By Omar Afra
Illustration by Shelby Hohl

Most artists offer commentary on the world that surrounds them as a spectator. They are mirrors of their environment yet abstain from jumping head first into participation. However, there …

Want a chance to win free passes and swag from Free Press Summer Fest?
Then put together the most bizarre, silly, and stupid commercial advertising FPSF 2012! You don’t need to have a good camera or …

By Amanda Hart
Just in time for Women’s History Month, the Houston Police Department has released its burgeoning untested rape kit log—6,663 kits to be exact, with some kits reaching back as far as the …

By Jacob Calle
Millions traveled from all over the world to Austin, TX for SXSW. It be film, interactive, or music, we all had an excuse to be there. I had three.
I was hired to be …

By Jacob Calle: Good ole’ SXSW again. Home away from home. Bring a bike, some good shoes, and an empty stomach to down free food and alcohol. Here are a few of my favorite that …

Godfather of modern poster art and prodigal son returns to Houston…for now.
By Omar Afra
Most Houstonian’s are blind to the fact that their very own city was responsible for a resurgence in the …

IT DOES NOT MATTER WHO YOU ARE.

Free Press Houston and Pegstar.net Presents are honored to announce another stupendous year of music, art and unbridled joy this June 2nd and 3rd at Free Press Summer Fest. …

By Alex Wukman
For most people in Houston performance art is a little like a mountain lion: easy to read about but hard to see. The last time performance art received any notice in …

by Omar Afra
Channy Moon Casselle is the vocalist for up and coming darlings Polica; the The Twin cities band comprised of Caselle on vocals and a unique arrangement of backing musicians. The atmospheric stew that …

Words and Pictures By Robert MacCready
I’ve just limped off the gangplank of the Carnival Imagination into the Port of Miami, and I have a rare sort of nervous elation I am scared to lose …