Email Author Julia Ramey

2010 Stories by Julia Ramey

• Cine KIDS

  published December 30, 2010

  For all the societal evidence that computer science and biology degrees pave the path to riches, it’s a pretty safe bet that five years hence... More >>

• St. Joseph Medical Center ICE at Discovery Green

  published December 23, 2010

  Chances are we won’t have any snow on Christmas (Houston weather being what it is, we might all be wearing shorts and T-shirts until New... More >>

• Roger Wood and Andy Bradley, Wendy Hundere Parnell

  published December 16, 2010

  If you like your literature with a bit of bass drum in it, head to Cactus Music & Record Ranch today for a double dose of music-inspired book... More >>

• Bill Crider: Damn Near Dead 2: Live Noir or Die Trying

  published December 16, 2010

  The cover of the 2006 anthology Damn Near Dead: Old, Bold and Uncontrolled featured a silver-haired, balding hero shielding a buxom young... More >>

• A Queer Carol

  published December 9, 2010

  The main gist of A Queer Carol should be obvious from the title — it’s a gay-themed retelling of Dickens’s tale, for... More >>

• A Very Merry Pops

  published December 9, 2010

  Jingle bells, Santa Claus and ... a piano juggler? Okay, so two-thirds of A Very Merry Pops is classic holiday fare and the other third is …... More >>

• Inprint: Salman Rushdie

  published December 2, 2010

  Author Salman Rushdie is known for a very bad thing that happened to him (a certain fatwa) and a number of very good things that have... More >>

• Dickens on the Strand

  published December 2, 2010

  Galveston is 4,900 miles and 150 years removed from the Victorian London of Charles Dickens, but the first weekend of each December, the Gulf of... More >>

• 7th Jubilee of Dance

  published December 2, 2010

  The Houston Ballet takes a break from relentless Nutcracker-ing today with its annual Jubilee of Dance, a showcase of works old and... More >>

• Pictures at an Exhibition

  published November 25, 2010

  Before the holidays descend upon us with all those jingle bells and raucous choruses, the Houston Symphony is pausing to reflect on simple... More >>

• The H-E-B Holiday Parade

  published November 25, 2010

  There's only one valid excuse for escaping food prep duty on Thanksgiving: The H-E-B Holiday Parade downtown, where procrastinators and... More >>

• Ahn Trio

  published November 11, 2010

  Being exceptionally good-looking certainly doesn't help you play an instrument any better, but the three sisters who make up the Ahn Trio... More >>

• Buika

  published November 11, 2010

  The term "world music" usually means any music that's not American. But the music of soulful singer Buika truly defines "world": Her family... More >>

• The 5 Browns

  published November 4, 2010

  Royal Tenenbaums, step aside: If you want to see a family of geniuses, look no further than The 5 Browns, a piano-playing quintet of... More >>

• "Peter Sacks: Recent Paintings"

  published November 4, 2010

  Many of Peter Sacks's emotionally charged, multidimensional paintings deal abstractly with the culture and politics of his home country, South... More >>

• Peter Grimes

  published November 4, 2010

  It almost goes without saying that in September 1945 the people of London were ready for a little entertainment. And they got it in the form of... More >>

• 1st Houston Flamenco Festival

  published October 28, 2010

  A performance that truly honors the tradition of flamenco should be held in an intimate cafe, be rife with spontaneity and, of course, keep its... More >>

• Peter Grimes

  published October 28, 2010

  It almost goes without saying that in September 1945 the people of London were ready for a little entertainment. And they got it in the form of... More >>

• P.J. O'Rourke

  published October 14, 2010

  You may or may not agree with the main tenets of the Cato Institute think tank - that free markets should reign, Social Security should be... More >>

• MOMIX: Botanica

  published October 14, 2010

  The performers of MOMIX describe themselves as dancer-illusionists - and when you see their bodies transform into plants, bend into light and rise... More >>

• 44th Annual Greek Festival

  published October 7, 2010

  Enjoy beer and wine? How about dancing? Tack on an even passing interest in feta cheese, and you're pretty much Greek enough to enjoy the massive,... More >>

• Bayou City Arts Festival

  published October 7, 2010

  Finding cultural entertainment is never a problem in Houston, but cultural entertainment and something to hang over the sofa? Both can be... More >>

• Houston Poetry Festival

  published October 7, 2010

  There's a growing sense that, while the Internet has made more information available to us all, it also has made us less productive and maybe even... More >>

• "23rd Annual Día de los Muertos" Exhibit

  published October 7, 2010

  Mexico's Day of the Dead makes the gringo tradition of running from house to house to get candy seem positively, well, juvenile. Day of the Dead... More >>

• “Perspectives 172: Kirsten Pieroth”

  published September 30, 2010

  In her witty explorations of context, the Berlin-based Kirsten Pieroth removes everyday objects such as boxes, bottles and furniture from their... More >>