Hart),
owner and operator of Best Man Inc., a company that
provides attendants for grooms in need of them. As Doug
tries to pull off the con, a bromance unexpectedly blossoms between Jimmy and himself.
Director: Jeremy Garelick
Stars: Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, Alan Ritchson, Josh Gad,
Kevin Hart
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
PG-13 98 min Drama | Horror | Thriller
As bombs rain down on London during the Blitz of World
War II, a group of schoolchildren are evacuated with Eve,
their young schoolteacher, to the safety of the British
countryside. Taken to an old and empty estate, cut off by
a causeway from the mainland, they are left at Eel Marsh
PUBLIC NEWS
House.
One by one, the children begin acting strangely and Eve,
with the help of local military commander Harry, discovers that the group has awoken a dark force even more
terrifying and evil than the city’s air raids. Eve must now
confront her own demons to save the children and survive
the woman in black
Director:Tom Harper
Stars: Helen McCrory, Jeremy Irvine, Phoebe Fox,
Leanne Best
Top Five
R 101 min Comedy
Though he began in stand-up comedy, Andre Allen (Chris
Rock) hit the big-time as the star of a trilogy of actioncomedies about a talking bear. Andre is forced to spend
the day with Chelsea (Rosario Dawson) a profile writer
for the New York Times, whose film critic has just panned
Andre’s passion project about the Haitian Revolution.
Unexpectedly, Andre opens up to Chelsea, and as they
wind their way across New York, Andre tries to get back in
touch with his comedic roots.
Director: Chris Rock
Stars: Chris Rock, Rosario Dawson, Gabrielle Union,
Kevin Hart
Unbroken
PG-13 137 min Biography | Drama | Sport | War
After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis
Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two
fellow crewmen before he’s caught by the Japanese navy
and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
Director: Angelina Jolie
Stars: Jack O’Connell, Takamasa Ishihara, Domhnall
Gleeson, Garrett Hedlund
Wild
R 115 min Biography | Drama
Driven to the edge by the loss of her beloved mother (Laura
Dern), the dissolution of her marriage and a headlong dive into
self-destructive behavior, Cheryl Strayed (Reese Witherspoon)
makes a decision to halt her downward spiral and put her life
back together again. With no outdoors experience, a heavy
backpack and little else to go on but her own will, Cheryl sets
out alone to hike the Pacific Crest Trail -- one of the country’s
longest and toughest through-trails.
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Gaby Hoffmann
JAN. 28 - FEB. 3, 2015
15
YOUR CUSTOMERS
ARE GOING HERE FOR
THEIR NEWS AND
INFORMATION.
WHY AREN’T YOU HERE
WITH THEM?
16
JAN. 28 - FEB. 3, 2015
PUBLIC NEWS