Email Author ABBY KOENIG

2011 Stories by ABBY KOENIG

• Cat Fancy: History's Craziest Cat Lovers

  published Jun 08, 2011

  Art Attack wanted to take a moment to congratulate Andy Senor for landing the much-coveted position of Purina Cat Chow's Cat Correspondent." Yes, you read that correctly, he is a cat correspondent. Th... More >>

• Print Is Not Dead: Zine Fest Houston This Weekend

  published May 18, 2011

  A famous man once said "Print is dead," and that man was Egon from the Ghostbusters movie, which was filmed over 20 years ago when the word "blog" would have sounded like gibberish. Back then, if you ... More >>

• Poetry

  published May 19, 2011

  “What does it mean…to be writing poetry when prospects of an ongoing future seem dismal?” This is the question that award-winning... More >>

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  Post-Apocalypse's Awesomest Scenerios Actually Coming True

  published May 17, 2011

  Last week, Rice University professor Brent Houchens spent seven days living in a self-contained, portable shelter that was designed by his students. He tasked the class with putting together a workin... More >>

• Random Acts of Child Manipulation

  published May 16, 2011

  Last week, Good Morning America opened up a flood gate when it aired a story about a San Francisco mom who gives her 8-year-old daughter Botox shots. Apparently, the mother buys the Botox online and a... More >>

• Arts Funding Cuts; Houston Still Has a Few Cards to Play

  published May 12, 2011

  By now you've probably heard about the proposed state cuts to the Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) and all of the ways it will hurt arts organizations in Texas. If not, here is a brief recap in "pok... More >>

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  100 Creatives: Robert Ellis

  published May 12, 2011

  What he does: To say that Robert Ellis plays just "country music" is like saying Dylan just plays "folk." Ellis' style of alt-country touches multiple genres of music that seem to span way before his... More >>

• Volunteer Group Pushes for Washington Avenue to Become Officially Artsy

  published May 11, 2011

  It started with a street sign. Last spring, the First Ward Civic Council, a group of residents and supporters of the Washington Avenue corridor arts district, insisted that the city display street sig... More >>

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  NANO Fiction Reading Series Embraces The Micro

  published May 09, 2011

  Tuesday marks the final installment of NANO Fiction's live reading series until the fall. Now in its fourth season, the NANO Fiction Reading Series brings to life the bi-annual publication of the sa... More >>

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  Celebrity Siblings Who Got the Shaft

  published May 05, 2011

  This weekend, comedian and Dave Chapelle pal Charlie Murphy will be performing at the Improv. If you've seen Charlie on Chapelle's Show, you know of his brilliant re-tellings of "True Hollywood Stori... More >>

• “Musicians Who Make Art”

  published May 5, 2011

  “Musicians Who Make Art” is the latest artistic endeavor from Melissa Noble, guest curator for the show opening at the Art Car... More >>

• Celebrate Mother's Day With the Worst TV Moms

  published May 03, 2011

  We grew up with them, respected them and learned valuable lessons from them that were generally accompanied by cheesy, soft rock music. They are our second moms; the ones on television. Some televisio... More >>

• Emily Johnson's "The Thank-You Bar," Wading In the Deep End

  published Apr 29, 2011

  You never know what to expect when you walk into a modern dance/performance art installation that describes itself as "a jukebox, a roadside bar and a fish that never dies," but don't expect any of th... More >>

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  Ricki Lake May Be Back; But Don't Ask Her To Dance the Bug

  published Apr 25, 2011

  Ricki Lake announced last week that she would once again start waking up before noon and return to daytime television. Her new talk show is slated to begin the fall of 2012. This is not really much o... More >>

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  David Sedaris Is Just As Funny In Bed

  published Apr 19, 2011

  If you are a David Sedaris fan and have some extra cash lying around, you have already gotten your tickets to his SPA-sponsored performance tonight at Jones Hall. If you are like the many broke Sedar... More >>

• The Houston Symphony Shines with Mendelssohn's "Scottish"

  published Apr 18, 2011

  This weekend the Houston Symphony presented three pieces in its classical series including Sibelius's "Violin Concerto in D minor" and Mendelssohn's famous composition "Scottish." The crowd was fortun... More >>

• The Baby Video Virus: Why Is America Ga Ga Goo Goo Over Babiesr

  published Apr 15, 2011

  At first, it seemed like an innocent 24-hour bug, but as soon as itr was gone another one hit. Now it's become an epidemic. You've probablyr been afflicted by it too, in your email, on your Facebook... More >>

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  HGO Got $4 Million, What Would You Do With the Moneyr

  published Apr 14, 2011

  This past weekend, The Houston Grand Opera received some amazing news to the tune of a $4 million dollar donation. Major philanthropic figure and good friend to the HGO Margaret Alkek Williams has ple... More >>

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  Low-Budget Brilliance: Some of Our Favorite Local Commercials

  published Apr 13, 2011

  While watching the morning news, Art Attack stumbled upon yet another wonderful local commercial, this time from Platinum Pools. It's hard to describe what made it so bizarrely amazing, we'll try and... More >>